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Dublin Clubs Roundup, 26 - 27 April 2026

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:33:07 GMT

NATIONAL ROAD RELAYS - SENIOR WINS FOR CLONLIFFE AND DCH

After losing out to Ennis TC a year earlier, Clonliffe Harriers regained the men’s title at the National Road Relays, Raheny, Dublin on Sunday (April 26). On the opening two-mile leg, Donore’s Louis O’Loughlin had a marginal lead over Ben Guiden for Clonliffe, DSD’s Killian Mooney and Cillian Kirwan for Raheny Shamrock. After second leg over a mile, Fintan Kerins handed over to Colm Rooney for the three mile leg and after that it was Clonliffe all the way. Ian Guiden on the final leg, another two-miler, brought the team home for a comfortable win in 37 mins 4 secs. Donore Harriers were second in 37:28 and Dundrum South Dublin third in 37:36. It was an eighteenth title for Clonliffe. Clonliffe also holds the record for the current format at 26 mins 45 secs run in 2022.

In the women’s race consisting of a mile, a two-mile and then a final one mile leg- Dublin City Harriers were the winners by six second’s from St Abban’s AC and defending champions Dundrum South Dublin AC. After the opening leg, Maisy O’Sullivan for St Abban’s and Holly Carroll for DSD were first to the changeover area ahead of Orla Duffy for DCH.

By the end of the two mile leg, DCH ’s Faye Dervan had put DCH into the lead with Cheryl Nolan for St Abban’s chasing hard. For DCH, Lucy Holmes set off on the final mile and duly brought DCH home ahead of Emily O’Shea for St Abban’s. A fine leg for Amy O’Donoghue meant DSD finished third ahead of Lucan Harriers and Clonliffe Harriers. It was a tenth title for DCH and their first since 1991 — a quarter of a century ago.

In the master women’s races, Raheny Shamrock won both the W35 and W50 titles. The trio of Molly Rickard, Fiona Roche and Siobhan Eviston beat Longford AC for the W35 title with Crusaders third. Zoe Quinn, Annette Kealy and Mary Walsh combined to win the W50 ahead of Brothers Pearse AC and Donore Harriers. For the men’s M35 title Donore Harriers beat Raheny Shamrock, with Aidan O’Rourke, John Travers and Eoin Durkan making up the team. Travers would later run again on the Donore Senior team. Liffey Valley finished third. Dundrum South Dublin’s trio of Sean Browne, Ruben Bartelink and Aidan Murphy had a soldi victory over Raheny Shamrock and Drogheda and District in the M50 race.

Winning the St Andrew’s 10km inAshbourne, Co Meath, also on Sunday in 34 mins 1 sec was Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers). Jennifer Foran (Garristown Flyers) was first woman in 44:30.0. Loads more pics at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720333331618 .

Mark Fleming (Dublin Track Club) won the Another Way 5km in Dublin’s Darndale on Saturday (April 25) in 16 mins 31 secs. Braxton O’Shea (Clonliffe Harriers) was fourth and first U15 in 17:04. Sheila Bourke (Lusk AC) was first woman in 19:37.

Alexy Marchenko (Rathfarnham WSAF AC, M40) won the Royal Canal Run Marathon in Co Longford on Saturday (April 25) in a time of 2 hrs 58 mins 19 secs.

RUN BALLYMUN!

Coming up on Wednesday May 13, is the annual Ballymun Running Festival with races all day over a numbers of distances all on the 1.4km circuit around the Trinity Comprehensive School’s grounds. Anyone wishing to get a run in before work or schools can enter the Breakfast Run 5km starting at 7am. That’s followed by series of races for schools - first primary schools and then the students of Trinity Comp itself, many also helping out on the day. In the evening, half marathon 5km and 10km distances take place from 6pm, with anyone welcome to come along and join in. Info Eoin Fitzmaurice 087 3834052.

Dublin Juvenile T&F Championships 2026 Programmes and entry details

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:36:33 GMT

Please find attached the timetables for the Dublin Juvenile Outdoor T&F Championships 2026. Online Entry will be open on the Entry4sport portal this Wednesday the 22 ^nd of April.

Competition/Event numbers below;

Day 1 Event No 1547

Day 2/3/4 Event No 1552

Day 5 Even Age Relay Event No 1556

Day 6 Uneven Age Relay Event No 1557

Entries close 1 week in advance of each competition and strictly NO LATE ENTRIES. Athletes MUST registered to enter.

RE: League 1 this Sunday in Irishtown.

Seamus will circulate a spreadsheet for clubs to populate with their named officials at a ratio of 1:15. Athletes transferring between clubs in the April transfer window who are entered for league 1 must wear a white vest until the transfer to their new club comes into effect in May.

Regards

Cecil

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 17 - 19 April 2026

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:32:35 GMT

NOLAN AND DARCY WIN DUBLIN 10KM TITLES

Karl Nolan (Clonliffe Harriers, M40) won the 14th annual Windmill Run 10km in Garristown, Co Dublin, on Sunday (April 19) and with it the Dublin 10k Road Championships title. His time of 34 mins 01 secs put him comfortably clear of Dara Mac Riocaird (Raheny Shamrock AC) who was second in 34:24. Third in 34:34 was Aidan Murphy (Dundrum South Dublin, M45) in 34:35. Eighth and first M50 in 35:54 was Ian O’Reilly (Brothers Pearse AC). First woman in 40:17 was Tara Darcy (Tallaght AC, W40). Dee O’Keeffe (Bros. Pearse AC, W50) was second in 40:41. Cria Dowling (Crusaders AC) in third place with a time of 42:01 was also leading Crusaders AC to team victory over Lusk AC and Clonliffe Harriers. Civil Service Harriers was first of the W35 teams, ahead of Love2Run AC and Blackrock AC, with Lusk AC best of the over 50 teams.

Raheny Shamrock won the men’s senior team title with Metro St Brigid’s AC second and Civil Service Harriers third. Raheny Shamrock was also first M35 team ahead of Lusk AC and Blackrock AC. In the M50 class the team winners were Brothers Pearse AC, with Lusk AC second and Civil Service Harriers third. Winners of the 5km were Peter Vostarek in 18:13 and Ellen Byrne (Dublin City Harriers) in 20:08. A total of 847 completed the races.

OTHER ROAD RACES

At the Inish Oírr Wild Atlantic Island Run 10km at Inisheer, Co Galway on Saturday, Niall Sherlock (Clonliffe Harriers) finished and first M40 in 36:51. In a family double, Niall’s dad Tom was first M60 in the 5km. Winning the 5km in 19:32 was Tom Kelly (Crusaders AC) . On Sunday, Eddie O’Connor (Bros Pearse AC) won the Newbridge 5km in Co Kildare in a time of 15 mins 7 secs, where in a Dublin club clean sweep, Josh O’Sullivan Hourihan (Donore Harriers) was second in 15:25 and Stephen Lyons (Clonliffe Harriers) third in 16:19. Michael Counsel (Raheny Shamrock) was first M50 in 17:13.

Rachel Murphy Plant Based AC, W40) was first woman in 18:01. Patricia Ferguson (Skerries AC) was second in 18:10.

Second in the 10km was Colm Turner (Bros Pearse AC, M40) with a time of 31:57. Sile McIntyre (Lucan Harriers, W40) was third woman in the 10km.

TRACK & FIELD: VICTORY FOR DCU WOMEN AT INTERVARSITIES

A highlight of the Irish Universities Track and Field Championships was a new universities record of 53.25 for Anna Gavigan in the women’s discus. Gavigan’s performance was helping DCU win the women’s team title in a close battle with the University of Limerick and UCD. A year earlier she had throw 50.15m to win the title and only last month she threw a PB 54.50 in Tullamore. Also for the DCU women, Uchechim Disu made it a sprint double in the 100m and 200m, while Aisling Stratford proved the class of the field when winning the 400m in 54.56. Over the longer distances, Roise Roberts won the 5000m in 16:56.42, with her clubmate Faye Dervan second, while in the field Irish champion Daphni Doulapsti-Teeuwen won her specialist triple jump and was also third in the long jump. For UCD, Cara Murphy won the 400m hurdles in 59.18 secs, Zoie Richie the 800m in 2:09.77, Hannah Kehoe the 1500m in 4:36.46 and Aoibhín McDonald won the pole vault, while the 4x100m team were also winners.

University of Limerick topped the men’s table, with DCU second and UCD third. Craig Duffy and Michael Farrelly made it a one-two for DCU in the 100m in times of 10.38 and 10.65 secs. Mathew Glennon picked up maximum points in the walk, also setting an IUAA record of 11:24.08, with the 4x100m team also in record breaking form when winning in 41.19 secs.

In the field Emanuel Osas won the high jump with a 2.00 effort and Coil O Muiri the hammer with a throw of 48.58.

For UCD, Darragh Murphy won the men’s 400m in 47.54 with his clubmate Joe Doody second in 47.63. UCD also won the mixed 4 x 400m relay. Overall winners for a second year were UL with defending champion DCU second and UCD third. TU Dublin was 10th and Trinity College 12th. Last year, UL had ended DCU’s 17-year domination of the competition after finishing runners-up for nine years. UCD last won the title in 1999 and have finished third for the past five years.

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 10 - 12 April 2026

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:59:12 GMT

ROADS - HOME

Ian Guiden (Clonliffe Harriers) took a solid victory at the Great Ireland Run 10km, in Dublin’s Phoenix Park on Sunday (April 12) with his time of 30 mins 13 secs putting him five seconds clear of Jamie Walsh (Galway City Harriers) who finished second in 30:18. Kane Collins (Donore Harriers) was fourth in 30:27, while ninth and first M35 was Kevin Kelly (Raheny Shamrock AC). Peirce Geoghegan (Liffey Valley AC) was first M40 followed by Kevin Donagher (Rathfarnham WSAF AC). Other category winners from Dublin clubs were Declan Power (Clonliffe Harriers) M55, with Des Tremble (Donore Harriers) second, and Gerry Boyle (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M65, with his clubmate Tom Cuddy second.

Winning the national W35 title was Mollie O’Donnell (Liffey Valley AC) followed by Laura Ryan (Rathfarnham WSAFAC) and Molly Rickard (Raheny Shamrock AC) in a clean sweep for Dublin clubs. Niamh Keegan (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was first W40 followed by Amy Moriarty (Donore Harriers). Other category were Caoimhe Kilroy (Metro St Brigid’s AC) W45 and Zoe Quinn (Raheny Shamrock AC) W50. Kate McCrystal (UCD AC) was first U23. In the senior team categories, Liffey Valley AC won the women’s senior title, and finished second of the men behind Galway City Harriers. At over 35 level, the Raheny Shamrock men and the Donore Harriers women were the winners. In the women’s competition, Raheny Shamrock were second and Rathfarnham WSAF AC third. In the over 50 age category, Raheny Shamrock finished second of the men and Rathfarnham WSAF third of the women.

Winning the Dublin City Council BHAA 6km at St Anne’s Park, Raheny on Saturday morning (April 11) was Patrick Joseph MacGabhann (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) who sprinted past Sean Doran with the line in sight. The pair were timed at 19 mins 32 secs and 19 mins 33 secs. Third and first M50 in 20:43 was Paul Fleming (Rathfarnham WSAF AC). First woman was Edel McCreery in 22:42. Catherine King was second in 26:55 and Ramune Zolbiene third in 27:13. Both Wdwl and Catherine are members of Rathfarnham WSAF AC. Age group winners included J.P. Kelly fourth and first M45, Sean McCreery M60, Pat McCavana M65, Donal Murphy M70, Sharon Radburn W40, Sharon Woods W55 and Josephine Killeen W60.

A large group from the Lord Mayor Five Alive Challenge also completed the race, with Carl Flynn in 17th place leading them home and Loretta McHugh first of the women and third W45.

TRACK & FIELD - IN THE USA

At College Farm, Texas, over the weekend, Sean Aigboboh (Tallaght AC) ran a PB time of 20.54 secs for 200m. A day later he ran a wind-assisted 10.21 secs to finish second in the 100m.

Siún Quinn (Bros Pearse AC) finished second in the women’s high jump with a 1.78 effort at a college meet in Champaign, Illinois. In Providence, Rhode Island, Cormac Dixon (Tallaght AC) won the men’s 3000m in 8:19.62.

At the Duke Invitational, Durham , North Carolina, Sean Cronin (Clonliffe Harriers) finished third in his 1500m heat with a personal best time of 3:40.26. In a different heat, Sean O’Donoghue (Dublin City Harriers) ran 3:42.71 for ninth place..

ULTRA

At the Trasna na Blianta 24-Hour, 12-hour and 6-hour races, held on the Le Cheile Track in Leixlip, Co Kildare held over the weekend (April 11-12), Mick Hallows (North Clondalkin RC) won the 6-hour race running 71.4 km

MEET & TRAIN

A social run and prize-giving hosted by Crusaders AC at Irishtown Stadium marked the end of this winter’s Meet and Train league for women. Team winners were: Diamond - Sportsworld A 44, 2 Sportsworld B 79, 3 Crusaders Emerald 180. Platinum -1 Crusaders Sapphire 383, 2 Esker A 389, 3 Blackrock B 465. Gold - 1 Bros Pearse B 612, 2 Donore Divas 717, 3 DFR Space Cadets 750. Silver - 1 Esker B 809, 2 Sportsworld G 872, 3 Lucan Harriers C 912. Bronze - 1 Crusaders Diamond 994, 2 Watsrstown Warriors B 1106, 3 Esker 3 1141. Individual winners - 1 Roisin McMahon (Sportsworld) 5, 2 Lorna Sheehan (Sportsworld) 8, 3 Emma Finlay Esker 12. O40 - Grainne Black (Rathfarnham WSAF AC. O50 - Louise Bruton (Sportsworld). O60 - Ann Higgins (Sportsworld). O70 - Mairin Shine (Crusaders). O80 - Ann Woodlock (Donore Harriers).

Track and Field Home

At the National Spring Throws competition in Tullamore on Sunday (April 12), Eoin Sheridan (Clonliffe Harriers) was a clear winner of the men’s discus with a throw of 53.03m, while Anna Gavigan (LSA AC) was equally dominant in the women’s competition , winning with a big throw of 54.50. In the javelin, Grace Casey (Clonliffe Harriers) won the women’s competition with a throw of 45.22 and Daniel Aibuedefe (Dundrum South Dublin AC) finished third of the men with a best of 46.04m. Winning the U18 boys shot was Jaheim Humphrey (Clonliffe Harriers) with a 15.69 effort. In the men’s weight for distancee, Mark Tierney (Dundrum South Dunlin AC) took a narrow victory in the men’s competition with a best of 5.80 while a throw of 4.88 wsaw Nessa Donoghue (Lusk AC) finish second of the women.

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 02 - 06 April 2026

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:33:00 GMT

BALLYMUN BEATS ’EM ALL!

Winning the Bill Devereaux Perpetual Cup as outstanding team at the annual Emo Forest Run 5km/10km, in Co Laois on Good Friday (April 3) was a large team from Ballymun AC. First home for the club in third place with a time of 37 mins18 secs was Chris Doolan. Dean Hayden was just one place behindin 37:35. Finishing seventh and first M40 was Jonathan Piggott, followed by Kenneth Coakley third M50 and Sam Merrick second M55. Of the Ballymun women, Ann Marie Burns finished fourth woman and first over 40, Michelle Bennett was third over 40, and Ashley Carroll seventh woman overall. In the 5km, Traci Marshall finished second W50. Also represented in Emo was Civil Service Harriers, with Sharon McGrane first W60 in the 5km.

On Thursday evening (April 2), Colm Rooney (Clonliffe Harriers) finished second overall and first M40 at the Streets of Kilkenny 5km. Aaron Donnelly (Dundrum South Dublin AC) finished sixth in 14:38 and Adam Nason (Donore Harriers) eighth in 14:44. Kevin Donagher (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) was second M40 in 15:35 and Faye Dervan (Dublin City Harriers) third woman in 16:09. Of the teams, Dundrum South Dublin AC finished second of the men’s teams, while Cherry Orchard RC was the only Dublin club represented in the women’s competition, with 33 teams entered.

Alex Murphy (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was first woman at the Beragh 5-Mile held on Saturday in Co Tyrone. Her time was 30 mins 24 secs.

On Easter Monday (April 6), Dublin club athletes featured in three races. In Dundalk, Malcolm Kiplagat (Clonliffe Harriers) was the winner of the Easter Monday 5km with a time of 15 mins 51 secs. His clubmates Ian McAweeney was 11th in 17:26 and junior athlete Nessa Byrne eighth woman and second U18 in 19:57.

Best of the men’s teams at the Moynalty 4-Mile held in Co Meath was Dundrum South Dublin AC, led home in fifth place by Patrick Elliott in 21 mins 37 secs. Making up the team were Robert Corbally seventh in 21:55 and Gavin Callery eighth in 22:13.

Finally, Laura Tuite (Clonliffe Harriers) finished first woman at the Drogheda Easter Charity 5km with a time of 18 mins 51 secs.

* The sold-out 10th Battle of Clontarf 10-Mile, which was scheduled to take place on Monday April 6 in St Anne’s Park, has been re-scheduled for Monday August 4. All who signed up will have their entries honoured for the new date. Details www.rahenyshamrock.ie

MASTERS INDOORS

Ireland finished a magnificent seventh on the medals tables at the European Masters Indoor Championships held in Toruń, Poland (Friday March 27- Thursday April 2) with a grand total of 77 medals (22 gold, 33 silver and 27 bronze).

Contributing six medals to that total was Edel Maguire (Clonliffe Harriers), with five of those medals gold thanks to a hat-trick of wins in the W65 60m, 200m, 400m as well as relay gold with the women’s and mixed 4x200 teams. In a busy few days, Maguire also finished second in the high jump. Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock AC) added to her collection of masters medals with victory in the W55 cross-country, where the team also took gold. On the track, she finished second in the 3000m. For Plant Based AC, Rachel Murphy won the W40 3000m and was third in the 1500m. In the 5km road race, she finished second and also took team silver. Sprinter Sinead O’Connor (Metro St Brigid’s AC) finished third in the W40 60m (and fourth in the 200m) and in the relays, helped the W40 4x200m team to victory and the mixed 40 team to second place. Also on those two medal-winning 4 x200m teams was Snezana Bechtina(Clonliffe Harriers).

Carol Kearney (Lucan Harriers) finished third in the W60 400m and took gold with the 4x200 relay team.

For Dundrum South DublinAC, Avril Dillon finished second in the W45 60m hurdles and Alison Beck second in the W45 high jump while in the 4 x 200m relays, Shane Sheridan was part of the winning mixed 65 team. Well done all!

Dublin Juvenile T&F League Programmes and competition details.

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:04:33 GMT

Please find attached

The programme of events/timetable for the juvenile U10-U16 T&F leagues.
The U9/10/11 team championships/children's games.
Team Championship/Children's Games details.

Entries are open on the Entry4sport portal.

League 1 - Competition No 1548

League 2 - Competition No 1550

Team Champs/Children's Games - Competition No 1546

Kind Regards

Cecil

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 27 – 29 March 2026,

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:48:00 GMT

CROSS-COUNTRY - Meet and Train Winter League

Lorna Sheehan (Sportsworld AC) sprinted away for victory at the final round of this year’s Women’s Meet and Train Cross-Country League held at the National Cross-Country course, Abbotstown on a bitterly cold Sunday morning (March 29). Sheehan along with her clubmate Róisín McMahon, who had won the previous round of the league at Tymon Park, and Sophie McGovern (Brothers) Pearse, pulled away from the pack early in the race. Only in the final stages did her victory look assured. She finished in 13 mins 13.8 secs, with McMahon less than five second behind in 13:18.6 and McGovern third in 13:25.3. Showing remarkable consistency, Emma Finlay (Eskers Runners) finished fourth for a third time in the series. Aisling Smith (Dublin Front Runners) was fifth and Luz Estevan (Crusaders AC) sixth. Seventh and first over 40 was Sinéad Staunton (Sportsworld AC). Other category winners were Louise Bruton (Sportsworld AC) W50, Ann Higgins (Sportsworld AC) W60, Hazel Forster (Waterstown Warriors) W70 and Ann Woodlock (Donore Harriers) W80. Over three hundred women from seventeen Dublin running clubs and groups signed up for this year’s series.

Meet and Train Winter League - Overall results:

Teams: Diamond - 1 Sportsworld A 44; 2 Sportsworld B 79; 3 Crusaders Emerald 1280. Platinum - 1 Crusaders Sapphire 383; 2 Esker A; 3 Blackrock B 465. Gold - 1 Brothers Pearse B 612; 2 Donore Divas 717; 3 DFR Space Cadets 750. Silver - 1 Esker B 809; 2 Sportsworld G 872; 3 Lucan Harriers C 912. Bronze - 1 Crusaders Diamond 994; 2 Waterstown Warriors B 1106; 3 Esker C 1141.

Individuals : Senior (under 40)- 1 Roisin McMahon (Sportsworld) 5; 2 Lorna Sheehan (Sportsworld) 8; 3 Emma Finlay (Esker Runners) 12. O40 - 1 Grainne Black (Rathfarnham WSAF) 13; 2 Sinead Staunton (Sportsworld) 17; 3 Caroline Conway (Sportsworld) 37. O50 - 1 Louise Bruton (Sportsworld) 28; 2 Ruth Mellet (Bros Pearse) 106; 3 Olive Fogarty (Sportsworld) 131. O60 - 1 Ann Higgins (Sportsworld) 225; 2 Breda Brown (Sportsworld) 303; Reg Coppinger (Sportsworld) 349. O70 - 1 Mairin Shine (Crusaders) 432; 2 Hazel Foster (Waterstown Warriors) 433. O80 - Ann Woodlock (Donore Harriers) 469. Prizegiving and 5km ‘social jog’, Sun April 12 (11am), Irishtown. All welcome!

A day earlier, Edel McCreery and Sean Doran were the winners at the ALSAA BHAA Cross-County, held in cold, windy conditions at Dublin Airport on Saturday (March 28). In her first BHAA race, McCreery was a clear winner of the women’s 2-mile race, finishing in 11 mins 28 secs. Olivia McCartin (Dept of Education) was second in 12:37 and Sheila Nolan (Health C) third in 13:06.).

Doran won the men’s 5-mile with over three minutes to spare finishing in 25 mins 43 secs. Sean McCreery, father of Edel, was second in 29:11 and Derek O’Brien third in 30:03. With the cross-country season now completed, the BHAA now turns to the roads, with the Dublin City Council 4-Mile taking place in St Anne’s Park on Saturday April 11 (11am). Newcomers welcome!

ROADS - SUNDAY RACES

At the Michal Rejmer Dooneen 10-Mile, at Limerick Racecourse, Anthony Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) finished fifth and second M40 in 56:19. Ellen Cronin (Liffey Valley AC) was fourth woman in 68:38. Cliona Murphy (Dublin City Harriers) was fourth woman in 78.49 at the Omagh Half Marathon, also on Sunday.

A total of 479 Irish runners completed the Berlin Half Marathon where Kate McCrystal ( UCD AC) was first Irish woman home in 81:01.

OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD SEASON BEGINS

Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock AC) opened his outdoor track season with a third place in the men’s 3000m at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne on Saturday (March 28). His time was 7 mins 42.85 secs.

In Los Angeles at the Bob Larsen Invitational, Ailish Hawkins (Dublin City Harriers) clocked a time of 4:29.83 for ninth in her 1500m heat and 16th place overall.

Kate Doherty (Dundrum South Dublin AC) clocked a personal best time of 53.90 secs for fifth in her 400m heat and 12th place overall at the Clyde Hart Classic in Waco, Texas, while in Florida, at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational, David Davitt (Clonliffe Harriers) finished fourth in his 400m heat and eighth overall in 47.76 secs

In Houston, Texas, Sean Aigboboh (Tallaght AC) ran a 100m personal best 10.33secs.

SCHOOLS

A great day at the final round of the inaugural MCH-Donore Harriers schools league which introduced thirteen new schools in the west Dublin area to athletics. On Monday (March 23),the girls' track meet at the Donore Harriers track in Chapelizod rounded out the series, with an impressive performance from Coláiste Bhride putting them top of the points table after the three rounds — cross-country, road relays and track— making them the overall winners. For second place, Clogher Road beat Kylemore College on count-back, with Pobail Scoil Iosolde fourth, Mercy Inchicore and Cabra CC equal fifth, St Seton's Ballyfermot seventh, CBS James's Street eighth and Colaiste Eoin ninth. Well done all - and here's to next season!

Pics from all three events are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/

HILLS

Ultra runner Sorcha Loughnane (Donore Harriers, W50) was first woman at the Maurice Mullins Ultra along the trails of Co Wicklow completing the hilly 50km course in 4:37.47.

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 17 - 22 March 2026

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 21:26:17 GMT

ROONEY TAKES SECOND WIN OF WEEK

In his second win in five days, Colm Rooney (Clonliffe Harriers) led home over 1,500 finishers at the Dunboyne 10km on Sunday (Match 22). Rooney pushed the pace from the start and finished in 29 mins 34 second - almost held a minute clear of the chasers led by Dublin-based Eoghan McElhinney (Bantry AC) who finished in 30:01. Donore Harriers, led by Adam Nason in ninth place, finished second team and Clonliffe Harriers third. Packing well to finish best of the women’s teams was Dundrum South Dublin, with all four counters finishing within just over a minute of each other. Crusaders AC was second . Category winners included Pauline Robertson (Brothers Pearse AC) W55, Sharon McGrane (Civil Service Harriers) W60, Liz Arkins (Lucan Harriers) W65, Declan Power (Clonliffe Harriers) M55, and Tony O’Halloran (DSD AC) M65. More photos at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720332579646

ST PATRICK’S DAY RACES - CLONLIFFE ON THE DOUBLE IN TALLAGHT!

Colm Rooney (Clonliffe Harriers) was the winners of the Tallaght 5km held in very windy conditions on Tuesday (March 17). Clonliffe took the first three places in the race, with Rooney, whose time was15 mins 7 secs, followed home by Ben Guiden in 15:15 and Mahad Mohamed Egaal in 15:17. Maebh Brannigan (Galway City Harriers) was first woman in 16:48, with Lisa Madden (Sportsworld AC) second in 17:13 and Helena Butterly (Clonliffe Harriers) third in 17:21. The race incorporated the Dublin Novice Championship with Malcolm Kiplagat (Clonliffe Harriers) and Sarah Lyons (Crusaders AC) the winners. Under 18 winners were Harry Cahill (Donore Harriers) and Ayana O’Callaghan (Clonliffe Harriers). With four in the top eight, Clonliffe’s A team were clear winners of the men’s title, beating their own second team. Third of the 37 teams entered was Brothers Pearse AC. Clonliffe also won the novice team title from its second team, with host club Tallaght AC, led by Stephen Worth, finishing third. In the women’s team competition, Sportsworld beat Clonliffe by just three points with Crusaders AC third. Winning the novice team prize was Clonliffe with Crusaders second and Dublin City Harriers third.

In Harmonstown, Dublin, Anthony O’Brien (Raheny Shamrock AC) won the Up & Out Paddy’s Day 10km held at McAuley Park in 32 mins 19 secs. Natalia Lungu (Clonliffe Harriers) was first woman in 43:40. Winners at the inaugural Balbriggan St Patrick’s Day Race were Ronan Dunphy (Skerries AC) and Éadaoin Moore (Balbriggan & District A.C.).

Elsewhere, at the Streets of Portlaoise 5km, the opening round of this year’s Peugeot Races Series, defending mixed team champions, Dundrum South Dublin AC, finished second behind a dominant Leevale squad. First home for DSD was marathon man Paul O’Donnell in fifth place. Also for DSD AC, Ruben Bartelink was first M50 and Loughlin Hannon second of the junior men.

In Co Westmeath, a Raheny Shamrock AC double at the Mullingar Half Marathon saw Michael Brady leading home over 2,000 finishers in 70 mins 31 secs and Fiona Stack first woman and first W40 in 89:46. Raheny Shamrock finished second of the men’s teams behind Mullingar Harriers.

INDOORS

At the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Toruń, Poland (March 20-22), Irish record holder Bori Akinola (UCD AC) finished third in his 60m heat with a time of 6.59 secs, which qualified him for the semi-finals where he finished sixth in 6.60 and did not progress to the final. Star performer for the Irish team was multi-eventer Kate O’Connor from Dundalk who added another medal to her collection when finishing third in the women’s pentathlon with a new Irish record total of 4839 points.

In the USA, Sean Aigboboh (Tallaght AC) ran a personal best 20.74 secs for 200m at the Tom Tellez outdoor track meet in Houston,Texas on Thursday (March 19) finishing second in his race. The time puts 20-year-old Aigboboh top of the current Irish listings.

CROSS-COUNTRY

A number of Dublin club athletes represented their schools at the annual SIAB School Cross-Country, held in Bangor, Wales on Saturday (March 21). Elizabeth Reamsbottom (Santa Sabina) and Aoife Murphy (Loreto Foxrock) were part of the Irish team that finished second in the girls’ inter 4000m. The boy’s inter team also finished second in a tough 6000m race with Templeogue College pair Adam Noone 7th and Samuel Redmond 15th part of the squad. Running for the junior girls team which finished third were Ailbhe Finucane (Loreto Stephen’s Green) ninth, and Robyn Kennedy (Holy Child, Killiney) 14th. Both mixed 4 x 1500m teams finished second, with Ruby Farrelly (Our Lady’s Templeogue) and Conor Abbott (Coláiste Phadraig, Lucan) part of the inter team.

ULTRA RUNNING

Leading home the Republic of Ireland team at the Anglo-Celtic Plate 100km, held at the University of Limerick, on Saturday (March 21) was Rob Kelly (Raheny Shamrock AC) who finished fifth in 7 hrs 8 mins 53 secs. Just one place behind was Matthew Collins (Portmarnock AC) in 7:15.06. In the open race, Sean Meehan (Cherry Orchard AC) finished fourth in 7:21.45. England won the Home Countries team title. The race incorporated the Irish 100km Championships.

Also taking place was a 50km race where Dean Comerford (Cherry Orchard AC) was fifth overall in 4:05.34.

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 12 - 15 March 2026

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:44:48 GMT

TRACK AND FIELD

Nicola Tuthill (UCD AC) became the first Irish senior athlete to take a medal at the annual European Throwing Cup, in Nicosia, Cyprus over the weekend when she finished second in the women’s hammers. Tuthill’s best throw of 72.48 was a personal best and brings her ever closer to Eileen O'Keefe's national record of 73.21 set in 2007. Tuthill, now aged twenty-two, won the U23 title last year. A day later, Eric Favors (Raheny Shamrock AC) added a bronze medal to the Irish haul in the men’s shot with a best of 19.68m. In the U23 women’s discus competition, Anna Gavigan (LSA AC) finished fifth with a throw of 51.07. In the senior women’s discus , Niamh Fogarty (Raheny Shamrock A) finished 15th with a throw of 52.70.

CROSS-COUNTRY

Paul Fleming (Ornua/Rathfarnham WSAF AC) and Laura McDonnell emerged as winners at the Central Bank BHAA 6km Cross-Country which, after two postponements, finally took place on a winding course around Jobstown Park, Tallaght on Saturday (March 14). Fleming had almost a minute to spare when winning the race with Joe Walsh second and Alessando Porazzini third. McDonnell was fourth overall, followed by Clare Mulligan (Health Group) and Maria Pozo (BMS). The final BHAA cross-country race of the season (also after a postponement) takes place at the ALSAA, Dublin Airport on Saturday March 28.

INDOORS - NATIONAL U20 AND U23

Winning the U20 60m title at the National U20 Indoors held at the NIA, Abbotstown, on Saturday was Ciaran Farrell (Donore Harriers) in a time of 6.92 secs. In the women’s 200m, Chidinma Adikaibe (Metro St Brigid’s AC) finished first in 24.48 secs and Gloria Oigbochie (Tallaght AC) second in 24.63 secs. In the field Agnese Daves (Brothers Pearse) won the women’s triple jump with a 10.97m effort, and Lauren Healy (Dundrum South Dublin AC) the high jump at 1.66m. Finished a close second in the men’s 400m was Andrew Hayes (Dundrum South Dublin AC) in 48.48. In the U23 championships which also took place, Uche Dishu (Tallaght AC) won the women’s 60m in 7.59 secs and the 200m in 24.46 secs. Debbie Laval (UCD AC) was second in the 60m in 7.67. Joe Doody (UCD AC) won the men’s 400m in 47.96 and Ciara Wilson Bowen (DSD AC) the women’s walk. Finishing second in the 800m was Ryan O’Neill (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) in 4:02.22 while in the 800m, Andrew McGilton (DSD AC) finished second in 1:52.81.

MASTERS MEDAL IN ATHLONE

At the National Masters Indoors held in Athlone a day later, Steven Colvert (Crusaders AC) was an impressive winner of the M35 60m in 7.40 secs. Sinead O’Connor (Metro St Brigid’s AC) won both the W40 women’s 60m and the 200m with Snezana Bechtina (Clonliffe Harriers) second behind her in both races. Bechtina went on to win the W40 400m. Other double winners in the sprints were Thomas Moran (Clonliffe Harriers) M50, Shane Sheridan (DSD AC) M65 and David Leech (Blackrock AC) M75. Kevin Byrne (DSD AC) won the M50 60m hurdles and the pole vault and Mark Woodger (Metro St Brigid’s AC) the M55 60m hurdles and triple jump.In the women’s 60m, Adina Gheorghiu (DSD AC) W50 and Carol Kearney (Lucan AC) W60 also took titles. Edel Maguire (Clonliffe Harriers) added to her considerable collection of medals when winning both the W65 400m and the high jump. Maguire was also part of the winning Ireland Over 65 mixed 4x200m relay team which set a world record time for the event. Over 3000m, Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock AC) won the W55 title, while Orla Gordon (Liffey Valley) took the W35 title. Clubmates Rachel Murphy and Lea Fulcher won the W40 and M50 800m titles respectively. In the field, Dublin winners were Lisa Corrigan (Crusaders AC) W50 long jump, Gavin Nolan (Lucan Harriers) M45 long jump, Patrick Curran (Tallaght AC) M45 pole vault, Andrej Dmitrenko (Clonliffe Harriers) M55 pole vault, Michael McCarthy Sr (Donore Harriers_ M40 triple jump, Lucy Moore (DSD AC) W65 weight for distance and Niall Allen (Clonliffe Harriers) M50 shot and weight for distance.

On the USA college circuit, Louise O’Loughlin (Donore Harriers) helped Adams State to team victory at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships in Virginia when finishing third in the men’s mile in 4:12.07.

In the Division 1 Nationals in Arkansas, Elizabeth Ndudi (DSD AC) jumped 6.04m for 14th place in the women’s long jump, while Sean Donoghue (Dublin City Harriers) ran the opening leg for Villanova in the distance medley relay. The team finished 11th.

Good luck to Bori Akinola (UCDAC) and all the Irish team at the World Indoors in Poland at the Weeknd (March 20-22).

ROADS

Michael Brady (Raheny Shamrock AC) led home 1,171 finishers at the Skerries 10km in Co Dublin on Sunday (March 15) in a time of 31 mins 45 secs. Local athlete Eoin Gallagher (Skerries AC) was second in 32:24 and Terry Shanley (Clane AC) third in 33:51. Finishing fourth overall and first woman in 33:55 was Sorcha Nic Dhomhnaill (West Limerick AC). Alex Murphy (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was second in 36:54 and Maura Kearns third in 38:56. In the over 50 age groups, Geraldine McHale (Lusk AC) was first woman and Adrian Kavanagh of the host club best of the men. Raheny Shamrock, with four finishers in the top twelve, finished first of the twelve women’s teams, ahead of Lusk AC and Clonliffe Harriers. Skerries AC proved best of the eight men’s teams followed by Raheny Shamrock AC and Lusk AC.

Dublin 5k Novice Road Championships 2026, Tallaght, 17 March 2026

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:31:41 GMT

The Dublin Novice Road Championships 2026 takes part with the Tallaght 5k road race on 17th March 2026 at 12.00. Those who have already entered the race and are still a Novice athlete are eligable to enter the Novice Championships subject to the criteria set out below. Teams can be declared using the attached form and sent to pjclaffey58@gmail.com by 15th March.

Qualification for Dublin Novice and Intermediate Championships Novice athletes must be 19 years of age or over on the 31st December in the year of competition.

1. Any athlete who has not won an individual (1st, 2nd,3rd) medal at Novice, Intermediate, or Senior Cross Country, at national, provincial or County Level, is eligible to compete in the Dublin Novice Cross Country and Road championship.

2. Any athlete who has not won a 1st Team medal at Dublin Novice Cross Country Championship, or a 1st team medal at Intermediate or Senior at national, provincial or County level is eligible to compete in the Dublin Novice Cross Country and Road Championship.

3. Any athlete who has not won a medal at Track Championship at 1500 mtrs, or longer, at National, Provincial or County level is eligible to compete in the Dublin Novice Cross Country and Road Championship.

4. Team Medals won in Road Championships do not affect eligibility to compete in Dublin Novice and Intermediate Cross Country Championships

5. Inter county gold team medals won in the Leinster Cross Country Championships do not affect eligibility to compete in Dublin Novice and Intermediate Cross Country Championships.

6. Any number can enter on a team with 4 to score.

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 04 - 08 March 2026

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 21:33:52 GMT

INDOORS - HOME AND AWAY

Cillian Kirwan (Raheny Shamrock AC) ran a personal best 1:47.59 to win the men’s 800m at the sixth and final Track & Field Live meet in the NIA, Abbotstown on Wednesday (March 4). In the women’s 800m, junior athlete Saoirse Fitzgerald (Lucan Harriers) was second in a personal best 2:06.66.

On the same evening Bori Akinola (UCD AC) was at the ISTAF meet in Berlin where he ran 6.57for third place in the 60m final having run 6.65 in the heats.

In the Be Fit Today Track Academy graded meet at Lee Valley in London on Sunday (March 8) Mollie O’Reilly (Dundrum South Dublin AC) won her first round 100m in 11.79 secs, with Orla Comerford (unatt) fourth in 12.13. In the second round, O’Reilly ran a faster time of 11.75 for second in her heat. Comerford won another heat in 12.04.

In the USA, Hannah Segrave (Clonliffe Harriers) ran 2:01.82 for 800m in Philadelphia on Saturday (March 7) which is inside the B standard for the World Indoors in Torun. At the same meet, Ronan McMahon Staggs (Dublin City Harriers) ran a personal best 3:38.81 in the 1500m.

DCU’s long domination of the women’s competition at the Irish Universities Indoor Championships ended on Saturday where for the first time since 2006, University of Limerick were the winners. DCU had won every year since — that’s seventeen years. UL picked up points in every event except the 3000m for a total of 84 points. DCU just got the nod over UCD for second place with the teams tied on 68 points, although UCD finished ahead of DCU on the medals table.

UCD won the 200m (Cara Murphy), 800m (Renee Crotty), 3000m (Kate McCrystal) pole vault (Aoibhín McDonald) and 4x200m, DCU won the 60m hurdles (Okwuchukwu Backari), 400m (Aisling Stafford, with Daisy Walker second) and triple jump (Daphni Doulaptsi-Teeuwen). In the men’s competition, it was business as usual for DCU with the team picking up points in 15 of the 17 events. They ended up on 72 points, putting them nine points clear of SETU on 63 points with UCD third on 53 points. Since 2006, only UL in 2022 has managed the break the DCU men’s winning streak.

Wins for DCU came in the 800m (Finn Woodger in a new meet record of 1:51.30), high jump (Emanuel Osas) and weight for distance (Coil Ó Muiri). UCD won the 60m (Jesse Osas), 1500m (Jonas Stafford), 3000m (Lughaigh Mallon) and long jump (Sean McCabe), which put them top of the medals table ahead of DCU and UL. The third Dublin university, TU Dublin took its only win of the day in the 4x200m relay beating UCD and UL, with DCU fourth.

SCHOOLS - MHC-DONORE HARRIERS SCHOOLS LEAGUE

Just three and a half points separated the top four boys’ teams after the third and final round of the inaugural MHC-Donore Harriers league held at the Donore track on a very wet Thursday morning (March 5). After wins in the cross-country and road relay stages, St Declan’s Cabra held on for overall victory in the league. Picking up maximum points for the school were Charlie Franzoni and Lucien Dollet-McCann who finished first and second in the inter 1500m and helped the school to second place in the 4 x 300m relay. Ashton Smith added more valuable points when winning the junior high jump. Kylemore College Ballyfermot, with strong performances in the field events, finished top of the track and field table, which was enough to see them jump from fourth place to the runners-up spot overall. In the long jump there was a clean sweep for the school with wins for William Kelly minor, Charlie Abbey junior and Matty Bancerz inter. Also taking maximum points were Lucas Ngola inter high jump and Piotr Szkwara inter shot. Drimnagh Castle finished just one point behind Kylemore College for third place overall. A close fourth was Clogher Road Community College, with wins for the twins Michael and Reuben Phillips in the minor boys long jump and high jump respectively, and for Max Amadai in the junior shot. On the track, Donore Harriers member Mike Mok of Mercy Inchicore won the inter boys’ 100m and later anchored his school to victory over St Declan’s in the relay. Winning the minor and junior 100m races were Samson Olszewki and Daniel Kostin, both from Pobalscoil Iosolde Palmerstown. Other winners in the 1500m were Jaden Fox (CBS James’s Street) minor and Gregory Hryhorii (Pobailscoil Iosolde) junior. In the relays which rounded out the day, Kylemore College won the junior race with St Seton’s Ballyfermot second, while CBS St James’ Street beat Clogher Road in the minor race. In all, twelve schools competed in the boys’ league, among them Synge Street CBS who joined for the track and field leg and finishing second behind Kylemore College on the day. The school will clearly be a force next season. The girls’ track and field round is yet to take place.

Points totals - 1 St Declan’s Cabra 52.5 (20,20,12.5); 2 Kylemore College 51.5 (14.5,17,20); 3 Drimnagh Castle 50.5 (18,18,14.5); 4 Clogher Road CC 49 (17,16,16; 5 CBS James Street 42(14.5, 15,,12.5); 6 Pobalscoil Iosolde Palmerstown 41.5 (16,11, 14.5); =7 Mercy SS Inchicore 37 (11,9,17)/St Setons SS 37(12.14,11); 9 Cabra CC 32 (10,12,10); 10 Colaiste Eoin Crumlin 26 (13,13,-); 11 O’Connell SS 19 (9,10, -); 12 Synge Street CBS 18 (-,-, 18)

More photos from the Donore meet are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720332362731 .

CROSS-COUNTRY

At the All Ireland Schools Cross-Country Championships, in Newtownabbey, Co Antrim on Saturday (March 7), Belvedere College packed brilliantly to win the boys’ senior team title by a single point. Leading the team home in sixth place was Charlie O’Neill, backed up by Liam Morris 11th, Daniel Hughes 45th and Edward Blaque 49th. Blackrock College, led by Charlie White in tenth place and James Foot 12th, finished third team. Other good runs came from Conrad Latham (St Paul’s Raheny) a fighting fourth and Conor McGuirk (Lusk CC) seventh. In the inter boys race, Adam Noon (Templeogue College)was fourth and his team mate Sam Redmond sixth. In the girls’ races, Dublin schools finishers runners-up in three of the team races. Winning the junior girls’ title and helping Loreto Stephen’s Green to team silver was Aibhe Finucane, while in the inter girls’ race, Santa Sabina, led by Beth Reamsbottom in eighth place, also finished second team. In the minor girls’ race, Aisling Hegarty of Skerries Community College finished second, with her team also finishing second.

ROADS

Big race of the weekend was the Bohermeen Half Marathon, Co Meath on Sunday (March 8) where James Hyland (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished third in 67 mins 41 secs and a large number of clubs from all over Leinster and Ulster battled it out in the team competitions. A surprise winner of the women’s race in 70:50 was British international athlete Alice Wright, who was running in Dublin Track Club colours. Aoife Cleary (Crusaders AC) was fourth in 78:10 and Noreen Brouder (Sportsworld AC) fifth and first master (W45) in 79:42. Women’s category winners were Freda O’Mara (PortmarnockAC) W50 and Sheila Verdon (Portmarnock AC) W65. Joan McTernan (Donore Harriers) was second W65, and Mary Lynch (Raheny Shamrock AC) second W70. Of the men, Eoin Hinchy (Brothers Pearse AC) was second M40, Alan Quinn (Portmarnock AC) third M45, Ciaran McCarthy (Raheny Shamrock AC) second M50, Michael Wycherley (Crusaders AC) third M50, Des Tremble (Donore Harriers) first M55, Alan McCabe (Tallaght AC) second M65, Donal Murphy (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) first M70 and Mick Carolan (Brothers Pearse AC) second M70.

In the Rennick Cup for men’s teams of six, Raheny Shamrock AC finished second and Donore Harriers third of 33 teams entered, among them newer clubs including Ballymun AC, Inner City RC and D15 RC. Raheny were again second in the competition for men’s teams of four, with Clonliffe Harriers third and Donore fourth of the 44 teams. Crusaders AC finished second of the women’s teams. Roadrunners RC from Belfast won all three team categories.

OTHER WEEKEND ROAD RACES

Dublin raiders had a good day at the Moneystown NS 4-Mile near Roundwood in Co Wicklow, where Colm Turner (Brothers Pearse, M40 ) was the race winner in 20 mins 4 secs and his clubmate Edward O’Connor second in 20:42.

Dundrum South Dublin AC clubmates Alex Murphy and Sarah Mulligan finished first and second women in 23:02 and 23.26 respectively. Laura McDonnell was third woman and first W40 in 23:59. Ashley Hayes (Crusaders AC) was first M45 and Colm Turner’s father Tom first M70.

Fiona Stack (Raheny Shamrock, W40) finished third woman at the Bundoran 10-mile in Co Donegal, with a time of 60:43.

Finishing second at the Great Gorey Run 10 mile in Co Wexford, was Kevin Donagher (Rathfarnham WSF AC, M40) in 56:38. Paul Murphy (Tallaght AC) was second M50.

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 27 February - 1 March 2026

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 20:13:13 GMT

BORI SPRINTS CLEAR IN NATIONAL INDOORS

Pre-race favourite Bori Akinola (UCD AC) defended his 60m title in some style at the National Indoors Championships in the NIA Abbotstown on Saturday, winning in 6.60 secs. Max O’Reilly (Riverstick/Kinsale AC) was second in 6.69 and Craig Duffy (Clonliffe Harriers) third in 6.71. A day earlier, comeback kid Mark Smyth took his sixth national title after a show-down with Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers), holder of ten national titles, in the men’s 200m final. In a lung-busting effort by both men, Smyth just made it to the line for victory in 21.11 with Lawler clocked at 21.24 for second. Making it a Raheny 200m double was Sophie Becker, longtime member of the Irish 4x400m squad who proved the class of the field when winning the women’s race in a personal best 23.43. Molly Daly (Kilkenny City Harriers) was second in 24.07 and Mollie O’Reilly (Dundrum South Dublin AC) third in 24.14. Over the longer distances, a thrilling men’s 1500m final saw young pretender Lughaidh Mallon snatching the win from his UCD AC club mate Luke McCann on the line, with the pair given times of 3:43.45 and 3:43.51. Third in 3:44.77 was American-born Ronan Mahon Staggs (Dublin City Harriers),

In the women’s race, Lucy Holmes beat her Dublin City Harriers clubmate Niamh Carr for victory with the pair timed at 4:31.10 and 4:32.39. A surprise winner of the women’s 800m in 2:07.76 was 30-year-old Hannah Segrave (Clonliffe Harriers) who has declared for Ireland in the past few months. Pre-race favourite Emma Moore (Galway City Harriers) was second. Proving the class of the field in the men’s 800m was Cillian Kirwan (Raheny Shamrock AC) who won in a championship record time of 1:47.68. Finn Woodger (Metro St Brigid’s AC) finished third in 1:49.60.

Over 3000m, three men’s races took place with Ryan O’Neill (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) winning the B race 8:24.56. Charlie O’Neill (Donore Harriers), running just two days after the Leinster Schools Cross-Country, was second in 8:26.45, while Adam Nason (Donore Harriers) won the C race in 8:54.65. In the men’s shot putt, Eric Favors (Raheny Shamrock AC) was winning his fourth national indoor and improved on his own championships record with a heave of 19.57. Best in the women’s triple jump with a leap of 12.54 was Daphni Doulaptsi Teeuwen (Raheny Shamrock AC). Other Dublin club medal winners were Hugo Magee (Crusaders AC) third in the men’s 400m in 48.92 and Ciara Wilson Bowen (Dundrum South Dublin AC) third in the women’s walk. Rounding off two days of competition were the 4 x400 relays, with UCD beating two teams from Metro St Brigid’s AC in the women’s race. A day earlier, Metro St Brigid’s won the women’s 4x200, with Raheny Shamrock AC third. Titans AC from Blanchardstown won the men’s 4x200m beating Clongriffin AC and Clonliffe Harriers.

CROSS-COUNTRY - THIRD TIME LUCK FOR LEINSTER SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS

After two postponements, the Leinster Schools Cross-Country Championships finally went ahead on Friday (February 27) at the Navan Adventure Centre in Co Meath (to whom much thanks). In the the boys’ senior race Conrad Latham (St Paul’s Raheny) finished second individual. Belvedere College, led by Charlie O’Neill and Liam Morris in seventh and eighth places, were the the team winners ahead of Blackrock College, led by Charlie White in fifth place. Megan Brunt (Loreto Dalkey) finished third in the girls’ senior race, where Castleknock Community College was second team and Loreto Stephen’s Green third.

Winning the inter girls’ race was Isabel O’Reilly (St Andrew’s Booterstown). Lily Walsh (Loreto Swords) was second and Ruby Farrelly (Our Lady’s Templeogue) third. Santa Sabina was second team and Loreto Stephen’s Green, third.

Second him in the inter boys race was Adam Noon (Templeogue College). Winning the junior boys’ race was Michael Moran (Blackrock College) with Belvedere second team. Ailbhe Finucane (Loreto Stephen’s Green) came out on top in the girls’ junior race, with her team finishing second and Castleknock Community College third. Finally, at minor level, Loreto Beaufort was the winning girls’ team while St Aidan’s CBS from Whitehall took the boys’ title. The top fifteen individuals and three teams qualify for the All Ireland Schools Cross-Country Championships at Mallusk, Co Antrim next Saturday. Good luck all!

ROADS - CLONLIFFE TOPS IN LUSK

Tadgh Donnelly (Drogheda and District ) raced away for victory at theLusk 4-Mile on Sunday (March 1) with a time of 18 mins 38 secs. Ben Guiden (Clonliffe Harriers) was second in 19:22 and James Hyland (Raheny Shamrock AC) third in 19:49. Catherina Mullen (Metro St Brigid’s AC) was first woman in 22.00, followed by Sinead Farrell (LSA AC) in 22:24 and Patricia Ferguson (Skerries AC) in 24:29. In a tight battled for team honours, Clonliffe Harriers with 99 points beat Raheny Shamrock on 103 points. LSA AC, led by Joe Holt, was third, with Skerries AC fourth, host club Lusk AC fifth and Sportsworld AC sixth of the nineteen mixed teams entered.

Elsewhere on Sunday, Karl Nolan (Clonliffe Harriers, M40) was the winner of the Naas Town 10-Mile in 55 mins 41 secs. First woman in the associated half marathon was Molly Hyland (Crusaders AC) in 82 mins 18 secs. Michaela McNamara (Artane Beaumont RC) was third woman in 90:32.

In Corkagh Park, Clondalkin, Lisa Madden (Sportsworld) was the overall winner of the Brain Tumour 5km in 18 mins 50 secs. Luke Judge was second and first man in 19:06 and Aaron Browne (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) second man and first M40 in 19:10. In Carlow, Roisin O’Reilly (Dublin City Harriers) was second overall and first woman in 17:41 at the Graiguecullen 5km.

Dublin Clubs roundup, 18 - 22 February 2026

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:38:50 GMT

CROSS-COUNTRY BACK IN TYMON PARK!

Róisín McMahon of the Sportsworld A team took a first win in the Women’s Meet & Train Winter League when round three was held over a 3km course at, Tymon Park, Templeogue, on Sunday (February 22). McMahon pushed the pace from the start and soon had only her teammate Lorna Sheehan for company. The pair duly finished first and second in times of 11 mins 24. secs and 11:28. Finishing third and first W40 in 12:00.4 was Grainne Black (Rathfarnham WSAF AC). Emma Finlay (Esker A) was fourth, Sinead Staunton (Sportsworld B) fifth and Sophie Chisholm (Dundrum South Dublin) sixth. With three finishers in the top seven Sportsworld A lead the team table ahead of their B team, with a fight on for third place between DSD, Crusaders and Blackrock. Teams are divided into five grades. In the age categories, Louise Bruton (Sportsworld B) was first W50 in eighth place overall, followed by Blackrock pair Emma McGrane and Helen Maher. First over 60 was Ann Higgins of the Sportsworld F team, followed by Catherine Kelly (Rathfarnham WSAF) and Noelle Carr (Lucan Harriers. Máirín Shine (Crusaders Diamond) was first over 70 while first over 80 was the legend that is 87-year-old Ann Woodlock (Donore Divas). First visually impaired runner was Niamh Trihy of the Crusaders Tourmaline team who runs with a guide. A record figure of well over 300 women of all ages have registered for this year’s Meet & Train League. Other clubs involved include Waterstown Warriors, Tallaght AC, Dublin Front Runners, Love2Run, Esker, Belpark and Artane- Beaumont. The final round takes place at Abbotstown on Sunday March 29. Newcomers are welcome to come along and see what it’s all about Entry fee is just €5.

Meanwhile on the other side of town, the BHAA cross-country season resumed after numerous weather cancellations with the Teachers 6km at the Clonkeen College grounds. Conor Burke (KPMG) was the winner, with Niall Sherlock (Clonliffe Harriers) second and Kenneth Nugent (Donore Harriers) third. First woman was Sheila Nolan, followed by Vanessa Sallier (Aon/Rathfarnhamm WSAF AC) second, and Ramune Zolbiene (Uniphar/Balbriggan and District AC) third. Next BHAA race is the ALSAA cross-country at Dublin Airport on Saturday (February 28). Weather permitting of course!

INDOORS

In Liévin France on Friday (February 20), Luke McCann (Dublin City Harriers) ran 3:39.89 for sixth in the 1,500m B race. A day later, he was in Ourense, Spain, where he won the B 800m race in 1:47.64. His sister Jodie ran a time of 4:12.67 for second place in the women’s 1500m. Closer to home, Jack Raftery (Donore Harriers) ran a time of 47.01 secs for 400m at the Connaught Indoors in Athlone. All will be in acion at the National Indoors in Abbotstown next weekend.

ROADS/TRAIL

At the Wicklow Hospice Half-Marathon in Avondale Forest Park, Rathdrum, Co Wicklow on Saturday (February 21), Claire Reynolds (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was first W50 in 1:46.46, while Terence Neary (Clonliffe Harriers) was second M60 in 1:45.38. In the accompanaying 10km, Derek Lawlor (Crusaders, M40) was the winner in 35 mins 37 secs. His clubmate Senan Garvey finished third and first junior in 36:39. First W60 was Linda Casey (Waterstown Warriors) in 57:26, while best of the M60 men was Dougie Bolger (Ballymun AC) in 44:49.

James Hyland (Raheny Shamrock) was the winner of the Run the Night 5-Mile in Dublin on Wednesday (February 18) in a time of 25 mins 39 secs. Trinity student Evelyn Coughlan in 29:21 was the first woman. The race, which attaracted and entry of over 4,000, was organised by iDonate an online fundraising platform.

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 11 - 16 Feb. 2026

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 22:05:32 GMT

NEW MARATHON BEST FOR O’DONNELL

Paul O’Donnell (Dundrum South Dublin AC) clocked a superb personal best time of 2 hours 9 mins 19 secs for 18th place at the Seville Marathon on Sunday (February 15). That time not only knocked almost a minute off O’Donnell’s previous best of 2:10.17 set last March in the USA, but elevates him to second on the all-time Irish list behind Fearghal Curtin who ran 2:07.45 last October in South Korea. The time is also inside the A qualification of 2:09.30 for the European Championships later this year in Birmingham.

ROONEY THE MASTER

Colm Rooney (Clonliffe Harriers) successfully defended his national masters title in some style at the National Masters Cross-Country Championships held at Abbotstown on Sunday (February 15). Rooney streaked into an early lead and, by the finish, had lapped some of the field not once but twice. His winning time of 21 mins 20 secs put him 46 seconds clear of the chasers led by Conan McCaughey (North Belfast Harriers) who finished in 22:06. With four finishers in the top fifteen, North Belfast Harriers were the team winners, with Clonliffe the runners-up. In a strong turn-out from Dublin clubs, Liffey Valley finished fourth, Raheny Shamrock fifth, Donore Harriers eighth, Dundrum South Dublin ninth, Dublin Front Runners tenth, Sportsworld eleventh, Portmarnock twelfth and Civil Service AC thirteenth. In the M50 class, Donore Harriers (Bernard Geraghty, Des Tremble, Emmet Ó Briain and Sean Fox) finished second of the M50 teams, while in the M65 category, Rathfarnham WSAF AC’s trio of Gerry Doyle, Martin Kelly and Brendan Hogan finished second. Tallaght AC was fifth, Clonliffe Harriers sixth, and Liffey Valley eighth.

In the age groups Ruben Bartelink (DSD AC) was first M50, with Bernard Geraghty (Donore Harriers) third and Vincent O’Neill (Civil Service Harriers) second M70. Dublin won both the M35 and M50 county team titles. Winning the women’s W35 team title by a single point was Sportsworld led by Lisa Madden in fourth place. Liffey Valley was fifth, Civil Service Harriers sixth and Dublin Front Runners seventh. Dublin were clear winners of the W35 county title. Unlucky to miss out in the W50 category was Raheny Shamrock AC whose team, led by W55 champion Annette Kealy finished fourth. Dublin’s other individual winner was Eileen O’Brien (Lucan Harriers) in the W75 category.

Also taking place were the intermediate championships and winning the women’s race in 17:06 was Fiona Hawkins (Dublin City Harriers). A fighting second in 17:18 was Hope Saunders (Clonliffe Harriers) who is making a welcome comeback after a long break from athletics. Dublin City Harriers was the winning team with Hawkins backed up by Eavan McLoughlin, Karen Hayes and Aine O’Connor. Clonliffe Harriers finished third, Liffey Valley fourth , Sportsworld fifth, Donore Harriers sixth and Raheny Shamrock seventh. In the men’s inter race, Mahad Mohammed Egaal (Clonliffe Harriers finished second with Clonliffe second in the team category and Donore Harriers third. Sportsworld finished sixth and Liffey Valley seventh.

INDOORS - HOME

Clonliffe Harriers and Dundrum South Dublin made it a Dublin club double at the National Indorrs League final held at the NIA, Abbotstown on Saturday (February 14). In fhe men’s competition, Clonliffe, were winning their nineth win in the competition since it was first held in 2014. Only two others clubs have ever come ouut on top — Leevale in 2014 and 2022 and Tallaght in 2016. Clonliffe was captained by Sean Carrigg, had a win in the 60m for Craig Duffy and well as victories for Marcus Lawler 200m, Greg Hossenny 3000m walk, Eoin Sheridan shot and Niall Allen weight for distance. Dundrum South Dublin third with maximum points for Andrew Hayes in the 400m and for the 4x400m relay. Raheny Shamrock finished seventh and Donore Harriers eighth. For DSD, captained by Rachel Dunne, it was a third victory since 2023, thanks to wins for Mollie O’Reilly 60m, Holly Carroll 1500m, Ella Fennelly 3000m, Ciara Wilson Bowen walk and the 4x400m relay, and second places fro Evelyn Kwik 400m and Molly Mullally triple jump. Of the other Dublin clubs, Metro St Brigid’s AC finished fifth and Clonliffe Harriers seventh. More pictures are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720332013637/

At the Track and Field Live meet No 5, NIA, Abbotstown on Wednesady (February 11) Louie Woodger (Metro Sr Brigid’s C) ran a personal best 4:06.95 for second place in the mile. Winning her 800m heat in 2:08.03 was Saoirse Fitzgerald (Lucan Harriers) . The final Track and Field Live meet of the seaons takes place on Wednesday March 4 at the NIA.

INDOORS - AWAY

Bori Akinola (UCD AC) shaved three-hundredths of a second off the current Irish record when clocking 6.54 secs for second place in the men’s 60m at the Belgrade Indoor Meet in Serbia on Wednesday (February 11). Akinola’s previous best time of 6.59 set in Glasgow last month was inside the qualifying time for the World Indoor Championships in Poland next month. Also on Wednesday, Orla Comerford (Raheny Shamock was in Loranrno, where she ran a personal best for 60m of 7.52 secs.

At the Valentine Meet in Boston held over the weekend, Abdel Laadjel (Donore Harriers) ran a big personal best of 7:48.74 in the 3000m, Cillian Kirwan (Raheny Shamrock) ran 1:48.58 for 6th in his 800m and Louis O’Loughlin (Donore Harriers) became the latest member of the sub-four minute mile club with a time of 3:59.54 in a mile heat. Sean Cronin (Clonliffe Harriers) clocked 4:03.20.

In Germany at the Erfurt Indoors on Friday, Luke McCann (Dublin City Harriers) ran an 800m indoors personal best of 1:48.13.

NATIONAL 50KM TITLE FOR WALDRON

Winning the National 50km title at the annual Donadea 5km in Co Kildare was Wayne Waldron (Donore Harriers) in 2:59.55. Oran Finegan (Clonliffe Harriers) was seventh and second M40 in 3:16.20.

Dublin Juvenile Spraoi Games 2026 results

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:50:29 GMT

Well done to all the Clubs who participated in the Sproi Games at the NIA on Sunday 08 February 2026. Many thanks to all the officials who worked tirelessly all day to make the games a success. The team results are attached. Regards Cecil

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 4 - 8 February 2026

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 20:33:48 GMT

DUBLIN CLUBS SHINE AT EURO CROSS-COUNTRY

Rhys Johnson in seventh place led Donore Harriers to a brilliant fourth place in 17 mins 55 secs— just four points off a medal in the men’s U20 5.6km race at the European Clubs Cross-Country, in Albufeira, Portugal on Sunday (February 8)

Just two seconds behind Johnson was Charlie O’Neill in ninth place, followed by Liam Morris 30th and Callum Twomey 36th. Donore had won the right to represent Ireland by winning the men’s U20 team race at the National Cross-Country Championships last November. It was a first junior team win for the club in forty- three years. Clonliffe Harriers finished 16th team, led by Matei Ursachi in 38th place. Making up the team were Aaron Murray 61st, Harry Bogan 62nd and Liam Arthur 67th. In the 4x1500m Mixed Relay, the Dublin City Harriers’ quartet of Paula Delahunty, Philip Marron, Niamh Carr and Lucy Holmes finished fourth in 18 mins 25 secs, less than a minute behind the winners SL Benfica.

On a busy weekend for cross-country abroad, Irish teams were also in action at the London Cross Challenge, which incorporated the Home Countries and Celtic Cross-Country U17 Championships, at Parliament Hill on Saturday. Finishing sixth in the U17 girls’ race was Beth Reamsbottom (Mid-Sutton AC) followed closely by Robyn Kennedy (Blackrock AC) in ninth place. Both were part of the Irish Development team that finished second behind Ireland A. In the boys’ U17 race, Adam Noone (Donore Harriers) in 17th place led the Ireland Development team to fourth place.

Locally, Emma Przymusinka (Lusk AC) was fourth and Donna Kearney (Skerries AC) sixth in the women’s 4km race at the annualRás na hEireann held in Dunleer, Co Louth, on Sunday.

