Race TUESDAY there will be no official training tonight


ONE OF THE MOST ESTABLISHED AND POPULAR RACES ON THE CORK RUNNING SCENE,
THE JOHN BUCKLEY SPORTS 5K TAKES PLACE THIS EVENING ON THE MARINA ROAD/MONAHAN ROAD CIRCUIT IN CORK CITY.
ENTRIES WILL BE TAKEN AT THE LEE ROWING CLUB - THE RACE WHICH IS ON

A FAST FLAT COURSE

BEGINS AT 8PM

Please arrive very early as a large crowd will attend this very popular race

Midleton AC Senior Section 30.05.11

by Peter Gunning - Joint P.R.O

The fourth week in May heralds the arrival of the Ballycotton 5 Mile Road race series. Last week in Ballyandreen the first of the four races took place with 73 of the 500 finishers wearing the white, green and black of Midleton AC. Marc Dalton in 29:41 led our men’s team home with both Kevin Smith 30:14 and Adam Duchnicz 31:07 already well-placed on the leader board. Ann Geary 34:21 again continues to impress finishing just ahead of club captain Sally Drennan. Breda Cahill finished in a very creditable 35:00 with Marian Aherne chasing her down in 35:46. Michael Furlong came in at 31:48 to finish as fourth junior. Next race in this series takes place in Shanagarry on Thursday 23rd June.

The focus this fortnight is on the Cork City Marathon which takes place on Monday next 6th June Peter Gunning hopes to build on his Rotterdam experience as he lines up for the main event with both Mary B Walsh and Ned Ramsell. Several club members will also compete in both the half-marathon and in the team relays. Among them is triathlete, Colm Egan who will take on the 13.1 miles alongside Claire Fitzgerald, Sandra Bohan and Yvonne Kennedy. Surely the prize for the best named relay team must go to that Midleton AC foursome, Ann Savage, Mags Mulcahy, Barbara O’Connor and Mary Jo Keane who will run under the banner “Guess Who’s the Granny!” Ladies, we can’t! Give us a clue... ! Good luck to all involved in the race and please email your own marathon stories to John for inclusion on the blog.

Speaking of marathons, gremlins prevented the publication of the last set of notes which had included a tribute to Sean O’Sullivan who clocked 3:36 in Boston. Sean has now run in four of the five world majors with solid previous runs in New York, Chicago and Boston. London is calling in 2012 for Sean to complete the quintet. Another well-merited bouquet goes to the quiet man from the north, Jim Boyle who broke 3:30 for the first time in the nearer to home but equally challenging Limerick Marathon. Gentlemen take a bow and accept the admiration of your running colleagues.

Take a bow also ultra-marathon man, Denis Kelleher who ran in this year’s Newry City Marathon and to Mary Toher who tackled the gruelling Burren Marathon on 21st May. Keep the applause going for Tom Cody and Capt. Edmund O’Sullivan who led our prize winners at the recent Eagle AC Cheetah Run in Fota where Elga Ryan was one of many of our runners who posted a four mile pb. Thankfully all are runners returned home fully-limbed.

Next BHAA event is on Tuesday 31st May on the Marina, the John Buckley 5km. Meanwhile training continues each Monday 6pm at the CBS and Tuesday from the community centre, 6pm and 7pm.

Until the next time .... coimead ag rith!

Message From Fergal O'Meara - Social Committee

The Social Club are organising the away trip 2011 to Wexford this year. There is a 10k race close to Wexford town on Sat evening the 10th September. Check it out on www.kilmore10k.com. We have been in contact with The Maldron Hotel in Wexford and they have reserved twin rooms for us for Friday 9th & Saturday 10th September. This hotel is a good option as they have full leisure facilities inc a swimming pool.
They can offer us 2 x nights B&B including an evening meal on one of the nights for €89 per person sharing. The evening meal is 3 courses with 3/4 choices on each course. Also full use of the leisure facilities and they have live entertainment on the Fri and Sat nights in the bar. Fairly good value!

We will start collecting names and deposits over the next few weeks and more details on travel and club subsidy to follow.


Press Release RE Ballyhoura Series - Starts On Friday

Doneraile Debut for 2011 Ballyhoura Active Series of Runs & Walks

Last year over a thousand people participated in the seven events in this series which took place during the summer and autumn months. This year it is hoped that this number will increase significantly given the positive reviews that all the events got. The series of road runs and walks are specifically targeted at increasing participation in the Ballyhoura region because in the past number of years, despite an overall increase in these types of events nationally, there was a noticeable decrease in events taking place in rural areas such as Ballyhoura.

