Dublin Clubs Roundup, 08 - 12 July 2026

BRADY BEST IN FINGAL 10KM

Michael Brady (Raheny Shamrock AC) led home 2,714 finishers at the the Fingal 10km in Swords on Sunday (July 12) in a time of 30 min 51 secs. Eamonn Flannery was second in 32:26 and Dave Rooney (Raheny Shamrock AC, M35) third in 33:01. Best of the Dublin women was Fiona Stack (Raheny Shamrock) fourth woman and first W40 in 38:221. Noreen Brouder (Sportsworld was fifth and first W45 in 39:03, with Cindy Hickey (Clonliffe Harriers) second W45. David Connolly (Clonliffe Harriers) was second M45, Brian O’Reilly (Clonliffe Harriers) second M55 and Sean Greensit (Lusk AC) second M60.

In other weekend races, Adam Condon (Raheny Shamrock AC) won the Nora Arthur 5km at St Anne’s Park, in 15 mins 18 secs. Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) was second and former national cross-country champion and marathon man Mick Clohisey (Raheny Shamrock) third and first M40. In a race dominated by members of Raheny Shamrock, Siobhan Eviston was first woman.

Michael O’Connor (Blackrock AC) was fourth and first M40 in 75:00 at the Termonfeckin Half Marathon in Co Westmeath, in 71 mins 52 secs, while at the Kilrane 10-Mile in Edenderry, Co Offaly, Ruben Bartelink (DSD AC) was second M50 and Ken Nugent (Donore Harriers) third M40 in 57:34.

On Saturday (July 11), Anthony Doran (Clonliffe Harriers, M40) was a clear winner of the Finglas to Howth Summit Charity 21.2km race in a time of 80 min 39 secs. Second was Dean Hayden (Ballymun SC. A total of 343 completed the challenge.

TEAM WINS AT DOCKLANDS 5KM FOR RAHENY AND DCH

Michael Brady was also in action at the Docklands 5km in Dublin on Thursday evening (July 9) where he finished second in 14:51 and led Raheny Shamrock to team victory over Dundrum South Dublin and Donore Harriers. Lisa Madden (Sportsworld AC) was third woman in 16:51, while Dublin City Harriers, with four finishers in the top ten, proved best of the women’s teams beating DSD AC and Sportsworld. In a all supported mixed corporate team category, Meta were the winners with 72 teams entered.

TRACK AND FIELD: DOYLE A FIGHTING THIRD IN MORTON MILE 

As always the highlight of the Morton Games in Santry on Friday evening (July 10) was the Morton mile, where a steadily improving Cathal Doyle of host club Clonliffe Harriers came a fighting third with a time of 3 mins 52.23 secs. Irish champion Bori Akinola (UCD AC) equalled his lifetime best of 10.19 seven when finishing third in the men’s 100m. Sean Aigboboh (Tallaght AC) was fifth in 10.27. A classy winner of the Para women’s 100m was Orla Comerford (Raheny Shamrock AC) in a personal best 11.27 secs. Winner of the Para men’s 100m was Charles Byrne (UCD) in 11.85 secs

Over 400m, Sophie Becker (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished a close second of the women in 52.65, while Jack Raftery (Donore Harriers) clocked 45.88 for fourth place in the men’s race. In the men’s 800m, Cillian Kirwan (Raheny Shamrock) was third in 1:47.27. As in Cork, Nicola Tuthill (UCD AC) finished second in the hammer behind Canada’s world and Olympic champion Camryn Rogers. Tuthill threw 71.07 and Rogers 75.97m, both of them down on their throws at the Cork City Sports two days earlier. Junior athlete Siún Quinn (Brothers Pearse AC) recorded a personal best of 1.86 for second in the women’s high jump, maintaining her place at the top of the Irish rankings. In the men’s 5000m, Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished seventh in 13:18.32. Junior athlete Saoirse Fitzgerald (Lucan Harriers) clocked 2:03.52 for sixth in the women’s 800m, knocking over three seconds off her personal best and well inside the qualification mark of 2:06 for the World U20 Championships. Leia Ryan (Metro St Brigid’s AC) won the U20 women’s mile in 4:53.64, with Isabelle Cuffe (Lucan Harriers) third in 4:57.58.

In Cork two days earlier, Sophie Becker had finished second in the women’s 200m in 23.67 secs, while in the men’s 200m, Sean Aigboboh had also finished second; his time was 20.63. Cathal Doyle was fourth in the men’s 800m in 1:47.62, and winning the junior women’s 800m in 2:14.10 was Freyja O’Carroll (Raheny Shamrock AC). In the field, Nicola Tuthill had finished second in the hammer with a throw of 72:35. Winner was Canadian Camryn Rogers, who would also win at the Morton Gams. Eric Favors (Raheny Shamrock) was fourth in the shot with 19.27; he would improve that to 19.41 in Santry behind the same trio of visitors.

TRACK AND FIELD: MASTERS 

Master athletes from all over the country headed to the DSD track on Tibradden Lane on Saturday (July11) for the second DSD Masters Games - a one day team league. Eight events and two relays were on offer, with the top eight results to score. Points were awarded not just on finishing places but also on age categories. Host club DSD had won the inaugural title last year but this time there was no stopping Clonliffe, with the likes of Edel Maguire picking up multiple points in the 100m, 200 and high jump and Niall Allen equally unstoppable in the shot and discus. Race of the day was the men’s 1500m, where Clonliffe’s Niall Sherlock sprinted past Paul Fleming of Rathfarnham WSAF for a narrow victory. For DSD, distance runner Tony O’Halloran had a busy day, running way below his comfort zone in the 800m, 1500m and 4 x 400m relay, as did supervet Peadar McGing first M70 in the 200m, discus and high jump. Here’s to next year! 

More pics from the Morton and DSD Games are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums

TRACK AND FIELD - AWAY 

Cara Murphy (DSD AC) ran a personal best 58.54 secs to finished second in the elite 400m hurdles at the Stratford Speed Grand Prix in London on Sunday (July 12) , also clocking 24.71 for 200m later in the day. In the women’s 100m, Murphy’s DSD club-mate Mollie O’Reilly clocked 11.59 in the first round and improved that to 11.54 in the second round. She then went on to win her 200m heat in a wind-assisted 23.89. Other in action including UCD AC pair Aisling Kelly (UCD) with times of 11.61 and 11.63 and Rhianna McCarthy with 11.78 and 11.67. Michael Farrelly (Raheny Shamrock AC) clocked 10.56 in the men’s 100m. In the women’s 400m, Michelle Duggan clocked 54.42, while Joe Doody (UCD AC) ran 46.95 secs in the men’s races. Both are members of UCD AC. A total of about forty Irish sprinters, many of them juniors, had traveled to London.

At the BMC GP Series meet in Watford, Louis O’Loughlin (Donore Harriers) finished fourth in the B race in 3:43.49 and Ella Fennelly (DSD AC) fifth in the 3000m in 9:15.20. On Saturday (July 11) at the Meeting de Braga on Portugal, Elizabeth Ndudi (DSD AC) jumped 6.12m for third in the long jump. Finally, on Wednesday (July 8), Jodie McCann (Dublin City Harriers) ran a personal best time of 4:06.81 for sixth in the women’s 1500m at the Meeting Lignano in Italy. That time is inside the B standard for next month’s European Championships.

OFF-ROAD

Sinead Farrell (LSA AC) finished an impressive sixth overall and first woman at the annual Lugnaquilla mountain race clocking 68 mins 1 secs for the 13 kilometre run with 700m of climb on Saturday (July 10).