April 2017 was another busy month with club members taking part in numerous events from 5k parkruns to ultra events! Some of the results are shown below…

Wednesday 26th April
BHAA Stryker 4 mile
A total of 666 runners took part in the first BHAA evening race of the summer in Carrigtwohill last Wednesday evening. As club names are not listed in the results, it is not possible to list every Eagle AC participant. Below are some of the category prize winners. Well done to all who took part – there were some great times posted !
3rd 050 – Thomas Fox 24.04
1st 055 – Denis Carroll 26.46
3rd O 55 – Noel O connor – 28.46
1st O/70 – Richard Piotrowski 27.37
3rd F50 – Mary Cotter 29.33
2nd F55 – Frances O’Connor – 30.20

Saturday 29th April
Fortress Spike Island 5k
Well done to Joe Murphy who finished 12th overall in tough conditions on Saturday.
12. Joe Murphy 22.03 M 10

Monday 1st May
Bealtaine 5k Union Hall
Congratulations to Cathal Twomey who was the first man home at the Bealtaine 5k in Union Hall on Monday.

Parkrun Results – Saturday 29th April
Ballincollig
6. Grellan McGrath 19.34 VM 50-54 M 6
24. Richard Hawkins 21.45 VM 45-49 M 23
35. Gary Gibbons 22.36 VM 45-49 M 34
54. Dolores Gibbons 24.09 VW 40-44 F 6
101. Hugh McSweeney 26.21 VM 70-74 M 78
158. Monica Twohig 29.37 VW 50-54 F 52

Castle Demense, Macroom
11. Derry Casey 22.20 VM 40-44 M 11
17. Richard Piotrowski 23.59 VM 70-74 M 17

Castlehaven
Well done to Ciaran who was the first across the line on Saturday morning.
1. Ciaran Bouse 19.40 VM 35-39 M 1

2017 Great Limerick Run Marathon 30th April 2017
The Barrington’s hospital Great Limerick run took place on Bank holiday Sunday with the following Eagles taking part, well done to all. Alan O’Brien continued his great form with a PB 1:11:33 in the half taking 5th place overall and Ronan Boland was 3rd M45. Congratulations to Maeve also taking on the full marathon on the day.

This Half Marathon doubled up as the Munster HM road championships, team results will be available next week so we will update on any success in our next newsletter.

Full:
303 Maeve Cotter Female F35+ EAGLE A.C. 03:51:20

Half:
44 Alan O’Brien Male 5 M35+ 2 EAGLE A.C. 01:11:33
63 Sean O’Keeffe Male 25 M35+ 15 EAGLE A.C. 01:19:30
65 Ronan Boland Male 26 M45+ 3 EAGLE A.C. 01:19:34
81 Frank Hill Male 36 M45+ 4 EAGLE A.C. 01:21:51
105 Colin Foley Male 65 MO 17 EAGLE A.C. 01:27:17
107 Mike O’ Connor Male 124 M35+ 68 EAGLE A.C. 01:33:09

Timoleague 10K
Three Eagles took part in this 10K in Timoleague last Sunday, with Pat O’Connor finishing 2nd overall:
2 Pat O’Connor 00:38:30
15 Damien Malone 00:45:07
21 Geraldine Corcoran 00:46:18

Great Railway Run: 25K Sunday 23rd of April 2017
Apologies, we have heard of a couple of omissions from the 25k race last week. A super run for Tom Fox with a top ten finish and 1st in his category, and good running also by Denis Allen.
9 Thomas Fox Carrigaline 1:43:54 1:43:53 M50 603
178 Denis Allen Cork 2:14:31 2:14:28 M50 502

Flickr Photos : Derek Costello

26th Apr 2017 Crosshaven 10k run https://flic.kr/s/aHskTX7Ln5

A good number of Eagle runners out for Ballintotis 4 Mile road race this year and some great times results. Congratulations to John O Callaghan 4th man home, Eileen O Callaghan, Richard Piotrowski, Sandra Manning, Ken Higgs, Frances O’Connor all category prize winners on the night. Well done to all running on the night.

