Tullamore Harriers athletes win Leinster cross country titles
Tullamore Harriers news
The going was good to firm on the Curragh on Saturday last (7th of November), for the Leinster Uneven Age Cross Country Championships. A challenging course with steady climbs and sharp descents offered a good test of the athleticism of the almost fifty Tullamore Harriers juveniles who took starters orders. Eight of our young athletes won individual medals having finished in the top twelve in their age groups and three of our teams won medals too.
Conor Dunne ran a stormer in the Under 11 Boys race and was rewarded with a great silver medal. In the Under 15 Girls Tilly Cusack looked comfortable throughout the early stages of the race and when the pace picked up, she was able to give the eventual winner Sinéad Fitzpatrick a run for her money. Tilly who was competing out of her age ended up second but should be delighted with her great performance.
James Hynes was also competing against lads a year older as he stepped up to the Under 15 age. Still, he raced well and was competing for a medal in the final stages. His grit earned him a bronze medal.
Ally Duffy ran a controlled race in the Under 17 Girls race but on the last lap she hit her stride with three furlongs remaining and had a great win over the very talented Lily Walsh.
The Under 17 Boys race went right down to the wire as Danny Rigney was neck and neck with Daire Beacroft from Meath coming down the homestretch. Danny showed great determination to take the win.
In the last race of the juvenile racecard, Ronan Keaney found himself for the majority of the five kilometres out on his own in third place. He was closing on the leading two over the last mile, but the gap was just too big. A top three finish was a really good return against tough competition.
Results Tullamore Harriers AC.
Under 11 Girls
Team- 18th
65 Maeve Makan
117 Olive Herlihy
124 Isabelle Harney
139 Zoey Whittle
141 Mairead O’Brien
Under 11 Boys
Team- 5th
2 Connor Dunne
32 Evan Phelan
39 Jack Dunne
44 Sean Kelly
74 Cathal Malone
80 Finn O’Connor
150 Ted Cleary
Under 13 Girls
51 Róisín Molloy
55 Laoise Kelly
97 Niamh Murtagh
Under 13 Boys
Team- 7th
15 Aubin Walsh
39 Connell Malone
46 Aidan Herlihy
75 Páidí Scally
79 Luke Whittle
Under 15 Girls
Team- 2nd
2 Matilda Cusack
26 Amelia Lillie O’Connor
28 Annabel Donegan
38 Roisin O’Brien
Under 15 Boys
Team- 1st
3 James Hynes
16 Antoni Wojtyra
35 Daire Garvey
51 Joe Daly
60 Jason McKinney
78 Eoin Herlihy.
Under 17 Girls
Team- 1st
1 All Duffy
7 Adelyn Walsh
14 Elise Cusack
40 Mollie King
Under 17 Boys
1 Danny Rigney
52 Jack Cowman
Under 19 Boys
3 Ronan Keaney
10 Patrick Duffy
38 Jack Marron.
Leinster Bronze for Jack
Congratulations to Jack Donegan who claimed a fantastic 3rd place in the U23 Athletics Leinster Cross Country Championships at the Curragh Racecourse.
69 athletes lined out in the combined U23 and Senior Men's Championship race, which was run over six laps of the 1,500m course, covering a distance of 9,000m.
Jack had a superb race, finishing 8th overall and 3rd U23, to secure a well-deserved individual bronze medal.
He was joined by his teammates Barry Mooney (21st), Cian Law (24th) and Barry Minnock (37th), with the quartet combining to secure 3rd place in the club team competition.
The Harriers men finished joint second on points with Mullingar Harriers but had to settle for third place following the countback.
Jack Donegan 31:18
Barry Mooney 32:41
Cian Law 32:48
Barry Minnock 33:49
Gingerbread Run
Anne Daly and Noreen Hunt competed in the Gingerbread Run 10K at Donadea Forest in Co. Kildare on Saturday the 7th of November.
Anne was 1st in her age group in 57:02 with Noreen hot on her heels in 57:12
10km De Bordeaux
Danielle Donegan was in action in France at the in the Bordeaux 10K on Sunday, 8th November.Competing in a high-class field, with over 4,000 finishers, Danielle produced an excellent run to finish 7th overall in a superb time of 33:04.
Offaly Athletics Sports Awards
Congratulations to our club members who received medals and trophies at the recent Offaly Athletics Awards which was held in the Tullamore Court Hotel on Saturday the 7th of November.
Tullamore Harriers Juvenile Membership
Tullamore Harriers AC wishes to advise that juvenile membership is currently closed to new applicants, as the club has reached full capacity.We greatly appreciate the interest shown in joining the club and thank everyone for their enquiries and continued support.The club will review its membership position in January and provide a further update at that time.
Condolences
The Chairman, Committee and members of Tullamore Harriers AC extend their sincere condolences to the Mollen family on the recent passing of Margaret (Peg) Mollen. May Peg Rest in Peace.
Fixtures
November
22nd November – National Senior Cross-Country Championships - Sport Ireland Campus, Dublin
28th November – Leinster Mixed Relays & B Cross Country Championships – Stradbally, Co. Laois.
December
13th December – Offaly Senior Cross-Country Championships – Kilcormac Killoughey GAA
20th December – Grand National Club Race- Tullamore Harriers.
25th December – Hospice Mile – Tullamore Harriers
31st December – Round the Houses New Year’s Eve Club Race -Tullamore Harriers.
Senior Training
Tuesday – 5.55pm & 6.40pm.
Thursday - 6.30pm
For any enquiries contact club captains Glenn 0868275228 or Rita 0868386687