Productive week for Tullamore Harriers athletes

Congratulations to the members of Team B, captained by Hilary Duncan who are the winners of the 2025 Club League. At the beginning of the year, all club athletes were divided into four teams, adding camaraderie and friendly rivalry to the league. Throughout the year they competed in a total of 9 races with a mix of different distances. The league included the club’s most cherished races: the McNamara 5, the Gowran 8, the Neville 10, the Peter English, and the Paddy Larkin 3K.

The full list of races was:

McNamara 5 Mile

Club 3K

Club 3K

Peter English 625m

Gowran 8 Mile

Neville 10 Mile

Club 5K

Paddy Larkin 3K

Burlington 2 Mile

Well done to the other captains: Jason McDermott (2nd place) Alan Mitchell (3rd place), and Olive Mannion (4th place), who rallied their teammates and encouraged them at every race.

Sincere thanks to Anna Hyland (Competition Secretary), Joe Wrafter (Club Handicapper), and Liam Hennessy, who organised the races and compiled the results.

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Boston Grand Prix

On Saturday (24th January), James Dunne delivered a top-class pacing performance at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston, proudly leading the Irish charge alongside international athletes on the world stage.

James was on pacing duty for the Senior Men’s 3000m, setting up a superb race where Andrew Coscoran stormed to 2nd place in 7:30.97, Nick Griggs finished 4th in 7:32.79- taking a huge chunk off his own Irish U23 record, and Brian Fay placed 10th in 7:42.58.

The performance comes hot on the heels of James recently signing a professional contract with New Balance, joining the Team New Balance group based in Manchester, UK.

A proud night for Irish athletics.

AXA Raheny 5 Mile

Killian Nolan had a great run at the AXA Raheny 5 Mile Road race in Northside Dublin on Sunday, January 25th. This long-standing and highly regarded event attracted just over 4,000 athletes to the start line and is renowned for drawing a high standard of competition, with many runners using it as an early-season benchmark.

Kilian covered the five-mile distance in an impressive time of 27:59, marking a strong start to the year.

Scottish Championship success for Billy.

Billy Corrigan had a flying start to his indoor season with 2 PBs at the Scottish National Senior Indoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday 24th January.

Billy clocked 22.65 in the 200m semi-final to book his place in the final and followed it up with a strong showing in the 60m. Here he finished 5th in his heat before smashing another PB of 7.17 in the semi-final.

Galway Master Indoor Championships.

Well done to Olive Mannion, who kicked off her indoor track & field season in superb style at the Galway U20 / Senior / Masters Indoor Championships in TUS Athlone on Sunday 18th January.

Olive came away with four gold medals:

60m - 11.42 seconds

400m - 1:35.64

800m - 3:45.81

Shot Put - 5.98m

AGM

The Annual General Meeting of Tullamore Harriers AC will take place on Monday evening 9th February 2026 at 7.00pm upstairs in the Clubhouse. We encourage as many adult members as possible to attend. This is your Club and your contribution is of value and importance to us. We encourage all members to consider serving on the Committee. Should you be interested in seeking a position on the Committee it would be preferable if you could hand in or email your nomination signed by both a Nominator and Seconder to either Adrian Curley (Chairperson) - adriancurley@hotmail.com or Sharon Daly (Secretary) - sharondalyth@gmail.com by Sunday 1st February 2026. Nominations also taken on the night. Anyone seeking office, nominating or seconding must be a registered Club Member for 2026. Any motions to the AGM must include both the name of the Proposer and the Seconder and must be submitted to the Club Secretary by email to sharondalyth@gmail.com or by post to Tullamore Harriers AC, Spollanstown, Tullamore by Sunday 1st February 2026. Anyone proposing or seconding a motion must be a registered Club Member for 2026.

Tullamore Harriers 5K

Tullamore Harriers AC will host its annual 5K Road Race on Sunday, 8th March. This popular event is the opening race of the 2026 Healthy Offaly 5K Road Race Series and is one not to be missed.

The race will start outside the Tullamore Harriers club grounds on the Charleville Road, follow a looped course, and finish on the tartan track in the stadium. The course is flat and fast, run on fully closed roads for added safety, and consistently attracts runners of all abilities looking to kick-start the road race season.

Entry is now open via PopUpRaces.ie.

Fixtures

January

31st January – Leinster U20, Senior & Masters Indoor T & F Championships - TUS, Athlone

February

1st February - Leinster Juvenile Indoor T&F Relay Championships - TUS Athlone

9^th February – Tullamore Harriers AGM, Club House @ 7pm

3rd February – Second leg of Spring League – 3k on track

10th February – Third leg of Spring League – 1 mile on track

14th February – Leinster Juvenile Indoor T&F Championships Day 3 - TUS Athlone

15th February - Leinster Juvenile Indoor T&F Championships Day 4 - TUS Athlone

15th February - National Intermediate & Master & Juvenile B Cross Country Championship, Abbottstown.

March

8th March – Tullamore Harriers 5k – first race of the Offaly 5k Road Race Series.

15th March – McNamara 5 miles (Sealed Handicap)

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Senior Training

Training Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6.40pm to 8.30pm. For any enquiries contact club captains Glen 0868275228 or Rita 0868386687