In the results just announced, Martin Francis wins the Gold medal in the recent National Marathon C/ships, O/50 section. The National C/ships were held in conjunction with the Dublin city marathon. His time was a brilliant 2hr.49.39. Only 8 weeks ago Martin won the O/50 section in the Longford Marathon, in 2.57.10. On behalf of our Chairperson,committee and members we send Martin our congratulations.
Below is the entry procedure for Ballycotton 2013. This year we had a group of over 20, athletes, supporters and friends, some staying for 2 nights, others 1 night and a few travelled down on the day. Ballycotton is a top class race, catering for runners of all abilities. If you intend taking part, please read the entry details below, as they are differant from other years. This year the majority of people stayed in The Garravoe hotel. If you require further information contact Sean C or Richard K.
The following is the entry procedure for next year’s Ballycotton ’10’, to take place on Sunday March 3rd. Numbers are limited as usual but for 2013 there will a combination of postal and online entries as follows:
1) As in previous years, anyone wishing to obtain an entry form can do so by sending an SAE anytime during the month of November to: Ballycotton Running Promotions, Ballycotton, Co. Cork (don’t forget to enclose a large envelope with the correct postage).
2) All such forms applied for will be posted out on Friday November 30th, to arrive by Monday December 3rd/Tuesday December 4th. All returned postal entries (on official forms only – no photocopies) will be accepted up to and including Wednesday December 5th.
3) These will then be processed and put up on the website, hopefully in a day or two. Then, at a specific time which will be announced in advance, online entries will open and remain open until the figure of 2,500 has been reached – this will be a combination of postal and online entries.
4) After the limit has been reached, a PDF copy of the entry form will go up on the website and also in the usual shops and outlets – this is only for AAI club members and those who ran the four races in the Ballycotton Summer Series 2012. All these postal entries will be accepted up until Tuesday December 18th and for those living overseas up until Tuesday January 8th.
5) As usual, a limited number of elite entries will be available nearer the date
Good turnout again for Thursday training (1st nov), our thanks to Noelle for helping out with one of the groups. This week we will be doing some hill work, in preparation for both the senior and masters C/C which are fast approaching. If you are not training on thursday, and have an hour to spare, why not come along and help out. The more helpers we have, the better the session will be.
On Thursday 15th Nov @6.30pm in the Ballywaltrim clubhouse there will be a talk on Nutrition, fuel for running. This talk is being organised with Dermots group in mind, but it is, of course, open to anybody who would like to attend. The normal training session for those not attending goes ahead as usual, Sean and Denis will be leading that group.
Time to start thinking about Ballycotton 2013, entry procedure for 2013 is differant than other years. We will post a seperate article with all the details on tuesday 6th Nov. Ballycotton sells out very quickly, so keep an eye out for the entry information.
The Irish Prison Service had a team in Antrim for the 16th European Prison Service Cross Country Championships. This year there was 7 countries represented. Fiona Moran and Bernard Quinn from Bray Runners were part of the Irish team.
Ireland finished 2nd team and we also had the winners in the O/40 & O/50 Men also O/40 & O/45 Ladies.
The O/45 ladies winner was our own Fiona Moran. Fiona has been working very hard over the past few weeks, especially at our thursday night training sessions.
The ladies race was 3.5 miles over a 3 lap course and the men's race was over 5 laps, just short of 10k, the course was ok, except for one field of about 400m, which was very soggy.
We were very proud of our team and the individual performances.
Written by Bernard Quinn.
The Dublin City Marathon 2012 took place on monday 29th Oct. Among the 14,000 or so taking part were the following, Gary Condon, 2hr,43m,21s, 7th O/40, Martin Francis, 2hr,49m,39s, 3rd O/50,,, Joe Kelly, 3hr, 05m, 16s, P.B,, Jason O,Connor 3.45.03 Pb. Joe Cawley and Ian McGrath, both running as the 3hour pacers, did their job to perfection finishing in 2.59.32. Mary Dawson,3.19.31, Paul de Freine, 3.20.57 and Des O,Hare, 3.53.14, also took part. Our thanks to Robert Quinn for once again organising Fitzwilliam House for our runners, families and friends.
Can we draw your attention to the Marathon Cooldown 8mile race. It will be held in the Phoenix Park on Saturday 10th November @10am. Proceeds from the event will go to, good friends of ours, Newcourt School in Bray. Full details can be found on www.runireland.com .
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
Jackie O'Neill Social Secretary
Emma Craxton Juvenile Representative
Kieron O'Leary Club Captain
Ashling Smith Committee Member
Maureen O'Rourke Committee Member
Well done to all our athletes!
