Gerry Farnan/ British and Irish Int C/C.

Athletes please note that the British & Irish Masters Cross Country trial will take place on Sunday 19th Oct. in the Phoenix Park.Further details to follow shortly.

Selection criteria is as follows; M35 through to M50, teams of 6 with the first 4 across the line gaining automatic selection, with consideration for 2 “wildcard” selections. M55 to M75 plus Women’s teams from W35 to W70, comprise of 4 Athletes, therefore first 3 across the line, with consideration given to 1 “wildcard” selection. Please note the additional Age groups introduced this year for W70 & M75.

Those who are unable to participate in the trial but wish to be considered for selection, must submit a request in writing, outlining recent race results, to International Sec, Michael Fennell, 13 Castle Cove, Malahide, Co. Dublin by Wed.15th Oct.

It is also important that Athletes are registered with the IMAA and Annual Membership Fees are paid.

The British & Irish Masters CC Champs will take place in Nottingham on Sat. 22nd Nov. Hotel accommodation has been secured.

2013 results.... http://www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=1590

Fit4life 5k Video

An excellent video of the recent Fit4life 5k in Shanganagh can be seen by clicking on the link below;

video of http://www.slicualann.com/latest-news/video-fit4life-shanganagh-5km

Dublin Half Marathon, Great Performances From Our Athletes

The Dublin Half Marathon was held today, 20th Sept, in Dublin's Phoenix Park. Joe Cawley ran a brilliant 75.55 to record a new Pb. Joe is clearly in good form for the upcoming C/C seaon. Gordon McWilliams ran a fine time of 1hr.32.01. Georgina Devlin ran a great new Pb of 1hr.39.50. getting under the 1hr.40. mark for the first time. Ashling Smith, running her first race as a Bray Runner, and her first half marathon ran an excellent 1hr.41.08. Dave Carraher smashed his H/M Pb by over 6 minutes, running a great time of 1hr.42.01. Andrea Murphy ran 1hr.49.12., an easy run for Andrea this week after her Pb last weekend. Angela Ross Innes ran 2hr.08.53, as she finalised her preparations for the Kilomarathon next Sat. The race was won by Gary O'Hanlon in a time of 1.09.43, with Patricia Wlodarczyk in 1.22.53.

CHARLEVILLE HALF MARATHON.

Conditions were perfect for this years Charleville Half-Marathon, cool, about 9 deg C at the start and hardly any wind. The sun didn't really appear until about the 2 hour mark and most runners were nearly home at that stage. A big plus is that all roads are closed for the duration of the race. Martin Fagan was first athlete home in a time of 63.58, with Maria McCambridge first lady home in 72.26. Top 60 finishers were under 80 minutes. Richard Kavanagh ran 1hr.29.05. to finish 1st in the O/60 Category. (Mix up in earlier results) Thomas Moore, Sli Cualann, ran an excellent 78.32.

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For those who like crunching numbers,

Some stats from Paudie Birmingham of Mallow AC.....
A quick look at the results today in Charleville compared to the Dublin Half yesterday.
Total to run Charleville. 667. Total to run Dublin. 6128...9 times the size
Sub 70min...Charleville had 8. That’s 1.2% of the total field....Dublin had 1 sub 70. 0.02% of its total field.
Sub 80min...Charleville had 59. That’s 8.9% of the total field...Dublin had 58. That’s 1% of the total field.
Sub 90 min...Charleville had 161. That’s 24% of its total field...Dublin had 441. That’s 7.2% of the total field.
Women under 1:30...Charleville had 16...Dublin had 18.

NEW MEMBER.

Finally, on behalf of our Chairman and all our members we would like to welcome Ashling Smith to our club. Ashling has just returned to running this year after a few years away from running, and we are sure she will be a great asset to our club.

European T/F Masters 2014.

Congratulations to the Irish athletes who competed at the European Masters T & F Champs in Izmir, Turkey, returning with a very healthy haul of 10 medals. Pride of place to John McDermott M70 who won Gold in the 400ms & 300m hurdles. Gold also for Joe Gough M60 in the 800ms & Martin McEvilly M65 in the 2000m steeplechase. 3 silver medals, won by Geraldine Fingean & Dorothy Mc Lennan in the heptathlon & Kevin Byrne in the Pole Vault. Tally completed with bronze medals, Paul Cowhie 5000m, Anthony Martin 400m & Thomas Farragher, Weight Pentathlon. A number of other Athletes also made finals.

Looking ahead to 2015, the following events will take place; March 23rd – 28th European Masters Indoor Champs, Torun, Poland. Non stadia Champs., 15th – 17th May Grosetto, Italy. 4th – 16th Aug. World masters T & F Champs, Lyon, France.

Click on the link below to view detailed results;

http://www.fidalservizi.it/risultati/Izmir_2014/RESULTSBYEVENT1.htm

Urgent Request For Help With Juveniles..

Members, Friends and Parents of Bray Runners Juveniles

We have a fairly urgent need for additional coaching resources. While we are fortunate to have a committed team of coaches, we have recently had to turn away new potential athletes due to capacity limitations - one week, we turned away as many as 8 potential athletes who wanted to join the club. Also we now have very limited cover should one of our coaches be unavailable for a particular training session.

Would you please consider joining the coaching team, either as a coaching assistant, or with the intention of becoming a trained juvenile athletics coach in due course.

If you wished to become a fully trained coach, the club will sponsor you to attend the relevant Coach Education courses over a period of time, run by Athletics Ireland.

Alternatively if you were willing to help out as a coaching assistant we would pair you up with a trained coach from one of our groups, and would ask you to help out for 2 weeks a month, or on alternative months, in rotation with another coaching assistant.

There is no initial requirement or qualification, other than a willingness to get involved.

In line with AI's policy on child protection, all members of the coaching team do have to get Garda Clearance and attend one of AI's Code of Ethics courses.

If any of you would be interested in knowing more, please contact me on this email address,

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Thank You, Bill Stanley, Juvenile Coordinator.

Athlone Half Marathon and More.

The Athlone Half Marathon took place on Saturday 13th Sept. We had a number of athletes taking part, a couple running their first half marathon. Siobhan Butler ran a fine debut half marathon in a time of 1hr.44.20. Andrea Murphy also ran an excellent time of 1hr,47.12. Leanne Geraghty ran a fine 1hr.53.20. Emer Hynes continued her marathon preparations in running 1hr.55.59. over 5 minutes off her time in Connemara earlier this year. Grainne Cunningham, another solid performance, 1hr.57.19. Gordon McWilliams, recovering from flu, ran 1hr.34.38. Georgina Devlin, using this as a training run, posted a time of 2hr.04.25. Gary Condon, nursing an injury, ran 1hr.20.47. We all hope Gary's injury heals very quickly. The race was won by Gary O'Hanlon in a time of 1.09.54, with Nora Necombe Bar first lady home in 1.19.57.

Full results can be found at; http://www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2175

On Sunday, 14th Sept, the annual Ratoath AC 5k took place. The race was won by Rory Kavanagh, Dunboyne AC, in a time of 16.18. First lady home was Paula Grant, Portlaoise AC, in 18.11. Richard Kavanagh, 19.51, was first O/60. (new O/60 course record). This is a very well run event, prizes, first 3, in all categories, tea and coffee (before and after) and all you can eat.

Full results can be found at; http://www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2195