MASTERFUL IRISH AT ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CROSS-COUNTRY! For only the third time ever, the Irish team are overall winners at the 37th annual British and Irish Masters Cross-Country Championships, held in perfect conditions at Abbotstown on Saturday (November 14) - and Dublin athletics club members helped in so small way. The vital four points collected in the over 75 women’s age group, added to the programme for the first time this year, proved critical in assuring a two-point victory for Ireland over perennial rivals England. Members of the team included the great June Comiskey (Raheny Shamrock), who turns 80 next year, and the super consistent Eileen O’Brien of Lucan Harriers. Ireland remains the only nation ever to have beaten the might of England in this popular event, where teams points in the eighteen age categories teams competition are all important the team results are vital. In the men’s competition, victory went to the Irish M35, 45, 50 and 75 teams. Among those lining out for those teams were Eoin Flynn (Rathfarnham WSAF) and Keith Young (Metro St Brigid’s AC) both on the M45 teams and Ruben Bartelink (DSD AC) and Paul Fleming (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) on the M50 team. Helping the M40 team to second place were were Colm Turner (Brothers Pearse) and Pierce Geoghegan (Liffey Valley AC). Also finishing second was a M55 team that included Des Tremble (Donore Harriers) and the M60 team for which Michael Counsel (Raheny Shamrock AC) and Sean McCreery (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) were among the finishers. Of the women, finishing fourth overall in the 6km race, as well as fourth W40, was Fiona Roche (Raheny Shamrock AC), while fifth and first W45 was Ciara Hickey (Brothers Pearse AC). Seventh overall and first W35 was Lisa Madden (Sportsworld AC), who was leading Ireland to team victory in this category. Also taking victory and collecting valuable points were the over 45 and 70 teams. The Irish W50 team, which included Zoe Quinn (Raheny Shamrock) finished second as did the W55 team led by Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock) second in this age group. Back in 2005, Kealy was the overall winner of this race when it was held in Santry. Finally the Irish W65 team, which included Sheelagh Jones (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) finished third, while finishing second in the M65 open 4km race was her club mate Tom Cuddy. In Germany, Efrem Gidey (Clonliffe Harriers) finished seventh in the Sparkassen Cross Pforzheim 7.7km on Saturday (November 14). His time of 19 min2 45.36 secs put him about half a minute behind the winner and sets him up nicely for next Sunday’s National Cross-Country Championships at Abbotstown, where he will take on, among others, last year’s champion Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock) and recently crowned Dublin champion Paul O’Donnell (DSD AC). More pictures at at https://www.flickr.com/.../lindie/albums/72177720336736286/ DCU WINS COLLEGE ROAD RELAYS At the annual Irish Universities Road Relays in Maynooth, a DCU team including Finn Woodger (Metro St Brigid’s AC) had almost a minute to spare when winning the men’s race ahead of University of Galway and University of Limerick. In the women’s race, Eimear Maher (DSD AC) helped UCC to a narrow two second victory over DCU. Maher ran a time of 10 mins 37 secs for the two-lap leg - the fastest of the day. ROADS ROUND-UP At the Stook 10-Mile in Co Kilkenny on Sunday (November 15), ultramarathon man Ger Prendergast (Ballymun AC) finished second M40 in 66 mins 32 secs. Ballymun AC make an annual trip to this race and the men’s team finished third, with Eamon Carthy, 13th in 72:01, backed up by Damien Crystal and Ian Franzoni. The Ballymun women took the team prize, led by Ashley Carroll, who was fourth woman in 79:10 with club mates Emily Furphy, Katie Sheridan and Kim Keogh not too far behind. Completing the 10km was Michelle Bennett. Winners at the Bear Races Clontarf Half Marathon on Saturday were Leo Corry (Belpark Tri Club) in 72 mins 1 sec. Sebastian Hansen (Crusaders AC) was second in 72:14. First woman was Spanish triathlete Sonsoles Panadero in 82:30. A total of 4,345 complete the run.

