All Ireland Cross Country Championships (Uneven Ages) 2017

Waterford I.T. Sports Campus was the venue for this years Athletics Ireland All Ireland uneven age juvenile Cross Country championships.    Although it is a very challenging course with testing hills, it is a great accessible venue with excellent facilities  on site.  Weather conditions were ideal, being dry, mild & calm.  

Fionn Harrington and Sean Lawton competed in their first ever All Ireland Cross Country event in the boys under 13, 2,500m race.  Sean Lawton, wearing the Munster singlet, got a good start and settled in well and held his position throughout the race and with 200m remaining put in a late surge and gained an extra two positions to finish in a super 13th place overall, just missing out on a top 12 finishers individual medal.  Sean won two team medals, silver representing Munster and bronze representing Cork.  Fionn who was wearing the Cork singlet finished in 99th position out of a field of 164 finishers.   Well done to both.  

Results HERE 

Athletics Ireland Report HERE

Photos HERE

Clonakilty Waterfront Marathon VIII

Well done to club members Carmel Nash and Claire O'Mahony who took part in the Clonakilty Waterfront Half Marathon yesterday and to Tricia Hickey who took part in the 10km run.

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Munster "B" Cross Country Championships Report

Twelve juvenile athletes made the journey across the Cork/Kerry border to take part in the Munster B Cross Country Championships which were held today in Beaufort, Co. Kerry. It was another successful day for Durrus Athletics Club with individual, County and club team medals being won. We fielded two teams today which was great for a small rural Club.

Finnian Lawton was first to run in the boys under 11 race and finished in 35th position. The girls under 11 race followed, with the team of Beibhinn Horstmanhoff, Eva Leahy, Lily Collins and Chloe Hegarty who finished in 8th, 18th, 48th & 51st position respectively. The team placed 6th in the Club scorings. Beibhinn Horstmanhoff had a super top 12 placing, finishing in 8th place overall and receiving both an individual Munster championship medal and a Cork County gold medal.

Fionn Harrington and Colm Hegarty ran in the boys under 13 race, with Fionn finishing in 8th position and Colm in 39th. Fionn won both an individual Munster championship medal and a Cork County team gold medal.

Our second team of the day then followed in the girls under 15 race, with Rebecca Harrington leading the team home coming in 4th position, Aoibheann Lawton in 8th, Caoimhe Cotter in 25th and Ellen Collins in 34th. The team put in a strong performance and were justly rewarded with the Munster Club team bronze medals. Rebecca and Aoibheann both also claimed individual Munster medals for coming in the top 12 as well as Cork County team gold medals.

Evan Hourihane was the last of our athletes to run today finishing in 31st position in the boys u.15 race. Well done to all for taking part and the parents for their continued involvement and support on the day.

Photos in the following link;
PHOTOS

Provisional results now on the Munster Athletics website in the following link;
RESULTS

Newsletter week ended 26.11.2017

Congratulations to Sean Lawton and Fionn Harrington who have been named on the Cork Under 13 team in the upcoming All Ireland uneven ages Cross Country Championships. 

Cork Qualifiers 

Jimmy Tobin has been back in action on the roads recently after a break, taking part in 2 road runs on the same weekend, the first being the Spar Fitlive Cork Airport 5k run held at midnight Friday night, Jimmy then went on to run a very challenging Run The Gauntlet half marathon in The Gap of Dunloe, Kerry on Sunday. Well done Jimmy.  

Michael Harrington was back running cross country last weekend representing the Cork Senior team at the All Ireland National Cross Country championships at the National Sports campus in Abbottstown, Dublin. The Cork team won the county team bronze medals.   

Best of luck to our juvenile athletes who will be taking part in the Munster B Cross Country championships this weekend in Beaufort, County Kerry.  

British & Irish Masters Home Countries International XC

The British and Irish Masters Home Countries International Cross Country event was held yesterday in Gransha Park in Derry, where teams from Northern Ireland, Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales compete in their age categories. It was a worthwhile journey from West Cork to Derry for Michael Harrington who donned the green singlet representing Ireland in the O.45 category running a distance of 8km on an undulating course. The ground was cut up by the time this race was ran, as it was the third race of the day. The O.45 race was held in conjunction with the O.35 and O.40 categories. England claimed the gold medals and were overall team winners with 92 points, followed by Ireland taking the silver team medals in 140 points, with Scotland taking the bronze with 247 points. Congratulations to Michael who finished as 4th Irish runner on the over 45 Irish team and who was also a scorer on the team which helped Ireland secure the silver medals.

Full results in link attached (Race 3) RESULTS

Video coverage HERE 

PHOTOS HERE

Munster Uneven ages Cross Country Championship

Séan shines in Galbally.

The Munster uneven age cross country championships were held today on land in Galbally village, County Tipperary. The course comprised one large field with many loops to make up the various distances, which made for easy viewing for the spectators. Good weather prevailed, though the course was a true test of grit and determination with energy sapping heavy mucky underfoot conditions in parts. Six athletes from Durrus A.C. took part in the Championships. Standard at the Munster “A” championships is always very high and today was no exception, with up to 200 athletes in many of the races.

First up to represent the Club was Beibhinn Horstmanhoff in the girls under 11, 1500m race, who finished in 40th place out of a huge field of athletes and was unfortunate to miss out on a place on the Cork team by 2 places at the All Ireland championships.

Next up was Finnian Lawton in the boys under 11, 1,500m who had a very solid run and is improving from race to race.

Sean Lawton and Fionn Harrington competed in the boys under 13 2,500m race, both had great starts and ran strongly from the outset. Sean was running with the front runners throughout with Fionn not too far behind. Sean who has been having a great cross country season had an excellent race and finished in 5th place overall, winning two medals today, individual 5th place and gold on the Cork team. He secured automatic qualification to the All Ireland boys under 13 Cross Country Championships, which will be held in Waterford in December, as the top 12 automatically go through to represent Munster. Fionn followed closely behind in 22nd position and he also secured qualification on the Cork team in the All Ireland championships, being the 10th Cork athlete over the line. This is a great and well earned result for both Fionn and Sean.

The day concluded with Aoibheann Lawton and Caoimhe Cotter taking part in the girls under 15 3,500m race, both girls running strongly finishing in 29th and 50th respectively.

RESULTS HERE

PHOTO GALLERY HERE

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