CLONLIFFE AND DSD THROUGH TO LEAGUE FINAL

Defending men’s champions Clonliffe Harriers have made it through to the final of the National Indoors League after the second qualifying round in Athlone on Sunday (February 8). Eoin Sheridan in the shot, Craig Duffy 60m, and Sean Carrigg 1500m picked up maximum points, with Carrigg’s time of of 3:56.65 knocking three seconds off his previous best. Also through are Dundrum South Dublin, Donore Harriers and Raheny Shamrock AC. In the women’s competition, Dundrum South Dublin finished second behind defending champions Ratoath AC. Clonliffe Harriers and Metro St Brigid’s also finished in the top eight. The top eight teams will battle it out in the league final at the NIA, Abbottstown next Saturday

In the open 200m races, Sophie Becker (Raheny Shamrock AC) proved the class of the field in the women’s race clocking 23.67 secs while Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers) was fastest of the men clocking 21.35.

MCCANN RETURNS TO RACING

Abroad, Luke McCann (Dublin City Harriers) made a welcome return to racing when finishing sixth in the 1,500m at the Sparkassen meet in Dortmund, Germany on Sunday (February 8) in a time of 3:40.85. McCann last raced in September 2024, having competed for Ireland at the Paris Olympics.

In the USA, Sean Donoghue (Dublin City Harriers) won the men’s 1000m at the Penn Classic on Saturday (February 7), in 2 mins 22.90 secs. A day earlier, printer Sean Aigboboh (Tallaght AC) moved to the top of the current 200m rankings after clocking a personal best 21.00 secs at a meet in College Station, Texas. Aigboboh finished fifth fastest overall from the thirteen heats.

In Växjö, Sweden, also on Friday, Irish champion Eoin Sheridan (Clonliffe Harriers) threw 50.72 for second place in the men’s discus.

At the Welsh Indoors on Saturday, Michael Farrelly (Raheny Shamrock) finished sixth in the 60m with a time of 6.65 secs

Earlier in the week, Jack Raftery (Donore Harriers) opened his season with a time of 47.01 for fourth place over four 400m heats at the IFAM meet in Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium on Wednesday (February 4 ). Sophie Becker (Raheny Shamrock AC) won the first of three women’s 400m heats in 52.82, which was the second fastest time of the night and puts her top of the current rankings.

ROADS WIN FOR MURPHY

On roads, Cliona Murphy (Dublin City Harriers) was first woman in a time of 36:07 at the Rathcoffey GAA 10km in Co Kildare on Saturday (February 7), where Noelle Carr (Lucan Harriers) was first W60. Colm Turner (Brothers Pearse AC) finished fourth and second M40 in 32:22. Turner’s clubmate Michael Carolan was first M70 in 47:09. First woman in the the associated 5km was Sarah Mulligan (Dundrum South Dublin AC) in18:08. Kevin Donagher (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) was third overall and first M40 in 16:21.

A day later, Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) was second in 15:46 at the Clogherhead Seaside 5km, in Co Louth. Finally, at the Graigue Rolling 5 mile in Graiguenamanagh, Lisa Cusack (Raheny Shamrock AC) was first W40 in 21:18.

Dublin Juvenile Indoors Relays and Sproi Games Programme, NIA, 07 - 08 February 2026

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 12:02:03 GMT

Please find attached,

Timetable for the Relays on Day 4 Saturday the 7th of February.
Relay information

Important Information

Day 4 - 7th February - Relays

An authorised official from each club should collect the relay bib numbers at the check-in desk before closing time – last runner wears the bib number.

Clubs with more than 1 team in an age group MUST provide a label with “A”, “B”, “C” on the vests of each athlete.

The check-in officials should be advised if a team is not competing.

Athletes should only be in the warmup area at the times listed on the timetable.

Only coaches with wrist bands will be allowed into the warmup area.

Athletes MUST be in the call room/assembly area when called.

No coach/parent should go to the results/photo finish room.

Day 5 - 8th February - Spraoi Games

An appointed official for each club should pick up a list of their entries at the check-in table

All Spraoi Games athletes do NOT need to check in, as they will be listed on the start sheets, and will not be issued with bib numbers or wrist bands.

Athletes should only go to their event area when called.

All clubs must provide officials and insert the names in the google spreadsheet through the link below.

Coaches/Youth volunteers (2 per session per club) should be present and sign in 45 minutes before the start of the sessions to assist with the competition.

Clubs must provide additional volunteers (total including those assisting with the competition on a ratio of 1:15) to assist with other duties on the day.

Clubs can provide Youth Athletes (U16 & older) if they wish and the roles suitable for them are marked in the google spreadsheet below.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a-Tv6muPnNpoqbs9n6UPamKuGGD0UmZvg0Pncx6PeL8/edit?usp=sharing

Please only put names into the golden cells (the lead in the various teams) if people have some experience of officiating, if possible as these will be key roles in assisting the Young Officials.

General

Only officials are permitted in the competition area.

No unauthorised photographers are permitted in the competition area.

On both days, parents, coaches and athletes should be advised not to arrive any earlier than need be for their event, as car park spaces will be limited. However, they should be in attendance before check-in closes.

Spectators and competitors should enter through the main door and exit at the door at the bottom end of the arena as soon as possible after their session is concluded.

NO entry through the exit door.

Please advise your members to place rubbish and empty containers in the bins provided and keep the area where they are situated clean.

Please respect the voluntary officials at all times.

Entry Fee: 5 euros on both days (U16’s are free)

Kind Regards

Cecil

Dublin Clubs activities, 28 January - 01 February 2026

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:37:05 GMT

LEINSTER WIN FOR DUFFY

Craig Duffy (Clonliffe Harriers) set a championships record of 6.81 secs when winning the men’s senior 60m at the Leinster Indoors in Athlone on Saturday (January 31) . Michael Farrelly (Raheny ShamrockAC) was also inside the old record when finishing second in 6.83, while Nkenjika Onwumereh (Metro St Brigid’s AC) was third in 6.90. Ciaran O’Farrell (Donore Harriers) won the U20 60m in 6.99. In the women’s 60m, Debbie Lawal (UCD AC) finished second in 7.76 and Isabelle Doyle (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) third in 7.85. Doyle also finished third in the 200m, won by Emily Lyne (UCD AC) in 25.02. Darragh Murphy (UCD AC) was third in the men’s 400m in 49.96. Over the longer distances, Saoirse Fitzgerald (Lucan Harriers) won the women’s 1500 title in 4:37.91, while taking the men’s 800m title in 1:58.98 was Godwin Mathias (Dundrum South Dublin). In the field, multi-eventer Louise King (DSD AC) won the women’s high jump and was second in the shot.

DUBLINERS ON TOUR!

Performance of the weekend came from Elizabeth Ndudi (Dundrum South Dublin AC) who set a new Irish indoor record of 6.24m when finishing third in the long jump at the Razorback Invite in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Friday (January 30),

At the Millrose Games in New York, American-based Margaret Hayden (Tallaght AC) who coaches at Manhattan College in New York, finished third in the women’s weight throw with a best effort of 18.40m. Hayden has finished second behind Nicola Tuthill (UCD AC) in the hammer at the National Championships for the past three years.

At the John Terrier Meet in Boston on Saturday, Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished sixth in the 5000m with a time of 13:21.68. Lughaidh Mallon (UCD AC) ran a personal best 3:56.34 for the mile finishing third in his heat and 19th overall, while Cillian Kirwan (Raheny Shamrock AC) was 12th overall in the 800m with a time of 1:48.65

In Houston, Texas, Sean Aigboboh (Tallaght AC) ran a national lead time of 21.50 secs for the 200m.

At the Scottish Indoor International in Glasgow on Saturday, Bori Akinola (UCD AC) won the men’s 60m in 6.59 putting him top of the current Irish rankings. Mollie O’Reilly (DSD AC) was eighth in the women’s 60m with a time of 7.44. Winning the para 60m in 7.69 was Orla Comerford (Raheny Shamrock AC)

TRACK AND FIELD LIVE SERIES

The fourth round of the the Track and Field Live meet in the NIA, Abbotstown, Wednesday (January 28) proved a happy hunting ground for the Woodger family of local club Metro St Brigid’s AC. Louie won the men’s elite 1500m in 3:49.33, while in the 800m, older brother Finn was second in a personal best 1:50.73. Race winner was American visitor Craig Engels who clocked 1:49.17. Robyn Carey (Lusk AC) proved fastest in the women’s 800m with a time of 2:20.18. Best in the men’s long jump was Willem Gueskens (DSD AC) with a 6.59 leap.

Next Track and Field Live meet takes place in the NIA on Wednesday February 11 with the final round on March 4.

ROADS

Killian Mooney (Dundrum South Dublin AC) finished a fighting second behind John O’Regan (St John’s AC) at the 34th John Treacy Dungarvan 10-Mile, one of three big races held on Sunday (February 1), with both athletes breaking 50 minutes.

O'Reagn finished in 48:47 and Mooney in 49:07. Third in 50:04 was Gavin Curtin (Donore Harriers). His clubmate Kane Collins finished sixih in 51:0. In the age groups, Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe Harriers) finished seventh overall and first M40, while Gerry Boyle (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) was first M65 and Sheila Verdon (Portmarnock AC) second W65. Liffey Valley’s trio of Ellie O’Driscoll, Mollie O’Donnell and Jen Preston finished second behind Leevale in the women’s team competition. Sportsworld finished seventh, with 48 teams finishing. Donore Harriers finished fifth of the 68 men’s team. Close to 3,000 completed the race.

At the Trim 10-Mile, Co Meath, on Sunday (February 1) which, like the Dungarvan race was a sell-out with close to 2,000 finishers, Eoin Gallagher (Skerries AC) finished first M40 in 53:32. Bernard Geraghty (Donore Harriers) was first M45 and Noreen Brouder (Sportsworld) second W45. Donore Harriers finished was fifth of the 54 men’s teams entered. In the women’s team competition, Crusaders was fifth and Brothers Pearse seventh, with nine teams finishing.

At the Dundalk 10km, Danny O’Sullivan (Dundrum South Dublin) was third overall in 33:46. Aisling Mohan (Metro St Brigid’s AC) was first woman in 39:06.

Dublin Juvenile Indoor Championships 2026 Timetable, NIA, 31st January 2026

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 13:23:02 GMT

Please find attached amended day 2 timetable, and note the changes below. In this regard, please advice your parents/athletes and coaches of the following,

U12 girls & boys long jump - Check-in/access to the warm up area is 9:15

U13 girls & boys long jump - Check-in/access to the warm up area is 10:30.

Important that athletes only check and access the warm up area at the times allocated on the timetables.

Regards

Cecil

Report on Dublin Clubs activities, 21 - 25 January 2026

Sun, 25 Jan 2026 20:20:17 GMT

STAFFORD LEADS THEM HOME AT RAHENY 5

Jonas Stafford (UCD AC) was the surprise winner of the 42nd AXA Raheny 5-Mile road race on Sunday, when he led home a record 4,008 finishers. In a classic battle between youth and experience, Stafford, who celebrates his 21st birthday in just over a week’s time, was pushed all the way by Clonliffe master athlete Colm Rooney. Rooney, aged 42, is twice Stafford’s age. Not until the final half mile did Stafford, better known as a steeplechaser, finally pull away from Rooney, with the pair given times of 23 mins 8 secs and 23 mins 10 secs. Only four men have broken 23 minutes in this race, with the record of 22 min 39 secs now standing for over thirty years. In a strong line-up of club athletes, Dublin-based Hugh Armstrong (Ballina C) finished third in 23:27 and previous winner Ryan Creech (Leevale AC) fourth in 23:35. On a good day for steeplechasers, double Olympic steeplechaser Michelle Finn (Leevale AC), back racing after a long injury break, was first woman in a time of 26: 35. Faye Dervan (Dublin City Harriers) finished second in 27:04 and Maria McGee (Rosses AC) third in 27:07. Clonliffe Harriers, led by Rooney were clear winners of the men’s senior team title ahead of Donore Harriers and host club Raheny Shamrock AC, with a massive seventy-four teams finishing. Best of the fifty-six women’s senior teams was Dublin City Harriers. Dundrum South Dublin was second and Clonliffe Harriers third. In the over 40 team category, Raheny Shamrock won both the men and women’s titles. Age group winners from Dublin clubs were Fiona Stack W40, Annette Kealy W55 and Orla Gormley W60 (all Raheny Shamrock AC); Sheelagh Jones (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) W65, Bernard Geraghty (Donore Harriers) M50, Declan Power (Clonliffe Harriers) M55, Gerry Boyle (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M65 and Pat Devitt (Clonliffe Harriers) M70. More pictures from the Rheny 5 are on Lindie Naughtons Flickr site at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720331669418/

*Special mention to long-time Raheny Shamrock members Bob Quinn and Steven Roe, who have now completed all 42 Raheny 5-Mile races.

SCHOOLS CROSS-COUNTRY :

THREE DAYS OF MUCK AND GLORY IN PHOENIX PARK!

A thrilling boys’ senior 4km race at the West Leinster Schools Cross-Country Championships, in the Phoenix Park on Thursday saw Dylan Kelly (Castleknock College) and Charlie O’Neill (Belvedere College) given the same time of 13:12 with Kelly just edging it for victory. O’Neill, the Leinster inter champion last year, was leading Belvedere to team victory over Castleknock Community College land Harold’s Cross Educate Together. Leia Ryan beat her Castleknock Community College team mate Cara Mohan for victory in the girls’ senior race. Isabel Cuffe in third place was leading Lucan Community School to team victory ahead of Castleknock and St Joseph’s Lucan. Winning the girls inter race was Ruby Farrelly (Our Lady’s Templeogue) with Finley Cherry Maguire (Mount Sackville) second. First home of the inter boys was Adam Noone of Templeogue College. Belvedere College dominated the boys’ junior race beating Castleknock College and Terenure College , while winning the girls team title was Mount Sackville. At minor level the Belvedere boys and Loreto Beaufort won the team titles.

A day earlier, Megan Brunt (Loreto Dalkey) won the girls senior race at the East Leinster Championships. Loreto Stephen’s Green beat Loreto Dalkey by just two points to take its third team title of the day. In the girls inter race, the Green’s winning team was led home by Cate Beddy in third place. The school also won the minor girls title, but at junior level, had to be content with second place behind St Gerard’s Bray. Winning the boys’ inter race and leading Colaiste Eoin to victory over Gonzaga and St Michael’s College was Dylan McCambridge Crossan. Callum O Tuama (Gonzaga) won the senior boys’ race , with Blackrock College was the winning team. Blackrock College also took the junior team title while Willow Park proved best in the minor race.

Finally, on Friday, a massive 188 girls completed the minor girls race at the North Leinster Championships with winner Aisling Hegarty ensuring team victory for Skerries Community College. It was a Dublin clean sweep in the minor boys race, with St Fintan’s Sutton beating St Aidan’s Whitehall and St Paul’s Raheny. Dominican College Griffith Avenue packed well to win the team title in a closely fought junior girls race while St Aidans CBS took the boys’ junior team title in a race won by Braxton O’Shea of Gaelcholáiste Reachrann Donaghmede. Winning the girls’ inter race was Lily Walsh of Loreto Swords. In second place, Beth Reamsbottom was leading Santa Sabina to team victory over Holy Faith Clontarf. In the boys inter race Theo Duffy of St Paul’s Raheny finished second while St Aidan’s Whitehall took the team title. Winning the senior girls team title was Holy Faith Clontarf , led by Freyja O’Carroll in sixth place.

All these winners will return to the Phoenix Park on Wednesday February 11 for the Leinster Championships.

INDOORS - WIN FOR AKINOLA

Bori Akinola (UCD AC) won a closely-fought 60m in a time of 6.65 secs at the Lyon meet in France on Saturday (January 24) . In the women’s 1500m, Jodie McCann (Dublin City Harriers) was third in the women’s 1500m in 4:11.51.

At Bryan-College Station, in Texas, Sean Aigboboh (Tallaght AC), a student at the University of Houston, clocked a personal best 6.79 for fourth in the 60m final.

After his cross-country heroics, Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock AC) was in Boston at the New Balance Meet on Saturday where he clocked 7:42.58 for tenth place in the men’s 3000m. Closer to home, Eimear Maher (Dundrum South Dublin) finished second in the women’s 1500m at a meet in In Sabadell, Spain. Her time was a personal best 4:18.67.

Locally, at the opening round of the National Indoor League at the NIA on Saturday (January 24) , Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers) clocked 22.65 in the men’s 200m, while Mollie O’Reilly (Dundrum South Dublin AC) proved fastest in the women’s 200m with a time of 24.30. Defending champions Clonliffe top the men’s league table, thanks to victories for Ben Guiden 3000m and Niall Allen weight for distance as well as Lawler’s 200m win. Ratoath is second and Dundrum South Dublin third. Dundrum South Dublin lies a close second behind defending champions Ratoath AC on the women’s table. Round 2 takes place in Athlone on 8 February with the final at the NIA on 14 April. Fifteen teams from all over the country are entered in both competitions.

Dublin Juvenile Indoor League Day 1, NIA, Sunday 25th January 2026

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:10:24 GMT

Please find attached the timetable and car park information for Day 1 of the Juvenile Indoor Championships. Please advise your parents and athletes not to arrive any earlier than necessary. Athletes should only check at the check-in opening time for their event on the timetable, and check in for all events, if competing in more than 1 event on the day. Officials should be present in a timely manner on competition days.

Please also find attached the crowd movement plan for the NIA.

· Please respect all voluntary officials and stewards and abide by instructions and advice given

· Please adhere to Parking and Crowd Control plans attached

· Please dispose of rubbish in bins provided or bring it home with you

· No unauthorised photographers in the Competition Area

· Do not go near the Results/Photo Finish Room under any circumstances

· Any queries to be raised with the Track/Field Judge by Club Official

Entry fee for spectators and U16's - 5 Euros - wrist bands will be issued.

Athletes will only be permitted to enter the warmup area at their appointed time, and only coaches with wrist bands and authorised officials are permitted in the warmup area. Any unauthorised person will be asked to leave the area.

Regards

Cecil

Dublin Juvenile Cross Country League Results 2025

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 21:45:54 GMT

It was great to finally finish off our 2025 Cross Country season with a fantastic turnout of young athletes. The Cross Country League races were held in Tymon Park on Sunday 18th January 2026 and were hosted by Rathfarnham/WSAF A.C. Below are the DRAFT results for League 3 and the cumulative results after the three League races. There are lots of pictures on our Facebook site at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=100078720533534&set=a.898787079421968.

Dublin Clubs results, 17 - 18 January 2025

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 19:36:05 GMT

DUBLIN ON THE DOUBLE AT LEINSTER MASTERS CROSS COUNTRY

Dublin clubs won the over 35 team titles at the Leinster Masters Cross-Country Championships held at Fenagh, Co Carlow on Sunday (January 18), where Sportsworld proved best of the women and Raheny Shamrock took the men’s title.

There was also an individual win for Lisa Madden of Sportsworld AC in the women’s race. Making up the winning Sportsworld team were Elaine Kennedy 5th and Lorna Quinn 12th. Also in action was a team from Liffey Valley which finished sixth. In the age categories, Maria Dolan (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished first W55, with Sharon Tighe (Tallaght AC) third, while Fiona Byrne (Civil Service AC) finished second W60. Raheny Shamrock was second W50 team.

In a closely fought men’s over 35 to 49 race, Raheny Shamrock AC, led by Brian Sexton in sixth place, beat Mullingar Harriers by just two points for the team title. Liffey Valley AC, with David Carroll 7th, finished third. Finishing second in the M40 category was Karoldavid Cronin (Sportsworld AC). Race winner by some distance was former Rathfarnham WSAF member and Irish marathon champion Sean Hehir, now based in Wexford. David Kirwan (Raheny Shamrock AC) was third M45. In the older age groups, Brian Geraghty (Donore Harriers) won the M50 title, with Colm Costello (Brothers Pearse AC) third, while Des Tremble (Donore Harriers) was the M55 winner, followed by Bruce Campbell (Sportsworld AC). Finishing second M60 was Edwin Keville (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) Philip O’Doherty (Clonliffe Harriers) was second M65 and Vincent O’Neill (Civil Service Harriers) second M70. Donore Harriers won the over 50 team title with Brothers Pearse second. Dublin made a clean sweep of all four county titles.

In the intermediate races, Elle O’Driscoll (Liffey Valley AC) beat her clubmate Cliodhna Tutty Bardon for the title. Eavan McLoughlin (Dublin City Harriers) was third. Liffey Valley took the team title ahead of DCH and Sportsworld. Donore Harriers finished third team n the men’s intermediate race, led by Kevin O’Boyle in seventh place.

SECOND VICTORY FOR VICKERY - Meet and Train Winter League

A massive 211 finished the second round of the Women’s Meet & Train Winter League held on 18th January at the DSD grounds on Tibradden Lane, with the 3km cross-country course also taking in fields belonging to the next door farmer (to whom much thanks is due). Rebekah Vickery (Brothers Pearse AC), winner at the opening round at the Curragh, made it two wins from two when finished in 12 mins 32 secs. Roisin McMahon (Sportsworld AC) was five seconds adrift for second in 12:37. Finishing third in 13:23 Jane Leonard of host club Dundrum South Dublin AC, while fourth and first W40 in 13:32 was Grainne Black (Rathfarnham WSAF AC). With Sinead Staunton fifth and Rachel Calvey sixth, Sportsworld is currently leading the team competition. In the age groups, winners were Louise Bruton (Sportsworld B) W50, Ann Higgins (Sportsworld F) W60, Hazel Foster (Waterstown Warriors) W70, and the legendary Ann Woodlock (Donore Harriers) W80.

Among the new clubs entering the league this season is Artane Beaumont RC, with Teresa Gunn leading them home. Next round is on February 22 at Tymon Park and newcomers always welcome. More at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720331536773 .

INDOORS - BORI BACK IN ACTION - AI Open Games

At the AI Open Games in the National Indoor Arena, Abbotstown on Saturday (January 17) , Bori Akinola (UCD AC), the current Irish 60m champion, got his indoor season off to a good start with wins in times of 6.69 secs and later 6.68 in the series of 60m runs. Nkemjika Onwumereh (Metro St Brigid’s AC) was second in 6.89 and Michael Farrelly (Raheny Shamrock AC) third I 6.89. In the second race, Farrelly finished second behind Akinola in 6.81 with Onwumereh fourth in 6.88. In the women’s 60m, Aisling Kelly (UCD) clocked times of 7.56 and 7.49 secs for second in the opening and fastest of the seven heats. Paralympian Orla Comerford (Raheny Shamrock) ran identical times of 7.67 for fourth place in both rounds. Winning the second heat in both rounds with times of 7.54 and 7.52 was Gloria Oigbochie (Tallaght AC). In the second round of races, Rhianna McCarthy (UCD AC) finished second behind Oigbochie in 7.73 also winning the long jump with a leap of 5.77m. First home in both rounds of the third heat was Isabelle Doyle (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) in in 7.92 and 7.85 secs. Mollie O’Reilly (Dundrum South Dublin AC) won the second of ten 200m heats in 24-16 secs — the second fastest time of the day. In the triple jump, current Irish champion Daphni Doulaptsi-Teeuwen (Raheny Shamrock) was a comfortable winner with a 12.44m effort, while Nessa Donoghue (Lusk AC) proved best in the weight for distance with a 4.41m heave. In the fourth of five men’s 400m heats, Darragh Murphy (UCD) won the fourth of five 400m heats in 48.77 secs, the second fastest time of the day. Niall Allen (Clonliffe Harriers) threw 6.55m for victory in the men’s weight for distance and was also second in the shot with 11.07. Over the longer distances, Charlotte Myers (Crusaders) won the first of two 800m heats in 2:10.70, with Renee Crotty (UCD) second in 2:11.29. Niamh Kelly (Clonliffe Harriers) won the second heat in 2:14.23. First home in the 1500m was Ellie Hartnett (UCD AC) with a time of 4:24.43. A few days earlier (Wednesday 14 January)Hartnett had won the 800m in 2:11.53 at the Track and Field Live meet, also in the NIA, while Mollie O’Reilly proved fastest in the 60m with a time of 7.54. Also at the Track and Field Live meet, Kevin Woods (UCD) finished second in the 600m behind Mark English, who set a national record of 1:15.80 for victory. Woods finished in 1:21.00 and Khaled Kourrii (Tallaght AC) third I 1:22.33.

Also taking place over the weekend at the NIA was the National Indoor Combined Events Championships where Louise King (DSD AC) took silver in the women’s pentathlon with 3209 points.

MEEHAN SECOND IN MOUNTAIN ULTRA - Art O'Neill Challenge

A the gruelling Art O’Neill 62km Challenge from Dublin Castle over the mountains to Glenmalure through Friday night and Saturday morning, Sean Meehan of Cherry Orchard RC was second in 6 hrs 53 mins 49 secs and his clubmate Phillip Slattery third in 6:54.36. From 190 starters, a total of 166 finished.

Dublin Club Results, 10 - 11 January 2026

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 19:30:43 GMT

FAB FAY FINISHES 16TH IN WORLD CROSS

Brian Fay of Raheny Shamrock AC ran the race of his life to finish 16th and fourth European in the men’s 10km race at the World Athletics Cross-Country Championships, Tallahassee, USA on Saturday (January 10). Fay, who had run the course while on an athletics scholarship in the USA, used that knowledge to plan for running the perfect race. From the start, he worked his way steadily through the pack from 37th at 4km, then 32nd at halfway and into the top twenty with 4km to go, picking up few more places on the final two laps. Fay, who set an Irish 5000m record of 13:01.40 two years ago, then used his speed in the chase for the line where he was just pipped for 15th place by France’s Jimmy Gressier, with the pair given times of 29 mins 36 secs and 29:37 for 15th and 16th places. Gressier is the reigning world 10,000m champion. It was the best result for an Irish athlete at the World Cross-Country Championships since Fionnuala McCormack finished 14th in 2013. Conditions in Florida last Saturday bore absolutely no resemblance to those experienced by Fay in chilly Derry last November, where splattered with mud, he won his first Irish national cross-country title. By contrast, in Florida there was not much mud to be found on the the artificially created course which featured a fake ramp, an equally fake ‘swamp’, artificial ‘hurdles’, a sandy ‘beach’ and even a few stretches of parched grass. Fay, aged twenty-seven and one of quadruplets, began running while a student at Belvedere College and later joined the Raheny Shamrock club. He continued running while at DCU, where Feidhlim Kelly was his coach, and made his Irish track debut in the 5000m at the 2022 European Championships. He would spend two years at the University of Washington in Seattle before returning to Dublin in 2023, competing at the World Championships that year and then at both the European Championships and the Paris Olympic Games in 2024.

GIDEY IMPROVES HIS IRISH RECORD

In Spain, Efrem Gidey (Clonliffe Harriers) took five seconds off his own Irish 10km record when clocking 27 mins 38 secs for 12th place at the Valencia 10km on Sunday (January 11). The top 35 men all broke the 28-minute barrier, with Sweden’s Andreas Almgren breaking his own European record when winning in 26:45. Gidey, like Fay, was part of the Irish silver medal winning team at the European Cross-Country Championships in Portugal last December, but opted not to run in Florida.

CROSS-COUNTRY RETURNS TO TYMON PARK!

After cancellations of more than a few some cross-country races at the end of 2025, it was a relief to have the annual Bank Ireland cross-country taking place in Tymon Park on Sunday — although steady rain during the night that did nothing to calm the organisers nerves. To their relief, the day dawned clear and bright, with good underfoot conditions. Taking the lead from the start of the combined 6km race was Kenneth Nugent from AIB who went on to win the race by over a minute in 22 mins 17 secs. Second was veteran athlete Sean McCreery, a Rathfarnham WSAC athlete, while third was Robert Gilligan. Finishing twelfth and first woman was Lorna Sheehan in 25:56. Sinead Tighe was second and Siobhan Nugent third. In the team competition the Accountants won men’s grade A, with Dublin Teachers winning men’s grade B as well as the women’s competition. More pics at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720331391817

New companies and individuals are always welcome to sign up for the BHAA races, with Tymon Park again the venue for the postponed Eircom 4-mile on Saturday January 31. Assuming no last minute withdrawal of approval of course! See www.bhaa.ie for a full list of dates.

WORLD HALF MARATHON WEEKEND

David Murphy (Clonliffe Harriers, M40 ) was first home in the opening marathon of the World Half Marathon Festival taking place at Donadea Forest in Co Kildare on Saturday morning. Murphy finished in 3 hrs 8 min 49 secs and was part of a large contingent of Clonliffe Harriers lining out in Donadea although most of them settled for the half marathon, with a mighty total twenty-one completing the first of three half marathons held over the weekend. Also running in that race were nine members of Blackrock AC, plus members of D15 RC, Sportsworld RC, Civil Service AC, Waterstown Warriors and Cherry Orchard RC. In the second half marathon of the day Robert Kehoe (Balbriggan and District AC) was seventh and first M55 in 95:39. A day later, Eamon Keegan (Clonliffe Harriers, M40) was second in the marathon in 2:52.29, and Sallie Ennis (DSD AC, W45) second woman in 4:00.52. Mick Hallows (North Clondalkin AC) was third in the half marathon in 88:40.

Dublin Clubs Activities, 26 December 2025 - 04 January 2026

Sun, 04 Jan 2026 22:24:26 GMT

MASTERLY ROONEY!
Colm Rooney (Clonliffe Harriers) not only successfully defended his men’s over 35 title at the Dublin Masters and Intermediate Cross-Country Championships held St Anne’s Park, Raheny on Sunday, he raced away from the field from the start winning the 6km race in 17 mins 37 secs. That time put him well over a minute clear of the chasers led by Mathew Kane (Rathfarnham WSAF ACI who finished second in 19 :10 and Geoffrey Alexandre (Liffey Valley AC) third and first M35 in 19:24. Rooney, aged forty-two was also first M40. He first won this race in 2020 when he was in the over 35 age group. Finishing seventh and first M45 was David Kirwan (Raheny Shamrock AC) . With four finishers in the top fourteen, Raheny were comfortable winners of the team title ahead of Rathfarnham WSAF AC and Sportsworld AC.

A runaway winner in the W50 3km race which opened the master’s programme on the day, was Olympian and many times Irish champion Maria McCambridge (Dundrum South Dublin AC) who moved into the over 50 age group a few months ago. McCambridge, who finished third in the over 35 race last year, raced away from the field to win the 3km race in 11 mins 21 secs. Finishing second and first W55 in 12:03 was Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock) , another athlete with a long and distinguished career. Third in 12:12 was Sinead Tighe (Brothers Pearse AC) clearly back in top form after a long injury break. In the team competition, Raheny Shamrock beat Brothers Pearse by just two points for the title. Dundrum South Dublin finished third.

Winning the W35 title in some style with a time of 11 mins 2 secs was Lisa Madden (Sportsworld AC). Sorcha Loughnane (Donore Harriers) better known as an ultra runner, was second and first W45 in 11:23 and Louise Gaffney (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) third in 11:35. Finishing fifth and first W40 was Rachel Murphy (Plant Based AC). Madden was also leading Sportsworld to a comfortable team victory, with Rathfarnham WSAF AC second and Clonliffe Harriers third.
Closest race of the day was the men’s over 50 6km, where defending champion Lea Fulcher (Plant Based AC) pushed the early pace although Bernard Geraghty (Donore Harriers) and Paul Fleming (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) were never too far behind. When Fulcher dropped out, Geraghty took over in front with Fleming on his shoulder. Only on the final lap did Fleming pass Geraghty racing away for victory in in 19 mins 51 secs. Geraghty was second in 20 minutes exactly and Ciaran McCarthy (Raheny Shamrock AC) third. Finishing fifth and first M55 was Des Tremble (Donore Harriers) while seventh and first M60 was Sean McCreery (Rathfarnham WSAF AC). Donore took the team title from Rathfarnham WSAF with Raheny Shamrock third.

Winning the M65 3km race was Philip Doherty (Clonliffe Harriers) in 11 mins 44 secs. With just four seconds separating the top three, Tom Cuddy (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) was second in 11:46 and Tom O’Connor (Liffey Valley AC) third in 11:48. Rathfarnham WSAF was the winning team followed by Clonliffe Harriers and Tallaght AC. First M70 in the same race was Vincent O’Neill (Civil Service Harriers) Mick Carolan (Brothers Pearse) was second and Patrick McDonnell (Raheny Shamrock Thirds). First M75 was Pat Collins (Liffey Valley). Best of the over 60 women was Orla Gormley (Raheny Shamrock), with Fiona Byrne (Civil Service Harriers) not too far behind for second. Sheelagh Jones (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) was first W65, Mary Lynch (Raheny Shamrock) first W70 and Eileen O’Brien (Lucan Harriers) first W75.

In the Pat Hooper Perpetual Cup combined team event Rathfarnham WSAF AC won the Cup for the first time with 45 points, beating Raheny Shamrocks AC (38 points) into second place and Sportsworld RC third with 32 points.

Also taking place were the Dublin Intermediate Championships and winning the men’s 6km race was Adam Nason (Donore Harriers) in 18:22. Mahad Mohammed Egaal (Clonliffe Harriers) was second in 18:42 and Daniel O’Brien (Lusk AC) third in 18:46. Clonliffe won the team title with Donore second and Raheny Shamrock third. In the women’s 3km race, Edel McCreery (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) already the Dublin novice champion, was a clear inner in 10:53. Jesseka Gallagher (Clonliffe Harriers) was second in 11:01 and Eavan McLoughlin (Dublin City Harriers) third in 11:05. Clonliffe was first team with Liffey Valley second and Dublin City Harriers third.

GOOD TURN OUT FOR TOM BRENNAN 5KM
Dublin-based Mayo-man Hugh Armstrong was the winner of the New Year’s Day Tom Brennan Memorial 5km in the Phoenix Park with a time of 14 mins 44 secs. Second in 14:58 was Ben Brunton (St Brigid’s AC), while third was Christopher Keenan (Drogheda and District AC). Fourth and first Dublin was Adam Nason (Donore Harriers) in 15:09. Nason was one of many finishers using the race as a warm-up for the Dublin Masters and Intermediate cross-country championships title a few days later. He would win the men’s inter title. His clubmate Charlie O’Neill was second Dubliner and also second junior when finishing sixth in 15:10. First master was Pierce Geoghegan of host club Liffey Valley AC in 15:18. Faye Dervan (Dublin City Harriers) was first woman in 16:27 followed by Sheila O’Byrne (Parnell AC) in 16:53 and Helena Butterly (Clonliffe Harriers) in 17:02. Raheny Shamrock AC, led by Anthony O’Brien in ninth place, narrowly beat Liffey Valley for the men’s team prize. Donore Harriers finished third. Liffey Valley took the women’s title, led by Ellie O’Driscoll in eighth place. Crusaders AC was second and Raheny Shamrock AC third. Dublin winners in the age categories were Fiona Clinton (DSD) W35, Deirdre Ní Chearbhaill (Crusaders AC) W45, Bernadette Bruen (Raheny Shamrock) W50, Orla Gormley (Raheny Shamrock) W60, Sheelagh Jones (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) W65, Mary Lynch (Raheny Shamrock ) W70, Geoffrey Alexandre (Liffey Valley ) M35, Lea Fulcher (Plant Based AC) M50, Nathan Pearce (Clonliffe Harriers) M55 and Paul McEvoy (Civil Service Harriers) M70.

OTHER HOLIDAY ROAD RESULTS
Dubliner club athletes travelled in force to the Fields of Athenry 10km, Co Galway on St Stephen’s Day, where Will Boyle (Raheny Shamrock AC) in tenth place was first Dubliner in 32:34. His Raheny clubmate Cian Charlton was 15th in 33.30, Karol David Cronin (Sportsworld AC) third M40) in 33.32, Brian Regan (Crusaders AC) 19th in 33:49 Simon O’Toole (Donore Harriers) was 20th and Michael O’Connor (Blackrock AC) fifth M40. Elle O’Driscoll (Liffey Valley) was fifth woman in 37.00 and Doireann Hughes (Crusaders) sixth woman in 37;36. Lucan Harriers, Clonliffe Harriers, Dublin Front Runners and Lusk AC were also represented among the 2,323 finishers at the race, which was won eight times by Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrock between 2012 and 2021.

David Kirwan (Raheny Shamrock AC was the winner of the 14th Fat Turkey10km at Suttonians RFC, Sutton, on December 27. Kirwan, also a winner in 2023, finished in 34 mins 34 secs.

A day later, on Sunday December 28, Lee Duddy (Clonliffe Harriers) won the D15 Suicide Awareness 5km held at Sports Campus Ireland, Abbotstown, in 15:56. Noah Ferron (Donore Harriers) finished third in 16:01. Roisin McDonald (Castleknock RC) was second woman in 20:02 and Aoife Donaghy (Dublin City Harriers) third woman in 21:41.

SHELAKE WINS WATERHOUSE-BYRNE-BAIRD 10-MILE HANDICAP.
Taking place on St Stephen’s Day was the 129th Waterhouse-Byrne-Baird 10-Mile Handicap, organised annually by Donore Harriers and run on a two-mile loop in the Phoenix Park. This year’s winner was Kishor Shelake, who started with a 15 minute handicap and finished in 88 mins 54 secs. Second was Andrew Stanley, off seven minutes, in 88.54, while third was Aidan Kelly, off 14.00 in 89.09. First woman was Sorcha Loughnane, off eight minutes, in 92.04.

Captions
Kishor Shelake, winner 129th Waterhouse-Byrne-Baird 10-Mile Handicap. Photo Donore Harriers
Dublin Masters Cross-Country Championships - Maria McCambridge (DSD AC) winning eh W50 race.
Dublin Masters Cross-Country Championships - Lisa Madden (Sportsworld AC), winning the W35 women’s race.

Dublin Masters Cross-Country Championships - Colm Rooney (Clonliffe Harriers), winner M35 men’s race
Dublin Masters Cross-Country Championships - midway through M35 race.

Further photos at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/

Dublin Masters and Intermediate Cross Country 2026 - Course and Medal Presentations

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 13:08:24 GMT

We welcome all Masters and Intermediate athletes to St Anne's Park on Sunday 4th January. Medals for the Intermediate Championships will be presented at the finish, after each race. For the Masters Championships, the Individual Category medals will be available after each race at the Green Registration tent near the finish. All the team medals will be presented, along with the Pat Hooper Cup, after all Masters races are finished. The best of luck to all runners competing.

Dublin Juvenile Indoor Championships 2026 - Entry requiremements

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:01:17 GMT

Please find below the online entry links for the Dublin Juvenile Indoor Championships & Spraoi Indoor Games 2026.

Dublin Indoor Juvenile Championships 2026 Day 1

Dublin Indoor Juvenile Championships 2026 Day 2+3

Dublin Indoor Juvenile Relay Championships 2026

Dublin Spraoi Indoor Games 2026

Closing Dates;

Day 1 - 18 ^th of January

Day 2/3 - 24 ^th January

Day 4 Relays - 31 ^st January

Day 5 Spraoi Games - 31st January

Athletes MUST be registered for 2026 to enter, and no late entries will be accepted.

Transferring athletes

Athletes transferring between clubs should ask their outgoing club to register them for 2026 (Reg Fee 21.60), and they will compete wearing a white singlet/vest as unattached athletes until the transfers to the new clubs are finalised in February.

Regards

Cecil

Dublin Clubs Roundup 2025

Sun, 21 Dec 2025 19:54:32 GMT

A YEAR IN DUBLIN ATHLETICS

JANUARY

Who can ever forget the Dublin Masters Cross Country Championships held on a new course at St Anne’s Park in early January? It was miserable. I mean really miserable. Four layers of wet gear miserable. Winners on the day were Colm Rooney (Clonliffe Harriers) who throughout the year would prove that he is in the form of his life, and Fiona Stack (Raheny Shamrock AC). We will be back in St Anne’s Park on Sunday January 4. Please let it not rain!

Road race of the month was the 41st AXA Raheny 5-Mile on January 26, won by Efrem Gidey (Clonliffe Harriers) in 22 mins 47 secs — the fourth fastest time ever. Gidey joins the select group to have broken 23 minutes in this race since it was first held in 1985.

Late in the month, Dublin Athletics was mourning the death of Cyril White who for over sixty years was a mainstay of the local athletics scene. Generations of athletes were called to order by Cyril who began as a starter in 1953 and only retired in 2014 at the age of eight-five.

FEBRUARY

Local cross-country races dominated February with the BHAA and the Women’s Meet & Train league keeping club runners active in venues including Tymon, Park, Abbotstown and Kiltipper. Indoor athletics was also taking place.

With no road races in Dublin, the annual Trim 10-mile in neighbouring Co Meath was well supported by Dublin clubs with six teams from Lucan Harriers, four each from Raheny Shamrock and Brothers Pearse, three from Clonliffe Harries and two from both Esker RC and D15 RC in the women’s race, while for the men’s race, Clonliffe Harriers had four teams entered, Lucan Harriers and Raheny Shamrock three, and Brothers Pearse, Metro St Brigid’s, LSA, Donore Harriers and Esker RC two each. The 2026 ‘Trim 10’ on February 1 is already booked out.

MARCH

John Travers (Donore Harriers) and Ann-Marie McGlynn (Letterkenny AC) were the winners at the Lusk 4-Mile road races held on March 2 when it attracted an entry of close to a thousand with 869 finishers. At the National Cross-County Course, Abbotstown, on March 2, Paul Fleming (Ornua/RathfarnhamWSAF AC) ran a typically canny race to win the BHAA AIB men’s 4-mile race. In the women’s 2-mile race, run in conjunction with Women’s Meet and Train for the first time ever, Lisa Gaughan (DSD AC) was not only first overall but also winning her her third race from four outings in the Meet and Train Winter League.

On St Patrick’s Day at the annual Tallaght 5km , Clonliffe Harriers made it a double with Ben Guiden the overall race winner and Helena Butterly first woman. Guiden pushed the pace from early on and finished a clear winner. Butterly had an equally emphatic victory crossing the line with almost half a minute to spare. In the team competition, it was also Clonliffe Harriers on the double. A strong team from Donore Harrier, led by John Travers, took the men’s national team title at the Dunboyne 10km on March 23 when the race incorporated the National 10km Championships.

Later in the month, on March 30, Cillian Mooney (Dundrum South Dublin AC) led home almost 12,000 finishers at the inaugural Dublin City Half Marathon held making it the third biggest road race in the city after the Dublin Marathon and the Women’s Mini Marathon. The race, which had had sold out in just two hours, started on O’Connell Street at 8.30 am and took in much of Dublin’s Northside. It was organised by the Dublin Marathon team with the support of Dublin City Council. The 2026 race takes place on March 30.

APRIL

Raheny Shamrock AC hosted the National Road Relays on April 27, where Dundrum South Dublin AC successfully retained its title in the women’s senior race . It was the club’s sixth win since 2009. In the men’s race defending champions Clonliffe Harriers finished third. Winning the M50 title was Rathfarnham WSAF AC

MAY

Sprinters took centre stage at the opening round of the Dublin Graded Track and Field League held in Santry on Saturday May 3)— a six-hour marathon. Two rounds of 100m races were divided into four grades with a number of heats in each grade, and variable winds affecting times in all grades. Fastest of the men in both rounds was Bori Akinola (UCD AC). Lorcan Murphy (DSD AC) who would burst upon the scene in no uncertain fashion as the season unfolded, won the third grade A heat. A busy season of graded track and field meets followed.

On May 11, Pierre Murchan (Dublin City Harriers) was the runaway winner of the Terenure 5-Mile, leading home 1.369 finishers. First woman was Meghan Ryan (Dundrum South Dublin) who also had plenty to spare when winning in 28:54. Team winners were the DSD women and the Raheny Shamrock men. Abroad, Efrem Gidey of Clonliffe Harriers ran the race of his life to win the European 10,000m Cup in Pacé, France on Saturday evening (May 24). His time was 27 mins 40.47 secs.

JUNE

At the annual VHI Women’s Mini Marathon held on the first weekend of June, Ciara Brady (Raheny ShamrockAC) was the first Dublin athlete home in eighth place. First master overall, as well as first over 55 for a third year, was the evergreen Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock AC), a previous winner of the race.

JULY

Highlight of the Morton Games at Santry on a balmy evening on July 11) was the Morton Mile, where thirteen of the fourteen finishers broke four minutes. Of those, six were Irish and two from Dublin with Andrew Coscoran (Star of the Sea AC) making his move with about 150 metres to go and holding off the challenge of the 2024 winner Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers) in the chase for the line. The pair finished in times of 3:51.12 and 3:51.26. Former Irish basketball champion Lorcan Murphy continued his meteoric rise in Irish athletics when winning the national men’s decathlon title in Carlow on the weekend of July 2. Competing in his first ever decathlon, he accumulated a total of 6305 points, which put him well clear of the opposition. Later in the month, Murphy played a vital part in a remarkable double victory for Dundrum South Dublin at the National Track and Field final in Tullamore on Sunday (July 27). The women had a comfortable enough win, but for the men, a first ever victory over many times champions Clonliffe Harriers only came after a nail-biting count-back.

AUGUST

Dublin winners at the National Track and Field Championships in Santry Stadium over the weekend of August 2-3 included Sophie Becker (Raheny Shamrock AC) and Jack Raftery (Donore Harriers) in the 400m, Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers) 1500m, Daphni Doulaptsi Teeuwen (Raheny Shamrock AC ) triple jump, Eric Favors (Raheny Shamrock AC) men’s shot, and Niamh Fogarty (Raheny Shamrock AC) shot and discus.

Winning the Dublin 10-Mile Championships which took place in conjunction with the annual Frank Duffy 10-Mile in the Phoenix Park on August 16, were Pierre Murchan (Dublin City Harriers), the overall race winner, and Kate Purcell (Raheny Shamrock AC). Raheny Shamrock took three titles —men and women’s senior and the M35 age group. A great day was had by all at the inaugural DSD Masters League Day at the Tibradden Road track in Dublin on August 30. Despite tough opposition from twelve other teams, the host club took the spoils, picking up points in all eleven events on offer. The event is back on the schedule for next August.

SEPTEMBER

Not only did Colm Rooney win the Lucan 5-Mile in some style on Sunday morning (September 7) , he led Clonliffe Harriers to a comprehensive victory in both the open and the Dublin Championships team categories. First woman in 29:15 was Faye Dervan (Dublin City Harriers). Winning the Rathfarnham 5km on the last Sunday of the month in a course record time of 13 mins 49 was Efrem Gidey (Clonliffe Harriers). Next year’s race takes place on Sunday September 27 (9.30am).

OCTOBER

Ireland’s oldest road race the 134th Clonliffe 2-Mile, took place on October 5, with Sean Carrigg (Clonliffe Harriers) and Rachel Murphy (Plant-Based RC, W45) the winners.

Taking the Dublin Marathon titles at the Dublin Marathon on October 26 were were Paul O’Donnell and Meghan Ryan, both from Dundrum South Dublin AC. O’Donnell finished third Irishman a in 2 hrs 12 mins 11 secs. Second Dublin athlete was John Travers (Donore Harriers), who was making his marathon debut and finished in 2:23.21. Not far behind was Travers’ Donore clubmate Kane Collins in 2:23.57. In the women’s race, Meghan Ryan, also running her first marathon, finished fourth Irishwoman in 2:40.33. Fiona Stack (Raheny Shamrock AC, W40) was second in a personal best 2:44.14 and Cliona Murphy (Dublin City Harriers), another marathon debutant, third in 2:47.23

NOVEMBER

Colm Rooney of Clonliffe yet again proved that age is no barrier to sporting success when he won the Dublin Cross Cross-Country title at Kilbeggan Racecourse in Co Westmeath on Saturday (November 8). Following the cancellation of the Dublin Championships at Corkagh Park six days earlier on the orders of South Dublin County Council, senior and U20 races were incorporated into the Leinster Championships. Second was Pierre Murchan (Dublin City Harriers) with Fintan Kerins (Clonliffe Harriers) fourth and third Dubliner. Clonliffe Harriers were comfortable team winners with just sixteen points. Dundrum South Dublin, were second and Donore Harriers third. Taking the top three places in the women’s 4km race were Dublin City Harriers with winner Orla Duffy followed home by Edel Monaghan and Lucy Holmes. DCH were comfortable winners of the team title. In the U20 races, the winners were Cara Mohan (Metro St Brigid’s AC) and Tom Breslin (Clonliffe Harriers).

DECEMBER

Finally, at the 34th annual Jingles Bells 5km in the Phoenix Park on Saturday December 6, Fintan Kerins (Clonliffe Harriers), third overall, and Fay Dervan (Dublin City Harriers, second woman, were the first Dublin club athletes to finish. The Donore Harriers men and the Dublin City Harriers women took the team prizes. Many Dublin clubs had entered multiple teams in the race.

Here’s to more great racing and competition indoors and outdoors, on grass, road and trail in 2026!

Dublin Juvenile Indoor Spraoi Games, NIA Abbotstown, Sunday 8th Feb. 2025

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:51:06 GMT

Please find attached the timetable for the SPRAOI Indoor Games scheduled for Sunday the 8 ^th of February in the National Indoor Arena, Abbottstown. Online entry is scheduled to open on the 1 ^st of January, and athletes can enter only 1 track and 1 field event. Entry fee: 5 euros. Athletes MUST be registered to compete. Please find attached the SPRAOI GAMES indoor competition booklet. Please advise your coaches, parents and athletes of rule 2 below, highlighted in yellow on page 3 of the booklet.

Athletes can compete in one track event only (60m or 300m) and one field event only (Long Jump or Turbo).

With regard to the above, I would be grateful if clubs who have athletes already entered in 2 track or 2 field events to please consult with the athletes/parents/coaches concerned and send me their details and the 1 track & 1 field event they wish to contest.

Regards

Cecil

Dublin Clubs roundup, 12 - 14 December 2025

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 18:42:49 GMT

EURO CROSS MEDALS FOR DUBLIN ATHLETES

Dublin club athletes played a vital part in Ireland’s thrilling performance at the 31st annual European Cross-Country Championships held at the Lagoa resort in the south of Portugal on Sunday (December 14). Nick Griggs (Candour TC), who celebrates his 21st birthday on December 18, gave himself an early birthday present with a runaway victory in the men’s U23 race. Griggs had finished runner-up U23 in 2024, as well as second and third U20 in 2022 and 2023, so his victory was long awaited. Griggs was also leading the Irish team to a clear-cut victory over France, with Jonas Stafford and Lughaidh Mallon, both of them members of UCD AC, part of the squad. Inspired no doubt by that performance, the men’s team then packed superbly in the senior race to come second behind Spain, with and all five members of the squad finishing in the top 20. Of the Dublin-based athletes lining out, Irish champion Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished tenth and Efrem Gidey (Clonliffe Harriers) nineteenth. Leading the team home was Jack O’Leary (Mullingar Harriers) who had the race of his life to finish fifth. It was a first team medal in these championships for an Irish men’s team in twenty-five years. Earlier in the day, in the men’s Under 20 race, Cormac Dixon (Tallaght AC) finished 13th and Tom Breslin (Clonliffe Harriers) 67th. It was a second championships outing for Dixon, who finished 35th in 2024 and had returned from his US base at Providence College, Rhode Island, specially for the race. The team finished fifth with nineteen teams entered. Running the opening leg in the mixed 4 x1 500m relay was Eimear Maher (Dundrum South Dublin AC) who did a good job in keeping the team’s hopes of a top three placing intact. Unfortunately a trip in one of the subsequent changeovers proved costly and the Irish team had to be satisfied with sixth place. Defending champions Italy led home the fifteen teams. Ireland’s other medal winner was 16-year-old Emma Hickey from Wexford, the Irish champion, who finished third in the women’s U20 race. Overall Ireland finished fifth of sixteen nations on the points table, with placings in the top eight counted.

The big question now is whether Ireland will send a team to the World Cross-Country Championships, taking place in Tallahassee, Florida on Saturday January 10. That’s just a month away and two months earlier than the traditonal date for the biennial fixture. The programme includes under 20 and senior races for men and women as well as a 4x2km mixed relay. At the 2024 championships, held in Belgrade, Serbia, Kenya and Ethiopia took all three places in the four races, as well as all four team titles and the mixed relay, where Great Britain finished third. Ireland sent eight athletes.

REVENUE HIT THE ROADS.

For the Revenue A 6km Cross-Country at Kiltipper, Dublin, the BHAA organisers had put in place a Plan B in case South Dublin County Council banned its cross-country race planned for Saturday (December 13). When that did indeed happen, the race was transferred to the paths of the park with the co-operation of the local football club, which acted as race HQ.

Race winner was Paul Cummins in 22 mins 27, with Joe Walsh second in 22:35 and Padraig Mahoney a close third in 22.39. Fifth and first woman in 22:59 was Laura McDonnell running her first race in some time. Sinead Tighe was second and Ramune Zolbiene third. Also hit with a ban were the much postponed Dublin Juvenile Cross-Country league races scheduled for Tymon Park a day later. The next two Dublin BHAA races, both cross-country, are scheduled for Tymon Park on January 11 and January 31. See www.bhaa.ie for updates.

HOLIDAY RACE CALENDAR

Friday December 26: 40th Anniversary Bull Run 7.5km, Bull Island, Dollymount, Dublin, 11am. Online entry €16.68 individuals; €40 families. Also 4km coastal stroll, 10.45am. Check-in 10-10.45am, 5th Port Dollymount Sea Scouts Den (D03 NR22). C: irishwrestling@outlook.ie ; https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/bull-fun-run-walk-2025-tickets-1968877586863

Orienteering: Christmas Score Event, Pine Forest, Tibradden, Co Dublin, 10.30am. Fancy dress encouraged! www.orienteering.ie

Saturday December 27: 14th Fat Turkey10km Run, Suttonians RFC, Sutton, Dublin, 11am. Online entry €30 (incl.reg fee) www.fatturkey run.com

Sunday December 28; D15 Suicide Awareness 5km, Sports Campus Ireland, Abbotstown, Dublin, 11am. Online entry €28. www.myrunresults.com

Thursday January 1 ; New Year’s Day Tom Brennan Memorial 5km, Phoenix Park, 9.30am. Online entry €25; bobble hat all finishers. www.liffeyvalleyac.com

Dublin Masters and Intermediate Cross Country Championships, St Annes's Park, Sunday 04 January 2026

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:44:27 GMT

�� & �� , Sun 4th Jan., St Anne's Park, Raheny

The Dublin Masters and Intermediate Cross Country Championships 2026 will take place in St Anne's Park on Sun 4th Jan. This year we will have a new course in a different location in St Anne's Park and it will include the Inter championships. This will add to what's already a great occasion in the XC calendar. The Masters XC is the biggest Masters XC event in the country. It is open to �� and very much open to new clubs and athletes looking to see what the fun is all about. The Pat Hooper Cup will be up for grabs again this year for the Masters competition. This adds extra spice and competition among clubs. It will be difficult for other clubs to try take away from the current champions Raheny Shamrock AC who have fought very hard to keep their beloved Pat's Cup in home territory and grounds of St Anne's Park.

The distances will remain short to entice all Masters and Inter athletes to compete on the first Sunday of January.

Please see the timetable and new route map of the 1,500m lapped course. This will offer a great test for all runners.

Reminder athletes must have paid their 2026 AAI membership to be able to register. Registration is now open until Wed 31st Dec at midnight. https://myrunresults.com/.../dublin_inter.../6053/details

Dublin Juvenile Cross Country 2025 League 3 , Tymon Park North, 18th January 2026

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:23:14 GMT

The Dublin Juvenile cross country league 3 & U9 championships is now set for Sunday 18th January 2026 in Tymon Park. Please find attached below the schedule, course maps and parking information.

Dublin Juvenile Indoor Championships 2026

Attached are the programme of events for Days 1, 2, 3 & 4 of the Dublin Juvenile Indoor Championships scheduled for the National Indoor Areana, National Sports Campus, Abbottstown. Further information and timetable and details for the Spraoi Games scheduled for Day 5 the 8th of February will follow in due course. Entry for all events will be online and entry is scheduled to open on the 1st of January 2026. Online entry links will be circulated in advance. NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE CLOSING DATES

Entry Fees

Individual entries 6 euros per event

Spraoi Games 5 euros per individual

Relays - 10 euros per team.

All athletes MUST be registered for 2026, otherwise the system will not accept the entries. Only club competition secretaries/secretaries can submit relay entries.

Kind Regards

Cecil

Dublin Clubs Roundup - 03 - 07 December 2025

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 21:44:36 GMT

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!

Dublin Graded Meeting 2026 - Draft programme

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:26:13 GMT

Please see attached a summary programme for the Dublin Graded Meeting 2026. It should be considered as draft at this stage and the full programme will be posted on the website in mid January 2026. Some of the key considerations for the Graded Meeting series are set out below. Any queries should be sent to Dermot Nagle at dublinathleticsgradedleagues23@gmail.com.

DUBLIN GRADED LEAGUE SERIES 2026

· There will be eight graded league meetings as per the summary programme.

· Each meeting will have a World Athletics licence.

· The full range of Dublin Senior Championships will be held during meetings 1, 2 and 3.

· All field events will be scheduled three times during the series.

· Implement verification will be available on relevant date.

· Sprinters will be afforded two races in meeting 1 (100m) and meeting 2 (200m)

· In other meetings where 100m/200m are being held finals for the fastest 8 in the heats will be held.

· Where possible sprints will be held with the prevailing wind.

· In some early middle-distance events limited pace making is being considered.

· The mile races will be discontinued in favour of 1500m races.

· Similarly to recent years a grand prix will be in place for track and field events.

· A year end prize giving supper will be organised in September for the grand prix prize winners.

Dublin Clubs activities, 29 - 30 November 2025

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 22:25:58 GMT

RECORD NUMBERS SIGN UP FOR WOMEN’S WINTER LEAGUE

Rebekah Vickery (Brothers Pearse AC) led home 181 finishers at the opening round of this season’s Women’s Meet and Train Winter League, hosted by Dublin Front Runners AC. Vickery pushed the pace from the start of the 3.3km cross-country race held on a undulating course at the Curragh in Co Kildare. Her time of 12 mins 55 secs put her eight seconds clear of her clubmate Sophie McGovern who finished in 13:03. Third in 13:11 was Roisin McMahon (Sportsworld AC). Emma Finlay Esker RC) was fourth, Lorna Sheehan (Sportsworld AC) fifth and Grainne Black (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) sixth and first W40. Other age group winners were Helen Maher (Blackrock AC) W50, Linda Timpson (Waterstown Warriors) W60, Hazel Foster (Waterstown Warriors) W70 and Ann Woodlock (Donore Harriers) W80. Woodlock, aged 87, recently won the W85 1500m title at the European Masters Championships.

Over three hundred women of all ages from seventeen Dublin running clubs and groups have signed up for this year’s series where the best three results from four will count. Teams consist of six runners with three to count and are divided into five graded categories, giving everyone a chance to score for their team and win a prize. There are also individual age group awards with the best three of four results to count. Clubs who have already entered teams include Crusaders, DSD, Sportsworld, Dublin Front Runners, Brothers Pearse, Lucan Harriers, Waterstown Warriors, Esker, Love2 Run, and Tallaght AC. A new club entering for the first time this year is Artane Beaumont RC. Belpark Tri Club has also entered a team. Next round of the league takes place on January 18 at the DSD grounds in Tibradden on January 18. Other dates are Tymon Park on February 22, and Abbotstown on March 22 followed by a fun run and prizegiving at a later date. Since the best three results count, entry for the series is still open. Fee is €20 for the series or €7 for an individual race. Email Lisa Shine at meetandtrainleague@gmail.com to sign up your group or club. More pictures are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720330642026 .

CIOBANU FIRST M40 IN WATERFORD ‘HALF’

Finishing fourth and first M40 at the Waterford Half Marathon on Saturday (November 29) with a time of 69:39 was Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe Harriers). Jason Reilly (Civil Service Harriers) was eighth overall and second M40 in 73:40. Alex Murphy (Dundrum South Dublin C) was third woman in 78:46, while Margaret Foley (Crusaders AC) was second W40 in 88:56. Paul Mac Gabhann (Sportsworld) was first M60 in 88:44.

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 22 - 23 November 2025

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 20:49:22 GMT

FAY- BULOUS WIN FOR BRIAN - AND FIVE TEAMS TITLES FOR DUBLIN!

Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock) was the surprise winner of an epic men’s senior race at the All Ireland Cross-Country Championships held in cold, wet and muddy conditions at the Templemore Sports Complex in Co Derry on Sunday (November 23) — a true cross-country test. In a battle to the line with Nick Griggs (CNDR TC) and 2023 champion Cormac Dalton (Mullingar Harriers), Fay, holder of the Irish 5000m record, came out on top with a time of 25 mins 13 secs for the 7.5km course. Just three seconds separated the top three with Griggs, who was also first U23, timed at 25:15 and Dalton at 25:15. Finished a fighting sixth was Efrem Gidey (Clonliffe Harriers, who with his clubmate Colm Rooney 15th, was helping Clonliffe to third place in the team category. Dundrum South Dublin finished fifth, Raheny Shamrock AC eighth and Donore Harriers 13th.

Pictures of Brian Fay running through the mud to victory are courtesy Athletics Ireland Facebook site,

In the women’s race, Eimear Maher (Dundrum South Dublin AC) came home tenth and third U23 in 28:07, while Jodie McCann (Dublin City Harriers) was 15th in 28:31. Dundrum South Dublin took team bronze, with Dublin City Harriers fourth and Clonliffe Harriers seventh.

As well as the senior races, combined U18 and U20 races over a 4.5km distance took place earlier in the afternoon, and in the women’s race, Cara Mohan (Metro St Brigid’s AC) finished eighth, followed closely by Isabel O’Reilly (Blackrock AC) ninth and third U18. Other strong runs came from Leia Ryan (Metro St Brigid’s AC) fifth U18 and Megan Brunt (Blackrock AC) sixth U18. With two in the top six, Blackrock AC finished second of the U18 teams, followed by Donore Harriers fourth and Clonliffe Harriers sixth. In the U20 team category, Lucan Harriers in fifth place proved best of the Dublin teams

A fighting third in the men’s U18/U20 with a time of 14 mins 11 secs race was Tom Breslin (Clonliffe Harriers). Not too far behind was Conrad Latham (Raheny ShamrockAC) who finished 11th and second U18 and Ryan O’Neill (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) who was 17th. A large group had travelled from Donore Harriers and with Rhys Johnson 18th overall and fifth U18, Callum Twomey) 20th and sixth U18, Liam Morris 20th and seventh U18 and Charlie O’Neill 24th and eighth U18, they mopped up both the U18 and U20 team titles. In the U20 category, Clonliffe Harriers was second. Raheny Shamrock fourth and the Donore B team sixth.

When it came to the county team titles, Dublin won five of the six on offer — men’s senior, U20 and U18 and women’s U20 and 18 — with the senior women finishing third. Not a bad haul!

MEATH MUD-FEST FOR DUBLIN CLUB RUNNERS

A day earlier, the Business Houses Athletic Association was at a private farm in Batterstown, Co Meath for the Ledwith Construction 6km, where Sean Doran (Harriers Products/Clonliffe Harriers) finished third and Des Tremble (Dept of Social Protection /Donore Harriers) was fifth and first M55. After recent cross-country cancellations in the city, Dublin clubs were well represented and finishing sixth and first woman was Celine Gavin (Donore Harriers). Malika Hammani (Eir/TT Racers) was second woman and Niamh Clarke (Donore Harriers) third. Age group winners included Claire Mulligan (Donore Harriers) W45, Maria Dolan (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) W55, and the ageless June Comiskey (Raheny Shamrock AC), W75 while Mary McDermott (Donore Harriers) was second W55. Balbriggan and District AC, marshalled by Chris Keeling, was well represented with Ramune Zolbiene first W40, Alessandro Porazzini second M40 and Denisa Adela Santo sixth woman. Next BHAA fixture is the Revenue 6km cross-country at Kiltipper Park on Saturday December 13 (11am). That’s assuming it goes ahead, of course, with the clamp-down on all cross-country races, including club races, still ongoing — and not only in Dublin. The Louth Intermediate Championships were postponed last weekend, as was a Clonliffe Harriers club race. Pictures from these BHAA races are on Flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720330499098/.

TOP TEN FOR ABDEL

Abdel Laadjel (Donore Harriers) made the top ten in the men’s race at the NCAA Div 1 National Cross-Country Championships held on Saturday in Colombia, Missouri. In a closely fought 10km race, Laadjel, representing the University of Oregon, finished ninth in a time of 28 mins 46 secs and led his team to fifth place.

