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Women's Officer Report May 2025

Women Officer's Report for May 2025

The month of May was a busy month for the ladies in Bray Runners. It started with the first all female pacing team at Shanganagh Parkrun and culminated in an excellent performance by the female athletes competing in the Wicklow Track Relay Championships in Charlesland under coaching by Ashling Smith.  There was plenty of activity in between so read on!

3/5/25

The Pumas, the first all female pacing team at Shanganagh Parkrun, added to the legendary community spirit evident every week. There was a record number of PBs, 62 in total.

11/5/25

A great turnout for the Terenure 5 mile with athletes competing in all age categories. Commendation to the Senior Women’s Team who came fifth overall. 


Congratulations to Orla Phillips and Noelle Thorpe who came  first in both their age categories.

Linda Stapleton ran the Leeds Half Marathon in a time of 2.05.07

14/05/25

Linda Finnegan finished first in her age category in the ESB Sandymount Beach Race hosted by the BHAA.

Maureen O Rourke & Nicol ran the Fastlane Half Marathon on the 18th of May.

VHI Women’s Mini Marathon.

 Rebecca Lee, Gráinne Duffin, Ana Molina and Noelle Thorpe ran the 10km route on the 1st of June. Noelle ran in aid of St. Joseph’s, Shankill and finished fourth  in her age category.

  • The Senior Women’s and Masters Women’s Relay teams both competed in the Wicklow Track and Field Championships on the 6th of June. The Senior women stormed to victory winning gold and the Masters women’s team came home in fourth place. There was further success in the mixed relay teams with the Seniors winning gold and the Masters winning silver.
  • Karen Cummins ran the Maynooth 10k, the Grocer’s 5 mile and the Straffan 10km.

 

 

 

Fit4Life 2025 Graduation!

After a busy 8 week period, the 2025 Fit4Life Programme has come to an end.  This year we had 40 new partipants who joined use every Tuesday in Shanganagh park to either start or improve their running.   We were very lucky to be joined by multiple volunteers from Bray Runners who gave up their time to run with the programme participants.  We started off with small periods of running, follwed by walking and everyone was impressed with how quickly they improved.  On the 31st of May, lots of the gang joined us in Shanganagh Park and for some people it was their very first 5k!  We were delighted that everyone made it around the course and celebrated with gorgeous treats from Cathy and Tea/Coffee organised by Eamonn.  Bobby handed out the certificates to everyone who completed the programme.  Thank you to everyone who took part.  We'll run another Fit4Life course in Spring of 2026.

TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR 40TH ANNIVERSARY TRAIL RUN

Tickets for the Bray Runners 40th Anniversary Trail Run on Thursday 16th May in Belmont Demesne can now be purchased here : https://eventmaster.ie/event/wBERCPySRQ

All members are invited to take part. The event will start with a trail run for juveniles at 7.30pm followed by the senior run at 7.45. Light refreshments will be provided in the Barn Cafe after the run.

This will be a great opportunity for club members to enjoy a panoramic trail run in Belmont, to chat to fellow club members afterwards and to learn something of the history and people who have been involved in Bray Runners over the past 40 years.

Bray Runners 40th Anniversary Trail Run

All members are invited to take part in our 40th Anniversary Trail Run which will take place on Thursday the 16th May in Belmont Demesne.
The event will start with a trail run for juveniles at 7.30pm followed by the senior run at 7.45. 
Light refreshments will be provided in the Barn Cafe after the run.
There will be a photographic exhibition of the history of Bray Runners, including a tribute to the late Sean Clifford who was not only a founding member of the club but a member for the 40 years of the club's existence and was involved in planning this event.
Details of how to enter this trail run will be posted shortly.
This will be a great opportunity for club members to enjoy a panoramic trail run in Belmont, to chat to fellow club members afterwards and to learn something of the history and people who have been involved in Bray Runners over the past 40 years. 

Rest in peace : Sean Clifford

Bray Runners is deeply saddened to learn that Sean Clifford, one of the club's founding members, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Monday night.
In 1984, Sean, alongside Pat McCourt, Dave Morrisroe and Jimmy Kavanagh, founded Bray Runners A.C, and Sean has been a stalwart of Bray Runners ever since.
Sean raced over distances from 5km to the marathon, and ran his first marathon in Dublin in 1982 (then in his mid-thirties) in a very respectable time of 3hr 14min and in subsequent years managed to lower that time to 2hr 38min.
Sean remained a very competitive runner well into his 60s, regularly clocking times of 18 minutes for the 5k (and much quicker than the majority of his younger clubmates at the time!). One of Sean’s key highlights as a masters athlete was in 2006, when he won a silver medal at the European Veteran Championships in Poznan (Poland) in the 10,000m.
In addition to being a very successful athlete, Sean also played many important roles over the years in Bray Runners, including as Chairperson, Men's Captain, he often led out senior club training, and he even kindly hosted some senior club awards nights in his home.
Sean remained active and interested in club activities right up until his unfortunate passing. In just the past few months, Sean was with us on Christmas Day at the Goal Mile, in February observing the Shanganagh parkrun, and most recently last month when we celebrated our annual club awards in Brady's in Shankill. He had also been keenly assisting in preparations for our club’s 40th anniversary celebration next month.
He will be missed greatly by all of us in Bray Runners A.C.
Our deepest sympathies and condolences to Sally, his wife, his children and their spouses and his grandchildren whom he adored.
May he rest in peace

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Our Club was founded in 1983 primarily as a marathon running club, however over the years we have introduced a juvenile section and cover a wide range of athletic disciplines.


Bray Runners Athletics Club
Bray Head Terrace, Vevay Rd, Oldcourt, Bray, Co. Wicklow 
brayrunnershs@gmail.com

 

 

Committee Members

Richard Hourihan Chairperson

Cyril J. Smith Hon. Treasurer

Orla Phillips Hon. Secretary

Collette Mason Child Welfare Officer

Emma Craxton Juvenile Representative

Kieran O'Leary Committee Member

Maureen O'Rourke Fit4Life Captain 

Brian Murray Social Secretary 

Caoimhe DeFrein  Social Secretary

 

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