What an honour for Dominic Horan who was invited to a civic reception at Wicklow County Council in recognition of his outstanding contribution to athletics.
We are very proud of your achievements Dom! Congratulations to all the award winners, doing Wicklow and athletics proud.
CLUB CAPTAINS 2023
Welcome to our new club captains for 2023
Dolores Gilliland is our Women’s Captain
Neil Felton is our Men’s Captain
Maureen O’Rourke is our Fit For Life Captain
Antonia Vitori is our Track & Field Captain
We extend a hearty thank you to our captains for taking on these roles. The club is thriving post-Covid and your contribution ensures it will continue to do so.
Well done to all athletes who competed in these championships. We had some fab performances from the senior and master categories in track and field at these championships.
Drew Donohoe broke the 2 min barrier in the 800m for the very first time! Well done Drew, we are so proud of you. You’ve been aiming for this all season and your astute racing brain and perseverance has paid off, well done!
He followed this up by taking gold in the shot put as well!
Dominic Horan took gold in both his categories (M55 1500m 4:52.5 and 800m 2:24.
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Tom Cavanagh took gold in the M66 1500 in 6:55, still in the 6 min range 6 years on from his previous category.
Dolores Gilliland finished the adult medal haul by taking gold in the W60 200m in a fab time of 40.2 seconds and a flying 100m in 19 seconds flat. Well done all!
Lee Borland showed that off-road and hilly training works with his fabulous PB of 32:15, well done!
Captain’s Report
Well done everyone that travelled to Meath last night. Bray Runners AC were very well represented in a prolific 5k Road Race with great performances. Massive Kudos to you all and to the coach
who even when on his holidays, still managed to keep us on our toes!
(Neil Felton)
COACH’S REPORT
Brilliant results from Bob Heffernan 5k last night:
Drew 16:54
Dom 17:33
Conor 17:54
Paul Allen 18:35
Neil 18:50
Paul Donohoe 19:21
Paul O’Dwyer 19:23 P.B.
Rodrigo 19:46 P.B.
Mark 20:34 P.B.