We had 11 athletes competing at the Duleek 5k road race Sunday February 25th with great performances by all. Standout performances by Noelle Thorpe finishing 3rd F60, PB's for Lee & Aine, Calam Jones running 18.21 on his debut 5k for the club. Well done to all.
Calam Jones 18.21
Dan Rakic 18.47
Lee Borland 18.47 PB
Paul O'Dwyer 19.36
George Sterpu 21.22
Fred Jones 21.55
Noelle Thorpe 24.28
Aine Greany 25.07 PB
Eileen Fox 27.39
Mary O'Connor 28.25
Clare Dempster 32.38
We even met an old friend along the way:
On Saturday, George Sterpu completed the Wicklow Hospice Half Marathon across undulating trail and road in Avondale.
Wicklow Masters XC Race Report
After a frosty start, the sun shone brightly on Shanganagh for Sundayβs Wicklow Masters XC Champs.
Event and club participation records were broken, with a big turnout and a great atmosphere created around the looped course in the park, our athletes looked to impress under the watchful eye of coach Bobby Mitchell who was in attendance.
The women went off first over the 4k course, with Bray Runners athletes putting in some super performances. Many of whom made their XC debut!
F50 TEAM SILVER
Orla Phillips F70 GOLD
Noelle Thorpe F60 GOLD
Dolores Gilliland F65 SILVER
Claire Dempster F55 SILVER
Eileen Fox F60 SILVER
Colette Mason
Aisling Walsh
Caoimhe De Freine
Amy Fitzpatrick
Maureen OβRourke
Aine Greany
Grainne Duffin
The men went out soon after across the 6k course, more super performances again with a number of athletes making XC debuts!
M35 TEAM BRONZE
Tom Cavanagh (4k) M65 SILVER
Conor Maher M40 BRONZE
Thomas Conway M50 Bronze
Paul McKenna
Lee Borland
Neil Felton
Paul Allen
Paul Donohoe
Daniel Rakic
Ross Kelly
Brian Murray
Kieran OβLeary
Roy Bowden
Michael McElroy
Mark Fox
Paul De Freine
Huge congratulations to all medalists and to all who put in really solid, brave performances in tough conditions under foot. We hope you enjoyed the experience of the purest form of running!
A special thank you and congratulations to all visiting clubs on making the event a really great one. To Athletics Wicklow for the organisation and results. We look forward to and hope to have you all back in Shanganagh again soon!