Daniel Stone produced one of the fastest performances in the 22-year history of the Lord Mayor of Raheny series to claim the Tommy Lynam mid-summer cup.
19-year-old Stone one of the club’s brightest middle distance prospects was in excellent form controlling the race from early on and clocking 9:23 for victory.
In a highly competitive race Sli Culainn’s Jason Byrne put it right up to Stone and came home in second place clocking 9:47.
Ian Conroy took third place in 10:04 in another big battle with another Wicklow man Alan Duffy of Parnell’s.
The women’s race was just as competitive with Annette Kealy clocking victory in 11:14 five seconds clear of Jenny O’Sullivan with Edel Gaffney of Trim taking third place in 11:25.
The Tommy Lynam Mid-Sumer’s cup has an interesting history as a club race. The race started life as the Mid-Summers day 5K back in 2005, finding a slot in the calendar on the Sunday closest to Mid-Summers day.
Then race director John Fitzsimmons proposed the introduction of the “Tommy Lynam cup” after the passing of our then president Tommy Lynam in 2008.
In time the race moved from 5K to two mile and has been part of the Lord Mayor Series since 2015.
The 2020 Lord Mayor of Raheny Two Mile series continues this Tuesday night with the Maeve Devlin Cup. Entry fee is €7 or €30 for the remainder of the series.
2020 Tommy Lynam Mid-summers cup results
| Men | Women |
| 1. Daniel Stone – Raheny Shamrock – 9:32 | 1. Annette Kealy – Raheny Shamrock – 11:14 |
| 2. Jason O’Byrne – Sli Culainn – 9:47 | 2. Jenny O’Sullivan – Raheny Shamrock – 11:19 |
| 3. Ian Conroy – Raheny Shamrock – 10:04 | 3. Edel Gaffney – Trim – 11:25 |
| O/35 – Ken Nolan – Raheny Shamrock – 10:28 | O/35–Aileen Cooke – Raheny Shamrock –13:35 |
| O/40–Graham Ahearne–Raheny Shamrock–10:34 | O/40–Sinead McArdle–Raheny Shamrock-14:16 |
| O/45 – Keith Fleming–Raheny Shamrock– 11:59 | O/45- Helen Daly – Raheny Shamrock – 14:26 |
| O/50 – Dave O’Hara–Raheny Shamrock – 12:16 | O/50–Jenny Colbert–Raheny Shamrock – 13:42 |
| O/55 – Dave Feeney – Raheny Shamrock –12:45 | O/55–Orla Gormley – Raheny Shamrock – 13:08 |
| O/60 – Christy Reilly – Raheny Shamrock –14:10 | O/60–Bernie Kearns–Raheny Shamrock – 15:39 |
| O/65 – David Byrne – Raheny Shamrock – 14:35 | O/65–Patricia Lorrigan–Raheny Shamrock-15:45 |
| O/70 – Dave Brady – Raheny Shamrock – 20:36 | Juvenile – Cara Coll – Raheny Shamrock – 17:19 |