Ballyhoura Fáilte in association with local athletic clubs have helped organise this series to increase the level of publicity for these events and to give all the events a collective boost being part of a series such as this. This year there are nine events spread across the four months from June to September. The first event is a 5km through the quiet scenic surroundings of Doneraile Park which takes place on June 3rd at 8pm. It will provide a great kick start to what will be a great variety of events in different communities across the region.

The nature of all the events except the half-marathon is that they are accessible to most with a basic level of fitness and the entry fee is usually small. Even the half-marathon has a relay event so teams of people can cover the distance over four legs of 5km or other variations of the distance. There is always a nice friendly atmosphere at each of the races and the post-race refreshments/prize-giving.

This is a great way for anyone who wants to try out running or walking an event for the first time to get a taste for the sport and what’s involved. It is also a chance to meet with people from the local athletic club and see about joining them to improve your running abilities. For those who are intimated and afraid of finishing last or being too slow, then they should be aware that most of the races are organised to cater for walkers and beginner runners, so they should not worry in this regard.

The Doneraile 5km race is probably the ideal easy start to the series since it is within the enclosed traffic free surroundings of the park and it is run over a mixture of tarmac and trail surfaces. It is only 5 Euro to enter on the evening at Nagle Rice Secondary School who has kindly allowed the use of their facilities. It is recommended that people arrive early, at least an hour before the 8pm start to get parking, which will be outside the entrance to the park and to get entered. The race this year is named the Dan Byrne Memorial 5km by Mallow AC in memory of one of their members who passed away last year. All proceeds will be donated to charity.

The following is a list of all the races in the Ballyhoura ACTIVE series of Road races and walks;

Friday 3rd June 8pm – Doneraile Park Dan Byrne Memorial 5km Trail Race - Mallow AC



Friday 17th June 8pm – Ger Mullane Memorial Bilboa 10k – Bilboa AC



Monday 4th July 8pm - Dromcollogher Festival 4 mile Road Race - West Limerick AC



Sunday 10th July 12pm - Kilworth Army Camp 5 mile Road Race - Grange Fermoy AC



Friday 5th August 8pm - GR8KM Road Race Mitchelstown - Galtee Runners AC



Saturday 13th August 7pm – Kilteely Festival 5 mile Road Race – Kilteely CC & Bilboa AC



Friday 26th August 7pm – Kilfinane Festival 5 mile road race – Kilfinane AC



Friday 2nd September 7pm - Liscarroll Tom Fitzpatrick Memorial 10km Road Race - Liscarroll AC



Sunday 18th September 10am – Charleville Half-Marathon & HM Relay(4x5km) – North Cork AC



Anyone who completes 5 of the first 8 races will receive a high quality technical t-shirt. For further updates on the series go to; www.ballyhouracountry.com/events or contact Michael Herlihy Ballyhoura Fáilte Outdoor Recreation Officer; Email; mherlihy@ballyhoura.org Phone; 086 3168954 or contact him on the Ballyhoura ACTIVE facebook page.

Cancelled

The Cork County Junior, Senior and Masters T&F championships scheduled
for this Sunday have been cancelled. details are available on
www.corkathletics.org.

Ballycotton Summer Road Race Series 2011
BALLYANDREEN '5'
Thursday 26 May 2011. 8:00pm

