The First round of the National Track & Field League got underway today with our men’s and women’s teams based in Tallaght. Full results are not yet available, though the men’s team finished in third place in their pool, behind Clonliffe Harriers and Finn Valley. The men’s team saw wins for Kieran Kelly in the 1500 metres, Freddy Sittuk 3,000 metre Steeplechase, Eoin Strutt 5,000 metres and Colm Bourke long…
The Passage East 10 kilometre road race in honour of the late Ronan Walsh will take place on Saturday September 30th. The course will be familiar to club members from last year’s Kincora 2 Passage run, with the 10K race for the Ronan Walsh Perpetual Cup won by Damien Martin in 2016. Further details will follow, so mark the date in your diaries for now, the organisers have confirmed that…
Conor Dooney notched an impressive 3,000 metres victory at the Irish Milers Club meet held at the Mary Peters Track in Belfast on Saturday afternoon. Dooney powered away to win out in eight minutes 16 point 90 seconds clear of Barry Keane from Waterford who clocked 8:18.66 with Thomas Morgan of Kilkenny City Harriers third in 8:20.50. Aisling Drumgoole took second place in the 400 metre A race clocking…
Mark Smyth made his senior international debut as Ireland found the going tough at the European Team Championships First League in Vaasa Finland. Smyth ran the third leg of the 4 x 100 metre relay for the Irish team which was led out by Christian Robinson, in the B final which included Romania, Estonia, Bulgaria, Belgium and Denmark. Robinson got off to a fast start, however the wheels came off…