One of the Clubs oldest Classic Road Races, the Joe Noonan road race is being relaunched on Sunday September 26th. Ran in memory of the late Joe Noonan, a former club President and father of our current president PJ Noonan, the race was first contested in 1978, the first winner being the late Pat Hooper. The race has long held a date of the last Sunday before Christmas but Covid-19…
The 2021 Lord Mayor of Raheny series will conclude this Tuesday September 21 with the Peter Doody Cup. 18 athletes have completed the required five races, meaning heading into the final round, the league table is; Women Men A further 17 athlete’s may qualify for the overall prizes if they compete in the 18th Peter Doody Cup on Tuesday. While this completes our summer series of races, there are two…
Eoin Keegan was the first Raheny athlete home at the Ratoath half-marathon in what was a competitive 84 minutes and 31 seconds. Keegan was followed home by Dave O’Hara 88:58, Keith Fleming 90:19, Mark Lacey 1:42.01, Gregory Paul 1:42.47, Niall Buckley 1:48.08, David Keoghan 1:51.09, Dave Feeney 1:52.54 and Angela Charlton 1:55.09. Mike Hopkins competed in the five mile posting 28 minutes 26 seconds. While at the medic half-marathon on…
Kieran Kelly and Siobhan Eviston captured the men’s and women’s prizes at the Seamie Weldon 5K in Ardee on Saturday. Kelly posted 15 minutes and nine seconds for victory some 33 seconds clear of second placed Eoin Molly from Castlegar. Kelly led the team home to victory with Dara Mac Riocaird 17:16, Kevin Byrne 17:54 and Wesley Grant 17:57 giving Raheny 39 points, three clear of North East Runners. Siobhan…