Bernard Roe was the inaugural winner of the Fairview parkrun which opened its door’s this morning. Roe claimed the win in 17 minutes 33 seconds with Eamon Traynor second in 18 minutes 14 seconds and Stephen McGuinn third in 19 minutes 19 seconds. Keith Fleming took sixth place in 19 minutes 37 seconds. Other finishers were Dean Keogh 22:22, Nicola Mooney 22:24, Des Lyons 22:59, Mark McComish 23:00. Brian Christensen…
Kieran Kelly broke the club Mile record at the Morton Games International and came agonizingly close to breaking the Four Minute Barrier. Kelly was on course to become the first Raheny Shamrock athlete to ever break the four minute mark though missed out by a split hair, posting 4:00.70. The time a personal best for Kelly broke the club’s mile record held by Kevin Moriarty of 4:08.13 which was set…
Brian Leahy took third place in the BHAA DCC 5K in Irishtown on Friday night. Leahy clocked 16 minutes 21 seconds for third place as the race was won by Conor Burke in 16 minutes seven seconds. Orla Gormley came home in 20 minutes 17 seconds while Dave Gargan posted 21 minutes 20 seconds. Valerie Clinton clocked 25:10 and Dave Brady posted 2:13. Editor Comment: With the only major international…
Joseph O’Donoghue repeated a domineering performance for the second week in a row to win round six of the Lord Mayor of Raheny series. O’Donogue ran a flat 10 minutes for the two mile race held in calm conditions. Simon Devenney took second place in 10 minutes 29 seconds. Arnaud Bejacar of Liffey Valley was third man home, some 10 seconds behind Devenney. Ailis Murtagh added a sharp victory in…