TQS RUNNING LEAGUE – WEEK FOUR
ANGELINE HITS THE LINE RIGHT ON TIME
Angeline Drennan claimed victory for the fourth round of the ever-popular TQS running league. She crossed the line just as the clock reached 0.00 and it must be said that for this stage there was some battle to get to the line but it was Angeline who was the sole individual to get it precisely right. Others involved in the battle to get their pacing spot on was Josie Ui Chuirrin and Tom Scanlon, both of whom were only a second outside of their predicted time. I think that Josie is the one to watch from now on as for week 3 she was two seconds too fast and this week just one second slower, my money is on Josie being the winner for round five. John Foley and Paddy Street will be pleased with the fact that they were only two seconds slower than they anticipated. Tony Ryan made amends for being way too fast last week and was much improved this time round as he was only three seconds slower. He had company crossing the line in the form of Declan O’ Sullivan who was also three seconds out. The fact that each second there was two people crossing the line showed just how close many of the runners were and the lads at the finishing line were kept busy! Triona Wall who was a little too fast the previous week was only four seconds out along with Alexander Novakovsky and the Power sisters, Anita and Sarah are edging closer and closer to getting it right. On the other side of the clock, that is those who were too fast there were some very close contenders here. Just one second too fast was Dzinters Santers and Yevgeniy Chizhikov. We had the Power sisters who were slower than predicted and we have the Walsh sisters who were that little bit too fast. Clare Walsh was three seconds out along with Tom Moroney and Martina Walsh was just two seconds faster. The Doc is finally getting it right and will be looking to improve on being four seconds too fast, although having to go home and milk the cows probably sped him up all the more. The evening he milks them before the race will be the time that he’ll win, guaranteed. Things were evenly balanced for round four, as there was 29 who were too fast and 22 who were slower than predicted. While at the start of the league we had people that were either way too fast or way slower, such is not the case anymore. Now that the halfway stage has passed everyone has become more adept at their pacing and the difference is very little. The last person to cross the line was only 55 seconds slower and that was Patrick Riordan and the first person to cross the line of those who were too fast was Jenny Noctor who was 2.35 too fast. The gap is closing all the more and by the time this goes to print there will be just three nights remaining of the league. The overall league is there for the taking by anybody and even though you may not have won any night, a person who has been close enough on a good number of nights could well be the winner. We would like to extend a big welcome to all those who have not yet joined up, it’s never too late to start. Just come along to the Friary college on Tuesday evenings, we are there to answer any of your questions and will provide you with plenty of support and motivation. Just come along wearing your runners and any kind of running gear, t-shirt and short or tracksuit and we’ll fill you in on what needs to be done. The league itself begins at 7 p.m. and registration begins from 6.45 onwards. The entry fee each night is just €2 per person and water is provided at the finish for all the runners. See you all out there.
THE GREEN MILE LEAGUE
BIRTHDAY BOY JOHNNY LEADS THE LEAGUE
Beware, all you Master Runners out there, a new forty year old runner has just joined the master ranks last Friday and he celebrated the occasion by running the second leg of the Green Mile League at St. Augustine’s in a time of 5 minutes and 33 seconds. Johnny O’ Connor now leads the league with a combined two stage time of 11 minutes and 16 seconds from Yevgeniy Chizhikov (11.43) and Dermot O’ Sullivan (12.25). Everybody’s finishing place in the league will be determined by their best three combined times out of the four nights and at the moment there are eight runners on target to finish three of the stages. Apart from the three runners mentioned above, there is Brigid Coffey (14.39), Sandra Ellard (17.35), Clare Cotter (18.44), Mary McDonald (21.12), and Siobhain Hayes (21.29) with two nights completed to date.
Our numbers were way up for the second night with a total of 25 participants and all were delighted with their performance. Sandra Ellard is really getting close to running 8.30 for a mile and Mary McDonald and Siobhain Hayes showed immense improvements from the previous week. Mary recorded 10.52 for the first week and got this down to 10.20 for round two. She was certainly full of determination when running those laps of the track and it was a well-deserved run for her. Siobhain Hayes clocked 11.02 for the first stage and knocked a whopping 35 seconds off this time to come home in a time of 10.27 for the second round. Well done Siobhain and no doubt there’s more good times in store. This four-week league is open to anybody; it’s for the beginner and the well-seasoned runner alike. Everybody is divided in to groups according to ability and four laps of the track is a mile. It’s great fun and you won’t know if you can do it or not unless you give it a try. The entry fee is €2 per person and will be held tomorrow night Thursday 31st at 7 p.m. Registration will begin about ten minutes before that in order to allocate the runners in to the various groups.
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS
The club extends birthday greetings to the man from the Kingdom, Johnny O’ Connor, who celebrated his 40th over the weekend with friends and family. Johnny will be looking forward to a very successful running season in the Masters Category both in road running and cross-country.
