Newsletter 28.10.2019

It was another busy week for the Club with members competing in various events from 2k to 42.2k.

On the trails, Giles Deacy & Elmarie Lynch have  been in good running form at the Glengarriff Parkrun over the past two weekends, with Giles posting a p.b. of 23:20 on the 5k distance on the 19th of October and finishing in 3rd place overall last Saturday. 

On the roads, Carmel Nash and Jimmy Tobin were our 2 representatives at the annual Dublin City Marathon.    Carmel had been training diligently since Cork City Marathon for this event and her training certainly paid off.  She ran a very evenly paced marathon, coming in at 2 hrs at the half way mark and  finished in a fantastic time of 4:03.42.   

Jimmy Tobin has continued with his running streak taking part in the recent National Council of the Blind Annual 10k in Thurles and the Dromtasna 10k Challenge in West Limerick.  He finished off the month of October by taking part in the Dublin City Marathon, which he completed  at a slower pace than normal for him, as he was pacing another runner, but enjoyed it all without the pressure of the clock!!. 

Our juveniles were in action on Sunday at the County "B" cross country championships hosted by Duhallow A.C. and held in Dromtarriffe.    Competing in the following age categories were; U.9 Adam Whelton & Liam Horstmanhoff, U.11 Robyn Whelton, U. 13, Beibhinn Horstmanhoff, Lily Collins, Anna McAuliffe & Finnian Lawton, U. 15 Caoimhe Horstmanhoff &  Anna Townes, U. 17 Ellen Collins & Caoimhe Cotter.   Great running by all the athletes, who can be very proud of their performances.    Medals were awarded to the first 6 individuals over the line.   Adam Whelton on his first competitive race with the club narrowly missed out on a medal finishing in 7th place, as did Lily Collins who also finished in 7th and Caoimhe Horstmanhoff who finsihed in 8th place. 3 individual medals were won.   Ellen Collins won the girls u.17 race followed by Caoimhe Cotter in 2nd place who took the silver medal and clear winner of the girls under 13 race was Beibhinn Horstmanhoff, who ran a very tactical race.  Well done to all.

RESULTS HERE

PHOTOS HERE

Next weekend the County Masters Cross Country will be held in Castlelyons hosted by St. Nicholas A.C. with the Munster Juvenile uneven age & Senior Cross Country championships being held the following weekend on Sunday November the 10th in Conna.  Details here

Munster Even Age Cross Country Report 21.10.2019

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Well done to our athletes who competed in the Munster even ages cross country yesterday which was held around Limerick Racecourse.  Ground conditions were very poor with heavy mud in parts, which made for extremely tough races for the athletes.  The course comprised 1km loops.   Medals were awarded to the top 12 finishers as well as County team medals.  Top 12 placing secured automatic qualification for the All Ireland championships.    

Beibhinn Horstmanhoff had a fantastic race running a year out of age in the girls u. 14 3000m, narrowly missing out on a qualifying spot on the highly competitive Cork team for the All Ireland final.  This race will benefit Beibhinn for her own age Munster championships in a few weeks time.    

Ellen Collins & Caoimhe Horstmanhoff ran well competing in the girls u. 16 4,000m followed by  Sean Lawton and Fionn Harrington who were next to run in the boys u. 16 4000m, both having really good strong races.   Sean finished in 6th place overall with Fionn in 12th place, both qualifying for the Munster team for the All Ireland finals.   Fionn & Sean won both individual and silver medals on the Cork team. This challenging race will stand  to them when they run their own age Munster cross country championships in November.   

Caoimhe Cotter and Aoibheann Lawton had another good race in the girls u. 18 4000m,  with Aoibheann finishing in 10th position overall, also qualifying for the All Ireland finals in November.   Aoibheann also won an individual gold medal on the Cork team.  

Results & Photos on Munster Athletics HERE and HERE

Durrus A.C. Photos here

Next weekend, our juveniles will be in action in the County B cross country championships.
More info here

Newsletter 10th October 2019

Newsletter 10th October 2019 

Start of the boys under 16, 4000m race

Knockardbane, Liscarroll was the venue for this year's County Novice, Junior & Even Ages cross country championships hosted by Liscarroll Athletic Club. 

Aoibheann Lawton and Caoimhe Cotter were the first to run in the girls combined Junior & u.18 race
Aoibheann had a very strong performance throughout finishing in 4th position overall in the combined race and coming 3rd in the u. 18 category, with Caoimhe also having a strong run finishing in 11th place (both running up an age) .

The juvenile races followed with Liam Horstmanhoff competing in the boys u. 10, Beibhinn Horstmanhoff , Lily Collins & Anna Townes all girls u. 12, Finnian Lawton boys u. 14, Caoimhe Horstmanhoff and Ellen Collins in the girls u. 16 and Fionn Harrington and Séan Lawton in the boys u. 16.

There were strong performances from all the athletes giving it their best.  Beibhinn Horstmanhoff had a super run, (out of age), in the girls u. 12, 2000m running strong with the leading group at the start but losing a few places in the final few hundred metres.   Beibhinn is going from strength to strength with every season.  Séan Lawton and Fionn Harrington also ran very well in the u. 16 4000m, both running up an age and both with the front running group from the start.  Séan and Fionn pulled away from the leading group opening up a lead with 1km remaining.    They battled to the end with Séan forging ahead in the final few hundred meteres taking the County u.16 boys title and Fionn following taking the silver medal.

Full results, videos and photos on Cork Athletics website

The second leg of the County juvenile xc championships will be held on Sunday October 13.  Best of luck to all our athletes competing.  Details here


At the senior end of the Club, Giles Deacy &  Elmarie Lynch took part in the Glengarriff Park Run in terrible weather, which was the first Park Run held on their new route.   The new route takes out the dreaded steep hill and now includes the "Big Meadow".  Glengarriff Park Run