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28 November, 2009

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24280411@N06/sets/72157605738261365/"> Race photos </a>

<b> Junior Girls Results </b>
1. 1204 Michelle Finn 23.37
2. 406 Carol Huet 27.16
3. 1225 Aisling Walsh 27.48
4. 1218 Hannah Maxwell 31.21
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<b> Inter-clubs women </b>
1. Omagh Harriers 19 (1 Angela Speight, 8 Frances Orr, 10 Kelly-Ann Speight)
2. Clonliffe Harriers19 (3 Aisling Coppinger, 5 Mags Greenan, 11 Karen Duggan)
3. Rathfarnham WSAF 25 (4 Donna Mahon, 9 Zoe Melling, 12 Vanessa Sallier)
4. Crusaders AC 36 (7 Aoife Joyce, 14 Niamh Ni Cholmain, 15 Rachel Walters)
5. Mourne Runners - (2 Fiona Maxwell)
6. Millstreet - (16 Mary Finn)
7. Galway City Harriers - (Orla Ni Mhuirchertaigh DNF)
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<b> Inter-clubs men </b>
1. Rathfarnham WSAF 11 (2 Barry Minnock, 3 Ronan Guirey, 6 John Brooks)
2. Mourne Runners 22 (4 Des Woods, 8 Edward Hanna, 10 Gary Bailey)
3. North Laois 36 (9 Martin McDonald, 13 Aengus Burke, 14 PJ Carroll)
4. Crusaders AC 53 (16 Jason Reid, 18 Jason Kehoe, 19 Rene Borg)
5. Slaney Olympic - (5 Tom Hogan, Stephen Tyrrell DNF)
6. Omagh Harriers - (1 Stephen Duncan)
7. Unwilling Wanderers - (17 Richard Healy)
8. Setanta - (21 Kevin O'Riordan)
9. Sli Cualann - (22 Cormac O'Ceallaigh)
10. Glenasmole - (25 Thomas Galvin)
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A tough race day all around both for the volunteers and for the athletes. The rain settled in during the night and never really let up just like the pace of the runners at the front who also were not prepared to let up until they had assured themselves of international and club honours.

First off were the women and junior men. Streaking through the end of the first lap was Eoin Rowan from North Sligo. Eoin won the World Trophy trial last year in similar style and he is making a habit of running well in these races. Behind him came Conor Moore (Omagh), Kian Jennings (DSD) and Jason Wilson (Pegasus). The four stayed in that order to the finish with Eoin winning by 31 seconds.

While the junior men were on their second lap, Michelle Finn (Duhallow) came through for a very convincing victory ahead of DSD runners Carol Huet and Aisling Walsh.

First year senior, Angela Speight (Omagh) caused quite an upset when she led all the way to win the women?s race from Fiona Maxwell (Mourne runners). Following not too far behind were the ever improving Aisling Coppinger (Clonliffe), and debutantes Donna Mahon (Rathfarnham) and Mags Greenan (Clonliffe). These three had switched positions during the race before the mountain racing experience of Aisling paid off when she pushed for home after the big climb on the last lap. When Karen Duggan finished in 11th it looked as though the title of national club champions had gone to Clonliffe. However, in from the rain in the Powerscourt Arms, the laptop told us that Omagh and Clonliffe had finished on equal points but that Omagh had shaded it by virtue of Kelly-Ann Speight finishing one place ahead of Karen Duggan. Rathfarnham were third ahead of Crusaders.

The senior men had started ten minutes after the women and they had three laps ahead of them. Stephen Duncan (Omagh) had a 50 metres lead on Barry Minnock (Rathfarnham) at the end of the first lap and he held it all the way to the finish to win by over a minute. Ronan Guirey (Rathfarnham), Des Woods (Mourne), Tom Hogan (Slaneyside) and John Brooks (Rathfarnham) were in third to sixth at the end of the first and second laps and it stayed like that with Des Woods edging out Tom Hogan for the vital fourth spot. With three in the top six and Peter O?Farrell in seventh, Rathfarnham were convincing winners of the team title ahead of Mourne Runners, North Laois and Crusaders.

A wet day and a great team of volunteers ensured that everything went well in very trying conditions.