Finishers in the Midleton AC team. Pace Race Race
Place Time Name Team Race Age Category min/mile No Place
1 0:29:41 DALTON, Marc Midleton AC M 05:56.1 316 16
2 0:30:14 SMITH, Kevin Midleton AC M 06:02.7 408 25
3 0:31:07 DUCHNICZ, Adam Midleton AC M 06:13.3 411 48
4 0:31:48 FURLONG, Michael Midleton AC MJ 06:21.5 55 61
5 0:32:05 O'MEARA, Fergal Midleton AC M40 06:24.9 398 68
6 0:32:10 MULCAHY, Kieran Midleton AC M40 06:25.9 202 72
7 0:32:19 CODY, Thomas Midleton AC M55 06:27.7 182 78
8 0:32:31 O'CONNELL, John Midleton AC M 06:30.1 449 80
9 0:32:41 CASHMAN, John Midleton AC M45 06:32.1 38 87
10 0:33:05 O'SULLIVAN, Sean Midleton AC M40 06:36.9 25 100
11 0:33:08 MCCARTHY, Eugene Midleton AC M40 06:37.5 455 101
12 0:33:12 KELLY, Alan Midleton AC M40 06:38.3 478 105
13 0:33:15 MURPHY, Mick Midleton AC M40 06:38.9 361 106
14 0:34:21 GEARY, Ann Midleton AC F 06:52.1 169 136
15 0:34:30 EGAN, Colm Midleton AC M40 06:53.9 193 143
16 0:34:42 DRENNAN, Sally Midleton AC F45 06:56.3 319 148
17 0:34:58 WALSH, Mark Midleton AC M50 06:59.5 355 157
18 0:35:00 CAHILL, Breda Midleton AC F40 06:59.9 728 159
19 0:35:24 WATSON, Karol Midleton AC M 07:04.6 375 170
20 0:35:45 CAREY, John Midleton AC M40 07:08.8 105 180
21 0:35:46 AHERNE, Marian Midleton AC F40 07:09.0 228 181
22 0:36:38 MURPHY, Marie Midleton AC F 07:19.4 272 211
23 0:36:42 O'KEEFFE, Mary Midleton AC F45 07:20.2 276 215
24 0:36:44 BOYLE, Jim Midleton AC M40 07:20.6 94 216
25 0:36:50 KENNEALLY, Michael Midleton AC M40 07:21.8 56 219
26 0:37:01 MORRISON, Kevin Midleton AC M45 07:24.0 399 226
27 0:37:21 DORRIS, Anna Midleton AC F40 07:28.0 410 238
28 0:37:58 AHERNE, Deirdre Midleton AC F 07:35.4 95 257
29 0:38:16 O'SULLIVAN, Billy Midleton AC M 07:39.0 176 268
30 0:38:29 MAUNSELL, Francis Midleton AC M 07:41.6 326 279
31 0:38:49 AHERN, Barry Midleton AC M 07:45.6 328 289
32 0:38:54 O'CONNELL, Donie Midleton AC M60 07:46.6 29 291
33 0:39:06 PERRY, Anne-Marie Midleton AC F35 07:49.0 727 294
34 0:39:10 RAMSELL, Ned Midleton AC M40 07:49.8 730 297
35 0:39:11 HEALY, Brian Midleton AC M45 07:50.0 12 298
36 0:40:01 MCCARTHY, Danny Midleton AC M60 08:00.0 171 318
37 0:40:41 HICKEY, Denise Midleton AC F35 08:08.0 6 330
38 0:40:46 MURPHY, Trish Midleton AC F40 08:09.0 415 331
39 0:41:09 AHERNE, Brendan Midleton AC M40 08:13.6 229 340
40 0:41:41 RYAN, Elga Midleton AC F35 08:20.0 362 354
41 0:41:52 HENNESSY, Elaine Midleton AC F50 08:22.2 206 361
42 0:41:58 JONES, Margaret Midleton AC F 08:23.4 422 362
43 0:42:09 TWOMEY, Bernie Midleton AC F40 08:25.6 151 365
44 0:42:31 TWOHIG, Margaret Midleton AC F40 08:30.0 5 372
45 0:42:39 KENNEDY, Yvonne Midleton AC F 08:31.6 259 376
46 0:42:59 BARRY, Margaret Midleton AC F60 08:35.6 258 384
47 0:43:14 O'DOHERTY, Maura Midleton AC F35 08:38.6 192 387
48 0:43:43 MCPHERSON, Nicola Midleton AC F 08:44.4 394 394
49 0:43:44 MORRISON, Moira Midleton AC F40 08:44.6 420 395
50 0:43:45 BARRY, Colette Midleton AC F 08:44.8 434 396
51 0:44:09 HARRINGTON, Ann Midleton AC F 08:49.6 424 405
52 0:44:19 HIGGINS, Carrie Midleton AC F 08:51.6 368 407
53 0:44:25 BUCKLEY, Susan Midleton AC F 08:52.8 423 409
54 0:44:31 IVERS, Sinead Midleton AC F 08:54.0 329 410
55 0:44:58 HEGARTY, Linda Midleton AC F35 08:59.4 351 415
56 0:45:39 GILROY, Helen Midleton AC F45 09:07.6 214 420
57 0:45:41 WALSH, Mary Midleton AC F45 09:08.0 448 422
58 0:45:42 EMERSON, Noreen Midleton AC F45 09:08.2 451 423
59 0:46:14 MULCAHY, Margaret Midleton AC F45 09:14.6 320 427
60 0:46:15 ROHAN, Margaret Midleton AC F50 09:14.8 170 428
61 0:46:37 FITZGERALD, Susan Midleton AC F 09:19.2 356 433
62 0:46:47 SEXTON, Donna Midleton AC F 09:21.2 435 436
63 0:46:48 SEXTON, Joy Midleton AC F 09:21.4 433 438
64 0:47:08 O'CONNOR, Barbara Midleton AC F35 09:25.4 205 440
65 0:47:08 KEANE, Mary Midleton AC F40 09:25.4 210 441
66 0:47:42 BUCKLEY, Sinead Midleton AC F 09:32.2 74 444
67 0:47:56 O'LOMASNEY, Lisa Midleton AC F40 09:35.0 112 447
68 0:48:35 MCGRATH, Marie Midleton AC F40 09:42.8 325 455
69 0:49:56 CASHMAN, Melissa Midleton AC F40 09:59.0 215 464
70 0:50:23 O'MAHONY, Mary Midleton AC F 10:04.4 241 465
71 0:53:07 MCMURTRY, Jim Midleton AC M65 10:37.2 3 471
72 0:53:34 O'LEARY, Clare Midleton AC F 10:42.6 47 473
73 1:00:51 TOHER, Mary Midleton AC F50 12:10.0 83 479
There were 73 finishers in the Midleton AC team.

