A total of 419 runners turned out for the 2017 Carrigaline 5 mile road race, an increase of 11% on last years numbers and the third highest number ever.

Top 3 men and women….
1 26:17 HOEY, Mark Leevale AC
2 26:26 DONOVAN, Barry Leevale AC
3 26:37 O’BRIEN, Alan Eagle AC
38 32:12 MURPHY PLANT, Una Kinsale Tri F45
46 32:26 PARNELL, Carmel Leevale AC F60
53 32:52 HEGARTY, Lisa Leevale AC

The results of the race can be seen here.. https://eagleac.net/race-carrigaline-5-mile/2017-results/

Club results…
Men…1st… St.Finbarr’s AC
Men…2nd…Eagle AC
Woman… 1st … St.Finbarr’s AC
Women…2nd … Eagle AC

Thanks to all the runners and clubs for turning out in numbers to support our race. This was a breakdown of the clubs with 5 or more members…

Eagle AC 28, St.Finbarr’s AC 25, Tracton AC 20, Carrigaline Road Runners 18, Ballymore Cobh AC 14, Leevale AC 12, Kinsale Tri 8, Mallow AC 7, Crosshaven Tri 7, Togher AC 6, Midleton AC 5, Watergrasshill AC 5.

Photos…There are links to hundreds of photos on the Running in Cork website.

A very important feature of the race is that every year, we support local charities from the proceeds.

Niamh McCarhty presenting a cheque for €440 to Bobbi Lambe of Carrigaline Meals-on-Wheels on behalf of the club

Niamh McCarthy & Colin O’Herlihy present a cheque for €440 to Alex Slyne of Carrigaline Youth Initiative

Our thanks also to The Edge Sports Shop who sponsor the Carrigaline 5 mile road race.

Billy Desmond of The Edge Sports Shop with race director Denis Looney

Please remember that the voucher that you picked up at the entry desks will entitle you to a 15% discount on all running related products in the Edge Sports store.

Thanks to everyone who turned out for our annual 5 mile road race in Carrigaline. It’s looks like our numbers are up on last year.

The full results will be available on the website on Monday.

Just a reminder that the annual Carrigaline 5 mile road race is coming up on Sunday the 19th of February 2017. The race starts at 11am and entries open around 9:45am.

More info on the race page… https://eagleac.net/race-carrigaline-5-mile/

The full results will be available here on Monday.

The National Masters Cross Country Championships were held in Waterford IT on Sunday the 12th of February with runners from all over Ireland taking part. Eagle AC club member Alan O’Brien finished in an impressive 7th place in this national competition and was the 4th man from Cork in the results.

255 23:24 1 Michael Harty East Cork A.C. East Cork A.C.
260 23:55 3 Tim Twomey Leevale A.C. Leevale A.C.
309 24:11:00 6 Michael Herlihy North Cork A.C.
263 24:13:00 7 Alan O’Brien Eagle A.C.
257 24:30:00 9 Paul Moloney Mallow A.C. Mallow A.C.
247 24:44:00 11 Kenneth Kelleher East Cork A.C. East Cork A.C.
299 25:21:00 24 John O’Connell Leevale A.C. Leevale A.C.
378 25:23:00 25 Michael Harrington Bantry A.C.

Despite the fact that he wasn’t selected for the Cork team, he finished ahead of half of that team which won the M35 Gold in the inter county competition.

Men O35 Team County Team Points
Place County Positions
1 Cork 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 25

The full results are up on the Athletics Ireland website HERE.

Photo courtesy of West Waterford AC

A total of 53 Eagle AC members took part in this years Dungarvan 10 mile road race in Co.Waterford on what was a cold but sunny day.

Here are the Eagle results…….

