Please note the 2020 Joe Noonan Cup will now take place on Sunday September 26th at 11am. This race has been rescheduled from it’s proposed date in August as to move it to a more traditional date in the road racing calendar. A new course has been designed for the 2020 Joe Noonan Cup and the race will now be held over 10 kilometres. From this race going forward there…
Keith Fleming won the 2020 Brian Holland Cup which was held on it’s original course in Raheny tonight, some 16 months after it was originally scheduled. The Holland Cup is the longest running road race in the club’s history and since first held in 1959 has been ran as a sealed handicap. Keith Fleming satisfied the handicapper to lift the Brian Holland Cup. Second place went to Dave O’Hara with…
Sophie Becker and the Irish 4x400m Mixed Relay team put in another stellar performance at the Olympic Stadium as they finished eighth in their final. This was the first time an Irish relay team had ever qualified for an Olympic relay final and they recorded a time of 3:15.04, the second fastest ever by an Irish quartet. The team lined up with the same personnel as the qualifying round, and…
Sophie Becker produced an excellent third leg on her Olympic debut as Ireland qualified for the 4x400m mixed relay final. Becker ran an excellent third leg from Phil Healy and handing over to Chris O’Donnell with Cillin Greene running the opening leg. The Irish team finished semi-final one fourth in 3:12.88 a national record. The top three qualified automatically for the final with the two fastest losers from both semi-finals….