Colligan Cup Hotly Contested
The Colligan Cup took place last Sunday. Over sixty young athletes took to the line to see who could run closest to their predicted time. The first athletes started at fifteen minutes and as the clock ticked down each person went off at their chosen time the last being Daniel Mc Carthy at 8.07. First home was Kevin Crossan more than two minutes faster than predicted. Before the clock struck zero thirty-four athletes had crossed the line running faster than they expected and including Daniel Mc Carthy who ran the fastest time of the day coming home in 7.30. When the clock reached zero the winner crossed the line. It was Rachel Ffrench who completed the course in exactly her predicted time of 13.00m hot on her heels was her sister Aisling just one second outside her time. Gavin Whelan Cherene Foley and Jim Curran who were all within four seconds of their time took the runners up places. The fastest girls time was recorded by Kate Veale in just over 10 mins. Cousins Richard Casey and Shane O’Riordan were the fastest of the younger athletes both breaking eleven minutes. Below is a list of all finishing times starting with the fastest;
| Daniel Mc Carthy | 7.30 |
| Alan Akehurst | 8.07 |
| Brian Hallissey | 8.09 |
| Tom Curran | 8.20 |
| Darragh O’Riordan | 8.28 |
| Jim Curran | 9.04 |
| Gavin Whelan | 9.12 |
| Craig O’Connor | 9.19 |
| Diarmuid Henley | 9.23 |
| Fergal Kelly | 9.27 |
| David Early | 9.30 |
| Maurice Connors | 9.31 |
| Adam Keane | 9.45 |
| Kate Veale | 10.13 |
| Ian Curran | 10.22 |
| Shona Curran | 10.29 |
| Emer Scanlan | 10.34 |
| Ross Dunford | 10.34 |
| Stephen Coffey | 10.38 |
| Aaron Whelan | 10.39 |
| Aisling Hennebry | 10.40 |
| Dearbhaile Hayes | 10.45 |
| Maria Delahunty | 10.46 |
| Niamh Flynn | 10.46 |
| Dillon Mc Guire | 10.51 |
| Richard Casey | 10.53 |
| Michael Tutty | 10.54 |
| Clodagh Gallagher | 10.55 |
| Shane O’Riordan | 10.56 |
| Sinead Hogan | 11.03 |
| Aisling Flynn | 11.05 |
| Bernadete Power | 11.08 |
| Katie Hayes | 11.10 |
| Cherene Foley | 11.17 |
| Kevin Crossan | 11.20 |
| Adam Dunford | 11.38 |
| Aoife Ffrench | 11.48 |
| Sam Murphy Nix | 11.48 |
| Gemma Wyley | 11.57 |
| Aoife Hamilton | 11.59 |
| Niamh Bergin | 12.01 |
| Sarah Wyley | 12.04 |
| Kate Kennedy | 12.07 |
| Sarah Walsh | 12.11 |
| Fergal Roche | 12.22 |
| Rebecca Feeley | 12.26 |
| Katie Hamilton | 12.43 |
| Meg Ryan | 12.48 |
| Donnacha Roche | 12.59 |
| Ciara Scanlan | 13.00 |
| Rachael Ffrench | 13.00 |
| Aisling Ffrench | 13.01 |
| Emer Wade | 13.20 |
| Louise O’Neill | 13.46 |
| Jason Dunford | 13.51 |
| Richael Boland | 13.58 |
| Deirdre Brackett | 14.19 |
| Sheila Coffey | 14.21 |
| Shannon Dunford | 14.37 |
| Rachael Walsh | 15.00 |
| William Barron | 15.42 |
| Rachael Donnolly | 16.19 |
| Emma O’Connell | 16.28 |
Local Schools to the fore in Schools Cross Country Championships
The schools championships were held in ideal conditions on Thursday last. The Ursuline dominated the girls events and only the Ard Scoil senior girls team prevented them from making a clean sweep. In the boys events St Augustines took three team titles and retained the overall trophy.
Local Results;
Minor Girls Teams 2nd St Augustines, 3rd Ardscoil
Minor Boys 3rd David Early St. Augustines Teams 2nd St Augustines, 3rd C.B.S. Dungarvan
Junior Girls Teams 2nd Ardscoil, 3rd St. Declans
Junior Boys 3rd Ritchie Fitzgerald St. Augustines Teams 2nd St. Augustines
Inter Girls 2nd Lorraine Mc Carthy St. Augustines Teams 2nd St Augustines
3rd (tie) St. Declans & Ardscoil
Inter Boys 2nd Daniel Mc Carthy, 3rd Niall Brown, Teams 1st St Augustines
2nd C.B.S. Dungarvan
Senior Girls 1st Ciara Flynn St. Augustines, 3rd Shona Curran Ardscoil
Teams 1st Ardscoil 3rd St Augustines
Senior Boys 1st David Mc Carthy St. Augustines, 2nd Ferdia o’hAodha St. Augustines Teams 1st St. Augustines
