The annual British & Irish Masters International Cross Country Championship was held in Dublin last weekend in what were very wet and muddy conditions. Among a host of Cork athletes taking part, Richard Piotrowski of Eagle AC was representing his native England in the M65 category.

M65
1. 2805 6505 Martin McEvilly m M65 Ireland 23:21
2. 2806 6506 J.J.Murphy m M65 Ireland 23:40
3. 2845 6545 Richard Marks m M65 Wales 24:10
4. 2825 6525 Terry Eakin m M65 Northern Ireland 24:24
5. 2815 6515 Mark McNally m M65 England 24:44
6. 2818 6518 Peter Whitcomb m M65 England 24:53
7. 2837 6537 Alex Sunderland m M65 Scotland 24:54
8. 2808 6508 Pat O’Shea m M65 Ireland 25:02
9. 2816 6516 Richard Piotrowski m M65 England 25:11
10. 2807 6507 Barry Potts m M65 Ireland 25:32
11. 2836 6536 Robert Marshall m M65 Scotland 25:33
12. 2817 6517 Roy Treadwell m M65 England 25:38
13. 2828 6528 Charles Meban m M65 Northern Ireland 26:32
14. 2838 6538 Colin Youngson m M65 Scotland 26:39
15. 2826 6526 Barry Morris m M65 Northern Ireland 26:56
16. 2848 6548 Paul Allen m M65 Wales 27:06
17. 2847 6547 Mike Davies m M65 Wales 27:33
18. 2846 6546 Dic Evans m M65 Wales 27:45

As can be seen from the team results below, Richard was the third scoring member of the English team that won a team Silver medal behind Ireland.

British & Irish XC 2015
Men 65
Place 1 2 3 Total
1 Ireland 1 2 8 …11 pts
2 England 5 6 9 …20 pts
3 Scotland 7 11 14 …32 pts
4 Northern Ireland 4 13 15 …32 pts
5 Wales 3 16 17 …36 pts

Link to Results & Photos