Richard Owens sets new 1500mt PB.
Richard Owens opened his track season in Watford last weekend, he ran a new 1500mtrs PB of 3.51.46. This argues well for the season ahead, and from all at Bray Runners we wish Richard well.
Well Done Gary
Congratulations to Gary Condon who, after a couple of trial runs, broke 16 minutes for 5k at tonights Enfield 5k. Gary ran an excellent 15.52 to finish in 11th place and 2nd O/40. Martin Fagan, Mullingar Harriers, fresh from his win in Terenure on Sunday last, won the race in a time of 14.26, with Barbara Cleary, Donore, winning the womens race in 16.21.
Awards - Nominations.
Our annual awards night will be held on Saturday evening next, 24th May. It will be held upstairs at the Harbour Bar, with the presentations taking place at 9pm. Please remember the Awards are for performances in 2013. The following are the nominees in each award category.
Athlete Of The Year. Master Athlete Of The Year.
Neil Wiktorski; Dominic Horan.
Gary Condon; Gary Condon.
Richard Owens; Noelle Thorpe.
Des O'Hare; Suzanne Foot.
Joe Cawley; Helen Barry.
Most Improved Athlete; Personality.
Diana Doll. Noelle Thorpe.
Andrea Murphy. Pat McCourt.
Gary Condon. Siobhan Butler.
Des O'Hare. Jason O'Connor.
Joe Kelly. Charlotte Stevens.
Helen Barry.
Good luck to all the nominees.
Terenure 5mile, Great performances from Bray Runners.
At todays Terenure 5mile we had 11 of our athletes taking, all putting in excellent performances. This race attracts a huge field every year, it also attracts most of the top runners around. As well as the individual categories the team prizes are also very keenly contested.
The MASTER LADIES TEAM PRIZE (35+) was won by Sli Cualann, Helen Barry, Noelle Thorpe, Charlotte Stevens and Jackie Patrick (Greystones AC) were the scoring members of the team, with great back up from Andrea Murphy, Grainne Cunningham and Sandra Brady.
Neil Wiktorski, running his final warm up race before next weeks Edinburgh Half Marathon, finished in an excellent 12th place in a time of 26.20. Dominic Horan continued his very impressive season, by finishing 3rd O/40 in 28.51. Helen Barry set another PB, 31.37 and was 4th O/40. Colm O'Heigeartaigh, running his first 5miler, ran a fine 32.05. Diarmuid Potts, 33.59, and Richard Kavanagh, 34.04 (3rd O/60), were both happy with there times. Noelle Thorpe also set a new PB, 34.41, 2nd O/40 and first time under 35mins. Andrea Murphy, 38.38, set a new PB. There was also great runs from Charlotte Stevens, 38.06, and Grainne Cunningham, 40.27. Sandra Brady continued her comeback to racing by running 42.19. Well done to all who competed and thanks to those who came out to support our athletes.
The race was won by Martin Fagan, Mullingar Harriers, 24.23, and the magnificent Catherina McKiernan won the womens race in 27.40. Full results can be found on http://www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=1897
Good Luck to Gary, in Enfield, on Tuesday and Neil, in Edinburgh, on Sunday and all those racing in the coming week. Please send your results to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Fit4life Mile
Thursday evening seen several Bray Runners head to the track for the Fit4Life Mile.
The track at Charlesland was still buzzing as a schools competition wrapped up for the day and ‘Fit4Lifers’ registered in the a grade that suited their target.
With mild temperatures and only the slightest of breezes blowing down the back straight this made it a perfect evening for both seasoned and novice track runners.
Cyril was once again the official starter and got the 5 separate races off in quick succession to keep the agenda on schedule.
In the sub 5:30 which was won in 4:39 by Inbhear Dee’s Tim Grummell, Gary Condon ran a PB in 4:49 to win the M40 category and Dominic Horan ran a Master’s PB of 4:57 to take 3rd place.
Colm Ó Héigéartaigh 5:26 and Tom Cavanagh 6:18 both ran fine races in the sub 6:30 race.
Not to be outdone the Women also put on a fine show, fastest woman on the night was Parnell’s Sile O’Byrne running 5:29, with our own Noreen Nuala Noelle (Terry will get it right one of these days J) Thorpe running her 1st track race was 3rd fastest Woman and winning the W50 category in 6:12, the ever present Charlotte Stevens finished 3rd in the same category with a 6:38 and Cara Condon ran 6:26 to pick up 2nd place in the Junior Women.
Full results attached. For those of you interested in trying your 1st track race you should consider the Trinity BHAA track evening to be held on Wednesday June 11th a fun evening with races for all grades, full details on bhaa.ie. Next up for the Fit4Life series is a 4 mile run along the Murrough in Wicklow Town on Thurs May 29th.
Submitted by Dominic.
Joe Cawley Wins Again
On Sunday 11th May, Joe Cawley won the Easkey Castle 10k, Sligo, in an impressive 35.47. Joe has already won the Kinvara Half Marathon and the Wicklow Goal Half Marathon this year, another Bray Runner in great form.
