Well done to Conor and Jenny who both took part in the Wicklow Mountain Half Marathon Challenge on Sunday 29th April. Conor ran a fine 1hr 49 mins and Jenny ran 2.39.
Well done to Sharon Bailey who ran 1.50.58 at the Wexford Half Marathon.
At the Catherina McKiernan 10k in Cavan on Saturday, Paul Gannon ran 52.51 and Richard Kavanagh ran 44.21.
Date for Diary:: 8th June, Bohermeen 5k.
Well done to all who competed in the Wicklow 5k Road C/Ships on Thursday 26th April. We had 16 athletes take part, all of whom put in excellent performances. The following is a list of how our athletes performed;
NAME Time Age Cat Position
Ian McGrath, 16.43. 3rd
Dominic Horan, 17.15. 1st
Gordon McWilliams 17.58. 3rd Pb
Ashling Smith. 19.13 1st Pb
Paul O'Dwyer. 19.40. 6th Pb
John Ashworth 20.47. 9th Pb.
Tom Cavanagh 21.32. 4th.
Jason O'Connor 21.44. 10th
Marie Curran 22.49. 10th Pb
Mary Hayde. 23.10. 6th
Siobhan Butler 23.17. 1st.
Sandra Brady. 24.51. 2nd
Dolores Gilliland. 25.26 3rd.
Colette Mason 26.07. 6th
Mary O'Connor. 26.50 2nd
Jackie O'Neill. 28.42. 3rd.
We had 3 teams entered in the C/ships and all 3 came away with medals.
In the W50 Team, Sandra Brady, Mary O'Connor, Dolores Gilliland and Jackie O'Neill won Gold.
In the M35/49 Cat, Ian McGrath, Dominic Horan and Gordon McWilliams won Silver and in the W35/49 Cat, Ashling Smith, Marie Curran, Mary Hayde, Siobhan Butler and Colette Mason won Bronze. Congratulations to all.
Congratulations to all, Well done also to all those who helped to organise the event.
Full results at https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm#inbox/163091603c0052fa?projector=1&messagePartId=0.1
The London Marathon took Place on Sunday 22nd April, despite the unseasonably hot conditions fine times were recorded. Temperatures reached 23 degrees during the race.Well done to our BrayRunners/Sli Cualann athletes who took part. Sarah Baryga had a fantastic run, 2.59.55, 33rd woman O/A and 5th in her age category, Joe Cawley ran 2.52.40, Michael Knight ran 3.36.09. Well done to all.
The National Road Relays were held in Raheny on Sunday 22nd April. Ashling Smith was part of the Sli Cualann Senior Womens team who finished in an excellent 6th place. Ashling ran the first 1 mile leg in 5.37, Niamh Kearney ran the 2ml leg in 11.35 and Sile O'Byrne ran the final mile in 5.51. Great running, well done to all.
Fine running also at the Dublin Night Run, also held on 22nd April, Paul O'Dwyer ran a PB of 41.40, Marie Curran ran 50.06, Aoife Stokes ran a new Pb of 53.50, (well over a minute off her previous best and 5minutes faster than same race last year).. Mark Duncan ran 54.27, Elaine Nuzun ran 61.56 and Ana Molina ran 63.59. Well done to everyone. If we have missed anyone please let us know in comments below or at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Well done to our fellow Sli Cualann athletes Ashling Kirwan and Ray Kenny, who both took part in the Connemara Ultra, 39.3miles,. Ashling was 6th woman home in 6hrs, 5mins, 53sec., Ray was 4th 0/A in an excellent 4.48.17.
Well done to all our athletes who took part in the GIR/National 10k C/ships on Sunday last. John Ashworth ran a Pb of 45.29, Jenny Lawler ran 51.06, Marie Curran ran 51.27 and Sandra Brady ran 54.14, Sandra was 6th in her age category.
Well done also to all our fellow Sli Cualann athletes who took part, which included another National medal for Catherine O'Connor, 39.34, 3rd in age Category and Billy Tyrell, 40.39, 4th in age Category.
Above time are gun times.
Full Results from National 10k can be found here; http://www.athleticsireland.ie/
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
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
Well done to all our athletes!