RESULTS FOR ROUND TWO OF THE GREEN MILE
RACE ONE
1. Sandra Ellard 8.43
2. Louis de Courcy 8.51
3. Lorraine Wyley 9.18
4. Clare Cotter 9.24
5. Gormliath de Courcy 10.12
6. Mary McDonald 10.20
7. Siobhain Hayes 10.27
8. Ann-Marie Wyley 11.46
9. Ann Power 11.59
RACE TWO
1. Paddy Brunnock 6.42
2. Billy Coleman 6.45
3. Dzintars Santers 6.48
4. Fergal Connolly 6.48
5. Anthony Dwyer 6.48
6. Brigid Coffey 7.19
7. Tom Scanlon 7.20
8. Dixie Deegan 7.32
9. Hugh O’ Connor 7.54
10. Andrea Gaffney 7.55
RACE THREE
1. Frank Hayes 5.20
2. Johnny O’ Connor 5.33
3. Yevgeniy Chizhikov 5.45
4. Dermot Sullivan 6.10
5. Paul Brunnock 6.14
6. Liam Kavanagh 6.25
GER WYLEY / NIKE SUMMER SERIES RACE NO.9.
12th ANNUAL DOOCEY’S BAR BALLYMACARBRY 5 ON THIS FRIDAY.
Race number nine in the Ger Wyley / Nike summer series takes place on this coming Friday August 1st when we travel to Ballymacarbry for the 12th Annual Doocey’s Bar sponsored 5 mile road race. Please note that this race see’s a new date on the Friday evening and not the traditional bank holiday Monday, The race has a 7.30 PM.starting time please all athletes take note of this. All entries will be taken at Doocey’s Oriel Bar. The prizes will be presented at Doocey’s Bar after the race where refreshments will be provided, the following are the categories for Friday’s race,
MEN. LADIES.
1st 5 Senior 1ST 5 Senior
1st 2 over 40 1st 2 over 35
1st 2 over 45 1st 2 over 40
1st 2 over 50 1st 2 over 50
1st 2 over 55 1st Local Man and Woman.
1st 2 over 60
CHURCHTOWN SOUTH 5.
RAIVIS CONTINUES HIS SEQUENCE OF VICTORIES IN SERIES.
Race number three in this years Ballycotton summer series the Churchtown South 5 was held last Thursday evening with a record field of 323 athletes taking part. West Waterford’s Raivis Zakis continued his sequence of victories in the Ballycotton series making it three wins now from three starts and he is likely to take the overall title this year with just the Ballycotton 5 itself to come on Thursday August 28th.Raivis took the win with a time of 25.48 from East Cork’s Sean McGrath 26.09 this is how the finishing order has been for the two in all of the three races to date. Keith Radley showed that he is an athlete of a high standard when running a time of 28.47 to finish 18th overall in the race. Gerry Cantwell was first over 50 in a sub 30 minute time of 29.50 just two seconds ahead of Midleton’s Tom Coady 29.52,Joe Kelly was the clubs only other athlete to break the 30 minute barrier with time of 29.52,West Waterford were third team in the Men’s section also. In the Ladies race victory went to Rona Lynch Eagle 29.31 from Rosemary Ryan Bilboa 29.41,Norma Wall had another good run here finishing 5th Senior Lady with a very good time of 32.23,Brigid Coffey was once again in the winner’s enclosure in the over 35 category with time of 38.27 and Ann Dunford in the over 40 category was third in 36.29,West Waterford Ladies were second team with 34 points. Well done to all.
Results
1 R Zakis (West Waterford) 25:48; 2 S McGrath (East Cork) 26:09; 3 J McCarthy (East Cork) 26:45; 4 T O’Connor (Riocht) 26:57; 5 M Lyons (Grange-Fermoy) 27:01; 6 C O’Connell (St Finbarrs, M45) 27:06; 7 J Doran (Riocht) 27:10; 8 P Maher (Grange-Fermoy) 27:18; 9 S Simcox (Mallow) 27:50; 10 T Laffan (Bandon, M40) 28:00.
M40: 2 N Curtin (Youghal) 28:18; 3 E Meade (East Cork) 28:44.
M45: 2 D McCarthy (East Cork) 28:53; 3 K Cooney (Midleton) 30:58.
M50: 1 G Cantwell (West Waterford) 29:50; 2 T Cody (Midleton) 29:52; 3 W O’Riordan (St Brendans) 33:01.
M55: 1 T Turner (Limerick CC) 31:11; 2 T Twomey (East Cork) 32:04; 3 D Kennedy (St Finbarrs) 33:56.
