Friday 27 November 2020

TRAINING

Official training resumes on Wednesday evening at 6.30pm for C2 5K Group and all others at 7pm with Declan. 
Meet outside the Co Op Stores at Market Green

This Form MUST be completed before coming to training




MOVE-MBER


 Last week's totals have now surpassed the target of 5000 miles for the month with a week remaining. Please keep submitting up until Monday night and lets see what we can achieve.

Link for this week's total mileage


Cloyne 4Km Series is back and its VIRTUAL


And the great thing about it is that it co insides with our 5Km's so that now you can do two races in one run. Just do our 5Km and Cloyne 4Km is included in the same run unless you would like to do two separate runs.

Saturday 21 November 2020

MOVE-MBER

Please submit you mileage for the week here https://form.jotform.com/203041277722044

Cloyne 4Km Results





Cloyne 4Km unable to finish their series with their fifth race decided to do the results after four races and we are delighted to report that we had two prizewinners. Eileen Leahy came 3rd Lady overall and John Hennessy came 3rd Male. Well done to both and also to Louise Barry who finished 5th Lady overall. There are great results especially with the top class competition that is always in Cloyne. Well done also to Cloyne Community for being so fair in awarding the prizes.


Keeping The Five Alive by John Walsh





KEEPING THE FIVE ALIVE (John Walshe)


There is no doubting the popularity of the 5km on today’s fixture list. Part of the attraction is obviously due to the profusion of parkruns now held throughout the country every Saturday morning, along with the various Couch to 5K programmes.

Therefore, it’s heartening to see the five-mile distance alive and well in West Cork with the introduction this year of the Beara Autumn 5-Mile Series. Even though as a nation we may be all going the metric way, there is still something special about the imperial distances, especially the five and 10-milers.
When Mark Gallagher asked me to pen a little article for this programme, he suggested that maybe I’d recall the attraction of the Ballycotton Series which I was involved with. The years move on and today many new runners, especially in this region, probably have never have heard of such a venture. So a little bit of history mightn’t go astray

The first race to take place in the East Cork village of Ballycotton happened in August 1977 (yes, it was the last century!). A total of 34 runners turned up that night to run five miles and seven months later the inaugural Ballycotton ‘10’ arrived. The five-miler moved to June that summer with another race of the same distance taking place in the nearby village of Shanagarry in August. Over the following years, two more summer races were added in Chuchtown South and Ballyandreen and so a four-race series was born.

The fourth Thursdays of May, June, July and August therefore became sacrosanct because to gain the coveted plaque, runners had to complete all four events. Family holidays were arranged around the dates and for those on shift work, many a swap had to be accommodated.

Numbers taking part in each race gradually grew to around 200-250 and the standard was exceptionally high. At the Ballycotton ‘5’ in 1993 – a race won in 23:50 by Mark Carroll, European junior 5000m champion two years before and still the Irish 3000m record holder at 7:30.36 – a total of 51 runners (out of 262 finishers) were all under 28 minutes.

Into the new millennium, numbers continued to increase up to the 500 mark. These brought with them the headaches associated with parking, stewarding and the general workload undertaken by a small organising committee. Therefore, a combination of factors heralded the end of not only the Summer Series but also the Ballycotton ‘10’. After 40 years, it was decided, not without regret, that maybe it was time to go out while still on too

And so, what constitutes a good race series? Well, there’s the obvious such as accurate courses (even though they don’t all have to ‘fast and fast!’), reasonable entry fees, individual and category prizes and of course that welcome cup of warm beverages and goodies afterwards. But there must also be an element of challenge so that those completing the set number of races can feel a sense of achievement.

There is no doubt that all those ingredients are evident in this Beara Autumn Series. You can be sure when those lovely commemorative medals shown on the website (by the way, one of the most impressive sites around) are presented today in Eyeries, they will certainly have been hard earned and richly deserved.

 

Monday 16 November 2020

MOVE-MBER

 Well Done to everyone for participating in the MOVE-MBER Challenge.

Week 1 = 1925
Week 2 = 1549
3474 Miles So Far  

€750 in the sponsorship so far and on course to reach the €2000 max club donation by the end of November.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK EVERYONE 