DCH TAKE LEINSTER TEAM TITLE AT THE CURRAGH Lauren Tinkler led Dublin City Harriers to team victory when finishing second in the women’s race at the Leinster Senior Cross-Country Championships, held at the Curragh, Co Kildare on Saturday (November 7), With Lucy Holmes fourth and Cliona Murphy sixth, backed up by Aine O’Connor, DCH were comfortable winners of the team title. On a good day for Dublin clubs, UCD AC, led by Kate Nurse in seventh place, was second team followed by Clonliffe Harriers led by Niamh Kelly in eighth place. Sportsworld AC finished fourth and Rathfarnham WSAF sixth. Dublin was first county ahead of Louth and Kildare. In the men’s race, won by Dublin graded league regular Tadhg Donnelly (Drogheda and District AC), Colm Parnell (Crusaders AC) was third and Gavin Callery (Dundrum South Dublin) fourth. Dublin, with six finishers in the top 22, was the winning county. At the Cross Della Valsugana in Italy, Lughaidh Mallon (UCD AC) was first U23, clocking 18:10 for the 6km distance. Mallon finished 5th in last year’s U23 race at the Irish Championships. TRAVERS THIRD IN SPAIN In Spain, John Travers (Donore Harriers, M35) finished third in the Malaga Half Marathon on Sunday in 65 mins 41 secs. Earlier this year, Travers finished third at the Irish Half Marathon Championships in Cork. Close to 300 turned out for the Polish Independence 10km in St Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin, on Sunday (November 8) where Damian Ziolowski led them home in 34 mins 5 secs. Second in 35: 06 was Anto Brady (Coolock AC). Tracey Coleman (Artane/Beaumont RC, W40) was first woman. At the Johnny McKenna Charity 5km Run in Drogheda, Co Louth, on Saturday (November 7), eleven members of the Dublin Track Club training group finished in the top 15. Second in 15:23 was Gavin Curtin, while fourth and first U18 was Charlie White. Both are members of Donore Harriers as well as training with Dublin Track Club. First woman in 16:587 was Ide Nic Dhomhnaill (West Limerick AC/Dublin TC). Second was Faye Dervan (DCH/ Dublin TC) in 17:1 while third in 17:24 was Sorcha Nic Dhomhnaill (West Limerick Dublin TC) in 17:24. SCHOOLS: THRILLING WIN FOR KYLEMORE COLLEGE AT MHC-DH RELAYS A last minute change of venue did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of hundreds of young athletes competing for their teams at the MHC - DH Schools’ Athletics League road relays at the Eamonn Ceannt Park, Clogher Road, Kimmage on Wednesday (November 4). Just two days before the event, a drains problem at the original venue in Cabra forced a move with Dublin City Council parks department coming up trumps with the Clogher Road venue. On a perfect morning for running the minor and junior races took in four laps on a 950m loop, while the intermediate races consisted of three laps of the 950m loop and one double lap. Race of the day proved to be the junior boys’4 x 950m where Kylemore College overtook St Declan’s College on the final leg for the narrowest of wins. Thanks to a super-fast opening lap time of 3 mins 4 secs from Zemo Delatowski, Pobailscoil Isolde had a narrow lead after the opening leg. Just behind him was Noah Summers who handed over to Senan King for St Declan’s and swiftly moved into the lead. Only on the final leg did Kylemore take over in front when Anderson Osunde pulled out a brilliant 3:09 time giving his school a memorable victory with just two seconds in it. Clogher Road CS finished third. In the girls’ races Colaiste Bride Clondalkin topped the league table after taking maximum points in all three races. Assumption SS ended up second on the table, with Kylemore College third. In the junior girls race, the Colaiste Bride team, led by Lucy Nolan who clocked 3 mins 30 secs for the lap were solid winners ahead of Assumption SS Walkinstown with the Colaiste Bride B team finishing third and Cabra CC fourth. In the inter race, Colaiste Bride was followed home by Pobailscoil Isolde and Clogher Road. Fastest on the 950 loop was Ava Gardner who clocked a time of 3 mins 51 secs while quickest on the double loop with a time of 8 mins 46 secs was Cara Whitney Byrne. Also breaking nine minutes for the double loop was Georgia Ferrer Roche of Clogher Road CS with a time of 8:58. Colaiste