10 mile
Place Name Club/City/Country Cat. # 5 mile Gross…Net

799 Tracy COTTER Eagle AC F35 88 39:26 1:18:31… 1:17:59
802 Maeve COTTER Eagle AC F35 1714 39:25 1:18:33… 1:17:52
815 Helen CRONIN Eagle AC F35 963 40:09 1:18:48… 1:18:08
919 Karen BEVAN Eagle AC F35 708 40:47 1:20:25… 1:19:44
462 Catherine MURPHY Eagle AC F40 1601 36:07 1:11:44… 1:11:21
510 Elaine GUINANE Eagle AC F40 548 35:54 1:12:52… 1:12:35
627 Geraldine CORCORAN Eagle AC F40 818 37:16 1:15:04… 1:15:04
641 Gillian MURPHY Eagle AC F40 1599 37:42 1:15:14 … 1:14:58
715 Dympna CONNOLLY Eagle AC F40 506 39:10 1:16:58… 1:16:25
763 Ita KIRWAN Eagle AC F45 5114 39:24 1:17:51… 1:17:14
851 Deirdre O’CALLAGHAN Eagle AC F45 739 40:12 1:19:25 … 1:18:48
1878 Tricia O’HERLIHY Eagle AC F45 962 54:13 1:51:12 … 1:50:02
806 Mary COTTER Eagle AC F50 1079 39:47 1:18:36… 1:17:59
1447 Jane MCGRATH Eagle AC F50 93 46:41 1:31:55… 1:30:43
1525 Betty MC KENZIE Eagle AC F50 1045 45:43 1:33:45… 1:32:52
991 Frances O’CONNOR Eagle AC F55 2021 40:49 1:22:33 … 1:21:56
893 Mairead LONERGAN Eagle AC FS 1419 40:11 1:19:59 … 1:19:20
85 Paul COTTER Eagle AC M40 1005 31:09 1:01:46 … 1:01:43
259 Donal DOWLING Eagle AC M40 1036 32:55 1:07:05 … 1:07:00
456 Mark GALLAGHER Eagle AC M40 1584 34:54 1:11:41 … 1:11:31
470 Adrian O’SULLIVAN Eagle AC M40 794 36:41 1:11:57 … 1:11:22
485 Kevin FENNESSY Eagle AC M40 379 37:16 1:12:24 … 1:11:48
643 Eddie TRINDLE Eagle AC M40 741 38:18 1:15:15… 1:14:41
884 Ken NYHAN Eagle AC M40 792 39:43 1:19:54… 1:19:20
904 Alan HACKETT Eagle AC M40 738 39:46 1:20:10… 1:20:10
1823 Alan FOLEY Eagle AC M40 715 53:40 1:45:21… 1:45:21
34 Vivian FOLEY Eagle AC M45 562 29:02 58:19 … 58:18
57 John O’CALLAGHAN Eagle AC M45 377 29:49 59:40 … 59:40
114 Colin O’HERLIHY Eagle AC M45 961 31:20 1:02:59 … 1:02:59
242 Brian MCGUIRE Eagle AC M45 2206 34:04 1:06:48… 1:06:36
373 Ken WYNMAN Eagle AC M45 1080 34:37 1:09:37… 1:09:29
441 John SCANNELL Eagle AC M45 981 35:00 1:11:29… 1:11:29
460 Eugene O’CONNOR Eagle AC M45 1405 34:38 1:11:43 … 1:11:33
748 David SPEIGHT Eagle AC M45 684 39:12 1:17:32 … 1:16:55
900 Ed FITZGERALD Eagle AC M45 1644 39:12 1:20:05 … 1:19:35
961 Aidan TRINDLE Eagle AC M45 306 40:22 1:21:48 … 1:21:15
189 Martin LEAHY Eagle AC M50 842 32:00 1:05:08… 1:05:04
548 Charlie BYRD Eagle AC M50 2499 36:35 1:13:45… 1:13:31
595 Keith SEXTON Eagle AC M50 992 37:32 1:14:23 … 1:14:02
936 Donal MCGRATH Eagle AC M50 94 41:37 1:20:57… 1:20:11
1045 Kieran MULCAHY Eagle AC M50 202 45:51 1:23:32… 1:23:32
1120 Ian BRENNAN Eagle AC M50 1087 42:59 1:25:01… 1:24:09
767 Mike MCGRATH Eagle AC M55 1064 39:32 1:17:59 … 1:17:23
950 Noel O’CONNOR Eagle AC M55 2022 40:30 1:21:18… 1:20:40
935 Ken HIGGS Eagle AC M65 949 40:01 1:20:56… 1:20:27
52 Ruairi O’CALLAGHAN Eagle AC MS 723 29:49 59:19 … 59:16
93 Michael FORDE Eagle AC MS 475 31:20 1:02:02… 1:01:58
148 Colin FOLEY Eagle AC MS 856 32:50 1:04:16… 1:04:10
260 Jerome MC CARTHY Eagle AC MS 872 33:25 1:07:07 … 1:06:55
315 Kevin GEARY Eagle AC MS 174 33:08 1:08:29 … 1:08:26
586 Damien MALONE Eagle AC MS 699 37:18 1:14:19… 1:13:58
688 Richard FAHEY Eagle AC MS 2045 39:01 1:16:21… 1:15:36
1674 Brian BARRY Eagle AC MS 734 50:36 1:38:30 … 1:38:03