Great to see so many participating and getting out and exercising

Best regards,

Marc Dalton


VIRTUAL 5Km Results

1. Daniel Bloom 16.59

2. John Hennessy 17.45

3. Ger O Regan 18.59

4. Vicki Spiteri 19.20

5. Declan Dorgan 19.37

6. Henry Milward 19.48

7. Barry O Shea 20.07

8. Mark Kelliher 20.10

9. Andre Brodkorb 20.12

10. Derek Ahern 20.13

11. Paul Spiteri 20.21

12. Eugene McCarthy 20.33

13. James Long 20.39

14. Mark Walsh 20.45

15. Brendan Curtin 20.45

16. Mags Jones 20.53

17. Barry O'Dwyer 21.09

18. Rod Scanlan 21.14

19. Sean O Sullivan 21.33

20. Don McDonald 21.45

21. Yvonne Fitzgerald 22.00

22. Breeda Sheedy 22.10

23. Louise Barry 22.12

24. Paul Geary 22.23

25. Marc Dalton 22.32

26. Dan Twohig 22.46

27. Marian Ahern 23.15

28. Kevin Moran 23.22

29. Sally Drennan 23.23

30. Marie Gillman 23.28

31. Joe Power 23.39

32. Tony Forristal 24.10

33. Christine Murphy 24.19

34. Elga Ryan 24.25

35. Kevin Morrison 24.43

36. Colette Dalton 24.45

37. Linda Curtin 24.48

38. Mary O Keeffe 24.52

39. Maurice Ring 25.19

40. Katherine O Connor 25.27

41. Gillian Bransfield 25.42

42. Mark Fuller 25.47

43. Donie O Connell 25.55

44. Margaret Twohig 26.06

45. Loveness Hegarty 26.09

46. Brian Martin 26.41

47. Astrid Micheel 26.52

48. Bernie Twomey 26.54

49. Susan Fitzgerald 26.57

50. Javier Gómez López 27.01

51. Kevin Toth 27.32

52. Mike Dorney 28.05

53. Ian Kohler 28.10

54. Annette Fitzgerald 28.47

55. Gina Brunton 28.52

56. Maura Smith 29.00

57. Caroline Cashman 29.02

58. Lorinda McCarthy 29.20

59. Clare Deegan 29.40

60. Mervyn OLuing 30.23

61. Michelle Dorney 30.57

62. Sheila Bulman 31.20

63. Sabina Nagle 31.66

64. Shevaun Hogan 32.00

65. Sarah OBRIEN 32.37

66. Andrea Lyons 33.18

67. Suzanne Sloane 33.24

68. Joan McCarthy 33.32

69. Darina O Brien 33.32

70. Noreen O Riordan 33.36

71. Sarah Jane Flaherty 33.40

72. Anne Moore 34.00

73. Billy Griffin 34.00

74. Kathleen O Connell 34.42

75. Norma Moore 35.01

76. Mary Walsh 35.42

77. Elaine Finn 36.10

 

Sunday 15 November 2020

VIRTUAL 5KM

Some shots of those who ran so far, 





Friday 13 November 2020

 SUBMITTING YOUR TIMES


Virtual 5Km Times Here

 

https://form.jotform.com/203155915828056


MOVE-MBER Mileage Here

https://form.jotform.com/203041277722044


Please only use these ways for submitting your results to Mark  Thanks Danny


Thursday 12 November 2020

NEW GEAR




The new gear has arrived so those of you with orders in please Bernie

Wednesday 11 November 2020

 





Due to the Current Covid-19 Restrictions.

 

The Second Race in the series will also be a Virtual 5km Race.

 

You can run the 5km anywhere you like within current restrictions.

 

Your time will count in the overall times throughout the series.

 

You must complete Four of the Five Races to receive a unique finisher T-shirt and be a member of Midleton AC.

 

The 2nd Race can be run Virtually anytime from:

 

Friday 13th – Sunday 15th November

 

Times MUST be submitted via Link provided below only:

 

https://form.jotform.com/203155915828056

 

No results are gathered from any other platforms as in the previous Race

 

We encourage all to follow the Covid-19 guidance and not to gather in large groups to run it together.

 

I hope that when restrictions ease over the next few weeks we might all be able to meet up for the later Races in the Series.

 

Best of luck everyone!

 

 

 

Other Dates on the race Calendar

 

·         Sunday 20th December 2020 - 9:30am

 

·         Sunday 17th January 2021 - 9:30am

 

·         Sunday 21st February 2021 - 9:30am

 

Monday 9 November 2020

MOVE-MBER

 Week 1 Totals = 1810 Miles 

This is massive commitment from all that participated.

This might go up as more people might still submit their times.


Best regards,

Marc Dalton

Sunday 8 November 2020













 Some of our members who did the Virtual Remembrance Run on Sunday. Susanne Sloane. Sheila Bulman, Annette Fitzgerald and Bernie Twomey.

Club VIRTUAL 5Km

Don't forget the club's Virtual 5Km continues next weekend. Details to follow later.