Bride dominated the minor 4 x 950m relay, with the top three places going to teams from the school. Kylemore was fourth and Cabra CC fifth. Fastest time on the lap was an eye-catching 3 min 44 secs recorded by Katie McNamara for the winning team. In the inter boys’ race, Pobailscoil Iosolde were the winners after pulling away from St Declan’s on the second leg. Anchoring the team was Hryhorii Zlatiev with his time of 6 mins 55 secs for the double lap the fastest of the day. Kylemore College was third and St Seton’s Ballyfermot a close fourth, with seventeen teams completing the race. In the minor race, St Declan’s led from the start and came out on top ahead of St Seton’s with Pobailscoil Iosolde third. Overall, with a win and two seconds places, St Declan’s are now top of the table with Pobailscoil Iosolde and Kylemore College tied in second place. The postponed cross-country round of the league will now take place on Wednesday February 24 followed by the track races in April. More at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720336683650/

At the Dublin Cross-Country Championships held at Abbotstown on Sunday (November 1), Paul O’Donnell (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was the winner of the men’s senior race while with four finishers in the top six, Clonliffe Harriers proved unstoppable in the men’s team competition. O’Donnell, better known these days as a marathon man, had broken away on the second of five laps laps and completed the 7.5km course in 23 mins 13 secs. Members of the strong Clonliffe Harriers team, including defending champion Colm Rooney, had forced the pace from the start of the race and even after O’Donnell took over in front, they didn’t give up. Rooney chased him hard in the final stages of the race, finishing just five seconds adrift in 23:20 while Fintan Kerins was third in 23:30. For the lads in black and amber it was an eighth consecutive team title and they were presented with the Padraig Keane Memorial Trophy after the race by two of the Keane grandchildren. The trophy remembers the great Padraig Keane a Clonliffe Harriers and Dublin Athletics legend, who died in January 2016. DSD, with four finishing in the top thirteen, were second and Rathfarnham WSAF AC third, led by master athlete Eoin Flynn in ninth place. Crusaders AC finished just two points clear of Liffey Valley for fourth place, with Raheny Shamrock sixth and Donore Harriers seventh. Winning the senior women’s race, also over the 7.5km distance, was Elizabeth Gahan (Dublin City Harriers) in 26 mins 45 secs. Catherina McGurn (Metro St Brigid’s AC) was second in 27:05 and Orla Duffy (DCH ) third in 27:09. With four in the top eight, DCH successfully defended their team title. DSD AC, led by Dublin novice cross-country champion, Roisin Treacy in fourth place, were second and Rathfarnham WSAF AC third, led by Edel McCreery in 12th place. Liffey Valley was fourth. Only four teams finished. In the junior races, held over 4,5km, Megan Brunt (Blackrock AC) was a clear winner of the women’st title, pulling away on the final lap to finish rse in 15 mins 55 secs, Iona Murnane (Dundrum South Dublin) was second in 16:38 and Cara Mohan (Metro St Brigid’s AC) third in 16:44. With Isabel O’Reilly third U19 and Eva Kelly sixth, Blackrock AC took the U19 team award. DSD AC was second and Clonliffe Harriers third. Winning the U20 category was DSD AC, followed by Blackrock AC and last year’s champions, Lucan Harriers. In the men’s junior race, Conrad Latham (Raheny ShamrockAC, fourth last year, took the top place this time in a time of 13:45. Harry Moran of Donore Harriers was second in 13:30 and his Donore club mate Charlie O’Neill third 13:53. Donore Harriers finished best of the U20 teams ahead of Raheny Shamrock and DSD. In the U19 team category, Raheny Shamrock were the winners with DSD second and Clonliffe Harriers third. More photos from today's Dublin Cross Country Championships are at Lindie Flickr site at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/ Remembered fondly by many at Abbotstown was the late Ciara Mageean, whose death was announced earlier on the day. A great athlete and more importantly, a great human being gone far too soon. May she rest in peace.