Gerry Brady

12 April, 2009

Race photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24280411@N06/sets/72157605738261365/

Junior Girls Results
1. 1204 Michelle Finn 23.37
2. 406 Carol Huet 27.16
3. 1225 Aisling Walsh 27.48
4. 1218 Hannah Maxwell 31.21

Inter-clubs women
1. Omagh Harriers 19 (1 Angela Speight, 8 Frances Orr, 10 Kelly-Ann Speight)
2. Clonliffe Harriers19 (3 Aisling Coppinger, 5 Mags Greenan, 11 Karen Duggan)
3. Rathfarnham WSAF 25 (4 Donna Mahon, 9 Zoe Melling, 12 Vanessa Sallier)
4. Crusaders AC 36 (7 Aoife Joyce, 14 Niamh Ni Cholmain, 15 Rachel Walters)
5. Mourne Runners - (2 Fiona Maxwell)
6. Millstreet - (16 Mary Finn)
7. Galway City Harriers - (Orla Ni Mhuirchertaigh DNF)

Inter-clubs men
1. Rathfarnham WSAF 11 (2 Barry Minnock, 3 Ronan Guirey, 6 John Brooks)
2. Mourne Runners 22 (4 Des Woods, 8 Edward Hanna, 10 Gary Bailey)
3. North Laois 36 (9 Martin McDonald, 13 Aengus Burke, 14 PJ Carroll)
4. Crusaders AC 53 (16 Jason Reid, 18 Jason Kehoe, 19 Rene Borg)
5. Slaney Olympic - (5 Tom Hogan, Stephen Tyrrell DNF)
6. Omagh Harriers - (1 Stephen Duncan)
7. Unwilling Wanderers - (17 Richard Healy)
8. Setanta - (21 Kevin O'Riordan)
9. Sli Cualann - (22 Cormac O'Ceallaigh)
10. Glenasmole - (25 Thomas Galvin)

A tough race day all around both for the volunteers and for the athletes. The rain settled in during the night and never really let up just like the pace of the runners at the front who also were not prepared to let up until they had assured themselves of international and club honours.

First off were the women and junior men. Streaking through the end of the first lap was Eoin Rowan from North Sligo. Eoin won the World Trophy trial last year in similar style and he is making a habit of running well in these races. Behind him came Conor Moore (Omagh), Kian Jennings (DSD) and Jason Wilson (Pegasus). The four stayed in that order to the finish with Eoin winning by 31 seconds.

While the junior men were on their second lap, Michelle Finn (Duhallow) came through for a very convincing victory ahead of DSD runners Carol Huet and Aisling Walsh.

First year senior, Angela Speight (Omagh) caused quite an upset when she led all the way to win the women's race from Fiona Maxwell (Mourne runners). Following not too far behind were the ever improving Aisling Coppinger (Clonliffe), and debutantes Donna Mahon (Rathfarnham) and Mags Greenan (Clonliffe). These three had switched positions during the race before the mountain racing experience of Aisling paid off when she pushed for home after the big climb on the last lap. When Karen Duggan finished in 11th it looked as though the title of national club champions had gone to Clonliffe. However, in from the rain in the Powerscourt Arms, the laptop told us that Omagh and Clonliffe had finished on equal points but that Omagh had shaded it by virtue of Kelly-Ann Speight finishing one place ahead of Karen Duggan. Rathfarnham were third ahead of Crusaders.

The senior men had started ten minutes after the women and they had three laps ahead of them. Stephen Duncan (Omagh) had a 50 metres lead on Barry Minnock (Rathfarnham) at the end of the first lap and he held it all the way to the finish to win by over a minute. Ronan Guirey (Rathfarnham), Des Woods (Mourne), Tom Hogan (Slaneyside) and John Brooks (Rathfarnham) were in third to sixth at the end of the first and second laps and it stayed like that with Des Woods edging out Tom Hogan for the vital fourth spot. With three in the top six and Peter O'Farrell in seventh, Rathfarnham were convincing winners of the team title ahead of Mourne Runners, North Laois and Crusaders.

A wet day and a great team of volunteers ensured that everything went well in very trying conditions.