ROADS

At the Clane GAA 10km/5km, in Co Kildare, Daragh Keegan (Donore Harriers) clocked a personal best time of 16:15 for third place, while Ian O’Reilly (Brothers Pearse AC) finished fourth and first M50 in 16:57. Laura McDonnell (Brothers Pearse, W45) was first woman in 18:17. Sharon McGrane (Civil Service Harriers) was first W60 in 23:12 followed by her clubmate Carol Dempsey in 23:12.

In the 10km, Wayne Waldron (Donore Harriers) finished fourth in 32:52 with Cian Murray (Clonliffe Harriers) fifth in 33:12.

Sarah Mulligan (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was first woman in 38:31, followed by Kathryn Gibbons (Crusaders AC) second in 38:58.

OFF-ROAD

At the Run the Line 26km in aid of Dublin Wicklow Mountain Rescue held in the Dublin mountains on Saturday (November 22), Aideen Burke (Donore Harriers) was third W45 with a time of 2:45.57. A total of 492 completed the race with a further 687 finishers for the shorter 13km distance.

SIGN UP FOR MEET & TRAIN LEAGUE

Next Sunday (10am) sees the opening round of this year's Women’s Meet and Train cross-country league at the Curragh - yes in Co Kildare! Entry is still open with teams and individuals welcome to sign up on the day. Four races will take place over the winery months with the best three results to count. Teams, which are graded into four categories, are of six with three to count, which makes it very flexible. All races are 3km-ish cross-country/off-road and entry is €20 for the series or €7 per race; pay on the day in cash. Other dates are January 18, DSD Campus; February 22nd Tymon Park, and March 22, Abbotstown. Info meetandtrainleague@gmail.com

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 12 - 16 November 2025

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 21:15:21 GMT

LAADJEL MAKES NCAA FINALS

Abdel Laadjel (Donore Harriers) came sixth in the NCAA Div 1 West Regional Cross-Country in Sacramento on Friday (November 14) leading his college team, the Oregon Ducks to victory and qualifying for next Saturday’s NCAA Cross-Country finals. Laadjel, running for the Oregon University Ducks, was always close to the front with with 800m to go moved from twelfth to sixth position to finish in a time of 29.28.2 for the tough 10km race. Unfortunately, Laadjel will miss the National Cross-Country Championships next Sunday.

In France, Efrem Gidey (Clonliffe Harries) finished eighth with a time of 28 mins 11 secs at the Urban on Saturday (November 15). The race was won by the Kenyan John Lomoni Aimun in 27:13.

MUDDY MARVELS: IRISH MASTERS LOSE OUT TO ENGLAND

A strong English team was back in control at the annual British and Irish Masters International Cross-Country held in wet muddy conditions over a strength-sapping hilly course in Roundhay Park, Leeds on Saturday (November 15), Ireland broke England’s dominance in 2022 when the race was held in Ireland and won again last year, when the race was held in Belfast. This year there was no stopping the English, although an Irish team of over eighty still picked up a few medals. Of the Dublin-based team members Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock AC), a five times overall winner of the race, finished second W55. Other Dublin club members in action included Rachel Murphy (Plant Based AC), W40, Caoimhe Kilroy (Metro St Brigid’s AC) W45, Sheelagh Jones (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) and Grainne Grennan (Blackrock AC) W65; Mary Lynch (Raheny Shamrock AC) W70, Eileen O’Brien (Lucan Harriers) and June Comiskey (Raheny Shamrock AC) W75; David Power (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M40, Paul Fleming (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M50 and Sean McCreery (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M60. A W75 team category was included in the championships for the first time, with Ireland the winners. The Irish W60 and W70 teams also came out on top. The British and Irish Masters International returns to Ireland next year.

ROADS: KIPLAGAT WINS IN DONABATE

Malcolm Kiplagat (Clonliffe Harriers) was the winner of the LSA Peninsula 4-mile in Donabate, Co Dublin on Sunday (November 16) with a time of 20 mins 14 secs. Just three seconds adrift for second place in 20:17 was Adam Foy (Donore Harriers) while third in 21.00 was Dave Rooney (Raheny Shamrock AC). First woman was Kate Crowley (Raheny Shamrock) 22:41. Sinead Farrell of host club LSA AC was second in 23:51 and Cindy Hickey (Clonliffe Harriers) third in 25:43.

Also on Sunday, Adam Nason (Donore Harriers) proved the class of the field at the Stook 10-Mile in the rolling hills of Dungarvan, in Gowran, Co Kilkenny. Nason won by almost four minutes in a time of 54:33. All finishers in this unique race received a cow bell! A group from Ballymun AC had travelled to Gowran, with Dean Hayden fourth in the 10km with a time of 39:01 and Ashley Carroll and Michelle Bennett coming home together in 54:34 and finishing joint fifth of the women.

Finally, in Co Kerry, ultra runner Sean Meehan of Cherry Orchard Running club won the Gap of Dungloe Marathon. Philip Slattery, also Cherry Orchard RC finished third.

DCU WOMEN TAKE ROAD RELAY TITLE

DCU’s A team won the women’s title at the Irish Universities Road Relay Championships, hosted by NUI Maynooth on Saturday (November 15). Faye Dervan (DCH) ran the second leg in the 1x2x2x1 mile race for the team. The total time was 34 mins 5 secs. Early leaders, UCC, led by Eimear Maher of Dundrum South Dublin AC were second in 34:41 and UCD A third in 35:03 with Sadhbh Mohan (Metro St Brigid’s AC) and Fiona Hawkins (DCH AC) running the first and second legs. ,

DCU just edged out UCD to finished third in the men’s race with a second between the o teams. DCU finished in 46:01 and UCD in 46:02 for the 1x2x3x2x1 mile race. Clear winners of the race were University of Limerick, with University of Galway second. Queen’s University Belfast finished fifth, with Louie Woodger ( Metro St Brigid’s AC) running the opening mile leg.

Captions:

Abdel Laadjel and his Oregon team mates who have qualified for the NCAA finals.

British and Irish Masters: Three happy members of Rathfarnham WSAF

LSA 4-Mile: Tom Griffin (Clonliffe Harriers)

LSA 4-Mile: The start line with eventual winner Malcolm Kiplagat (Clonliffe Harriers) (No 5748) checking his watch.

LSA 4-Mile: Niamh O’Malley (Raheny Shamrock AC)

Dublin Juvenile Cross Country League 3, Tymon Park, 16 Nov 2025 - Cancelled

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:30:07 GMT

It is with great disappointment that I have to inform that our U9 cross-country championships and U9-U19/Jnr cross country league 3 scheduled for Tymon Park on this Sunday the 16 ^th of November is cancelled. Due to the severe weather conditions all sporting events scheduled for the public parks in South County Dublin have been called off by SDCC. With the National Championships taking place in Derry on the 23 ^rd and in Abbottstown on the 7 ^th of November we are aiming to reschedule the event for the 14 ^th of December, and will keep you updated in due course. Please advise your members.

Many thanks to Adam and all the team at Rathfarnham/WSAF A.C. for their tireless efforts and support.

Regards

Cecil

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 07 - 09 November 2025

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 20:34:45 GMT

ROONEY AND DUFFY TAKE DUBLIN SENIOR TITLES IN KILBEGGAN

Colm Rooney of Clonliffe proved that age is no barrier to sporting success when he won the Dublin Cross Cross-Country title at Kibeggan Racecourse in Co Westmeath on Saturday (November 8). Following the cancellation of the Dublin Championships at Corkagh Park six days earlier on the ordersof South Dublin County Council, senior and U20 races were incorporated into the Leinster Championships. Rooney, the Dublin masters champion from last January, proved the class of the field in the men’s race completing the 6km course in 28 mins 30 secs. Second in 28:43 was Pierre Murchan (Dublin City Harriers) in 28:43. Danny Nugent (Ace AC) was third in 28:56 and Fintan Kerins (Clonliffe Harriers) fourth and third Dubliner, in 29:00. Just four seconds separated the placings from fourth to sixth with Gavin Curtin (Donore Harriers) fifth in 29:03 and Mahad Mohammed Egaal (Clonliffe Harriers)s ixth in 29:06. With Stephen Cahsin in seventh place their fourth placer, Clonliffe Harriers were comfortable team winners with just sixtteen points. Dundrum South Dublin, led by Eanna O Bradiagh in eighth place were second and Donore Harriers third. Raheny Shamrock AC finished fourth, Liffey Valey fifth and Sportsworld sixth, with only six teams entered. In the Leinster team competition , DSD beat Clonliffe by a single point for the title. Tullamore Harriers was third. Taking the top three places in the women’s 4km race were Dublin City Harriers with Orla Duffy the winner in 22:01, Edel Monaghan second in 22:07 and Lucy Holmes third in 22:22. With Cliona Muprhy finishing in eight place, DCH with 14 points were clear winners of the team title ahead of Clonliffe Harriers on 31 points. Sportworld AC was third and Liffey Valley fourth with just four teams entered. DCH also took the Leinster title ahead of Parnell AC, Sportsworld and Liffey Valley.

Finishing fourth overall and first for Dublin in the women’s U20 race was Cara Mohan (Metro St Brigid’s AC) in18:35. Megan Brunt (Blackrock AC) was just three seconds adrift for fifth and second Dubliner in 18:38 . Finishing eighth and third for Dublin was Julie Cleary (Donore Harriers). Lucan Harriers was the winning Dublin team led by Isabel Cuffe, who finished fourth for Dublin. DSD was second, Donore Harriers third and Clonliffe Harriers fourth. In the men’s U20 race, Tom Breslin (Clonliffe Harriers) finished second overall and first Dublin athlete in 15 mins 51 secs. In a closely fought race, Conrad Latham (Raheny Shamrock AC) was fourth and second Dubliner in 15:47 and Charlie White (Donore Harriers) fifth and third for Dublin in 16.00. With four in the top seven, Donore Harriers was the winning Dublin team. Clonliffe Harriers finished second and Rahney Shamrock third, with DSD fourth and MSB fifth.

CLONDALKIN AND CABRA SCHOOLS TOPS AT MHC-DH LEAGUE ROUND 2

Coláiste Bríde, Clondalkin continued on its winning ways when coming home first in all three races at the second round of the MHC-Donore Harriers Schools Athletics League in John Paul II Park (’The Bogies’) on a crisp Wednesday morning last week (November 5). In road relays based on a a 930m lap of the park, the Clondalkin school won all three girls’ races. Biggest turn-out was for the junior girls race with thirteen teams entered. Finishing second behind Coláiste Bríde was Clogher Road. Pobailscoil Iosolde from Palmerstown was third and Mercy Inchicore fourth. Teams from Kylemore College, Coláiste Eoin Crumlin and Cabra Community College also finished. In the minor race, Pobailscoil Iosolde were the runners-up with two more teams from Coláiste Bríde third and fourth and CBS St James’s Street fifth. At intermediate level, Cabra Community College finished a fighting second behind the all conquering Coláiste Bríde, with Pobailscoil Iosolde third and Mercy Inchicore fourth. Making up Coláiste Bríde’s winning team who finished in 19 mins 28 secs were Joy Abedisi, Ava Gardener, Lily O’Sullivan and Mia Dunne. Cabra CC clocked 20:27 and Pobailscoil Iosolde 22:54. Minor and junior teams ran four legs of the 930m lap while the final runner in the intermediate races ran two laps. Local school St Declan’s won two of the three boys’ races and finished second in the third. Not only that but Transition Year students from the school helped out by marshalling the course. Making up the winning boy’s intermediate team were Blake Bradley, Donal Delaney, Lucien Dollet McCann and Charlie Franzoni, who took on the final two-lap leg. McCann was the only runner to break three minutes for the lap with a time of 2 mins 52 secs — the fastest of the day. The team’s total time was 15 mins 3 seconds which put them over a minute clear of the school’s B team which finished in 16:40. Third in 17:27 was Clogher Road while fourth in 17:36 was Drimnagh Castle.

A massive twenty teams turned out for the boys’ junior race, where Pobail Scoil Iosolde were the winners from St Declan’s. Drimnagh Castle finished third and Coláiste Eoin fourth. In the minor boy’s race, St Declan’s were again the winners. Clogher Road finished second and St Seton’s Ballyfermot third. Overall, with two legs down and one to go, Coláiste Bríde are hot favourites to take Ann Woodlock Trophy as best girls school, with the battle on for second place between Kylemore College and Clogher Road. The boys’ competition for the Cyril White Trophy is more open although St Declan’s Cabra have the advantage at the moment over Drimnagh Castle and Clogher Road. All will be decided at the final round of the MHC-DH league at the Donore Harriers track. THat will take place over two days on 3 March and 12 March. Pics from the schools races re at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720330141693/with/54904070486.

Dublin Juvenile Uneven Age Cross Country Championships, Abbotstown, Sunday 09 November 2025

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:15:37 GMT

Please find attached the timetable, course map and parking plan for the Dublin Juvenile Uneven aged cross country championshipd to be held in Abbotstown on Sunday 9th November. Due to the limited number of car parking spaces available to us it is important that all your members are advised to strictly carpool, and please, not to arrive too early before their scheduled time, and exit the facility as soon as possible after their event to facilitate the next group of competitors.

We will be constructing the course on Saturday morning at 10am and would be grateful if we had some people to help. We also need 4 youths for car parking duties to be in attendance by 8.30am on Sunday morning. If you have any interested young people, please send the names to Seamus as soon as possible. We will give them a payment and lunch voucher.

U9 Championships

Our U9 championships will now be incorporated in the U9 league 3 events, so athletes can score league points and also compete for championship medals (1 ^st 12 across the line) and the first 3 teams (4 to count) with the lowest combined scores will be awarded 6 team medals. The U9's will be running 600m, the same distance as the U10's . Athletes who have been entered in the championships will be automatically included in the start lists for league 3 and do not need to enter for league 3. Athletes who have entered league 3 only will also be included in the combined championship/league contest. Athletes who did not enter the championship or league 3 yet can still enter before 23:59 on Monday the 10 ^th of November. League 3 entries are open until the day/time above for all other age groups.

Kind Regards

Cecil

Timetable Dublin Senior and Junior Cross Country Championships, Kilbeggan, 08 November 2025

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:44:16 GMT

I have been asked by the Athletics Leinster cross country and road competition secretary to circulate the email below to all Dublin clubs. Timetable and course maps attached. It is important that all competing Dublin clubs provide officials to assist. We greatly appreciate the support of Athletics Leinster in facilitating our Junior, U19 and Senior Championships.

Regards

Cecil

Hi everyone,

Further to the below, please see link to all the entries for day 3 of the Athletics Leinster Cross Country Championships in Kilbeggan Racecourse, Loughanagore, Co. Westmeath, N91 X840 , on Saturday the 08.11.2025 .

It is vital that all clubs and counties review same and ensure all details are correct, including county status for any athlete that recently transferred clubs:

Link - https://myrunresults.com/events/leinster__dublin_senior_juvenile_uneven_ages/5914/participants

Course Map and Timetable - Please also see attached.

Officials – We still require officials for the roles previously listed (One official for every 10 club athletes entered), so please submit name of official by email to me at athleticsleinsterxcsec@gmail.com

Spectator Tickets - Can be purchased at the following link: https://eventlist.store/athleticsleinster/tickets

Any queries with regards same to be directed to me at athleticsleinsterxcsec@gmail.com

Yours in sport,

Martin J Heery

Athletics Leinster Cross Country and Road Secretary

Dublin Clubs Roudup, 30 October - 02 November 2025

Sun, 02 Nov 2025 19:15:40 GMT

BREAKTHROUGH WIN FOR DONORE’S LAADJEL

Abdel Laadjel (Donore Harriers) was a clear winner of the men’s 8km race at the US Collegiate Big 10 Conference Cross-Country Championships held in East Lansing Michigan on Friday (October 31). ‘It’s definitely a relief — this is the moment I’ve been waiting for,’ said Laadjel after his win. Laadjel, who transferred to Oregon from Providence College last January, was also leading his team to victory. Last July, Laadjel, who is from Lucan, finished eighth in the 10,000m at the European U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway. In 2021, he was sixth in the European U20 Cross-Country Championships at Abbotstown, leading the Irish team to silver. In 2022, he set Irish U20 records in both the 5000m and 10,000m. As a schoolboy, he won the All Ireland intermediate cross-country title. On Saturday 15 November, Laadjel will line out for Oregon again at the NCAA Region Championships in Sacramento, California. The top two teams will qualify for the NCAA Championships a week later.

DUBLIN TREBLE IN SALLINS

In Co Kildare at the Sallins Community Run 10km, Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) led a Dublin club treble when he won the race in 32 mins 8 sec. y Brian O’Kelly (Crusaders AC, M40) was second in 32:15 and Kieran Little (Blackrock AC) third in 33:15. Faye Dervan (Dublin City Harriers) was first woman and overall winner of the 5km in 16:47.

DUBLIN CHAMPIONSHIPS: NOW IN WESTMEATH

Following the cancellation of this Sunday’s Dublin Senior and Junior /U19 Cross-Country Championships, Leinster Athletics has agreed to incorporate the championships into their championships at Kilbeggan racecourse in Co Westmeath next Saturday 8 November. The races were due to take place first at Citywest, Saggart and then at Corkagh Park Clondalkin. Further details elsewhere on this website.

Dublin Senior and Junior Cross Country Championships, Kilbeggan Co, Westmeath, 08 November 2025

Sun, 02 Nov 2025 15:40:21 GMT

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https://myrunresults.com/.../dublin.../5910/participants
Leinster Athletics are allowing Dublin athletes to enter the Leinster U19 championships, should they wish to do so. Online entries are open until 4th November.
https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/#/
We still need to acquire a venue for the U11-U17 XC Championships and considering the closing date for the National Uneven Age Championships is the 26th, and with the Even Age Nationals in Derry on the 23rd, the latest date we can hold our remaining uneven ages is Sunday 16th November, which will mean pushing the Juvenile League 3 to another date.

Dublin Senior, Junior and Uneven Aged Cross Country Championships, Corkagh Park, Sunday 2nd November 2025

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 16:49:38 GMT

Please note that this Sundays Dublin Senior, Junior and Uneven aged cross country championships have been changed from City West to Corkagh Park. Dublin Athletics would like to acknowledge and thank SDCC Public Realm Department and Wilson Auctions for facilitating the event at short notice, and thank the Management of Citywest Hotel & Leisure Club who were very supportive of this late change of venue. Programme and course map are attached.

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 25 - 26 October 2025

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 11:33:04 GMT

DSD ON THE DOUBLE AT IRISH LIFE DUBLIN MARATHON

On a day full of drama, David McGlynn (Waterford AC) and 19-year-old Ava Crean from Limerick were the winner of the National Marathon which was was incorporated into the Irish Life Dublin Marathon held on Sunday. The race also included the Dublin Championships and making it a Dundrum South Dublin double in the men and women’s categories were Paul O’Donnell and Meghan Ryan. O’Donnell finished third Irishman and seventh overall in 2 hrs 12 mins 11 secs. O’Donnell’s DSD AC clubmate Hiko Tonosa, a last minute entry to the race and the defending champion, had made a promising start to the race, but by the 30km mark, had fallen away from the leading group and was clearly struggling. He dropped out shortly afterwards. Second Dublin athlete was John Travers (Donore Harriers) who was making his marathon debut and finished tenth Irishman and 20th overall in 2:23.21. Not far behind was Travers’ Donore clubmate Kane Collins, who was third Dubliner and twelfth Irishman. He finished in 2:23.57.

In the women’s race, Meghan Ryan also running he first marathon, finished fourth Irishwoman in 2:40.33. Fiona Stack (Raheny Shamrock AC, W40), who was running her fourth consecutive Dublin Marathon and also ran the race in 2013, finished second in a personal best 2:44.14. Cliona Murphy (Dublin City Harriers) , another marathon debutant, was third in 2:47.23

Previous national marathon winner Gary O’Hanlon (Clonliffe Harriers), who was lining out in Dublin for a tenth time, not only finished fourth Dublin athlete in the men’s race but was also first master and first over 50. His time was 2:27.49. O’Hanlon was also leading home a massive fifty-two finishers from Clonliffe Harriers. Just three seconds separated the top three Dublin athletes in the over 40 category with David Power (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) the winner in 2:30.04, followed by Mark Cassidy and Eoin Hinchy, both Brothers Pearse AC, in 2:30.05 and 2:30.07. Winning the Dublin M45 title was Graham Ahearne (Raheny Shamrock AC) in 2:40.49, Paul Kelly (Metro St Brigid’s AC ) was second in 2:43.47 and Arthur Calnan (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) third in 2:44.40. First M55 was Ger O’Toole (Blackrock AC) in 3:04.35. Gerry Dore (Tallaght AC) was first M60 in 3:10.37, Tom Cuddy (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) first M65, and Ronan Ward (Civil Service AC) not only the winner of the Dublin M70 title but also the national champion. A clear winner of the the national and Dublin over 80 title was Eddie Coyle (Tallaght AC). His time was 5:20.28.

In the women’s age groups, Olivia Sexton (Portmarnock AC) finished in 2:57.37 behind Fiona Stack. Tara Darcy (Tallaght AC) was third in 3:08.20. Noreen Brouder (Sportsworld AC ) was first W45 in 2:50.08, followed by Alli Coll (Brothers Pearse AC) I 3:14.02 and Sinead Ward (DSD AC) in 3:15.34. Mary Walsh (Raheny Shamrock was first W50 in in 3:12.42, with her Raheny clubmate Tara Kennedy second in 3:16.28 and Orla Cox (Civil Service Harriers) third in 3:30.55. Caroline Hynes (Balbriggan and District AC) was first W55, Elizabeth Rouine (Raheny Shamrock) first W60, Grainne Grennan (Blackrock AC) first 65, Mary Lynch (Raheny Shamrock) first W70 and Eileen O’Brien (Lucan Harriers) first W75. These results are all provisional. More Dublin Marathon pics at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720329929553 .

Meanwhile, at the Valencia Half Marathon in Spain, also on Sunday. Efrem Gidey (Clonliffe Harriers) finished 13th in a time of 61 mins 2 secs - not far off his best of 60:51 from September 2024.

LEINSTER TITLES FOR DCH, DONORE AND RAHENY

Fiona Hawkins (Dublin City Harriers) won the women’s novice 4km race at the Leinster Novice and U20 Cross-Country Championships held at Gowran, Co Kilkenny on Saturday (October 25). Hawkins, who holds the Irish U20 5000m record, finished in 14 mins 48 secs, with Dublin champion Edel McCreery (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) second in 15:11. Dublin City Harriers took the team title, with Aine O’Connor, Grace-Anne Culhane and Katie Greene making up the team.

Sportsworld AC, led by Rachel Calvey in seventh place, finished second team, followed by Liffey Valley seventh and Donore Harriers tenth. With four finishers in the top seven, Dublin took the county team title, beating teams from six other counties. Third in the men’s race with a time of 19: 25 was Adam Nason (Donore Harriers) who was also leading Donore to team victory. Rory Cousins, Simon O’Toole and the veteran Des Tremble made up the scoring four, backed up by Jordan Athaide, Colin Murphy, Koffi Kpoglo and Robert Dunne,

Liffey Valley AC led by Cormac Jones in twelfth place, finished fifth and Raheny Shamrock seventh. Sportsworld finished eighth and Civil Service Harriers ninth. In a closely-fought county team championships, Dublin beat Kildare on count-back with both teams of six ending up on 101 points. In the men’s U20 race, Raheny Shamrock AC won the team title with Conor Latham (Raheny Shamrock AC) eighth, Charlie Gunawardhana 11th, Mark O’Callaghan 18th and Daniel Connolly 25th. Backing them up were Christian Finn 29th and George Sevastopulo, 41st. No other Dublin club had entered a team in either the men or women’s U20 races.

BRIAN GREGAN RETIRES

Nine times Irish 400m champion Brian Gregan of Clonliffe Harriers has announced his retirement after a distinguished career lasting over twenty years.

After finishing second in the 400m at at the 2011 European U23 championships, Gregan competed at four European Championships from 2010 to 2016, with his best result a sixth finish at the 2012 championships. Indoors he competed at at the European Championships of,2011, 2013 and 2017 and at the World Indoors of 2010 and 2022. His best times of 45.26 secs outdoors and 46.07 indoors leave him third on the all-time Irish lists. Gregan is not lost to athletis and has taken up a role as coach to the Clonliffe sprints group.

Dublin Juvenile Cross Country League 3, Tymon Park North, Programme, 16 November 2025

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 11:00:06 GMT

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Please see the schedule for the Juvenile Cross Country League 3 taking place in Tymon Park, Tallaght on Sunday 16th November. �� .

Online entries:

https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/#/

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Closing date for the Senior, Junior and juvenile Uneven Age XC Championships is Monday the 27th October @ 23:59. �� . Club competition secretaries are asked to let Cecil know as soon as possible if any of the athletes who finished in the top 12 in the U12/14/16/18 Dublin XC Championships are not competing in Derry.

Dublin Clubs activities, 11 - 19 October 2025

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 20:17:01 GMT

CROSS-COUNTRY - MASTERS ON TRIAL AT ABBOTSTOWN

In the women’s senior race at the Autumn Open Cross-Country held at. the National Cross-Country course at Abbotstown, Dublin, on Sunday (October 19), Orla Duffy (Dublin City Harriers) who finished 13th in 22:18 was best of the Dublin club athletes, while Leia Ryan (Metro St Brigid’s AC) finished third in the U20 women’s race. In the men’s race, Colm Rooney (Clonliffe Harriers) finished sixth and first M40 in 25:06. Ryan O’Neill (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) finished third in the U20 race. Leading home 51 finishers in the senior men’s race was Callum Morgan of CDR TC) in 24:42. William Fitzgerald (Craughwell AC) was second in 24:53 and Lughaidh Mallon (UCD AC) third in 24.5, was Frank Buchanan of St Michael’s College AC won the junior men’s race in 19:04. Ryan O’Neill (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) finished third in 19:01, with thirty three finishers. The races also served as a trial for the annual British and Irish Masters Cross-Country which will take place in Leeds on Saturday November 15. Of the Dublin club athletes, Rachel Murphy (Plant-Based AC) , fresh from the European Masters Track and Field Championships in Madeira, finished third W40, Orla Gormley (Raheny Shamrock AC) fourth W60, Sheelagh Jones (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) third and Grainne Grennan (Blackrock AC) third and fourth W65. In the W75 category, Eileen O’Brien ( Lucan Harriers) finished second and June Comiskey (Raheny Shamrock AC) third.

Of the master men (apart from Colm Rooney), Pierce Geoghegan (Liffey Valley AC) was second M40, Paul Fleming (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) third M50 and Sean McCreery (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) first M60 In the M65 category,Liam Lenehan (Sportsworld) was first and Philip O’Doherty (Clonliffe Harriers) second. Many masters were absent due to the clash with the European Masters, with the half marathon also taking place on Sunday.

Winning the mixed 4 x 1500m in 18 mins 23 secs was a team from Dublin City Harriers,. Niamh Carr, Pierre Murchan, Lucy Holmes and Philip Marron made up the team. Two other Dublin clubs were competing with DSD finishing sixth and Crusaders AC eighth.

BHAA - BACK IN BUSINESS!

The beautiful grounds of NUI Maynooth were the location for the AIB cross-country races on Saturday (October 18) — the first Business Houses Athletics Association race of the new cross-country season. First up were the women, with Caroline Crowley (Solicitors/Crusaders AC) proving the class of the field when winning in a time of 13 mins 5 secs for the two-mile distance. Second was Emma Finlay (Esker AC) while third was Ann Marie Delaney (Na Fianna AC). Finishing a close fourth and first W45 was Rachel Eustace (HSE/Clonliffe Harriers). Team winners was Health Team C. In the men’s four-mile race, Colm Turner (Gardai/Brothers PearseAC ) pushed the pace from the start but couldn’t shake off the challenge of Sean Doran (Harrier Products/Clonliffe Harriers. Doran moved to the front on the fourth and final lap winning in 21 mins 4 secs. Turner was second in 21:13. George Snee (FII/Dunboyne AC) was third in 22.22. Leading Meta to team victory in fourth place was Conor Grant in 23:02. Fifth and first M40 was Joseph McDermott (Dunnes Stores/Crusaders AC).

Next Dublin BHAA race is the Central Bank4-mile in Jobstown on Saturday November 8 (11am), Newcomers welcome!

EUROPEAN MASTERS - LOTS OF MEDALS FOR DUBLIN ATHLETES

Ann Woodlock (Donore Harriers) got the Irish team at the European Masters Track and Field Championships in Madeira last week when she won the W85 1500m on Saturday (October 11) even getting well deserved publicity for masters athletics with an interview on the radio. Edel Maguire (Clonliffe Harriers) took four medals in the W65 age group, beginning her campaign by winning the 400m on Sunday (October 12) in a European record time of 68.44 secs. On Monday, she was second in th 100m in 14.63 secs After two days rest, Maguire won the high jump with 1.32 on Thursday (October 16), and was second in the 200m in 30.08.

Also in action for Clonliffe were Thomas Morgan 7th in the M50 00m and Snezana Bechtina 4th in the 400 in a season’s best 59.68 secs, Bechtina, was also seventh in the 200m, and helped the W40 4x400 team to victory. Philip O’Doherty was part of the winning M65 cross-country team, as indeed was Tom O’Connor of Liffey Valley AC

For Raheny Shamrock AC, Annette Kealy was having a busy week.After finishing third in the W55 5000m, she was runner-up both the 10km road race and the half marathon. She also helped the W55 team to victory in both the 10km and half marathon.

In the cross-country team races, Vanessa Sallier (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) was part of the second placed W45 team and Ann Gormley (Donore Harriers part of the second placed W60. cross-country team. Sue Zlnay (Dundrum South Dublin, W60) won three gold and three silver medals Her golds came in the 2000m steeplechase (9:28.17), 8km cross-country and the 10km, followed by a silver in the half marathon on the final day of competition She also took team silver in the W65 10km.

In the mixed 4 x 400m, Shane Sheridan (Dundrum South Dublin AC) and Carole Kearney (Lucan Harriers) helped the over 60 team to silver. Other medals winners from Dublin clubs included Rachel Murphy (Plant-Based AC) third W40 1500m, Carol Kearney (Lucan Harriers) second in the W60 400m and Tom Cuddy (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) third M65 cross-country. Cuddy also took silver with the M65 half marathon team. Well done to them and to all members of Dublin clubs in action!

Report on Dublin Club Activities, 07 - 12 October

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 10:24:21 GMT

LARK IN THE PARK FOR MAHAD!

Mahad-Mohamed Egaal (Clonliffe Harriers) made winning look easy when taking the men’s title at a well supported Dublin Novice Cross-Country Championship, held in the Phoenix Park on Sunday (October 12). Egaal tucked in with the pack in the early stages of the 6,000m race around the Magazine hills before stretching away on the fourth and final lap to win with a time of 18 mins 15 secs. Ryan O’Neill (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) who had made some of the early pace, finished second in 18:15 with Adam Nason (Donore Harriers) third in 18:26. With four finishers in the top eight and seventeen finishers in all, Clonliffe Harriers were clear winners of the team title. Dundrum South Dublin, led by Jamie Byrne in fourth place, finished second and Raheny Shamrock AC led by Jordan McDonnell in fifth place, third.

First home in the novice women’s 4000m race was Edel McCreery (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) . Mollie O’Donnell (Liffey Valley AC) moved through the pack to finish second in 14:33 with Jesska Gallagher (Clonliffe Harriers) third in 14:41.

With four finishers in the top eight, Liffey Valley were comfortable team winners. Clonliffe Harriers, who had fourteen finishers in total, finished second while third was Sportsworld AC led by Rachel Calvey in seventh place. An impressive total of thirteen men’s teams and ten women’s teams took part in the races. More pictures are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720329624567/.

A day earlier at the Irish Universities Cross-Country Championships Trinity Playing Fields, Santry on Saturday (October 11), Shane Spring of Raheny Shamrock AC running for Trinity College finished seventh in 24 mins 23 secs. University of Limerick dominated the men’s race, with many times winners DCU finishing a distant fourth, UCD seventh, Trinity College tenth and TU Dublin 14th. In the women’s race, DCU were the winners for a fifteenth time since 2003. Trinity was fourth and UCD fifth.

ROADS

At the re-scheduled Bear Races Fastlane 3/4 Marathon, held in Clondalkin, Co Dublin on Saturday (October 11). Ian Fitzgerald (Donore Harriers) finished second in 1:54.07. First woman in 2:28.509 was Shuang Shuang Wang (Lucan Harriers, W40). In the half marathon — the best supported race of the day —Michael Boyle (Raheny Shamrock AC, M50) was second in 83:09 and Deirdre Lyons (Dublin Front Runners, W40) first woman in 88:53.

In Dundalk on Sunday October 12, Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) won the FASN Charity 5km by well over a minute in 16 mins 2 sec

SCHOOLS

At the Leinster Schools Indoors Combined Events Championships in Abbotstown on Tuesday (October 7). Abigail Farrell (Donore Harriers/King’s Hospital) won the senior girls pentathlon, placing first in every discipline except the 800m and scoring 3046 points. Her Donore clubmate Zion Osawe, competing for St Paul’s Greenhills, scored 2601 points for third in the inter pentathlon. Finishing second was Marianne O’Farrell (Clongriffin AC/Institute of Education) with 2921 points, with her best points coming in the 800m. Finishing second of the junior boys with a score of 2444 was Conn McCluskey (DSD AC/St Benildus).

Dublin Novice and Juvenile Even Aged Cross Country, Phoenix Park, 12 October 2025

Sat, 11 Oct 2025 15:58:03 GMT

Please see attached the programme for the Dublin Novice Cross Country and Juvenile Even Aged Championships and Course maps.

𝗗𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿, 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 & 𝗝𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀, City West, 2nd November 2025

Sat, 11 Oct 2025 15:44:43 GMT

Please see the schedule and information for the �� , �� & �� in Citywest on 2nd November. Online Entry is now open through this link: https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/1398

Entry fees: Senior €10, Junior & juveniles €5. Entries close on 27th Oct @ 23:59 (�� )

U19 athletes can score in both the U19 & Junior competition �� . An U17 (born in 2008) can enter and run in the junior contest, but in order to request a bye for the U17 Nationals, he/she must also be entered in the Dublin U17 championships but cannot be included in the Dublin U17 County/Regional team for Nationals, by virtue of the fact that he/she did not run to qualify in the first 12 finishers.

Please find below an extract from the attached National cross-country rules and regulations booklet.

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An individual entered for Nationals in the U17-U19 age group and approved by the regional secretary (Cecil for Dublin) cannot be included as a member of a Dublin County or Regional team, by virtue of the fact that he/she did not run to qualify in the first 12 finishers.

�� - the first 12 athletes and 4 club teams in the U11-U19 age groups qualify for Nationals.

Club competition secretaries/secretaries are responsible for entering qualifying club teams and Cecil is responsible for entering the juvenile County (1st 10) and regional teams (first 12) for Nationals.

Dublin Clubs activities, 30 September - 05 October 2025

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 08:30:08 GMT

ROADS

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.

Report on Dublin Clubs activities, 26 - 28 September 2025

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 19:08:09 GMT

COURSE RECORD FOR GIDEY AT RATHFARNHAM 5KM

Six years ago, a 19-year old Efrem Gidey of Clonliffe Harriers lined out in the annual Rathfarnham 5km at the end of September and came home a decisive winner in 14 minutes 18 seconds. On Sunday (September 28), Gidey, just home from the World Athletics in Tokyo, was back at the Rathfarnham 5km, and not only won the race but obliterated the course record with a time of 13 mins 49 secs. Finishing second in 14 minutes exactly was Michael Power (West Waterford AC), while third was Jame Battle (Mullingar Harriers) in 14:07. In a repeat of last year’s women’s race, Cheryl Nolan (St Abban’s AC) saw off the challenge of Íde Nic Dhomhnaill (West Limerick AC). She crossed the line in 15 mins 44 secs, with Nic Dhomhnaill fourteen seconds adrift in 15:40 — a wider margin that a year earlier when there was just a single second in it. Third in 16:04 was Nic Dhomhnaill’s sister Sorcha (also West Limerick AC) running her first race in some time and finishing in 16:04. Incoprorate in the race was the Dublin 5km Championships, withKate Crowley (Raheny Shamrock AC) , who was fifth overall, the winner followed by Niamh Kelly (Clonliffe Harriers) and Sadhbh Mohan (UCD AC). Finishing first overall of the twenty men’s teams entered was Clonliffe Harriers. Raheny Shamrock finished second and host club Rathfarnham WSAF AC third. Those three teams also took Dublin senior titles. In a double for the club, Clonliffe Harriers were also first of the women’s terms, led by Niamh Kelly in sixth place overall. Rathfarnham WSAF AC finished second and Metro St Brigid’s AC third, with these three teams also the Dublin champions and runners-up. As always the race was well supported by masters, with Paraic McKinney, of Inishowen AC, formerly a member of Civil Service Harriers, beating the Irish M60 record with his time of 16:46.

Dublin championships winners in the age groups were Kieran Kelly (Raheny Shamrock AC) M35, Colm Rooney (Clonliffe Harriers) M40, Patrick Marjolet (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M45, Paul Fleming (Rathfarnham WSAF AC), Sean Browne (Dundrum South Dublin AC) M55, Edwin Keville (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M60, Gerry Boyle (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M65 and Tony Kynes (Donore Harriers) M70 of the men. In the women’s age groups, the winners were Louise Gaffney (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) W35, Rachel Murphy (Plant-Based RC) W40, Alli Coll (Brothers Pearse AC) W45, Sinead Tighe (Brothers Pearse AC) W50, Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock) W55, Carol Dempsey (Civil Service Harriers) W60, Sheelagh Jones (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) W65 and Eileen O’Brien (Lucan Harriers) W70; Eileen was celebrating her birthday on the day. Winners of the W35 Dublin Championships team category was Brothers Pearse. Lusk AC was second and Crusaders third. Raheny Shamrock won the W50 title from Civil Service Harriers and Brothers Pearse AC. Crusaders AC won the M35 category with Sportsworld second and Clonliffe Harriers third. Best in the M50 age group was Sportsworld, followed by Raheny Shamrock AC and Dundrum South Dublin AC. A record total of 1,288 completed the race.

GRETA AND ORLA STRIKE GOLD IN NEW DELHI!

Huge congrats from all at Dublin athletics to Greta Streimikite of UCD (and formerly Clonliffe Harriers) and Orla Comerford (Raheny Shamrock AC) on their gold medal winning performances in the 1500m and 100m at the World Paralympic Games in New Delhi, India.

MOSTLY OFF-ROAD

At the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, in Canfranc-Pirineos, Spain (Thursday September 25 to Sunday September 28). Killian Mooney (Dundrum South Dublin AC) finished second of the Irish and 53rd of 163 finishers in the classic 14.3km race. His time was 71 mins 30 secs. The Irish team finished 16th of the 31 teams. In the women’s classic race, over the same distance, Sarah Mulligan (also Dundrum South Dublin AC) finished second of the Irish and 62nd of 110 finishers, with the team 16th of 22 teams. In the uphill 6.4km race, Edel Monaghan (Dublin City Harriers) finished 70th, while in the 45km trail race, Sorcha Loughnane (Donore Harriers) finished 94th. In the U20 women’s race, Sinead Farrell (LSA AC) was 43rd.

Locally, at the annual Eco Trail based in Bray and taking in routes around the Wicklow hills on Saturday (September 27), . Sean Meehan (Cherry Orchards RC) finished second in the 80km ultra with a time of 8 hours 30 seconds. In the 10km race Alejandro Cavallo (Liffey Valley AC) finished second in 52:47.

BHAA IN BALLYCOOLIN

At the inaugural Keypoint BHAA 5km at Rosemount Business Park, Ballycoolin Road on Thursday evening (September 25), Sean McCreery (Accountants/Rathfarnham WSAF AC) finished third in 16: 59, while Vanessa Sallier (Aon/Rathfarnham WSAF) was third woman.

SIXTY YEARS OF SHAMROCK WOMEN!

Sixty years ago, in 1965, a small notice appeared in a Dublin newspaper inviting women to join the newly-established women’s section of Raheny Shamrock Athletics Club. A few months earlier, the all-male membership of Raheny Shamrock, founded in 1958, had voted to let women join the club and among the first intake were Therese Burke, Moya Carroll, Margaret Corcoran, Grace O’Leary, Mary McDonald, Ann Keating, Ursula Kennedy, Amy Barry and sisters Siobhan and Mary Lynch. They were inspired by a rising interest in women’s athletics and the victory of the UCD women at the first intervarsity cross-country held in 1963. Mary, in particular, went on to have a stellar career, winning the national cross-country title in 1972 when it was held in the muddy fields of Mountmellick. Her older sister, Siobhan, sadly no longer with us, had helped the Raheny women to a first ever national cross-country team title in 1968. The women won a second title in 1971. Mary became a trail blazer for Irish distance running at a time when the 800m was the longest track race on offer to women. She would set an Irish 3000m record of 9 minutes 38.4 seconds in 1973, and also clocked times of 2:10.3 for 800m and 4:22.5 for 1500m. She attributes her fitness in those days to running home for lunch from Holy Faith Clontarf with her older sister, along with more formal training under the guidance of Paul O’Connor in a field at St Anne’s Park. Moya Carroll, like Margaret Corcoran, had a father involved in athletics. She remembered how difficult it was to get athletics gear for women, especially shorts. In the buttoned-up Ireland of the time, many of the women would wear tights under their shorts to avoid causing offence!

The women were brought together last Wednesday (September 24) to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the women’s section, with club president Paddy Noonan welcoming them to the club’s new headquarters at St Assam’s church.

Development of the project is continuing with securing the roof well underway, as Dick Hooper, former Irish marathon champion and club coach, explained. In 1971, when I joined, the club had forty-five members. Now we have 868 and only last summer we closed the deal on this building. Looking around this room, it is apt to say that we are standing on the shoulders of giants.’

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 16 - 21 September 2025

Sun, 21 Sep 2025 17:40:42 GMT

FIGHTING FOURTH AND IRISH RECORD FOR UCD’S MCPHILLIPS

Cian McPhilips from Longford , a maths student at UCD since 2021, set a new Irish record of 1:42.15 when finishing just outside the medals in the men’s 800m at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Saturday (September 20).

McPhillips, who had already broken the Irish record two days earlier when winning his semi-final with a time of 1:43.18, moved from eighth place to fourth in the chase for the line. Other notable performances from members of UCD AC in Tokyo came from Nicola Tuthill who threw 70.70 to qualify for the women’s hammer final where she finished 11th and Sarah Healy who made the women’s 1500m final where she finished a fighting tenth in 3:59.14..

CLOSE TO 6,000 AT DUBLIN HALF MARATHON

Clare athlete Jake O’Regan from the St John’s club led home close to 6,000 finishers at the Irish Life Half Marathon in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, on Sunday (September 21). O’Regan’s time of 67 minutes 19 seconds put him over a minute clear of the chasers led by Gavin Curtin of local club Donore Harriers who finished in 68:33. Third in 69:47 was David Glynn (Waterford AC). Eoin Hinchy (Brothers Pearse AC) was fourth and first M40 in 71:57. A large group from the Belfast-based Road Runners club had travelled for the race, with Caitlyn Harvey finishing first woman in 78.44. Harvey is a ‘regular’ in the Irish Life Series and finished second in the Frank Duffy ’10-Mile last month, a race she had won a year earlier. Finishing second woman was Maebh Brannigan (Galway City Harriers) in 78:57 while third and first Dublin athlete was Fiona Stack (Raheny Shamrock AC). She finished in 81:30 and was also first W40. In the age categories, Mick McMahon (Clonliffe Harriers) was first M45 followed by Nigel Roy (Skerries AC) in third place. Alan Fairbrother (Brothers Pearse was first M55; Donal Murphy (Rathfarnham WSAF) first M65, and Tony Kynes (Donore Harriers) first M70 with David Byrne (Raheny Shamrock) second. Of the women, Sinead Ward (Dundrum South Dublin) was first W45, with Katherine Duff (Blackrock AC) second. Bernadette Bruen (Raheny Shamrock) was third W50 , while in the W55 age group, Jacqui Swan (Artane Beaumont RC) was second W55, and Carol Cunningham (Love2Run) third. In the W70 age group, Mary Lynch (Raheny Shamrock AC) was the winner and Colette Shannon (Ballymun AC) second.

THREE BREAK FOUR MINTES AT GRIFFITH AVENUE MILE

For the first time in recent memory, the top three at the Griffith Avenue Mile in Marino, Dublin on Sunday afternoon (September 21) all broke the four minute barrier. In perfect conditions for the race, Cormac Dalton (DCU ), Philip Marron (Dublin City Harriers) and American visitor John Paul Benner, who finished first, second and third, were all given a time of 3 minutes 59 seconds. Fourth in 4:06 was Fintan Kerins (Clonliffe Harriers). First woman in 4:32 was Cheryl Nolan (St Abban’s AC). Mary Horgan (UCD AC) was second in 4:35. First under 17 was Drew Donoghue (Crusaders AC) in 4:17. Age group winners included Lea Fulcher (Plant Based AC) first M50, Rachel Murphy (Plant Based AC) first W40 and Eileen O’Brien (Lucan Harriers) first W70.

CORPORATE WIN FOR MCILHINNEY

Eoin McElhinney (A&L Goodbody) won the A&L Goodbody 5km Corporate Team Challenge, at City Quay, Dublin on Tuesday (September 16). Chasing him hard was Fintan Kerins (Arthur Cox) with the pair given times of 15:27 and 15:28. First woman was Aedín Corr (St Vincent’s Private Hospital) in 17:48. The run was dominated by teams from Ireland’s financial and legal sectors.

DUBS AT BERLIN MARATHON

Michael Barry (Raheny Shamrock AC) was first Irishman home at the Berlin Marathon on Sunday (September 21) finishing in a time of a. Time of 2 hrs 20 mins 30 secs. Other Dublin club athletes in action included Kieran Regan (Brothers Pearse, M35) 2:32.33, Michael O’Connor (Blackrock AC, M40) 2:43.04, Daniel O’Sullivan (Dundrum South Dublin C):44.19, Alan Kelly (Donore Harriers, M45) 2:47.39, Daragh Keegan (Donore Harriers) 2:48.40 and Maurice McDermott (Lusk AC, M40) 2:48.43.

Pictures courtesy Lusk AC and Crusaders AC Facebook sites.

Dublin Clubs update, 12 - 14 September 2025

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:07:38 GMT

DOUBLE FOR TEAM RAHENY AT RATOATH

Representatives of almost every running club in Dublin headed to Fairyhouse Racecourse in Co Meath on Saturday (September 13) for the increasingly popular Ratoath Half Marathon. Dublin clubs dominated the team categories with Raheny Shamrock winning both the men and women’s categories, while Clonliffe Harriers finished second of the men and Crusaders AC second of the women. Dublin athletes filled all five places from seventh to 11th with David Power (Rathfarnham WSAF) seventh and third M40 in in 72.54, followed by Mark Cassidy (Brothers Pearse) 74:00, Anthony Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) 74:28, Anthony Reilly (Civil Service Harriers) 74.30 and Karol David Cronin (Sportsworld AC) 74:48. All were in the over 40 category. First woman was Fiona Stack (Raheny Shamrock W40) in 80:31. Kathryn Gibbons (Crusaders AC) was third in 85:42. In the over 50 age group, Ruben Bartelink (Dundrum South Dublin AC) won the men’s prize. In the women’s category, the winner Mary Walsh (Raheny Shamrock AC) wasfollowed home by Freda O’Mara (Portmarnock AC) and Caroline Murphy (Brothers Pearse AC) for a Dublin clean sweep.

Also on Saturday, mountain running specialist Killian Mooney (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was a comfortable winner of the The Lakes 10km in Blessington, Co Wicklow with a time of 31 mins 8 secs. Next up for Mooney is the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Canfranc, Spain, starting on September 25. Finishing fourth and second M40 was Graham Ahearne (Raheny Shamrock AC) in 34:06. First W50 was Carmel Brennan (Blackrock AC) in 52:54.

A day later, at the Charleville International Half Marathon, Co Cork on Sunday (September 14) , John Travers finished third man in 67:12, with his Donore Harriers clubmate Kane Collins sixth in 69:45. Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe Harriers) finished eighth and first M40 in 71:15.. One place behind and second M40 was Alexey Marchenko (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) in 71:52. Finishing third woman in 79:22 was Alex Murphy (UCD AC). The race was the final round of this year’s Peugeot Series.

At the Eamon Harvey Donegal 10km, also on Sunday, Kieran Kelly (Raheny Shamrock) finished second in 32.38. Two days earlier ,on Friday evening, Kelly had finished fourth at the Dromiskin 5km in Co Louth in 14:54 where Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) finished fifth in 15:36.

Winner of the second round of the Clane 4-Mile Series in Donadea Forest, Co Kildare, on Friday evening (September 12) was Kieran Little (Blackrock AC) in 20 mins 46 secs. Enda Clarke (Crusaders AC) was second M40 in 22:27m, with his clubmate Donatas Jocius just one place behind in 22:25.

* Ireland’s oldest road race, the Clonliffe 2-Mile, take place for a 134th time on Sunday October 5 (10.30am) in Glasnevin. The race is organised by Clonliffe Harriers and generously sponsored by the Kavanagh family of John Kavanagh’s ‘The Gravediggers’ pub of Glasnevin. Info www.clonliffeharriersac.com

SMYTH BACK ON TRACK!

Making a welcome comeback to racing at the Stratford Speed Grand Prix in London on Sunday (September 14) was Mark Smyth (Raheny Shamrock AC). In the first round of 100m races, Smyth won his heat (one of thirty-one!) in 10.64 secs. In the second round of races, he finished third in a slower time of 10.69. Also racing was Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers) who clocked a time of 10.67 in his heat.

WEST DUBLIN SCHOOLS SIGN UP FOR NEW-LOOK ATHLETICS LEAGUE

Thanks to generous sponsorships from legal firm Mason Hayes Curran, schools from west Dublin have signed up for the first ever Donore Harriers Schools Athletics League this winter season. First round, a cross-country, will take place at Eamonn Ceannt Park in Crumlin on Tuesday September 30 (1pm). Races will take place for boys and girls in minor, junior and inter age groups. The minors will run one lap of the mostly flat kilometre course and the juniors and inter students two laps, with the first six from each school to score for their team. Medals will go to the top three in each race. ‘The purpose of the league is to introduce young people to athletics who may not otherwise be found to the sport,’ says organiser Gerry Naughton, club development officer with the Donore Harriers club in Chapelizod. Donore, one of the oldest clubs in Ireland, attracts members from Ballyfermot, Crumlin, Drimnagh, Cabra, Castleknock and Palmerstown as well as from inner city areas such as the Liberties and Stoneybatter. So far, thirteen schools have signed up for the league, with two further rounds scheduled — a road relay race on November 5 at John Paul II Park in Cabra and a track and field meet at the Donore Harriers 300m track to be split between two dates — March 5 and 12. The league is supported by the Dublin City Sports and Wellbeing Partnership. After the three rounds of the league are complete, the top girls school will be presented with the Ann Woodlock Trophy and the top boys school with the Cyril White Trophy. Both Woodlock, a world masters athletics champion from Walkinstown, and the late great race starter Cyril White are longtime Donore Harriers stalwarts. Further information, Gerry Naughton 086 562390; mhcdh.schoolsleague@gmail.com

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 04 - 07 September 2025

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 20:59:15 GMT

ROONEY LEADS CLONLIFFE TO TEAM VICTORY IN LUCAN 5-MILE

Not only did Colm Rooney win the Lucan 5-Mile in some style on Sunday morning (September 7) , he led Clonliffe Harriers to a comprehensive victory in both the open and the Dublin Championships team categories. Rooney, also first M40, finished almost a minute clear of the chasers in 24 mins 9 secs. Second in 25:07 was Robert Murphy (Donore Harriers, M40), while third in 25:14 was local athlete Dylan Wright (Lucan Harriers) in 25.14. With Sean O’Leary fifth, Stephen Cashin sixth and Cathal McHale seventh, Clonliffe were clear winners of the Dublin Championships team title. Donore Harriers were second and Lucan Harriers third with eleven teams entered. Those three teams also finished in that order in the open team category where only the top three finishers counted.

First woman in 29:15 was Faye Dervan (Dublin City Harriers), who was followed home by Orna Dignam, second and first W40 in 30:54. In third place with a time of 30:57 was Alicja Kowalszyk, who was leading the home club Lucan Harriers to team victory in the Dublin Championships, ahead of Civil Service Harriers and and Love2Run AC. In the open team category, Lucan was also first with Rathfarnham WSAF AC second and Civil Service Harriers third. Age category winners, outside the top three men and women, in the Dublin Championships were Orla Gordan (Liffey Valley AC) W35, Gemma Treacy (Civil Service AC) W45, Breda Smyth (Lucan Harriers) W50, Laura Cunningham (Love2Run AC) W55, Margaret O’Freil (Liffey Valley AC) W60 , Catherine Dunne (Lucan Harriers) W65, Eileen O’Brien (Lucan Harriers) W70, Cathal McHale (Clonliffe Harriers) M35, Wesley Nolan (Metro St Brigid’s AC) M45, Paul Fleming (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M50, Gerry Dore (Tallaght AC) M55, Sean Ryan (Civil Service Harriers) M60, Sean Doyle (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M65 and Vincent O’Neill (Civil Service Harriers) M70. Junior winners were Pearl Clarke and Bobby Laycock.

In the age-group team categories, Brothers Pearse won the Dublin men’s over 35 title from Civil Service Harriers and Lucan Harriers. Best of the women’s over 35 teams was Liffey Valley, ahead of Civil Service Harriers and Love2Run AC. In the over 50 age group, the winners were the Dublin Front Runners women and the Balbriggan and District AC men.

Over 700 had signed up for the race, while a further 150 underage runners turned out for the children’s races held earlier in the morning.

DUBLIN DOUBLE AT NEWBRIDGE 5KM

Josh O’Sullivan Hourihan (Donore Harriers) was the winner of the Newbridge 5km in Co Kildare, on Saturday (September 6) in 15 mins 5 secs. Lex Murphy (UCD AC) was first woman in 17:25, with Louise Gaffney (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) second in 18:02.

In Kerry, Robert Switzer (Brothers Pearse) finished fourth of 733 finishers with a time of 2 hrs 43 mins 57 secs at the Dingle Marathon. Finishing first woman in the Dingle half marathon was Lisa Madden (Sportsworld AC) n in 84 mins 58 secs. Her clubmate Gareth Murran finished tenth and first M40 in 81:39

REMEMBERING JOE COOPER

Clonliffe members and their friends turned out in force for the inaugural Joe Cooper Memorial Night of Miles at the Morton Stadium, Santry on Thursday (September 4). Five races were held, with Sean Doran’s winning time of 4 mins 28 secs in the opening race proving the fastest of the night. Second in 4:33 was Sean Carrig while third was Stephen Cashin in 4:34. In the second race, Alannah Cooley clocked 5:50 for the fastest women’s time of the evening. Overall winner of the race in 4:46 was master athlete Colm Rooney. Winner of the third race in 5:21 was junior athlete Jack Quinn in 5:21. First woman was Rachel McFadden in 5:28. Katie Halpin beat all the men to win the fourth race in a time of 5:50, with David Dineen second and first man. Finally, in the fifth race, Kieran Murphy came home first in 6:16, with Siobhan McCarthy second and comeback kid Jeremy Chapman third. The race was also round 11 of the annual Grand Prix Series, with the Joe Cooper Memorial Trophy presented to Dave Connolly by Joe’s wife Gladys.

* The late and much lamented Joe Cooper was Clonliffe club captain for eighteen years. He had stewarded the club to eleven inter-club cross-country titles and ten track and field league titles before his untimely death in December 2020. Members of the Cooper family based in the USA, Wexford and Cavan travelled to Dublin specially for this event.

BRONZE FOR LOUISE

Louise King (Dundrum South Dublin AC) finished third in the women’s heptathlon at the Home Nations Combined Events Championships, held at Mary Peters Track, Belfast over the weekend. In his debut international athletics competition, former Irish basketball international, Lorcan Murphy, also from the Dundrum South Dublin club, finished fourth overall, with his best points coming in the 100m where he clocked 10.71 - the fastest time of the competition. He was also first in the high jump soaring over the bar at 1.96m.

Dublin Juvenile Cross Country League 2 Information, Corkaigh Park, 5th October 2025

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 17:00:19 GMT

Please find attached the event schedule and information for the juvenile cross-country league 2 scheduled for the 5th of October in Corkagh Park, Clondalkin.

Juvenile Cross Country League 2 #1372 https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/1372

Please note the order of events. Additional course map details to follow in due course. Below is the link for the Novice & Juvenile Uneven Age Championships scheduled for the 12 ^th of October in the Phoenix Park.

Dublin Novice & Juvenile Even Age XC Championship #1371 https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/1371

Reminder - Entries for the juvenile cross-country league 1 close this coming Monday, the 8 ^th of September @ 23:59.

Regards

Cecil

Dublin Juvenile Cross Country League 1 2025 Information, Newbridge House, Donabate, Sunday 14th September 2025

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 16:50:41 GMT

Please find attached information for the Dublin Juvenile cross country league 1 scheduled for Newbridge House, Donabate on Sunday the 14 ^th of September. Online entry fee is 4 euros. Entries close the 8 ^th of September.

Kind regards

Cecil

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 28th August - 31st August 2025

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 08:35:29 GMT

100M MAN OLATUNDE BACK IN FORM

Track highlight of the weekend was a new national 100m record of 10.08 secs from Israel Olatunde (Tallaght AC) set at the Lee Valley track in London on Saturday (August 30). Olatunde was running at the Be Fast Today Track Academy sprint series and, in the first round of races, had run a time of 10.27 secs - a nice warm-up for his second round race, when he not only blazed his way to the finish runner-up behind Eugene Amo-Dadzie of the Woodford Green club who clocked a 9.87 secs personal best, putting him among the top three British sprinters ever. All times, helped by a favourable +2.0 following wind, are subject to ratification. Olatunde’s previous best was 10.12 sec, set last year, also in London. He set his first Irish 100m record of 10.17 secs in 2022 when he made the final at the European Championships. Now based in Florida, USA, where his training grooup includes Olympic champion Noah Lyons, Olatunde has struggled with injury this season and withdrew from the 100m final at the National Championships last month.

At the Danish Team Championships in Koge on Saturday, Niamh Fogarty of Raheny Shamrock, competing for Hvidovre Atletic and Motion won the women’s shot with a 14.10 effort. Fogarty won both discus and shot titles at the Irish Championships last month, as well as setting an Irish discus record earlier in the season.

On Thursday evening, in a dramatic women’s 1500m at the final Diamond League round in Zurich, Switzerland, Sarah Healy (UCD AC) finished eighth in a time of 3:59.90. Race winner was Kenya’s Nelly Chepchirchir who pipped Jessica Hull of Australia on the line. It meant that Chepchirir overtook Healy at the top of the women’s 1500m rankings giving her the Diamond League trophy and a cheque for $30,000.

MASTERS TAKE OVER DSD TRACK

A great day was had by all at the inaugural DSD Masters League Da at the Tibradden Road track in Dublin. Despite tough opposition from twelve other teams, the host club took the spoils, picking up points in all eleven events on offer - 100m, 200m, 800m,1500, walk, shot, discus, high jump, long jump, and mixed 4x100 and 4 x400 relays, with the top eight results to score. Points were awarded not just on finishing places but also on age groups and while DSD ended up comfortably head on 116 points, St Laurence O’Toole AC from Carlow weren’t that behind on 104 while the battle for third place changed at least team teams before Clonliffe Harriers edged ahead on 90 points. Galway County on 87 points and Tullamore Harriers on 82 points finished fourth and fifth. A Dublin County team finished sixth with Lucan Harriers, DSD’s second team and Rathfarnham WSAF in the next three places. Also in action were teams from Enniscorthy AC, St Coca’s in Kildare and Louth County.

DUBLIN ATHLETES TO TAKE ON WORLD

Congrats to all Dublin club athletes selected for the World Athletics Championships, starting in Tokyo on Saturday August 13 - Sarah Healy 1500m, Nicola Tuthill hammer, Cian McPhillips 800m and Michele Duggan 4x400m (UCD AC); ; Brian Fay 5000m, Eric Favors shot put and Sophie Becker 4x400m (Raheny Shamrock AC); Hiko Tonosa marathon and also Ciaran Carthy 4x400m non-travelling reserve (DSD AC); Cathal Doyle 1500m (Clonliffe Harriers) and Jack Raftery 4x400m (Donore Harriers).

ROADS - HAT-TRICK OF TITLES FOR LIFFEY VALLEY

Matthew Keane (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) finished third and first M40 in a time of 70 mins 48 secs at the Tullamore Half Marathon, which incorporated both Irish and Leinster Championships and was held on Saturday (August 30). Finishing third woman and second W45 was Noreen Brouder (Sportsworld AC) in 81.43. Fourth and second in the senior category was Sarah Grace Breen (Crusaders AC) in 81:43. Other Dublin club members taking national championship medals were Tara Kennedy (Raheny Shamrock, 2nd W50; Anne Whelan (Lucan Harriers) 3rd W60; Grainne Grennan (Blackrock AC) 2nd W65, Joan McTernan (Donore Harriers) 3rd W65; Des Tremble (Donore Harriers ) 2nd M55; Tom Cuddy (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) 1st M60, Gerry Boyle (Rathfarnham WSAF) 2nd M60 and Ronan Ward (Civil Service Harriers) 2nd M70.

In the team categories,

Liffey Valley took a trio of title — the open category for teams of four, plus national and Leinster titles for teams of three. Making up the team were Mollie O’Donnell, Ciara Broderick Farrell, Cliodhna Tutty Bardon and Jennifer Preston

Raheny Shamrock, led by Graham O’Dwyer finished third in the men’s open category and sixth in the national championships. In the age groups, Donore Harriers’ trio of Darragh Keogh, Alan Kenny and Des Tremble won the M35 national team title. Blackrock AC, led by Brian Lenihan, was third. Raheny Shamrock AC was second in the M50 category and Lucan Harriers second W50.

At the Greenway Half Marathon from Kilmacthomas to Ballinroad, in Co Waterford, also on Saturday, David Power (Rathfarnham WSAFAC0 finished first M40 in 75:56. His clubmate Denis Daly was fourth M44, while Paul Mac Gabhann (Sportsworld) was first M60.

Winning the Oylegate 10km in Co Wexford on Sunday (August 31) with a time of in 33 mins 5 sexcs was Colm Turner (Brothers Pearse AC)1

Sean Doran (Harrier Products/Clonliffe Harriers) was the runaway winner of the BMS BHAA 5k, held on the cross-country track at Abbotstown, on Wednesday evening (August 27). Doran’s time of 16mins 30 secs put him well clear of Paul Fleming (Ornua /Rathfarnham WSAF AC, M50) who finished in 18:07. Third in 18:21 was Ian Comerford (ESB). First woman was Caoimhe Kilroy (Teachers/Metro St Brigid’s AC) in 20.10. Emily Kane was second in 20:31 and Monica Holmes third in 20.57. First home for host club Bristol Myers Squibb was Mark Graham in seventh place.

The race was the final round of the BHAA Summer League.

After the thirteenth and final round of the annual Lord Mayor of Raheny 2-Mile Series, on Tuesday evening (August 27) , Giovanne Salvatore and Zoe Quinn were declared champions. For Quinn, it was a fourth win in the series. Finishing second woman was Ciara Brady, while second of the men was juvenile athlete, James Smyth.

MOUNTAIN TITLE FOR CONROY

Finishing first M40 in the uphill race at the World Masters Mountain Running Championships, in Meduno, Italy on Friday was Ian Conroy of Raheny Shamrock AC. His time for the 5km with over 800m of climb was 34 mins 50 secs. .

Friday August 29-Sunday August 31

Mountains: World Masters Mountain Running Championships, Meduno, Italy. Uphill (5km, +800m climb), long distance (34km, 1850m climb); classic (14km, 735m climb). www.meduno2025wmmrc.org/

RAHENY SHOT PUT CLASSIC - ‘STREETS’ STYLE!

