Dublin Clubs activities, 30 September - 05 October 2025
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Sean Carrigg (Clonliffe Harriers) and Rachel Murphy (Plant-Based RC, W45) were the winners at the 134th Clonliffe 2-Mile, in Dublin’s Glasnevin on Sunday (October 5). Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) made the early pace with Carrigg tucking in behind him and sprinting home for victory with the Prospect Square finish line in sight. His time was 9 mins 56 secs. Doran clocked 9:59 for second and in a Clonliffe clean sweep, Malcolm Kiplagat finished third in 10:03. Murphy finished in 11 mins 7 secs, with Aine Cotter (North East Runners) second of the women in 11:11 and Alannah (Cooley (Clonliffe Harriers) third in 11:32. First in the U20 categories were Conor McGuirk (Lusk AC) who finished fifth overall in 10:13 and Sophie Kernan.
At the Longwood 3/4 Marathon, in Co Meath on Sunday (October 5), Fiona Stack (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished first woman in 2 hrs 11 mins 51 secs. Declan Power (Clonliffe Harriers) was eighth overall and first M50 in 1:59.10.
One of the few races which went ahead on Saturday (October 4) despite Storm Amy still blowing was the Lusk 20 Mile, whee the winner was Arran Molloy in 2 hrs 13 seconds. Ronan Dunphy (Skerries AC) was second in 2:01.47 and Maurice McDermott (Lusk AC) third in 2:02.35. First woman in 2:33.38 was Sinead Kiernan (LSA AC) .Winner of the half marathon in 90 mins 6 secs was Derek Browne (Coolock RC). Local athletes dominated the races, unsurprisingly given the stormy conditions.
On Sunday (October 5), Angela Charlton (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished eighth overall and first woman at the Donegal East 3/4 Marathon in Ballybofey with a time of i2:10.36.
RECORD NUMBERS FOR BRILLIANT BROTHER CROSS-COUNTRY
Dublin schools dominated both senior races at the annual Brother Schools Invitational Cross-Country held at the Trinity College Sports Grounds in Santry on Wednesday (October 2). Close to 2,000 young athletes from schools all over Leinster plus a few from Ulster were in action. Winning the senior girls’ race over 2000m was Lily Clarke (Loreto Stephen’s Green). Lily Kate McCarthy (Alexandra College) was second and Eva Kelly (Loreto Foxrock) third. St Dominic’s Cabra proved best of the teams ahead of Holy Faith Clontarf and Colaiste Iosagain. In the boys’ senior races over 4000m, Liam Morris (Belvedere) his school mate Charlie O’Neill, who is still eligible to run at intermediate level and Charlie White (Blackrock College) pulled away from the pack early on. After some exchanging of the lead up front, they finished in that order. Belvedere was the winning team with Belfast visitors St Malachy’s second and St Aidan’s CBS third. St Malachy’s dominated the inter boys race when Cormac Lehany and Thomas Coy tied for the win. Dylan McCambridge Crossan (Colaiste Iosagain) was a fighting third. St Colman’s Newry finished second team behind St Malachy’s with St Aidan’s CBS third. A closely-fought girl’s intermediate race was won by Tara Rose Smith (Sutton Park) from Beth Reamsbottom (Santa Sabina) and Aoife Murphy (Loreto Foxrock) who finished second and third. Newbridge College beat Loreto Stephen’s Green and Santa Sabina in the team category.
At junior level, Loreto Stephen’s Green were the girls’ team winners ahead of St Andrew’s Booterstown and Holy Faith Clontarf while St Colman’s Newry won the junior boys race from Belvedere College and Coláiste Eoin Stillorgan. At minor level, the St Colman’s boys and the Newbridge College girls were the winners. With two wins and a second in the intermediate race, St Colman’s finished best overall of the boys schools. Newbridge College, with wins in the minor and inter races, took the girls’ title. Best of the primary school girls teams was St Fiachra’s Beaumont with wins in the fourth and fifth class races. Belgrove NS Clontarf, with a win and a third place, proved best of the boys.
WEST DUBLIN SCHOOLS ON THE RUN!
Close to four hundred young athletes from schools all over west Dublin took part in the opening round of the MHC Donore Harriers Schools Athletics League held at Eamonn Ceannt Park in Crumlin on Tuesday (September 30). Races for boys and girls in the minor, junior and intermediate age groups took place and dominating the girls’ races with team wins in all three age groups was Coláiste Bhride, although the Clondalkin school certainly didn’t have it all its own way.
In the inter girls’ 2km, Agata Rychlik from Cabra Community College held off the challenge of Molly Nolan and Carol Whiting Byrne both from Coláiste Bhríde. Kylemore College Ballyfermot finished second team followed closely by Coláiste Eoin. In the junior race, which proved the closest of the day, Coláiste Bhríde was chased hard only beating local school Clogher Road by two points, with Oliwia Bardowska of Clogher Road the individual winner. Biggest girls race of the day was the minor girls with sixty-three finishers. In this, Coláiste Bhríde finished clear winners ahead of Kylemore College and Clogher Road, with St Seton’s Ballyfermot not too far behind. Topping the boys’ table with two wins and and a fourth place was St Declan’s with Charlie Franzani and Lucien Dollett McCann finished first and second in the inter race for the school. Drimnagh Castle finished second and CBS James’s Street third. St Declan’s came out on top in the minor race, followed by Clogher Road and Kylemore College, with O’Connell’s School fourth. In the boys’ junior race, with eighty-seven starters, Drimnagh Castle packed well for team victory with Cathal Downes of Coláiste Éoin the individual winner. Second team was Mercy Inchicore followed closely by Clogher Road. Just two points behind St Declan’s on the overall table is Drimnagh Castle, with Clogher Road lying third. Although Coláiste Bhríde, with three wins and seventy students lining out, is clearly the team to beat among the girls, all could change over the next two rounds of the league, with Kylemore College currently in second place and Clogher Road third.
