Dublin Clubs Roundup - 03 - 07 December 2025
DUBLIN COUNTY DOUBLE AT MUDDY NOVICE NATIONALS in Abbotstown
Alex Murphy led Dundrum South Dublin AC to a solid team victory over Clonliffe Harriers when finishing third in the women’s race at the National Novice Cross-Country Championships in Abbotstown on Sunday (November 7). DSD were comfortable winners of the title ahead of Clonliffe, led by Hope Saunders in ninth place. With four in the top fifteen, Dublin won the county title ahead of Tipperary and Donegal. Making up the Dublin team were Murphy, Saunders, Serena Tuffy (DSD AC) and Fiona Hawkins (Dublin City Harriers). In the men’s race, Dublin champion Mahad Mohamed Egaal (Clonliffe Harriers) finished a fighting third. Clonliffe finished third of the club teams and helped Dublin to a county double. Counting for the winning Dublin team were Eanna O Bradaigh (DSD AC), Aaron Donnelly (DSD AC) , Dylan Wright (Lucan Harriers), Malcolm Kiplagat (Clonliffe Harriers) and Ayoub Essarghini (Donore Harriers) as well as Egaal.
In the U19 races, Megan Brunt (Blackrock AC) finished second in the women’s race with Dundrum South Dublin second of the teams. Dublin was beaten by Antrim for the county title, with just two points in it. As for the U19 men, Conrad Latham (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished fourth and first Dublin athlete, with Rhys Johnson (Donore Harriers) just behind him in fifth place. In the team competition Donore Harriers beat Raheny Shamrock with Clonliffe Harriers third and Dublin took the team title.
JINGLING IN THE PHOENIX PARK!
Meath invader Kevin McGrath (Bohermeen AC) out-sprinting Dublin-based Hugh Armstrong (Ballina AC) for victory at the 34th annual Jingle Bells 5km, held on a wet Saturday morning (December 6) in the Phoenix Park. His time was 14 mins 14 secs. Fintan Kerins (Clonliffe Harriers) was third, Louis O’Loughlin of host club Donore Harriers, fourth and Philip Marron (Dublin City Harriers) fifth. Sorcha Nic Dhomhnaill (West Limerick AC, W40) an ex-member of Donore Harriers, was first woman, with Faye Dervan (Dublin City Harriers) second. Junior winners were Conor McGuirk (Lusk AC) and Aisling Fitzpatrick (Lucan Harriers). Other Dublin club winners were Paul Fleming (Rathfarnham WSAF) M50 and Tom O’Connor (Liffey Valley AC) M60, while in the women’s over 50 women’s category, Maria McCambridge (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was followed home by Dee O’Keeffe and Sinead Tighe, both Brothers Pearse AC for a Dublin clean sweep. With three in the top ten, Donore Harriers was first of the men’s teams ahead of Clonliffe Harriers and Raheny Shamrock. A massive total of 151 men’s teams had entered. First of the 137 women’s teams was Dublin City Harriers, followed by UCD AC and Crusaders AC.
INDOORS
At the opening round of this year’s Track and Field Live series in Abbotstown on Wednesday evening, (December 3) junior athletes Gloria Oigbochie (Tallaght AC, U19) burned up the track with a fast time of 7.70 secs in the second of two rounds of 60m races. Chidina Adikaibe (Metro St Brigid’s AC) and Ella Curtin (Brothers Pearse AC) both of them juniors clocked times of 7.79 and 7.94 respectively. In the men’s 800m series, Sean Carrigg (Clonliffe Harriers) proved fastest with a time of 1:56.51. Robyn Carey (Lusk AC, U19) was the quickest of the woman in 2:25.54. In the long jump, Agnese Daves (Brothers Pearse AC, U18) had a best of 5.86m. A highlight of the night was a world record in the women’s W40 4 x 400 relay for a team that included Clonliffe’s Snezana Bechtina and Sinead O’Connor of Metro St Brigid’s AC.
Track and Field Live is back at Abbotstown on Wednesday December 17. Register at www.athleticsireland.ie
DONORE MAKING HISTORY!
A packed audience assembled n the Hilton Kilmainham on Thursday evening (December 4) for the long-awaited history of Donore Harriers, called —approrprioately— ‘The Story of Donore Harriers’ with Eamonn Coghlan, a member of Donore’s senior cross-country winning team of 1978 performing the honours. As one of Ireland’s oldest clubs, dating back to 1893, the Donore story is a fascinating one and writers Maurice Ahern and Pat Cassidy, backed up by editor Mary Ahern and publisher Colin Moore have done it more than justice. We’ll give it a proper review in a week or so!