Shot putters of all ages are invited to the inaugural Raheny Shamrock Streets Shot Classic in Rectory Park on Saturday September 6 (1pm). Entry is just €5 adults and €2 juveniles; registration is in Raheny Shamrock’s clubhouse at St Assam’s Church, Howth Road, D05 T8N8. Further details www.rahenyshamrock.ie .

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 16 - 24 August 2025

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 18:30:18 GMT

GIDEY THE PACEMAKER

Efrem Gidey (Clonliffe Harriers) was on pacemaking duties at the Antrim Coast Marathon, Larne, Co Antrim on Sunday 24th August and although he brought the field through 5km in 13:45 and 10km in 27:59, he still managed to finish in 77:18 with a smile on his face. Finishing in 65:37 was Paul O’Donnell (Dundrum South Dublin AC). His personal best of 64:46 dates back to Berlin in 2022. John Travers (Donore Harriers) finished in 70:54.

Elsewhere, the winner of the Longford Half Marathon in 71 mins 4 secs was Kieran Regan (Brothers Pearse AC); Matthew Collins (PortmarnockAC) won the marathon in 2:33.12, with his clubmate Olivina Sexton finishing third woman in 3:20.42.

LIFE’S A BEACH!

Master athlete Colm Rooney (Clonliffe Harriers, M40) led home almost 500 finishers at the Portmarnock Beach 5km, on a damp Friday evening in Dublin (August 22) with a time of 15:45. Jack Miskally (Craughwell AC) was second in 15:52 and James Hyland (Raheny Shamrock AC) third in 16:01. Irene Gorman (Crusaders AC) was first woman in 19:57, followed by Emma Przymusinska (Lusk AC) in 20:21 and Helen Peelo (Clonliffe Harriers, W40) in 20:32. Ken Doyle (Raheny Shamrock was first M60. Almost half the finishers (247 to be exact) were over 40.

Winning the Strangford Festival 5km on Friday evening was Lee Maginnis (Clonliffe Harriers, M45) in 19:38.

In Co Kildare Dylan Wright (Lucan Harriers) finished second in the Celbridge AC 5km with a time of 14 mins 46 secs. First woman was Dublin-based Ide Nic Dhomhnaill (West Limerick AC, W40) in15:53. Roisin O’Reilly (UCD AC) was second in 16:44 and Edel Monaghan (DCH) third in 17:32. Winning the mixed team category, which had attracted an imressive entry of 44 teams, was Dundrum South Dublin -—Maria McCambridge, Eanna O Bradaigh, Ruth Wilson and Ruben Bartelink.

David Kirwan was the winner of the penultimate round of the 2025 Raheny 2-Mile Series on Tuesday (August 19) in a time of 10:39. Zoe Quinn was first woman in12:07. This long-lasting series ends next Tuesday with the Peter Doody Cup.

ANOTHER BIG THROW FOR FOGARTY

Niamh Fogarty (Raheny ShamrockAC) finished third overall in the discus on Saturday (August 23) at the Danish Championships at the Hvidovre Stadium, near Copenhagen, with a throw of 55.65. Fogarty, who won her seventh national discus title last month in Santry, has thrown consistently over 55 metres this season as well as setting the Irish record of 58.30 in Ramna, Oklahoma, last April.

In Belfast on Thursday evening (August 21), Jack Raftery (Donore Harriers ) won the elite 400m at the Fab 5 meet organised by Lagan Valley AC at the Mary Peters Track in a time of 45.57 secs. Rafferty is part of the Irish 4x400 squad.

In the women’s 400m, Kate Doherty (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was the winner in 54.41 with Freyja O’Carroll (Raheny Shamrock AC) first W18 in 59.26.

Torrential rain meant that conditions were difficult for the Diamond League meet in Lausanne on Wednesday (August 20), where Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock AC) still managed to finish in a time of 13:36.61 — well off his best.

At the British Milers Club meet in Tooting Bec on Wednesday, Alex O’Neill (Limerick TC) again got the better of Sarah Healy (UCD AC) in a blanket finish to the race women’s A 800m race. O’Neill, who had beaten Healy for the Irish title a few weeks earlier, finished sixth in a massive personal best time of 2:00.18 with Healy a fraction behind for seventh in 2:00.19, also a personal best. In the men’s B 1500m, U20 athlete Lughaidh Mallon (UCD AC) finished 11th in 3:46.51, while in the women’s A 1500m, Amy O'Donoghue (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was eighth in a personal best 4:13.22.

In Germany, Garrett O’Toole (Clonliffe Harriers) finished seventh in his 800m heat in a season’s best time of 1.47.09 at the Abendsportfest, Pfungstadt, also on Wednesday. O’Toole is originally from the USA.

Catch-up: Clonliffe member Hannah Segrave won her 800m heat at the Meeting Voor Mon in Leuven, Belgium on Saturday (August 16) in a Clonliffe Harriers club record time of 2.01.68. Segrave, who won a bronze medal for Great Britain at the 2017 European U23 Championships in 2017 and broke two minutes for the first time last year, is aiming to run for Ireland in the future. She made her Irish Championships debut in Santry last month, where she finished fifth in the 800m with a time of 2:05.39 having won her heat.

A SECOND WARRIORS WIN FOR MOONEY

For a second year Killian Mooney (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was the overall winner at the Warriors’ Run 15km in Strandhill, Co Sligo on Saturday (August 23) leading home over 1,200 finishers in a time of 53 mins 6 secs. The race takes runners to the to the top of Knocknarea and back. Mooney is part of the Irish team selected to run at the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Canfranc, Spain from September 25. Edel Monaghan (Dublin City Harriers), also a member of the Irish team for Canfranc, was second woman in 68:42.

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 08 - 17 August 2025

Sun, 17 Aug 2025 21:00:54 GMT

DUBLIN 10-MILE TITLES FOR MURCHAN AND PURCELL
A big road race of a busy weekend was the Irish Life Frank Duffy 10-Mile, held in Dublin’s Phoenix Park on Saturday (August 16), where Pierre Murchan (Dublin City Harriers) lead home over 3,650 finishers with a time of in 49 mins 2 secs. Dublin-based Hugh Armstrong (Ballina AC) was second in 49:45. Kate Purcell (Raheny Shamrock, W40) finished third woman in 59:58 and since she was first Dublin club athlete home, she took the Dublin 10-Mile Championship titles as did Murchan in the men’s category. Dominating the team competition were Raheny Shamrock who took three titles —men and women’s senior and the M35 age group. DSD AC won the women’s W35 and W50 titles while Clonliffe Harriers proved best of the M50 teams.

Dublin Championship results:
Men: 1 Pierre Murchan (DCH), 2 Tomás Fitzpatrick (Tallaght AC, M40; 3 Eoin Hinchy (Brothers Pearse, M40). Women: 1 Kate Purcell (Raheny Shamrock, W40); 2 Fiona Stack (Raheny Shamrock , W40) , 3 Grace Kennedy (Donore Harriers, W40).
Men’s age category winners were: Ian Fitzgerald (Donore Harriers) M35; Mark Cassidy (Brothers Pearse) M40; Bernard Geraghty (Donore Harriers) M45; Aidan Langley (Lusk AC) M50; Alan Fairbrother (Brothers Pearse) M55; Terence Neary (Clonliffe Harriers) M60 andPhilip O’Doherty (Clonliffe Harriers) M65.

Women age group winners were W35: Niamh Coghlan (Lusk AC) W35, Ciara Flynn (Up and Out Fitness AC) W40; Katherine Duff (Blackrock AC) W45; Fionnuala Doherty (Metro St Brigid’s AC) W50;Caroline Murphy (Brothers Pearse AC) W55; Una Cherry (Raheny Shamrock AC) W60 and Mary Lynch (Raheny Shamrock AC) W65.

Teams- Senior (best four results): Men - 1 Raheny Shamrock 3:49.49; 2 Donore Harriers 3:50.55 3 Brothers Pearse 3:55.50. Women - Raheny Shamrock 4:31.01; 2 Crusaders 4:46.51; 3 Donore Harriers 4:52.54.
Masters - M35: 1 Raheny Shamrock 4:04.34, 2 Tallaght AC 4:04.56; 3 Clonliffe Harriers 4:17.12. W35: Dundrum South Dublin AC led by Claire Brides 5:05.03; 2 Blackrock AC 5:12.04; 3 Artane/Beaumont RC 5:22.58. M50: 1 Clonliffe Harriers 4:44.32; 2 Brothers Pearse 4:45.29; 3 Blackrock AC 4:46.03. W50 (best three results): 1 Dundrum South Dublin led by Tara Quirke 4:03. 20; 2 Raheny Shamrock 4:03.33; 3 Crusaders AC 4:14.43.

DUBIN DOUBLE IN KILCOCK
Ian Guiden (Clonliffe Harriers) took his first win in some time at the Kilcock 10 from 10 (miles) in Co Kildare on Sunday (August 17) when he led home 451 finishers in a time of 50 mins 27 secs. Adam Nason (Donore Harriers) finished third in 54.01. In a Dublin double, Faye Dervan (Dublin City Harriers) was first woman in 58:36. Clonliffe Harriers took the men’s team title.

Finished second in the Cork City 10km also Sunday in 30 mins 7 secs was Killian Mooney (Dundrum South Dublin AC).
Racing machine Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) was the winner of the Rathkenny 5km in Co Meath on Saturday evening in a time of 16:06. Junior athlete Conor McGuirk (Lusk AC) in his second race in three days was second in 16:16 and Faye Dervan (Dublin City Harriers) in her second race in two days finished fourth overall and first woman in 16:53.

MIDWEEK EVENING RACES
North Dublin clubs turned out in force for the Man O’War 7km, in north Co Dublin on Thursday evening (August 14) where Conor McGuirk was a clear winner in a time of 23:11, with his Lusk AC clubmate Daniel O’Brien second in 24.00. Third in 24:11 was Eoin Gallagher (Skerries AC) First woman was Sheila Bourke (Lusk AC) in 29:19. Caroline Hynes (Balbriggan and District AC) was second in 29:59. And Emma Przymusinska (Lusk AC) third in 30:11.

On Wednesday evening (13 August), Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) was the winner of the Castlepollard 5km in Co Westmeath with a time of 15 mins 35 secs. Second woman In 18:33 was Serena Tuffy (Dundrum South Dublin AC).
With with only two rounds to go, Wes O’Brien and Chloe Griffin took their first wins of the series in round 11 of the Raheny 2-Mile Series on Tuesday evening (August 12). Spanning a few generations, O’Brien ,who was also first M45, finished in 11 mins 5 secs, while Griffin was first juvenile and fifth overall in 11:58. Paul Cowhie (Crusaders AC, M60) was second overall in 11.47.

ANOTHER FAST TIME FOR HEALY
Sarah Healy (UCD AC) underlined her consistency this season with a time of 3:57.95 for ninth place in a top quality women’s 1500m at the Diamond League Meet in Silesia on Saturday (August 16). It was a third sub 3 mins 58 seconds time for Healy this season an she remains top of the Diamond League women’s 1500m rankings, thanks to her win in Rome, second place in Paris and third in London, where she ran the mile.

A large group of Irish athletes had travelled to Leuven in Belgium for the Meeting voor Mon, also on Saturday, where Jack Raftery (Donore Harriers) finished fifth overall in the 400m with a time of 46.54 secs.

In London, Irish 100m champion Bori Akinola (UCD C) won the second of twenty-nine ‘heats’ in a time of 10.24 secs at the Stratford Speed Meet on Sunday (August 17) i. In the second round, Akinola improved his time to 10.20. Also in the 100m, Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers) clocked times of 10.44 and 10.46, while. Stephen Gaffney (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) ran 10.66 and Alamiu Bankole (Fingallians AC) 10.73. Gaffney also ran a 400m heat finishing second in 46.94. In the women’s races, Paralympian Orla Comerford (Raheny Shamrock AC) ran a time of 11.97 in the 100m,. In the 400m, Michelle Duggan (UCD AC) finished second in 53.67, and Kate Doherty (DSD AC) third in 55.11.

After collecting his fourth Irish outdoor shot put title, Eric Favors (Raheny Shamrock AC) returned to the USA where, on Friday August 8, he produced a season’s best throw of 20.48 at a meet in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania. At the same venue in 2024, Favors had improved his own Irish record to 20.93m. Favors is currently lying 33rd in the world rankings, with the top 36 qualifying for the Tokyo World Championships, The Irish team will be announced soon after the cut-off date for qualification nest Monday, August 25.

CHERRY ORCHARD AC RUN THE RIDGE
A large group from the Cherry Orchard running club in west Dublin travelled to Laragh in Co Wicklow for the annual Run the Ridge Trail races on the slopes of Derrybawn mountain, with a 30km race on offer this year as well as the standard 10km and 20km races. Leading the club club in the 30km was Sean Meehan, who finished sixth and second M40 in 2 hrs 34 mins 40 ses for a hard run made tougher by the hot, sunny conditions. Just two places behind in eighth place was Philip Slattery, followed by Dean Comerford, Stephen Bailey, Jason White and Christina Byrne who was first W35.
In the 20km, after a bit of confusion out on the course, Julia Douglas arrived back at the finish in 3:06.10 followed by Nicole Hogan, Donna Clarke, Denise Delaney and Rachel Nolan. For Brothers Pearse AC, Eddie O’Connor won the 30km after leading from the start, while Anthony Alexander finished eighth M50 in the 10km race. First woman in the 10km was Claire Sullivan Crusaders AC,W40 in 48:08 Her clubmate Aine Kenny finished second W40 in the 30km race. Also in the 30km, Peter Doyle (Lusk AC) finished first M55 and Anne Lyons (Clonliffe Harriers) second W55

SKY’S THE LIMIT FOR LSA’S SINEAD
At the start of the month, 18-year-old Sinead Farrell from the LSA club in Donabate proved the star of a small Irish team at the World U20 Skyrunning Championships held at Fonte Cerreto, Italy on the Gran Sasso. In the vertical race - a 1km climb over 3.8km - Farrell finished seventh. Two days later in the Sky race itself, Farrell was ninth under 20 and 18th overall with a time of 3 hrs 50 mins 39 secs for the 23km race with a lung-busting 2,226m or climb. Races are organised by the International Skyrunning Federation and take place in mountainous venues above 2,000m.

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 07 - 10 August 2025

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 16:36:20 GMT

TRACK AND FIELD

Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished fifth in the 3000m with a time of 7:43.59 at the Folksam Grand Prix Sollentuna, in Sweden, on Sunday (August 10).

At the BMC Grand Prix in Trafford, Manchester on Saturday (August 9) Amy O’Donoghue (Dundrum South Dublin AC) ran a a personal best 4:143.73 when finished fourth in the grade A women’s 1500m Finishing third in the women’s A 5000m in a massive personal best of 16:07.72. was Faye Dervan (Dublin City Harriers).

In Belgium at the IFAM, in Oordegem, on Saturday (July 9) , Cian McPhillips (UCD AC) won the men’s 800m in a time of 1:44.34, storming clear of French athlete Corentin Le Clezio who finished on McPhillips heels in 1:44.71. Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers ) ran 20.85 secs for fifth in the 200m and also clocked 10.74 in the 100m. In the women’s 400m, Sophie Baker (Raheny Shamrock) ran a time off 52.20 for sixth place overall. Ciaran Carthy (DSD AC) clocked 46.59 in the men’s 400m.

In the series of 1500m races, Sean Donoghue (Dublin City Harriers) ran a time of 3:39.98 for fifth in his race; Lughaidh Mallon (UCD AC) in a time of 3:40.08 was second in his race, while Philip Marron (DCH AC) was sixth in his race with a time of 3:44.06.

A number of Dublin club athletes were in action at the European U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland from Thursday August 7 to Sunday August 10 Making the men’s 3000m final was Cormac Dixon (Tallaght AC) who finished ninth in 8:48.27. Sean Cronin (Clonliffe Harriers) clocked 3:37.13 for eight place in his opening round and in the final again finished eight but in a slower time of 3:50.80 In the women’s 800m, Saoirse Fitzgerald (Lucan Harriers) finished eighth in her opening round heat in 2:09.84. Of the sprinters, Dubem Amah (Tallaght AC) made the final with a qualifying time of 21.62 secs in the opening round of the men’s 200m. In the final, he finished seventh in 21.76.

ROADS

Kane Collins (Donore Harriers) was the clear winner of the Youghal Bay Half Marathon in Co Cork in 70 mins 28 secs on Sunday (August 10). Sixth and second M45 was Aidan Murphy (Dundrum South Dublin AC) in 76:29, while finishing second woman in 79:16 was Ciara Hickey (Brothers Pearse AC,W45). Finishing third in the 10km was Paul O’Brien (Sportsworld M40) in 34:04.

On Saturday evening, John Travers (Donore Harriers) led home over 3,350 finishers at the 39th Streets of Galway 8km held on Saturday evening. Travers finished in 23 minutes 26 seconds - half a minute quicker than his winning time in 2018. His Donore club mate Gavin Cronin finished fourth in 23:51. Other good runs came from Karol David Cronin (Sportsworld AC) third M40 in 26:40, Deirdre O’Connell, also Sportsworld, second W40 in 32:37.Wesley Noland (Metro St Brigid’s AC) thirdM45 in 28:20 and Trevor Sweeney (Sportsworld AC) first M50. Members of Raheny Shamrock and Crusaders were also in action.

Results of Dublin 10 mile Road Championships 2025, Phoenix Park, 16 August 2025

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 19:59:29 GMT

The Dublin 10 Mile Road Championships, was hosted by Civil Service Harriers AC, in the Frank Duffy 10 Mile on Saturday 16th August in the Phoenix Park. The results of the Dublin Championships are on the TDL website at https://www.tdleventservices.co.uk/en/results-embed.php?event=4150. These results are provisional only as the organisers are aware of some incidents of number swapping among club athletes. This is currently being investigated and final results will be available as soon as possible. Queries should be sent to Gemma Treacy at gemmactreacy@yahoo.ie.

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 30 July - 03 August 2025

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 11:43:07 GMT

DUBS ON THE DOUBLE AT SANTRY SHOW-DOWN

Dublin club athletes managed a number of impressive doubles at the National Track and Field Championships in Santry Stadium over the weekend most notably in the 400m races, held on Sunday. First up were the women, where Sophie Becker (Raheny Shamrock AC) proved that she has left her injury woes behind with a solid win in a time of 52.87 secs. It was Becker’s fourth national outdoor title. In the men’s race, defending champion Jack Raftery (Donore Harriers) proved the class of winning in 45.71.Ciaran Carthy (DSD AC) was third in 46.34. For all the 400m runners, places on the Irish relay teams for the World Championshios next month in Tokyo were at stake. Taking his fourth title in the men’s 1500m was Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers) who used his devastating speed to pull away from the field in the final 200m of the race going on to win in 3:53.60. Missing out on a third title in the 5000m was Irish record holder Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock AC), who narrowly lost out to Andrew Coscoran in the chase for the line. Both Coscoran and Fay have already done enough to book their places on the Irish team for Tokyo. Shock of the day came in the women’s 800m, where, in a blanket finish to the race, Sarah Healy (UCD AC) could only manage second place behind Alex O’Neill (Sligo AC) after a sprint to the line. The pair were given times of 2:04.53 and 2:04.57.

In the 100m on Sunday, with heats, semi-finals and the final all in one day, Bori Akinola (UCD AC) continued his recent winning streak with victory in 10.29 secs. Sean Aigboboh (Tallaght AC) finished second in 10.41, and recently crowned Irish decathlon champion Lorcan Murphy (DSD AC) third in 10.57. Irish record holder and four times champion Israel Olatunde (Tallaght AC), who has had injury problems, had won both his heat and semi-final but did not line out in the final. In the women’s 100m, Mollie O’Reilly (DSD AC) finished third in 11.60. A day earlier, Marcus Lawler (St LOT AC) had won the men’s 200m for a third time, with Darragh McConville (Dundrum South Dublin AC) second In the men’s 800m, where Mark English was winning his tenth title since 2011, Cian McPhillips (UCD AC) finished second in 1:49.26, while in the women’s 1500m, Niamh Carr (Dublin City Harriers) finished third in 4:15.08.

Runner-up in the men’s steeplechase was Jonas Stafford (UCD AC)

FIRST TITLE FOR DAPHNI

Taking a well-deserved first national title in the women’s triple jump was Daphni Doulaptsi Teeuwen (Raheny Shamrock) , with a personal best leap of 13.05. Teeuwen, who comes from Greece, was beating Saragh Buggy (St Abban’s AC) who hadn’t lost in the championships since 2016, into second place. A Raheny Shamrock double in the shot put saw Eric Favors winning his fourth title and Niamh Fogarty winning her first. Fogarty would go on to win her specialist discus on Sunday with a fine throw of 55.08 in the opening round. Anna Gavigan (LSA AC) was second. There was also a Dublin double in the discus when Eoin Sheridan (Clonliffe Harriers) won the men’s title for a third time. Sheridan was the only Dublin club athlete in the competition. On the track, another Dublin double came in the 400m hurdles where Cara Murphy (DSD AC) won the women’s title and Niall Carney (Clonliffe Harriers) proved best of the men. Both were winning their first ever titles.

STAFFORD A WINNER AT FINAL GRADED MEET OF THE SUMMER

Jonas Stafford (UCD. AC) was one of many athletes using the final Dublin Graded meeting of the season at Santry on Wednesday evening (July 30) as a final burn-out before the National Championships at the same venue three days later.

Stafford won the men’s A grade 1500m in some style in a time of 3:50.95. Coming from mid-pack to finish second was Andrew McGilton (Dundrum South Dublin AC) in 3:55.08 with Gavin Curtin (Donore Harriers) third in 3:56.03. In a UCD double Sadhbh Mohan won the women’s grade A 1500m in 4:42.21. Lisa Conlon (Dunleer AC) was second in 4:45.08 and Aine Gilhooly (Athlone AC) third in 4:48.67. Lochlann Hannon (DSD) and Mark Naylor (Liffey Valley) won the two grade C 1500m races. A packed grade D race was won by James Murphy (Clonliffe Harriers) with Adam Lawlor (Tallaght AC) second. Winning the women’s 100m final was Ruby Millett (St Abban’s AC) in 11.92 secs. Snatching victory on the line in the men’s100m final was Luke Timlin (Crusaders AC) in 10.63 secs. Chris Sibanda (Clonliffe Harriers) was second in 10.74.
In the field, performances of the night came from Anna Gavigan (LSA AC) who won the women’s discus with a final round throw of 51.18, and Rhianna McCarthy (UCD AC) best in the women’s long jump with a 5.44 leap.

INNER CITY 5KM WIN FOR AYOUB

Winner of the Inner City 5km in Dublin on Sunday was Essarghini Ayoub from Morocco in 15:15 secs. Anto Brady (Coolock RC) was second in 16:27. Zoe Quinn ( Raheny Shamrock, W45 ) was first woman in 19:14.

At the Carlingford 5km in Co Louth, on Friday evening (August 1). Ian Guiden (Clonliffe Harriers) finished second in 14:46 with Clonliffe Harriers third of the nineteen men’s teams entered. Maria Dolan (Raheny Shamrock AC) was first W55.

In Co Meath, Ciara Hickey (Brothers Pearse AC, W45) was first woman home at the annual Streets of Athboy 5km. Kate O’Neill (Metro St Brigid’s AC, W40) was third woman, Michael Wycherley (Crusaders AC) first M50, and Gerard Clerkin (Clonliffe Harriers) first M40. Brothers Pearse with Dee O’Keeffe and Sarah Hade, making up the scoring trio, won the women’s team category, with Brothers Pearse also the third placed men’s team. Civil Service Harriers and Cilles AC had also entered men’s teams.

DUBLIN ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Dublin Road Championships for 2025 races at 5km, 5 mile, 10 mile, half marathon and marathon will take place in conjunction with races over the same distance already organised for the Dublin area. These are three races in the Irish Life Dublin Race Series (Frank Duffy 10 mile, Dublin Half Marathon and Dublin Marathon), as well as the Lucan 5 mile and in the Rathfarnham 5km. Dublin Championships medals will go to seniors and masters in the usual individual and team categories for both men and women. Queries to Dick Hooper at onelifeoneclub@hotmail.com .

Dublin Graded Meeting 8 Timetable, Morton Stadium, 30 July 2025

peter.claffey@athleticsrathfarnham.ie (Peter Claffey) — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 09:36:51 GMT

Please see attached the programme for the eight Dublin Graded Meeting at Morton Stadium on 30 July 2025. Please note that the organisers reserve the right to move any events forward if the running of the programme allows it. Please check in on time when called on by the stadium announcer, so as not to miss your event.

Dublin Road Championships 2025 - 10 mile, 5 mile, 5k, Half Marathon and Marathon

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:19:19 GMT

The Dublin Road Championships 2025 races at 5k, 5 mile, 10 mile, Half Marathon and Marathon will be run with the same distance races in Dublin over August and September. These will take part in the Irish Life Dublin Race Series (Frank Duffy 10 mile, Half Marathon and Marathon), in the Lucan 5 mile and in the Rathfarnham 5k. Please enter these races in the normal way and the results will be used to determine the Dublin Results.

Dublin Championships Medals can be won by Senior Male and Female athletes and in the usual Masters Categories M/F35 to M/F65. Team medals can also be won at Senior, in M/F 35+ and M/F 50+ levels. In addition an M/F 65+ Team category will be up for grabs in the 5k. Please check the appropriate websites for the dates and times of these races. Queries to Dick Hooper at onelifeoneclub@hotmail.com.

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 22 - 27 July 2025

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:49:56 GMT

TRACK AND FIELD - AWAY - MORE SILVER FOR TUTHILL!

Nicola Tuthill of UCD AC added another medal to her growing collection when finishing second in the women’s hammer on Sunday, the final day of the World University Games in Bocum. Tuthill’s throw of 69.98 gave her a second silver medal in just nine days - just over a week earlier she had taken silver at the European U23 Games in Norway. She goes for her fourth national title at the Irish Track and Field Championships in Santry next weekend. Also at the World Student Games, Tuthill’s UCD clubmate Bori Akinola made the semi-finals of the men’s 100m, while in the 400m final, Jack Raftery (Donore Harriers/DCU) narrowly missed out on a medal with a time of 45.69 in the final.

In Luxembourg, at the CAS Meeting International on Saturday (July 26) , Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers), the reigning Irish 1500m champion, warmed up for next weekend’s Irish Championships, finishing fourth in a personal best time of 1:45.78 in the 800m. Jodie McCann (Dublin City Harriers) finished fifth in the women’s 1500m in 4:13.51.

In Watford, at the British Milers Club meet on Wednesday, U20 athlete Cormac Dixon (Tallaght AC,) ran a personal best time of 3:43.27 for sixth in the 1500m.

HISTORIC DOUBLE FOR DUNDRUM SOUTH DUBLIN!

For the first time in the club’s history, Dundrum South Dublin won both men and women’s premier division titles at an eventful and nerve-wracking National Track and Field final in Tullamore on Sunday (July 27). With defending women’s champions Leevale lacking a number of key athletes, the DSD women had the easier time of it knowing that victory was probably assured from about half way through the competition. Early in the day, the first winner for the club was Ciara Wilson Bowen in the walk followed swiftly by victory for the 4 x 100m relay team. Soon after came the women’s 1500m and in a battle between two very recent European U23 medal winners, DSD’s Eimear Maher got the better of Anika Thompson of Leevale who was running well below her favoured distance of 10,000m. Later Maher took further vital points for her club when winning the 800m. Other DSD wins came from Charlotte Bourke 400m, Kate Doherty 200m, Jennifer Hanrahan 100m, Louise King long jump and Rachel Dunne weight for distance. The team rounded out a dominating performance with victory in the 4x400m relay.

For the men, victory in the 4 x 400m, traditionally the final event of the day, put them on level pegging with thirteen times champions Clonliffe Harriers on 140 points. Only on count-back were the DSD men declared winners having notched up nine individual wins. It was a first win in the competition for the DSD men in the club’s forty year history. Winners were Daniel Conway in both the 110m and 400m hurdles, Aaron Donnelly steeplechase, Ciaran Carty 200m, Paul O’Donnell 5000m, Darragh McConville triple jump and Lorcan Murphy 100m. Second places for Murphy in the high jump, Willem Gueskins in the shot and Andrew Hayes in the 400m added further vital points. Clonliffe proved strong in the throws with victories for Eoin Sheridan in the shot and Simon Galligan in the hammer. There were also wins for Greg Hosseny in the walk and the 4 x 100m team. But it wasn’t enough for the thirteen times champions.

Of the other Dublin clubs in the premier division, Donore Harriers finished fifth of the men, with a fine win for John Travers in the 1500m the highlight. The Clonliffe Harriers women finished sixth , followed by Donore Harriers and Raheny Shamrock. In men’s division 1, Raheny Shamrock finished fifth and Crusaders AC sixth. More pictures are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720327857472/.

TRIPLE GOLD FOR CLONLIFFE’S MAGUIRE

For master athletes, it was a busy day at the All Ireland Masters’ Track and Field Championships in Tullamore on Saturday with many athletes competing in more than one event. One of the busiest was Edel Maguire of Clonliffe Harriers who picked up gold in three events — the 200m, the 400m and the high jump. Double winners for Dublin clubs included Lea Fulcher (Plant Based AC) in the M50 800m and 1500m, and in the sprints, Sinead O’Connor (Metro St Brigid’s AC) W40 100 and 200m; Adina Gheorghiu (Dundrum South Dublin) W50 100 and 200m, Dara Carr (LSA AC) W55 100m and 200m; Carol Kearney (Lucan Harriers) W60 200 and 400m, Shane Sheridan (Dundrum South Dublin) M65 100m and 200m; and Eileen O’Brien (Lucan Harriers) W70 400m and 800m. Winning the M75 100m was David Leech (Blackrock AC) , who was also second in the 200m.

Field eventers taking double gold included Clonliffe Harriers trio Redeem Ngadze (M45 shot and discus), Neil Allen (M50 shot and discus) and the legendary Francis Mansfield (W80 hammer and discus). In the pole vault winners for Clonliffe were many times former Irish senior champion David Donegan in the M45 age group and Andreaj Dmitrenko who won the M55 title. On the track, winning the M65 800m was Diarmuid Doyle. One of the closest races of the day was the M40 1500m where Niall Sherlock (Clonliffe Harriers) was the winner in 4:19.12 followed by Ronan Dunphy (Skerries) in 4:19.56. Earlier in the day, Sherlock, a former mountain running international, had finished second in the M40 800m behind Enda Cloake (Crusaders AC) with the pair timed at 2:05.91 and 2:11.19. Another winner for was Karen Conway in the W45 hammer. For Lusk AC, Colm Ó Donnchadha won the M45 weight for distance and was second in the hammer and discus. David Hubert (LSA AC) won the M45 high jump. Rathfarnham WSAF also had a few wins, with Caitriona Dowling winning the W35 800m and Sheelagh Jones and Louise Gaffney winning W65 and W35 3000m titles respectively. For Raheny Shamrock, Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock) won the W55 3000m, while for Liffey Valley, David Carroll took the M35 1500m title and was second in the 800m.

ROADS

Dublin club runners had a good day out at the Duleek 10km in Co Meath on Sunday (July 27) where Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) was third in 33:46 and Caroline Hynes (Balbriggan and District AC, W50) the second woman home, was leading Raheny to women’s team victory.

On Saturday, Arturo Pasos Suarez (Dublin Front Runners AC) was the winner at the Cork Pride 5km in a time of 16:40.

Master athlete Karol Cronin of Sportsworld AC was the first home in the annual St James’s Hospital Liberties 4-Mile Fun Run, based in Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin on Wednesday evening. Cronin finished in 21 mins 29 secs. Second and also second M40 was Kevin Donagher (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) in 22:06. Dee Lyons (Dublin Front Runners, W40) was first woman in 26:23. Over 800 completed the race.

Finally, on Tuesday (July 22), Robert Murphy (Donore Harriers, M40) was the winner of the Bear Races Parkwest Dublin Night Run 5km in a time of 15:39. In the 10km, Noreen Brouder (Sportsworld , W40) was first woman in 37:46.

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 16 - 20 July 2025

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:39:52 GMT

NORWAY JOY FOR DUBLIN CLUB ATHLETES

At the European U23 Track and field Championships in Bergen Norway over the weekend, Ireland took an impressive five medals, with two of them coming from Dublin club athletes. First up in the women’s hammer on the first and second days of competition was Nicola Tuthill of UCD AC, who finished second with a throw of 70.90 — a first ever medal for Ireland at this level in a field event. Then on the final day, Eimear Maher (Dundrum South Dublin) ran a fighting time of 4 mins 09.54 to take a bronze medal in the women’s 1500m. ‘I’m absolutely delighted. I knew I was in the best shape of my life and I had to keep the cool and do what I did,’ she said after her race.

Next stop for Tuthill is the World University Games in Bochum, Germany, where the hammer qualifying rounds take place on Saturday July 26. For Maher it’s a return to domestic competition with the National League final taking place in Tullamore on Sunday and her club DSD aiming to regain the title it lost last year to Leevale AC.

Meanwhile at the London Diamond League, on Saturday, Sarah Healy (UCD AC) moved into second on the all-time Irish list behind Ciara Mageean when finishing third in the women’s mile at with a time of 4mins 16 .26 secs. Healy’s previous best of 4:19.03 dated back to 2022. In an extraordinary race, led almost from the gun by eventual winner Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia, Healy kept her cool, picking her way through the field and then charging into third place with the line in sight.

In the women’s 200m, Rhasidat Adeleke (Tallaght AC) looked in better form as she chased for the line finishing fourth in a blanket finish with a time of 22.52 —not far off her best of 22.34 set in 2023.

In Belgium, Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished second with a time of 13:08.25 in the men’s 5000m at the KBC Night of Athletics in Heusden on Saturday (July 19). That times puts him top of the current Irish rankings and improves his chances of making it to the Tokyo World Championships in September. Jodie McCann (Dublin City Harriers) finished sixth in the women’s 1500m with a time of 4:12.98— not too far off the 4:08 B qualifying mark for Tokyo.

At the Meeting in Madrid, also on Saturday, Sophie Becker (Raheny Shamrock AC) clocked 52.12 secs for seventh in the B 400m while in the men’s shot, her Raheny clubmate Eric Favors finished fifth with a season’s best 20.09.

BEST OF TEN FOR FORMER IRISH BASKETBALL STAR

Former Irish basketball champion Lorcan Murphy ( Dundrum South Dublin AC) continued his meteoric rise in Irish athletics when winning the national men’s decathlon title in Carlow at the weekend. Competing in his first ever decathlon, which involves ten different disciplines, Murphy began the two long days of competition by winning the 100m with a personal best time of 10.27 secs. He then won the long jump with a 6.93 and was second in the shot put. When he followed that up with wins in both the high jump and 400m, he found himself with a comfortable lead after the opening day. On a more challenging day two, Murphy’s only win came in the javelin, but with second places in both the hurdles and 1500m, and a few valuable points in the discus, he had done enough to give him a remarkable victory with a total of 6305 points , which put him well clear of the opposition. Finishing second in a poorly-supported women’s competition was Murphy’s Dundrum South Dublin team mate, Louise King with 4100 points. In the men’s U18 Robbie Tallon (DSD) finished third, while in the women’s U18 contest, Zion Asasenaga Osawe (Donore Harriers) also finished third.

Winning the M35-49 pentathlon title was Patrick Curran (Tallaght AC) and on a good day for DSD AC, Peadar McGing finished third in the M65-69 category.

In the National 10,000m Championships, also taking place in Carlow in conjunction with the combined events championships and AI Games, Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) won the men’s title in 32:36.26, with Alexey Marchensko (Rathfarnham WSAF) third in 34:26.51. Just four athletes had signed up for the event. In the AI Games, Mollie O’Reilly (DSD AC) proved fastest over two rounds of women’s 100m heats with a time of 11.67 seconds. Sean Owens (Crusaders AC) clocked a wind-assisted 14.04 in the 110m hurdles and also ran 10.67 (+2.0m/s) in the men’s 100m. In other events, Fintan Kerins (Clonliffe Harriers) won a closely-fought men’s 1500m in 3:58.18, Margaret Hayden (Tallaght AC) won the women’s hammer with a 61.10m throw and Rhianna McCarthy (UCD AC) the women’s long jump with a 5.50m leap

MOSTLY MIDDLE DISTANCE AT SEVENTH GRADED MEETING

Races over 3000m and 800m featured at the seventh round of the Dublin Graded League in Lucan on Wednesday (July 16), with Annabel Morrison (Enniskillen RC) a clear winner of the women’s A 3000m race in 9:51.75. Sam O’Neill (Dunleer C) won the men’s A race in 9:16.29 . Lochlann Hannon (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was third in the men’s A race in 9:18.61. Theo Duffy (Raheny) Shamrock AC) won the B race in 9:33.83, Dermot Shiels (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) the C race in 10:01.59 and Ely Nolan (Marino AC) the D race in 9:37.96. Siobhan Nugent (Liffey Valley AC) won the women’s C race in 11:34.08 with Aoife Corr (Dublin City Harriers) leading them home in the D race with a time of 11:45.41. Over 800m, Saoirse Fitzgerald (Lucan Harriers) finishes third fastest overall from three grade A races third in 2:09.63. Alannah Cooley (Clonliffe Harriers) was first in the single B race in 2:21.17, with Elaine Kennedy (Sportsworld) a close second in 2:21.96. Eilis Tomney (Lucan Harriers) the D race in 2:34.05. In the men’s A 800m races, Conrad Latham of Raheny Shamrock won the first heat in 1:52.40. while winning a chase to the line in the first of two B grade races was Charlie Gunawardhana, also from Raheny Shamrock, in a time of 1:59.60. Damien Prendergast (Clonliffe Harriers) won the C race in 2:05.65, while Richard Finegan (Liffey Valley) proved quickest overall with a time of 2:09.67 in grade D with three races held. Rory Cousins (DSD AC) was second fastest in 2:10.00 and Ryan Rafter (Lucan Harriers),third fastest in 2:10.99. In the shot, Isabel Mullarney (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) , throwing 8.79m, won the women’s competition. Star of the men’s competition was Irish U19 champion Theo Hanlon (Suncroft AC), who with the lighter 6kg shot, managed a personal best and Irish Under 20 record of 18.04m.

In the opening event of the evening, and Irish W50 team set a women’s 4x800m world record of 10:02.78.

10 -MILE TITLE FOR RYAN

Meghan Ryan (Dundrum South Dublin AC) took the National 10-Mile title when winning the Irish Runner 10-Mile road race in Dublin’s Phoenix Park on Sunday (July 20). Ryan, also the winner in 2023, finished in 57:57. Best of the Dublin men was Kane Collins (Donore Harriers) who finished a close fourth place in 51:10. In the team competition, DSD won both men and women’s senior titles. In the men’s competition, they finished clear of Donore Harriers and Raheny Shamrock.

The women’s team was followed home by Galway City Harriers and Donore Harriers. Donore won the M35 team category ahead of DSD and Raheny Shamrock AC, while Brothers Pearse AC finished second of the W35 teams and Metro St Brigid’s won the men’s over 50 age category. Individual Dublin winners in the age categories were Tom Cuddy (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M65 and Ronan Ward (Civil Service Harriers) M70. A total of 1,817 completed the race.

WINS FOR KANE AND KEARNS

Matt Kane (Google/Rathfarnham WSAF AC) battled it out all the way to the line to win the Dublin City Council BHAA 5km in Irishtown, Dublin on Thursday evening (July 18). Kane finished in 55 mins 55 secs. Sean Doran (Harrier Products/Clonliffe Harriers) was second in 16:01 and Adrian Jones (ESB/Raheny Shamrock AC) third in 16:48. First woman was Maura Kearns (Teachers/Donore Harriers) in 19:08. Ciara Regan (Crusaders AC) in 19:25 was second and Gemma Treacy (St Vincent’s Hospital/Civil Service Harriers) third in 20:59.

Sean Doran currently tops the Grade A table for the BHAA Summer League, followed by Mick Quirke and Shane O’Reilly. The best six results from nine races count and Derek O’Brien tops the B grade table ahead of Nathan Pearce and Declan Horgan. Grade C remains wide open, with David O’Mahoney the current leader; likewise grade D led by Tos Moran. Fiona Byrne, Linda Finnegan and Brid Ryan are battling it out at the top of the women’s grade A table, while Mary McDermott leads in the B grade.

Among the new — and younger ! —teams in action were St Vincent’s Hospital Group and Bank of America.

Next race is the SDCC 5km in Firhouse on July 31 (7.30pm). Newcomers welcome!

MOUNTAIN RUNNING

At the annual International Snowdon Race held in Llanberis, Wales, on Saturday (July 19) Killian Mooney (Dundrum South Dublin AC) finished twelfth, completing the 13.35km course with a savage uphill and down climb in 74 mins 22 secs. The Irish men finished seventh of the teams. Sean Meehan (Cherry Orchard RC) finished third in a time of 14 hrs 22 mins 43 secs at the 137km Wicklow Way Race from Clonegal to Marlay Park which started on Friday evening. A total of 76 from 102 starters completed the race.

Dublin Graded Meeting 7 Timetable, Lucan track, 16 July 2025

peter.claffey@athleticsrathfarnham.ie (Peter Claffey) — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:31:40 GMT

Please see attached the programme for the seventh Dublin Graded Meeting on Lucan track on 16 July 2025. Please note that the organisers reserve the right to move any events forward if the running of the programme allows it. Please check in on time when called on by the stadium announcer, so as not to miss your event.

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 10 - 13 July 2025

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 12:54:54 GMT

HOT TIMES AT SANTRY AND CORK MEETS

Highlight of the Morton Games at Santry on a balmy Friday evening (July 11) in Dublin was the Morton Mile, where thirteen of the fourteen finishers broke four minutes. Of those, six were Irish —and two from Dublin — with Andrew Coscoran (Star of the Sea AC) making his move with about 150 metres to go and holding off the challenge of the 2024 winner Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers) in the chase for the line. The pair finished in times of 3:51.12 and 3:51.26.

Irish 5000m record holder Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock) finished fifth in 3:52.98, not far off his best of 3:52.41. In the men’s 800m won in a meet record time of 1:44.19 by Cian McPhillips (Longford AC), Louis O’Loughlin (Donore Harriers) finished fifth in a personal best 1:47.01 which improved on his time of 1:47.36 set at the Cork City Sports two days earlier. Efrem Gidey (Clonliffe Harriers), racing below his preferred 10,000m distnace, finished fifth in the men’s 5000m in 13:25.21, less than two seconds off his personal best. Best of the Irish in the women’s 1500m was Eimear Maher (Dundrum South Dublin) who finished ninth in a personal best 4:08.67. Winning the men’s 100m in a wind-assisted time of 10.20 secs was Israel Olatunde (Tallaght AC), while second in the men’s shot was national champion Eric Favors (Raheny Shamrock) with a best effort of 19.75.

Two days earlier, Nicola Tuthill (UCD AC), produced another throw over 70 metres when winning the hammer at the Cork City Sports, held at the MTU on Wednesday with a 70.65 metres effort. In the mile, 19-year-old Lughaidh (Mallon (UCD AC) broke the four minute barrier for the first time when finishing third in 3:56.09. Philip Marron (DCH AC) finished ninth in 3:57.88 and Ronan McMahon-Staggs (DCH) 11th in 3:58.64. Other good results from Dublin club athletes came in the men’s 3000m, where Cathal Doyle was third in 1:46.26 and Louis O’Loughlin ninth.In the men’s 100m, Israel Olatunde (Tallaght AC) finished second in 10.36, while over 200m. Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers) clocked 20.73 for fourth. Lorcan Murphy (DSD) was equal second in the high jump with a personal best 2.05m and Eric Favors second in the shot put with 19.81m.

FAST TIME FOR CARTHY

Ciarán Carthy (Dundrum South Dublin) improved his best to 46.35 secs when finishing eighth overall in the 400m at an international meet in Kortrijk, Belgium on Saturday. At the BMC Grand Prix 2025 in Watford also on Saturday, Clonliffe junior athlete Sean Cronin clocked a time of 3:43.87 for ninth in the B 1500m race.

A large number of Dublin sprinters were in London for the second Startford Speed meet on Sunday, which included a massive twenty-four men’s 100m heats as part of the packed programme. Winds were tricky, so in the opening round, Bori Akinola (UCD AC) wa helped by a +2.5 wind to a time of 10.17 when winning his heat. In the second round and with a legal wind reading, he ran 10.29. Finishing fourth behind Akinola in his first round heat in 10.54 was Michael Farrelly (Raheny Shamrock). In the second round, with no wind assistance Farrelly won his heat in 10.52. Other Dublin athletes running the 100m included Joseph Ojewumi (Tallaght AC) with times of 10.89 and 10.9 and Aisling Kelly (UCD AC) with times of 11.69 and 11.68. In the women’s 400m, Michele Duggan (UCD AC) was second in her 400m heat in 53.92 and won her 200m heat in a personal best 24.05.

Finally at the Meeting Lignano in Italy on Sunday, Sean Donoghue and Ronan McMahonStagges, both from Dublin City Harriers, finished ?? And ?? In the men’s 1500m in times of ?? And ??

ROADS: LARGE TURN-OUT FOR FINGAL 10KM

Almost 3,000 lined out for the Irish Life Fingal 10km in Swords, Co Dublin on Sunday (July 13), where Michael Brady (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished third in 30 mins 55 secs. Race winner was Tadgh Donnelly (Drogheda and District A) in 29 mins 48 secs. First woman was the ageless Ann-Marie McGlynn (Strabane AC, W45) in 34:15. In the men’s age categories, Philip O’Doherty (Clonliffe Harriers) was first M65, Colm McNally (Lusk AC) second M55 and Charnie Purewal third in that category, and Brian O’Reilly (Clonliffe Harriers) third M50. Of the women, Grace Kennedy (Donore Harriers) was first W40 ahead of Fiona Stack (Raheny Shamrock) and Olivia Sexton (Portmarnock AC). Sinead Tighe (Brothers Pearse) was first W50, and Mary Harte (Portmarnock AC) second W45.

In Co Offaly, Paul O’Donnell (Dundrum South Dublin) made a welcome return to racing when winning the Frank Kilrane Edenderry 10-Mile in 52 mins 39 secs. DSD took three of the top four places with Eanna Ó Bradaigh second in 53:14 and Gavin Callery fourth in 55:27.

Waterford raider David McCarthy (West Waterford AC) was the winner of the Docklands 5km, organised by Crusaders AC, in Dublin on Thursday evening (July 10) in a time of 14 mins 34 secs. Behind him came Aaron Donnelly (Dundrum South Dublin AC) in 14:38 and Sean O’Leary (Clonliffe Harriers) in 14:53. Mary Mulhare (Portlaoise AC) was first woman in 16:47 ahead of Sorcha McAllister (Dublin City Harriers) in16:55. DCH was the winning women’s team ahead of Sportsworld and Raheny Shamrock AC. Clonliffe Harriers proved best of the men’s team beating DSD and Raheny Shamrock.

CONROY, BRADY WIN AT RAHENY 2-MILE SERIES

Mountain running specialist Ian Conroy (M40) was the winner at the sixth round of the Lord Mayor of Raheny 2-Mile series on Tuesday evening (July 8) in 10 mins 53 secs. Ciara Brady made it six in a row when finishing seventh and first woman in 11.59. Seven rounds of the series remain and newcomers are welcome any Tuesday evening until August 27.

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 2 - 6 July 2025

Sun, 06 Jul 2025 18:52:40 GMT

ANOTHER GOOD TIME FOR HEALY - AND A WIN FOR COMERFORD

Sarah Healy (UCD AC) produced another encouraging performance at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League round in Eugene Oregon on Saturday (July 5) , although her time of 3:57.21 in the 1500m - just off her lifetime best of 3:57.15 set last month - saw her finish only seventh in the race. Winner was the Olympic and world champion Faith Kipyegon of Kenya who smashed her own world record when crossing the line in 3:48.68. In the women’s 400m, held in breezy unfavourable conditions, Rhasidat Adeleke (Tallaght AC) finished fourth in 51.33secs — well off her best. Race winner was the American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in time of 49.43. Adeleke will hope for better when she runs in Monaco next Friday (July 11). Dublin did have a winner at the meet when Orla Comerford (Raheny Shamrock AC) sprinted home for victory in the women’s Paralympic 100m with a time of 12.14.

DUNDRUM ON THE DOUBLE AT TRACK LEAGUE QUALIFIER

Dundrum South Dublin AC topped the points table for both men and women at the National Track and field preliminary round held in Tullamore on Sunday (July 6). In the women’s competition, individual winners for DSD were Ciara Wilson Bowen walk, Charlotte Burke 400m, Mollie O’Reilly 200m and Aobh Forde 100m. Picking up valuable points in the long jump, 100m hurdles and high jump was Louise King. In the men’s competition, ex-Irish basketball international Lorcan Murphy won both the 100m and high jump. Murphy was also sixth in the javelin and helped the 4x100m relay team to victory. Other winners were Emmet Jennings 5000m, Jamie Byrne 1500m , Ciaran Carthy 400m and the 4x400m relay team.

Overall, the DSD women, who lost out to Leevale AC in last year’s league final, finished comfortably clear of the opposition. Also qualifying for the league final were teams from Clonliffe Harriers, Donore Harriers and Raheny Shamrock AC. In the men’s contest, the DSD men finished ahead of defending champions Clonliffe Harriers, who have won the title a record thirteen times. Also making the top eight was Donore Harriers. The league final takes place on Sunday July 27 in Tullamore when all the qualifying teams will put out their best possible selections.

A day earlier, Tullamore was also the venue for theAll Ireland U20 and U23 Track and Field championships, with a number of strong performances from Dublin athletes. In the Under 20 age group, Dubem Amah (Tallaght AC) won the men’s 200m in 21.49, with Luke Timlin (Crusaders) second in 21.56. Cormac Dixon (Tallaght AC) won a tactical men’s 1500m race in 3:59.85, followed by Lorcan Benjacar (Clonliffe Harriers) third in 4:02.34, while Sean Cronin (Clonliffe Harriers) won the 800m in 1:56.82. Megan Comiskey (Clonliffe Harriers) proved the class of the women’s discus competition firing otu a throw of 44.89 for victory. Earlier in the day, Comiskey had finished second in the hammer with a 43.47 effort.

Highlight of the U23 competition from a Dublin perspective was a clean sweep in the men’s 100m, where Sean Aigboboh (Tallaght AC) the winner in a time of 10.85 secs despite battling a strong headwind. Craig Duffy (Clonliffe Harriers) was second in 10.93 and Emmanuel Akinrolie (Titans AC) third in 11.00.

Later in the afternoon, in calmer conditions, Akinrolie won the 200m in 21.50 with Darragh Murphy (UCD AC) second in 21.53, while Aobh Forde (Dundrum South Dublin AC) won the women’s 200m in 25.66. Over 400m, Kate O’Connell (Lucan Harriers) timed her effort to perfection to storm home for victory with a time of 55.00. Pick of the longer distance races was a championship record of 4:22.80 for winner Eimear Maher (Dundrum South Dublin AC),while in the women’s discus, Anna Gavigan (LSA AC) improved the championships record to 54.24 on her way to victory. Dublin athletes dominated a closely-fought men’s javelin contest, with Euan Canniffe the winner ahead of his Clonliffe Harriers clubmate Hubert Adamczyk, with the pair throwing 49.44 and 49.06 respectively. In another Dublin clean sweep, Hugh Kelly (UCD AC) was third with a 48.28 effort.

Ó BRADAIGH WINS IN CLONTARF

Eanna Ó Bradaigh (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was the winner of the Nora Arthur 5km in St Anne’s Park, Clontarf, on Sunday (July 6) in 15:32. First woman was Irene Gorman (Crusaders AC) in 19:26.

A day earlier, on Saturday, Raheny Shamrock athletes took the first two places at the Clontarf Half Marathon with Cian Charlton the winner in 79:02 and Anthony Eames second and first M40 in 79:23.

In the allied 5-mile run, with over 1,200 finishers, the winners were Fearghal O’Hare (Crusaders AC) in 26:54 and Rachel McFadden (Clonliffe Harriers) in 32:02.

Out in force at the B-5 Bettystown 5km in Co Meath on Friday evening was Balbriggan and District AC, with the north Dublin club finishing second in both the men and women’s team competitions. Other Dublin athletes picking up prizes included Anthony Doran of Clonliffe Harriers fourth overall and second M40, in 16:47; Peter Gaffney (Donore Harriers) first and Charni Purewal (Balbriggan and District AC) second M55 and Terence Neary (Clonliffe Harriers) first M60.

At the 20th Mick Murphy Memorial 5km, held in Ferns, Co Wexford, Peter Arthur (Liffey Valley AC) finished third and first M40. Among the other Dublin runners who had headed to Co Wexford for this popular club-organised race were Paul Tester (Brothers Pearse AC) second M60, John McCabe (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) sixth M60 and Paul O’Brien (Sportsworld) fourth M40.

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 25 - 29 June 2025

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:33:00 GMT

TRACK

Despite missing some key team members, the Irish team finished fifth of 16 nations in the division 2 section of the European Athletics Team Championships held in Maribor, Slovenia on Saturday and Sunday. Sarah Lavin in the women’s 100m hurdles was Ireland’s only winner in the competition, although Sharlene Mawdsley ran a season’s best 50.93 for a fighting third overall in the women’s 400m. Other encouraging performances came from Cian McPhillips (UCD AC) third in the 800m in 1:46.37 and Nicola Tuthill (also UCD AC) who was third in the women’s hammer thanks to a fourth round effort of 70.80m. Improving his personal best to 44.98 secs and finishing less than half a second off the lead in the 400m for fourth place overall was Jack Rafferty (Donore Harriers). That time makes Rafferty only the second Irishman after Irish record holder David Gillick to break the 45-second barrier for 400m distance. In the 5000m, Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished second in 13:56.07, while fifth in the shot was Fay’s Raheny clubmate Eric Favors (Raheny Shamrock AC) with a 19.42 effort. Men’s team captain Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers AC) was sixth in the men’s 200m, while women’s team captain Niamh Fogarty (Raheny Shamrock AC) not only finished fifth in her specialist discus with a throw of 52.20, but also produced a lifetime best of 14.29 m for seventh place in women’s shot put. In the long jump, Elizabeth Ndudi (Dundrum South Dublin) finished fourth with a leap of 6.26m. The meet concluded with the mixed 4 x400m relay, where the team which included Rafferty clock a time of 3:14.81, for second place in their heat which was enough for fourth overall.

A day earlier, an all-Dublin club men’s 4x100m team of Michael Farrelly (Raheny Shamrock AC), Israel Olatunde (Tallaght AC), Sean Aigboboh (Tallaght AC )and Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers) won their heat with a new Irish record time of 38.88. That was enough for second overall behind Norway who were just two-hundredths of a second faster in 38.86.

Winners in Maribor were the Belgians, followed by Slovenia, Norway,Turkey and Ireland.

At the Irish Milers Club Crusaders meet in Santry on Saturday, Eimear Maher won the 800m in 2:04.38, with her Dundrum South Dublin team mate Amy O’Donoghue first home in the 1500m in 4:14.58. In the men’s 1500m , Philip Marron (Dublin City Harriers) finished second in 3:44.65, with Cathal O’Reilly (Kilkenny City Harriers) the winner in 3:44.65. Junior athlete Sean Cronin (Clonliffe Harriers) was third in 3:44.65

California-based Ailish Hawkins (Dublin City Harriers) won a closely fought women’s A 1500m at the sixth Dublin Graded Track and Field League round in Santry on Wednesday evening (June 25). Hawkins, whose mother Nessa Noone was a prominent Dublin club athlete in her day, was chased hard all the way by masters athlete Fiona Gettings of Longford AC only sprinting clear in the finishing straight to win in 4:55.01. Gettings finished in 4:36.33, with Maria McCambridge (Dundrum South Dublin AC, W45) third in 4:47.16. Winning the men’s A 1500m in 4:02.80 was a delighted Andrew McGilton (Dundrum South Dublin AC). Brian Kelly (St Abban’s AC) was second in 4:05.32. In the 400m races, Sean Harding (Shercock AC) had an impressive victory with a time of 48.55 secs in the men’s A race. Andrew Hayes (Dundrum South Dublin) finished second in 49.12. Winning the B race in 51.84 was Jack Byrne (Crusaders AC). Aisling Cunningham (Dundrum South Dublin AC) won the women’s A 400m in 60.21. In the D race, Crusaders athlete Eva Griffin was the winner in 61.14 which was the second fastest time of the day. Multi-eventer Lara O’Byrne (Donore Harriers) who is training for the All Ireland Combined Events Championships in a fortnight’s time, won the shot with a best of 10.27m and was fourth in the javelin with 29.45. Mia Primke (Clonliffe Harriers) finished second in the javelin behind Isobel Kearns (Naas AC) who threw 39.16. Best in the hammer was Margaret Hayden (Tallaght AC) with a heave of 59.83m. Winning the men’s shot with a throw of 12.22 was Redeem Ngadzech (Clonliffe Harriers, M45), who has resumed his athletics career after a thirty-year break! First M50 was Niall Allen (Clonliffe Harriers) with a throw of 12.02 while third overall was junior athlete Harry Moylan (Crusaders) with an 11.48 effort. The full result elsewhere on this page at http://pastresults.dublinathletics.com/graded25-6/menu.html. More pics from Dublin Graded Meet 6 at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720327133083/

ROAD

In Dublin’s Phoenix Park on Sunday Morning (June 29) , Emmett Jennings (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was the winner of the Irish Runner 5-Mile Challenge, in a time of 24 mins 9 secs. Kane Collins (Donore Harriers) was second in 24:25 and Jamie Byrne (Dundrum South Dublin, MJ) third in 24:42. Meghan Ryan (Dundrum South Dublin) finished third woman in 27:58, with Dundrum South Dublin winning both and and women’s senior team titles. In the men’s competition, Raheny Shamrock were just eight seconds behind for second place, followed by Mullingar Harriers third, Donore Harriers fourth and Liffey Valley fifth. DSD had a more comfortable victory in the women’s competition where Galway City Harriers were second and Raheny Shamrock third. In a mirror image of the men’s competition, Donore were fourth and Liffey Valley fifth. Dublin clubs dominated the men’s over 35 team competition, with Brothers Pearse, led by Kieran Regan in 12th place, the winners, ahead of Donore Harriers, and Clonliffe Harriers, with Rathfarnham WSAF fourth. Donore, led by Aedin Corr, won the W35 team prize. Mullingar Harriers were second, Brothers Pearse third and Liffey Valley fourth.

In the over 50 team competition. Inishowen beat Raheny Shamrock for the title, with Tuam AC third and Donore Harriers fourth. Mullingar Harriers proved best of the over 50 women. Raheny Shamrock were second and Celbridge third.

Dublin winners of age group prizes were Aedin Corr (Donoree Harriers) W35, Grace Kennedy (Donore Harries) W40, Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock) W55, Sheelagh Jones (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) W65, Cillian O’Leary (Raheny Shamrock AC) M45, Tom Cuddy (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M65 and Vincent O’Neill (Civil Service Harriers) M70. Eva Casey (Tallaght AC) was first junior woman.

Dublin-based Hugh Armstrong (Ballina AC) proved the class the fields at the Roscommon 10-Mile on Saturday (June 28), winning in a time go 49:28. Armstrong was followed home by Dundrum South Dublin pair Killian Mooney 52:53 and Eanna O Bradaigh in 53.04.

At the Kilcock 5km in Co Kildare on Friday (June 27) Faye Dervan (DCH), third 16:25, was leading Dublin City Harriers to team victory ahead of Clane AC, with Raheny Shamrock, led by Fiona Roche in seventh place, third. Clonliffe Harriers had travelled to the race in force and were rewarded with victory in the men’s team race with Colm Rooney leading the team home in eighth place. Donore Harriers, led but Ian Fitzgerald, were second.

Dublin Graded Meeting 6 Timetable, Morton Stadium, 25 June 2025

peter.claffey@athleticsrathfarnham.ie (Peter Claffey) — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 08:46:13 GMT

Please see attached the programme for the sixth Dublin Graded Meeting in Morton Stadium, Santry on 25 June 2025. Please note that the organisers reserve the right to move any events forward if the running of the programme allows it. Please check in on time when called on by the stadium announcer, so as not to miss your event.

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 18 - 22 June 2025

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:30:51 GMT

TRACK AND FIELD - HOME

ANOTHER FAST TIME FOR SARAH HEALY

Sarah Healy (UCD AC) moved into second place on the all-time Irish rankings when clocking a personal best time of 3:57.15 for a fighting second place in the 1500m at the Paris Diamond League meet on Friday (June 20). Race winner was behind Kenya’s Nelly Chepchirchir. Ciara Mageean with a time of 3:55.87 from 2023 tops the rankings. In the men’s 800m, Mark English (Finn Valley AC) finished sixth in 1:43.98 - his second sub 1:44 time.

SPRINTERS SHARPEN UP

With the European Athletics team championships next weekend, Irish athletes were sharpening up at meets all over Europe over the past week. On Sunday, at the Stratford Open Speed Meet in London, Bori Akinola (UCD AC) , a member of the 4 x100m squad, smashed his previous best time for 100m when winning his heat in 10.10 secs. Although that was the fastest Irish time ever, Akinola was helped by a following +2.9 wind, with +2 the limit for a legal time. Almost all the Irish at the meet benefited from the wind. Mollie O’Reilly (Dundrum South Dublin AC) won her first round 100m heat (one of 16) in 11.68 secs with a +2.3 following wind. She clocked 11.75 in her second attempt later in the afternoon when the wind had died down to +0.9. Aisling Kelly (UCD AC) won her heat in the second round in 11.53 (+3.2 wind) after finishing second earlier on in 11.73 (+2.4 wind). Others in action included Nkemjika Onwumereh (Metro St Brigid’s AC) 10.59 (+3.2), and Alamin Balkole (Fingallians AC) 10.60 (also +3.2).

IRISH RELAY TEAM SMASH 25 YEAR OLD RECORD

Irish sprinters were out in force at Alteticageneve EAP, Switzerland on Saturday (June 21) and the reward was a new Irish men’s record of 38.92 secs for second place in the 4 x 100m relay. Making up the team were Dublin club athletes Michael Farrelly (Raheny Shamrock), Bori Akinola (UCD AC), Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers) and Israel Olatunde (Tallaght AC). The previous record of 39.26 set was set at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. In the men’ individual 100m, Olatunde won his heat in 10.23 and made it through to the final, where he finished eighth in 10.30. Akinola finished 11th overall in a personal best 10.25, Farrelly 21st in 10.44 and Aigboboh 28th in 10.63. In the women’s 100m heats, Aisling Kelly (UCD AC) finished fourth in 11.75, while in the men’s 200m, Marcus Lawler finished tenth overall in 20.63.

Over the longer distances, Sean Cronin (Clonliffe Harriers) was third in 3:45.06 in the B 1500 race at the BMC Loughborough meet on Sunday (June 22). England-based Ella Fennelly (Dundrum South Dublin AC) won the women’s A 3000m in a personal best time of 9:17.87. Earlier in the week, at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Helsinki, Finland on Tuesday (June 17), Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers) finished fourth in the 1500m in 3:35.00 — slower than the personal best 3:32.15 he had run in Rome eleven days earlier. On Friday July 11, Doyle will defend his Morton Mile title at the annual Morton Games in Santry stadium, for which tickets are now available.

GOOD LUCK IRELAND!

Ireland’s squad of forty-six athletes faces teams from fifteen other countries at the European Team Championships Second Division in Maribor, Slovenia on June 28/19, with Sarah Lavin the only big name selected. Dublin club members selected are Cian McPhillips (UCD AC) 800m, Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock AC) 5000m, Eric Favors (Raheny Shamrock AC) shot, and Eoin Sheridan (Clonliffe Harriers) discus of the men, and Sophie Becker (Raheny Shamrock AC) 400m, Elizabeth Ndudi (DSD AC), long jump, Niamh Fogarty (Raheny Shamrock AC) discus, Grace Casey (Clonliffe Harriers) javelin, and hammer thrower Nicola Tuthill (UCD AC) of the women. Selected for the 4x100m relay sqaud are Michael Farrelly (Raheny Shamrock), Israel Olatunde (Tallaght AC), Sean Aigboboh (Tallaght AC), Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers), and Bori Akinola (UCD AC). Ciaran Carthy (DSD AC) makes his debut on the mixed 4 x 400m squad.