Photos of Eagle AC members…
https://www.flickr.com/gp/125872653@N04/94WsBK

Full results and all photos

Sunday 5th Feb 2017
Cork BHAA Janssen 6k race in Little Island
While this is not a club race some club members did pick up category prizes on the day well done to those involved listed below. Times do not appear to be available on the BHAA website today.
Denis Carroll O/50 3rd place
Joe Murphy O/60 1st Place
Richard Piotrowski O/65 1st Place
Pat Twomey O/65 2nd place
Ber Looney O/45 3rd place .

Sat 4th Feb, Gneeveguilla AC 5km:
Well done to Adelle O Connor, our only representative at the 5km held in the Killarney Demense last Saturday
35 221 Adelle O’Connor Eagle AC F45 0:21:54

Parkrun Results 4/2/17
Ballincollig
8. John Dunphy 19.58 VM 45-49 M 8
49. Richard Hawkins 23.59 VM 45-49 M 46
160. Monica Twohig 29.35 VW 50-54 F 39

Castle Demense, Macroom
17. Richard Piotrowski 24.22 VM 65-69 M 16

Flickr Photos : Derek Costello

4th Feb 2017 Ballincollig 5k parkrun
https://flic.kr/s/aHskQRs5n3

8th Jan 2017 Cork BHAA Cross Country race
https://flic.kr/s/aHskNHtHiv

29th Jan 2017 Glanmire Ladies Football 4 mile
https://flic.kr/s/aHskTXZDhU

Some recent results…

Banteer 5km: Well done to John Dunphy on his second place finish in the Banteer 5km on Sunday  8th Jan and also to Cathal Twomey who finished in 6th place
2. John Dunphy Eagle AC 18.48
6.Cathal Twomey Eagle AC 20.36

ESB Cross Country 5k Results Jan 8th 2017 : Well done to the Eagle members taking category positions in the BHAA cross country event
59 Joe Murphy 0/60E 0/60E1 00:23:39
63 Pat Murphy 0/60E 0/60E2 00:23:51
71 Adelle O’Connor 0/45J 0/45J3 00:24:31

Parkrun Results – 07/01/17
Ballincollig
6. Eugene O Connor 20.23 VM 45-49 M6 (New PB!)
22. Peadar Forbes 21.29 VM 35-39 M 20 (New PB!)
24. Andrew Kelly 22.00 VM 35-39 M 22
51. Andrew O Farrell 23.01 VM 60-64 M 48 (New PB!)
71. John Kiggins 24.11 VM 35-39 M 63
84. Elaine Guinane 25.01 VW 35-39 F 12
135. Richard Hawkins 27.04 VM 45-49 M 105
142. Tony Merritt 27.21 VM 50-54 M 111

Castle Demense, Macroom
17. Richard Piotrowski 24.45 VM 65-69 M 17

FMC 6k Results Jan 15 2017
This BHAA race did not list clubs but a few Eagle members collecting prizes on the day. Congratulations to Alan the 3rd man home overall!