The results for the Dublin Championships in the Marathon are now available and are in the attached list below. Any queries should be emailed to Dick Hooper at onelifeoneclub@hotmail.com. The medals will be given out at next Sunday's Dublin Senior and Junior Cross Country Championships in Abbotstown and at later Dublin Events.

DUBLINERS HIT THE ROADS FOR 45TH MARATHON Virtually every Dublin club was represented in the Irish Life 45th Dublin Marathon held on a cold and breezy morning on Sunday October 25. The race incorporated Irish, Leinster and Dublin Championships and winning the Dublin title when finishing second of the Irish was 31-year-old Killian Mooney of Dundrum South Dublin. Mooney, who is better known as an Irish mountain running international, was clearly untroubled by the difficult conditions, and in his marathon debut he finished in 2 hrs 15 mins 44 secs. Earlier this year, he had run 63 mins 59 secs for the half marathon, so the future looks bright. With less than four miles to go, Kane Collins (Donore Harriers) was running alongside the eventual women’s winner Zenebu Fikdau Jebesa, before pressing on and finishing in a time of 2:24.01, with Jebesa not far behind. Finishing third Dubliner was 38-year-old Eddie O’Connor (Brothers Pearse AC, M35) a relative newcomer to athletics, who competes regularly on the track as well a road. In his marathon debut, O’Connor clocked a time of 2:25.38. Not too far behind in 2:25.59 was Wayne Waldron (Donore Harriers), who was fourth Dubliner and first M40. Fifteen years ago in 2011, Gary O’Hanlon (Clonliffe Harriers) ran a time of 2:26.30 in the Dublin Marathon. He would later win the national title in the Dublin 2017 race. On Monday, O’Hanlon, and now aged 52, not only finished fifth Dublin club athlete, but was also only slightly over a minute slower than his 2011 time, clocking 2:27:33. It was his tenth Dublin outing. In the 2019 race, at the age of 45, O’Hanlon had run his best time of 2:16.29. On a good day for DSD AC, Meghan Ryan finished third of the Irish entry in the women’s race and first Dubliner in 2 hrs 40 mins 47 secs. A year earlier, she had finished fourth Irishwoman. Second Dubliner and first W40 was Fiona Stack (Raheny Shamrock AC) in 2:44.35, while third in 2:45.27 was RubyWall, like Ryan a member of DSD AC. With Jessica Quinn, also DSD finishing fourth, a team victory looks assured although that has yet to be confirmed. With three finishers in the Dublin top ten, Brothers Pearse look like taking the men’s team title. In the age groups, Amanda Murphy (Cherry Orchard AC) was first W45, Triona Quill (Crusaders AC) first W55 and Elizabeth Rouine (Raheny Shamrock AC) first W65. Lucan Harriers had two wins — Anne Whelan W60 and the ageless Eileen O’Brien W75. In the men’s age groups, Brian Kelly (Raheny Shamrock AC) was first M55 and James Cottle (Crusaders AC) first M70, while for Rathfarnham WSAF, Colm Murray was first M60 and Tom Cuddy first M65. Finally, in visually impaired category, Andrew Flynn (Blackrock AC) was the winner in 3:02.39. CROSS-COUNTRY Gavin Callery (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was the winner of the men’s novice race at the Leinster Novice Cross-Country Championships held in Gowran, Co Kilkenny, on Saturday (October 24). Callery, who finished in 20 mins 17 secs, was pushed all the way by Jack Donegan (Tullamore Harriers) who finished just three seconds adrift. Also in the top six were Ayoub Essarghini (Donore Harriers) fifth and Tim Conway (Crusaders AC) sixth. Finishing third team was Raheny Shamrock AC led home by Tony McNally in ninth place. With six finishers in the top fifteen, Dublin took the county title. In the women’s race was Bonnie May McFeat (Dublin City Harriers) finished second and led DCH to team victory. Dublin was the winning county. Winning the combined men’s U20 race was Conrad Latham (Raheny Shamrock AC). With Conor McGuirk 4th, Charles Gunawardhana 10th and Mark O’Callaghan 11th, Raheny Shamrock was the winning U20 team and Dublin the top county. At the annual CCSSCA Schools Cross-Country held in the Phoenix Park on Thursday (October 22) , Pobailscoil Neasáin finished a fighting second overall behind Moyne CS from Co Longford. Among those picking up valuable points for the school were Joel Thomas winner of the third year boys’ race and his sister, third of the first year girls. Senior boys winner was Hugo Lopez from HFSC Rathcoole, who finished third school overall. Other Dublin schools competing included Pobailscoil Isolde, Palmerstown; Portmarnock CS, St Mark’s Tallaght, Blakestown CS in Coolmine and Malahide CS.