UCD ATHLETICS MEET

Performance of the day at the UCD Athletics Meet in Belfield on Wednesday (June 18) came from Jack Raftery (Donore Harriers) whose winning time of 45.75 was a personal best. Australian visitor Hamish Donohue won the A grade men’s 800m in 1:48.68, with Finn Woodger (MSB AC) third in 1:49.22. In the women’s 800m in 2:05.94 Niamh Carr (DCH) was third in 2:09.82. Fastest in the women’s 100m was Mollie O’Reilly (DSDAC) in11.67, with Aisling Kelly (UCD AC) second in 11.70. Bori Akinola (UCD AC) won his heat of the 100m in 10.35, followed by Sean Aigboboh (Tallaght ) in 10.42. Lorcan Murphy (DSD) the former Irish basketball international player turned multi-eventer, finished third in a personal best 10.46 which was also a club record. In the final later on, Akinola was again the winner in 10.27 followed by Aigboboh in 10.39 but unfortunately they were helped by a +2.1 following wind. Finishing second in the women’s long jump was Daphni Doulaptsi Teeuwen (Raheny Shamrock) with a best of 5.44m. Concluding the main programme were the 1500m races, and in the women’s A race, Leia Ryan (MSB) finished second in 4:25.84 and Ellie Hartnett (UCD AC) third in 4:25.89 .Winning the men’s A race was Wolfgang Cotra Nemess from Australia in 3:50.80. In the pre-programme, Kate O’Connell (Lucan Harriers) won a 200m heat in 24.09, followed by Kate Doherty (DSD AC) in 24.37. Oisin McCorry (Raheny Shamrock) won the men’s 400m hurdles in 56.70. Winning the men’s 3000m in 8:13.86 was Jonas Stafford (UCD).

ROADS

Road race of the week was the Michael Manning 10km in Dunshaughlin, Co Meath, where David McGlynn (West Waterford AC) raced away from Tadhg Donnelly (Drogheda and District AC) for victory in 29 mins 30 secs. First Dublin athlete was Ian Guiden (Clonliffe Harriers) who finished seventh in 30:48. Eanna Moynihan Ó Bradaigh (DSD) finished tenth in 31:34 and Tomas Fitzpatrick (Tallaght AC) 13th and second M50 in 31:34. First woman was Dublin-based Íde Nic Dhomhnaill (West Limerick AC, W40) in 33:16. Alex Murphy (UCD AC) was third in 35:26, while finishing fourth and fifth were DCH pair Faye Dervan in 35:54 and Cliona Murphy in 35:54. Sixth and first W45 was Noreen Brouder (Sportsworld AC) in 36.25. Other age group winners from Dublin clubs were Cillian O’Leary (Raheny ShamrockAC) M45, Colm Murray (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M55 and Gerry Boyle (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M65 of the men and Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock AC) W55 and Catherine Brogan (Portmarnock AC) W50 of the women.

Winning the Peugeot Series team prize for mixed teams was Dundrum South Dublin AC. A total of nineteen teams had entered, with Civil Service Harriers fourth and Clonliffe Harriers fifth. Sportsworld proved best of the 42 women’s teams entered,while . Raheny Shamrock was second, DSD third and Clonliffe Harriers fourth of the astouening 62 men’s teams entered.

Dublin Clubs Roundup , 10 - 15 June 2025

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 11:19:06 GMT

TRACK AND FIELD ABROAD

Rhasidat Adeleke (Tallaght AC) began her build-up to September’s World Championships by lining out in two Diamond League 400m races. First up was theBislett Games In Oslo, Norway, on Thursday where she finished fourth in her first individual outdoor 400m of the season with a time of 50.42. Four days later, on Sunday, at the Stockholm Diamond League meet in Sweden, she finished sixth in the 400m, with a marginally slower time of 50.48. Winning both races was newcomer Isabella Whittaker from the USA. The Diamond League now takes a break until the Meeting Herculis on Friday, July 11, again with the women’s 400m part of the programme.

Closer to home, Efrem Gidey (Clonliffe Harriers), in his first race since winning the European 10,000m Cup three weeks ago, was competing in the UK Athletics British 10,000m Championships in Birmingham. He finished second in 28:09.36 - well off the 27:40.47 he ran to clinch the European title.

TRACK AND FIELD - HOME

Despite monsoon-like conditions as the day progressed, the full programme was completed at the fifth Dublin Graded Track and Field meet held at the DSD Track on Tibradden Road on Sunday (June 15). First up and escaping the rain were the 3000m runners, with Kevin Byrne (Newbridge AC) winning the men’s A race in 8:59.67 and Aine O’Connor (Ratoath AC) best of the women with a time of 10:22.33. Winning the men’s B race was Ronan Dunphy (Skerries AC). In the 200m series of races, the women also escaped a drenching. Mollie O’Reilly of host club DSD was a clear winner of the women’s A race in 23.45 secs, with her clubmate Aodh Forde winning the B race in 25.70. Not so lucky were the men, although Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers) clocked a solid time of 21.13 secs when winning the fastest of the three men’s A races.

Over 800m, Sean Healy (DSD) finished third in the A race in 1:55.83 while Conrad Latham (Raheny Shamrock) won the men’s B race. Robyn Carey (Lusk AC) was second in the women’s A race in 2:15.50. All the 800m athletes got a thorough soaking, as did the high jumpers, although before the deluge had everyone running for cover, former Irish basketball international Lorcan Murphy (DSD AC) managed to soar over 1.90m. Murphy was a high jumper in his pre-basketball days and is training for his first decathlon next month. More pictures are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720326878099 .

*Morton Stadium is the venue for the sixth Dublin Graded Meet on Wednesday June 25 (7pm). In the meantime, the UCD Games take place next Wednesday evening (June 18) in Belfield. Main programme from 5pm; pre-programme from 3pm. See UCD Athletics on Facebook for full timetable.

A number of Dublin athletes travelled to Belfast for the Lagan Valley AC/British Milers open meet at the Mary Peters Track on Saturday (June 14) and winning the women’s 1500m in PB 4:13.33 was Eimear Maher (Dundrum South Dublin AC). Not too far behind was Niamh Kearney (Raheny Shamrock) who finished third in 4:127.89. In the men’s A 3000ms, Shane Spring (Raheny Shamrock) finished fourth in 8:11.80, while in the B race, junior athlete Charlie O’Neill (Donore Harriers, M17) was second in 8:32.69. Finishing third in the men’s mile in 4:00.44 was Phillip Marron (Dublin City Harriers). Louie Woodger (Metro St Brigid’s) won the B mile in 4:08.41.

TRACK AND FIELD - AWAY

Among the Dublin athletes racing abroad on Saturday were Louis O’Loughlin (Donore Harriers) fourth in the mens 800m in 1:48.89 in Nivelles, Belgium. In Malta, Lee Byrne (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) who was second in the men’s 800m in 1:58.13. Winning the Para 100m in Oslo on Thursday was Orla Comerford (Raheny Shamrock AC ) in a personal best 11.87 secs.

On Wednesday (June 11) Nicola Tuthill (UCD AC) improved on her own Irish U23 hammer record with a throw of 71.71 at the Motornet GP in Lahti Finland. Tuthill finished third in the competition with local athlete Krista Tervo the winner with a PB 77.14. The throw is just 1.50m off Eileen O’Keefe’e Irish record of 73.21m. Sarah Healy (UCD AC) lined out in a mixed 800m at the BMC Gold Standard meet in Trafford on Tuesday (June 19) and was rewarded with a time of 2:00.87 - one-hundredth of a second off her personal best of 2:00.86 set two years ago.

In France, at the Meeting de Montreuil, also on Tuesday, Jodie McCann (Dublin City Harriers) finished sixth in the 1500m with a time of 4:09.95. At the Kladno meet in Czechia Sophie Becker (Raheny Shamrock AC) won the 400m in a time of 51.83 secs. In the men’s 800m, Louis O’Loughlin (Donore Harriers) finished sixth in 1:48.38. A feature of this competition was and event for men and women called the ‘Litter of Balls’. We suspect they meant the shot putt! At the Meeting Cidade de Lisbon in Portugal, Sean Donoghue (Dublin City Harriers) won the men’s 1500m in 3:43.34, while Kate Doherty (DSD AC) opened her outdoor season by finishing third in the 100m hurdles in 13.78 secs.

ROADS

Canadian visitor Nickolas Colyn proved the class of the field at the Castleknock 5km in west Dublin on Sunday (May 15) winning in a time of 14:45. Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) was second in 15:33 - his third race of the week.

At the Boyne 5km, in Drogheda, Co Louth on Friday (June 13), Ian Guiden (Clonliffe Harriers) finished second in 15:10, while Kate Purcell (Raheny Shamrock, W40) was second woman in 17:53.

OFF ROAD

James Moran led home 1,407 finishers at the Dublin Front Runners Pride 5km around the 15 Acres in the Phoenix Park on Friday (June 13). First woman was Mollie O’Donnell (Liffey Valley AC) in 18:25.

In Trim, Co Meath, also on Friday, over 500 runners took to the fields on a warm, sunny evening for the Braveheart 5km trail run, where racing machine Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) finished third in 16:24 and Kate McCrystal (UCD AC) was third woman in 20:05. Earlier in the week, Doran was the runaway winner of the BCMGlobal BHAA 5km Trail Race in the Phoenix Park on Tuesday evening. Doran finished in 16 mins 16 secs, with Tom Sherlock (Bank of Ireland) second in 16:59 and Ian Comerford (ESB) third in 17.31. Sixth and first M40 was Paddy O’Boyle in 18:32. First woman was Clare Sullivan (CSO) in 19:52. Niamh O’Keeffe (ESB) was second in 21:32 and Caroline McCarthy (RCSI) third in 21:43. A number of BCMGlobal staff members also lined out, led home by David Geraghty in a respectable 25th place, with Rebecca Cuskelly first woman home and sixth of the senior women.

Programme Dublin Graded Meeting 5, DSD Track, 14 June 2025

peter.claffey@athleticsrathfarnham.ie (Peter Claffey) — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:55:20 GMT

Please see attached the draft programme for the fifth Dublin Graded Meeting to be held on the DSD AC track on Saturday 14th June at 2.00. Please note that events maybe moved forward and Grades combined in order to have a more efficient track event, so participants must listen to the track announcer to know when their event is to be run.

Dublin Juvenile T&F League 3 Timetable, DSD Track, 15th June 2025

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 16:49:31 GMT

Please see attached the tometable for the Dublin Juvenile T&F League 3 at DSD track on Sunday 15th June 2025

Dublin Juvenile Relay Championships, Lucan track, Wednesday 11 June and Friday 13 June

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 14:56:03 GMT

Please find attached the parking information for the Dublin Juvenile Relay Championships scheduled for Lucan on Wednesday and Friday. Also attached, is an amended timetable for league 3 with U13 girls' and boys' high jumps included. If clubs have any U13's interested in competing in the high jump, please send me their details, full name, DOB, reg number and club before 6pm on Wednesday and we can add them to the system.

IMPORTANT

The online entry portal for the National Children’s Games (U9/10/11Team Championships and relays) will be open for entries in the next few days and will close on Wednesday the 11th of June @ 23:59. Club competition secretaries/secretaries are responsible for submitting entries for the National Children’s Games – the first 3 teams (pairs) in each age group/event and the 3 qualifying relay teams in each age group that qualified in the Dublin U9/10/11Team (pairs) Championships & Relays. These results can be found at live.dublinathletics.com . It is important to note that entries for the Individual U12 Dublin qualifiers 1st 4 in all events (except the 600m where only 3 qualify), and U12 qualifying relay teams (1st 3) at our Even age Championships in Lucan this Wednesday the 11th MUST also be entered online before 23:59 on the 11th of June. Individuals can be entered by the parent or club competition secretary (results at live.dublinathletics.com ) and relays by the competition secretaries/secretaries only. The timeframe of 23:59 is very tight for entering the relays , so those responsible for entering the U12 qualifying teams should be alert.

Please find attached the relay timetable. One official from each club should collect the envelope with the bib numbers. The last runner on a team wears the bib number, and lease make sure the correct number is worn by the club teams. Please also find attached the relay guidelines. If a club has more than 1 team in any age group, please place a sticky label on each athlete's vest with team "A", "B", "C", etc, to distinguish one team from another as only the last athlete will be wearing the bib number.

League 3

Athletes must were the bib number they wore in leagues 1 & 2 and not the bib number they had in Championships.

Regards

Cecil

Dublin Clubs Roundup - 03 - 08 June 2025

Sun, 08 Jun 2025 20:46:42 GMT

ANOTHER BIG WIN FOR HEALY

Sarah Healy’s magic season continued on Friday evening when she won the 1500m at the Rome Diamond League meet on Friday evening (June 6), while in the men’s 1500m at the same meet, Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers) ran a qualifying time for the World Championships later this summer. In her first 1500m outdoor race of the season, Healy stayed out of trouble for the opening two laps, and then moved through the field into third place when turning into the finishing straight. Only with her final few strides did she sprint clear of Australia’s Sarah Billings for victory in a time of 3:59.24. Billings was second in 359.24 and Abbey Caldwell, also from Australia, third in 3:59.32. Just a fortnight ago at the Diamond League round in Rabat, Morocco, Healy improved her 3,000m best by almost four seconds when finishing an impressive third in a time of 8:27.02. That time knocked over three seconds off the 8:30.79 she ran indoors in New York in February, a few weeks before her memorable 3000m victory at the European Indoor Championships. Next up for Healy is the Meeting de Paris Diamond League round at the Stade Charléty in Paris, where Healy ran her best time for the distance of 3:57.4 last July. In the men’s 1500m, Doyle ran a lifetime best of of 3:32.15 to finish 14th in a race where all sixteen starters ran times of under 3 mins 33 secs, which happens to be the A standard for the Tokyo World Championships. So job done for Doyle. Winner was France’s Azeddine Habz in 3:29.72.

PERSONAL BEST FOR MALLON

Closer to home, at the BMC Grand Prix 2025, hosted by Birmingham University on Saturday (June 7), 19-year-old Lughaigh Mallon (UCD AC) clocked a personal best 3:41.15 when finishing sixth in the the men’s B grade 1500m race. The time is inside the B standard for next month’s European U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway and also qualifies Mallon for the World University Games taking place in the week after Bergen. A grand total of fifteen 1500m races and fourteen 800m races made up a large part of the programme, with Irish club athletes lining out in quite a few of those as well as in 5000m and steeplechase races. Indeed, from an entry of fourteen in the women’s steeplechase, seven - or exactly half - were Irish. Even better, the Irish took the top three places with Niamh Kearney (Raheny Shamrock AC) leading them home in 10:08.66, followed byAlexandra Joyce (Tuam AC) in 10:14.50 and Roisin Treacy (DSDAC) in 10:19.65. In the men’s steeplechase, Jonas Stafford (UCD AC) finished third in 8:55.13.

A large group of Dundrum South Dublin and UCD athletes were in Belgium for the Putbos Memorial Buyle, Orrdegem-Lede, Belgium, also on Saturday. In the 400m hurdles, Cara Murphy finished fourth in 59.49. In the series of eleven 400m races Ciaran Carthy (DSD AC) was tenth in a personal best 46.65m. David Bosch clocked a time of 47.86, with his UCD AC clubmate Molly Hourihan running a time of 55.56. In the 200m, Aobh Forde of DSD AC clocked 25.63.

At the EYOF Gala in Weltzer, Germany, junior athlete Liam Morris (Donore Harriers) finished fourth in the men’s 800m in 1:56.40.

Earlier in the week, t the Elite Jessheim meet in Bergen, Norway, on Tuesday (June 3), Jodie McCann (DCH) finished 10th in the women’s 5000m in a time of 15:43.42. McCann is chasing a time of at least 15:22 in order to qualify for Tokyo.

TRACK AND FIELD - HOME

Carlow was the venue for the Leinster Track and Field Championships across all age groups over the weekend of June 7-8 and a busy weekend it proved to be. Race of the opening day was the U23 men’s 100m final, Sean Aigboboh (Tallaght AC) pipped Craig Duffy (Clonliffe Harriers) for victory with the pair timed at 10.42 and 10.43. Emmanuel Akinrolie (Titans AC) was third in 10.56. Uche Disu (Tallaght AC) won the women’s U20 100m in 25.1 and also finished second in the women’s 100m in 11.91. Winning the senior 110m hurdles in 14.04 secs was Rolus Olusa (Clonliffe Harriers). In the master women’s sprints. Sinead O’Connor (Metro St Brigid’s AC) won both the W40 100m and 200m. Double winners for Lucan Harriers were sprinters Leanne Wellings ,W50 100m and 200m, and Carol Kearney W60 100m and 200m. Kearney was also second in the 400m. In the middle distances, Godwin Matthias (Dundrum South Dublin AC) won the senior men’s 800m title in 1:58.51. In the 1500m races, Kevin Nolan (Donore Harriers) was first M35 with a time of 4:20.58 and Niall Sherlock (Clonliffe Harriers) second overall and first M40 in 4:26.03. Sherlock went on to win the 800m in 2:13.36.

Over the longer distances, Louise Gaffney (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) won the W35 3000m, while Philip O’Doherty (Clonliffe Harriers) was first M65 over the same distance. Winning the women’s discus was 21-year-old Anna Gavigan (LSA AC) with a throw of 52:03. Gavigan threw a PB 53.91 at the European Throwing Cup in Cyprus last March, and is consistently over the B standard of 51.30 for the European U23 Championships next month. Winning the men’s discus was Eoin Sheridan (Clonliffe Harriers) with a 52.03 effort. Clonliffe’s Grace Casey won the women’s senior javelin with a 44.03 throw and her clubmate Simon Galligan a clear winner of the senior men’s hammer with a throw of 60.47. Winning the senior men’s long jump with 6.61 m was Masahiro Watanabe (Crusaders AC).

DUBLIN GRADED MEET NUMBER 4

Niamh Kelly (Clonliffe Harrier) ran a personal best 2 mins 11.14 secs to win the A grade women’s 800m at the fourth Dublin Graded Track and Field meet of the season at Santry on Wednesday (June 4). A close second was Niamh Cooney (ACE AC) in 2:11.45. Saoirse McGrath (Crusaders AC) won the B race in 2:20.70., with Elaine Kenny (Sportsworld) second in 2:21.52 and Alannah Cooley (Clonliffe Harriers) third in 2:21.90. Winning a closely fought men’s A 800m was Juan Ignacio Peña (Raheny Shamrock ) in 1:54.48. Second in 1:54.77 was James Foot (Bray Runners), while third was Andrew McGilton (DSD) in 1:55.36. Sean Healy (DSD) won the B race in 1:57.45, with Dylan Kelly (Donore Harriers) second in 1:59.11.

Sprinters had a tough evening of it with gusting headwinds of -3 and more affecting times. In the men’s 100m final (-3.0), Lorcan Murphy (DSD) ran 10.73 secs and Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers 10.85. Earlier into an even stronger -3.4 wind, the pair had run times of 10.76 and 10.85 secs respectively. In the first of two women’s 100m races (-2.6 wind), Sive O’Toole (StLOT AC) ran 12.07 and Uche Disu (Tallaght AC) 12.09 to finish second and third behind Sarah Kealy (Killarney Valley) the race winner in 12.04. . Later in the final, when the wind had moderated to -1.8, O’Toole and Disu finished first and second in slower times of 12.07 and 12.09. In the field, Isabel Mullarney (Rathfarnham WSAF) won the women’s shot with a 9.05 effort. Junior athlete Theo Hanlon Suncroft (Lusk) managed a huge heave of 17.04m with the lighter 6km shot in the men’s competition. Winning the men’s javelin with a throw of 45.55 was Hugh Kelly (UCD AC), while best in the long jump was M50 master athlete and decathlon specialist Kevin Byrne (DSD AC) with 4.73.

ROADS

Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) was the winner of the 39th Patrick Bell and Nicky Philips 5km with a time of 15 mins 13 secs on Saturday (June 8). Just four seconds behind for second in 15:17 was Sean O’Connor (Dunshaughlin AC). Third in 15:35 was Colm Turner (Brothers Pearse AC), who was leading Brothers Pearse to team victories in two categories —the Paddy Murtagh Cup for teams of six and the club competition for teams of four. Clonliffe Harriers was second in the club category and also finished second in the women’s team competition, led by Alannah Cooley in seventh place. Brothers Pearse, led by Dee O’Keeffe, finished third.

Dublin Juvenile T&F Championships 2025 Programme for Days 2/3/4

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:54:49 GMT

Please find attached the timetable for Day’s 2/3/4 of the Dublin Juvenile T&F Championships and screen shots of the lists of U12 & U13 girls long jump groups 1 & 2 (jumping in 2 separate pits) as per the timetable. To limit the numbers queuing at check-in, it is important that,

· Athletes only go to check-in at their scheduled time and not before.

· Only 1 person should check in and collect the bib number.

· Athletes competing in more than 1 event on any one day must check-in for all events, and they MUST keep the bib number and check in again if competing on more than one day over the course of the weekend.

· Athletes who are not present should not be check-in.

Parking in Morton Stadium is restricted to officials only. These will be checked off the list by the car park stewards on each day

IMPORTANT

The online entry portal for the National Children’s Games (U9/10/11Team Championships and relays) will be open for entries in the next few days and will close on Wednesday the 11th of June @ 23:59. Club competition secretaries/secretaries are responsible for submitting entries for the National Children’s Games – the first 3 teams (pairs) in each age group/event and the 3 qualifying relay teams in each age group that qualified in the Dublin U9/10/11Team (pairs) Championships & Relays. These results can be found at live.dublinathletics.com It is important to note that entries for the Individual U12 Dublin qualifiers – 1st 4 in all events (except the 600m where only 3 qualify), and U12 qualifying relay teams (1st 3) at our Even age Championships in Lucan on Wednesday the 11th MUST also be entered online before 23:59 on the 11th of June. Individuals can be entered by the parent or club competition secretary (results at live.dublinathletics.com ) and relays by the competition secretaries/secretaries only. The timeframe of 23:59 is very tight for entering the relays , so those responsible for entering the U12 qualifying teams should be alert. Entries for relay championships closes this Friday the 6th of June @ 23:50.

Also attached is the 2025 juvenile competition booklet – relevant National outdoor timetables can be found in pages 36-40.

Please advise your athletes/coaches and parents that no late entries will be accepted.

Dublin Graded Meeting 4 Programme, Morton Stadium, 04 June 2025

peter.claffey@athleticsrathfarnham.ie (Peter Claffey) — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 11:57:50 GMT

Please see attached the programme for the fourth Dublin Graded T&F Meeting, which takes place at Morton Stadium this Wednesday 04 June 2025. Pleasde note that some events may be brought forward and some Graded races combined so as to make the most efficient use of the track. Please listen to the track announcer to ensure you do not miss your race. Paring at the Mortium stadium is limited, so please use the nearby Santry Park Carpark.

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 29th May - 1st June 2025

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 08:29:42 GMT

ROADS

Grace Richardson (Kilkenny) became the second member of her family to win the VHI Women’s Mini Marathon in Dublin on Sunday, when her time of 34 mins 17 secs saw her finish eight seconds ahead of Claire Fagan (Mullingar Harriers) second in 34:25 and Jessica Criag (North Down AC) third in 34:55. Grace’s older sister Aoibhe, race winner in 2019, finished fourth in 35:03. First Dublin club athlete was Ciara Brady (Raheny ShamrockAC) who finished eighth in 37:48, followed by Megan Brunt (Blackrock AC) tenth in 38:19. First master overall, as well as first over 55 for a third year, and third Dublin club athlete, was the evergreen Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock AC) winner of the race in 2008 after many years of trying - and already a ‘master’ even then. This year, she finished eighteenth overall in 38:49, about the same time as a year earlier. Fourth Dublin athlete and first for organising club Dundrum South Dublin AC was Lisa Gaughran, who finished 15th in 38:50. Other age category winners (by chip timing) from Dublin clubs were Aoife Quigley (Crusaders AC) W40 and Grainne Grennan (Blackrock AC) W65. Placers included Olivia Sexton (Portmarnock AC) third W40, Katherine Duff (Blackrock AC) and Ciara Peelo (Clonliffe Harriers) second and third W45, Eileen Rowland (Sportsworld) second W60, Mary Lynch (Raheny Shamrock) and Hazel Foster (Waterstown Warriors) ,second and third W70, and June Comiskey (Raheny Shamrock) and Carol Lynch (Sportsworld) second and third W75. A total of 23,704 completed the race, according to the timekeepers TDL. More pictures from the WMM at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/

At the Cork Marathon, Half Marathon and 10km, also on Sunday, Cillian O’Leary (Raheny Shamrock) finished sixth and first M45 with a time of 73.04 in the half marathon. Ten years ago exactly, in 2015, O’Leary, who comes from the city, won the Cork Marathon.

Leading home 410 finishers at the Balbriggan Summerfest 5km, Co Dublin on Thursday (May 29) was Ronan Dunphy (Skerries AC) in 16 mins 40 secs. Stephen Sharpe (Raheny Shamrock) was second in 17.43 and Mark Kelly (Clonliffe Harriers) sixth and first U16 in 18:26. First woman was Katie Halpin (Clonliffe Harriers) in 20:39 closely followed by Emma Przymusinska (Lusk AC) in 20:40

It was business (sorry!) as usual for Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) when he won the Irish Life Canada Life Dunboyne BHAA 5-Mile in a time of 25 mins 16 secs on a wet Tuesday evening (May 27). Colm Turner (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) was second in 25:54. A total of 220 completed the race, among them the ever-consistent June Comiskey (Raheny Shamrock AC) first W75 and Terry Mee (Donore Harriers) first M80. Next BHAA fixture is the Trail 5km in the Phoenix Park on Tuesday June 10 (7.30pm)

Jonas Stafford (UCD AC) proved the class of the field at the Star of the Sea Michelle McKiernan 5km, in Stamullen, Navan, winning with well over a minute to spare in 14 mins 53 secs. Finishing fifth and first woman in 17:11 was Faye Dervan (DCH AC)

TRACK AND FIELD

At the All Ireland Schools Track and Field Championships held in Tullamore on Friday and Saturday (May 30-31) Emily Bolton ( Institute of Education/Clonliffe Harriers) won the senior girls’ 3000m also finishing second in the 1500m. Jacob Ciomek (HFCS Rathcoole/Lucan Harriers) won the inter boys’ 1500m steeplechase by a clear margin in 4:29.20. Charlie O’Neill (Belvedere/Donore Harriers) won the inter boys’ 1500m title in 4:03.12. In the senior boy’s race, Lorcan Benjacar (Ard Scoil Rís/Clonliffe Harriers) was the winner in 3:58.12 with Ryan O’Neill (Terenure College/Rathfarnham WSAF) second in 3:59.63. In the sprints, Cillian Doherty (Belvedere/Crusaders AC) won the senior boys’ 100m, Ellie Oldrey (The High School Dublin//Rathfarnham WSAF) the junior girls’ 200m and Louis Blinco (Castleknock CC/Metro St Brigid’s) the inter boys’ 400m. Julian Browne (Blackrock College/Blackrock AC) won the junior boys 80m hurdles, with Des O’Neill (St Fintan’s Sutton/Raheny Shamrock) taking the senior boys’ 400m hurdles title.

Conn McCluskey (St Benildus/DSD) won the junior boys’ high jump and his clubmate Lauren Healy (Loreto Foxrock) the inter girls’ title. For Belvedere, Theo Quinn won the senior boys’ high jump and Ethan Thompson (Fingallians AC) the inter boys hammer. Dublin winners in the 4x100m relays were Blackrock (junior boys), Dominican College Griffith Avenue (senior girls) and Oatlands (senior boys). Overall, Belvedere took both senior and inter boys’ titles and Blackrock the junior boys’ title.

TRACK - OVERSEAS

Cillian Kirwan (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished ninth overall in the men’s 800m with a time of 1:47.13 at the PUMA NITRO Lange Laufnacht, in Karlsruhe, Germany on Saturday (May 31). On Friday, at the Irene Szewińska Memorial meet in Bydgoszcz, Poland, Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers) clocked 3:34.67 for third place in the 1500m.I n the women’s 1500m, Jodie McCann (DCH) finished eighth in 4:09.78.

A day earlier, at the Kaaternes Dag meet in Denmark, Irish record holder Niamh Fogarty (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished third in the women’s discus with a 56.33m effort.

ULTRA RUNNING

Congrats to Ger Prendergast and Ballymun AC, who organised the first ever ‘urban’ Backyard Ultra at Trinity Comprehensive last weekend. The club’s own Gavin Tracey finished third after completing 15 hours and 100.5km of running. The purpose of a ‘backyard ultra’ is to complete a set distance of 6.7km in an hour which, if achieved, in 24 hours would add up to 100 miles.

Dublin Clubs round up, 20 - 25 May 2035

Sat, 24 May 2025 18:14:28 GMT

CHAMPION GEOGHEGAN!

In warm conditions for distance running, Pierce Geoghegan (Liffey Valley) won the Dublin 10,000m title held as part of the third Dublin Graded Track and Field meet at the Tallaght track on Wednesday (May 21). Geoghegan proved the class of the field winning in 32:51.62. Second in 34:25.09 was Feidhlim McGowan (North Sligo AC) while third in 35:05.52 was Reuben Bartelink (DSD AC). Fastest in the 400m series of races was Christopher Lynch (Clonliffe Harriers) in 59:63 secs, who was declared Dublin champion. Harrison Jamison (Regent House) was second in 59.87 and Mathias Godwin (DSD) third in 51.46. Visually impaired athlete Kamil Tomko (Clonliffe Harriers) finished strongly in 63.89. In the mile, Jared Murray (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) clocked up a solid victory in 4:28.15. Martin Cox, who is currently unattached, was second in 4:30.24 and Martin Kiplagat (Clonliffe Harriers) third in 4:30.60.

Maria McCambridge (DSD) proved the class of the field in the women’s mile winning in a time of 5:19.59. Elaine Kennedy (Sportsworld AC) was second in 5:21.65 and Mollie O’Donnell (Liffey Valley) third in 5:23.98. Winning the 400m and so the Dublin title in 58.03 was Lara O’Byrne (Donore Harriers). Last summer, multi-eventer O’Byrne became the first Irish woman to compete officially in a decathlon. A second decathlon in Paris at the end of June is one of her summer objectives.

A well supported men’s hammer competition was won by visitor Cóil Ó Muiri (Fr Murphy’s) with a best effort of 49.49. Junior athletes Dylan Jones (Crusaders AC) and Ethan Thompson (Fingallians) threw 46.44 and 45.74 respectively with the 5kg weight. In the women’s hammer, junior athlete Daisy Lara Leonard (Lusk AC) was the winner with a 35.34m effort. Karen Conway (Crusaders, W45) was second and first senior with 29.71m and Holly Roigrok (Lusk AC) , also a junior, third with 26.54m.

The full results are on the Dublin Athletics Live site at http://live.dublinathletics.com/graded-25-3/menu.html. More graded pics at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720326284370 . The next Dublin Graded Track and Field meet takes place on Wednesday, June 4 in Santry (7pm).

CLONLIFFE TEAM TOPS IN ENFIELD

At the Bob Heffernan and Mary Hanley 5km, in Enfield, Co Meath, on Tuesday (May 20), Fintan Kerins (Clonliffe Harriers) finished second in 14 mins 31 secs and Anthony O’Brien (Raheny Shamrock) third in 14:34. For Dublin City Harriers, Faye Dervan finished second woman in 16:22. The race was the fourth round of this year’s Peugeot Road Series and Clonliffe Harriers won the mixed team category, where sixteen teams were entered. Making up the team were Fintan Kerins, Sean Doran, Cathal McHale, Natalia Lungu, Ciara Peelo and Claire Smith. Finishing second of the massive eighty-seven teams entered in the men’s team category was Raheny Shamrock, with O’Brien backed up by Adam Condon and David Rooney. DCH, with Faye Dervan, Sinead Cronin and Ellen Byrne the counters, was first of the 36 women’s teams. Dublin winners in the age categories were Noreen Brouder (Sportsworld) W45 and Eileen O’Brien (Lucan Harriers) W70. Just shy of 700 completed the race.

TRACK

INTERNATIONAL

Efrem Gidey of Clonliffe Harriers AC ran the race of his life to win the European 10,000m Cup in Pacé, France on Saturday evening (May 24). Gidey, the pre-race favourite for the title after his fourth place at the European Half Marathon a few months earlier, was always to the fore in the race passing through halfway in 13:46.19. He kicked for home with less than two laps to go, finishing in a time of 27 mins 40.47 secs. Valentin Gondouin of France who had out-sprinted Gidey for bronze at the European Half Marathon, finished second in 27:41.95 with Felix Bour, also from the host nation, third in 27:42:00. In the past eight months, Gidey, aged just 24, now a member of Hoka professional running team and coached by London-based Andy Hobdell, has set Irish senior records for the half marathon, 10km and 10,000m. Originally from Eritrea, Gidey arrived in Ireland in 2017, and after discovering a talent for running, joined Clonliffe Harriers, where he was coached first by the late Joe Cooper and then veteran coach Peter McDermott. He made his debut in the green vest of Ireland at the 2019 European Cross-Country Championships where he finished third in the U20 race. His aim now is to qualify for the Tokyo World Championships.

A day later on Sunday evening (May 25), Sarah Healy (UCD AC) ran a personal best 8 mins 27.2 secs to finish third in the women’s 3000m at the Diamond League round in Rabat, Morocco. Ahead of her, Beatrice Chebet of Kenya knocked over twelve seconds off her previous best time for a runaway win in f 8:11 56. Second in an Italian national record time of 8:26.27 was Nadia Battocletti. In the men’s 1500m, Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers), who was making his Diamond League debut, finished eighth with a time of 3:33.34.

Nicola Tuthill (UCD) finished fourth in the women’s hammer at the Halplus Werfertage meet in Germany on Saturday (May 24) thanks to a 69.68m effort in the sixth and final round. Tuthill also threw 69.15 in the fifth round and all six of her throws were legal.

(To come: In the U23 women's discus a day later, Anna Gavigan (LSA) 53.91m

Sunday May 25

Diamond League, Rabat, Morocco, 7pm.

Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers), Sarah Healy (UCD) - both 1500m

Saturday May 24

European 10,000m Cup, Pacé, France. Efrem Gidey (Clonliffe Harriers),

BMC Grand Prix 2025, Bury, Manchester. www.britishmilersclub.com

1500m D: Charlie O’Neill (Donore, U17) , Women: A- Amy O’Donoghue (DSD) .

Saturday May 24- Sunday May 25

IFAM Outdoor

Bori Akinola (100m), Sean Aigboboh ( Tallaght AC, 100m), Michael Farrelly (Raheny Shamrock,100m), Christopher Sibanda (Clonliffe Harriers, 100m), Sophie Becker (Raheny Shamrock, 400m, 200m), Joe Doody (UCD AC, 400m), Ellie Hartnett (UCD AC, 1500m), John Travers (Donore Harriers, 5000m), Emma McEvoy (5000m),

May 22-24

NCAA Div 2 - Louis O'Loughlin (Donore Harriers, 800m)

Internationally, an Irish team was competing in Italy at the annual Trofeo Nasego on 25th May, where Killian Mooney (Dundrum South Dublin) was best of the Irish in 25th place with a time of 1 hrs 44 mins 3 secs for the 21.5km course. Edel Monaghan (DCH) was 38th woman in 2:21.11. In the ‘vertical’ 4.245km race, a day earlier, Mooney was 46th in 42:41, while Monaghan (DCH) was 36th woman n 51.00

WALDRON WINS THE LAP OF THE GAP

Leading home 343 finishers at the Lap of the Gap half marathon in the Glendalough area of Wicklow on Saturdy 24th May was Wayne Waldron (Donore Harriers) in 75 mins 19 secs. Finishing second in the marathon was Shane Arrowsmith (Artane Beaumont RC, M40) in 3:08.58. Both races were well supported by overseas visitors.

Dublin Juvenile T&F Championships Programme 2025

Thu, 22 May 2025 12:12:05 GMT

Please find attached the timetables for Day 1 (Revised) and the U9/10/11 team championships. Please advise your athletes/parents that only one person to check in and collect the bib number. To check in for all events If contesting more than 1 event on the day. Do NOT check in before the scheduled check-in time on the timetable. Coaches should not check in athletes who are not present in the stadium.

Parking in Santry

Car Parking in Morton Stadium is restricted to listed officials only.

Parents should be advised to drop athletes at the gate and find car parking in nearby local business parks, but not to park on the footpaths or outside residents' homes opposite Morton Stadium.

Sunday Parking in Tallaght

PARKING - IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION

As with most venues, parking can be limited. However, car park spaces are available, at the club car park. St Marys Primary School (to the right of the entrance gate to Westpark/TAC. When car parks are full, alternative parking may be found less than 10 minutes’ walk away in nearby industrial estates to the left and right off the Greenhills Road, or in the vicinity of the village. Under any circumstances should anyone park in the Astro Park. Please do not park on cycle or footpaths, and please be respectful to the stewards on car park duty at both venues. This information can be found on the Dublin Athletics website and social media platforms. Clubs are reminded to send the names of officials to Seamus or enter the names in the google sheet he circulated to club contacts.

No late entries will be accepted.

Kind Regards

Cecil

Dublin Graded Meeting 3 Programme, Tallaght Track, 21 May 2025

peter.claffey@athleticsrathfarnham.ie (Peter Claffey) — Tue, 20 May 2025 10:39:02 GMT

Please see attached the programme for the third Dublin Graded T&F Meeting, which takes place at Tallaght track this Wednesday 21st May 2025. Pleasde note tat some events may be brought forward and some Graded races combined so as to make the most efficient use of the track. Please listen to the track announcer to ensure you do not miss your race.

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 14 - 18 May 2025

Sun, 18 May 2025 18:01:53 GMT

ROADS

At the Irish Runner 5km in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, Dublin, which incorporated a national championships on Saturday (May 17), over 2,000 finishers were led home by James Gormley (Carmen Runners) in a time of 14 mins 01 sec. Second in 14:18 was Pierre Murchan (Dublin City Harriers) winner of the Terenure 5-Mile six days earlier. Killian Mooney (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was third in 14:35 with Kieran Kelly (Raheny Shamrock AC) just a second behind for fourth and first M35.

Ella Fennelly (DSD ) was second woman in 16. 40 and Catherina Mullen (MSB AC) third in16:47. Meghan Ryan (DSD) was fourth in 15:59. First U19 was Cliodhna Ryan (DCH ) 19:49. In the team competition, DSD won both men and women’s titles. Raheny Shamrock was second of the men and Metro St Brigid’s s third of the women’s teams. Brothers Pearse beat Clonliffe Harriers in the M35 category with Rathfarnham WSAF third. In the W35 category Rathfarnham WSAF and Raheny Shamrock finished second and third. Among the newly established Dublin clubs who entered teams were Coolock RC, Liberties RC, North Clondalkin, Castleknock RC and Shelters Running Community. Age category winners from Dublin clubs were Louise Gaffney (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) W35, Adrienne Jordan (Crusaders AC) W45, Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock) W55, Sheelagh Jones (Rathfarnham WSAF) W65, Cillian O’Leary (Raheny Shamrock) M45, Damien Martin (Raheny Shamrock) M60 and Vincent O’Neill (Civil Service Harriers) M70.

At the Riga Marathon in Latvia on Saturday (May 17), Dean Hayden led home a large group of runners from Ballymun AC, finishing in 2 hrs 51 mins 33 secs— just off his target time of 2:50. Ultra marathon man Ger Prendergast (M45) was second in 3:02.31, followed by James Power (M50) with a net time of 3:28.23 and Joshua Griffith in 3:34.46. Best of the women was Ann-Marie Burns in 3:34.15 (net).

Competing the half marathon were twenty-seven women from the club, led by Ashley Carroll in 1:44.39, Susie Hickman (W60) in 1:53.17 and Shannon Fleming in 1:53.31. Finishing third in the over 70 age group was Colette Shannon in 2:27.03. Best of the twelve men finishing was Calvin Alexander in 89:11, followed by Derek Daly in 1:34.57 and Ken Coakley (M50) in 96:42. A further seven ran the 10km. In total, 57 runners from Ballymun AC were in action. Bravo all!

* A few days before they headed for Riga, Ballymun AC in conjucntion with Ballymun Health and Fitness, hosted the annual Ballymun Running Festival, with races taking place all day at Trinity Comprehensive School on Wednesday May 14. First up was the Breakfast Run at 7am followed by schools races and then a final 5km/10km in the evening. A great day with record numbers turning out for all runs.

At the Bear Races FastLane 10km in Clondalkin/Grand Canal, Co Dublin, also on Sunday, Eleanor Alexander (Clonliffe Harriers) was first woman.

WEEKDAY EVENING RACES

In a battle to the end, Sean Doran (Harrier Products) beat Thomas Sherlock (Bank of Ireland) for victory at the ESB BHAA Beach 5km on Sandymount Strand, Dublin on Wednesday (May 14), The pair were given times of 16mins 52 secs and 16 mins 56 secs. Third was the ESB’s own Aidan Jones in 17:48. Clare O’Sullivan (CSO) was first woman in 20:21, followed by Niamh O’Keeffe (ESB) din 21:18 and and Fiona Byrne (HSA) t in 22:39.

TRACK AND FIELD

Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock AC) clocked a time of 7:34.48 when finishing third in the 3000m at the Tokyo Golden GrandPrix promotion in Japan on Sunday (May 18).

SCHOOLS

At the Leinster Schools Track and Field Championships in Tullamore on Monday May 12, Jacob Ciomek (HFCS Rathcoole/Lucan Harriers) was a double winner at inter level with victories in the 1500m steeplechase and in the 1500m where Charlie O’Neill (Belvedere/Donore Harriers) finished a close second. Winning the inter boy’s 800m earlier in the day was Conrad Latham (St Paul’s Raheny/Raheny Shamrock) where Charlie O’Neill was also a close second.

Winning the senior girls’ 1500m was Emily Bolton (Institute of Education/Clonliffe Harriers). Lorcan Benjacar (Ard Scoil Ris, Clonliffe Harriers) took the senior boy’s title with Ryan O’Neill (Terenure College/Rathfarnham WSAF) second. Ciara Houlihan (Sancta Maria) won the senior girls’ 3000m. Abigail Farrell (King’s Hospital/Donore Harriers) won the senior girls’ 100m hurdles and Rachel Lynch (Muckross/Dundrum South Dublin) the seniro 400m hurdles. Dublin winners in the 100m sprints were Alicja Doyle (Belmayne ETSS/Clongriffin AC) inter girls, and Cillian Doherty (Belvedere/Crusaders AC) senior boys. Over 200m, Dubem Amah (Moyle Park/Tallaght AC) inter boys Sadie Meade (Mount Sackville/Metro St Brigid’s AC) inter girls I and Donal Martin (St Michael’s/Blackrock AC) senior boys were all winners. Martin was also second in the 100m. Louis Blinco (Castleknock CC/MSB AC) won the inter boys 400m and Sarah Kiernan (Our Lady’s Terenure) the senior girls 400m. In the 4x100m relays, Belmayne ETSS beat St Dominic’s Cabra for the inter girls’ title with Castleknock College winning the inter boys’ title. Dominican Griffith Avenue and Belvedere made it another Dublin double in the senior 4 x 100m races.

In the field, Archie Monaghan (St Columba’s College) with the senior boys triple jump, Eva Munnelly (Loreto Foxrock) the inter girls’ long jump, Ava Lewis (Lusk CC) the inter girls’ pole vault, Patryck Pucek (PS Neasain Baldoyle/Clongriffin AC) inter boys’ high jump, Theo Quinn (Belvedere) senior boys’ high jump and Lauren Healy (Loreto Foxrock/DSD) the inter girls’ high jump. In the hammer, Ethan Thompson (Belvedere) won the inter boy’s title. At senior level, Sami Bashti (Blackrock/DSD) and Daisy Lauren Leonard (Lusk CC) took the boys and girls titles, while Conor Cunniffe (Belvedere) won the senior boys javelin wand Holly Helme (Rathdown/Cabinteely AC) the inter girls discus. All will nwo compete in the All Ireland Championships in Tullamore on May 30/31.

TRAIL

East Cork AC made it a hat-trick of victories when winning the Wicklow Way Relay on Saturday (May 17) in a time of 7 hours 33 minutes 35 seconds for the 104km distance with 3,500m of climb. Making up the winning team were Graham Swords, Tony Forristal, Fiona Santry, Donal Giltinan, Matt Horrigan, Kevin O’Brien, Nick O’Donoghue and Tamzin Muldowney. All teams had to include at least two women and two master runners. Less than four minutes behind in 7:37. 09 were TT Racers, a team based in Trinity College, while third in 8:15.54 was Rathfarnham WSAF in an exact repetition of the result in both 2024 and 2023, although times were slower, possibly because of the warm conditions.

TT Racers had led on the opening leg of eight from Kilmashogue Woods to Curtlestown, but were soon caught by East Cork, who then maintained their lead all the way to the finish in Shillelagh, with the penultimate ‘long’ leg proving crucial.

Other Dublin clubs in action included Dundrum South Dublin, eighth in 8:55.39, Cabinteely AC, 15th in 10:04.51, Blackrock AC 17th in 10:07.50 and Lusk AC 26th in 10:45.22. Members of other Dublin clubs also lined out for composite teams. Of the thirty-five teams who completed the eight-stage race, four were women only, with YBCV3 proving the fastest when finishing 12th overall in 9:32.07. Next was a Crusaders AC team called ‘Agony of Defeet’ which finished in 10:46.30.

Dublin Clubs roundup, 08 - 11 May 2025

Sun, 11 May 2025 20:32:46 GMT

TRACK AND FIELD

Ireland’s mixed relay and women’s 4 x 400m teams proved the stars at the World Athletics Relay Championships held in Guangzhou, China over the weekend, with both qualifying for the World Championships in Tokyo next September. In a clever use of the available squad members, Tallaght’s Rhasidat Adeleke and Sharlene Mawdsley from Tippeary who helped the mixed team to second in their opening heat and automotic qualification for Tokyo, were transferred to the women’s 4x400m squad, which hadn’t qualified automatically. That squad needed a top three placing in the repechage race if they were were to make Tokyo. The Irish four did it with ruthless efficiency winning their repechage heat in a superb time of 3:24.69. Almost as busy as Adeleke and Mawdsley was Jack Raftery of Donore Harriers, who on Sunday, first ran the fourth leg for the Irish men’s s 4x400m repechage. Although the team didn’t quality, his split of 45.89 secs was the fastest of the four. Raftery then lined out in the final of the mixed 4 x 400m, running a split of 45.87 for the opening leg and helping the team to eighth place overall.

MAHER, BOLTON PLACE AT BELFAST MEET

In the women’s 1500m at the Belfast Irish Milers Meet held on the Mary Peters Track in Belfast on Saturday (May 10), Eimear Maher (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was a fighting second in 4:14.87 and Emily Bolton (Clonliffe Harriers) third in a massive PB time of 4:16.77, which qualifies her for the the European U20 championships. Winning the women’s A 1500m was Niamh Carr (Dublin City Harriers) in 4:22. Sean Cronin (Clonliffe Harriers) was third in the men’s A 1500m in 3:48.11.

First home in the B men’s 1500m was Louie Woodger (Metro St Brigid’s AC) in 3:651:26. In an all- Dublin top three, Shane Spring (Raheny Shamrock) was second in 3:52.18 and Fintan Kerins (Clonliffe Harriers) third in 3:52.66.Lorcan Benjacar (Clonliffe Harriers) was fifth in 3:54.78. Leia Ryan (Metro St Brigid’s AC) won the women’s B 1500m in 4:28.06. while junior athlete Jacob Ciomek (Lucan Harriers) won the men’s D race in 3:57.60. In the men’s international 3000m, John Travers (Donore Harriers) finished tenth in 8:12.59. DSD pair Amy O’Donoghue and Emma McEvoy fourth and fifth in times of 9:16.93 and 9:17:98 respectively in the women’s 300m. Sean Aigboboh (Tallaght AC) won the men’s 100m in 10.72 secs. Finishing third in the international men’s 400m was David Bosch ( UCD AC) in 47.52. Molly Hourihan, also UCD AC, finished fifth in the women’s international 400m in 54.57 secs. Over 800m, Charlotte Myers (Crusaders AC) won the women’s B race in 2:10.00, with Renee Crotty (UCD AC) third in 2:11.86. Saoirse Fitzpatrick (Lucan Harriers) was third in the women’s A 800m in 2:07.00.

Jack Kelly (Tallaght AC) was third in the B 800m in 1:51.93.

MIXED BAG OF RESULTS AT SECOND DUBLIN GRADED MEET

Santry was the venue for the second Dublin Graded League of the season the men’s 1500m proved the race of the day. From the start, Cian Kelly (St Abban’s AC) was clearly determined to post a fast time and he won the race in 3:53.22. Doing his best to hang on was Ed Tottenham (Clonliffe Harriers) who finished in 3:58.22. Jared Murray (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) won the B race in 4:02.15, Malcolm Kiplagat (Clonliffe Harriers) the C race in 4:17.62 and Lea Fulcher (Plant Based AC, M50) the D race in 4:22.41. Winning the women’s A race was Holly Carroll (Blarney Inniscarra AC) in 4:32.11. Emily O’Shea (St Abban’s AC) was second in 4:33.56, Niamh Kelly (Clonliffe Harriers) third in 4:34.00 and Maria McCambridge (DSD AC) fourth in 4:42.63. Emma Przymusinska (Lusk AC) won the D race in 5:23.96. Earlier, Mathew McMeekin (Sligo AC) had won the 5000m in 15:40.91. Daragh Keegan (Donore Harriers) was second in 16:10.10

Two series of 200m races in all four grades were held with Andrew Egan (Galway City Harriers) proving fastest overall of the men with times of 21.24 and 21.10. Ciara Neville (Emerald AC) ran a time of 24.04 . UCD’s Aisling Kelly ran two races clocking 24.24 in both. In the field, Anna Gavigan (LSA AC) threw 50.51 in the discus and Aibhe Gordon (Greystones and District) AC 45.71 in the javelin. Eoin Sheridan (Clonliffe Harriers) won the men’s discus with a 53.92 effort, while Hugh Kelly (UCD) threw 48.92 in the javelin, with Euan Canniffe (Clonliffe Harriers) second with 47.23 and Lorcan Murphy (DSD AC), competing in his first ever competition, 40.83 for third. Murphy, a multi-eventer, also finished second in the pole vault with 4.60. More pictures are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720326026590/

ROADS

Pierre Murchan (Dublin City Harriers) was the runaway winner of the Terenure 5-Mile, leading home 1.369 finishers on a sunny Sunday morning (May 11) By halfway, Murchan was already well clear of the chasers and he finished in 24 mins 11 secs, over a minute ahead of Tomás Fitzpatrick (Tallaght AC, M40), who was second in 25:22. Third in 25:30 was defending champion Peter Somba (Ballyskenagh AC). Finishing fourth in 25:39 was racing machine Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers). First woman was Meghan Ryan (Dundrum South Dublin) who also had plenty to spare when winning in 28:54. Second in 29:58 was Rachel Birt (Annalee AC) , while third in 30:15 was Ciara Brady (Raheny Shamrock). Ryan was leading DSD to a comfortable team victory with four finishers in the top eight. Crusaders AC, led by Yvonne McCauley in seventh place, were second and Raheny Shamrock third. Rathfarnham WSAF won the W40 team prize, with DSD second and Brothers Pearse third. Raheny Shamrock proved best of the men’s teams led by David Rooney in 10th place. Brothers Pearse were second and DSD third. Metro St Brigid's won the M40 team category ahead of Rathfarnham WSAF and Civil Service Harriers. Category winners were Romaine King (DSD) W40, Claire Shiels (Rathfarnham WSAF) W455, Sinead Tighe (Brothers Pearse) W50, Pauline Robertson (Brothers Pearse) W55, Carol Dempsey (Civil Service Harriers) W60, Aidan Murphy (DSD) M45, Colm Murray (Rathfarnham WSAF) M55, Martin Kelly (Rathfarnham WSAF ) M65 and Mick Carolan (Brothers Pearse) M70. More pictures are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720326025656

Also on Sunday, Eanna Ó Bradaigh (DSD ) finished second at the Ashling Murphy 4-Mile in Tullamore, Co Offaly in a time of 19:52. The race was third round of the Peugeot Race Series 2025. In Co Kildare, Adam Nason (Donore Harriers) in 16:01 and Mollie O’Donnell (Liffey Valley AC) in 18:38 were the winners of the Maynooth 5km.

Winning the Leixlip 5km in Co Kildare on Saturday (May 10) was Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) in 15:17. David Carroll (Liffey Valley AC) was second in 15:23 and Mark Ryan (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) third in 15:26. First woman in 16:45 was Aoife Coffey (Lucan Harriers)

Mark Kirwan (Raheny Shamrock AC) in 16:08 and Aoife Quigley (Crusaders AC, W40) in 19:11 led home 673 finishers at the Sandyford 5km, in Dublin on Thursday evening (May 8) .

Dublin Graded Meeting 2, 11 May 2025 Morton Stadium, Santry

peter.claffey@athleticsrathfarnham.ie (Peter Claffey) — Fri, 09 May 2025 12:32:14 GMT

Please see attached the programme for the second Dublin Graded Meeting in Morton Stadium, Santry on 11 May 2025. Please note that the organisers reserve the right to move any events forward if the running of the programme allows it. Please check in on time when called on by the stadium announcer, so as not to miss your event.

Dublin Juvenile T&F Team Championships 2025 Timetable and Entry details

Wed, 07 May 2025 16:57:50 GMT

Online entry for the U9/10/11 Team/Pairs Championships is now open through the link below. Comp #1316 is now set up at https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/1316

Parents or club competition secretary/secretary can submit entries. Athletes are restricted to 2 events plus relay. Only the club competition secretary/secretary can enter relay teams. Please advise your parents/athletes. Please find attached again the timetable and information.

Regards

Cecil

Amended programme (Ver. 2) for Dublin Juvenile T&F League 2, Tallaght Stadium, 10 May 2025

Tue, 06 May 2025 15:52:13 GMT

Please find attached the amended timetable for League 2 scheduled for Saturday the 10th of May in Tallaght. Please circulate to your athletes/parents/coaches and advise them, the organisers reserve the right to alter timetable; the starting time of events may be brought forward up to 45 minutes from the proposed Timetable. Please advise your athletes not to check in for their track event before their allocated time.

BIB Numbers - Athletes who competed in league 1 MUST bring their bib number. Club officials who had bib numbers for league 1 athletes who did not compete should bring them with them for league 2. An appointed official should collect an envelope from Shirley with bib numbers for athletes who did not compete in league 1. Bib numbers should be retained for league 3.

PARKING - IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION - As with most venues, parking can be limited. However some car park spaces are available at the club car park. More are available at the car park at St Marys Primary School (to the right of the entrance gate to Westpark/TAC and at the TUI College Grounds directly across from TAC. (closes at 4pm). When car parks are full, alternative parking may be found less than 10 minutes’ walk away in nearby industrial estates to the left and right off the Greenhills Road, or in the vicinity of the village. Under any circumstances should anyone park in the Astro Park. Please do not park on cycle or footpaths, and please be respectful to the stewards on car park duty. This information can be found on the Dublin Athletics website and social media platforms. Clubs are reminded to send the names of officials to Seamus or enter the names in the google sheet he circulated to club contacts.

Kind Regards

Cecil

Dublin Clubs roundup, 27 April - 04 May 2025

Sun, 04 May 2025 18:54:20 GMT

TRACK AND FIELD

AT HOME …

A number of Dublin club athletes travelled to Co Tipperary for the Irish Milers T-F Meet on the newly-opened track at the TUS, Clonmel, on Saturday. Winning the women’s 3000m in a personal best 9 mins 22 secs was Eimear Maher (Dundrum South Dublin AC). Emily Bolton (Clonliffe Harriers) was the winner of the women’s A 1500m in 4:21.35, while Faye Dervan (DCH) was second in the B 1500m in 4:34.40. In a closely-fought men’s A 1500m, Jonas Stafford (UCD AC) finished second in 3:47.91. Other good results came from Daniel Conway (DSD) second in n the men’s B 400m with a time of 51.55, Saoirse Fitzgerald (Lucan Harriers) second in the women’s A 800m in 2:06.63, Finn Woodger (MSB) third in the men’s A 800m in 1:52.5, and junior athlete Charlie O’Neill (Donore Harriers) second in the C 800m in 1:53.78. Winning the men’s D 1500m in 4:06.12 was Aidan Benjacar (Clonliffe Harriers). Over 3000m, Stephen Cashin (Clonliffe Harriers) finished fifth in the men’s A race in 8:45.91, while Ryan O’Neill (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) won the men’s B 3000m in 8:40.40.

Sprinters took centre stage at the opening round of the Dublin Graded Track and Field League held in Santry on Saturday (May 3) — a six-hour marathon. Two rounds of 100m races were divided into four grades with a number of heats in each grade, and variable winds affecting times in all grades. Fastest of the men in both rounds was Bori Akinola (UCD AC) who ran 10.42 secs in the first heat of the opening round and 10.32 in the second race where the wind was just about legal at + 2. Second in both races was Michael Farrelly (Raheny Shamrock AC) with times of 10.58 and 10.40. Ciaran Carthy (DSD AC) won the second grade A heat in 10.62 also running 10.60 in the second round when the wind was over the +2 limit. Lorcan Murphy (DSD AC) won the third grade A heat in 10.47 (+2.2 wind). The women’s races were affected by even stronger winds with Aisling Kelly (UCD) finishing second in the opening round with a time of 11.78 (+4.2). In the second round, with winds at a slightly more moderate +3.2, Kelly was again second in 11.76. Winning the men’s 3000m in 8:19.88 was Colm Rooney (Clonliffe Harriers, M40). A clear winner of the men’s 2000m steeplechase was Jacob Ciomek (Lucan Harriers) in 6:22.57. Rounding out a long day were the 800m races, with Leia Ryan (MSB AC) proving fastest of the women with a time of 2:14.30 in the B race.

In the field, junior athlete Conor Quinn (Crusaders AC) proved the class of field in the shot with a 14.18 effort. Best of the women was multi-eventer Lara O’Byrne (Donore Harriers) with 10.73. Lorcan Murphy (DSD AC) won the men’s high jump with 1.84m. Best in the women’s long jump was Daphni Doulaptsi Teeuwen (Raheny Shamrock) with 5.51.

Full results on the Dublin Athletics live website at http://live.dublinathletics.com/graded-25-1/menu.html.

More pictures are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720325829461/

… AND AWAY

Rhasidat Adeleke (TallaghtAC) was in action at the Diamond League meet in Shanghai/Keqiao, China, on Saturday (May 3) where she finished second in the women’s 200m in 22.72 secs. Adeleke will join the Irish team at the World Relays in Guangzhou, China, next weekend. Ireland has teams competing in both the men and women’s 4x400m and the mixed 4x400m with the top-14 in each race qualifying for the World Championships in Tokyo next September. Jack Raftery (Donore Harriers) and David Bosch (UCD AC) are also on the squad. Good luck to them all!

In the 5000m, also at the Diamond League meet, Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished tenth with a time of 13:12.10.

In the USA, Elizabeth Ndudi (DSD AC) was second in the long jump in Champaign, Illinois, also on Saturday, with a leap of 6.16m.

A week earlier, Niamh Fogarty (Raheny Shamrock) broke the Irish record for the discus with a throw of 58.40m in ‘Throw Town’, Ramona, Oklahoma - the controversial ‘wind tunnel’ open field venue, designed to make best use of the prevailing winds for discus throwers. Patricia Walsh’s record of 57.60m, set in Santry Stadium on 7 July 1984, had stood for 41 years.

ROADS

Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) was the winner of the Drogheda 10km in Co Louth on Sunday in a time of 32 mins 13 secs. Eoin Gallagher (Skerries AC) finished third in 34:05, while Fiona Roche (Raheny Shamrock AC) was second woman in 36:49.

At the Great Limerick Run Marathon, also on Saturday, Tudor Moldovan (Clonliffe Harriers, M35) finished third in 2:27.55. Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe Harriers, M35) finished second in the associated half marathon in in 69:14 with Colm Turner (Brothers Pearse, M35) fourth in 70:47.

On Saturday, a large groups of athletes from Sportsworld AC travelled to the Leinster Master and Novice Road Championships, held in Gowran, Co Kilkenny, and picked up quite a a few medals. Lorna Sheehan won the novice women’s 3km race in 10 mins 46 secs and helped the team to second place behind Kilkenny City Harriers with just a single point separating the two. Dublin was the second county team. Of the masters, Louise Bruton led the Sportsworld W50 team to second place in the women’s 3km. In the men’s 6km race, the Sportsworld M35 team finished third, led by Paul O’Brien in ninth place. Donore Harriers, with Kenneth Nugent finishing seventh was fourth. Sportsworld was also fourth of the over 50 teams. Dublin finished second of the M35 teams and third in the M50 category. Winning the women’s masters 3km was Rachel Murphy (Plant Based AC, W40) in 11 mins 9 secs. Rathfarnham WSAF, led by Clare Shiels, finished third team.

ULTRA RUNNING

In the Irish championships incorporated into the Anglo-Celtic Plate 100km held at Mallory Park, Kirkby Mallory, near Leicester, England, Matthew Collins (Portmarnock AC, M35) finished second with 7:26.44 and Rob Kelly (Raheny Shamrock AC) third with 7:41.01. Both men and women’s Irish teams finished third overall in the Anglo-Celtic Plate.

Dublin Juvenile T&F Championships 2025 - Full Programme

peter.claffey@athleticsrathfarnham.ie (Peter Claffey) — Fri, 02 May 2025 16:38:31 GMT

Please see attached the full programme for the Juvenile Track and Field Championships 2025. Please keep a check on this page nearer the event day to ensure you have the most up to date programme.

Dublin Graded Meeting 1 Timetable 03 May 2025

Thu, 01 May 2025 08:35:06 GMT

Please see attached the programme for the first Dublin Graded Meeting to be held in Morton Stadium, Santry on 03 May 2025. Please note there is no parking for participants at Santry Stadium. Please use the nearby carpark at Santry Park.

Dublin Juvenile T&F U9/10/11 Team Championships, Tallaght Track, 25th May 2025

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:15:05 GMT

Please find attached the draft timetable and information for the Dublin U9/10/11 Team Championships scheduled for Tallaght on the Sunday the 25th of May. Online entry should be available through the Entry4sports platform by the end of this week.

Regards

Cecil

Dublin Juvenile T&F Championships 2025 - Draft Programme and Entry Links

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:37:03 GMT

Firstly, a big thank you to all those who volunteered and helped make Dublin Juvenile T&F league 1 a great success and well done to the 977 young athletes who competed. Also, to Tallaght A.C. for hosting the event. Please find attached the draft timetable for the Dublin Juvenile Outdoor T&F Championships. A more detailed timetable will be circulated after entries close for each day. Also attached are the combined points for the U10-U16 league 1 that took place in Tallaght track. Online entry will hopefully be available by the end of this week for the Championships and information and entry system for the U9/10/11 Team Championships (Children's Games). Please be advised, entries for the U10-U16 league closes on the 4th May @ 23:59. You may appreciate there is a huge amount of administrative work and planning that takes place after entries close, with almost 1000 entries, so hence the reason there will be NO late entries accepted for future competitions. Results for league 1 can be found on, live.dublinathletics.com

Online entry for the Dublin Juvenile Championships is now available through the links below. Please note, and advise your parents and athletes that only the club competition secretary/secretary can submit relay teams.

Day 1

https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/1301

Day 2

https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/1302

Day 3

https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/1303

Day 4

https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/1304

Day 5 Even Age Relays

https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/1306

Day 5 Uneven Age Relays

https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/1307

Please circulate the programme/timetable of events I sent a few days ago to your members and post on your club website and social media platforms. All relevant information is available on the Dublin Athletics website and social media platforms.