M60: 1 F Cashman (East Cork) 30:52; 2 L O’Leary (St Finbarrs) 33:14; 3 P Gyves (Mallow) 34:48.
M65: 1 J O’Leary (Leevale) 37:30; 2 P Gaffney (Mallow) 39:09; 3 F Kelleher (unatt) 45:44.
M70: 1 B Griffin (Midleton) 42:37.
MJ: 1 K James (unatt) 31:16; 2 A O’Reilly (Midleton) 34:35; 3 O O’Sullivan (unatt) 36:10.
Team: 1 East Cork 16; 2 Grange-Fermoy 36; 3 West Waterford 48.
Women: 1 R Lynch (Eagle) 29:31; 2 R Ryan (Bilboa) 29:41; 3 A-M Holland (Eagle) 31:03; 4 M Crowley (Bandon) 31:39; 5 N Wall (West Waterford) 32:23; 6 M O’Mahony (Kilmurry-Ibrick NC, F40) 32:49.
F35: 1 E Murphy (St Finbarrs) 35:30; 2 M Troy (unatt) 37:58; 3 B Coffey (West Waterford) 38:57.
F40: 2 S Drennan (Midleton) 34:05; 3 A Dunford (West Wateford) 36:29.
F45: 1 M Mulcahy (St Finbarrs) 40:21; 2 A Stavrou (St Finbarrs) 40:35; 3 M Fitton (unatt) 42:39.
F50: 1 J Hough (Midleton) 34:15; 2 E Walsh (unatt) 43:34; 3 M Beausang (Midleton) 44:10.
F55: 1 M Barry (Midleton) 41:00.
F60: 1 M Dunne (Grange-Fermoy) 42:36.
Team: 1 Eagle ‘A’ 11; 2 West Waterford 34; 3 Eagle ‘B’ 38.
Wheelchair: 1 J Forde (Blarney-Inniscarra, M55).
WEST WATERFORD FINISHERES.
1ST Raivis Zaksi 25.48
18th Keith Radley 28.47
31st Gerry Cantwell 29.50
34th Joe Kelly 29.52
54th Jim Fleming 31.19
74th Norma Wall 32.23
76th Pat Dunford 32.29
98th Paul Brunnock 33.41
162nd Ann Dunford 36.29
170th Tony O’Mahony 36.42
204th Michael Hennessey 38.29
207th Ray Curran 38.45
208th John Fennell 38.46
212th Brigid Coffey 38.57
DEADMANS 5 ON FRIDAY 8TH .
The final race in the Outfield Sports/Asics 3 Counties Challenge takes place in Carrick on Suir on Friday 8th August 2008 @ 7:30 p.m.. The Carraig Hotel "Deadman’s 5" mile Road race takes place on an undulating circuit around Carrick on Suir. The prize fund for the race is increased from recent races, with a total prize fund of e1, 500. There are prizes for the top 5 men and women, with the first man and woman home receiving e200. There are also prizes in the usual age categories, and a wide range of prizes down the field. The course record was set in 2006 by Sandis Bralitis (West Waterford) at 25:05, and the first person to beat this will receive a bonus prize of e100.
Registration takes place in the Carrick Swan Hall (beside the Garda Station) from 6:00 p.m. and there are shower and changing facilities in the Carrick Swan Clubhouse after the race. Registration can also be done online at www.runireland.com.
The overall series winners will be presented in addition to the night’s prizewinners in the Carraig Hotel after the race, and this will be followed by a Series wind down. For further information contact Alan at 087 2394720.
SEASONS BEST FOR GOUGH.
Joe Gough recorded a seasons best 58.16 over 400 meters in Irish town last Wednesday evening in a graded meet there. Joe is now on his way to this weekends European Masters championships in Slovenia on this weekend. All at the club extends best wishes to Joe for the championships where he will compete in the 800 meters over 55.
WOODIES MASTERS TRACK AND FIELD TEAMS ANNOUNCED.
The following athletes are representing the club at the upcoming Woodies National Masters Track and Field championships, which are being held in Tullamore on Saturday 9th August next. Brigid Coffey, Terri Gough, Ann Moroney, Sandra Brazil White, Joe Gough, Michael Tutty, Brendan Moran, Frank O’Brien. Best of luck to all.
RAIVIS AND BRIGID IN THE PRIZE AT BALLYNONTY 10.
While most of us mortals were in Thurles last Sunday there were two athletes keeping the flag flying for the club at last Sunday’s Ballynonty 10 mile road race. This was the second time this event has been held and a field of 70 runners took part on the undulating country course. The overall winner was Clonliffe’s Sergiu Torea in a time of 52.24.Raivis for the second year in succession finished 2nd in a time of 54.48,The clubs other and only Female participant Brigid Coffey won the over 35 prize in a time of 84.18.well done to both athletes.
