Juvenile Update

Another great day for the juvenile section of our club with 3 teams reaching the finals of the Leinster relays, Sunday 3rd March. To top it all off the Under 16 girls won Gold in the 4x200 in an amazing time of 1.49.54. Congratulations to all.

Congratulations also to Ashling Smith, Conor Maher and Dominic Horan, who all took home medals from the Leinster Masters Indoors on Saturday 2nd March. Dominic won Silver in the 3000mtrs in a time of 9.52. Conor won bronze in the 1500mtrs in a time of 4.49, a Pb by 9 seconds. Ashling won Silver in the 800mtrs in 2.31, beaten by a mere 0.7 of a second. She also took Silver in the 1500mtrs in 5.06. Well done to Dessie Shorten, Sli Cualann, who won Gold in the 1500 and 800 mtrs and all Sli Cualann athletes who took part. 

In the Laragh 14k Trail Run on Sat 2nd March, Peter Winfield ran a fine 1.31.01. Over in the UK, Julie Fonneraeu took part in the Essex 20mile Road Race, running a very creditable 3.10.24.

Finally well done to ALL our athletes who took part in the Shanganagh Park Run on Saturday. Great to see Aoife Boyle, 23.35, looking as if it will not be long before she is back to her best

Duleek 5K 2019

Well done to all 22 of our athletes who took part in the Duleek 5k on 24th February 2019. Excellent times recorded, Both Pbs and Sbs recorded, as well as podium finishes by 3 of our athletes.

Was great to see Suzanne Foot back racing, and winning her age category, after a lengthy layoff through injury, The women's team (scoring; Suzanne, Ashling and Jean) finished 2nd, beaten by just 40 seconds by an excellent Na Fianna AC team. The Men's team finished 7th of 13 teams. Pbs from Gerry Keaty, over a minute off previous best, Mary Hayde and Dario Zanucetta. Ashling Smith, finished 3rd in her age Category and Dolores Gilliland had a great run finishing 2nd in her age Category. 

Congratulations to one and all, great club day out. Well done to ALL our athletes who took part in the Shanganagh Parkrun on Saturday 23rd Feb. Fine run from Ian McGrath, first athlete home in 17.42.

Congratulations to Conor Maher who ran a very impressive indoor debut, running 4.58 for the 1500mtrs at the NIA LIVE meet on Wednesday last 23rd FEB. Ashling Smith ran a fine 5,31 in the Mile at the same meet.

Armagh International Road Races 2019

Great runs from Ashling Smith, Dominic Horan and Inbhear Dee's Emma O'Brien at the Armagh International Road Races this evening. Ashling ran 11.11 and was 1st in her age Category in the Women's 3k. Dominic ran 9.53, was 2nd in his age Category in the Men's 3k. Emma ran an excellent 9.35, in the Womens 3k. Great running from all

Leinster Indoor Championships & Enniscorthy 10K

Congratulations to our juveniles who had an amazingly successful weekend at the Leinster Indoor C/ships. 18 athletes competed and they took home 5 medals, 4 silver and 1 bronze. Well done to all, great achievement. 

Well done also to all our Bray Runners and our fellow Sli Cualann athletes who took part in the Enniscorthy 10k on 10th February 2019. Great times and a couple of Pbs over a very tough new course. Paul Allen ran an excellent new Pb of 37.15 and finished 25th overall. Gary Condon, continues his recovery from injury, finishing 26th in a time of 37.25. Des O'Hare ran 43.49 and Richard Kavanagh ran 44.33 and was 2nd 0/60. Jason O'Conner was well pleased with his 46.13. Mary Hayde, fresh from her C/C exploits, ran a new Pb, taking almost 3 minutes off her previous best. Peter Winfield ran 49.26 and was 3rd in his age Category, Julia Fonneraue ran 52.38 and was 5th in age Cat. Paul Gannon ran 54.46 and Mary O'Connor, 57.49 just missed out on her Pb by 6 seconds. Congratulations to the Sli Cualann Women's Team of Catherine O'Connor 38.58 (s) Ann Marie Kenny 40.47(s) Lynn Duffy 41.21 (s) Shiela O'Byrne 42.29 (s) Mary Hayde, Niamh O'Cellaigh, Julia Fonneraue, Mary O'Connor and Paula O'Byrne, who won the Women's Team prize. Well done also to Sli Cualann's Derek Crammond, 35.14 and 1st Junior. Some other Sli Cualann times were Tony Redmond 39.06 and Cormac O'Cellaigh 41.06.
These are the results we have to hand.