The online entry portal will be available for the U9/10/11 team championships in the coming days.

Kind Regards

Cecil

Dublin Clubs Activities, 25 - 27 April 2025

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:10:08 GMT

A BUSY DAY FOR MARATHONS

On a busy weekend for marathons, races took place in London, Manchester, Hamburg, Dusseldorf and Connemara, with Dublin runners lining out in most of them. At the Hamburg Marathon, Karl Fleming (Portmarnock AC) clocked a time of 2:38.33, while Kate Purcell (Raheny Shamrock) finished 13th woman and first W40 in 2:47.46. She crossed the line with her Raheny clubmate Ian McConkey. A total of 143 Irish had registered to run.

Well over a thousand Irish had nabbed a place in the London Marathon. Finishers included John Eves (Dundrum South Dublin AC) in 2:35.46, as well as John McCarthy who clocked a time of 2:37.56 in the wheelchair race. Locally, Edward O’Connor (Brothers Pearse AC) was second in 2:45.32 at the annual Connemarathon in Co Galway. Maura Dineen (Raheny Shamrock, W40) finished third woman in 3:41.34.

ROAD RELAYS - WINS FOR DSD AND RATHFARNHAM MASTERS!

Dundrum South Dublin AC successfully retained their title in the women’s senior race at the National Road Relays held on the All Saints circuit in Raheny on Sunday (April 27). After a solid start by Olympian and team coach Maria McCambridge on the opening one mile leg, Emma McEvoy on the two-mile leg and Eimear Maher on the final mile brought the defending champions home for the club’s sixth win since 2009 in a time of 20 mins 50 secs. McEvoy and Maher also clocked the fastest times of the day for their legs. UCD, who had led after the first leg, finished second in 21:31 with Kate Nurse, Mary Horgan and Ellie Hartnett making up the team. Finishing third was the host club Raheny Shamrock’s trio of Lucy Barrett, Kate Crowley and Niamh Kearney. Crusaders finished fourth, Sportsworld fifth and North Down — the only non-Dublin club in the race — sixth. In the men’s race over four legs, defending champions Clonliffe Harriers finished third behind Ennis Track Club and Craughwell AC from Co Galway. Clonliffe had led for the opening two legs, thanks to good runs by Ben Guiden and Sean Cronin but a strong run on the three-mile leg proved decisive for Ennis and Clonliffe Harriers ended up third in 37:32 - twenty-one seconds behind the winners. Dundrum South Dublin finished fourth, Raheny Shamrock fifth and a second Clonliffe team sixth.

In the masters races, Sportsworld (Lorna Quinn, Noreen Brouder, Aoife O’Leary) finished runners-up in the W35 race. Crusaders finished fourth, Clonliffe Harriers sixth and two Donore teams seventh and eighth. Raheny Shamrock’s trio of Tara Kennedy, Annette Kealy and Mary Walsh finished second in the W50 category. Defending champion Raheny Shamrock (Aidan Jones, Kieran Kelly, Mick Clohisey) could only manage second this time in the M35 category behind Letterkenny AC, with Clonliffe Harriers (Tom Sherlock, Cathal McHale and Niall Sherlock) third. Donore Harriers was fourth and Liffey Valley fifth. First home in the M50 class was Rathfarnham WSAF AC (Paul Fleming, Shane O’Neill, Sean McCreery) in 20: 534, with a time of 4 mins 59 secs for the final mile from Paul Fleming, who celebrated his 50th birthday on the day, proving crucial.

OTHER WEEKEND ROAD RACES

In Darndale, Dublin on Saturday (April 26) Cian Charlton (Raheny Shamrock AC) led home over seven hundred finishers at the Another Way 5km in 16 mins 36 secs .Stephen Butler was second in 16:41. Tracey Coleman (Artane/Beaumont Running Club) was first woman in 20:38, with Beth O’Connor (Ballymun AC) second in 21:51.

At the Cootehill 10km, in Co Cavan on Sunday, Catherina Mullen (Metro St Brigid’s AC) was first woman in 37:18.

TRACK AND FIELD - STATESIDE

At the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, USA , from April 24-26, Washington State won a thrilling College Men’s 4 x mile with Ronan McMahon-Stagg (Dublin City Harriers) running an opening leg of 4:06.10. A day earlier, Washington had won the medley relay title, with McMahon-Stagg again on the opening leg, this time of 1200m. McMahon-Stagg, now aged twenty-two, began his college career with UCLA. He currently tops the Irish 1500m rankings thanks to a personal best time of 3:38.23 run in Azusa, California on April 18. Elsewhere in the USA, Roisin Treacy (DSD AC) won the women’s 1500m at the Elmhurst Invitational in Illinois on Friday (April) 25) in a personal best 4:26.45.

Dublin Juvenile T&F League 1 2025 Updated Programme

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 09:28:55 GMT

Please find attached revised timetable for the Dublin Juvenile U10-U16 T&F League 1. Please circulate to your parents/athletes and coaches, and advise them the timetable will be posted on the Dublin website and social media platforms. We encourage carpooling, as car parking is limited in St Marys Primary school and TAC, and please advise your parents/coaches not to park on footpaths or cycle lanes on the Greenhills Road. Car parking may be found in nearby industrial estates off the Airton Road which is less than 10 minutes walk. Please advise your competition secretaries/secretaries, coaches and parents that for all future events no entries will be accepted after the closing dates.

Kind Regards

Cecil

Dublin Juvenile T&F League 1 & 2 2025 Programmes

Sun, 20 Apr 2025 19:25:38 GMT

Please be advised, due to the delay in the delivery of a new high jump in Tallaght there will be no high jump event for U12 and U15/16's in league 1 on the 27th of April. Instead, athletes U12 can compete in shot putt and U16's in long jump. Please find attached amended leagues 1 & 2 programme/timetable of events with changes highlighted in yellow. High jump for U12's will be available on the 10th of May (league 2). High jump for U15/16 will be available in league 3. Entries for league 1 close this Sunday the 20th of April at 23:59. Entries for League 2 close on the 4th of May at 23:59.

All clubs MUST provide named officials at a ratio of 1:15. Please send the names by email to Seamus: seamus.flynn@indaver.com by the closing date. Please note, an appointed official from each club should collect an envelope with the athlete bib numbers for League 1 from Shirley on the day.

Parking in Tallaght

Limited car parking spaces will be available in St Marys Primary school grounds. Carparking spaces can be found in nearby industrial estates on Airton Road (5 minute walk). Please advise your parents/coaches not to park on footpaths or cycle lanes on the Greenhills Road.

Have a Happy Easter.

Cecil

Dublin Clubs Activities, 17 - 21 April 2025

Sun, 20 Apr 2025 19:01:39 GMT

TRACK - OVERSEAS

Rhasidat Adeleke (TallaghtAC) finished fourth in the 200m with a time of 22.57 seconds at the Tom Jones Invitational, in Gainesville, Florida on Friday evening (April 18). It was Adeleke’s first individual race of the outdoor season. Big target for the Tallaght sprinter this summer is the September’s World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where she will concentrate on her specialist 400m.

At the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California (April 16-18), Louis O’Loughlin (Donore Harriers) finished third in the 800m ‘invite’ race on Thursday with a personal best time of 1:47.71. A day later, on Friday, he ran 3:46.06 in one of the five 1500m races on offer. Also running a 1500m on Friday was Ronan McMahon Staggs (Dublin City Harriers) who finished seventh in the men’s elite trace in a personal best 3:38.23. Fiona Hawkins (Dublin City Harriers) ran a time of 4:25.10 having run 16:55.60 a day earlier earlier for 5000m. Niamh Fogarty (Raheny Shamrock AC) was in Ramona Oklahoma, where she threw 56.21m in the discus competition. - not far off her personal best 56.49 set last summer.

ROADS

Pierre Murchan (Dublin City Harriers) finished second in the sold-out Streets of Kilkenny 5km on Thursday evening (April 17 ) with a time of 14 mins 21. Murchan was just six seconds behind the winner Cathal O’Reilly of (Kilkenny City Harriers). Anthony O’Brien (Raheny Shamrock AC) was fourth in 14:45 and Stephen Cashin (Clonliffe Harriers) finished eighth in 14:55. Orla Duffy (Dublin City Harriers) finished third woman in 16:38. The race was the second round of this year’s new-look Peugeot Race Series with €2,000 in ‘bonuses’ to be handed out at each of the ten races in the series. Next round is the Aisling Murphy 4-Mile in Tullamore on Sunday, May 11. Full details at www.popupraces.ie

Kenneth Nugent (Donore Harriers) led home 371 finishers in the Kilmovee 10km in Co Mayo on Saturday morning. Conditions were wet.

Former Irish marathon champion and Rathfarnham WSAF Member - Sean Hehir (Croghan AC) was the winner of the Battle of Clontarf 10-mile in St Anne’s Park, Dublin, on Easter Monday April 21. His time was 54 mins 53 secs. First woman was Fiona Roche of host club Raheny Shamrock in 60:01. Both winner were also first over 40. Jason Reilly (Civil Service Harriers) was second overall in 55:10 and Anthony Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) third in 55:27. Colm Costelloe (Brothers Pearse AC) was ninth and first M50 in 57:21. Of the women, Niamh Clifford was second in 60:27 and Fiona Kehoe (Kilmore AC, W40) third in 61:09. Other age group winners for Dublin club athletes were Denis Farrell (Portmarnock AC) M55, Gerry Boyle (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M65, Ronan Ward (Civil Service Harriers) M70, Yvonne Macauley (Crusaders AC) W35, Tara Kennedy (Rahney Shamrock AC) W50, Deirdre O’Mahony (Blackrock AC) W60 and Grainne Grennan (Blackrock AC) W65. Raheny Shamrock won both men and women’s team titles. In the men’s race, Raheny beat Donore Harriers by less than a minute with Civil Service Harriers third. Crusaders was second of the women’s teams, followed by Tullamore Harriers. Civil Service Harriers finished fourth and third Dublin club. The race was a Leinster Championships.

Dublin Club Activities, 10 - 13 April 2025

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 21:15:46 GMT

FOURTH IN EUROPE FOR EFREM

Efrem Gidey (Clonliffe Harriers) produced the run of his career to date when finishing just out of the medals at the inaugural European Road Running Championships held in Leuven Belgium over the weekend. Running in the half marathon, Gidey lost out on the bronze medal when beaten to the line by Valentin Gondouin of France. He finished in 61:55 seconds - just a second behind Gondouin. The Clonliffe man had hoped to finish second or third, but a stitch midway through the race slowed him down. Race winner was Jimmy Gressier of France in a personal best 59:45.

In the Netherlands, Irish record holder Hiko Tonosa (DSD AC).finished twelfth at the Rotterdam Marathon in a time of 2 hrs 9 mins 52 secs - just ten seconds off his Irish record of 2:09.42 set in Dublin last October. Tonosa went through 10km in 30:49 and halfway in 65:04. Winner was Geoffrey Kamworor in 2: 04.34.

LOCAL ROADS

Mollie O’Donnell (Liffey Valley AC) was first woman home at the Great Ireland Run 10km in Dublin’s Phoenix Park on Sunday (April 13). O’Donnell finished in 38:32 with Aisling O’Connor (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) second in 38:48.

In the men’s race, won by Colin Leonard (Drogheda and District AC) in 32 mins 45 secs, Cian Charlton (Raheny Shamrock AC) was third in 33.58, while Michael Wycherly (Crusaders AC) was seventh overall and first M50 in 34:59. Rathfarnham WSAF AC did well in the older age groups with Colm Murray first M55 and Tom Cuddy and Gerry Boyle first and second M65. Trevor Lloyd from Sportsworld AC was first M75. In a team competition that mixed club and business teams, Raheny Shamrock AC proved best of the men, beating Deloitte and Metro St Brigid’s AC. Donore Harriers, led by Emily Cunniffe, took the women’s title with Accenture second and Clonliffe Harriers third. Close to 2,5000 completed the race.

TRACK AND FIELD - DCU 17 NOT OUT!

Dublin City University stretched its winning streak to seventeen years and counting at the Irish Universities Track and Field Championships held in Santry on Friday and Saturday (April 11 and 12). Perennial rivals University of Limerick and UCD finished second and third. No other college has won the track and field title in the nineteen years since DCU’s first win in 2007 (there were no championships in 2020 and 2021). In cross-country, however, they are occasionally vulnerable with University of Galway winning the title last October. DCU, which holds a 40-year-lease on Santry, were hosts of the competition this year and over the weekend records were set by Jonas Stafford (UCD) 8:55.37 men’s 3000m, Eimear Maher (UCC/DSD AC) 4:27.15 1500m, Michaela Walsh (DCU) 14.46m shot and Olympian Nicola Tuthill (UCD) 68.70 hammer. Other Dublin club or college medal winners included Emma McEvoy ((UCD/DSD AC) and Faye Dervan (DCU/DCH AC) first and second in the women’s 5000m and Gavin Curtin (TUC/Donore Harriers) was the winner and Shane Spring (TCD/ (Raheny Shamrock AC) runner-up in the men’s 10,000m. In the sprints, Nkemjika Onwmereh (DCU) won the men’s 100m and Ciaran Carty (UCD/DSD AC) the 400m. Field event winners were Hubert Adamczyk (TCD/Clonliffe Harriers) javelin, Anna Gavigan (DCU/LSA AC) discus, Daphni Doulaptsi Teeuwen (DCU/Raheny Shamrock) triple jump (and second in long jump) and Ciara Sheehy (DCU) women’s shot. In the relays, UCD won the men’s 4x100 in 41.69 while DCU won the men’s 4x400m in 3:26.98.

Abroad, at the Friar Invitational, in Providence, Rhode Island, on Friday (April 11), Scott Fagan (Metro St Brigid’s AC) ran a personal best 14:20.48 when finishing sixth in the 5000m, while in Clermont, Florida a day later, Israel Olatunde (Tallaght) also ran a personal best of 21.49 secs for the much chorter distance of 200m. Olutunde also ran 10.47secs for 100m.

ULTRA RUNNING

Karen Clarke (Brothers Pearse AC) was the last woman standing at the Hellevation Munster Backyard Last One Standing on a tough 4.176 mile loop in Grange, Co Tipperary over the weekend.

Dublin Juvenile T&F League 2 U10 - 16 Programme 10 May 2025, Tallaght Track

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 13:39:06 GMT

Please find attached the programme/timetable of events for the juvenile T&F league 2. Entries Close 4th May @ 23:59. Entry Fee 4 Euros Online Entry Link: https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/1283 . Please circulate to your club members.

Kind Regards

Cecil

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 02 - 06 April 2025

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 09:28:19 GMT

DUBLIN 10KM ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Just one second separated the top two at the Garristown 10km in Co Dublin on Sunday (April 6) where Jamie Kavanagh Shiels was the winner in a time of 32 mins 58 secs. The race, with a sold-out entry of over 800, incorporated the Dublin 10km Championships and just a second behind Shiels in 32:59 was Kieran Regan (Brothers Pearse AC, M35). Third in 33:03 was Pierce Geoghegan (Liffey Valley AC, M40). First woman — and Dublin champion — was Ciara Brady (Raheny Shamrock AC) in a time of 38:01. It was a first big win for Brady. Liffey Valley won both men and women’s team titles, with Geoghegan, David Carroll, Paddy Murphy and Cormac Long the scoring men’s quartet and Brigid Long, Shauna Dunne, Lynn Devitt and Orla Gordon the winning women’s team. Civil Service Harriers, led by Stephen Mutuku in tenth place, were second of the men’s teams and Clonliffe Harriers third, led by Anthony Doran in ninth place. Tallaght AC, led by Tara Darcy, were second placed women’s team with Clonliffe Harriers, led by Ciara Peelo, third. Other winners:

Women -

W35: 1 Emma Przymusinska (Lusk AC) ; 2 Fiona Hayden (Love2Love AC) 3 Orla Gordon (Liffey Valley AC).W40: 1 Tara Darcy (Tallaght AC), 2 Brigid Long (Liffey Valley AC); 3 Ariana Ball (Donore Harriers).W45: 1 Ciara Peelo (Clonliffe Harriers), 2 Jennifer Foran (Garristown Flyers); 3 Gemma Treacy (Civil Service Harriers). W50: 1 Breda Smyth (Lucan Harriers), 2 Freda O’Meara (Portmarnock AC), 3 Geraldine McHale (Lusk AC). W55: 1 Laura Cunningham (Love2RunAC), 2 Anne Lyons (Clonliffe Harriers), 3 Patricia O Cleirigh (Raheny Shamrock AC). W60: 1 Deirdre O’Mahoney (Blackrock AC), 2 Fiona Byrne (Civil Service Harriers), 3 Carol Dempsey ( Civil Service Harriers). W65: 1 Liz Arkins 9Lucan Harriers) , 2 Vivienne Daly 9Garristown Flyers).

Teams: W35 - 1 Lusk AC, 2 Love2Run AC, 3 Civil Service AC. W50 - 1 Lucan Harriers, Civil Service Harriers, 3 Blackrock AC

Men -

M35: Kieran Regan (Brothers Pearse AC), 2 Daragh Keegan (Donore Harriers), 3 David Carroll (Liffey Valley AC) . M40: 1 Pierce Geoghegan (Liffey Valley AC); 2 Kenneth Nugent (Donore Harriers), 3 Ronan Dunphy (Skerries AC). M45: 1 Davey Duane (Raheny Shamrock AC), 2 Jim McCafferty (Balbriggan and District), 3 Derek Kilduff (Lucan Harriers). M50: 1Keith Fleming (Raheny Shamrock AC), 2 Nicholas Donnelly (Blackrock AC) , 3 Noel Ryan (Civil Service Harriers). M55: 1 Ger O’Toole (Blackrock AC), 2 Charni Purewal (Balbriggan and District), 3 Roberto Romano (Raheny Shamrock). M60: 1 Dave Woods (Raheny Shamrock AC) , 2Philip McGovern (Raheny Shamrock AC), 3 Sean Ryan (Civil Service Harriers). M65: 1 Alan McCabe (Tallaght AC), 2 Ronan Ward (Civil Service Harriers), 3 Vincent O’Neill (Civil Service Harriers).

Teams: M35 - 1 Raheny Shamrock, 2 Civil Service Harriers, 3 Clonliffe Harriers. M50 -Raheny Shamrock, Blackrock AC, 3 Civil Service Harriers.

Also on Sunday, the Women’s Meet and Train League celebrated not only the end of the 2024 - 2025 season with a fun run and prizegiving at Irishtown hosted by Crusaders AC but also forty years of Meet and Train racing. Long may it flourish!

A DAY EARLIER …

At a well-supported Dublin City Council BHAA 4-Mile, in St Anne’s Park, Raheny on Saturday (April 5) , Sean Doran and Laura McDonnell continued their winning streaks. Doran finished in 20 mins 54 secs, with Christopher O’Reilly second in 21:19 and Paul Fleming third and first M45 in 21:59. Des Tremble was fourth and first M50 in 22.05. O’Donnell finished eighth overall in 23:05 with Sarah Mullingan tenth overall in 23.20. Also in action was a large group from the Lor May of Dublin’s Five Alive Challenge who were completing their final race. Also present were peace runners from the Sri Chinmoy organisation, who were greeted by the Lord Mayor Emma Blaine.

More images: DCC BHAA - https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720324901693/

ROADS - MID-WEEK

At the Queen’s 5km, in Belfast on Wednesday (April 2) Kieran Kelly (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished sixth in 14:39 and Louie Woodger (Metro St Brigid’s AC) 16th in 15:02 while a large group from Clonliffe Harriers taking part in the race included Evan Lynch, Lee Duddy, and Jack Woods

ROAD - ABROAD

At the Berlin Half Marathon on Sunday (April 6), Tom O’Reilly (Metro St Brigid’s) finished seventh M65 in 95:38 (95:12)

TRACK AND FIELD

Abdel Laadjel (Donore Harriers) clocked a personal best time of 28:29.17, which qualifies him for both the NCAA and European Under 23 championships at the Standard Invitational in California on Friday (April 4). Ronan McMahon-Staggs (Dublin City Harriers) finished fourth in the 1500m with a time of 3:41.13. In the 10,000m. In the women’s steeplechase, Ailish Hawkins’ (Dublin City Harriers) ran a personal best time of 10:12.37.

At the Athletics Ireland Spring Throws in Tullamore on Sunday (April 6), Anna Gavigan (LSA) won the women’s discus with a throw of 50.71m, while Grace Casey (Clonliffe Harriers) was second in the javelin with a 43.15m effort.

ULTRA RUNNING

Mark Conlon (Clondalkin Flyers) notched up a total of 143.6 km for fifth place at the Trasna na Blianta 24 hour race held on the Le Cheile track, Leixlip, over the weekend (April 5-6). Rex Brilliantes (Love 2Love AC) , who also started strongly, managed 114km in 12 hrs 35 mins. Third in the six-hour race, with a total 65.5km to his credit, was Joey Marrinan (Brothers Pearse AC). In the 12-hour event, Arlene Moore (Garristown Flyers) finished third overall and second woman with a total of 100.8 km. More pictures are at Trasna na Blianta- https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720324900648

Photo captions:

DCC BHAA 4-Mile - good humour at the start

DCC BHAA 4-Mile - three women

Trasna na Blianta 12 hour race - Arlene Moore (Garristown Flyers) - she’s No 1202

Trasna na Blianta 6 hour race - Joey Marrinan (Brothers Pearse AC)

Trasna na Blianta 24 hour race - Rex Brilliantes (Love2Run)

Queens 5km - Clonliffe Harriers on tour! Photo Clonliffe Harriers

Women’s Meet and train celebrate! Photo Lisa Shine

Dublin Clubs activities roundup - 27 - 30 March 2024

Sun, 30 Mar 2025 19:17:48 GMT

ROADS - ALMOST 12, 000 RUN DUBLIN HALF MARATHON

Cillian Mooney (Dundrum South DublinAC) led home almost 12,000 finishers at the inaugural Dublin City Half Marathon held on Sunday (March 30) making it the third biggest road race in the city after the Dublin Marathon and the Women’s Mini Marathon. The race had sold out in just two hours a few months ago. Mooney, an Irish mountain running international, was a clear winner of the race in 65 min 40 secs, which was slower than the time of 64:43 he ran at the Naples Half Marathon in Italy last month. Other Dublin runners in the top twenty were was Stephen Cashin (Clonliffe Harriers) seventh, Michael Brady (Raheny Shamrock) 11th, Cillian O’Leary (Raheny Shamrock AC 13th and first M45, Ian Fitzgerald (Donore Harriers) 19th and Karl Nolan (Clonliffe Harriers) 20th and third M40. First M50 was Ruben Bartelink (DSD AC). In the women’s race, Noreen Brouder (Sportsworld AC) was second and first W45 in 81:42 and in the age groups, it was a good day for Raheny Shamrock AC. Fiona Stack was first W40 ahead of Olivia Sexton (Portmarnock AC), while Tara Kennedy was second over 50, Trish Fitzgerald third W60 and Mary Lynch first W70. For Lucan Harriers, Anne Whelan was second W60, Liz Arkins second W65 and Eileen O’Brien second W70 while for Blackrock AC, Grainne Grennan was first W70. Of the men, Philip O’Doherty (Clonliffe Harriers) was first M60, followed by Philip McGovern (Raheny Shamrock AC). Liam Lenehan (Sportsworld) AC) was second M65 and John Clohisey (Raheny Shamrock) second M70. Callum Marshall (Portmarnock AC) was first junior in 82:30. The race, which started on O’Connell Street at 8.30 am and took in much of Dublin’s Northside, was organised by the Dublin Marathon and Race Series team with the support of Dublin City Council.

TRACK AND FIELD - OUTDOORS!

At the TEN meeting, in San Juan Capistrano, California, Efrem Gidey (Clonliffe Harriers/Hoka) finished 12th in a time of 27 mins 26.95 secs, taking around 13 seconds off Alistair Cragg’s Irish 10,000m record of 27:39.55 set in 2007. ‘Hard work paying off. More to come’ said Gidey after his run. Winner was Kenyan athlete Israel Kipkurui in 26:50.21. The top five all broke 27 minutes. Gidey, still aged only twenty-four, now holds three Irish records - he ran 60:51 in the Copenhagen half marathon last September, and 27:43 in the Valencia 10km in January. Before his race in California, Gidey had been training at altitude with the Hoka group in Flagstaff Arizona under the supervision of coach Andrew Hobdell. Looking at his progress since 2023, it’s notable that he has struck to a routine, starting his year by running the Valencia 10km in early January. Last year, he had also raced in California, finishing sixth in the 10,000m with a time 27:53.14. He’s also a ‘regular’ at the Night of the 10,000m PBs in London, where he ran 27:40.02 for ninth place last May. Next up for Gidey is the inaugural European Running Championships in Leuven and Brussels, Belgium on April 12-13, where he will compete in the half marathon. He is the only Dublin club athlete on the team.

At the Texas Relays in Austin, also on Saturday, Rhasidat Adeleke (Tallaght AC/Nike) opened her outdoor season anchoring the international team that won the pro 4 x400m relay in 3 mins 25.20 secs.

Irish athletes were also in action at the Raleigh Relays in North Carolina, where, in the men’s 5000m, held over ten heats, Cormac Dixon (Tallaght AC) clocked a time of 13:57.99. Down Under, at the Mario Plant meet in Melbourne on Saturday (March 29) Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock AC) was seventh in the 5000m in 13:25.63. Two days earlier, also in Melbourne, Cillian Kirwan (Raheny Shamrock AC) clocked 1:48.37 for third place in an 800m race. In the women’s 800m, Nadia Power (Dublin City Harriers) finished second in 2:06.52.

Marathon

Paul O’Donnell (Dundrum South Dublin AC) ran a time of 2hrs 10 mins 17 secs in his marathon debut at the McKirdy Micro-The Road to Tokyo race in Rockland Lake State Park, Congers , New York State on Sunday (March 30). The time is the fifth fastest ever by an Irishman. O’Donnell finished fourth in the race which was won by Canadian athlete Justin Kent in 2:09.29. The World Championships mark for the marathon is 2:06.20, with only a hundred athletes set to make it. Current Irish record holder Hiko Tonosa,like O’Donnell a member of the Dundrum South Dublin club will run the Rotterdam Marathon on Sunday April 13 aiming to qualify.

WORLD MASTERS

A the World Masters Indoors in Gainesville, Florida, Edel Maguire (Clonliffe Harriers) won the W65 high jump in some style on Friday (March 28) and only narrowly missed out on a second gold in the 200m later in the day. She made up for that on Sunday (March 30) by winning the 400m in a world record time of 66.94 secs. So two golds and a silver for Edel! Other medal winners included Adina Gheoghiu (DSD AC/Romania) second in the W50 200m in 26. 41 secs, Shane Sheridan (DSD AC) 3rd M65 200m in 27.75, and Mick Traynor (Raheny Shamrock) who was part of the silver-medal winning M60 cross-country team.

HILLS

At the annual Maurice Mullins Ultra in the Wicklow Mountains on Saturday (March 29) Sean Meehan (Cherry Orchard RC) finished third in 4:40.51. Marc Fitzachary (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) was first M45 in 4:58.58.

DUBLIN JUVENILES

Emily Bolton (Clonliffe Harriers) added yet another gold medal to her collection when winning the U18 1500m at the National Juvenile Indoors held in Athlone over the weekend. Bolton finished in 4:48.55 with Megan Brunt (Blackrock AC) second in 4:51.83. Winning the U17 boys’ 1500m in 3:37.67 was Charlie O’Neill (Donore Harriers). In the girls’ U17 age group, Mia Brett (MSB AC) won the 400m in 58.12, Alicja Doyle (Clongriffin AC) the 60m in 7.53 and Marianne O’Farrell (Clongriffin AC) the long jump with a 4.92 effort. On the opening day of the meet, Des O’Neill (Raheny Shamrock AC) won the U19 boys’ 60m hurdles. Other good results came from -

U17 - Boys: 200m, 2 Luis Blinco (MSB AC) 22.42; 800m 3 Charlie O’Neill (Donore Harriers) 1:56.77. Girls: High jump, 3 Zion Osasenaga Osawe (Donore Harriers) 1.55.

U18 - Boys: 60m, 3 Dubem Amah (Tallaght AC) 7.00; 200m, 2 Sean O’Donnell (Tallaght AC) 22.02. 1500m, 2 Odhran McBrearty (Crusaders AC) 4:06.52. Long jump, 3 Brendan Solarin (Tallaght AC) 6.15. Girls: 60m, 2 Chidinma Adikaibe (MSB AC) 7.73; 400m, 2 Alannah Giles (DSD AC) 57.30; long jump, 2 Ariana Silvestre (Fingallians AC) 5.03m.

U19 - Boys: 400m, 2 Andrew Hayes (DSD AC) 49.43; 1500m, 3 Rory Quill (Clonliffe Harriers) 4:01. Girls: 1500m, 2 Saoirse Fitzgerald (Lucan Harriers) 4:31.74; 60m hurdles, 2 Abigail Farrell (Donore Harries)

Dublin Juvenile T&F League 2025 Programme details

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:56:45 GMT

Please find attached details for the juvenile track & field leagues, and the programme of events/timetable for league 1. Athletes can enter 1 or more events available in their age group. Entry Fee: 4 euros. Entries online by clicking on the link below and scrolling down to competition No #1267 AAI Ireland Entries | athleticsireland@entry4sports.com

Juvenile U10-U16 T&F League 1 #1267 27th Apr 2025, Dublin Entries Close 20th Apr 11:59pm

Kind Regards

Cecil

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 22 - 23 March 2025

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:37:38 GMT

SOLID SIXTH IN WORLDS FOR SARAH

Sarah Healy (UCD AC), who had memorably won the 3000m at the European Indoors, was again lining out over the 3000m in Nanjing , where she finished a fighting sixth and first European in a highly respectable time of 8 mins 40 secs.

Healy was lying fifth for much of the race and moved briefly into fourth place in the later stages of the race, only losing ground in the chase for the line. She admitted after the race that she was a bit too far back to make up the gap. Healy can still look back with some satisfaction on an indoors season that saw her break Irish 1500m and 3000m records as well as winning her first ever senior international gold medal. Roll on the summer!

DONORE TAKES NATIONAL 10KM TITLE

A strong team from Donore Harriers took the men’s national team title at the Dunboyne 10km on Sunday, with the race incorporating the National 10km Championships. Leading the team home was John Travers who finished ninth in 30:02 with his clubmate, Gavin Curtin finishing just one place behind in a time of 30:10. Kane Collin and Eric Keogh made up the scoring quartet with all home inside the top thirty. CNDR TC from Belfast was second and Raheny Shamrock, led by Shane Spring in 16th place, third. Dublin City Harriers were fourth. In the women’s team competition, the Dublin City Harriers’ trio of Orla Duffy, Sorcha McAllister and Bonnie-may McFeat finished third team behind Leevale AC from Cork and Mullingar Harriers. Dundrum South Dublin was fourth, Crusaders fifth and Metro St Brigid’s AC sixth.

In the masters’ team categories, Brothers Pearse, led by Pauline Robertson, won the over 50 women’s category, followed by Rathfarnham WSAF. In the over 35 age category, there were third places for the Rathfarnham WSAF AC men and the Metro St Brigid’s AC women. In a race which saw wins for Jack O’Leary (Mullingar Harriers) and Niamh Allen (Leevale AC), Pierre Murchan (Dublin City Harriers) was the first Dublin club athlete home, finishing third overall in 29:31. Not far behind was Colm Rooney (Clonliffe Harriers) who was fourth and first M40 in 29:42. Also breaking 30 minutes was Killian Mooney (Dundrum South Dublin AC) who finished eighth in 29:54. Of the women, Emma McEvoy (Dundrum South Dublin AC) finished sixth in 33:52, while Orla Duffy (Dublin City Harriers) was ninth in 34:35 and her clubmate Sorcha McAllister one place behind in 34:36. Among the national master category winners were Cillian O’Leary (Raheny Shamrock AC) M45, Noreen Brouder (Sportsworld AC) W45, Maria Dolan (Raheny Shamrock AC) W55, Sheelagh Jones (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) W65, and Tom Cuddy (Rathfarnham WSADF AC) M65 with Liam Lenehan (Sportsworld AC) second in that age group.

GAOLBREAK WIN FOR KEEGAN

In Wicklow, Darren Keegan (Donore Harriers) was the winner of the Wicklow Gaol Half Marathon in a time of 76 mins 6 secs. Kahumburuka Tuahuku (Tallaght AC) was fourth in 79:43, Garret Loy (Clonliffe Harriers), ninth overall and second M50 in 83:50, Dan Glynn (Brothers Pearse AC) second M50 in 89:34 and Daniele Ciupac (Civil Service Harriers) fifth woman in 94:47.

SCHOOLS CROSS-COUNTRY

Helping the Irish teams to the runners-up position in all four races at the annual SIAB Schools International Cross-Country held in Falkirk, Scotland on Saturday (March 22) were a number of athletes from Dublin schools.

Best result came from Charlie O’Neill (Belvedere College) who finished a fighting seventh in the boys’ U17 race. Other in action were Samuel Redmond (Templeogue College) U15 boys, Ruby Farrelly (Our Lady’s Templeogue) and Elizabeth Reamsbottom (Santa Sabina) U15 girls, and Megan Brunt (Loreto Dalkey) and Tara Rose Smith (Sutton Park) both U17 girls.

TRACK AND FIELD -LOCAL

Although Kildare raiders took the bulk of the wins at the Dundrum South Dublin Juvenile Throws Meet, Dublin athletes Harry Moylan (Crusaders AC) U18 boys, and Adona Zewdie (DSD AC) U17 girls won their shot put competition, held at the Tibradden Road track on Saturday. Good humour prevailed at the meet, although all the young athletes (and officials!) got a thorough soaking in the less than clement conditions.

Boys - Javelin - U16 (600g): 1 Noah Treacy (Kildare AC) 40.43; 2 Ryan O’Reilly (Naas AC) 30.63; 3 Marty Davitt (DSD AC) 27.73. U18 (700g) : Eoin Cassidy (Naas AC) 32:88. U19 (800gm) - Karlo Stemec (Clongriffin AC) 28:90. Shot - U14 (2.75kg): Jack Barrett (Dunboyne AC) 9.55. Guest: Jack Moylan 11.56. U18 (5kg): 1 Harry Moylan (Crusaders AC) 10.40; 2 Daniel Aibuedefe (DSD AC) 9.00; 3 Robbie Tallon (DSD AC) 7.53.

Girls - Javelin - U16 (500g): 1 Grace Garvey (Clane AC) 25.86; 2 Maeve Moore (Newbridge AC) 25.21; 3 Hannah McBride (Clane AC) 25:10. U18: 1 Isobel Kearns (Naas AC) 35.20; 2 Abby Lewis (Naas AC) 24.34; Laragh Hayes (Blackrock AC) 13.20. U19: 1 Enya Silkena (Ratoath AC) 39.24; 2 Ava Conroy (DSD AC) 33.27; 3 Olga Burkina (DSD AC) 23.05. Shot - U14 (2kg): Shile Croal (Bohermeen AC) 9.60 (9.49); 2 Neasa O’Keefe (DSD AC) 9.60 (9.35); 3 Aisling O’Brien (Metro St Brigid’s AC) )8.48 . U17 (3kg): 1 Adona Zewdie (DSD AC) 9.47; 2 Laragh Hayes (Blackrock AC) 6.28. Pictures from the DSD Meet are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720324581837/.

Dublin Clubs results, 15 - 17 March 2025

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 15:19:23 GMT

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Clonliffe Harriers made it a double at the Tallaght 5km on St Patrick’s Day, with Ben Guiden the overall race winner and Helena Butterly first woman. On an entirely new course which took in two laps of the local college, Guiden led from early on and finished a clear winner in 15 min 9 secs. Eddie O’Connor of Bro. Pearse AC was second in 13:31 and previous winner Tomás Fitzpatrick of organising club Tallaght AC third and first M40 in 15.39. Butterly had an equally emphatic victory crossing the line with almost half a minute to spare in 16 mins 54 secs. Orla Walsh of Crusaders was second in 17:22 and Faye Dervan of Dublin City Harriers third in 17.27. Fourth and first W40 in 17.59 was Rachel Murphy of Plant-Based AC. Age group winners included Aidan Murphy (Dundrum South Dublin AC) M45, Lea Fulcher (Plant-Based AC) M50, Seamus Boylan (Brothers Pearse) M55, Tom Cuddy (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M65, Janice Doyle (Brothers Pearse AC) W45, Catherine Brogan (Portmarnock AC) W50, Lucy Darcy (Sportsworld AC) W55, Fiona Byrne (Civil Service Harriers) W60, Liz Arkins (Lucan Harriers) W65 and Una Reilly (Liffey Valley AC) W70. In the team competition, it was again Clonliffe Harriers on the double. Tallaght AC and DSD AC were second and third of the men, while DCH and Liffey Valley were second and third of the women.

Winners of the novice titles were Lee Duddy (Clonliffe Harriers), followed by Aidan Murphy (DSD AC) and Shane Heneghan (Dublin Front Runners) of the men and Orla Walshe (Crusaders AC), Rachel Murphy (Plant-Based AC) and Bonnie-may McFeat (DuCH ) of the women. Top three novice women’s teams were (provisionally) Liffey Valley, Sportsworld and Clonliffe Harriers. The top three men’s teams were Clonliffe Harriers, Dundrum South Dublin and Tallaght AC. The full results are on PopUPRaces at https://www.popupraces.ie/race/tallaght-ac-5k-2025/#1_C86632 The Dublin Novice results are at https://api.raceresult.com/331011/U0KS5YYLFVYUJDNHOZ6XXLU6NCTULL3Y and https://api.raceresult.com/331011/9UBMF2Q6YLHXDN0B74P0HDMEO1GMGWHV

Pictures from the Tallaght 5k are on https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720324484653/

Meanwhile in Co Laois, Dundrum South Dublin made a winning start to their defence of the Peugeot Race Series title by finishing first team ahead of St Abban’s AC and Kilkenny City Harriers at the Streets of Portlaoise 5km. In a competitive race up front, Killian Mooney of DSD race, has just two seconds to spare when he finished in 14 mins 57 secs, with David Mansfield (Clonmel AC) second in 14:59. Even closer was the women’s race where Hannah Steeds (Leevale AC) sprinted clear of Eimear Maher (DSD AC), with the pair given times of 16:46 and 16:47.

Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) was the winner of the Skerries 10km on Sunday (March 16) with a time of 33 mins 13 secs. Second in 33:28 was Jamie Kavanagh Shiels. First woman with a time of 37:50 was Sarah-Grace Breen. In the age groups, Alan O’Dowd (Balbriggan and District AC) was first M50 in 39:09. Clonliffe was the winning men’s team with home team Skerries second and Lusk AC third. Best of the women’s teams was Portmarnock AC, led by Dee Magee in sixth place. Lusk AC was second and Raheny Shamrock third.

FIELD EVENTS - INTERNATIONAL

Nicola Tuthill (UCD AC) proved the star of the Irish team at the European Throwing Cup, held in Nicosia, Cyprus at the weekend when she won the women’s U23 hammer with a throw of 69.74 — not far off her best of 70.32m. Second with 69.06 was Thea Löfman of Sweden, who only had two valid throws. It was a first Irish title in this event first held 2001. Tuthill, who won her first Irish senior hammer title at the age of sixteen, had finished second in the last two editions of the competition. Last year, Tuthill who qualified for her first Olympics last year at the age of twenty, now has her sights set on qualification for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo later this summer. The A standard is 74m and the B standard 69.90m, which is a distance Tuthill has already achieved. A day earlier, 20-year-old Anna Gavigan (LSA AC) finished second in the women’s U23 discus with a massive personal best of 53.91—the first time she had thrown over 50 metres. Also on Sunday, Eric Favors (Raheny Shamrock AC) who has a best of 20.93m, finished eighth in the men’s shot with a 19.10 effort Finishing fourth in the women’s B discus competition with a throw of 55.90m was Niamh Fogarty (Raheny Shamrock AC).

Good luck to our European champion Sarah Healy (UCD AC) who races in the women’s 3000m final (there are no heats) at the World Indoors on Nanjing, China on Saturday next (March 22).The race starts at 11.15am Irish time.

WOMEN’S MEET AND TRAIN WINTER LEAGUE 2024/5, OVERALL RESULTS

Fun run and prize-giving Sunday April 6, Irishtown, 11am

Individuals: 1 Lisa Gaughan (DSD); 2 Ruth Wilson (DSD); 3 Roisin McMahon (Sportsworld)

Teams (49 entered) -

Diamond:1 Sportsworld A; 2 DSD A; 3 Raheny Shamrock 1

Platinum: 1 Brothers Pearse B; 2 Esker 1; 3 Crusaders Red

Gold:1 Brothers Pearse C; 2 Waterstown Warriors A; 3 Donore Dawdlers

Silver: 1 DFR Ultra Violets; 2 Esker 3; 3 Tallaght 2

Bronze:1 Brothers Pearse D; 2 Esker 2; 3 Waterstown Warriors B

Dublin Juvenile throws fixtures at DSD track and Dublin Juvenile T&F Programme 2025

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 15:52:02 GMT

Please find attached the flier for the DSD Spring Throws for juvenile athletes.

Shot

U14 Boys & Girls 3pm

U17 Boys & Girls 4pm

U18 Boys & Girls 4pm

Javelin

U16 Boys & Girls 3pm

U18 Boys & Girls 4pm

U19 Boys & Girls 4pm

Anita White is the organiser and she can be contacted by email: anitajav2016@gmail.com

RE: National Indoor Championships Entries.

Any requests for bye's for U17/18/19 athletes should be sent to myself for approval. Only athletes who were entered for the Dublin's and did not qualify, or did not compete for good reason will be approved.

I have spoken to the competition department in AI and was advised that qualifying athletes should receive an email this week advising them their entry is in the basket for payment to complete the entry(s).

AI wants qualifying athletes to complete their entry on receipt of the email . Any athletes approved for bye's can be entered directly through the online portal which is now open. If there are any changes to the procedure, I will notify clubs.

An athlete may compete in only three individual events plus the relay

Athletes are confined to their own age group, but can step up a year in relays, and may compete in TWO (2) relays on the day.

Dublin Juvenile Outdoor T&F Championships

Please find attached the list of events, dates they are on and the closing dates for the Dublin Juvenile Outdoor T&F Championships. Detailed timetables will be circulated in due course. The programmes/timetables for the juvenile U10-U16 T&F Leagues will be circulated soon, and entry for all competitions, except the U9/10/11 Team Championships will be online.

Dublin Clubs Roundup, 09 - 10 March 2025

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:51:21 GMT

EUROPEAN INDOORS

What a final day it was for Ireland at the European Indoors in Apeldoorn! Star of the show was Sarah Healy from Monkstown, who ran the perfect race for victory in the women’s 3000m. In a chaotic race with one faller, Healy was never far off the pace and sprinted past Britain’s Melissa CourtneyBryant — the pre-race favourite —with just two metres to spare. ‘I knew I had an opportunity today to win a medal, and to win gold, but I didn’t want to put too much expectation on it. I had to wait until the last 100m, but I’m so glad it worked out,’ she said afterwards. Healy, who won double gold in the 1500m and 300m at the European U18 Championships in 2018 while a member of Blackrock AC, struggled to make the transition to the senior ranks and in 2023, after finishing a law degree at UCD, made the tough decision to move to England. There she joined the M11 training group rbased in Wigan run by husband and wife team Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows. Other members of the group include Paris Olympics 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson and Georgia Bell, who took bronze in the 1500m, also at the Paris Olympics. After the race on Sunday, Meadows confirmed that Healy will be concentrating on the 1500m after this, although for the World Indoors, starting on March 21, she has qualifying times for both 1500m and 3000m. Taking double bronze in Apeldoorn were Mark English from Donegal in the 800m — his fourth bronze at European level — and multi-eventer Kate O’Connor from Co Louth in the pentathlon where her points total of 4781 broke her own national record.

INDOORS - LOCAL

Locally it was the final weekend of indoor competition with Athlone the venue for the National Junior and U23 Championships on Sunday and the National Masters a day earlier. In the U20 championship, Mathdenzel Mugri (Cabinteely AC) and Gloria Oigbochie (Tallaght AC) made it a Dublin double in the 60m sprint, with winning times of 7.08 secs and 7.80 secs respectively. There was a Dublin hat-trick in the men’s 200m, with Donal Martin (Blackrock AC) the winner in 21.67 followed by Luke Timlin (Crusaders AC) in 21.93 and Dubem Amah (Tallaght AC) in 22.19. Winning the 60m hurdles in a time of 8.05 secs was Sean Owens (Crusaders AC). Sean Cronin (Clonliffe Harriers) won the 1500m in 4:00.42, while his clubmate Emily Bolton, just a day after running in the All Ireland Schools Cross-Country in Galway, finished a close second in the women’s 1500m in 4:42.41. Other Dublin medal winners were Des O’Neill (Raheny Shamrock AC) a fighting second in the men’s 400m, Saoirse Fitzgerald (Lucan Harriers) third in the women’s 400m iand

Lauren Healy second in the high jump.

In the U23 Championships, Aisling Kelly (UCD AC) won the women’s 60m in 7.57, Kate O’Connell (Lucan Harriers) the 400m, and Renee Crotty (UCD AC) the women’s 800m. In the men’s 800m, Finn Woodger (Metro St Brigid’s AC) finished clear of of his clubmate Traian Rebegea, with the pair timed at 1:53.71 and 1:54.86. Another Woodger — Louie this time — finished second in the men’s 1500m in 3:56.70. In the field, Sam Vines (Cabinteely AC) finished second in the men’s shot, while Molly Mullally (DSD AC) was second in the triple jump and third in the long jump.

At the All Ireland Masters, Snezana Bechtina (Clonliffe Harriers) was just one of many Dublin club winners, taking the women’s W40 sprint title. A close second was Sinead O’Connor (Metro St Brigid’s AC). Making it a double for Plant-Based AC were Rachel Murphy and Lea Fulcher in the W40 and M50 3000m races respectively. Alison Beck (Dundrum South Dublin AC) won both the W45 high jump and pole vault and was second in the triple jump. In the 60m, Dublin winners were Sarah Doyle (Tallaght) W35, Dara Carr (LSA AC) W55, Edel Maguire (Clonliffe Harriers) W65, Shane Sheridan (DSD AC) M65 and David Leech (Blackrock) M75 60m. Andrej Dmitrenko (Clonliffe Harriers) was first M55 and Kevin Byrne (DSD AC) second M50 in the 60m hurdles. Byrne was also second in the high jump. Richard Phelan (Donore Harriers) won the M60 long jump. In the men’s 3000m, Tom Cuddy (Rathfarnham WSAF) was first M65 and Mick Traynor (Raheny Shamrock) second M60. Niall Allen (Clonliffe Harriers) won both the M50 shot and weight for distance., with his clubmate Vivian Okafor second W40 in the shot. Finally in the 4x200 relays, winning teams from Dublin were LSA W40, Lucan Harriers W60 and DSD mixed.

ALL IRELAND SCHOOLS CROSS-COUNTRY

At the All Ireland Schools Cross-Country Championships held at Ballybrit Racecourse, Galway on Saturday (March 8), Cillian Gleeson (Colaiste Chiarain) finished second behind Noah Harris (ETSS Wicklow) — just as he had done at the Leinster Championships. In a Leinster clean sweep, Ryan O’Neill (Terenure College) finished third. Emily Bolton won the girls’ senior race comfortably and with Lorraine O’Connors fifth and Laura Nunan 34th, also took team gold with the Institute of Education. At inter level, Megan Brunt (Loreto Dalkey) was fifth and Tara Rose Smith (Sutton Park) sixth.

Leinster champion Charlie O’Neill (Belvedere) finished sixth in the boys’ inter race, helping Belvedere to third place in the team competition, with St Paul’s Raheny, led by Conrad Latham in 13th place, fourth. Santa Sabina, led by Beth Reamsbottom in fourth place, was the winning team in the girls’ junior race, where Ruby Farrelly (Our Lady’s Templeogue) was third.

LAST BHAA CROSS-COUNTRY OF THE SEASON!

Laura McDonnell was the runaway winner of the women’s two mile race at the ALSAA BHAA cross-country held at Dublin Airport on Saturday (March 8). Second was Clodagh Dunphy, while third was Sinead Tighe in 12.24. First team was Legal A. In the men’s four mile race, Sean Doran was an equally clear winner ahead of Robert Frewen and Paul Fleming. ESB were the team winners followed by Revenue and Eir. And so we say farewell to the cross-country season - until next autumn!

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A large number of Dublin club athletes headed to Co Meath for the Bohermeen Half Marathon on Sunday (March 9) where Kate Purcell (Raheny Shamrock, W40) finished third woman in 76:50.

In Dublin city, also on Sunday, James Kelly was the winner of The Liberties RC 5km, held in the Coombe, with Giovanni Salvatore (Raheny Shamrock) second. First woman was Alison Shorten (Cherry Orchard RC). Shauna O’Callaghan (Sportsworld) finished third. First for the local Liberties Running club were Paul McGrath and Leanne Kelly who came in together. At the Great Gorey 10-Mile in Co Wexford Barry Whelan (Portmarnock AC) finished second, while at the Midleton 10-Mile in Co Cork, Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe Harriers) finsihed third overall and first M40.

Dublin Clubs roundup, 01 - 02 March 2025

Sun, 02 Mar 2025 20:26:56 GMT

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John Travers (Donore Harriers) and Ann-Marie McGlynn (Letterkenny AC) were the winners at the Lusk 4-Mile road races held on Sunday (March 2) and attacted an antry of close to a thousand with 869 finishers. Travers’ time of 18 mins 43 sec saw him finish comfortably clear of Sean Cronin (Clonliffe Harriers) second in 19:05 and Conor Duffy (Glaslough Harriers) third in 19:28. McGlynn finished in 20:30 with Dublin-based Íde Nic Dhomhnaill (West Limerick AC) second in 20:43. Helena Butterly (Clonliffe Harriers) was fourth in 21:59. Sixth and first W40 was Rachel Murphy (Plant-Based AC) in 23:18, with Sorcha Loughnane (Donore Harriers) seventh and second W40 24.12. First W50 was Catherine Brogan (Portmarnock AC) in 25:33 while first W70 was Mary Lynch (Raheny Shamrock AC) in 30:24. Of the men, Lea Fulcher (Pant-Based AC) was first M50 in 20:54, and Ken Doyle (Raheny Shamrock AC) first M60 in 27:30.

At the Naas 10-Mile, also on Sunday, Karl Nolan (Clonliffe Harriers) and Sonya McConnon (DSD) made it a Dublin double victory by winning the over 40 men and women’s races. Declan Power (Clonliffe Harriers) was first M50.

A day earlier, Eddie O’Connor (Brothers Pearse AC) was the winner of the Moneystown 4-Mile Garden Run in Ballinacoola, Co Wicklow, with a time of 20 mins 31 secs. Racing machine Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) was second in 20:39. Fourth and first M40 was Aidan Murphy (Dundrum South Dublin AC) in 21:34. In Co Donegal at the Bundoran 10-Mile in Co Donegal also on Saturday (March 1), Fiona Stack (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished second overall and first W40 at the Bundoran 10-Mile with a time of 61:29.

CROSS-COUNTRY - BHAA AND WOMEN’S MEET AND TRAIN TEAM UP!

Paul Fleming (Ornua/RathfarnhamWSAF AC) ran a typically canny race to win the Business Houses Athletic Association AIB men’s 4-mile race held at the National Cross-County Course, Abbotstown, on Sunday (March 2). In the women’s 2-mile race, run in conjunction with Women’s Meet and Train for the first time ever, Lisa Gaughan (DSD AC) was not only first overall but won her third race from four outings in the Meet and Train Winter League. Second was her club mate Ruth Wilson, while third was Rachel Calvey (Sportsworld AC). As they had done in previous races, Jane Leonard (DSD) and Dee Lyons (Dublin Front Runners) battled it out all the way to the line for fourth place with Leonard the winner.

The Meet and Train league will end with a fun run and prize-giving hosted by Crusaders AC at Irishtown on Sunday April 6 (11am).

Next for BHAA runners is the final cross-country of the season hosted by the ALSAA at its Dublin Airport grounds on Saturday next March 8 (11am). Details www.bhaa.ie

INDOORS

Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers) finished fifth in the men’s 1500m in a time of 3:39.62 at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold final round in Madrid Spain on Friday, (February 28). His season’s best indoors time was 3:37.39 run in Liévin, France, on February 13. His outdoor best for 1500m is 3:33.15. Doyle now heads for Apeldoorn in the Netherlands where he will compete in the European Indoor Championships for the first time.

At the Leinster Indoor Championships held at the NIA, Abbotstown on Saturday (March 1), Dundrum South Dublin made it a double in the 800m, with Charlotte Burke winning the women’s race in 2 mins 15.15 secs and Joe Hastings first home in the men’s race in 1:54.85. Dublin athletes took the top six places in the men’s race, with Hastings followed by George Warrne, Oren Kenny, and Fintan Kerins, all Clonliffe Harriers, Jared Murray of Rathfarnham WSAF and Cormac Whelan of Donore Harriers. Winning the U20 women’s race in 2:17.94 was Robyn Carey (Lusk AC) with Rachel Jez (Lucan Harriers) third in 2:21.34. In the masters categories, Breda Smyth (Lucan Harriers) was first W50. Dublin winners in the men’s master categories, were Stephen Brett (Metro St Brigid’s C) M45 and David Dunwoody (Clonliffe Harriers) M55. A solid winner of the senior men’s 1500m title was Juan Ignacio Peña (Raheny Shamrock) in 3:49.32. His clubmate Brian Sexton was first M35 in 4:25.28, while in the M40 class, Niall Sherlock (Clonliffe Harriers) won the 1500m and was also second in the 800m. Winning the U20 1500m was Aisling Fitzpatrick (Lucan Harriers) with her clubmate Ana Jones third. Winning the W35 title was Brigid Long (Liffey Valley). Over 3000m, Rachel Murphy (Plant Based AC) won the W35 title in 10:07.53. Her clubmate Lea Fulcher won the M50 title with Arnaud Benjacar (Liffey Valley) second. Mark Ryan (Rathfarnham WSAF) was a clear overall winner of the masters’ race and also first M45 in 9:09.57. In the sprints, Sinead O’Connor (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) won the W40 60m with Snezana Bechtina (Clonliffe Harriers) second. Bechtina also won her specialist 400m in 60.59. Closest race of the day was the senior men’s 60m which went to a photo-finish when Sean Aigboboh (Tallaght AC) and Lorcan Murphy (DSD AC) were both given a time of 6.87 secs. Aigboboh just scraped it. Third was Leo Morgan (Clonliffe Harriers) timed at 6.88. Cillian Doherty (Crusaders) set a championships record when winning the U20 60m in 6.96 secs. His clubmate Luke Timlin was second in 7.00. Ballymun AC took a first ever medal at this level when Colm Keogh won the M50 60m in 8.14 secs, beating Kevin Leahy (DSD AC) on 8.19. In the 200m, whose placings were reversed with Leahy getting the better of Keogh.

At the sixth and final Track and Field Live meet of the season held at the NIA Abbotstown on Wednesday (February 26), Juan Ignacio Peña (Raheny Shamrock) finished third in the men’s mile with a time of 4:04.09.

Dublin 5k Novice Road Championships, Tallaght, 17th March 2025

peter.claffey@athleticsrathfarnham.ie (Peter Claffey) — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:41:22 GMT

This years Dublin Novice 5k Road Championships will be held with the Tallaght 5K Road Race on 17th March 2025. Please enter the race in the usual way at Popup races https://www.popupraces.ie/race/tallaght-ac-5k-2025/. Novice team entries must be sent to pjclaffey58@gmail.com by 15th March 2025, using the attached declaration form. Dublin Championships medals will be awarded to the first three Men and Women Novice Runners from Dublin Clubs and the first 3 teams.

Clubs must ensure their athletes are eligable to run in the Dublin Novice road race before declaring their teams.

Qualification for Dublin Novice and Intermediate Championships.

Any athlete who has not won an individual (1st, 2nd,3rd) medal at Novice, Intermediate, or Senior Cross Country, at national, provincial or County Level, is eligible to compete in the Dublin Novice Cross Country and Road championship.
Any athlete who has not won a 1st Team medal at Dublin Novice Cross Country Championship, or a 1st team medal at Intermediate or Senior at national, provincial or County level is eligible to compete in the Dublin Novice Cross Country and Road Championship.
Any athlete who has not won a medal at Track Championship at 1500 mtrs, or longer, at National, Provincial or County level is eligible to compete in the Dublin Novice Cross Country and Road Championship.

Leinster Athletics Outstanding Services award - Shirley Murray, Tallaght Athletic Club

peter.claffey@athleticsrathfarnham.ie (Peter Claffey) — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 20:38:32 GMT

Shirley Murray, Tallaght Athletic Club coach, Dublin and National official was presented with an outstanding service award by Leinster Athletics officials Majella McGrath and Andrew Lynham in the National Indoors Athletic Arena, Abbotstown on Sunday 23rd February 2025. Shirley is ever present at all Dublin Juvenile athletic events and has been so for over 20 years. Well done Shirley.

Dublin Clubs activities, 22 - 23 February 2025

Sun, 23 Feb 2025 20:09:20 GMT

HEALY AND DOYLE MAKE IT A DUBLIN DOUBLE AT NATIONAL INDOORS

Runaway wins for Dublin athletes Sarah Healy and Cathal Doyle in the 1500m races were among the highlights of the All Ireland Indoor Championships held at Abbotstown, Dublin, over the weekend. In the women’s race, Healy was out on her own from the start, winning comfortably in 4:08.74. It was her first national indoors title over the 1500m distance.

Doyle, the defending champion, got himself out of trouble about mid-way through the men’s race before storming home on the final lap to finish in 3:58.10. ‘I think I’m getting the hang of indoor racing,’ he said afterwards. Finishing second was Lughaidh Mallon (UCD AC) in 4:00.61.

A keenly awaited race was the men’s 60m final which would feature a show-down between UCD’s Bori Akinola and Irish record holder and three times champion Israel Olatunde of Tallaght AC. Akinola has been the form man indoors this winter and he duly won the race and his first national title in 6.61 secs — a season’s best. Olatunde finished third in 6.72. Almost sixty athletes had entered the men’s 60m. A day earlier, Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers AC) was a clear winner of the men’s 200m in 20.74, while in the women’s 200m, Kate O’Connell (Lucan Harriers) finished second, with Molly Hourihan (UCD AC) third.

Eric Favors (Raheny Shamrock) proved the class of the field in the men’s shot, winning his third indoor title with his opening heave of 19.450m. Favors’ Raheny clubmate Colm Bourke won the long jump with a 7.15 leap and was also second in the triple jump. On a good day in the field for Raheny, Daphni Doulaptsi Teeuwen finished second inn the women’s triple jump. Other Dublin club athletes to win medals over the weekend included Amy O’Donoghue (Dundrum South Dublin AC) third in the women’s 1500m, Finn Woodger (Metro St Brigid’s ) second in the men’s 800m, Niamh Kearney (Raheny Shamrock AC) third women’s 3000m, David Bosch (UCD AC) second behind the phenomenal Conor Kelly in the men’s 400m, Ciara Wilson Bowen (DSD AC) third in the women’s 3000m walk and Lorcan Murphy (DSD AC) second in the men’s high jump. In a thrilling women’s 4 x 200m relay on Saturday, Dundrum South Dublin held off Leevale AC to win in 1:40.96, with Metro St Brigid’s third in 1:42.25. The DSD quartet finished third in the men’s 4 x200m. A day later, UCD won the women’s 4 x 400m, with DSD third. In the men’s 4 x 400m, which concluded a memorable championships, DSD finished second behind Ratoath AC.

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At the Seville Marathon on Sunday (February 23), ultra specialist Sorcha Loughnane (Donore Harriers) finished 27th woman in 2:44.36. Also on Sunday, Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) made it two wins in two days when winning the Duleek 5km in Co Meath in 15 mins 35 secs. Eric Keogh (Donore Harriers) was second in 15:44. In a Dublin double, Orla Walsh (Crusaders AC) was first woman in 18:23.

At the Wicklow Hospice Half Marathon over a tough off-road course in Avondale Forest Park, Rathdrum on Saturday, Jason Reilly (Civil Service Harriers, M40) was the winner in 77 mins 8 secs with Julie McGrath (Crusaders AC) first woman in 86:50.

BHHA CROSS COUNTRY

As they had done at the Teachers Cross-Country the previous weekend, Sean Doran and Clare Sullivan were the winners at the Central Bank BHAA 6km Cross-Country held at Jobstown Park, Tallaght on Saturday (February 22). Doran had a comfortable overall win in 21 mins 29 secs, with Edward O’Connor second in 21:50 and Paul Fleming third in 22.36. Sullivan finished in 25:41, with Clodagh Dunphy second in 27:02 and Malika Hammani third in 27:31. ESB were first of the grade 1 teams ahead of Accountants and Gardai, with Teachers winning Grade 2. Stronger with Esther proved best of the women’s teams.

* The National Cross-Country course at Abbotstown gets a rare outing next Sunday (11am) when the BHAA and Women’s Meet and Train combine to put on a women’s 2-mile as well as a men’s 4-mile race. Register at www.bhaa.ie

Dublin Clubs activities, 12 - 16 February 2025

Sun, 16 Feb 2025 20:49:29 GMT

INDOORS

Sarah Healy (UCD AC) again produced the athletics performance of the weekend when she finished second in the 1500m at the Keely Klassic indoors competition held in Birmingham on Saturday (February 15). Almost incidentally, Healy’s time of 4:01.62 was her third Irish record in as many weeks and beat her own Irish record of 4:03.83 set in France last year. She has also broken the Irish 3000m twice, running 8:35.19 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix a fortnight ago in Boston and then 8:30.79 at the Millrose Games in New York last weekend.

In the USA, Rhasidat Adeleke got her 2025 season off to a good start when coming third in a 600m race in Clemson, South Caroline on Friday (February 14) with a time of 1min 30.30 secs. Unlike Healy, Adeleke has no plans to race indoors this season and will not appear at next weekend’s National Indoors in Abbotstown. A large Irish contingent was racing in Boston, also on Friday and in the 800m, Cian McPhillips (UCD AC) ran a PB of 1:45.33, which is inside the qualifying mark for the European Indoors. In Lievin on Thursday (February 13) Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers) improved his indoors 1500m time to 3:37 39 while running the mile where he finished third in 3:53.18. That’s just off the European Indoors qualifying mark for 1500m of 3:37.00.

A day later, in France, Jodie McCann (DCH AC)) clocked a time of 9:09.44 when finishing tenth in the women’s 3000m at the Meeting Indoor de Lyon. In the B 800m, Cillian Kirwan (Raheny Shamrock) clocked a time of 1:50.30.

ROADS

Irish clubs won both team competitions at the annual Armagh International Road Races held on Thursday evening (February 13) despite large overseas international entry, mostly from British clubs. Efrem Gidey, who finished eighth and best of the Irish in 13:51was leading Clonliffe Harriers to team victory, backed up by Colm Rooney 29th in 14:04, Stephen Scullion 46th in 14:13, and Stephen Cashin 97th in 14:40. Morpeth Harriers, led by James Young, finished second and Cambuslang third. In the women’s 3km, Niamh Kearney (Raheny Shamrock) finished 11th in 9:24 and Amy O’Donoghue (Dundrum South Dublin) 15th in 9:26. With Grace Lynch 21st in 9:38, and Emma McEvoy (34th in 9:51. FDSD finished second team behind Finn Valley.

Making a welcome return to racing at the the Enniscorthy 10km on Sunday (February 16) after a long injury break was Kevin Dooney (Raheny ShamrockAC) who finished second in 33:04.

CROSS-COUNTY

Winning the women’s 4km race at the annual Rás na hEireann in Dunleer, Co Louth on Sunday was Sorcha McAllister (Dublin City Harriers) in 14 mins 46 secs. Dunleer beat Dublin City Harriers by a single point in the team competition.