GOOD TURNOUT FOR AUTUMN OPEN AND MASTERS TRIAL A total of five teams, four of them from Dublin, lined out for the senior mixed relay which was the opening senior event at the annual Autumn Open Cross-Country in Abbotstown on Sunday (October 18). Winning the 4 x 1500m race for a third year in a time of in a time of 18 mins 37 secs was the Dublin City Harriers A team of Elizabeth Gahan, Oran O’Hare, Niamh Carr and Pierre Murchan. Second in 19 mins 11 was the Rathfarnham WSAF quartet of Carla Sweeney, Patrick McGabhann, Edel McCreery and Jared Murray. Best of the Dublin club runners in the women’s senior 6km race was Lauren Tinkler (Dublin City Harriers) who finished 14th in 21:33. Her club mate Orla Duffy finished one place behind in 21:37 with Catherina McGurn (Metro St Brigid’s AC) 16th in 21:5 and Aoife Coffey (Lucan Harriers) 17th in 22.09. Winning the U20 women’s race was Megan Brunt (Blackrock AC) in 15 mins 28 secs. In a closely-fought race, Elizabeth Reamsbottom (Mid-Sutton AC) was sixth in 16:08, Cara Mohan (Metro St Brigid’s AC) ninth in 16:33 and Leia Ryan (Metro St Brigid’s AC) tenth in 16:36. The races were also serving as trial for the British and Irish Masters Cross-Country International which this year is hosted by Ireland and will take place at Abbotstown on Saturday, November 14. Looking sure of her place on the team is Lisa Madden (Sportsworld AC) first W35 runner home in home in 21 mins 59 secs. She was followed by Fiona Getting (Longford AC, W45) and Raheny Shamrock pair Fiona Roche and Kate Purcell who were third and fourth and also first and second W40. Ciara Hickey (Brothers Pearse C) was fifth and second W45. All those also look sure of their places on the team. In the older age groups, Sorcha Loughnane (Donore Harriers) was second W50, while Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock), a previous overall winner of the international race, was first W55 .Sheelagh Jones (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) was first W65 w and in the W75 category, June Comiskey (Raheny Shamrock AC) and Eileen O’Brien (Lucan Harriesr) finished second and third.  Best of the Dublin club athletes in the men’s senior 7.5km race was Fintan Kerins (Clonliffe Harriers) who finished sixth in 23:17. Race winner was Tony McCambridge of Belfast club CNDR TC in 22:48. The brothers Ian Guiden and Ben Guiden, also from Clonliffe Harriers, finished eight and 14th. Finishing 16th was Dylan Wright (Lucan Harriers). Finishing third in a well supported U20 race over a shorter distance was Harry Moran (Donore Harriers) in 18:52. Other Dublin club athletes producing strong performances included Adam Noone (Donore Harriers) tenth in 19:14, Ewan Kennedy (Dundrum South Dublin