Eoin Strutt posted the fastest 800 metres at the third Dublin Graded Meet of the year in Irishtown Stadium on Wednesday night. The A 800 metre race was split into two races, due to the amount of competitors with Strutt clocking a swift one minute 55.75 seconds for victory Daniel Scully took second place behind Strutt in the same race posting one minute 57.24 seconds. Strutt’s time was marginally faster…
Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club are saddened to learn of the passing of Maura Martin, mother of Mick Martin. Mrs. Martin passed away on Sunday May 21st in Nazareth House on the Malahide Road. Mrs. Martin’s funeral takes place on Thursday May 25th at 10am in St. John the Baptist church in Clontarf with removal for burial to St. Fintan’s cemetary. Full details available here
Mark Smyth landed the 100/200 double at the Leinster Schools track and field championships in Morton Stadium on Saturday. Smyth broke the tape in the 100 metres in 10.97, two tenths of a second ahead of David McDonnell of CBS Wexford. In the 200 metres Smyth brought the gold medal home in 21.73 seconds this time with a larger stride over McDonald coming home in 22.33 seconds. Hugh Flood (Belvedere…
Mick Boyle won the Malahide in 16 minutes 56 seconds, with Dean Keogh 20:47, Steven Rowe 23:32 also competing. Brian Leahy won the St. Annes Park race, although there are some notable questions on his finishing time! Steve Reeves took seventh place in 18 minutes 24 seconds with Dave Woods eighth 18:31 and Declan Robinson ninth in 18:34. Other runners in St. Annes Park were Gearoid Healy 19:04, Peter Smyth…