BHAA CROSS-COUNTRY

Sean Doran notched up another BHAA victory at the Teachers 5km Cross-Country held at St Columba’s College in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains, also on Sunday (February 16). Doran was part of the leading group from the start and only took over in front on the fourth and final lap, crossing the finish line in 17 mins 31 secs. Second in 17:43 was Edward O’Connor, while third was Paul Fleming in 17:52. First woman was Clare Sullivan in 20:24, followed by Susan Glennon in 20:57 and Orna Dignam in 21:07. Large groups from Dublin clubs turned out for their workplace teams, among them Ramune Zolbiene, one of seven members of Balbriggan and District in action, who was first W40. Clonliffe Harriers, Rathfarnham WSAF, Donore Harriers, Tallaght AC, Civil Service Harriers, Crusaders, Liffey Valley. Lucan Harriers, and Brothers Pearse were also represented.

ESB was the winning team in Grade 1, ahead of the Gardai and the Teachers. Revenue won Grade 2, with Eir second and Bank of Ireland third. Best of the women’s teams was Stronger with Esther, with Legal A second and Health A third. Pictures from the BHAA Cross Country are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720323861852/. In a busy month for the BHAA, the Central Bank 6km cross-country takes place next Saturday, February 22 (11am) at the new venue of Jobstown Park. Details www.bhaa.ie

DUBLIN SCHOOLS SCORE AT LEINSTER CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Charlie O’Neill of Belvedere College and Donore Harriers was an impressive winner of the boys’ inter race at the Leinster Schools Cross-Country Championships held at the 15 Acres, Phoenix Park, on Wednesday (February 12). O’Neill was also leading Belvedere to team victory. A team from the Institute of Education, Leeson Street, dominated the girls’ senior race, with Emily Bolton a clear winner of the race, ahead of her team- mate Lorraine O’Connor second. With Sinead Farrell 14th and Laura Nunan 15th the Institute took the team title. Other good runs included a fighting second for Cillian Gleeson (Colaiste Chiarain) in the boy’s senior race, where Ard Scoil Rís finished third team led by Lorcan Benjacar in fourth place. In the girls’ inter race, Megan Brunt of Loreto Dalkey finished second. In the younger age group, Samuel Redmond of Templeogue College finished third and Conn McCluskey of St Benildus fourth in the boys’ junior race where Castleknock College was second of the teams. Beth Reamsbottom in second place was leading Santa Sabina to team victory in the girls’ junior race, while in the minor boys’ race, Danny Davis of St Fintan’s Sutton was the winner and Belvedere best of the teams ahead of Willow Park. Mount Anville finished second team in the minor girls’ race. Pictures from the Schools Cross Country are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720323797971/

Days 4 & 5 Dublin Juvenile Indoor Championships - Programme and Arena Plans

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:13:51 GMT

Please find attached, the Timetable for the Relays on Day 4 Saturday the 15th of February, the timetable for the Mixed U17 & U19 relays andthe Spraoi Games on Day 5 Sunday the 16th of February. Also attached are the Spraoi Games Arena Plan, the Car Park Plan and Relay instructions.

Important Information

Day 4 - Relays

An authorised official from each club should collect the relay bib numbers at the check-in desk before closing time. The check-in officials should be advised if a team is not competing. Athletes should only be in the warm up area at the times listed on the timetable. Only coaches with wrist bands will be allowed into the warm up area. Athletes MUST be in the call room/assembly area when called. No coach/parent should go to the results/photo finish room.

Day 5 - Mixed Relays & Spraoi Games

The bib numbers for the mixed relays should be picked up at the check-in table before 9:30 by an authorised club official only. All Spraoi Games athletes who have been entered will receive a wristband, and these should be collected at the check-in table by an authorised club official only.

General

Only officials are permitted in the competition area. No unauthorised photographers are permitted in the competition area. On both days, parents, coaches and athletes should be advised not to arrive any earlier than need be for their event, as car park spaces will be limited. However, they should be in attendance before check-in closes.

Please advise your members to place rubbish and empty containers in the bins provided and keep the area where they are situated clean. Please respect the voluntary officials at all times.

Kind Regards

Cecil

Dublin Clubs roundup, 08 - 09 February 2025

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:21:50 GMT

INDOORS - AWAY

Dublin track performance of the week came from Sarah Healy of UCD AC who not only finished a fighting third in the women’s 3000m at the Millrose Games in New York on Saturday (February 8), but also knocked five seconds off the Irish indoor record she had set a week earlier when finishing in a superb time of 8 mins 30.79 secs. In Germany a day earlier, Cathal Doyle of Clonliffe Harriers) improved his best to 3 mins 37.58 secs when finishing fourth in the 1500m at the INIT Meeting in Karlsruhe, while in Ostrava, Czechia, on Tuesday evening (February 4), Jodie McCann of DCH finished ninth in the women’s 3000m in a personal best 8:55.71. All three are expected to compete in the National Indoor Championships in Abbotstown on February 22 - 23, when places on the Irish team for the European Indoors and World Indoors are at stake.

INDOORS - HOME

Clonliffe Harriers were declared winners of the men’s National Indoor League title after the second of two rounds took place in Athlone on Saturday (February 8) on the date originally fixed for the final. No final was possible this year after the second round was cancelled because of Storm Eowyn. For Clonliffe, who had to battle hard for the title with Dundrum South Dublin, consistency over the two rounds paid off. On Saturday, Niall Allen won the weight, Sean Cronin was second in the 3000m, Rolus Olusa was third in both the pole vault and hurdles, Craig Duffy third in the 200m, Sean Carrigg fifth in the 800m, Eamon Fahey sixth in the triple jump while the the relay team finished fourth. That proved enough. Of the other Dublin clubs in the men’s competition, Raheny Shamrock finished sixth and Donore Harriers 12th. An impressive double winner of the 800m and 3000m was Juan Ignacio Pena for Raheny.

DSD also finished second in the women’s competition where Ratoath AC were the winners. Clonliffe Harriers finished fifth, with Raheny Shamrock 10th and Donore Harriers 12th. Highlight of the competition was a thrilling women’s triple jump where Daphni Doulapssi Teeuwen (Raheny Shamrock) was the winner with her 12.22 effort putting her just two centimetres clear of many times Irish champion Saragh Buggy (St Abban’s AC). Colm Burke made it a Raheny triple jump double with a winning leap of 13.77m.

A number of open races were part of the programme and in the men’s open 60m, Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers) clocked a time of 6.80 secs for second place, while Sean Aigboboh (Tallaght AC), still aged only nineteen, was third in 6.88. Aigboboh ran a faster time of 6.86 secs in a second race, when he also finishing second. Lawler proved the class of the field in the 200m, winning in an personal best 20.80 secs, which puts him top of the national indoor rankings. Junior athlete Donal Martin (Blackrock AC) was second in 21.79. Kate Nurse (UCD AC) won the women’s open 800m in 2:16.57 and her clubmate Molly Hourihan the open 400m in 56.39

CROSS-COUNTRY

At the at the All Ireland Masters Cross-Country Championships in Westport, Co Mayo on Sunday (February 9), Dublin champion Colm Rooney was not only a clear winner of the men’s 7km race but also led Clonliffe Harriers to team victory. Making up the team were Sergiu Ciobanu 7th, Cathal McHale 14th and Karl Nolan 16th. On a good day for Dublin clubs, Rathfarnham WSAF finished second with a team made up of Mark Ryan 5th and first M45, Mathew Kane 8th, Louis McCarthy 15th and David Power 21st.

In the over 65 4km race, Liam Lenehan of Sportsworld AC was the overall winner, with Tom Cuddy of Rathfarnham WSAF second. Rathfarnham WSAF proved best of the teams with Cuddy backed up by Donal Murphy 12th and John McHugh 13th. Dublin won the county title. In the women’s 4km race, Raheny Shamrock won team title and helped Dublin to county team victory. Leading Raheny home in third place was Kate Purcell, followed closely by Dublin champion Fiona Roche in fourth place. Annette Kealy, who was also first W55 was 16th and Zoe Quinn 36th. Sportsworld, led by Noreen Brouder in 12th place beat Galway City Harriers by just two points for second place. Making up the team were Aoife O’Leary 22nd Lorna Quinn 23rd and Crona Clohisey 46th. Dublin won the county team title with Purcell, Roche, Brouder and Caoimhe Kilroy of Metro St Brigid’s AC the counting four. In the over 50 team category, RathfarnhamWSAF finished fourth with Dublin runners-up behind Clare in the county category. In all, that Dublin won three of the four county team titles on offer.

Also taking place were national intermediate races, and in the women’s 5km race Clonliffe Harriers had four finishers in the top nine. Helena Butterly was the winner, Niamh Kelly second, Jools Hughes fifth and Julie Larkin ninth, making Clonliffe clear winners of the team title and also ensuring county victory for Dublin. Liffey Valley packed well to finish second team with Siobhan Nugent 8th, Ciara Broderick Farrell 10th, Cliodhna Tutty Bardon 11th and Mollie O’Donnell 14th. In a Dublin clean sweep, Sportsworld finished third, led by Elaine Kennedy in seventh place. Just four teams competed. In the the men’s 8km race, Ben Guiden of Clonliffe Harriers in sixth place was best of the Dublin athletes with his clubmate Sean Doran 9th, Christopher McLoughlin of Dublin City Harriers 13th and Cian Charlton of Raheny Shamrock 16th. Clonliffe finished runners-up in the team category, with Liffey Valley fourth and Raheny Shamrock fifth of the six teams entered.

MEET AND TRAIN

Lisa Gaughran of Dundrum South Dublin AC made it a second win in the series at the third round of the Women’s Meet and Train Winter League hosted by Dublin Front Runners on a new course at the Marino Institute of Education in Dublin on Sunday (February 9). Gaughran finished the 3km course in 12 mins 45 secs with her clubmate Ruth Wilson just two seconds adrift for second place. Third in 13:13 was Sophie McGovern of Brothers Pearse. For fourth place, Dee Lyons of host club DFR held off DSD’s Jane Leonard for fourth place with the pair both given a time of 13:25. New to the event — and to cross-country! — was a team from Sanctuary Runners. The final round of the league take place at the National Cross-Country Course in Abbotstown on Sunday March 2 (11am). More pictures are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/.

ULTRA

Donore Harriers had a good day out at the Donadea 50km in Co Kildare, with Wayne Waldron the race winner in 3 hrs 1 min 50 secs and Ian Fitzgerald third in 3:08.21. Anthony Brady (Coolock RC) finished eighth in 3:22.08, Derek O’Brien (Lusk AC) 19th in 3:39.17 , Trevor Lehane (Clondalkin Flyers) 20th in 3:42.18 andDerek Boland (Crusaders AC) 21st in 3:44.27. First W50 in 4:27.44 was Olwyn Dunne (Crusaders) while first W60 was Grainne Grennan (Blackrock AC) in 4:31.05. The race incorporated the National Championships.

ROADS

At the Rathcoffey GAA 10km in Co Kildare on Saturday (February 8) Declan Power (Clonliffe Harriers) was first M50 in 34:16 and Mick Carolan (Brothers Pearse AC) first M70 in 47:44. Winning the associated 5km was Daragh Keegan (Donore Harriers) in 16:28.

Dublin Indoor Relay Championships 2025

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:14:54 GMT

Please be advised, and in turn advise your parents and athletes that only a club competition secretary/secretary can enter relay teams. Below are the links again

Championship Relays (maximum of 3 teams in an age group)

https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/1214

https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/dublin-indoor-25

Development Relays (no limit on the number of teams)

https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/1216

https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/dev-relay-2025

Athletes can only compete in two relays- this applies to the U16 and U18 athletes who can be entered in their own age group, step up to the next age group or the mixed relay.

Regards

Cecil

Dublin Clubs activities, 29 January - 02 February 2025

Mon, 03 Feb 2025 10:13:23 GMT

ROADS

Two major 10-mile roads races dominated the weekend road running schedule, with Dublin club runners featuring in both.

At the John Treacy Dungarvan 10-Mile where Fearghal Curtin of Youghal AC won in a course record time of 47 mins 42 secs, Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe Harriers) was first M40 in 51:58. Closer to Dublin at the Trim 10-Mile, Ciara Hickey of Brothers Pearse AC was first woman and first W40 in 56:09. Diarmuid Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers) was first M65 in 75:03. The race was well supported by Dublin clubs - among the eighty women’s teams entered were six teams from Lucan Harriers, four each from Raheny Shamrock and Brothers Pearse, three from , Clonliffe Harries and two from both Esker RC and D15 RC two, with most other Dublin clubs also represented. Finishing third of the teams was Donore Harriers, led by Grace Kennedy. Of the 103 men’s teams entered, Civil Service Harriers proved best of the Dublin clubs finishing ninth. Clonliffe Harriers had four teams entered, Lucan Harriers and Raheny Shamrock three, and Brothers Pearse, Metro St Brigid’s, LSA, Donore Harriers and Esker RC two each. In Tullow Co Carlow and over the shorter distance of 5km, Kevin Donaher (Rathfarnham WSAF AC, M40) was the winner of the Mark Mahon 5km in time of 17 mins 19 secs.

INDOORS

Sarah Healy (UCD AC) set a new Irish indoors record of 8:35.19 in the women’s300m at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, Boston, USA on Sunday night (Februrary 2). Healy finished fourth in a quality race. Cathal Doyle of Clonliffe Harriers opened his indoor season on Friday night (January 31) by finishing sixth in the 1500m with a time of 3 mins 39.01 secs at the Meeting Miramas Metropole, France. The times shaved shaving .09 of his previous best of 3:39.10. At the IFAM Gent Indoor, Belgium on Saturday (February 1) , Cillian Kirwan (Raheny Shamrock) ran a time of 1:49.51 for fifth place in the second of four heats.

CROSS-COUNTRY

Clonliffe Harriers finished a fighting fifth team in the women’s U20 race at the European Clubs Cross-Country Championships in, Albufeira, Portugal on Sunday (February 2). Emily Bolton led the team home finished fifth in a time of 20:14 for the 5.53km distance. Lorraine O’Connor was eighth in 20:41, Hazel Kenny 31st in 23:07 and Goda Buivydyte 40th in 25:23. Clonliffe had also qualifed for the men’s U20 race where they finished seventh. First home was Tom Breslin 27th in 18:37, followed by Sean Cronin 29th in 18:38 Lorcan Benjacar 33rd in 18:48 and Marti Ursachi 60th in 20.00. Two Dublin clubs had qualified for the 4 x 1500m mixed relay where the Dublin City Harriers’ quartet of Pierre Murchan, Niamh Carr, Philip Marron and Edel Monaghan finished fifth in 18:47 and Dundrum South Dublin’s team of Joe Hastings, Emma McEvoy, Jamie Byrne and Eimear Maher seventh in 19:08

SCHOOLS

In the North Leinsters, postponed until last Wednesday (January 29) and held in the the Phoenix Park, Conrad Lathan of St Paul’s Raheny took a clear victory in the boys’ inter race with St Paul’s also proving best of the teams. Tara Rose Smith of Sutton Park and Mid-Sutton AC made it a Dublin individual double by winning the girls’ inter race, with St Dominic’s Cabra finishing second team.

Programmes for Day 2 & 3 Dublin Juvenile Indoor Championships 2025

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:42:57 GMT

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Please find attached the programme/timetable of events for this coming weekend. It is important that all your club officials are present and in attendance 1 hr before the start of their duty and check in with Seamus Flynn. Athletes MUST check in before the closing time of their event.

RELAYS

The online entry system is restricted and only allows a person with the clubs Username and Password to submit the relay teams. This person might be the club competition secretary/secretary or designated club official. Please advise your parents and athletes NOT to try and enter for the Championship & Development Relay events, as it is restricted to a club official only, and I don't wish to be unnecessarily inundated with emails from the online platform from parents/athletes.

Kind Regards

Cecil

Day 2 & 3 Dublin Juvenile Indoor Championships 2025

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:37:33 GMT

Please be advised, in keeping with what will be applied at the National Indoors this year, all 600m, 800m & 1500m contests will be run on times, with the 3 fastest from the heats awarded medals and the 4 fastest qualifying for Nationals, as is the case for all individual events, except the U12 & U13 600m where only 3 qualify.

Please advise your athletes to.

Check in before the closing time of their event, otherwise the athlete will not be
Check in for all events, if competing in more than one on the day.
If not competing in an event, please inform the check-in officials
Not to check in before their check in time (this will reduce the queue).
Athlete only to check in (no parent or coach)
Failure to show for an event that the athlete has checked in for, will disqualify the athlete from competing in any other event (s) over the course of the 2 days of the competition.
Keep the bib number if competing on both days.

Warm up area

Only go to the warmup area at his/her appointed time.
Be present in the call room/assembly area when called, otherwise the athlete will not be permitted to line up on the track.
Field event athletes can go directly to their event, provided they have checked in and picked up their bib number before the closing time.
Leave the competition area when event is completed.

All competitors, coaches and parents must respect the voluntary officials and stewards and abide by instructions and advice given.
Please adhere to the parking and crowd control plans attached.
Please place rubbish in the bins available or bring it home.
No unauthorised photographers are permitted in the competition area.
Coaches will be issued with wrist bands at a ratio of 1:10 competitors - this will give them access to the warmup area.
Under no circumstances should anyone go near the results/photo finish room.
Any queries MUST be raised with the track/field judge by a club appointed coach.

Important Reminder

Entries for Day 4 (Championship & Development Relays & Mixed U17/19 relays on Day 5) close on Sunday the 9th of Febuary at 23:00, and also Day 5 - Spraoi Games Games entry forms MUST be returned by the same date/time.

Please note, any club that has not yet provided their quota of officials for this weekend should input the names on the document circulated by Seamus Flynn today. Officials MUST be at the event/duty they have been assigned, otherwise their club athletes will not be permitted to compete.

An updated programme that will include check in, access to the warmup area, call room/assembly and event times will be circulated tomorrow and posted on our social media platforms and website. Please circulate and post on your own social media and websites on receipt of the document.

Kind Regards

Cecil Johnston

Dublin Club Activities Round Up, 22nd - 26th January, 2025

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 22:06:45 GMT

ROADS - INTERNATIONAL

Hiko Tonosa of Dundrum South Dublin AC equalled Efrem Gidey's Irish half marathon record when he ran a time of 60 mins 51 secs on a damp morning in Seville on Sunday (January 26). The time knocked off 32 seconds Tonosa’s previous best of 62:23 run in Larne in August 2023. Next major challenge for the Tonosa is the Rotterdam Marathon on Sunday April 12, which means he will not be available for the European Road Running Championships in Brussels, Belgium which take place on the same weekend and includes a 10km and marathon as well as the half marathon.

ROADS - LOCAL

Clonliffe’s Efrem Gidey defied the wet blustery conditions and a last-minute change of course to win the AXA 41st Raheny 5-Mile on Sunday (January 26) in 22 mins 47 secs — the fourth fastest time ever. It means that Gidey joins the select group who have broken 23 minutes in this race since it was first held in 1985. Two years later in 1987, the course record time of 22:39 was set by Gerry Curtis (Donore Harriers) — thirty-eight years ago. In 1995 Cormac Finnerty (Mullingar Harriers) equalled that time. Fast forward then to 2020 when Hiko Tonosa came within a second of the record when winning the race in 22:40. On Sunday, Gidey proved the class of the field sprinting home over a minute clear of the chasers led by mountain running specialist Killian Mooney of Dundrum South Dublin AC who finished in 23:51. Third and first M40 in 24:05 was Colm Rooney (Clonliffe Harriers), the recently-crowned Dublin Masters cross-country champion. As usual, the race was well supported by Northern Ireland clubs and first woman was Hannah Gilliland of Annadale Striders in 26:34. Fourth and first Dublin athlete was Sorcha McAllister (Dublin City Harriers) in 27:23. Ciara Hickey (Brothers Pearse) was fifth and first W40 in 27:32 and Dublin senior cross-country champion Emma McEvoy (DSD AC) sixth in 27:37. Other category winners from Dublin clubs included Lisa Kelleher (The Liberties RC) W45, Sheelagh Jones (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) W65, June Comiskey (Raheny Shamrock) W75, Cillian O’Leary (Raheny Shamrock) M45, Ciaran McCarthy (Raheny Shamrock) M50, Tom Cuddy (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M65, Eric Delahan (Balbriggan Roadrunners) M70 and Eddie Coyle (Tallaght AC) M80. In the team competition, Clonliffe Harriers with three in the top ten were clear winners of the men’s senior title on just 14 points. Host club Raheny Shamrock with 22 points was second and Dublin City Harries third on 88 points. Best of the women’s teams with 24 points was Dublin City Harriers, followed by Raheny Shamrock on 32 points and Dundrum South Dublin with 59 points.

SCHOOLS

A magnificent total of over 1,600 youngsters, mostly from Dublin schools were in action at the Leinster East and West cross-country championships held on Wednesday and Thursday before Storm Eowyn hit forcing the postponement of the North zone decider from last Friday until next Wednesday (January 29). At the East Leinsters, held on Wednesday at the traditional 15 Acres course in the Phoenix Park, Lorraine O’Connor and Emily Bolton ensured team victory for the Institute of Education in the senior girls’ race, with the pair crossing the line almost together. Bolton, now a member of Clonliffe Harriers, won both the Leinster and All Ireland inter titles last year. O’Connor is a member of Donore Harriers. In the senior boys’ race. Charlie White from Blackrock College and Donore Harriers finished second behind Noah Harris from ETSS Wicklow, while in third place, Ruairi O’Donoghue was leading Ard Scoil Ris to team victory. At inter level, Aoife Murphy of Loreto Foxrock had a comfortable win in the girls’ race, where Alexandra College were the team winners. Lucas Ryan from CBC Monkstown came home first of the boys. St Michael’s took the team title. In the junior age group, Aoife Murphy (Loreto Foxrock) was first home in the girls’ race while Conn McCluskey (St Benildus and DSD AC) was runner-up of the boys. Team winners were the Alexandra College girls and the Colaiste Eoin boys.

A day later, the Phoenix Park was again the venue for the West Leinsters and, in bitterly cold and blustery conditions, Irish junior international Cillian Gleeson of Coláiste Chiaráin was a confident winner of the senior boy’s race. Ryan O’Neill from Terenure College and Rathfarnham WSAF AC was second and last year’s inter champion Liam Mac Muiris of Coláiste Chilliain Clondalkin third. Castleknock Community College packed well to take the team prize ahead of Belvedere College and Terenure College. Charlie O’Neill, last year’s All Ireland and Leinster junior champion, won the inter boys’ race and led Belvedere to team victory with three finishers in the top nine for the city centre school. O’Neill is a member of Donore Harriers. Students from Lucan Community Community College took three of the top four places in the girl’s senior race, led by Saoirse Fitzgerald the race winner, followed by Isabel Cuffe third and Maggie Jez fourth, which ensured team victory for their school. All three are members of Lucan Harriers. Finishing a fighting second was Cara Mohan of Castleknock Community College and Metro St Brigid’s AC. Alannah Ní Chatháin from Luttrellstown Community College led home the finishers in the girls’ inter race, where St Joseph’s Lucan were the team winners. At junior level, Ruby Farrelly of Our Lady’s Templeogue won the girls’ race, while Mount Sackville was best of the Dublin teams finishing in second place. Taking the boys’ title was Samuel Redmond of Templeogue College with Castleknock College clear winners of the team title. Pictures from the West Leinsters Schools CC are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720323354671/

All will be in action at the Leinster Championship which take place on Wednesday February 12, again in the Phoenix Park.

Graded Meeting Entry 2025

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:24:20 GMT

Graded Meeting Programe for 2025

Enter the Graded Meetings online here

Click on the button below to visit the Athletics Ireland online entry page where you will find the entry for Graded Meetings.

The entry portal number Graded Meeting 1 2025

DUBLIN CLUBS ACTIVITIES ROUND UP, 18 - 19 JANUARY 2025

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:27:25 GMT

EIGHT LEINSTER CROSS COUNTY TITLES FOR DUBLIN

Newly-crowned Dublin masters champion Fiona Roche (Raheny Shamrock, W40) added another title to her collection when winning the women’s race at the Leinster Master Cross-Country Championships, held in Kilcormac, Co Offaly on Saturday (January 18). Roche won the race in a time of 14 mins 24 sec. Behind her, Noreen Brouder (Sportsworld, W45) finished third in 14:39 and ultra-running specialist Sorcha Loughnane (Donore Harriers W45) fourth in 14:43. With Aoife O’Leary (Sportsworld, W40) fifth, and Lorna Quinn tenth, Sportsworld were clear W35 team winners ahead of Donore Harriers. Best of the W50 teams was Raheny Shamrock’s trio of Tara Kennedy 13th, Mary Walsh 16th and Trish Fitzgerald 29th. Rathfarnham WSAF finished third, with Donna Mahon 19th, Sheelagh Jones 27th and Vanessa Sallier 37th making up the team. Sportsworld’s W50 team finished seventh. Winning the men’s race in 22 mins 50 secs was Pierce Geoghegan (Liffey Valley AC, M40). Raheny Shamrock AC finished second of the teams, led by David Kirwin in sixth place. Liffey Valley AC was fourth, Sportsworld fifth and Donore Harriers sixth. Rahney also finished second of the M50 teams, with Metro St Brigid’s third. In the M65 race, Liam Lenehan (Sportsworld AC) was the winner.

Also taking place were Leinster Intermediate championships, and in the women’s race, Aoife Carroll (Sportsworld AC) finished second and her clubmate Elaine Kennedy fourth. With four in the top twelve, Sportsworld won the team title from Mullingar Harriers, with Liffey Valley third, Dublin City Harriers fourth and Civil Service Harriers fifth. Mark Naylor (Liffey Valley AC) finished second in the men’s race followed by Kevin O’Boyle (Donore Harriers) in fourth place. Liffey Valley finished second team. At county level, Dublin took all eight team titles on offer—in the over 35, 50 and 60/65 men and women’s masters races and in the two inter races. Some excellent pictures are on the Athletics Leinster Facebook site at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1155709896561806&type=3 with some Dublin runners reposted here.

BHAA ‘regulars’ Laura McDonnell and Sean Doran, both of them Dublin club athletes, were the winners at the Garda St Raphael’s BHAA Cross-Country, held on the ‘Munich hills’ course at the Phoenix Park on Sunday (January 19). First off were the women, with McDonnell pushing the pace from the start of teh two-mile race despite strong opposition from Caroline Crowley and Julie McGrath and they finished in that order. Fourth and first master was Karla Doran. Revenue took the team prize with Teachers second. In the men’s four-mile race, Doran proved the class of the field winning by over fifty seconds from Thomas Sherlock with Marc Fitzachery third and first M45. Fourth and first M40 was Niall Sherlock, older bother of Thomas. ESB was first team in division 1 and Eir the winners in division 2. Pics from the BHAA races are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720323290284/

INDOORS

At the National Indoor League round in Abbotstown, Bori Akinola (UCD AC) produced the performance of the day in the men’s 60m, which he won in a personal best time of 6.65 secs. Akinola was running in one of a series of special ‘guest’ races. In the races that counted for league points, Lorcan Murphy (DSD AC) clocked 6.83 and Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers) 6.87. Second in the guest men’s 1500m was Benjamin Caulier (Lucan Harriers) in 3:57.42. In the league competition, Clonliffe Harriers topped the table with 115 points. Dundrum South Dublin AC was second with 107 points and Ratoath AC third on 92 points. Donore Harriers finished seventh and Raheny Shamrock tenth. Winners for Clonliffe were Marcus Lawler 400m and Eoin Sheridan shot put. Picking up top points in both the 60m and long jump for DSD AC was Lorcan Murphy. Ratoath topped the women’s table with 128 points, with defending champions Dundrum South Dublin a close second on 122.5. Clonliffe Harriers were fifth, Donore Harriers 11th and Raheny Shamrock 12th. Emily Bolton picked up maximum points for Clonliffe when winning the 1500m from Iseult O’Donnell of Raheny Shamrock. After the cancellation of the opening round, overall scores for the indoor league will be based on the combined scores from Sunday’s round and a second round on February 8 in Athlone, which was the original date for the final. That will not now take place.

THREE FIFTHS IN SHEFFIELD

At the BMC Sheffield Grand Prix, also on Sunday, Jonas Stafford (UCD AC) finished fifth in the men’s 1500m A race with a time of 3:48.73. Amy O’Donoghue (Dundrum South Dublin) was also fifth in her women’s A graded 1500m, clocking a time of 4:19.19. In the women’s A grade 3000m, Niamh Kearney (Raheny Shamrock) made it a another fifth place for the Irish when finishing in a time of 9:17.40.

In the NIA, Abbotstown, at Track & Field Live No 4, on Wednesday (January 15), Edel Monaghan (Dublin City Harriers) won the women’s mile in 4:46.37, while Emma Moore (DCU) came home first in the women’s 800m with a personal best time of 2:05.94.

STATESIDE

In Seattle, at the Dempsey Indoor meet on an ‘oversized’ track on Saturday (January 18), Ronan McMahon-Staggs (Dublin City Harriers) ran a lifetime best of 3:51.85 for third place in the men’s mile. On the same day, Finn Boyle (Crusaders AC) was in Ithaca, New York where he ran a PB 2:27.38 for 1,000m. A week earlier, on Sunday January 12, Cormac Dixon (Tallaght AC) equalled the Irish U20 indoor record of 2:27.38 when he finished third in a 1,000m race in Brighton, Massachusetts, while in Akron Ohio, Irish shot put champion Eric Favors (Raheny Shamrock AC) opened his 2025 indoor season with a 19.30 heave.

SCHOOLS

At the DCU Schools Invitational Cross-Country in St Claire’s Glasnevin, Dublin, on Wednesday (January 15), Goda Buivytyte (St Dominic’s Cabra) was a convincing winner of the senior girls race with Sarah Doherty second. In the senior boys’ 4,000m race, Matei Ursachi (St Paul’s) made what looked like the winning move with about 1,000m to go but was beaten in the dip for the line and finished second to an athlete from Kilkenny. Third was Lorcan Benjacar (Ard Scoil Ris),with Tom Breslin (St Aidan’s CBS) fourth.

Dublin Clubs activities round up, 18 - 19 January 2025, Lindie Naughton

Sun, 19 Jan 2025 21:43:00 GMT

EIGHT LEINSTER CROSS COUNTY TITLES FOR DUBLIN

INDOORS

THREE FIFTHS IN SHEFFIELD

STATESIDE

SCHOOLS

Dublin Coach Collaboration Workshop

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:07:02 GMT

The Dublin Athletics coach collaboration workshops started this week; thanks to all those who attended.

We had a great session with Teresa McDaid from Letterkenny AC where she talked about developing middle distance teenagers and her experiences with Darren McBrearty, Mark English and Ruairi Finnegan.

Dublin Intermediate and Masters Cross Country Championships

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:22:48 GMT

Although the weather was less than agreeable, the new course facing the Howth road at St Anne’s Park, got deserved praise at a well attended Dublin Masters Cross-Country Championships held on Sunday (January 5). Closest race of the day was the women’s over 35-49 race, where Raheny Shamrock pair Fiona Roche and Kate Purcell, both in the W40 age group, battled it out with defending champion Maria McCambridge of Dundrum South Dublin from the start. In the end Roche pulled away for victory in 11 mins 19 secs, with Purcell, the title winner in 2023, second in 11:21 and McCambridge third and first W45 in 11.29. Fourth and second W45 was Noreen Brouder of Sportsworld AC) in 11:53. A close Fifth and first W35 was former Irish international athlete Caroline Crowley of Crusaders AC who was also given a time of 11:53. Leading home the thirteen teams that finished was Sportsworld on 46 points with Crusaders just a single point adrift for second place. Metro St Brigid’s, led by Kate O’Neill in sixth place, finished third with 54 points.

A clear winner of the M35-59 race was Colm Rooney of Clonliffe Harriers who completed the 6km course in 19 mins 6 secs and was also first M40. Mark Ryan of Rathfarnham WSAF was second and first M45 in 19:58 and Pierce Geoghegan of Liffey Valley third in 20:21. First M35 was Cathal McHale of Clonliffe Harriers who finished tenth overall. Rathfarnham WSAF, with four in the top eight, were clear winners of the team title with 20 points. Clonliffe Harriers was second with 32 points and Raheny Shamrock third with 68 points. A total of thirteen teams completed the race.

Retaining her W50 title in some style was Annette Kealy of Raheny Shamrock, who pushed the pace from the start and was also first W55 in 12 mins 5 secs. Her Raheny clubmate Tara Kennedy finished second and first W50 in 12:46, while third and second W50 was Donna Mahon of Rathfarnham WSAF. Finishing 15th and first W65 was Sheelagh Jones of Rathfarnham WSAF in 14:02. First W60 and 17th overall was defending champion Fiona Byrne of Civil Service Harriers in 14:03. First W70 was Mary Lynch of Raheny Shamrock, another defending champion. Raheny Shamrock proved best of the ten teams entered with nine points, with Rathfarnham WSAF second on 28 points and Clonliffe Harriers third on 56 points.

In the men’s M50-65 race, Lea Fulcher of Plant-Based AC took an early lead and held on for victory in 20 mins 52 secs. Kevin O’Connor of Clonliffe Harriers did his best to reel in Fulcher and finished second in 21:11. Third in 21:35 was Ciaran McCarthy of Raheny Shamrock.

Finishing ninth and first M55 was Kenny McAndrew of Metro St Brigid’s in 22:39 while first M60 was David Woods of Raheny Shamrock in 24:19, with Philip O’Doherty of Clonliffe Harriers just one second behind for second place. Raheny won the team title with 45 points. Donore Harriers, led by Des Tremble in sixth place, was second with 60 points and Metro St Brigid’s third with 68 points. Ten teams had entered.

Best in the M65-80 age group was Liam Lenehan of Sportsworld who finished in 11:54 for the 3000m distance. Tom Cuddy of Rathfarnham WSAF was second in 12:01 and Sean Doyle, also Rathfarnham WSAF, third in 13:12. Vincent O’Neill of Civil Service Harries was first M70, Pat Collins of Liffey Valley first M75 and Trevor Lloyd of Sportsworld first M80.

Opening the day’s racing were the Dublin intermediate championships, with the women’s 3000m race dominated by Clonliffe Harriers and Crusaders athletes. Helena Butterly was the race winner in 11:10 followed by her Clonliffe team mate Niamh Kelly in 11:23, with Saoirse McGrath third in 11:38 and her Crusaders clubmate Orla Walsh just a second behind for fourth place. Just a single point separated the two clubs in the team competition with Clonliffe the winners with 20 points and Crusaders second with 21 points. Third with 68 points was Sportsworld.

Kevin O’Rourke led a Donore Harriers ‘posse’ in the men’s 6000m race winning in 20:37, with his clubmates David McCann, Oliver Hopkins and Simon O’Toole finishing third, fourth and fifth. Second was Christopher McLoughlin of Dublin City Harriers. Donore took the team medals with just 13 points. Clonliffe as second with 42 points and Raheny Shamrock third with 61 points.

For a fourth year, Raheny Shamrock ended up winning the Pat Hooper Trophy for the best overall club in the master’s competition, with four second places from the five counting races, giving the club a total of 40 points. Just three points adrift with 37 points was Clonliffe Harriers with Rathfarnham WSAF a close third with 35 points. Clonliffe and Sportsworld picked up points in all five races as did Sportsworld, fourth overall with 29 points. A total of eighteen clubs counted, with almost 500 athletes aged from 35 to 80 lining out despite the cold, and increasingly wet conditions.

Lindie Naughton’s has several great pictures from the Dublin Championships are at https:// www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720322980470 . Next up for masters and intermediate distance runners is the All-Ireland Cross-Country Championships to be held in Westport, Co Mayo on Sunday February 9. Dublin teams will compete.

Dublin Clubs activities round up, 11 - 12 January 2025, Lindie Naughton

Sun, 12 Jan 2025 22:42:00 GMT

GIDEY BREAKS 39-YEAR OLD IRISH RECORD

Efrem Gidey (Clonliffe Harriers) set a new Irish record for 10km when he ran a time of 27 mins 43 secs in Valencia, Spain on Sunday (January 12). His time knocked three seconds off the 27:46. run by John Treacy in 1985 — almost forty years ago. Gidey already holds the Irish half marathon record after running 60:51 in Denmark last September. Gidey, representing Hoka, finished 20th in a race won by Andreas Almsgren of Sweden in 26 mins 53 secs becoming the first European athlete ever to break 27 minutes for the distance. Gidey’s focus is now on the 10,000m on the track with Alistair Cragg’s Irish record of 27:39.55 his immediate target

In the USA, Irish long jump champion Elizabeth Ndudi (DSD) equaled her own indoor personal best of 6.42m when competing for Illinois at the Fighting Illini Open in Champaign on Saturday (January 11). Ndudi finished fifth in the competition.

INDOORS

At the AI Indoor Games and Combined Events Championships held at the NIA, Abbotstown, Dublin over the weekend (January 11-12, Dundrum South Dublin AC won the inaugural mixed 4x400m indoor senior championship with a winning time of 3 mins 50.11 secs. Making up the team were Godwin Matias, Charlotte Bourke, Benjamin Hauer and Rachel Lynch. Finishing a close second in 3:50.43 was a second DSD quartet made up of Ciaran Carthy. Aobh Fords, Anton Roquette and Aisling Cunningham. Winning the men’s 1500m, was Lorcan Benjacar (Clonliffe Harriers) in a personal best 4:01.66. Fintan Kerins (Clonliffe Harriers) finished third in 4:03.00. Over 3000m, recently crowned Dublin masters cross-country champion Colin Rooney (Clonliffe Harriers) was the winner of the men’s race in a personal best 8:47.93. Amy O’Donoghue (DSD AC) won the women’s race in 9:46.10. In the sprints, Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers) won his 200m heat in 21:22, with Benjamin Hauer (DSD AC) second in 22:99 and Masahiro Watanabe (Crusaders) third in 24.14. In other heats, both Emmanuel Akinrolie (Titans AC) and Luke Timlin (Crusaders) were given times of 22.33. Over two rounds of 60m races, Bori Akinola (UCD AC) proved fastest with a time of 6.72 secs. Marcus Lawler clocked 6.82 in the second race. In a blanket finish to the men’s 60m hurdles, Valentinos Goularas (Crusaders) finished a close second with a time of 8.02 secs.Kate O’Connell (Lucan Harriers) proved fastest of the local runners in the women’s 200m clocking a personal best 24.40 secs in the second of seven heats. Molly Hourihan (UCD AC) won the opening heat in 24.77. Fastest overall was English visitor Jasmine Wilkins who won the third heat in 24.33.

In the field, Colm Bourke (Raheny Shamrock AC) won the long jump with a 7.27 leap, while Daphni Doulapssi Teeuwen (also Raheny Shamrock) won the women’s triple jump with a final round careeer best of 12.28m. Molly Mullally (DSD) was second with 11.44. In a competitive senior men’s heptathlon, Lorcan Murphy (DSD) finished second with 4692 points, picking up his best points in the 60m, long jump, high jump and 1000m. Just 28 points ahead of him was winner Jack Forde (St Killian’s AC) with 4720 points. In the M50 competition, Kevin Byrne (DSD) finished third with 2250 points. Peader McGing (also DSD) finished second M60 with 2057 points. Of the women, Vanessa Sallier (Rathfarnham WSAF) finished second W50, with her best points coming in the 800m.

At the British Milers Club indoor meet at Cardiff University in Wales on Sunday (January 12), Lorraine O’Connor (Clonliffe Harriers) won the 1500m B race in a personal best 4:22.71 which is a Clonliffe senior indoor record. In the 1500m A race Emily Bolton, also Clonliffe, finished third in 4:27.96, also a personal best. Both women are still competing at under 20 level.

CROSS-COUNTY

Over 170 finished the second round of the Women's Meet and Train Cross-Country League held on a 3km course beside the Dundrum South Dublin track at Tibradden Road (cleared of its usual woolly-backed inhabitants— and of residual snow!). In a battle to the line between members of host club DSD and Sportsworld, DSD took the top three places. Leading them home was Lisa Gaughan, who had finished second at the opening round of the league last November in Tymon Park. Clubs who had entered teams included Donore Harriers, Crusaders, Brothers Pearse, Esker, Tallaght, Dublin Front Runners, Raheny Shamrock, Blackrock and Waterstown Warriors, as well as individuals from LSA and Civil Service Harriers. Next round, hosted by Dublin Front Runners at a Marino venue, is on Sunday February 9. Info Fiona Shine fionashine@gmail.com The pics from the M&T are at https://www.flickr.com/ photos/lindie/albums/ 72177720323144584

Not far away in Tymon Park, also on Sunday morning Stephen Kelly (Express Side Gates) was the winner of BHAA Bank of Ireland 6km cross-country in a time of 21 mins 34 secs. Paul Fleming (Ornua/Rathfarnham WSAF)) was second in 21:50 and Hugh McDowell third in 22.33. In the team competition, ESB, led by Fionn Griffin in fifth place, won Grade 1 ahead of Gardai and Revenue. ESB also won grade 2, with Eir best in Grade 3. First woman was Clare Sullivan (CSO/Crusaders) in 24:55. Niamh Brophy was second in 25:02 and Maura Kearns (Teachers) third in 25:20. Team winners were Stronger with Esther, with Revenue second. Next BHAA race is the Garda St Raphael open 4-Mile and women’s 2-mile in the Phoenix Park on Sunday January 19 (11am). Registration is at Civil Service Harriers Clubhouse, just off the main road; note that there is no parking available at the clubhouse. Info Ian Redican 087 2200666; www.bhaa.ie

ROADS

Mahad Mohammed Egaal (Clonliffe Harriers led home 265 finishers at the R-ACE 5km, in Drogheda, Co Louth on Sunday (January 12) in a time of 14 mins 34 secs. His clubmate Ben Guiden finished third in 14:50. On a good day for Clonliffe, Helena Butterly was first woman in 16:55.

DUBLIN CLUBS ACTIVITIES ROUND UP, 11 - 12 JANUARY 2025

Sun, 12 Jan 2025 16:18:18 GMT

GIDEY BREAKS 39-YEAR OLD IRISH RECORD

INDOORS

CROSS-COUNTY

ROADS

Dublin Juvenile Indoor Championships 2025 - Entry information

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 16:10:00 GMT

Online entry for the Dublin Juvenile Indoor Championships is now open on the Entry4sport portal, or through these links https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/1214 or https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/dublin-indoor-25

Relays

In 2025 we are introducing a new event - Development 4X200m Relays for U11-U15 girls & boys in addition to the Championship relays. Information attached.

Please note, club competition secretary/secretary MUST submit the relay teams. The maximum number of teams a club can enter in the Championship relays is 3 teams and these should be named for example - Road runners A.C. U12 girls team A, B, C.

Note: In order to seed/grade teams fairly, it is important that the A team must be the clubs' best team, B team the 2nd best.

There is no limit on the number of teams a club can enter in the Development relays through the Entry4sport portal or through the links below. These should be named for example - Road runners A.C. U11 girls team 1 , 2, 3, etc.

https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/1216

https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/dev-relay-2025

Athletes may compete in TWO (2) relays ONLY .
An athlete may move up one age group, however, for all U12-U17 relays at least 2 members of a competing relay team, participating in each round of that event on that day must be of the correct age
U17and U18 age groups, all athletes may move up one age group, n.b., only 2 U16 athletes may compete on an U17 team
The order for mixed relays is Female – Male -Female - Male
If 6 teams or less check in, a Final will be held at Heat time
Teams qualifying for a final MUST comprise of the same panel of runners that were entered and competed in the heats.
Spot checks will be carried out on team entries
3 teams qualify for Nationals, and these can include one sub.

Closing Dates

Day 1 individual events - 19th January @ 23:59

Day 2 individual events - 25th January

Day 3 individual events - 25th January

Day 4 & Day 5 (mixed U17 & U19) relays - 9th February

Information and entry forms for the Spraoi Games will be circulated separately.

Dublin Juvenile Indoors 2025 - Spraoi Games Booklet

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 19:30:50 GMT

Please find attached the Spraoi Games Competition Booklet, Arena Plan and entry form. Please ask your club competition secretary or club person responsible for submitting entries to complete and return the entry form by Sunday the 9th ofFebruary. All athletes MUST be registered for 2025. The completed entry forms will provide us with the information on the number of teams competing, and assist us in firming up the timetable, which you will find in the second last page of the booklet circulated. Team – Minimum of 4 athletes with no upper limit. However, clubs who do not have a team of 4 in an age group, can submit individual athletes and they will be facilitated. In the Spraoi games, athletes competing on an U9 team can't step up to the U10 relay, as they wouldn't be competing as members of an U10 team in the other events where points are scored. If a club has a team of 4 or more in any age group, only four of those athletes are selected for the relay. Only 1 relay team to run, irrespective of the number of athletes on the team. All participating clubs MUST provide 2 named officials with your entries. Designated coaches (DC) will accompany athletes to the warm up area, but can’t enter the competition area. All competitors will receive a special certificate. There will be no medals. Entry fee: 5 euro per athlete . This can be paid on the day or by bank transfer or check to the Dublin County Board. Entry fee for spectators is 5 euro.

IMPORTANT REMINDER

Online entries for Day 1 closes at 23:59 on this Sunday the 19 ^th of January. No late entries will be accepted. Please note - Entries for individual events and the Championship Relays (maximum 3 teams per club in any age group) can be submitted through the link below,

https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/1214

Link to the Development relays below,

https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/1216

All clubs MUST provide named officials at a ratio of 1:15 entries on each competition day. Please send the names and email address to, seamus.flynn@indaver.com

Dublin Clubs activities round up, 31 Dec. - 05 January 2025, Lindie Naughton

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:18:00 GMT

Dublin Cross Country Championships

ROADS

Tadgh Donnelly (Drogheda and District AC) was a comfortable winner of the annual New Year’s Day Tom Brennan 5km, in Dublin’s Phoenix Park on Wednesday (January 1). Donnelly’s winning time was 14 mins 38 secs, with Jack O’Leary (Mullingar Harriers) just out-sprinting Mahad Mohammed Egaal (Clonliffe Harriers) for second place. The pair were given times of 15:04 and 15:05. Laura Mooney (Tullamore Harriers) was first woman in 16:49. Lucy Barrett (Raheny Shamrock AC) was over a minute behind for second place in 17:56, with Saoirse McGrath (Crusaders AC) third in 18:16. In a closely-fought men’s team competition, Clonliffe Harriers, with three in the top nine, beat Drogheda and District on count-back when both ended up with 19 points. Third was host club Liffey Valley with 30 points, led by Pierce Geoghegan in fifth place. Liffey Valley proved best of the women’s teams, led by Ciara Broderick Farrell in sixth place. Crusaders was second and Raheny Shamrock third.

On New Year’s Eve, Kane Collin (Donore Harriers) was the winner of the Grange-Fermoy New Year’s Eve 10km, in Glanworth, Co Cork, with a time of 32:27. Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe Harriers), M40) was second in 32:36.

Coming up:

Sunday January 12: Bank of Ireland BHAA 6km, Tymon Park, Dublin, 11am. Online entry fee €10 members; €15 guests; €20 on day. Annual BHAA reg fee €15. New teams /individuals welcome. www.bhaa.ie

Meet and Train Winter League Rd 2, DSD, 11am. Saturday 11 ^th January, Distance 3km trail. Entry €7 (or €20 for 4-race series). Reg from 10am-10.30am on morning or with Fiona at fionashine@gmail.com or Christina at christinagoldrick@yahoo.com . New clubs/teams welcome.

Wednesday January 15: DCU Schools Invitational Cross-Country.

Track & Field Live No 4, NIA, Abbotstown, Dublin. www.athleticsireland.ie

DUBLIN CLUBS ACTIVITIES ROUND UP, 31 DEC. - 05 JANUARY 2025

Sat, 04 Jan 2025 16:36:32 GMT

Dublin Cross Country Championships

ROADS

DUBLIN ATHLETICS HIGHLIGHTS 2024

Tue, 31 Dec 2024 17:22:44 GMT

TRACK (OUTDOORS)

What a season it has been for Irish athletics in general and Dublin Athletics in particular! At the European Championships in early June, Rhasidat Adeleke of Tallaght AC finishing second in the 400m with her time of 49:07 seconds breaking her own national record. Sophie Becker of Raheny Shamrock, also in the 400m, clocked 51.54 secs for tenth place. Then came the final of the women’s 4 x 400m, where Adeleke and Becker, along with Phil Healy and Sharlene Mawdsley, took silver in a national record time of 3:22.71. And of course, Ireland struck gold in the mixed 4x400m relay with Adeleke again a crucial member of the team. At the Paris Olympics , Adeleke finished fourth in the individual 400m and, with Becker, helped the women’s 4x400m team to an agonising fourth in the relay. In the men’s 1500m, Clonliffe’s Cathal Doyle thrilled the nation when winning his 1500m repechage, while 20-year-old Nicola Tuthill of UCD AC gave of her best in the women’s hammer, as did Sarah Healy of Blackrock AC, Brian Fay of Raheny Shamrock, siblings Jodie and Luke McCann of DCH/UCD in the middle distances, and Eric Favors of Raheny Shamrock in the shot. Then at the Paralympics, a delighted Orla Comerford of Raheny Shamrock won a bronze medal in the T13 100m with a time of 11.94 seconds, running a heat and the final in the same day. It was a third Paralympic Games and a first medal for Comerford, a member of Raheny Shamrock AC since the age of six awhere she was coached by the late great Brian Corcoran.

Locally, Cathal Doyle made it a great night for the host club Clonliffe Harriers when winning the Morton Mile in sensational style at the Morton Games, at Santry in mid-July. American visitor and former winner Sam Prakel had led through 1500m, with Brian Fay of Raheny Shamrock third and Doyle back in tenth place. All changed in the chase for the line, with Doyle charging through the field and just passing Prakel and Fay to win in a personal best time of 3 mins 52.06 secs.

On the international circuit, Sarah Healy of UCD AC made a massive improvement to her 1500m time when running in one of the greatest women’s 1500m races of all time at the Paris Diamond League in early July. Up front, Faith Kipyegon of Kenya won the race in 3:49.04, improving on the 3:49.11 world record she had set a year earlier when becoming the first woman to break 3:50 for the distance. Healy’s time of 3:57.26 for seventh place knocked over two seconds off her previous best and puts her second on the all-time list behind Ciara Mageean. Other athletes in top form included Israel Olatunde of Tallaght AC who improved his own Irish 100m record to 10.12 secs when running in London in August. As for Efrem Gidey of Clonliffe Harriers, his time of 27:40.0, also run in London last May, puts his second on the all-time Irish list for 10,000m. Improving his own Irish shot putt record with a heave of 20.93m in April was Eric Favors of Raheny Shamrock. Also in record breaking form in April was 19-year-old Elizabeth Ndudi of Dundrum South Dublin who set an Irish long jump record of 6.68m. Coming ever closer to the Irish hammer record was Nicola Tuthill, who went over 70m for the first time with a throw of 70.32 in May.

Going where no Irishwoman has gone before was 23-year-old Lara O’Byrne of Donore Harriers who finished sixth at the inaugural Women’s Decathlon World Championships, held in Geneva, Ohio, USA, in early August. O’Byrne amassed a total of 6570 points over the ten events, picking up her best scores in the 100m hurdles, 100m, 400m and high jump and also recording a personal best in the shot. She rounded off two exhausting days by clocking 5:26.54 in the1500m. As for Adeleke, apart from her adventures in Rome and Paris, she set an Irish record for the 100m when winning the Irish title in June, making her without question the country’s greatest ever sprinter.

At national level, luck was with Clonliffe Harriers when the club won a 13th premier division title at the National Track and Field League final held at Tullamore in late July. In 2023, Leevale had ended a seven year winning streak for the north Dublin club, and Clonliffe was determined to take the title back. In the sprints, Marcus Lawler won both 100m and 200m, with his 100m time of 10.28 secs a personal best, a stadium record and the second fastest time by an Irishman this year. In the 200m, his time of 20.71 secs was a season’s best and put him second behind Mark Smyth on the Irish rankings. Finishing second in the standings behind Clonliffe was Dundrum South Dublin. In the women’s competition, Dundrum South Dublin was also going for a thirteenth win but for them, the number proved less lucky, and they lost out to Leevale for the title.

ROAD

Big road races of the year were the Irish Life Dublin Marathon in late October and the VHI Women’s Mini Marathon 10km in June, the only two races on the calendar which take place in Dublin City itself. At this year’s 42nd annual Women’s Mini Marathon, Dublin-based school-teacher Íde Nic Domhnaill (West Limerick AC) made it look easy when winning ina time of 33 mins 22 secs. Finishing second was Meghan Ryan of organising club Dundrum South Dublin in 34:53. It was a best ever finish for Ryan who, as a member of DSD, has run the mini marathon every year since she turned sixteen — and that’s sixteen times! Other notable performances came from the 2008 women’s mini marathon winner Annette Kealy of Raheny Shamrock, who finished 17th overall and first W55 in 38 mins 46 secs. In October, Hiko Tonosa of Dundrum South Dublin proved the star of the show at the Irish Life Dublin Marathon not only finishing third overall and first Irish athlete, but also breaking the Irish record with his time of 2 hrs 9 mins 42 secs. Tonosa, living in Ireland since 2017, had hoped to make the Paris Olympics qualifying time in April’s London Marathon, but was forced to drop out with an injury. At the Larne Half Marathon in late August, he proved that he had regained much of his fitness when he clocked a time of 62:46, not far off the 62:23 he had run in the same race a year earlier. Finishing third woman and first Dublin club athlete with a time of in a personal best time of 2:36:09 was Grace Lynch, like Tonosa a member of the Dundrum South Dublin club.

The road running year had begun with the Tom Brennan New Year’s Day 5km in the Phoenix Park, where Efrem Gidey of Clonliffe Harriers was the winner. Abdel Laadjel of Donore Harriers, home from Providence College in the USA where he’s on an athletics scholarship, finished second. Later that month on the last Sunday of January, the 40th Raheny 5-Mile attracted a capacity entry of 5,000. Winners were Ryan Creech (Leevale AC) in 23 mins 58 secs and Shona Heaslip (An Riocht ) in 26:12. Team winners were the Clonliffe men and the Raheny women. An honoured guest on the day was former Raheny Shamrock AC club president Nick Corish, who celebrated his 100th birthday later in the year. ‘The Shamrocks’ were also celebrating the recent acquisition of a new and permanent home based in a reconditioned church in Raheny village. On St Patrick’s Day, March 17, all roads led to Dublin West, where Mitchell Byrne and Carla Sweeney made it a Rathfarnham WSAF AC double at the Tallaght 5km. A month later, Dublin clubs dominated the Great Ireland Run 10km, held in Dublin’s Phoenix Park on Sunday April 14. Crusaders AC, led by fifth placed Andrea Rodina, was first of the men’s teams, ahead of Donore Harriers and Raheny Shamrock AC. Best of the women’s teams was AECOM, a corporate team, followed by Portmarnock AC and Dublin Front Runners. D15 Running Club finished fourth and third of the club teams.

In mid-May, sunny conditions greeted the capacity crowd at the annual Terenure 5-Mile where Peter Somba of Meath club Ratoath AC, was the winner in 24 mins 40 secs. First woman in 27 mins 16 secs was Grace Lynch of Dundrum South Dublin, who was having a good year on the roads. In the team competition, the DSD men and Sportsworld women were the winners. At the Phoenix Park in late June, Kieran Kelly of Raheny Shamrock AC led home 1,658 finishers at the Irish Runner 5-Mile Challenge, which doubled up as an Irish championships. Kelly, better known as a track runner, finished in 24 mins 11 secs. Launching the autumn road racing season was the Lucan 5-Mile, where Clonliffe’s Efrem Gidey ran a superb time of 22 mins 57 secs for a clear victory. His time smashed the course record of 24.12. Later in the month, Juan Ignacio Peña of Raheny Shamrock raced away from the chasers to win the Rathfarnham 5km in Dublin in a time of 14 mins 34 secs . Five seconds adrift was Colm Rooney of Clonliffe Harriers who was second and first M40 in 14:39. Coming down to the wire was the women’s race with Cheryl Nolan of St Abban’s AC passing Íde Nic Dhomhnaill almost on the line. Their times were 16:02 and 16:03. Taking both men and women’s team titles was Raheny Shamrock.

Large numbers turned out for three races over the three-quarter marathon distance held on the first weekedn of October — about three weeks before the Dubin Marathon. At the Longwood 3/4 marathon race in Co Meath, Barbara Cleary of Donore Harriers finished first woman in 2 hrs 2 mins 50 secs. Cleary, aged fifty-one, would run a personal best 2:46.21 at the Valencia Marathon in Spain on December 1, which is an Irish over 50 women’s record. She had previously run 2:51.32 in the Dublin Marathon of 2011. Elsewhere, Pierre Murchan (Dublin City Harriers) was the winner of the Streets of Portlaoise 5km held on the morning of St Patrick’s Day in a time of 14 mins 24 secs. The race was the opening round of nine in the the 2024 Peugeot Race Series. Murchan would go on to win the individual men’s title, with defending champion Dundrum South Dublin retaining the team title. On of the races in the series was the Dunshaughlin 10km in late June, where Dundrum South Dublin won all three team prizes — men, women and mixed. The women’s team was led by Meghan Ryan in second place and the men’s team by Killian Mooney who was seventh overall. None of the nine races in the series were held in Dublin.

DUBS DOMINATE AT ROAD RELAYS

Dublin clubs dominated all but one of the five races at the ational Road Relays held on the now traditional one mile lap in Raheny, Dublin, on Sunday April 28. Dundrum South Dublin won the women’s senior race slightly unexpectedly, while Clonliffe Harriers, powered by Efrem Gidey on the three-mile leg, had a more predictable victory in the men’s senior race. It was a third consecutive win and a 17th title overall for the Santry-based club. Sportsworld took the master women’s title, with Raheny Shamrock second, while Raheny proved best in the men’s master race, beating Clonliffe. For the men’s senior race alone, Clonliffe Harriers had entered seven teams and all seven finished, which must be some kind of record. Overall, Clonliffe had twenty teams entered on the day, which is definitely a record!

CROSS-COUNTRY

As always, the Dublin athletics year started with the Dublin Masters Cross-Country in St Anne’s Park, Raheny, where a record 464 athletes aged from 37 to well over 80 were in action. Maria McCambridge of Dundrum South Dublin and Paul Stephenson from Rathfarnham WSAF were the winners in the over 35-49 race. while Annette Kealy and Ciaran McCarthy made it a Raheny double in the over 50 age group. Raheny took three of the five team titles on offer with Rathfarnham WSAF winning the remaining two. Later in the year, with its traditional home at Santry unavailable, the Dublin Senior Cross-Country took place at Citywest, Saggart in early October. Individual winners of the senior races, both over 6.5km, were Emma McEvoy of Dundrum South Dublin and David Scanlon of Rathfarnham WSAF. Team winners were the DCH women and the Clonliffe men. Winners of the junior races were Emily Bolton of Clonliffe Harriers and Sean Quinn of DSD . Clonliffe won both team titles. Later on, at the All Ireland Cross-Country Championships in Irvinestown, Co Fermanagh, Emma McEvoy would finish first U23 woman.Clonliffe Harriers won the men’s junior team title, with Donore in third place, and finished second of the junior women’s teams. Dublin City Harriers finished third of the senior women’s teams

Continuing to offer a full programme of off-road races from November to March was the Business House Athletics Association which closed out the year with a combined 6km race for men and women at McKee Park in Tallaght, with St Mark’s GAA club the race HQ. It was a first race ever in the park and a welcome addition to list of venues. Earlier, in September, John Travers of Donore Harriers had been the runaway winner of the inaugural BHAA SNAP Jerry Kiernan Foundation 6km, held at the National Cross-Country course in Abbotstown. Travers, who was coached by the late Jerry Kiernan, led from the start and and had over a minute to spare when finishing in 18 mins 22 secs.

MASTERS

In mid-January Shane Healy of Metro St Brigid’s AC proved the star of the show at the Irish Masters Indoor Championships in Athlone when he set a new M55 world record in the 800m. His time of 2:01.46 knocked over three seconds off the old record. A week earlier, Healy had set a 3000m world age record. Winning the All Ireland masters cross-country title in Dundalk a couple of weeks later was Raheny Shamrock’s Kate Purcell, who had finished second behind Maria McCambridge in the Dublin Masters Championships and was the winner in Leinster. In the men’s team competition, Clonliffe Harriers lost out to North Belfast Harriers by a single point. At the European Masters Indoors in Torún Poland, Annette Kealy of Raheny Shamrock won both the W55 3000m and the cross-country in her age group and also helped the W55 team to victory. Donore’s Ann Woodlock not only won the W85 3000m but beat younger athletes on her way to victory in the 1500m. A busy woman was Edel Maguire of Clonliffe Harriers who won both theW65 60m and 400m, finished third in the 200m and helped the W60 mixed 4 x 200m relay team to silver. In late August, Kealy and Maguire were both in action again at the World Masters Outdoor Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. On the roads, Kealy won the W55 10km in a time of 39 mins 30 secs and later finished second in the half marathon in 1:27.33 also helping the Irish team to gold. On the track, Maguire won the the W65 high jump and finished third in the 200m on the same day. A few days later, she took silver in the 400m.

In November, Ireland was the overall winner for only the second time ever at the annual British and Irish Masters International Cross-Country, hosted by the Northern Ireland Masters Association at the Billy Neill Playing Fields in Belfast. Helping the team to victory were a number of Dublin club athletes, among them Kate Purcell who was third W40 and part of the winning W40 team. In the W65 age group, Sheelagh Jones of Rathfarnham WSAF and Grainne Grennan of Blackrock AC helped the W65 team to victory, while in the W55 category, Annette Kealy added yet another individual title to her collection, with the team finishing second. In the men’s M35-45 race, Eoin Flynn of Rathfarnham WSAF was part of the winning M40 team, as was his Rathfarnham club mate Mark Ryan in the M45 age group where he finished second individual. Ireland last won the overall title in 2022 — the first time in the history of the event that England was beaten.

DUBLIN AWARDS

At the annual Dublin Athletics Graded League awards night held in Sportslink in Santry in late September, Darby Browne (Lusk ) for the pole vault was among the youngest of the winners, while Frances Mansfield (Clonliffe Harriers), now aged eighty, was the oldest when winning an award for her specialist hammer. Some sixty years ago in 1964, when women were finally invited to compete at the Dublin Graded Meets, Frances was among the pioneering group to sign up. Other winners included Maria McCambridge (DSD) and Aisling O’Connor (Rathfarnham WSAF) for women’s middle distance in grades A and B; Peadar McGing (DSD) for men’s high jump, and comeback kid Isabel Mullarney (Rathfarnham WSAF) for women’s shot.

SCHOOLS/COLLEGES

Cormac Dixon (HFCS Rathcoole) proved the class of the field in the boy’s senior 6km race at the All-Ireland Schools Cross-Country, held on a damp and dank day in Tymon Park, Dublin in early March. Only with the finish line in sight did Dixon, who is a member of Tallaght AC, sprint into the lead finishing in a solid time of 19 minutes exactly. In a great race for Dublin schools, St Aidan’s CBS packed superbly to take the team prize.

ULTRA/HILL/TRAIL

At the National 50km Championships in Donadea, Co Kildare, Sorcha Loughnane of Donore Harriers set a new national record of 3:18:04 when finishing first woman and first W45. In a Donore double, Ian Fitzpatrick was first of the men and overall winner, finishing in 3:04.44. Also in the spring, Loughnane finished second woman at the annual Maurice Mullins Memorial Ultra, held in the Wicklow Mountains. In wet and windy conditions, Loughnane completed the 51.1km course with 2,500m of climb in 5 hrs 23 mins 11 secs. Race winner was England-based Emma Stuart, originally from Sligo, in 5 hrs 5 mins 11 secs. Over the summer, Loughnane went on to finish fourth overall and first woman with a time of 9 hrs 38 mins 46 secs at the Serpent’s Trail 100km in Hampshire, England. The off-road (and occasionally muddy) course runs from Haslemere to Petersfield in the South Downs National Park. In September, she finished Fourth overall and first Irish woman in the 80km race at the annual Eco Trail Wicklow in Bray with a time of 7 hrs 51 mins 55 secs. Third and first local finisher in the 80km race was Sean Meehan of Cherry Orchard AC in 7 hrs 46 mins 18 secs. In August, Meehan had finished third in the Run the Ridge/20km on the Derrybawn woodland trail with a time of 94:14.

