Colm Bourke set a new club long jump record as he finished second in the Scottish Championships on Sunday. Bourke jumped 7.38 metres a massive improvement on the club’s record of 7.18 metres to finish second in the championship overall. Bourke equalled the club’s record and his personal best with jump one of 7.18m, his second was measured to 7.42m but had an illegal wind assistance of +3.2. History was…
Mark Kirwan took fifth place in the Frank Duffy 10 Mile, part of the Dublin Marathon race series on Saturay morning in the phoenix park. Kirwan posted 53 minutes and 21 seconds in a race that was won by Clonliffe’s Stephen Scullion in 50 minutes 37 seconds. Other finishers were; John Dunne 56.14, Rory O’Sullivan 58.10, Colm Delaney 60.57,Robert Frewen 61.05, Colm Dunne 61:38, Jody Gilhooley 62:35, Steve Reeves 63.24,…
The 2017 Lord Mayor of Raheny Road Race Series has seen a 45% year-on-year increase in participants as runners fled to Raheny on Tuesday evenings. The series which was launched in 1999 as part of Pat Hooper’s Lord Mayor of Raheny campaign has grown from strength to strength every year. Now the series which includes 13 two mile road races every Tuesday night between June 13 and August 29 has…
Joseph O’Donoghue was the fastest man in over 5K winning the Portmarnock 5K on Thursday evening. O’Donoghue posted 16 minutes and two seconds for victory, 62 seconds cleat of “Portmarnock Tri Club’s Eoin Brady!!” Annette Kealy won the women’s race in 18 minutes 24 seconds, taking fourth place overall. Freddy Sittuk took second place in the 10km race just a stride behind Clonliffe’s Colm Rooney. Freddy posting 32:05, a second behind…