MOVE-MBER


Please submit your mileage for this week to


See Link below






1. Amanda Cody 2. Andre Brodkorb 3. Andrea Lyons 4. Anne Moore 5. Annette Fitzgerald 6. Astrid Micheel 7. Barrie Drennan 8. Barry O'Shea 9. Bernie Twomey 10. Breeda Sheedy 11. Brendan Curtin 12. Brian Martin 13. Brian Cott 14. Caroline Cashman 15. Christine Murphy 16. Claire Fitzgerald 17. Clare Deegan 18. Colette Dalton 19. Dan Twohig 20. Daniel Bloom 21. Danny McCarthy 22. Darina O Brien 23. David Cody 24. David Hughes 25. Declan Dorgan 26. Deirdre Aherne 27. Derek Ahern 28. Don McDonald 29. Donie O Connell 30. Edwin Cashman 31. Eileen Leahy 32. Elga Ryan 33. Ger O Regan 34. Gillian Bransfield 35. Gina Brunton 36. Helen Gilroy 37. Henry Milward 38. Ian Kohler 39. James Long 40. Javier Gómez López 41. Joan Hough 42. Joan McCarthy 43. Joe Power 44. John Hennessy 45. Katherine O Connor 46. Kathleen O Connell 47. Kevin Moran 48. Kevin Toth 49. Linda Curtin 50. Louise Barry 51. Loveness Hegarty 52. Mags Jones 53. Maire Walsh 54. Marc Dalton 55. Margaret Twohig 56. Margo Donnelly 57. Marie Gillman 58. Mark O'Reilly 59. Mark Walsh 60. Mark Kelliher 61. Mark Fuller 62. Mary Walsh 63. Maura Smyth 64. Maurice Ring 65. Mervyn OLuing 66. Michelle Dorney 67. Michelle Mcgrath 68. Mick Murphy 69. Mike Dorney 70. Morgan O'Regan 71. Norma Moore 72. Paul Moore 73. Paul Geary 74. Rebecca Dennehy 75. Rod Scanlan 76. Sabina Nagle 77. Sally Drennan 78. Sarah O'Brien 79. Sarah Jane Flaherty 80. Sheila Bulman 81. Shevaun Hogan 82. Sinead O'Driscoll 83. Siobhan Murphy 84. Siobhàn O'Leary 85. Susan Fitzgerald 86. Suzanne Sloane 87. Tony Forristal 88. Yvonne Fitzgeral



 

Saturday 7 November 2020

 Below is the list of those already signed up for MOVE-MBER

Anyone not on the list please contact Marc asap.

The nominated charity by the members is Marymount Hospice.

The link to upload the mileage will be sent tomorrow.

1. Andre Brodkorb
2. Katherine O Connor
3. Margo Donnelly
4. Ian Kohler
5. Deirdre Aherne
6. Kevin Moran
7. Annette Fitzgerald
8. Daniel Bloom
9. Kathleen O Connell
10. Marc Dalton
11. Ger O Regan
12. Kevin Toth
13. Edwin Cashman
14. Caroline Cashman
15. Andrea Lyons
16. Morgan O'Regan
17. Brendan Curtin
18. John Hennessy
19. Margaret Twohig
20. Mike Dorney
21. Colette Dalton
22. Maura Smyth
23. Mervyn O Luing
24. Shevaun Hogan
25. Claire Fitzgerald
26. Brian Martin
27. Gillian Bransfield
28. Mark Kelliher
29. Louise Barry
30. Paul Geary
31. Siobhan Murphy
32. Declan Dorgan
33. Barrie Drennan
34. Clare Deegan
35. Sally Drennan
36. Gina Brunton
37. Mags Jones
38. Christine Murphy
39. Henry Milward
40. Derek Ahern
41. James Long
42. Maire Walsh
43. Michelle Mcgrath
44. Mick Murphy
45. Tony Forristal
46. Breeda Sheedy
47. Joan Hough
48. Sarah 
Jane Flaherty
49. Linda Curtin
50. Danny McCarthy
51. Joan McCarthy
52. Susan Fitzgerald
53. Siobhàn O'Leary
54. Astrid Micheel
55. Rod Scanlan
56. Amanda Cody
57. Elga Ryan
58. Helen Gilroy
59. Mark O'Reilly
60. Joe Power
61. Mark Walsh
62. Javier Gómez López
63. Mary Walsh
64. Don McDonald
65. Norma Moore
66. Darina O Brien
67. Sheila Bulman
68. Dan Twohig
69. Sinead O'Driscoll
70. Anne Moore
71. Barry O'Shea
72. Rebecca Dennehy
73. Mark Fuller
74. Sarah O'Brien
75. Brian Cott
76. Maurice Ring
77. Eileen Leahy
78. Donie O Connell
79. Bernie Twomey





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Wednesday 4 November 2020

MOVE FOR MOVE-MBER

 

For the month of November, we want all members to get on the move for MOVE-MBER

• Send on your total weekly mileage at the end of each week
• For every 1000 miles accumulated from the club members the club will donate €250 to a nominated charity
• The goal for the month is 5000 miles. If this is achieved the club will donate a capped amount of €2000 to a nominated charity
• The best part is you get to nominate the charity of your choice. The charity with most nominations will receive the donation
• This is a fantastic way to stay connected during this dark and dreary month in the current restrictions
• Prize for most miles during the month 

 

So let’s all try to MOVE-MBER together during this month

 

How does it work?

• If you want to participate you must register before 6th November 2020 via link below
• Nominate your preferred charity via link
• Keep track of your weekly totals
• First weekly submittal due on Sunday 8th November (1st-8th Nov)
• A separate link will be provided to all participants once registered to submit weekly totals

 

 

Registration Link: https://form.jotform.com/203042679185054

 

TRAINING
Everyone should have got an email outlining the Sessions for this week. If you have not got an email and want the sessions please give me a text with your name and email address 0872403940 Danny