Many thanks to Lindie for pulling all these highlights together and for her weekly reports throughout the year.

Dublin Intermediate and Masters Cross Country Championships

Tue, 31 Dec 2024 16:35:28 GMT

Well done to all who competed in the Dublin Intermediate and Masters Cross Country Championships in St. Anne's Park, Raheny in driving rain but on a good testing course.

Many thanks to Raheny Shamrocks for organising the event on a very successful cross country course, with great competitions throughout the 6 races.

Well done to Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club in retaining the Pat Hooper Cup. Please email pjclaffey58@gmail.com to arrange collection of uncollected medals. These are M35+ team Silver Clonliffe Harriers AC , M35 Gold and Bronze (Clonliffe), M40 Gold (Clonliffe), M50 Gold (Plant based AC), F45 Silver (DSD), F50 (Bronze) Celtic DCH AC ), F60 (Gold and Bronze) Civil Service Harriers A.C.

DUBLIN CLUBS ACTIVITIES ROUND UP, 26 - 29 DECEMBER 2024

Mon, 30 Dec 2024 17:15:26 GMT

Saturday December 28

Lee Duddy (Clonliffe Harriers) was the winner of the D15 Suicide Awareness 5km held at the Sport Ireland Campus, Abbotstown on Saturday (December 28). He finished in 16 mins 19 secs, with Anthony Brady (Coolock RC) second in 16:35. First woman was Dubliner Jane Bandila who runs for Dunboyne AC these days, with a time of 19.15. Anne Marie Burns (Ballymun AC) was third in 22.00 and Caroline Conway (Sportsworld) fourth in 22:07.

Friday December 27

Tallaght master Tomás Fitzpatrick was the winner of the annual Rita and Robbie 5km, in Navan on Friday (December 27). In a closely-fought race, Fitzpatrick won the chase for the line finishing in 15 mins 20 secs. Just two seconds behind were Matthew Fitzpatrick (Dunleer AC) and Eanna Ó Bradaigh (DSD AC) with both given a time of 15:22. Fourth in 15:23 was Eoin Flynn (Rathfarnham WSAF AC M40), while sixth was Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) in 15:33. First woman in 18:28 was Saoirse McGrath (Crusaders AC), with Aoife O’Leary (Sportsworld, W40) third in 18:36. Two days later, O’Leary was again in action at the Togher 5km in Co Cork, where her husband Cillian (Raheny Shamrock) was sixth overall and second M40 in 15:33. Aoife was seventh woman in 18:30, with her Sportsworld clubmate Noreen Brouder third woman and first W45 in 17:59

December 26 was the busiest day of the holiday season for road races, with over a dozen races taking place at venues all over the country. Undoubtedly the busiest was the 22nd annual Fields of Athenry 10km in Co Galway, which has always attracted a large entry from Dublin clubs. Indeed, Mick Clohisey (Raheny Shamrock AC) is something of a legend in the race’s history having won seven times on the trot from 2012 to 2018, also winning in 2021. In 2023, John Travers (Donore Harriers) was the winner. This year, Jamie Fallon of Craughwell AC who finished in 30 mins 34 secs almost made it a home win. Leading home the Dublin contingent was Joseph Hastings (DSD AC) eighth in 32:41, ollowed by Mark Neylor (Liffey Valley) tenth in 32:57 and Karol David Cronin (Sportsworld AC) 11th and first M40 in 33:30. Other Dublin club athletes finishing in the top 21 were Cian Charlton (Raheny Shamrock) 12th, Simon O’Toole (Donore Harriers) 17th, Paul O’Beirne (Sportsworld) 18th and third M49, Michael O’Connor (Blackrock AC) 20th, and Brian Regan (Crusaders) 21st. As for the women, Sportsworld AC was led home by Caoimhe Daniels in 39:59 and Kate Burke in 41:49, backed up by Katie Nugent 43:09, Veronica Burke 43:32 and Michelle Burke 43:34. Other Dublin finishers were Siobhan Nugent (Liffey Valley) 42:11 and Aisling Kililea (Clonliffe Harriers) 42:17.

Winners at the annual Bull Run 7.5km, on Bull Island, Dollymount, Dublin, also on December 26, were Garret Shaw and Ciara Losty in the 18-45 age group and Keith Fleming and Orla Gormley in the over 46 age group. The event was hosted by the Irish Amateur Wrestling Association at the 5th Port Dollymount Sea Scouts Den.

Further afield, at the Caherdavin 10km in Co Limerick, Colm Turner (Brothers Pearse AC) finished second in 32:56. In Clonmel, Ben Coughlan (Clonliffe Harriers) finished second with a time of 20:06 at the annual MSD 4-Mile.

WATERHOUSE BYRNE BAIRD SHIELD, St Stephen's Day 26th December

There are club races — and then there is the Waterhouse Byrne Baird Shield, possibly the longest running club race in Ireland —and maybe even the world? The race dates back to 1896 when Samuel Waterhouse, a Dublin jeweller, presented the newly founded Donore Harriers Club with a silver shield for a 10-mile handicap cross-country race. The shield became known as the 'Donore Harriers Waterhouse Challenge Shield’ and the race was held in the Phoenix Park. With the exception of 1916, when many Donore members were otherwise occupied in the trenches of northern France, the race has been held every years since with Messrs Byrne and Baird adding their names to the title as their award for winning the race three times. Youngest winner at just 15 years and 39 days in 1958-59 was Donore stalwart Willie Smith, still happily with us. Oldest winner in 1977/78 was the late Frank Cahill, another Donore ‘legend’, aged 77 years103 days. In 1979, Eamonn Coghlan became the only winner ever to break 50 minutes for the course around the ‘Dog Pond’ lap. In 1985, Valerie McGovern became the first woman to win the race. This year’s winner was Neil Hand, who pushed on to finish ahead of Claire Mulligan and Roisin Brady in a time of 61 mins 41 secs — his fastest ever for the course. Fastest man on the day was Dave McConn in 59.32 with Laura Nunan the fastest woman in 73.26. Previous winners Eamon Coghlan and Jim O’Reilly ( the 1954 winner) were there to present the prizes.

Dublin Clubs activities round up, 26 - 29 December 2024, Lindie Naughton

Mon, 30 Dec 2024 09:49:00 GMT

Saturday December 28

Friday December 27

WATERHOUSE BYRNE BAIRD SHIELD, St Stephen's Day 26th December

Dublin Athletics Highlights 2024 - Lindie Naughton

Sun, 15 Dec 2024 21:01:00 GMT

TRACK (OUTDOORS)

ROAD

DUBS DOMINATE AT ROAD RELAYS

CROSS-COUNTRY

MASTERS

DUBLIN AWARDS

SCHOOLS/COLLEGES

ULTRA/HILL/TRAIL

Many thanks to Lindie for pulling all these highlights together and for her weekly reports throughout the year.

Dublin Clubs activities round up, 7 - 8 December 2024, Lindie Naughton

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 21:37:00 GMT

CROSS-COUNTRY

At the 30th European Cross-Country on the site of demolished textile factory complex in Antalya, Turkey on Sunday (December 8), Efrem Gidey (Clonliffe Harriers) finished second of the Irish in the men’s senior race.Gidey finished 26th, just five seconds behind first Irish finishers Cormac Dalton (Mullingar Harriers). His time for the 7,139 m course, build on the site of a demolished factory complex and including three ‘jumps’, two short, sharp hills and a stretch of sand, was 23 mins 8 secs. Gidey, now aged 24, had finished third in the U20 race at the same championships in 2019. Pierre Murchan (Dublin City Harriers) in 41st was the third scorer for the Irish team, which finished eighth.Working her way up to 13th place in the women’s U23 race was Emma McEvoy (Dundrum South Dublin AC) with the team finishing fifth. Surprise of the day came in the senior women’s race, where ex-Crusaders athlete Niamh Allen, making her Irish international debut at the age of twenty-nine, led home the Irish team in 11th place. Allen, who is from Cork, is now a member of Leevale AC after a two-year sojourn in Australia — and the birth of her first child three months ago. Lughaidh Mallon, currently running with UCD AC, was just a few seconds off the top twenty in the men's U20 race when he finished 26th after a scramble for the line. His UCD clubmate Jonas Stafford finished only seconds behind him in 29th place. Finishing 35th was Cormac Dixon (Tallaght AC), the current All-Ireland schools cross-country champion who is on athletics scholarship at Providence Colleg, Rhod Island. Not too far behind Dixon was Dublin junior Sean Quinn (Dundrum South Dublin AC) in 40thplace. The team finished ninth.

ROADS

Despite storm Darragh, club athletes from all over Dublin a further afield flocked to the Phoenix Park early on Saturday morning (December 7) for the annual Jingle Bells 5km — the unofficial launch of the festive season! An impressive 206 teams lined out for the race with many clubs entering multiple teams. Among them were the Lucan Harriers, Dundrum South Dublin and Crusaders women with nine teams each, the Brothers Pearse women with eight, Sportsworld and Rathfarnham WSAF with six each, Civil Service Harriers with five, Metro St Brigid’s with four and Waterstown Warriors with three. Cork raiders Leevale finished best of the women’s teams ahead of Dublin City Harriers and Dundrum South Dublin.

Of the 120 men’s teams. Metro St Brigid’s entered a massive ten, closely followed by Dundrum South Dublin and Crusaders AC both with nine. Dunboyne AC entered eight teams, while host club Donore Harriers, Civil Service Harriers and Brothers Pearse all entered six teams. Lusk AC had entered five teams, and Raheny Shamrock AC and Dublin Front Runners four apiece. From outside Dublin, Galway City Harriers arrived with two teams. Winners were host club Donore Harriers, followed by Clonliffe Harriers and Raheny Shamrock. Individually John Travers, a race regular, again made it a home win for Donore, finishing in 15 mins 5 secs. Stephen Cashin (Clonliffe Harriers) was second in 15:12 and Vinny Connolly (Raheny Shamrock AC) third in 15:14. In a close battle between the junior men, Charlie O’Neill (Donore Harriers) in 15:18 just held off Benjamin Caullier (Lucan Harriers) and Cian Gorham (Raheny Shamrock) in the chase for the the line. First M40 was Mark Ryan (Rathfarnham WSAF) in 15:35. the women, Amy O’Donoghue (Dundrum South Dublin) finished first in 16:33, while in the masters age groups, Tara Kennedy (Raheny Shamrock) was first W50 and Fiona Byrne (Civil Service Harriers) first W60. A total of 1,348 completed the race. Full result at www.popupraces.ie

*All photos courtesy Noel Redican of Donore Harriers.

Dublin Juvenile Cross Country League 2024 - Final Results 02 December 2024

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 16:00:00 GMT

Well done to all the young athletes who competed in the National Even and Uneven age championships in Waterford on 01st December and in Tyrone a few weeks ago, The young Dublin athletes did the County & their clubs proud with the performances. Attached are the amended Dublin juvenile cross country league results. There were a few minor amendments which did not affect the trophy and medal winners in any of the age groups. The trophies and medals, and any outstanding National juvenile medals will be available for collection in Tallaght club house on Saturday next the 7th of December between 11:00 and 12 noon. Kind regards Cecil

Dublin Clubs activities round up, 27 November - 01 December 2024, Lindie Naughton

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 09:11:00 GMT

LAADJEL A FIGHTING EIGHT ON US ROADS

Abdel Laadjel (Donore Harriers) finished a fighting eighth at the 88th annual Thanksgiving Day Manchester Road Race in Connecticut, USA , which was held on Thursday (November 27) in cool, wet conditions. Running in Donore Harriers colours, Laadjel was part of the leading group of about a dozen runners through the opening two miles and was lying around sixth when the group hit a hilly stretch of the course. He would lose a further two places in the final uphill climb to the finish line, but was delighted to finish comfortably inside the top 10, clocking a time of 21 mins 39 secs for the unusual 4.737 miles distance. Laadjel, aged 21, was also the youngest of the top ten finishers. Race winner was Andrew Colley in 21mins 09 secs. Over 8,000 completed the race. Next up for Laadjel is the 5,000m at the Sharon Colyear-Danville season opener indoor meet in Boston on Saturday, December 7.

* At the Valencia Marathon in Spain on Sunday, Barbara Cleary (Donore Harriers) was first W50 in a new Irish age-group record of 2 hrs 46 min 21 secs.

LOCAL ROAD RUNNING

At the Waterford Half Marathon on Saturday (November 30), Tomás Fitzpatrick (Tallaght AC) finished third and first M40 in 70:58. Jean Dunne (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished second W65 in 1:52.24; winner was ex-Lucan Harrier Mary Browne, now with Mayo AC. Paul MacGabhann (Sportsworld) was first M65 in 87:14.:

CROSS-COUNTRY

In the women’s race at the All Ireland Novice Cross-Country Championships held at Tramore racecourse in Co Waterford on Sunday (December 1), Sadhbh Mohan (Metro St Brigid’s) finished second, with a time of 14 mins 14 secs for the 4km distance. Other Dublin runners to feature in the top twenty were Kate Crowley (Raheny Shamrock) seventh and Aisling O’Connor (Rathfarnham WSAF) 18th. Best of the Dublin club teams was Sportsworld AC, led by Lorna Sheehan, who finished fourth. Dublin City Harriers finished fifth, Crusaders sixth, Raheny Shamrock eighth, Liffey Valley 12th and Rathfarnham WSAF 14th. Dublin finished third of the county teams behind Louth and Cork. Making up the team were Mohan, Crowley, O’Connor and Lisa Gaughan (Dundrum South Dublin). In the men’s 6km race, Eanna Ó Bradaigh (Dundrum South Dublin), who finished sixth in 19:18 was best of the Dublin club athletes. His DSD clubmate Jamie Byrne was 17th and Benjamin Caullier (Lucan Harriers) 22nd. Dundrum South Dublin finished seventh teams followed by Raheny Shamrock A10th, Lucan Harriers 12th, Clonliffe Harriers 13th, Crusaders 17th, Raheny Shamrock B 18th, Liffey Valley 19th Crusaders B 27th and Sportsworld 29th Dublin was second county team behind Cork. Making up the Dublin team were Ó Bradaigh, Byrne, and Caullier, backed up by Dylan Wright (Lucan Harriers), Vladislav Evseev (Dublin City Harriers) and Kevin Byrne (Raheny Shamrock).

NEW DUBLIN VENUE FOR CROSS-COUNTRY?

At the Revenue BHAA 6km Santa Dash Cross-Country held at McGee Park, Tallaght, Jared Murray (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) was the overall winner in 21 mins 34 secs after battling it out for much of the race with Diarmuid O’Connor (Gardaí) and Kevin O’Connor who finished second and third in 21:54 and 21:59. Finished seventh and first woman in 22:50 was BHAA ‘regular’ Laura McDonnell (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) running her first race since the Dublin Marathon. Leona O’Reilly (Gardaí) was second in 24:04 and Eimear English third in 24:54. Fourth was Ellen Byrne, whose mother Fiona was also running and indeed finished first W60, beating Mary Watters by a second in this category. Third was BHAA newcomer Olive O’Malley. Other age group winners included David Brady (Irish Life) M40, Sean McCreery (Rathfarnham and Accountants) M45, Phelim Glynn (Eir) M50, Conor Nolan (TCD) M65, John Fitzgerald (Hotels and Leisure) M70, Donna Mahon (IT Women) W50 and Eileen O’Brien (Health Group) W70. Top women’s’ team was the Health Group, while best of the grade 1 men were the Gardai, followed by the Accountants and then Dublin Bus. Engineering A won grade 1 from ESB and Gardai. McGee Park, the home of St Mark’s GAC is a welcome new addition to the Dublin cross-country scene.

Results of Dublin Juvenile Cross Country League 2024

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:24:00 GMT

Hi all, Thanks to all those who contributed to a very successful juvenile cross country league series and well done to all our young athletes who participated. Attached are the draft results. Please note, 1st, 2nd and 3rd will be awarded trophies, and 4th, 5th and 6th boxed medals in each age group. Athletes finishing with the same number of points will be awarded the same trophy or medal. In order to qualify for a medal or trophy, an athlete should have contested 2 league races. Any queries or corrections, please let me know by return email. Arrangements for collecting the awards at Tallaght A.C. club house will be made after we receive the order from our supplier. Regards Cecil

Dublin Clubs Round up - 14 - 24 November 2024, Lindie Naughton

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 21:25:00 GMT

Athletics Ireland National Awards

At the National Athletics Awards, Rhadisat Addelke took the 2024 Athlete of the Year - the top award of the days. Other Dublin winners were Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers) Inspirational Performance Award for his Morton Mile win; Nicola Tuthill (UCD AC) Field Athlete of the Year, Sorcha Loughnane (Donore Harriers) Ultra Runner of the Year; Pierre Murchan (DCH) University Athlete of the Year; Peter McDermott (Clonliffe Harriers) Services to Coaching Award; Kay Bannon (Raheny Shamrock) Coaching Award and Peter Hanlon (CrusadersAC) Lifetime Services to Athletics.

Roads

On a quiet weekend on the racing front, Dmytro Moyseyev, a rcent Clonliffe Harriers recruit, won Saturday’s Clane 5km in a PB 15 mins 29 secs.

In the UK, Eoin Pierce also Clonliffe, made his half marathon debut at the Silverstone F1 circuit, defying the howling winds and Sotrm Bert to win the race in a time of 70 mins 40 secs.

Around the World in Seven Marathons!

Ger Prendergast of Ballymun AC, who completed the Great World Race — seven marathons on seven continents in seven days last week arrived home to a hero’s welcome on Sunday (Novemer 24). On Thursday November 14, Prendergast a member of Ballymun Athletics Club since its foundation exactly two years ago, had landed in Antarctica. There he would run the first of seven marathons on seven continents in seven days — a challenge called the Great World Race. Antarctica had to come first because the timing of the six others would depends on when it took place and the start was heavily dependant on the weather. Not only was it bitterly cold, but the sun reflecting off the pristine snow gave most of the 32 race partipants sunburn. Prendergast made a great start to the week finishing third overall in 3 hours 19 mins 40 secs. Afterwards he said ‘Honestly, every step, every breath, and every frozen moment was unforgettable.’ No sooner had all the runners finished, changed and settled back into the specially chartered jet than they were on their way to Cape Town in South Africa a five-hour flight that allowed the runners get some much needed sleep. Although it was very warm and a shock to the system after the cold in Antartica, the course was good and Prendergast finished equal third in 3:15.46. A day later in Perth, Australia, he was fourth in 3:14.46. Next up were two marathons which would take place on either side of the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, Turkey; the first in Europe the second in Asia. In the European race, Prendergast finished fifth in 3:14.34 — his fastest time of the week. Across the bridge in Asian Istanbul the next day, he clocked a time of 3:22.28 for sixth place. Cartagena, Columbia, in South America was the next ‘continent’, and despite battling an Achilles injury as well as the suffocating heat, in Prendergast managed to finish in 5:0.25. Finally came a short hop to Miami Beach in Florida — the North American leg of the race — where Prendergast crossed the line in 4:09.11. Prendergast arrived home on Sunday morning when he was greeted by a surprise welcoming party at the Trinity Comp sports hall, including a guard of honour organised by his family and Ballymun Athletics Club.

* On Saturday (3pm), Ger Prendergast will talk at a special elite athletes discussion in Trinity Comp. The discussion is part of the annual Ballymun Health And Fitness Summit, which starts on Friday. Details www.getitdoneballymun.com . Or contact Paddy at 086 1743836.

Captions:

Peter McDermott and Olive Doyle, Cathal Doyle’s mother.

Ger Prendergast in Perth

Ger Prendergast - back home with his medals

Ger Prendergast - in Antarctica

Dublin Athletics roundup - 26 December 2023 - 01 January 2024 - Lindie Naughton.

Mon, 01 Jan 2024 19:12:00 GMT

FLYING TIME FOR EFREM

Efrem Gidey of Clonliffe Harriers got the New Year off to a great start when he won the Tom Brennan New Year’s Day 5km in the Phoenix Park with a time of 13 mins 43 secs - over a minute faster than his winning time of a year earlier and initially thought to be a course record. Unfortunately it was revealed soon after that the two-lap course was about 100m short. A distant second in 13:59 was Abdel Laadjel of Donore Harriers, home from the USA, while third in 14:24 was Jack Moran of Mullingar Harriers. First woman in 16:10 was Ciara Wilson of DMP AC, improving on her time of a year earlier by over two minutes. Orla Duffy of Dublin City Harriers was second in 16:34 and Eleanor Foot of Bray Runners third in 17:02. Other good runs came from Christopher Keenan seventh and first junior in 24:3, Shane Healy of Metro St Brigid’s AC eighth and first master, although now in the M55 age group and Annette Kealy of Raheny Shamrock first W55 in 18:01. In the team categories, Clonliffe were clear winners of the Tom Brennan Trophy with Gidey backed up by Stephen Cashin sixth and Ed Tottenham ninth. Mullingar Harriers were second while for third place, Raheny Shamrock, led by David Rooney, beat Donore by a single point. Host club Liffey Valley was another point adrift for fifth and Crusaders sixth of the eighteen teams entered. Best of the women’s teams were defending champions Dublin City Harriers, followed by Raheny Shamrock and Liffey Valley; fourteen teams finished. The race was a sell-out reaching its 800 limit with two days to spare.

This race used to start at 12 noon - an appropriate time since so many stay up late to celebrate the incoming New Year. Any chance the OPW could relax its rule on having all road races start at 9.30am for this one exceptional occasion?

OTHER HOLIDAY SEASON RESULTS

On Saturday, December 30, Robert Dowling of Clonliffe Harriers was the winner of the D15RC Suicide Awareness 5km in a time of 16 mins 45 secs at Sports Campus Ireland, Abbotstown also on Saturday. Lucy Barrett of Raheny Shamrock AC was fourth and first woman in 17:26.

In Galbally, Co Limerick, Ben Coughlan of Clonliffe Harriers was the winner at the Mooreabbey Milers Mile Challenge with a time of 4 mins 25 secs.

Earlier in the week, on Wednesday December 27, Raheny Shamrock’s Kieran Kelly was the winner of the annual Rita and Robbie 6km in Navan. His time was 15 mins 7 secs. Second in 15:24 was Fintan Kerins of Clonliffe Harriers, with Clonliffe finishing third team.

On the same day in Sutton, Raheny athletes were out in force for the annual Fat Turkey 10km, run by Suttonians RFC, taking the top three places and also the women’s title. Race winner in 34:27 was David Kirwan, followed by Stephen Butler 34:47 and Ciaran McGrath 35:31. First woman in 40:15 was Carmel Ward. Ciara Brady of Sportsworld AC was second in 40:23 and Sive Durcan third in 42:36.

A day earlier on St Stephen’s Day (Tuesday December 26) John Travers of Donore Harriers AC was a clear winner of the Fields of Athenry 10km in Co Galway, leading home close to 1,500 finishers in a time of 30 minutes exactly?

As usual, a large contingent of Dublin runners had travelled west for the race. Ieuan Hopkins (Brothers Pearse) was sixth overall in 31:35, Cathal McHale (Clonliffe Harriers) tenth in 33:02, Mark Naylor (Liffey Valley) 11th in 3:23, Karol David Cronin (Sportsworld) 12th and second M40 in 33:36 and Robert Frewen (Raheny Shamrock)4th in 33:54. Caoimhe Kilroy (Metro St Brigid’s)was fourth woman and first W45 in 37.20. Other Dublin clubs in action included Crusaders, Blackrock, Dublin Front Runners, Tallaght, Lusk and Civil Service.

At the Shane Brennan 5km, in Newtownforbes, Co Longford, also on St Stephen’s Day Rachel Yorke of Crusaders AC was first woman in 19:45, while at the Cavan Christmas 5km Dash, Caitriona Mullen of Metro St Brigid’s AC was fifth and first woman in 17:15.

EUSTACE WINS EUROPE’S OLDEST OFF-ROAD RACE

Angela Eustace, with a 33-minute handicap, ran a smart race to win the 127th Waterhouse-Byrne-Baird 10-mile handicap race held in the Phoenix Park on St Stephen’s Day. The Donore Harriers race dates back to 1896 and has the distinction of being the longest-running organised cross-country race in Europe. It takes place on a two-mile lap starting from the Dog Pond. Eustace ran a conservative first lap in 18.18, and with a lap remaining, still had a three-minute advantage. Her final lap time of 17.16 was good enough to hold off the challenge of Patrick Byrne off an eleven minute handicap and Ryan Aikins, off nine minutes, who finished second and third. Less than ten seconds separated the first three places.Ken Nugent, the 2021 winner, finished tenth with his time of 59 mins 29 secs the fastest of the day. Fastest women was ultra specialist Sorcha Loughnane who clocked a time of 66:35 and finished eleventh. For a second year, Ian Fitzgerald was the ‘scratch’ athlete; he ran the second fastest time on the day of 60:49.Previous winners of this historic race include Eamonn Coghlan whose course record of 49 mins 56 from 1979 still stands, and Valerie McGovern the first female winner of the race in 1988.

COMING UP : A record entry is expected for the Dublin Masters Cross-Country Championships, St Anne’s Park, Raheny on Sunday next (January 7). Entries close at midnight on Thursday (January 4). Four races will take places starting with the over 50 women and over 65 men’s 3,000m at 12 noon. Can Mick Clohisey (Raheny Shamrock) make it three in a row in the M35 6,000m? Will Raheny Shamrock retain the Pat Hooper Cup as best overall club? Spectators and supporters welcome to come along and find out! Full details elsewhere on this site.

Captions:

1 Startline Tom Brennan 5km - Eventual winner Efrem Gidey (413); Abdel Laadjel (114). Picture courtest MyRunResuls

2 Fat Turkey 10km - Raheny out in force! Picture by Noel Cuddy Photography

3 Waterhouse Byrne Baird Handicap - Angela Eustace receiving the trophy from Donore Harriers president Florence Curley. Picture Donore Harriers

Dublin Clubs activities round up, 16 - 17 December 2023, Lindie Naughton

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 11:11:00 GMT

Cathal Doyle of Clonliffe Harriers proved the class of the field at the Drogheda and District Christmas 5km, in Co Louth on Sunday (December 17) winning in course record time of of 14 mins 16 secs. It’s been a breakthrough year for the 26-year-old Clonliffe man who over eight days in July ran personal best times for 800m (1:48.51), 1500 (3:36.85) and the mile (3:56.05). A week later, he retained his Irish 1500m title. Providing he can hold that form, he looks almost certain of a place on the Irish team at next year’s Paris Olympics. Behind Doyle, in the battle for second place, Mitchell Byrne of Rathfarnham WSAF AC beat Kieran Kelly of Raheny Shamrock AC with the pair both given a time of 14:43. First woman in 17:00 was Carla Sweeney of Rathfarnham WSAF AC. Former Clonliffe athlete Becky Woods was third in 17:21.Rathfarnham WSAF, led by Byrne, took the men’s team prize, with Ryan O’Neill 10th, Lee Byrne 21st and Paul Fleming 22nd making up the team. Host club Drogheda and District packed well to finish second with Clonliffe Harriers third; Sean Carrigg 7th, Sean Doran13th and Garrett Loy 28th made up the Clonliffe team behind Doyle. Skerries AC, led by Colin Daly, was fourth, Raheny Shamrock eighth and Balbriggan Roadrunners 13th. Skerries AC, led by Maeve Hegarty finished third women’s team.

Have a happy Christmas everyone and here’s to lots more running, jumping and throwing in 2024!

Here are a few reminders of what’s coming up:

THE LATE WILLIE DUNNE

Members of Donore Harriers and his many friends in Irish athletics are mourning the death of Olympic athlete Willie Dunne, who has died at the age of 90. Dunne, a Dubliner through and through, lived all his life in the Iveagh Trust flats in Kevin Street, where he and his eight brothers and one sister grew up. Like many others at the time, Willie started his sporting career as a boxer until one fateful summer’s day in 1949 when an athletics meet taking place in the Trinity College grounds caught his eye. Although the 15-year-old Dunne had no previous experience of athletics, he nipped over the railings and entered an open 440 yard race. After he won the race, earning himself half-a-crown, he joined Donore Harriers, with he and four of his brothers - notably Tommy - soon becoming the mainstay of a powerful cross-country team that won innumerable national team titles from the 1950s through to the 1970s. One of Willie’s best performances came at the 1958 International Cross Country Championships held in Cardiff where he finished fifth. He moved up the distances, and would win five national marathon titles at a time when this distance was far from glamorous. In the marathon at the 1960 Rome Olympics, he had fallen victim to the heat, but still managed to make it to the finish. His best time of 2 hours 17 minutes would come in 1972 when Willie was 39. Seven years later, he would win the M45 category at the Boston Marathon. By this time, Willie, a silversmith by trade, was looking after the next generation of Donore athletes, always ready with coaching advice or the encouraging word. His main form of transport was his trusty bicycle and until quite recently he was still cycling regularly to the Donore Harriers clubhouse in Chapelizod. May this true legend of Irish distance running rest in peace.

Juvenile report to the Dublin County Board meeting Monday the 11/12/2023 - Cecil Johnston

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 11:42:00 GMT

Cross Country

Dublin juvenile athletes represented the County and their clubs superbly and made us proud with many outstanding performances at the National Cross Country Championships, that were held in Gowran Demesne and Navan in November and December 2023. At the Even ages in Gowran, Ailbhe Finucane (Templeogue) set the ball rolling when winning the individual silver medal in the U12 girls contest and she led the Dublin team home for County silver and combined with her club team members to win the inter club title for Templeogue. Danny Davis (Clongriffin) was another in top form when winning the individual bronze medal in the U12 boys contest, with Senan Kelly (MSB) finishing 8th to claim an individual medal and they combined with the next four Dublin finishers to win Inter County Silver, with the MSB boy’s combining to win the inter club bronze medals. Ruby Farrelly (Templeogue) won an individual medal when she finished 8th in the U14 girls contest, and she led the Dublin team home for County silver. Eoin McGuirk (Lusk) won individual bronze in the U14 boys contest, with Conn McCluskey (DSD), Sam Deegan (Templeogue), Xaime Bereket Abeledo Chousa (DSD) all winning individual medals when finishing 5th, 6th, 8th and 11th respectively, and the quintet combined with Rodrigo Legas Olmos to win both the Inter County & Regional titles, with Templeogue winning the Inter club title and DSD inter club bronze. Emily Bolton (Dobnore Harriers) won individual silver and led the Dublin team home for Inter County silver.

Jacob Ciomek (Lucan) was the first Dublin boy to cross the line in the U16 contest in 4th place, with Cai Lewis (Crusaders), Conor McGuirk (Lusk), Liam Morris (Donore) and Rhys Johnson (Donore) all winning individual medals after crossing the line in 6th , 7th , 8th and 12th respectively, and combined with Charlie O’Neill (Donore) to both the Inter County & Regional titles, with Donore taking the Inter club title and Lucan the inter club bronze. In the U18 girls 5k contest Julie Cleary (Donore) won an individual medal when she finished 7th overall and led the Dublin team home for the Inter County title and the inter club team title for Donore Harriers. Cormac Dixon (Tallaght) won individual silver with Tom Breslin and Sean Cronin, both Clonliffe winning individual medals when finishing in 8 th and 11 th respectively, with Sean Cronin leading the Dublin team home to claim the Inter County Title, and the inter club title for Conliffe, with Donore claiming the inter club silver medals.

Our athletes again did us proud at the National Uneven Age Championships in Navan wherebLainey Sheridan (Rathfarnham/WSAF) was the first Dublin athlete to pick up a medal after she finished 3rd in the U11 contest with Emmyrose Tomkin Beddy (Blackrock) winning annindividual medal when finishing a good 10th and the pair combined with the next four Dublin athletes to finish for Inter County silver.

James Howlin (MSB) and Seimi Anglim (Lucan) both won individual medals when finishing 4th and 8th respectively in the U11 boys contest. Ruby Farrelly (Templogue) won silver in the U13 girls contest while Robyn Kennedy (Blackrock) won an individual medal when finishing 8th , and the pair combined with four other athletes to claim Inter County silver and regional bronze for Dublin. In the U13 boys contest, Conal Fitzgerald (Lucan) picked up a medal when he finished 11th in the large field of 160 finishers. Roisin Hanley Byrne (Templeogue) led the Dublin U15 girls team home for Inter County bronze, while Charlie O’Neill (Donore) claimed the U15 boys title and led the Dublin team home for Inter County silver, with the DSD scoring well for inter club silver. Emily Bolton stepped up on her silver medal performance in the U16 Championships with a
brilliant win in the U17 4k contest and she led the Dublin team home for the Inter County title and regional bronze, and combined with her club team mates to win the inter club silver medals. In the U17 boys 4k contest Charlie White (Donore) and Rory Quill (Clonliffe) both won individual medals when finishing 4th and 6th respectively and combined with the next four Dublin athletes to finish to win the Inter County title and regional silver, with Donore adding the Inter Club title.

Edel McCreery (Rathfarnham/WSAF) and Laura Nunan (Donore) both won individual medals when 5th and 12th respectively in the U19 girls 5k contest and combined with the next four Dublin athletes to finish they claimed both Inter County and Regional silver team medals, while Sean Cronin (Clonliffe) and Louie Woodger (MSB) also won individual medals when they finished 5th and 9th respectively in the boys U19 5k, and both, combined with the next four Dublin athletes to finish claimed both Inter County & Regional titles, with Clonliffe taking the Inter club title.

Clubs have been informed that cross country league trophies and medals, and National juvenile medals that were not picked up in Navan can be collected at Tallaght A.C. on Saturday 16th Dec. between 11:30 and 12:30.

Juvenile Indoor Competitions
Last Saturday we had a Zoom meeting that was attended by 17 club representatives who discussed the County Board decision at last month’s meeting to set aside one of the Indoor Dates for a Spraoi Games type event for U9/10/11 age groups.Following the discussion, the decision of the County Board was endorsed after a vote and it was agreed that Day 5, the 25 th of February be set aside for the Spraoi Games. The format will be circulated to clubs later.

The County Board Development officer Jeremy Lyons presented a proposal which was also shared and discussed, and this was later circulated to all clubs. Indoor dates have been circulated to clubs and the aim is to circulate the programme of events in the next week or so. Entry for Day’s 1, 2 and 3 and relays will be online.

Clubs have been advised to register their athletes for 2024 as soon as possible due to the earlier closing dates in January.

Dublin Clubs activities round up, 09 - 10 December 2023, Lindie Naughton

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:10:00 GMT

European Cross Country, Brussels

Dublin club athletes were part of the Irish team at the the 29th European Cross-Country Championships held in Brussels, Belgium on Sunday (December 10). The day’s highlight was a win for the men’s U20 team with Jonas Stafford of UCD AC finishing 10th and third placer for the team. At senior level, Brian Fay of Raheny Shamrock AC finished 22nd in the men’s race. The team ended up a fighting fourth. In the U23 races, Abdel Ladjel of Donore Harriers finished 51st and the team tenth in the men’s race, while Aoife Coffey of Lucan Harriers was 66th and the team 11th in the women’s race. Well done to Nicholas Griggs third overall in the U20 men’s race and to Fionnuala McCormack, running her 18th Euro Cross, who finished 4th in the women’s senior race. For the first time, men and women ran the same distance in all categories – 5km U20, 7km U23 and 9km senior. Turkey will host next year’s championships.

ROADS

Efrem Gidey of Clonliffe Harriers was in Paris on Sunday (December 10) where he led home 8,624 finishers at the 10km de la Tour Eiffel with a winning time of 28 mins 52 secs. Second was Moroccan athlete Mohamed el Talhaoui in 29:15. Conditions were wet and windy.

* Two big Dublin road races coming up: the Tom Brennan New Year’s Day 5km in the Phoenix Park (9.30am), which is part of the Liffey Valley club’s 50th anniversary celebrations, and the 40th AXA Raheny ‘5’ on Sunday January 28 at 3pm. Online entry now available for both.

Dublin Clubs activities round up, 02 - 03 December 2023, Lindie Naughton

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 12:33:00 GMT

MEN’S GOLD FOR DUBLIN AT NOVICE CROSS-COUNTRY

With six finishers in the top 21, Dublin won the men’s county title at the All Ireland Novice Cross-Country Championships, held in Navan, Co Meath on Sunday (December 3).First home for Dublin was Dara Donoghue of Lucan Harriers who finished sixth. He was followed by Shane Spring (Raheny Shamrock AC) 11th and Fintan Kearns(Clonliffe Harriers) 14th. Making up the winning Dublin team were Colm Parnell (Crusaders AC), Óran O’Hare (DCH and Niall Carbery (Clonliffe Harriers). In the club competition DCH finished third, with Óran O’Hare 20th, Oisin McKinley 27th, Liam Naughton 28th and Conor Duncan 30th. Clonliffe Harriers finished fourth, Raheny Shamrock sixth, Crusaders seventh, Liffey Valley 11th, Donore Harriers 15th and Sportsworld 17th.

A close fourth in the women’s was Orla Duffy of Dublin City Harriers, with DCH finishing second team behind Leevale and Clonliffe Harriers finishing third. Making up the DCH team were Cristin Scollard, Clare O’Connor and Aoife Corr. Clonliffe’s scoring quartet was Julie Larkin, Hannah Brown, Sarah Bateson and Jenny Johnston. Raheny Shamrock, led by Aoibheann McGoldrick in 17th place finished fourth; Crusaders AC was seventh and Sportsworld 12th. Best of the county teams was Cork with Dublin second. Juno Gerolmo-Feeney of Donore Harriers and Clonliffe’s Julie Larkin made up the Dublin team.

In the U19 age group, Clonliffe Harriers was the winning team. Scorers were Sean Cronin, Tom Breslin, Cillian Keegan and Lorcan Benjacar. Dublin won the boys’ county team title and finished second in the girls’ U19 race behind Cork.

JINGLING ALL THE WAY!

Mitchell Byrne of Rathfarnham WSAF AC and Anne Marie McGlynn of Letterkenny AC were the winners at the 32nd Jingle Bells 5km, organised by Donore Harriers and held in Dublin’s Phoenix Park on Saturday (December 2). In cold but sunny conditions, Byrne led home over 1,200 finishers in 14 mins 13 secs. Three seconds behind was Eoin Everard of Kilkenny City Harriers, with Philip Marron of Ratoath AC third in 14:20 and David Scanlan of Rathfarnham WSAF AC fourth in 14:22. Fifth in 14:26 and first for host club Donore Harriers was defending champion John Travers. His clubmate Josh O’Sullivan Hourihan was sixth in 14:21. First junior was Soloman Holdern Betts of UCD AC in 14:55. With two in the top four, Rathfarnham WSAF AC took the men’s team prize ahead of Donore Harriers, Clonliffe Harriers and Brothers Pearse.

McGlynn finished in 15:56, with Catherina Mullen of MSB AC fourth and first Dublin club athlete in 16:34 and Roisin O’Reilly of UCD AC fifth in 16:37. Metro St Brigid’s was second of the women’s teams behind Leevale with Dublin City Harriers third, and DSD AC fifth. A massive total of 102 women’s teams had entered; with seven from both Sportsworld and Lucan Harriers, six from Brothers Pearse and Drogheda and District AC, five from Dunboyne AC, four from both Waterstown Warriors and new club D15 RC as well as from Kilcoole AC, Crusaders, Civil Service, DSD AC and Raheny Shamrock. In the men’s race, an even larger total of 111 teams had entered - seven from Drogheda and District, six from Civil Service, Lusk AC, Kilcoole, MSB and Crusaders five from Brothers Pearse, Dunboyne AC , Clonliffe Harriers, Portmarnock, and four each from Donore, DSD AC, Raheny Shamrock, Rathfarnham WSAF and Lucan Harriers.

At the Waterford Half Marathon, Sergiu Ciobanu of Clonliffe Harriers finished second and first M40 in 67:10 followed by his Clonliffe clubmates Mihail Sprincean third in 67:23 and Tudor Moldovan fourth in 67:33. Becky Woods was second woman in 77:42.Cliona Murphy of Dublin City Harriers was second woman with a time of 34 mins 10 secs at Saturday’s Seeley Cup 10km in Belfast. Edel Monaghan, also DCH was fourth woman in 34:57.

At the annual Newmarket Classic 5km in Co Cork on Sunday, Emmett Jennings of DSD AC was a fighting fifth in 14 mins 26 secs.

DUBS ON TOUR

Abroad, Jodie McCann of Dublin City Harriers finished second in the women’s 3000m with a personal best time of 9 mins 00.82 secs at Saturday’s Zatopek:10 meet in Melbourne, which incorporated the Australian Championships.

In the USA, Darragh McElhinney of UCD AC, representing Forte Sports Management, clocked a time 13:35.99 for 16th in his 5000m heat at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener at Boston University also on Saturday. In the 3000m Scott Fagan (Metro St Brigid’s AC) ran a rime of 8:24.58.

In his debut over the distance, Hiko Tonosa of Dundrum South Dublin AC clocked a time of 2:15.51 when completing Sunday;S the Valencia Marathon in Spain.

Anne Jennings of Dublin Bay Running Club completed a distance 208.732km at the World 24 Hour Championships held in Taipei, Taiwan over the weekend (Friday December 1 - Saturday December 2). Her best is 220.545 km.

Captions (pics taken from the web):

Jingle Bells - Mitchell Byrne on his way to victory. Courtesy PopUp Races

Jingle Bells- top three women. Courtesy PopUp Races

Clonliffe men at National Novice Cross-country; the team was 4th. Courtesy Clonliffe Harriers

Dublin Clubs activities round up, 26 - 27 November 2023, Lindie Naughton

Mon, 27 Nov 2023 09:09:00 GMT

At Sunday’s Dublin Intermediate Cross-Country Championships held on a new look course at Tymon Park North Cristin Scollard of Dublin City Harriers and Eddie O’Connor of Brothers Pearse AC took the individual titles. First up were the women, and from the start, Scollard was part of a lead pack of about six, with Juno Gerolmo-Feeney of Donore Harriers pushing the pace. In the later stages of the 5km race Scollard broke away to win in a time of 19 mins 18 secs. Feeney was ten seconds behind for second followed by Raheny pair Kate Crowley and Aisling Ahern. In a closely fought team competition, Civil Service, led by Laura Cullen sixth and Aislinn Ahern seventh, beat Raheny Shamrock by just two points. It was a first Dublin title in many years for the Phoenix Park based club. DCH was third, followed by Donore Harriers, Liffey Valley, Sportsworld and Clonliffe Harriers.

In the men’s race, O’Connor pushed the pace from the start building up a strong lead on the first of four 2km laps of a course that included one very slippery and increasingly mucky hill. Although he faded slightly on the final lap, he held on for victory in 26 mins 3 secs. Just eight second behind for second was Fintan Kerins of Clonliffe Harriers with his clubmate Niall Carberry a close third. With three in the top five, Clonliffe Harriers were clear winners of the team title. Making up the team were Ben Coughlan 5th and Sean Heaslip Owens 11th. Finishing a fighting fourth was Alex Cunningham of Brothers Pearse who was helping his team to second behind Clonliffe. Making up the Brothers Pearse team were Karl Ennis 15th and Robert O’Brien 24th. A deserved third place was Liffey Valley, for whom the number thirteen must have been lucky. They fielded thirteen athletes, with David Carroll leading home the team in 13th place! Carroll was followed by Mark Naylor 17th, Conor Galvin 20th and James McKenna 26th.

Deserving a special mention is Ronan Wogan of timing company MyRunResults.com. Not only was Ronan on hand to supervise the timing of the days’ races, he togged out himself, finishing a commendable tenth and first home for Raheny Shamrock, who were fourth team. Donore Harriers finished fifth, Sportsworld sixth, Civil Service seventh and Rathfarnham WSAF eighth. The full results are on myrunresults website and attached below.

On the roads, Clonliffe Harriers won two of the three races at the Clonakilty Waterfront Marathon, Half Marathon and 10km held in Co Cork on Saturday (November 24).

In the 10km, Mihai Sprincean was the winner in a very respectable time of 29 mins 51 secs while Tudor Moldovan won the marathon in 2 hrs 30 mins 58 secs.

Closer to home at the Clane GAA 10km in Co Kildare, Laura McDonnell of Rathfarnham WSAF was the first woman, while Lea Fulcher of Plant Based AC was second overall.

*Full gallery of photos at https://www.flickr.com/ photos/lindie/albums/ 72177720312945046

Dublin County Marathon Results 2023 - Updated

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 16:15:00 GMT

Please see below the results of Dublin Athletics Board Championship Marathon, run in conjunction with Dublin Marathon on 29 ^th October 2023. Please contact Dick Hooper at onelifeoneclub@hotmail.com to arrange collection of the medals for the athletes from your Club who won them. Dick will be at the Dublin Intermediate cross Country in Tymon Park on Sunday 26th November.

Dublin Athletics Board Championship Marathon results run in conjunction with Dublin Marathon on 29 ^th October 2023.

Men

Senior Men

1. Stephen Scullion ( Clonliffe Harriers)

2. Kane Collins (Donore Harriers)

3. Tudor Mircea ( Clonliffe Harriers)

M35

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M40

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M45

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M50

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1.Ciaran Diviney (Crusaders)

M55

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M60

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M65

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Team Senior Men

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M35 Team

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M50 Team

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Women

Senior Women

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F35

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F40

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F45

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F50

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F55

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F60

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1 .Liz Rouine ( Raheny Shamrock )

F65

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Team

Senior Women

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F35 Team

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F50 Team

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Dublin Clubs activities round up, 18 - 19 November 2023, Lindie Naughton

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 13:54:00 GMT

National Cross Country

All roads led to Co Kilkenny on Sunday where Gowran was hosting the All Ireland Senior Cross-Country Championships. Indeed history was almost made when for the first time since 1999, on a course that had turned into a mud-bath, a non-Dublin club won the men’s team title. That club was Kilkenny City Harriers. Defending champions Clonliffe Harriers a club that has thirty-two team titles to its credit, finished third. Leading the team home was Dublin champion Efrem Gidey in seventh place. First Dublin finisher was Brian Fay of Raheny Shamrock in fifth place. In the team placings, Raheny finished sixth, DSD eighth and Donore Harriers tenth, Rathfarnham WSAF 11th, Raheny ‘B’ 15th - and first B team, Sportsworld 19th and Liffey Valley B 21st of the 24 teams entered

With four finishers in the top sixteen, Dublin City Harriers successfully defended the team title they had won in 2022 for the first time in twenty years. Edel Monaghan in ninth place was first home for the team. Second was DSD, led by Grace Lynch in seventh place. Dublin won both men and women’s county team titles. In the U20 women’s race, DSD finished fourth and Dublin third county, while in the men’s race Clonliffe was second and Dublin the winning lead, led by Jonas Stafford of UCD AC who finished second overall.

The full results are on the Myrunresults website. Picture courtesy Tullamore Harriers Facebook site.

Finally, Irish mountain running international Killian Mooney of Dundrum South Dublin was the winner of the annual Run the Line 26km, which started and finished at Glencullen Adventure Park on Saturday (18th Nov.). Mooney finished the tough route around Three Rock, Fairy Castle and neighbouring peaks in 1 hr 52 mins 50 secs. Second – and the only other runner to break two hours – was Matthew McConnell in 1:55.06. First woman was Elizabeth Wheeler in 2:25.20.

Alex Gray was a clear winner of the shorter 13km race in 49 mins 14. Second in 53:13 was Marc Fitzachary while third was Barry Minnock in 55:49. Clocking 63 mins 10 secs to finish first woman was Niamh Murphy. Kim Hickey in 65:26 was second and Jennifer Algar third in 66:08. The race is a fundraiser for the the Dublin and Wicklow Mountain Rescue team.

Dublin Clubs activities round up, 10 - 12 November 2023, Lindie Naughton

Mon, 13 Nov 2023 11:31:00 GMT

MASTERS INTERNATIONAL CROSS-COUNTRY

After Ireland’s historic victory last year, the English winning streak resumed at the 34th annual British and Irish Masters’ Cross-Country International, hosted by Scotland at Tollcross Park in Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday (November 11). In a closely fought competition, England were the overall winners with 72 points, while Ireland with 63 points beat host nation Scotland by a single point for second place.On a good day for Raheny Shamrock AC Annette Kealy was first W55 and June Comiskey third W75, with both helping their teams to gold, as was Zoe Quinn, 9th W45. Mary Lynch was seventh W70 - just a fortnight after finisheing first W70 in the Dublin Marathon with the team also finishing first. Of the men, Ian Conroy finished 7th M40 and the team third; and John Dunne 11th M45, with the team second. From other Dublin clubs, Mary Brown of Lucan Harriers was seventh W65 and the team second; Paul Cowhie of Crusaders ACtenth M55 and the team third and Lea Fulcher of Plant-Based AC 16th M50 and the team third. With four team wins from the eight races (W40, W45, W55, W70) and three second places, Ireland retained the overall women’s team title by three points, with England second. The Irish men with three second places (M35, 45, 75) and five thirds (M40, 50,55,60 ,70) finished third overall behind Scotland and England.

LOCAL CROSS-COUNTRY

A record 200 women have already signed up for this year’s Women’s Meet and Train Winter 3km Cross-Country League, with 117 finishing Sunday’s opening round of the league at Tymon Park - the ‘go to’ venue for almost all cross-country races in the greater Dublin area at the moment. Sophie McGovern of Brothers Pearse AC, running as an individual, pushed the pace from the start and was rewarded with a comfortable victory in 11 mins 49 secs. Her clubmate Rebekah Vickery was second in 11:53 with Emma Finlay of Esker AC third in 12:06 . Making up the top six were Jeanie Watson (Crusaders AC), Tara Burke (Sportsworld AC) and Brid Ní Chonaill (Raheny Shamrock AC).

Other teams in action included Blackrock AC, Dundrum South Dublin AC, Donore Harriers, Rathfarnham WSAF AC, Love2Run, Waterstown Warriors, Lucan Harriers and The Wolfpack. Many had entered multiple teams. Also running were individuals from Front Runners AC. Not in action yet were teams from Clonliffe Harriers and others who are still recovering from the Dublin Marathon a fortnight ago. Huge thanks to South Dublin County Council for its ongoing support of grass-roots running. With venues so difficult to find, it’s much appreciated. We’ll be back in Tymon Park for a BHAA race on Saturday and there again the weekend after for the Dublin Intermediate Championships. The full results are in the attached document.

* The next round in the league (of four in total) will take place in January with a venue yet to be decided. With three results from four to count, new teams and individuals can still sign up for an overall fee of €20. Offers of venues also welcome! Contact is Fiona Shine at fionashine@gmail.com

Caption : Emma Finley (Esker AC) 3rd, Sophie McGovern (Bros Pearse) winner and Rebekah Vickery (Bros Pearse) second. More Pics from M&T at https://www.flickr.com/ photos/lindie/albums/ 72177720312630698

ROADS

Sergiu Ciobanu of Clonliffe Harriers was the winner of the Thomas Kent 10km in Castlelyons, Co Cork on Sunday (November) 12) Ciobanu, who had helped Clonliffe Harriers to team victory at the Dublin Marathon a fortnight earlier, finished in 31:50.

Winners of the Polish Independence Run 10km in St Anne’s Park on Sunday were August Benedicto in 35 mins 36 secs and Monika De Almeida of Athlone IT AC in 43:37.

MOUNTAINS

Killian Mooney of DSD AC was the winner of the Powerscourt Ridge (16km, 1000m) mountain race held on a sunny winter morning on Saturday (November 11) in Co Wicklow. Mooney was followed home by international orienteer Colm Moran of Rathfarnham WSAF AC. Irish international mountain runner Sarah McCormack, who is based in Ambleside in the English Lake District, was first woman.

IUAA ROAD RELAYS

UCD won both men and women’s titles at the Irish Universities Road Relays, held as is traditional at the Maynooth University campus on Friday (November 10). First up were the women, with the UCD quartet of Renee Crotty, Danielle Donegan, Aoife Coffey and Roise O’Reilly clocking a time of 33 mins 39 sec for the 1-2-2-1 mile relay. Second was DCU A in 34:26, while third in 34:56 was Trinity College Dublin.

In the men’s 1-2-3-2-1 mile race, UCD finished in 42 mins 41 secs, with DCU second in 43:15 and University of Limerick third in 43:37. Making up the team were Mark Milner, Jonas Stafford, Darragh McElhinney, Cian McPhillips and Luke McCann. McElhinney ran 14:07 for the three-mile leg – the fastest of the day. Fastest on the final mile leg was Luke McCann with a time of 4 min 39 secs. Fastest time recorded on the two-mile legs was a 9 mins 18 sec clocking from Sean McGinley of DCU with 9:18. A total of 41 teams ran in the men’s race with 26 in the women’s race.

STATESIDE

Abdel Laadjel of Donore Harriers will line out in next Saturday’s NCAA National Cross-Country Championships in Charlottesville, Virginia after finishing ninth in 29 mins 55 secs at the NCAA North-East Championships at Van Cortlandt Park, New York on Friday (November 10). Distance was 10km. Late last month, Laadjel had also finished ninth in the Big East Championships.

Dublin Uneven aged cross country championships 2023 - Final results

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 14:14:00 GMT

Please see attached the results for the uneven aged cross country championships which were held in Santry Demense on Sunday 05 November 2023. Many thanks to Clonliffe Harriers AC for hosting the event and to all the volunteers who helped out on the day in very wet and muddy conditions.

DUBLIN EVEN AGE CC CHAMPIONSHIPS - Abbotstown - Sunday 15th of October 2023

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 11:42:00 GMT

Thanks to the clubs who have already sent named officials. May I remind all clubs, it is a condition of competition for all clubs to provide officials to assist . In this regard, I would be obliged if all clubs could send me the names of their officials by noon tomorrow with their email addresses, as I need to assign duties and issue them with a car park pass. I would also be obliged, if clubs who have already sent names to please confirm them and please include their email addresses.

ONLY listed officials will be permitted to park in the designated car park area(s) on the day, and should arrive at 8:30. Please check in with Seamus Flynn at the car park area. A list of officials and duties will be circulated, with additional information in the coming days.Please indicate if your officials are willing to remain on after the Dublin contests to assist with the National relays and Autumn Open contests on the day.

BIB NUMBERS

An appointed club official should collect and sign for the bib numbers which Shirley will have in envelopes at the check-in tent. These MUST be collected no later than 9:00 on the day. Pleaser make sure your athletes know the name of the club official who has responsibility for issuing the numbers., and PLEASE MAKE SURE THE ATHLETES ARE WEARING THE CORRECT NUMBER.

U18 numbers will not be in the club envelope. These are included with the Junior Autumn Open numbers and can be collected at the National check-in table.

Thanks to those who have confirmed they will assist with set up. Please meet at Abbotstown House (beside the course) at 12 noon on Saturday. Clubs might take the opportunity to set up tents on Saturday as access will be restricted on Sunday. Also, thanks to Celric DCH who have agreed to help with the take down on Sunday.

UNEVEN AGE Championships

Entry for the Juvenile Uneven Age Championships scheduled for Santry Demesne on Sunday the 5th of November is online through this link https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/907

Entry fee: 5 euro. Entries close on the the 27th of October at 23:59

Please advise the parent/club official submitting the entries that a payment MUST be made to complete the entry(s). Further information about the Uneven Ages and Junior/Senior Championships to follow in due course.

I understand maps and information for Sunday's races has been sent by Athletics Ireland to alll club secretaries.

Regards

Cecil

Dublin Juvenile Cross Country League 2 & Dublin Novice Cross Country Championships 2023, Sunday 08 October 2023

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 20:19:00 GMT

Please find attached the schedule of events, parking details and course maps for the Dublin juvenile cross country league 2 and Dublin Novice Cross Country Championships that are scheduled to take place in Tymon Park North, Tallaght on Sunday the 8th of October 2023. Juvenile League Entry on the day for juvenile league NOVICE Women & Men Entry for Novice is online through Entry4sportireland - Competition No 894. at https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/#/. Payment must be made to complete the entry. PARKING Please advise your club members that parking is not allowed in the National Basketball carpark as they have a big event there on the same day. All clubs MUST provide officials to assist on the day. In this regard, please send the names no later than Wednesday the 4th of October. All the attached information and more will be posted on the Dublin Athletic Board website and social media platforms. Regards Cecil

AAI Provincial Squad Booklet 2023 - 2024

Thu, 31 Aug 2023 18:12:00 GMT

Please see attach the AI Provincial Squads Booklet which may be of interest to Clubs, Coaches and athletes.

Dublin Womens 10k Road Race Championships, 16 July 2023 - New Date

Thu, 22 Jun 2023 10:47:00 GMT

Dublin Athletics are pleased to announce that the Women’s Road 10K Championships which was withdrawn as an event at late notice from the recent Womens Mini Marathon 10K will now be incorporated in the Fingal 10K scheduled for Swords on July 16th. The Fingal 10k forms part of The Dublin Marathon Irish Life Race Series and we are grateful for the opportunity to house the Championship within such a prestigious event. A few important points to note If you have entered the Fingal 10K already, please check that you have given your correct Category details and your Club. If you wish to enter, please note that entries close on JULY 5th on the Eventsmasters website at https://eventmaster.ie/event/Pk4pUJDhLe. Individual Gold, Silver and Bronze medals will be awarded in all individual Categories from Senior through to F65. An F35 athlete can be in the first three home with the runner being only awarded the overall individual medal. The Masters medal then goes to the 2nd, 3rdand 4th place finishers from that Category. Online entry system to record whether running in Dublin championship and Club name. Only registered athletes from Dublin Athletics Clubs can compete in Dublin Championship. Gold Silver and Bronze medals to be awarded for Senior Teams (4 to score) , F35 ( 4 to score) and F50 (3 to score). Please note that athletes score on the teams relative to their Individual category. Senior teams (scorers max age 34), F35 Teams (scorers aged between 35 and 49) and F50 Teams, (scorers over 50 years). If a Master runner is required to make up a Senior team for this particular Championship, please email Dick Hooper at onelifeoneclub@hotmail.com beforehand. Dick Hooper Hon Sec Road & CC

Dublin Juvenile T&F Championships and Relays timetables 13 June 2023

Tue, 13 Jun 2023 08:30:00 GMT

seamus.flynn@indaver.com

Dublin Womens 10k Road Race Championships 2023 - Posponed

Thu, 01 Jun 2023 08:51:00 GMT

It is with regret that the Dublin Board has to postpone the running of the Dublin Women's 10k Road Race Championships, which was scheduled to be run with the Women's Mini Marathon on Sunday 04 June. We will look at alternative dates/races at our next Board meeting in June. We apologise to all the women who had intended to run in the Championships and wish them well in the race in any event.

PJ Claffey

Chairman, Dublin Athletic Board

Dublin Juvenile T&F Championships Updated Programme 2023 - Online entries open

Wed, 17 May 2023 13:52:00 GMT

DAY1: https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/798

Day2: https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/813

Day3: https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/814

Day4: https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/815

Day5: https://entry.athleticsireland.ie/812

Please advise your competition secretaries and parents submitting entries that payment must be made to complete the entry.

Graded Meeting Entry 2024

Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:38:00 GMT

Graded Meeting Results 2025

Enter the Graded Meetings online here

Click on the link below to visit the Athletics Ireland online entry page where you will find the entry for Graded Meetings.

Enter Now

The entry portal number Graded Meeting 1 2024 is 1031

The following tips may help when entering for the Dublin Graded Series

Click below on attachments for Full programme of meetings and events for 2024

You will also find details of the entry standard requirements for each event and grade.

Dublin Graded Track and Field Meetings 2023 - Review report comments requested.

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 11:33:00 GMT

Our Graded meetings team reviewed the organisation of the 2022 Graded series and produced the attached documents which will set the format for the 2023 series. If you have any comments on the documents please send them to James Flynn at jamesflynn067@gmail.com before 2nd January 2023.

Dublin Graded Track and Field Meetings 2023 - Review report comments requested.

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 11:33:00 GMT

Dublin Athletic Board Bye-Laws - Effective November 2022

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 16:44:00 GMT

The attached bye-laws have been approved by the Dublin Athletic Board at its meeting on 07th November 2022 and are effective from that date. Any errors, omissions, suggestions for new additions should be made to pjclaffey58@gmail.com

Results Dublin Uneven Juvenile Cross Country Championships 2022

Mon, 07 Nov 2022 22:00:00 GMT

Results Juvenile Track and Field Championships 2023 Day 1

Click below for results of Dublin Juvenile Uneven Cross Country Championships held in City West on 6th November 2022

Dublin Cross Country Championships, City West, 6th November 2022 - Final Information

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 15:29:00 GMT

Please see attached the carparking options and schedule for this Sunday's Dublin Cross Country Championships at City West Gym. Lets look forward to a great day's racing on a new cross country course. Many thanks to Tallaght AC for hosting this event.

Dublin Cross Country Championships, City West, 6th November 2022 - Final Information

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 15:29:00 GMT

Results of Juvenile Cross Country Even age Championships 2022

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 08:41:00 GMT

Click below for Results of Juvenile Cross Country Even age Championships 2022

Dublin Senior and Junior Cross Country Championships 2022, Sunday 6th November 2022 - Online entries to close Thursday 3rd Nov.

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 13:43:00 GMT

Online entries are now open for this year's Dublin Senior and Junior Cross Country Championships, on Sunday 6th November, on the Myrunresults website at https://www.myrunresults.com/events/dublin_juvenile_uneven_age_junior__senior_cross_country_championships/4438/details . Clubs should enter all their runners (Juniors and Seniors) as individuals and they will be put into their correct race based on their DoB. The first 4 home for a Club will be put on their their team as they finish. Clubs may enter as many members as they wish. The venue is beside the Citywest Hotel near the Citywest Leisure Club. Further details on the races are on the attached Notices and maps. Many thanks to Tallaght AC for hosting this event.

The juvenile programme of races will begin at 10.00 with the Under 9s. The programme and registration system for Juveniles was sent to Club secretaries separately. The Under 19 Boys and Girls will run with their corresponding Junior (Under 20) races. Further details:

Report on Dublin Novice Cross Country Championships, Tymon Park, Sunday 09th October 2022 - Lindie Naughton

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 10:25:00 GMT

Rathfarnham 5k, incorporating the Dublin 5K Road Race Championships 2022

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 13:10:00 GMT

The Rathfarnham 5k Road race is on 25th September at 10.00. The race incorporates the first running of the Dublin 5k Road Race Championships 2022. Medals are to be awarded in the usual Senior and Masters categories. Team prizes will be awarded at Senior (M/F), Masters (M/F 35+ and 50+ ). Entries for this event are open on the Rathfarnham 5k website at www.rathfarnham5krun.ie . Dublin Club athletes can enter through the AI Members route and they will be automatically added to their Club team for the championships. Bulk entries from Clubs can be made directly to Ronan at ronan@myrunresults.ie

Dublin Championships medals to be won at the Graded Meeting No. 6 at Tallaght Athletic Stadium, Wednesday 6th July 2022

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 17:55:00 GMT

Please note that Dublin Championship medals will be awarded to the first three fastest finishers in the men and womens 200m and 800m A Grade at the next Graded Meeting No. 6 in Tallaght Athletic Stadium. Medals will also be up for grabs for the first three in the Javelin and Long Jump. Where two Grade A races are held, the fastest three over the two races will apply. Medals will be presented after the results are confirmed and athletes should wait to recive their medals on the night. Some medals which were not claimed for the previous Dublin Championship races (100m, 400m and 1,500m.) will also be available for collection at the Graded Meeting in Tallaght next Wednesday. Athletes and coaches should check the results on the Graded Meetings website to see if they are due a medal. Thanks for your support - PJ Claffey

Dublin Ladies 10k Road Race Championships 2022 - Final Results

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 10:12:00 GMT

Please see attached the final results for the ladies Dublin 10k road race championships which were held in conjunction with the Womens Mini Marathon on Sunday 5th June. The medals will be distributed to Clubs by PJ Claffey at the Dublin Graded Meeting No. 5, Tallaght Athletic Stadium on 22nd June and Graded No. 6 on 6th July. Please contact pjclaffey58@gmail.com if you wish to collect them elsewhere.