AC) 11th in 19:17, Lucas Ryan (Crusaders AC) 12th in 19:17 and Charlie O’Neill (Donore Harriers) 13th 19:18. Donore had five athletes finishers in the race and 14 across all races. Clonliffe Harriers had seven members lining out, led home by Aidan Benjacar 24th, and a total of 30 finishers across all races. In the masters’ trials, David Carroll (Liffey ValleyAC) was fifth M35 in 24:59, and Mark McDonald (Clonliffe Harriers) ninth in 26:19. Race winner was Sean Doyle (Cork City) in 23:48. First M40 was Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe Harriers) in 24:30, with Pierce Geoghegan (Liffey Valley AC) third in 25:03. Also in the top ten were Colm Turner (Brothers Pearse AC) fifth, Karl Nolan (Clonliffe Harriers) sixth, Cathal McHale (Clonliffe Harriers) seventh and Ronan Dunphy (Skerries AC) tenth In the M45 category, Keith Young (Metro St Brigid’s AC) was third and Eoin Durkan (Donore Harriers) eighth in 26:06. Ruben Bartelink (Dundrum South Dublin AC) finished third in a competitive M50 class, followed by Paul Fleming (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) fifth, Ciaran McCarthy (Raheny Shamrock AC) eighth, Niall Lynch (Donore Harriers) ninth and Anthony O’Rourke (Brothers Pearse AC) tenth. Finishing third M55 was Des Tremble (Donore Harriers)— the lone Dublin club runner in the race. Third M60 was Sean McCreery (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) with other stalwarts of the sport also turning out in this age group, among them Eddie McGrath (Liffey Valley AC) 12th, and Raheny Shamrock pair Ken Doyle and Mick Traynor who finished 15th and 16th. In the men’s M65 race over the shorter 6km distance, Tom Cuddy (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) was fifth, Tom O’Connor (Liffey Valley ) seventh, Michael Walsh (Brothers Pearse AC) eighth and Gerry Woods (Tallaght AC) tenth. Finally in the M70 category, Terry Clarke (Rathfarnham WSAF C) finished ninth and Gerry Brady (Clonliffe Harriers) tenth. Cash prizes went to the top five in the senior races and to the top three in the U20 and masters races. ROADS - DUBS ON TOUR At the Longwood Village 10km in Co Meath on Sunday (Oct 18) Cathryn Brady (Blackrock AC, W60) finished third woman in 42:26. Also on Sunday, Edwin Keville (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) finished seventh and first M60 at the St Ibar’s/Shelmaliers 6km in Hollymount, Co Wexford. At the the Cork Rebel Run/10k, MTU, Bishopstown, Cork on Sunday Colm Murphy (Sportsworld AC) finished sixth in 37:24. GOOD LUCK TO ALL IN DUBLIN MARATHON! Next Sunday’s Irish Life 45th Dublin Marathon incorporated both the national and the Dublin championships. Good luck to all both in the individual and team events!

