33rd ANNUAL JOHN TREACY DUNGARVAN 10 LAUNCHED.
NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES.
West Waterford athletic club are delighted to announce that entries for our 33rd annual 10 mile event The John Treacy Dungarvan 10 entry are open online only on eventmaster.ie since Monday December 2nd.The event now in its 33rd year has established itself as a must run race on the Irish road running calendar with participants from all four corners of the country and beyond participating. The race has grown year on year from humble beginnings 33 years ago. This year the organisers due to the demand for entries for the race will keep the entry number to 3,750 entries, this we hope will see all runners wishing to run the event in 2025 getting an entry to do so. Please note that this event usually sells out well before closing date so do get your entry in if you intend running on Sunday February 2nd 2025.The John Treacy Dungarvan 10 brings together the ideal race combination of fun runners, joggers, club athletes and top class internationals who compete over a fast flat 10 mile course around the historic town of Dungarvan as we all look forward to an even bigger and better event on Sunday February 2nd next. To stage such a big event of course requires good sponsor’s and we are fortunate to have the support many associate sponsors and many local businesses and individuals who are all giving valuable support helping to make the day a great occasion for the town of Dungarvan.
All race details can be found at www.dungarvan10mile.ora
JOHN TREACY DUNGARVAN 10.
IRISH KIDNEY ASSOCIATION 2025 RACE BENEFACTORS.
West Waterford athletic club are delighted to announce our race benefactors for the 2025 John Tracy Dungarvan 10 mile road race WILL BE The Irish Kidney Association. Monies donated by the runners and the club will be donated to this very worthy national cause. We are delighted as the race organisers to have chosen The Irish Kidney Association as they are a charitable voluntary organisation founded in 1978. They are dedicated to meeting the needs of renal patients and their families and carers, living with and affected by end stage renal disease. The prime role of the Irish Kidney Association is to support patients and their families effected by end stage kidney disease and are either being treated by dialysis or have a working kidney transplant. By providing information on kidney diseases, associated medical scenarios and social benefits and entitlements, the IKA helps patients and families live as normal a life as possible, given the presence of the kidney related illness. We hope that once again you will be generous and support this worthy cause. Thank you in advance for your generosity.
WEST WATERFORD TRACK DEVELOPMENT FUND TO BENEFIT FROM 16th ANNUAL AN SEAN PHOBAL MEMORIAL TURKEY TROT.
On Sunday December 8th the 16th Annual Cleanzone Technologies Ltd sponsored Paddy Joe Curran Old Parish Turkey Trot 5 mile run and 4 mile walk will take place at the Marine Bar, Pulla, Dungarvan. All proceeds from this year’s event will go to the West Waterford Track Development Fund. The event is once again kindly sponsored by Cleanzone Technology Ltd of which were most grateful. The 4 mile walk will begin at 11 am, while the 5 mile run will get under way at 11.30. The Annual Paddy Joe Curran Memorial Old parish Turkey Trot was set up by the late Paddy Joe Curran in 2007. Unfortunately Paddy Joe passed away in 2011 . Paddy Joe dedicated his life to promoting athletics in the As Sean Phobal and An Rinn areas. After his passing a group of Paddy Joe’s friends came together with the aim of growing the event and raise funds for local charities in his memory. All proceeds from this year’s event go to West Waterford track development fund. Registration online for 10 euro or on the day its 15 euro number collection from 10:30am on the morning at the Marine Bar located on the N25. Prize giving and refreshments will take place at the Marine Bar following the event. Please note there will be no mass start for walk. Once walkers have registered and signed in, they will be allowed to begin the event. If you would like further information or would like a sponsorship card for the event email oldparishturkeytrot@hotmail.com.
123.IE NATIONAL NOVICE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS.