3 Alan O’Brien M3 00:19:28 – 3rd man home!
121 Noel O’Connor 0/55D 0/55D2 00:26:10 – 2nd in category
209 Frances O’Connor 0/55L 0/55L1 00:28:47 – 1st in category

Parkrun Results 14/1/17
Ballincollig

23.Peadar Forbes 21.01 VM 35-39 M 22 (New PB!)
30. Denis Carroll 21.54 VM 55-59 M 28
61. Derek Costello 23.25 VM 45-49 M 58
63. John Kiggins 23.29 VM 35-39 M 60
69. Andrew O Farrell 23.46 VM 60- 64 M 66
123. Tony Merritt 26.14 VM 50-54 M 103 (New PB!)
154. Richard Hawkins 27.20 VM 45-49 M 125
215. Monica Twohig 30.17 VM 50 – 54 F 57

Castle Demense, Macroom
14. Richard Piotrowski 23.15 VM 65-69 M 14

Sunday the 22nd Jan

The Cloyne 4k road race was on Sun 22nd Jan and we had two members running. Well done to Pat O Connor taking the 2nd M45 place and to David O Callaghan

21 0:15:22 O’CONNOR, Pat Eagle AC M45 06:10.8 18 21- 2nd M45!
46 0:17:18 O’CALLAGHAN, David Eagle AC M50 06:57.5 587 46

Parkrun Results 21/1/17
Ballincollig
35. Denis Carroll 21.44 VM 55-59 M 33
44. Pat Twomey 22.18 VM 65-59 M 42
66. Andrew O Farrell 23.11 VM 60-64 M 62
75. Michael Dooley 23.30 VM 50-54 M 71 (New PB!)
84. John Kiggins 23.54 VM 35-39 M 78
99. Eddie Trindle 24.23 VM 40-44 M 93
183.Richard Hawkins 27.47 VM 45-49 M 148
223. Monica Twohig 29.57 VW 50-54 F 53

Castle Demense, Macroom
19. Richard Piotrowski 23.04 VM 65-69 M 18

Crookstown 5km…Sun 29th Jan 2017: Well done to Pat O Connor on his second place finish in the Crookstown 5km last Sunday in a time of 18:53

Glanmire Ladies Football 4 mile… Sun 29th Jan 2017
11 1957 Cotter Paul Eagle AC 00:26:36.23

North Cork AC 5k in Doneraile Park…Sat 28th Jan 2017
9 John Dunphy Eagle AC 19:19 SM 93

Glenville 4 mile… Sun 22nd Jan 2017
33 CARROLL, DENIS (EAGLE AC) 27:05.38 M
47 MALONE, DAMIEN (EAGLE AC) 28:01.35 M
63 DOOLEY, MICHAEL (EAGLE AC) 29:11.99 M
91 MURPHY, SIOBHAN (EAGLE AC) 31:01.37 F

Parkrun Results 28/01/17

Ballincollig
19. Martin Daly 20.19 VM 40-44 M 19
23. Andrew Kelly 20.38 VM 35-39 M 23
36. Peadar Forbes 21.37 VM 35-39 M 34
37. Denis Carroll 21.38 VM 55-59 M 35
39. Roger O Mahony 21.44 VM 40-44 M 37
41. Pat Twomey 21.59 VM 65-69 M 39
54. Maeve Cotter 22.45 VW 35-39 F 3
142. Richard Hawkins 27.33 VM 45-49 M 117

Castle Demense, Macroom
17. Richard Piotrowski 24.22 VM 65-69 M 16

Flickr Photos : Derek Costello
17th Dec 2016 Ballincollig 5k parkrun… https://flic.kr/s/aHskS3Xp9y
18th Dec 2016 Newmarket 5km… https://flic.kr/s/aHskS3X95q
26th Dec 2016 Dick Copithorne Memorial 4 Mile Belgooly… https://flic.kr/s/aHskPCCt6p
27th Dec 2016 Togher Ac 5k… https://flic.kr/s/aHskPuqu2d
31st Dec 2016 Ballincollig Regional Park 5k… https://flic.kr/s/aHskS3XRS3
31st Dec 2016 Shandrum AC 5k… https://flic.kr/s/aHskLxzNeX