Summer Series Gets Under Way

Athletics – John Cashman

(Evening Echo Wed May 25th)



The summer season of road running is certainly here when one mentions the word Ballyandreen. This Thursday evening the picturesque coastal village in East Cork will become a hive of activity as Ballycotton Running Promotions host the opening 5 mile fixture in what is widely regarded as Ireland’s original road race series. Then on the fourth Thursday in June, July and August action follows at Shanagarry, Churchtown South and Ballycotton respectively.



Calling on statistics to highlight the current boom has become an almost weekly pass time for those involved in the sport and when it comes to the Ballycotton Summer Series, the surge of activity on the roads is even more evident.



Four years ago when Alan O’Shea clocked an impressive 25:05 to break the tape, there were 237 runners behind him. Just 12 months ago when the race was won by James McCarthy of East Cork AC, the entry desks had checked in 521 runners. The figure represented an increase of 110 on the previous year, 243 on the 2008 race and 283 on the aforementioned 2007 event. With that in mind, it is reasonable to assume that even a cautious prediction for this week’s race surpasses 500.



The figure is further solidified when one considers almost 800 pre entered competitors took part in last week’s Eagle AC ‘4’ miler at Fota Wild Life Park, although this venue had obviously a considerable novelty factor.



All told hosting a race such as the Ballyandreen fixture is now a major undertaking. Although the Ballycotton Running Promotions team are in a class of their own when it comes to such events, the success of their task is nevertheless very much dependant on the co operation of the runners. Because of the tight confines of the venue, all athletes are urged to make a very special effort to arrive early. Entries will be taken from 6pm.



Defending champion James McCarthy is likely to line up again this year as he bids to embellish his highly impressive winning streak which saw him take first place in both Ballintotis and Midleton in recent weeks. He also produced a superb display to finish in fifth place in the Ballycotton ‘10’ back in March. Incidentally, last year’s ladies winner in Ballyandreen Lizzie Lee from Leevale AC went on to be crowned the ‘10’ mile winner in Ballycotton earlier this year.



The respective times of all competitors from this week’s race will be carried forward to race 2 in Shanagarry next month, with overall prizes on offer at the end of the series for the leading men and ladies. There will also be a coveted ‘Top 50’ t shirt for the leading 50 men at the end of the summer whilst the feats of the top 15 ladies will be similarly recognised. Finally all those who complete all 4 races will also receive a souvenir plaque in recognition of their efforts.



A reminder that in these days of increased prices, the entry fee for the first three races remains at a very modest 5 euro. The 6 entry fee for the final fixture will see a donation of 1 euro from each participant to a local charity.

*Summer Series Race Dates – May 26th Ballyandreen (8pm), June 23rd Shanagarry (8pm), July 28 Churchtown South (8pm), August 25 Ballycotton (7.30pm)

BALLYANDREEN 5 MILE RACE- THIS THURSDAY 8PM


A very large entry is expected, thus the organisers would greatly appreciate any extra help available re

- registration at entry desks
- recording at finish line
-stewarding around the course

If you are not running and would like to help or know somebody who might help, please drop me an email back by Thursday morning

If you are running, please arrive early - entries taken from 6pm.

Regards
John Cashman

EXERCISE BIKE WANTED

for six weeks only.

Our club colleague and team mate Noel O'Regan is at present recovering from an operation.(Dont worry he will be back faster than ever) but in the meantime he is in need of a stationary exercise bike for about six weeks or so.This is something that people have sitting around and not using so any club member or anyone that knows of where we could get one please give Danny a ring at 0872403940.

We guarantee it will be returned in the condition we get it.

Collection can be arranged.