The 123.ie National Novice cross country championships were held last Sunday in Tramore race course and hosted by Tramore AC on behalf of the county board. The weather was ideal for the days racing which saw great numbers from the 32 counties of Ireland traveling to the seaside venue for the event. The club had juveniles athletes taking part over most age categories and a full report of this can be seen in this week’s juvenile club notes .In the Men’s race we were delighted to again have a team competing with a five man team, the club finished 24th team here and was led home by Justin Ryan in 48th place from the large field of 217 finishers, next was Gearóid Coffey having his very first novice outing at this level and young Gearóid ran a very solid race finishing 105th.Conor Hennebry was next across the finish line and Conor held his position well throughout the race. Mossie Keogh put in his usual good shift and is always a solid performer. Our final finisher was Niall Barry who also competed in this race last year giving it his all on both occassions, a huge well done to our lads who came along and made up our team all are to be congratulated for their effort and wearing the club singlet at national level of competition.
ATHLETICS IRELAND NAME 36-STRONG TEAM AHEAD OF EUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS.
LUCY HOMES SELECETD ON UNDER 23 TEAM.
Athletics Ireland has named a 36-strong team for the upcoming SPAR European Cross Country Championships which take place in Antalya, Turkey, on this Sunday December 8th.The final teams were announced last week and West Waterford’s Lucy Holmes has been selected on the Irish under 23 Ladies team. Lucy had a brilliant run two weeks ago in the 123.ie national cross country championships which were held in Enniskillen finishing 4th in that category on the day, the selection committee along with the 3 athletes ahead of her in a closely contested All Ireland Emma McEvoy (Dundrum South Dublin AC) Amy Greene (Finn Valley AC) and Roise Roberts (Candour Track Club) along with Lucy and 2 more USA based athletes Laura Mooney (Tullamore Harriers) who was 56th at the recent NCAA cross country in the USA, and they are joined by Ava O’Connor also (Tullamore Harriers) who placed 19th in the NCAA Division II cross country completing the team . All at the club are delighted to hear this news today,its a great honour for Lucy also her family and all involved throughout her career in coaching terms. We wish Lucy and all the travelling Irish team all the very best in Turkey on December 8th.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEAM SELECTION.
U23 Women Emma McEvoy DSD AC
U23 Women Amy Greene Finn Valley
U23 Women Roise Roberts CNDR Track Club
U23 Women Lucy Holmes West Waterford AC
U23 Women Laura Mooney Tullamore Harriers
U23 Women Ava O’Connor Tullamore Harriers
FORDES DAYBREAK WINTER LEAGUE CHRISTMAS CHARITY NIGHT DECEMBER 11TH.
SURPRISE SURPRISE TO BENEFIT FROM WINTER LEAGUE CHARITY NIGHT.
This year’s Christmas charity night at the winter league will take place next Wednesday night 11th December. The chosen charity this year will be the fantastic local group Surprise Surprise who operate in and around the Dungarvan and West Waterford area by giving much needed help in many ways to our community and especially as we are now heading in to a very busy time on the run up to Christmas. All of this coming week the group are busy packing emergency bags of Dignity for GP Surgeries and Caredoc. They are currently also fulfilling orders for Sensory boards for Santa’s little helpers to bring to the North Pole in time for December 24th. It’s the time of year that the group look after the less well off with Food gift hampers and this year this will consist of 500 gift hampers for the elderly alone ,they also operate the Santa Anonymous and they will be working very hard over the festive season with Christmas Dinner and Dessert for the elderly and vulnerable in our community. All these initiatives will be done over the next few weeks and they will spend in excess of €10,000 in total in this period. So all the Surprise Surprise Elves are very busy presently and will be for the next few weeks but all their volunteers will bring the real meaning of Christmas ( Joy & Kindness) from east to west Waterford. This group small in numbers but all with a big helping others ethos deserve to be supported by all of us at the Fordes Daybreak winter league. At this special night at the league on Wednesday December 11th we invite everyone to join us for a night of fun, camaraderie, and giving back, Your support will directly contribute to making the less well off in our community have a better Christmas period so let’s come together as a community to make a lasting impact, Your generosity is the key to helping surprise surprise realise their ambitious Christmas programme. Please be as generous as you possible can all donations will be accepted at the league.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.
