It has been a hectic few weeks in the Club with numerous events attended by our members, young and old.
SECONDARY SCHOOLS ATHLETICS NEWS;
On the 18th of May, there was great running at the Munster Schools Track & Field championships held in C.I.T. Five athletes from Durrus A.C. competed. Representing Scoil Mhuire, Ballingeary were Caoimhe Cotter, Inter Girls S/Ch who finished in 3rd place, Aoibheann Lawton, in the Inter girls 3000m finishing in 11:30.63 & Ellen Collins also having a good run in the Junior girls 800m. Representing Coláiste Pobail Bheanntrai were Sean Lawton & Fionn Harrington both in the Minor boys 800m. Fionn finished very strong in 2nd place in a new P.B. of 2:11.95 and Séan had a great run finishing in 4th place also bringing in a P.B. of 2:15.57. Well done all and congratulations to Fionn Harrington & Caoimhe Cotter who qualified for the All Ireland Schools Finals.
It was an exciting day out on the 1st of June at the Irish Life Health Schools All Ireland Track & Field Championships held in Tullamore Harriers Athletics stadium. Caoimhe Cotter of Scoil Mhuire Ballingeary ran very well in the Inter Girls 1500m S/C running 16 seconds faster than her time at the Munster championships. Fionn Harrington represented Coláiste Pobail Bheanntraí in the Minor boys 800m in a race that went out at a ferociously fast pace, where a new National Schools Minor boys record was set by the overall winner. The race was won in a time of 2:05.32 with Fionn running strong through out working his way from the back of the field to finish in a super 4th place.
BAY RUN / SENIOR RESULTS
Great running at the annual Bay Run - 10k & Half Marathon. Well done Giles Deacy (new PB 47:40) Mary Lawton, Jimmy Tobin (running as a guide runner) & Elmarie Lynch who ran in the 10k and Carmel Nash & Deirdre O’Brien in the half marathon. Well done to Jimmy Tobin who also participated in the Le Cheilé Africa 5k trail run in Watergrasshill Hill on the 7th of June.
COUNTY "B" JUVENILE & MASTER TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Our juveniles were in action in the Cork Athletics County B Championships on the 26th of May. Stand out performance of the day went to Beibhinn Horstmanhoff who ran a great race which she lead from the start and it ended up being a two way battle on the homestraight with Beibhinn finishing in 2nd place winning the County B silver medal in the girls u.13 600m. Good running also by Finnian Lawton in the sprint and middle distance event, and who narrowly missed out on a qualifying spot for the County Final of the sprint. In the middle distance events, very strong running by Liam Horstmanhoff, Jamie McCarthy & Luke McCarthy, giving it their all in the home straight.
Michael Harrington competed in the County Masters Track & Field Championships and won the o45 3000m in a time of 9:26. He went on to compete in the Munster Masters Men 3000m in which he was overall winner of his age category in a time of 9:27.89.
RESULTS FROM COUNTY B TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
CORK CITY MARATHON
Massive well done to club members Deirdre O’Brien & Carmel Nash who completed the Cork City Half Marathon on the 2nd of June both crossing the finish line in 1:55.18 & Dee Harrington who completed her first Full Marathon distance in 3:58.03. Well done ladies.
WEST CORK LEAGUE
There was a great fun filled evening of running at the first of the West Cork Track & Field summer leagues held in Dunmanway on June the 4th. Fionn Wiseman picked up the first medal of the night in the sprint finals, winning the gold. Finnian Lawton also had a brilliant race in the u13 sprint final winning the gold medal. He went on to have a great run in the middle distance race & finished just outside the medals in 4th position. Durrus AC took two of the medals in the u15 sprint final with Anna Townes claiming the silver medal for her efforts & Caoimhe Horstmanhoff taking the bronze. In the middle distance races Padraig O’Sullivan had a super run in the u11 600m moving from the back of the pack up to 3rd place to clinch the bronze medal. Colm Hegarty was on target for a medal in his sprint but was unlucky to slip at the start however, this did not deter him in the u15 800m, in which he went out and ran really strong and won the bronze medal. Anna Townes & Caoimhe Horstmanhoff had great performances in the u15 800m, taking the silver & bronze medals respectively. All athletes gave great performances including Eva Leahy, Max Leahy, Aidan Collins, Chloe Hegarty, Beibhinn Horstmanhoff, Liam Horstmanhoff, Séan Wiseman, Lily Collins & our three new club members, Rachel Kelleher, John Coughlan & Clodagh Downey. Also well done to all who won medals in the mixed relay events.
Photos from the various events can be seen on our Facebook photo gallery
