Tonight, 6th Dec, we had our annual club H/Cap race. Unfortunately the weather turned nasty, with rain and a strong wind making it a very difficult night for running. The bad weather seems to have kept some from racing but we still had a good turnout for the event. We had an equally good turnout of helpers, Dermot on the leadout bike, Sean, Bernard, Mark, Dolores and Noelle at the start, finish and helping with the post race refreshments and Richard Hourahan out on the course making sure nobody took a wrong turn. Thanks to all who brought mince pies, biscuits and sandwiches and to Ciara and Denise for supplying the home baking. Some excellent times were recorded, Mary Hourahan 32.02 over 2 minutes off her pb, Lorraine O,Rourke 31.28, 1.28 off her pb and the ever improving Siobhan Butler also lowering her pb to 22.30. Fastest time of the night was recorded by Finbar Kirwan, 17.01. Here are some of the results, full results can be found on the results page.
5k H/Cap results. 1st Lorraine O,Rourke (31.28), 2nd Mary Hourahan(32.02). 3rd Suzanne Foot (19.47). 4th Elaine Nuzun (31.10) 5th Ana Molina (30.11). all times, net.
Fastest Times, Men. 1st Finbar Kirwan,17.01. 2nd Gary Condon, 17.11, 3rd Joe Cawley, 17.34.
Fastest Times, Women. 1st Denise O,Leary, 21.18. 2nd Siobhan Butler, 22.30. 3rd Charlotte Stevens 23.41.
Guests, 1st, Helen Barry, 20.21.
Catagories. Women O/40, 1st Andrea Murphy, 24.16. 0/45, 1st Carmel Murphy 26.56.
MEN. 1st O/40 Bil Stanley, 19.01. 1st O/45 Dominic Horan, 18.27. 1st O/50 Tony Branigan,26.28. 1st O/55 Tom Cavanagh, 21.30. 1stO/60 Pat McCourt, 23.53.
Presentation of prizes will take place next Thursday, at our Christmas drinks night, in Duffs from 9pm. Usual format, bring a small gift to be used as prizes for race and spot prizes.
Ballycotton Update.
From 2pm tomorrow Friday 7th Dec, app 1,000 slots will be available on line at www.ballycottonrunning.com , when they are gone entry forms will be available to download, these are for club runners only, and will be accepted up to the 18th Dec. only.
ANNUAL HANDICAP THURS 6th
Richard, Noelle and Dermot have all the handicaps sussed, first off, at 6 30 prompt, will be Mary and Lorraine, with the rest of us to follow at regular intervals.
There will probably be more ladies than men, so the men will consequently be evicted from the larger changing room for the night to facilitate the ladies.We will have tea / coffee afterwards, so bring along a packet of biscuits,cakes,or even something healthy. We need half a dozen to man the start, finish and provide bike support (at least one out front and one at the back) so if not running please come along and help out. Timeframe, Registration @ 6.10 to 6.20, Briefing, 6.25, Race start, 6.30.
CHRISTMAS DRINKS THURS 13th
Duffs will reserve the area to the right of the entrance for us, ON THURSDAY 13TH DEC., for 9pm. We will train as usual at 6.30, that evening. Normally thos,e who took part in the H/cap race bring along a small gift to be used as prizes for the race (value no more than 10 euro). We also have some team and individual medals to present.
SUNDAY TRAINING
Some have said we have seen enough of the C/c course for the moment, so we will arrange a change of scene to Djouce next Sunday, first carpark 9.30. Anybody who needs directions call Sean at 086 2593023.There will,probably, be some athletes in Shanganagh, as usual, if Djouce does not suit.
SENIOR CC 16th
We have the new Bray Runners tent for the event, and future events, for changing, bad weather etc. If all who say they will run turn up we will have around 30 competing, our biggest turnout ever.We will need about a dozen stewards on the day, so if not running please help out.
Ballycotton 2013 update.
Application forms should be available for all club runners by the end of this week. We will keep you informed on this website.
