Bray Runners Invitional Meeting
Some photos from last nights meeting, which was held in Greystones, our thanks to Tom Cavanagh for some brilliant photos which can be seen at https://www.flickr.com/photos/125585504@N02/
Dunshaughlin 10k, Prizes and PB's for Bray Runners
The Dunshaughlin 10k was held tonight, Saturday 21st June. The course is a tough one and with the temperature in the low 20's, the 700 or so athletes were in for a hard nights work. The mens race was won by Martin Fagan, Tullamore Harriers, in 30.03 and Barbara Cleary, Donore, took the ladies event in a very impressive 34.38.
Helen Barry continued her amazing progress this season by smashing her PB by 1 minute 39 seconds, running 39.01 and taking 1st place in the O/40 category. Gary Condon also smashed his Pb by a very impressive 35 seconds, running 33.36 and taking 1st place in the O/40 section. Also in the prizemoney were Suzanne Foot, 39.50, just 5 seconds away from a PB, 3rd O/40 and Richard Kavanagh, 2nd O/60 in 40.39.
Joe Kelly also showing excellent form, ran a new Pb of 37.08, 10 seconds off his previous one, as did Des O'Hare, 39.04, 54 seconds off his previous best. Colm O'Heigeartaigh, running his first 10k ran a fine 39.25, and James Nangle, 39.21 continued his run of a new pb in every race he has run since joining Bray Runners earlier this year.
Siobhan Butler finished in 6th place in O/45 category, in a brilliant time of 46.13. Siobhan has been putting a lot of work into her training and it is obviously paying dividends, as this was an excellent Pb, 51 seconds off her previous best from the K Club earlier this year.
We also had some great running from Andrea Murphy, 48.20, Grainne Cunningham, 50.26, and Sandra Brady continued her comeback with a solid 53.19. Denise Cox, 70.24, added to her 1st place in Ferns last week by finishing 2nd O/60.
Martin Francis, making a welcome return to racing, ran a fine 38.40, to finish 4th O/55.
The great Mick Byrne, Parnell AC, finished 2nd O/50 in 34.05. His time was faster than the previous 0/50 course record, which he set himself in 2011, but the category winner, Paul Cowhie, Civil Service, recorded a brilliant time of 33.24 to set the new mark.
Well done to all who competed, a great night was had by all.
ASHFORD 5K.
Also on Saturday night we had the Ashford 5k, which was held over the County C/ship course. Joe Cawley finished in 2nd place in a very good time of 17.14, and Dominic Horan finished in 4th place also in a very good time of 17.32. Full results to follow.
URGENT; VOLUNTEERS REUIRED
We will be holding our Junior Track & Field Invitational Event (including invitational mile) on Tuesday, 24th June at the Greystones Track.
To ensure the smooth running of the event we will need volunteers urgently, to help set up the various events, to act as stewards, officials, ect;
CAN YOU HELP, WE NEED PEOPLE TO HELP SET UP FROM 4PM AND STEWARDS AND OFFICIALS FROM 6PM.
IF YOU CAN HELP PLEASE CONTACT DENIS PATTERSON OR BILL STANLEY, OR EMAIL This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Ferns 4 mile, Great Performances From Our Athletes.
,The Ferns 4 mile, was held this evening, 14th June, in very warm and humid conditions, over a tough and challenging course. In the ladies race Suzanne Foot, 25.14, put in a brilliant performance to finish 2nd Lady overall, and together with Hannah Nolan, Sile and Paula O'Byrne they took 1st place in the ladies team event for Sli Cualann, beating Kilmore AC by a single point. Elaine Nuzun ran a fine race, recording a Pb of 37.03, while Denise Cox, 44.22, was 1st lady O/60. The ladies race was won by Jackie Carthy, 24.10, Kilmore AC.
In the mens event, Gary Condon, 21.19, continued his excellent run of form by finishing in 5th place overall. Richard Kavanagh, 26.16, took 1st prize in the O/60 category. The Sli Cualann mens team (Gary 5th, Damien Lawless 6th, Mick Byrne 10th, Thomas Moore 13th) finished in 2nd place, beaten by an excellent S.B.R. AC team. Other Sli Cualann winners were Mick Byrne 1st O/50 and Sile O'Byrne 1st Juvenile. The mens race was won by Freddy Keron Stuk, SBR, AC, in a time of 19.10 with Sean Hehir, National Marathon Champion, in 2nd place in 19.23.
This is an excellent race, well organised, great atmosphere and great food afterwards, well done to all.
Next on the list is DUNSHAUGHLIN 10K on Saturday next 21st June at 19.30.
Kilmore Quay 5k
The Kilmore Quay Seafood 5k Road Race is on July 12th as part of the Seafood Festival. The circuit takes in 5 laps of the village. This is what gives the race it's unique atmosphere and anyone who took part in years past will testify to that. This year you can book on-line at ACTIVE.COM where entry is only 10 euro. More details can be seen on our web-site at www.kilmoreathletics.com or you can follow the event on FACEBOOK. Because of the nature of the race and for the comfort of the athletes on-line places this year are limited to 100 men and 100 women.
This race is organized by the local athletic club for the festival and has an AAI permit. Details of the festival can be got at www.kilmorequayseafoodfestival.com
Barry Keane
Barry Keane passed away on Saturday last 7th June 2014.
Barry has been a member of Bray Runners for a long number of years, during those years he has successfully competed as a Master athlete at Club, Provincial, National and International levels with distinction.
Barry has also been very prominent in the past in coaching junior runners, taking a number of them under his wing, Richard Owens among them. He gave freely of his time, driving them to the track in Belfield and further afield for races and coaching sessions.
Barry will be sadly missed by all who knew him, not least his wife Vera, daughters Lynn and Orla and son Barry Jr.
