Winter League, Rd 3.

Tonight we had Rd 3 of our Winter League, a 4k H/cap. 15 athletes took part and all seemed happy with their evenings work. Two of our new recruits, Colm 15.45 and Gordon 16.35, put in fine performances, and showed that they will be great assets to our club in the future. Des O'Hare, fresh from his recent fine run in Dublin Marathon, ran an excellent 15.57. Bernard Quinn, great to see him back on Thursday nights, ran a fine 16.38. Tom Cavanagh and Denis Patterson had a great battle all the way round, running 16.59 and 17.02 respectively. Jason O'Connor, 39 seconds off previous best, and Diana Doll, 28 seconds off previous best, continued their great improvement of recent times. Noelle Thorpe also knocked 9 seconds off her previous best for the distance. Paul, Grainne, Dolores and Susan were all happy with there times. The biggest improver on the night was Liam Casey, knocking over 2mins off his previous best, running 18.21. The winner of the event was Pat McCourt, running 18.37 and with a H/cap of 4mins he finished 6 seconds ahead of Liam and 20 seconds ahead of Des. Rd 4, a 2 person relay, 12 x 400s, will be held in 2 weeks time on 5th Dec. Well done to all who competed and a big thank you to our bike support team. If you haven't already taken part why not come along to our next event and join the fun, everyone is welcome.

 Name                    TIME           H/C          Nett Time                Points        Bonus Pts

Colm                       15.45         +50 sec      16.35                      5                     0

Des O'Hare               15.57        -1.00           14.57                      13                  6

Gordon                     16.35         scr             16.35                      5                    0

Bernard Quinn           16.38         -25            16.13                      7                     4

Tom Cavanagh           16.59        -1.20          15.39                      10                   6

Denis Patterson          17.02         - 55sec      16.07                      8                     0

Jason O'Connor           17.10         -1.44         15.26                    12                    6

Noelle Thorpe              17.20         -1.24        15.56                      9                    4

Diana Doll                   17.39          -2.00        15.39                     11                   6

Liam Casey                  18.21          -3.38        14.43                     14                  6

Pat McCourt                 18.37          -4.00        14.37                     15                  6

Paul Humpries              18.50           -2.25       16.25                      5                   0

Grainne Cunningham     19.04          -2.31        16.33                      5                   0

Dolores Gilliland            19.23           -2.54        16.29                    5                    0

Susan Dowd                  19.36           -3.12       16.24                     6                   0

Leaderboard.  (Provisional)

1st;     Diana Doll         42 pts

2nd;   Jason O'Connor  41pts

3rd;    Noelle Thorpe    38pts

4th;    Liam Casey        37pts