Conor Dooney notched an impressive 3,000 metres victory at the Irish Milers Club meet held at the Mary Peters Track in Belfast on Saturday afternoon. Dooney powered away to win out in eight minutes 16 point 90 seconds clear of Barry Keane from Waterford who clocked 8:18.66 with Thomas Morgan of Kilkenny City Harriers third in 8:20.50. Aisling Drumgoole took second place in the 400 metre A race clocking…
Smyth Makes Irish Bow
Mark Smyth made his senior international debut as Ireland found the going tough at the European Team Championships First League in Vaasa Finland. Smyth ran the third leg of the 4 x 100 metre relay for the Irish team which was led out by Christian Robinson, in the B final which included Romania, Estonia, Bulgaria, Belgium and Denmark. Robinson got off to a fast start, however the wheels came off…
Tailteann Games Silver for Beveridge
Daniel Beveridge took silver at the Tailteann games with a personal best of 40.88 metres before going onto finish seventh in the shot put with a throw of 12.15 metres. Jamie Sheridan landed 400 metre bronze and was part of the Leinster which won the 4×400 metre. Elsewhere Hugh Flood took fourth place in the hammer with a best of 49.41 metres. While Sean Maher threw a personal best of…
Parkrun Round Up – June 24
Wesley Grant took second place in the Malahide parkrun posting 17 minutes 56 seconds just 12 seconds behind winner Gerard Redmond. Other finishers in Malahide were Seamus Rooney 19:42, Patrick Phillips 19:42, Aileen Byrne 21:36, Steven Rowe 23:23. Graham O’Dwyer was first clubman home in St. Anne’s Park posting 17 minutes 34 seconds taking third place. Conall Murphy posted 18 minutes 19 seconds for fifth place. Finbar O’Grady took sixth…