County Athletic Notes

Shane, Mary, Vincent and Serena – Thurles Crokes clean sweep in the Dave Fogarty

The Dave Fogarty 7k Road race took place in ideal running conditions last Friday night. The race organisers were delighted when our president, Liam Hennessey, arrived. Liam was a great friend of Dave Fogarty as both men work together on the County Board for many years. Indeed Liam met some of his athletic friends whom he competed against over the years. Liam started the race and right from the start Shane Mullaney of the host Club set the pace and soon opened up a lead. He maintained a strong pace throughout the race to come home a convincing winner in 23 mins 8 secs. This was a great performance by Shane and it is great to see him running well again. Then we had James Ryan of Dundrum who has been training well of late in Thurles showing good form to finish 2nd in 23 mins 43 secs, this great run by James saw him winning the 0/40 award. Then we had a close race for 3rd place between Tony Fogarty of Thurles Crokes and Kenny Curran of Ballynonty with Tony edging it close to the finishing line. Tony was 3rd in 23 mins 50 secs with Kenny 4th 3 seconds adrift. Then we had Vincent Molumby of Thurles Crokes running very well to win the Junior Men’s race when finishing 5th overall in 24 mins 1 sec, great running over a demanding course. Then we had Tony Scanlon of Limerick running very well to finish 6th in 24 mins 6 secs with Billy Phillips of Thurles Crokes finishing 7th in 24 mins 12 secs. For the record Valeran Thzcoin of Clonmel was 8th in 24 mins 30 secs with Vasiliy Neumerzhitskily of Clonmel finishing 9th to win the 2nd 0/40 award in 25 mins 2 secs with David Kenneally of Thurles Crokes putting in a great surge over the final 200m to finish 10th in 25 mins 8 secs. The 0/45 award was won by Neillie Hall of Ballynonty who ran well when finishing 18th in 27 mins 43 secs. John Laste of Clonmel was 2nd 0/45 in 30 mins 25 secs. The 0/50 award was won by local man, Denis Kenny of St Catherine’s who will be very pleased with this performance when finishing20th in 27 mins 47 secs. Denis new training regime in Templemore is paying dividends already. Matt Alexander of Coolquill was a convincing winner of the 0/55 award when finishing 17th in 27 mins 26 secs. Michael Dundon of Thurles Crokes made a welcome return to racing a winning one when finishing 1st in the 0/60 category in 29 mins 56 secs. In the junior men’s race we had Kevin Moore of Dundrum running very well to finish 2nd junior man in 26 mins 56 secs with Ciaran Purcell of Thurles Crokes also running well to finish 3rd Junior man in 34 mins 45 secs.

In the ladies race we had Mary Moloney of Thurles Crokes running very well to win a great race in 29 mins 10 secs. This was a great performance by Mary who is running well at present. Then we had Donna Nagle of Clonmel finishing 2nd in 33 mins 14 secs with Anne Cronin of Carrick on Suir finishing 3rd lady in 33 mins 42 secs with Rebecca Power running well to finish 4th Senior lady in 34 mins 54 secs Eileen Carey also of Thurles Crokes ran well to finish 5th Senior lady in 36 mins 47 secs. The Junior Ladies race was won by Serena Moloney of Thurles Crokes in 28 mins 18 secs with Eimear Kennedy of Thurles Crokes finishing 2nd in 30 mins 4 secs. 

It was great to see Shane and Mary winning the Men’s and Ladies senior races and with Thurles Crokes also providing the winner in both the Junior Men’s and Junior Ladies races with Vincent Molumby and Serena Moloney the winners.  This achievement was very special as this race honours Dave Fogarty who gave tremendous service in helping to establish Thurles Crokes as a great Club at all levels of the Sport. Indeed last Friday night’s race was a special Moloney family celebration as we had mother and daughter winning both Ladies races, well done Mary and Serena.

The prizes were presented by Aine Fogarty, Dave’s wife and Liam Hennessy. In his address, Liam thanked all concerned in promoting athletics in the County and it was great to see the road scene thriving in the county. He paid a special tribute to Dave Fogarty whom he had the pleasure of working with on the County board many years ago and it was great to see Thurles Crokes still as strong as ever with so many competing.

 

County Senior Track and Field Championships

These Championships return to Templemore track on Sunday 28th of June starting at 3 pm.  In recent years the number of participants in these Championships has decreased, so all Clubs are asked to encourage their members to travel to Templemore on Sunday 28th to compete in these Championships and let all make an effort to improve participation in this part of the Sport.  The full programme of events is as follows:

TRACK FIELD

Senior Women Walk 1500m

Senior Men Walk 3000m

Senior Men 100m

Senior Women 100m

Masters Men 100m

Masters Women 100m

Senior Men 400m

Senior Women 400m

Senior Men 800m

Senior Women 800m

Masters Men 800m

Masters Women 800m

Senior Men 1500m

Senior Women 1500m

Masters Women 3000m

Senior/Novice/Masters 5000m

Relays

Senior Men 4 x 100m

Senior Women 4 x 100m

Senior Men Medley Relay

 

FIELD EVENTS

Senior Men High Jump

Senior Women High Jump

Senior Men Long Jump

Senior Women Long Jump

Masters Men Long Jump

Masters Women Long Jump

Senior Men Shot Putt

Senior Women Shot Putt

Masters Men Shot Putt

Masters Women Shot Putt

Fixtures

 

The Champion Kiely 5K road race – Ballyneale – 7.30pm – 4th July - this is the 2nd race of the Three Counties Challenge organised by Carrick on Suir. Prizes in all the usual categories. Enquiries – Alan treacy – 051 641826 and Johnny Brunnock – 086 8483210

 

The Coillte 10k Road Race – Dundrum - Wednesday 9th July – 8pm. This is the 23rd promotion of this very popular race over a good course. This is an ideal course for anyone looking for a PB as the race consists of two laps of a good level course. Prizes as follows:

1st 8 Senior men, 1st 3 0/40, 0/45, 0/50, 1st 0/55, 1st 0/60.

1st 4 Senior Ladies, 1st 2 0/35, 0/40, 0/45, 1st 0/50.

There is also a Junior race for both Men and Ladies with prizes for the 1st 3 in each category. The entry fee is 10 Euros for Senior and master with 5 Euros for All juniors. Quality Embroidered Souvenir Hand towel for all Finishers. Enquiries to Michael moore – 062 71464 and John Moore – 087 8501683

 

The Clonmel 10 Mile road race – Monday 14th July

This race is a race catering for all levels of ability. You the athletes predict your own finishing time and then run the race at your pace without the aid of a watch.  To set you a target the race will aim to finish close to 8.15pm. So an athlete predicting to run the race in 60 mins will start at 7 15pm. The race officials will be at the start from 6.15 pm onwards. The race will start at Abbey road close to the Better Deal Cash and Carry and it will then proceed out the Cahir road to Barne, which is the 3 mile mark. The race will then proceed over to Knocklofty – 6 mile mark and from there it will proceed in along the Wood road to finish at the Presentation Convent. This is a good course and this is an ideal opportunity for athletes who would like to run the 10 miles at their own pace with some company. For further enquiries please contact Niall o Sullivan at 086 1660888.