Munster Masters Cross Country
Medals Galore for Midleton AC
In Cappawhite Co Tipperary the Munster Master Cross Country Championships took place on Sunday. Described as brave ,courageous ,foolhardy and plain mad by various commentators our crews both male and female did our club proud. As can be seen from the photographs the conditions were simply very bad. This did now deter the Midleton AC teams and everyone acquitted themselves very well.
Fantastic results just in for the Midleton AC teams, Anna
Doris took individual bronze with 3rd
O/45 whilst Sally Drennan narrowly missed out on a medal with 4th
O/50 and Joan Hough once again showed her class in taking Gold with 1st
O/55.
The Midleton AC 0/45 team took Silver with Anna, Joan and
Sally scoring whilst Anna Doris also took Gold with the Cork team.
Our men also did
fantastic with Neilus Aherne taking Siver with 2nd O/55 and our men’s
team O/50 taking Bronze with Neilus Aherne, Edmond O’Sullivan and John Cashman
scoring. Whilst Neilus also took Bronze with the Cork O/50 team.So all in all it was well worth getting muddy for. Well done all.
In what can only be described as terrible conditions of wind and rain the Great Glenville Run took place for the second time on Sunday morning. There was a fine crowd considering the conditions and we as expected had a few there.John Dunphy had a good run in 26.31 taking 2nd O/45 whilst Fionan O'hAodain got himself a new PB by over a minute in 27.17 which is some going on a morning like this. Edwin Cashman who continues to improve with every race did 26.51 and Alan Morley also had an excellent run.
Update on Broomfield Premises
Members may be aware that the Club was
recently approached about our possible interest in leasing a small community
building in Broomfield with a view to using it for Club-related activities. As
a result, a sub-committee was set up to investigate the opportunity, gather the
relevant information and report back to the main committee with its findings.
This was done and all information was presented, reviewed and discussed at our
committee meeting on Nov 25th. The outcome of these discussions was
a decision not to proceed with the lease. In general, it was felt that the
benefits of such a building to the Club were limited and that the effort and
resources needed to manage the premises could not be justified at this point.
The committee agreed that the resources and energy of Club members should focus
on opportunities to enhance the overall training and athletic facilities
available to members into the future.
Christmas Party
As most of you will be aware the Xmas Party takes place in Rosie's on Sat 5th Dec Cost 5 Euro. Please give your names to Danny or Alan at training Monday or Wednesday evening. If you cannot make training please email mdtacinfo@gmail.com as we need to know the approx. numbers for the restaurant.
Please if at all possible pay in advance as this avoids the hassel of collecting money on the night
Munster Masters Cross Country
The Munster Master Cross Country takes place in Cappawhite Co Tipperary on Sunday next and the best of luck to all our runners.
Men: John Cashman, Neilus Aherne, Edmond O'Sullivan and Gerard McLean
Women: Anna Doris, Marie Gillman, Joan Hough and Sally Drennan.
Club Gear
Will anyone with monies outstanding for club gear please arrange to make payment to Claire or Anna at training next week as we wish to balance end of year accounts. Thanks.
Chip Timing will be provided by Sports Timing
Prizes for Individual & Age Categories.
And not forgetting the very popular spread afterwards....
Registration and View from Start Line
Registration is at the Handball Alley in Glenville VillageRegistration fee: €10
Message from Helen Leonard
Banna Weekend
Hey, the Leevale annual Banna weekend is the Fri 9th-Sun11th January. Please let Donie or myself and Danny know if you want to go. 70euro for bus and accommodation or 45euro for accommodation only, the sand dunes are free....it's a great weekend and it would be great to see a few Midleton runners there too..The leisure facilities are great too if you fancy a bit of downtime at the pool and or the jacuzzi..ill see ye all at the Xmas party in Rosie's..if ye have any queries just let me know.
PUBLIC FORUM ON NUTRITION and SPORT
We are currently organising a public science event on sport and nutrition in Teagasc Moorepark, which may be of interest to some members.
We have a few interesting GAA, rugby, jockey guests/speakers but also from an athletics and running point of view, namely:
Nial Moyna, Ireland’s leading sports physiologist based in DCU, also known from RTE’s Operation Transformation. At one of our last meetings I was moaning about my Dublin marathon experience and he casually mentioned that he ran a 2h16min marathon in Pittsburgh a few decades ago.
Joanne Fearon – Cork’s most prominent ultra-runner and triathlete. Her achievements include several iron(wo)men, Marathon des Sables, Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc, a solo 601 km run from Malin head to Mizen and more recently the current Guinness World record holder for the fastest time (male or female) to run 10 marathons on a treadmill, which she completed as the 12 charity marathons of Christmas (she got used to run treadmills after the birth of her second child). Joanne also confessed to me that she beat the 12-hour run world record at an unofficial (24h) event – amazing.
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