SCHOOLS - LATHAM AND SMITH WIN SENIOR RACES Close to 2,000 young athletes descended on Trinity sports grounds on Santry Avenue on Wednesday (October 7) for the 17th annual Brother Schools Cross-Country races, organised by Clonliffe Harriers. A thrilling finish to the boys senior race saw Conrad Latham (St Paul’s Raheny) pushing the pace from the start and Ewan Kennedy (The High School Rathgar), fighting hard to stay with him and finishing a strong second. Third was Cameron Fallon (Blackrock College). Latham was also leading St Paul’s to team victor over St Colman’s Newry and Blackrock College. Winning the girls’ senior race was Tara Rose Smith (Sutton Park) with Freyja Carroll (Holy Faith Clontarf) second and Rachel Keaney (Newbridge College) third. Holy Faith Clontarf, was the winning team ahead of Santa Sabina Sutton and St Dominic’s Cabra. The inter girls race saw a determined battle between Iris McCarten (Newbridge College), and Beth Reamsbottom (Santa Sabina) with McCarten coming out on top. Matilda Ayton (Newbridge College) was third. Despite having two in the top three, Newbridge College lost out to Santa Sabina for the team title, with St Dominic’s Cabra third. Students from St Malachy’s dominated the boys’ inter race where Luke Tracey (St Aidan’s) finishing a fighting third. In the team competitions ,St Paul’s Raheny and Belvedere College finished second and third behind St Malachy’s. St Malachy’s also won the junior boys’ team competition led home by race winner Cormac Carabine. Seamus Phelan (Scoil Chiarain) was second and Sam Steenson (CUS) third. St Aidan’s finished second of the teams. Best of the junior girls’ team was St Dominic’s Cabra with Roisin Macken finishing third behind Chloe O’Neill (Newbridge), and Aliyah Riyad (Fingal CC). Coláiste Iosagáin Stillorgan was second team and Santa Sabina third. Huge numbers had turned out for the minor as well as the junior races, with Holy Faith Clontarf proving best of the minor girls’ teams ahead St Dominic’s Cabra and Newbridge and St Malachy’s winning the minor boys’ title ahead of St Aidan’s CBS and Willow Park. Overall team winners were the St Dominic’s girls and the St Malachy’s boys. Large numbers also lined out in the primary schools races for 4th, 5th and 6th classes, held over a 1000m loop. Particularly impressive was the sixth year boys’ race with some 250 youngsters lining out. Of the boys, St Brigid’s BNS took team wins in the 4th class race and also finished second in both 5th and 6th class races. Of the girls, St Fiachra’s from Beaumont won both the 5th and 6th class team races. Other schools in action included Bayside SNS, Castleknock ET, St Vincent De Paul, Mary Help of Christians, San Carlo, Holy Child St John Bosco, St Josephs Terenure, Belgrove, Sutton Park, Scoil Mhuire, Shankill St Patrick’s NS, Bayside, Star of the Sea and St Colman’s College Newry. Captions - Brother Schools Cross-Country: Senior boys - winner Conor Latham (St Paul's Raheny). 2nd Ewan Kennedy (The High School). Brother Schools Cross-Country: Senior girls - Tara Rose Smith (Sutton Park) battling it out with with Freyja Carroll (Holy Faith Clontarf) and Rachel Keaney (Newbridge College) RELAY WIN FOR DCU AT INTER-VARSITIES DCU (Finn Woodger, Niamh Murray, Oisin Kelly, Rachel Ayers) won the mixed relay at the Annual Irish Universities Cross-Country Championships in Dundalk on Saturday (October 10) comfortably relegating UG and MTU A to second and third. In the women’s race, the DCU team finished second, led by Meabh Eakin in eighth place. UCD , led by Cara Mohan in sixth place, was fifth team and Trinity College, led by Julie Cleary 20th, sixth. Cathal O’Reilly of DCU finished third in the men’s race, leading his team to finishing third place behind UL and UG. UCD led by Philip McGee in seventh place, finished sixth, TCD eighth and TU Dublin tenth. AWARD FOR BALLYMUN SPRINTER Promising sprinter Craig Knowd (Ballymun) won the prestigious scholarship award at the annual Ballymun Health and Fitness Awards, held in Trinity Comprehensive School on Thursday evening (Oct 8). The annual awards recognises the achievements not only of promising young athletes from a number of sports, but also of young and emerging coaches in those clubs. Thanks to the award Knowd will received help and support for with his training on a number of levels, including finding sponsorship for gear and travel. Over the summer, Knowd not only ran a number of 100m and 200m races at national juvenile level but also won his grade in the annual Dublin Track and Field League. Ballymun AC coach Craig Geoghan also received an award. SANCTUARY RUNNERS SOLIDARITY RUN Members of many Dublin clubs headed to Abbottstown for the annual Sanctuary Runners Solidarity Run 5km, among them members of Clonliffe Harriers, Donore Harriers, Raheny Shamrock, Ballymun AC and Crusaders AC. Well done all!