A very large contingent of club members took part in the 36th Women’s Mini Marathon on bank holiday Monday. Annette Kealy winner in 2008 was first Raheny woman across the line in 37 minutes 19 seconds followed by Tara Kennedy Monks in 38.54 and Karen Crossan breaking 40 minutes in 39.50. They were followed by Aine Cremin 40.17, Annmarie Woods 41.04, Elaine O’Hagan McNulty 41.11, Mary Walsh 42.49, Helen Carr…
Conor Bermingham added another gold medal to his bulging tally this time claiming Leinster championship gold in Tullamore. Bermingham vaulted to gold with a best of four metres winning gold on count back from St Laurance O’Toole’s Matthew Callinan Keenan. Callinan Keenan had failed his first attempt at four metres while both men were unable to clear 4.20 metres, seeing Bermingham crowned Leinster champion. There was a total of six…
Freddy Keron Sittuk took second place at the SSE Airtricity Walled City Marathon in Derry posting 2:26.14 behind Dan Tanui who won out in 2:25.26. At the Irish Examiner Cork City Marathon Dermot Gorman was first Raheny man home in 2:50:45 with Gerard Mullins posting 3:25:40. Marathon man himself Dave Brady posted four hours 53 minutes 14 seconds. In the half marathon Graham O’Dwyer clocked one hour 22 minutes and…
Mark Smyth wrote himself into the history books in Tullamore as he claimed the 100/200 metre double at the Irish Life Health All Ireland Schools. Smyth was slow out of the blocks in the 100 metres, though quickly clawed back the ground he lost on Presentation Athenry’s Cillin Greene. The final 40 metres were all Smyth’s as he forced his way past Greene to win by a whisker with both…