RECORDS ARE SET TO BE BROKEN ON LONG COURSE.
Once again we were blessed with a good dry night for round 3 of the Fordes Daybreak Winter league. It was a little on the cooler side it has to be said but none the less for the time of year an ideal night to be out and about .Another bumper turnout of runners participated and it was plain to see by the times now being recorded on week 3 that the regular league runners are definitely starting to up the ante with some having knocked off minutes from the first outing at the league 3 weeks ago. Another huge field of 262 participated last week and for the 2nd week in succession the big news on the long course was the fantastic run by Evan Fitzgerald who in week 2 the previous week had broke the course record when running a time of 27.04, well last Wednesday he once again blitzed that setting a new standard of 26.36 a huge 38 seconds record, now that is phenomenal running around the streets of the town over the 5.2 mile course which it has to be said is quite a twisty route on footpaths and this makes it all the more impressive, well done young man. We have 3 nights completed but remember we still have another 3 nights to go before Christmas so if you think this might be for you why not turn up any Wednesday evening at Dungarvan sports centre and give it a try, you will be glad you did. Well done to all who ran the 5.2 miles and remember keep up your running over the next few weeks, clock starts at 6.40 pm sharp each Wednesday so check out your starting time which are posted up on our club face book page the day before. Just a quick reminder to all our runners to be careful out on the course and obey the stewards at all times.
REMEMBER THAT THE ROADS ARE NOT CLOSED SO BE CAREFUL OF TRAFFIC.
Please obey our stewards and road markings at all time there all there for your safety, make sure to bring along your high vis as this must be worn. Also the rules of the league prohibit the wearing of watches and wearing any type of ear piece. Anyone not wearing high vis or that is caught wearing a watch or ear piece they won’t be included in the results. It’s for you own safety. Best of luck to all tonight and why not bring as friend along.
IMPRESSIVE RUNNING OVER THE SHORT COURSE LEAGUE.
The numbers this year in the short course of the Fordes Daybreak Winter League are the best we have seen for many years and this is wonderful as this league is really geared for people who might be trying a bit of running for the first time and this bears witness when you see the number of new faces running this league this year. Once again a great crowd of over 141 runners gathered in Dungarvan Sports Centre before heading out on the 2.3 mile run. Included in this number were a good few newcomers as well as those that ran the previous weeks. It was great to see so many new runners that were trying out the league for the very first time as well as many league regulars. This section of the league specifically has first timers and beginners in mind and is a manageable distance for most as it covers 2.3 miles in total. Remember when you arrive in hall make sure to check your start time on the sheets posted on the wall.First home last week was Katie Ahearne in 24:04,indeed the top 3 finishers last week were Ladies so well done on this, 2nd across the finish line at the sports centre was Rebecca Hogan recording a time of 24:07 and 3rd home was Clara Broderick 24:08Well done to all who took part, and remember newcomers are always welcome. Just come along to Dungarvan Sports centre on Wednesday Night at 6.30 .
THANKS.
The winter league is a big operation and wouldn’t be possible without the goodwill and support of so many that give of their time so willingly each week. Our sincere thanks go to our team of stewards who week after week in all sorts of weather are out on the course to ensure the safety of all the runners. Thanks also to the crew that put out the bollards and look after the parking and the finishing tunnel. Thanks also to the other crew that look after registration and the times and the finishing tunnel, as usual a great job done by you all. Thanks also to our overall main sponsor Kevin Forde of Forde’s Daybreak and associate sponsor Aspire Physiotherapy.
LARGE FIELD AT WATERFORD HALF.
