A total of 20 Eagle AC members took part in the annual Togher 5k road race on Monday the 28th of December 2015. Well done to new member Eileen O’Callaghan who was the first F40 across the line.

20 SUTTON EDWIN EAGLE AC SM 17:35
26 O’CALLAGHAN JOHN EAGLE AC M45 17:55
29 O’CALLAGHAN RUAIRI EAGLE AC SM 18:00
40 O’CONNOR KILLIAN EAGLE AC SM 18:40
49 O’CONNOR PAT EAGLE AC M45 18:57
50 GEARY KEVIN EAGLE AC SM 19:01
55 RYAN JAMES EAGLE AC M50 19:25
61 BRISTOW CHRIS EAGLE AC SM 19:55
66 O’CALLAGHAN EILEEN EAGLE AC F40 20:17…1st F40
75 EGAN RUAIRI EAGLE AC M45 20:43
77 O DONOVAN DAVID EAGLE AC SM 20:48
86 O LEARY MARTIN EAGLE AC SM 21:08
94 LEE BERNADETTE EAGLE AC F40 22:00
99 O FARRELL ANDREW EAGLE AC M60 22:15
110 FITZGERALD ED EAGLE AC M40 22:33
128 TWOMEY CATHAL EAGLE AC SM 23:41
133 TRINDLE EDDIE EAGLE AC M40 24:00
143 O CONNOR FRANCES EAGLE AC F55 24:39
151 LOONEY BER EAGLE AC F45 25:01
159 O CONNOR STEVEN EAGLE AC SM 25:27

The full results can be seen HERE

There is a selection of photos of Eagle AC members now on the clubs Flickr account.

John O’Callaghan, Ruairi O’Callaghan & Ed Fitz. Photo: Doug Minihane

Ed Sutton & David O’Donovan. Photo: Doug Minihane

The club held its annual Christmas run on the 24th of December on what was a cold but sunny morning. As in previous years, the run tied in with Grellan McGrath’s run where he runs his age in miles on his birthday…which was 50 miles this time!

Proceedings got under way at 4am in Ballincollig with Damian Kenneally and Tim McCarthy joining Grellan for the first two hours. A relief crew joined him for his second loop and more joined up on the run in from Ballincollig to the Lee Rowing Club where the main run started at 9am.

The 4am crew…Damian, Tim & Grellan

Over the course of the morning, we had about 23 members out with 17 taking part in the main run at 9am.

Grellan’s time for the 50 miles was 7h 32m 57s which works out as an average 9:04 minute/mile pace.

There is a small gallery of photos by Joe Murphy on the Eagle AC Facebook page.

The annual Newmarket 5km road race organised by Duhallow AC was held on Sunday the 20th of December and attracted the usual high quality field. This was reflected in the results with an impressive 43 runners breaking 18 minutes.

There were 5 Eagle AC members present for the race with Damian Kenneally recording a new PB of 17:29 and Richard Piotrowski finishing first M60.

34 KENNEALLY DAMIAN EAGLE AC 17:29 Senior Men
78 CARROLL DENIS EAGLE AC 19:53 Men over 50
82 PIOTROSWKI RICHARD EAGLE AC 20:03 Men over 60
103 FENNESSY KEVIN EAGLE AC 20:52 Senior Men
141 FENNESSY ELEANOR EAGLE AC 23:01 Senior Women

The full results can be seen HERE

These are some results from recent road races in November & December

The Donal Ahern 5km charity run was held on the grounds of Blarney Castle  on Saturday the 28th of November. Clubs were not listed, but we had quite a few members taking part:
10 791 James Ryan 0:19:06
36 178 Denis Carroll 0:20:39
43 767 Charlie Byrd 0:21:40
52 420 Cathal Twomey 0:22:15
63 410 Joe Murphy 0:22:52
64 571 Maura Regan 0:22:52
65 454 Michael Dooley 0:22:53
Results & photos

The Glenville 4 mile race was held on Sunday the 29th of November 2015 and we had at least five members taking part…
27 Denis CARROLL 27:17 Ages 55-59 (2) Male (24)
35 Kevin FENNESSY M 00:27:43
43 Joe MURPHY 27:57 Ages 60+ (1) Male (37)
76 Michael DOOLEY 30:43 Ages 45-49 (10) Male (67)
86 Eleanor FENNESSY F 00:31:02
Results

Annual floodlight Cross Country: Several members took part in the CIT Cross Country event on Friday evening the 11th of December. The Men’s race was 4600M in length:
21 371 David Leavy Eagle AC M 20:18
23 383 Denis Looney Eagle M 20:59
26 398 Gerard Down Eagle M 22:07
Results & Photos

Shanagarry Christmas 5k : We had one member in this low key 5km race in East Cork on Saturday the 19th of December.
21    0:20:36    LEVY, David    Eagle AC    M    06:37.7
Results & photos

The Munster Masters Cross Country Championships were held this year in Cappawhite, Tipperary in wet and muddy conditions.

Congratulations to Alan O’Brien and Vivian Foley who were both on the Cork team that won Gold in the M35 Inter County Competition.

Men O35 Team County Team Points
1 Cork 1, 7 (Alan O’Brien), 8, 10, 14 (Vivian Foley), 18… 58 pts

Vivian also won an individual Silver in the M45 category…
2nd M45 Vivian Foley Eagle A.C. Cork

Richard Piotrowski and John Quigley also both won silver and bronze in their respective categories.
2nd M65 Richard Piotrowski Eagle A.C.
3rd M60 John Quigley Eagle A.C.

The full results can be seen HERE

Athletics Ireland have just released the latest membership stats for the end of November 2015 and they show that the club has exceeded the 200 mark for the first time ever.

The club now has a record 203 members which is up almost 6% on numbers at the end of 2014. Compared to adult membership in other athletic clubs in Cork, we are now joint second with Midleton AC .