The Waterford half marathon was held last Saturday morning on a damp and drizzly day but at least no heavy rain fell during the event which saw a field of 2.155 finishers who compete on the day. The overall deserving winner on the day was Leevale’s Ryan Creech in a time of 1.06.59, 2nd home was Stephen Cashin Clonliffe Harriers AC in a time of and 3rd place this year went to Thomas Fitzpartrick Tallagh AC 1.10.58.First lady across the finish line was Fiona Keogh Kilmore AC in a time of 1.23.28, 2nd was Emma Furey St L. O’Toole AC 1.23.22 and 3rd lady in the day was Catherine Murphy Eagle 1.23.41.West Waterford was very well represented in this race once again this year with a large contingent participating. Our club had the largest club representation in the whole race with 55 runners .First home on the day for the club was Alan Gibson who finished 27th overall in a very good time of 1.19.10. The club’s first lady home was Eveleen Drohan in an excellent time of 1.35.15, Eveleen has been our first lady home in this race for the last 3 years and Stephamie Ilsley finished 3rd Lady in the over 60 catagory, Well done to our senior mens team who finished3rd with the scoring members Alan Gibson,John Coffey and Liam Beresford. There were some brilliant other individual performances on the day ,very well done to all and congratulations to all who ran.
WEST WATERFORD AC FINISHERS AT WATERFORD HALF MARATHON
(Please note results as per West Waterford athletic club listed finishers on official race results, myrun results any amendments to James please.)
Alan GIBSON 01:19:10
John COFFEY 01:19:54
Liam BERESFORD 01:20:46
James WHELAN 01:29:33
Paul KENNEDY 01:29:39
Gary HURNEY 01:32:43
Ray HAHESY 01:34:42
Eveleen DROHAN 01:35:15
Martin STEVENSON 01:34:31
Jerry POWER 01:39:41
Sandra FLYNN 01:40:40
Micheal POWER 01:39:50
Martin TOBIN 01:42:00
Liam FITZGERALD 01:43:23
Eoin O’RIORDAN 01:44:45
Stephanie ILSLEY 01:44:59
Alan CULLEN 01:44:42
Linda FOLEY 01:45:47
Claire KENNEDY 01:45:11
Tomas MAHONY 01:46:03
Madeleine HEARN 01:46:54
Tom LEAHY 01:47:45
Jody HYNES 01:47:18
Katherine O’CONNOR 01:47:19
Louise HYNDS 01:46:14
Eoin WALSH 01:47:01
Brian WALSH 01:50:26
Sandra MOORE 01:51:03
Geraldine LACEY 01:51:01
Fiona CONNELL 01:50:31
Rose KINSELLA 01:52:07
Davy TOBIN 01:52:55
Denise WALSH 01:54:37
Una FENNELL 01:55:16
Ann DUNFORD 01:55:40
Eileen HEFFERNAN 01:55:42
Helen KEATING 01:55:51
Ceire BARRY 01:56:30
Mark LENIHAN 01:56:48
Joe O’ROURKE 01:56:47
Catriona CROWE 01:59:39
Éamonn CASHIN 01:59:29
Helen LEAHY 02:00:01
Patricja DALY 02:01:04
Deirdre DALY 02:01:24
Sharon HIGGINS 02:02:52
Diarmaid O’HARE 02:02:10
Jim O’BRIEN 02:08:37
Geraldine SINNOTT 02:08:14
John LASTE 02:12:28
Anita BEATTY 02:13:39
Bernard BEATTY 02:13:39
Aoife BRADLEY 02:25:28
WEST WATERFROD ATHLETES EXCEL AT VALENCIA MARATHON.
The annual Valencia marathon was held last Sunday in Spain and West Waterford AC had 4 athletes who made the trip. Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe won the race in his debut marathon with a world lead of 2:02:05 and the Ladies title went to Megertu Alemu Ethiopia in a time of 2:16:49.From a club point of view there were terrific performances in the perfect weather with 14 degrees temperature for the fast course race. Aidan Connell had a brilliant run recording a time of 2.37.55 with Daryl Kearns also putting in a great run to claim a time of 2.51.16. Next was Dermot Gough with a sun 3.15 effort clocking a time of 3.14.07 while Patrick Bergin will be delighted to break the 3.30 barrier with his effort of 3.28.54.Well done to all 4 great running.