29 John O’CALLAGHAN 00:22:41 00:22:42 293 M (27)M45 (4) Eagle AC
44 Colin FOLEY 00:23:44 00:23:47 734 M (41) MO (27) Eagle AC
51 Pat O’CONNOR 00:23:54 00:23:58 301 M (48) M45 (5) Eagle AC
55 Kevin GEARY 00:24:13 00:24:15 150 M (52) MO (35) Eagle AC
81 Donal DOWLING 00:24:56 00:24:59 805 M (76) M40 (17) Eagle AC
106 John O’SULLIVAN 00:25:42 00:25:49 889 M (98) MO (54) Eagle AC
116 Eileen O’CALLAGHAN 00:26:03 00:26:14 290 F (10) F40 (3) Eagle AC – 3rd F40
135 Richard PIOTROWSKI 00:26:35 00:26:41 860 M (124) M70 (1) Eagle AC –
1st M70
141 Sandra MANNING 00:26:43 00:26:49 601 F (13) F35 (2) Eagle AC – 2nd F 35
143 Denis CARROLL 00:26:46 00:26:51 801 M (130) M55 (4) Eagle AC
294 Ken HIGGS 00:30:15 00:30:29 173 M (249) M65 (2) Eagle AC – 2nd M65
325 Frances O’CONNOR 00:30:42 00:30:57 938 F (58) F55 (3) Eagle AC – 3rd F55
333 Michael NOONAN 00:30:29 00:31:04 858 M (274) MO (128) Eagle AC
404 Gillian BYRNE 00:32:13 00:32:28 842 F (86) F40 (24) Eagle AC
508 Evan TWOMEY 00:33:50 00:34:30 854 M (369) MO (163) Eagle AC
643 Lucy WALSH 00:36:49 00:37:24 807 F (228) F35 (54) Eagle AC
668 Claire WALSH 00:37:14 00:37:49 806 F (247) F35 (62) Eagle AC
732 Caroline WALSH 00:38:39 00:39:47 808 F (298) F35 (74) Eagle AC

Sunday April 23rd
The Great Railway Run 5k
Two Eagle members took part in the 5k version of The Great Railway Run on Sunday Both taking podium positions Mairead was first lady home and Cathal was 3rd man home. Congratulations guys !!!
3 Cathal Twomey Blarney 21:11 SM 80 (M 3)
6 Mairead Lonergan Cork 23:25 SW 34 (F 1)

Wednesday 26th April
Stryker 4 miles results
The BHAA Stryker 4 mile took place in Carrigtwohill. We will include these results in next week’s email as they are not yet up. Well done to all racing.

Scoil Bhride Crosshaven 5k and 10k Road Race
Some impressive performances in the 5K and 10k tonight. In the 10k, both Colin O Herlihy (O45) and Joe Murphy (O60) won their categories. Top 10 performances by Karen Bevan and Helen McKenna also, both getting new PB’s tonight. Well done to all who took part! Clubs were not listed so apologies if I’ve missed anyone.
5k
16. Ber LEE (1744) 00:21:32 00:21:30 O40 (4) Female (6)
10k
5. Colin O’HERLIHY (977) 00:38:32 00:38:32 O45 (1) Male (5)
27. Karen BEVAN (732) 00:45:18 00:45:15 SENIOR (2) Female (6)
33. Helen MCKENNA (774) 00:46:29 00:46:25 SENIOR (3) Female (7)
29. Joe MURPHY (786) 00:45:50 00:45:49 O60 (1) Male (23)
37. Denis ALLEN (903) 00:47:29 00:47:27 O50 (2) Male (30)
54. Andrew O FARRELL(904) 00:50:38 00:50:35 O60 (2) Male (36)
64. Evan TWOMEY (791) 00:52:52 00:52:42 SENIOR (21) Male (41)

Saturday April 22nd
Parkrun Results
Ballincollig
7. John Dunphy 19.39 VM 45-49 M 7
14. Conor O’Brien 20.42 VM 40-44 M 14
37. John Kiggins 22.53 VM 35-39 M 35
65. Dolores Gibbons 24.34 VW 40-44 F 5
81. Hugh McSweeney 25.30 VM 70-74 M 72
163. Gary Gibbons 29.51 VM 45-49 M 116

Castle Demense, Macroom
18. Richard Piotrowski 24.34 VM 70-74 M 15

Results – 10k and Above (Ruairi Egan Elaine Guinane)
Sunday 23rd of April 2017

Great Railway Run:
The annual Great Railway run took place in good conditions last Sunday morning. No clubs are listed in the results but the following members have been spotted, with Colin O’Herlihy a top ten overall finisher in the 25K, while Andrew France both 1st place in their categories, and Frances took 1st place in her category in the 10k. Well done to the many Eagle runners out on the day, apologies if any names have been missed.

25K:
7 Colin O’Herlihy M40 1:42:57
66 Elaine Guinane F40 1:57:59
56 Charlie Byrd M50 1:56:53
102 Andrew O’Farrell M60 2:03:26 1st M60
125 Karen Bevan SW 2:06:42
138 Richard Fahey SM 2:08:13
151 Ed Fitzgerald M40 2:09:19
160 Sean Lucey SM 2:10:25
164 Helen McKenna SW 2:11:33
176 Catherine Murphy F40 2:13:20
211 Grace O Leary SW 2:20:09
212 Betty McKenzie F50 2:20:35

10K
24 Noel O Connor 45.43 M50
42 Frances O’Conno 49:28 1st F50
80 Ber Looney 53:18 W40
227 Tricia O Herlihy 1:05:35 W40

London Marathon:
Congratulations to Paul Cotter Dympna Connolly who seem to have been our only two representatives in London this year. A perfectly paced run saw Paul break the magic 3 hours in a fantastic 2:59:23.
1817 » Cotter, Paul (IRL) 26841 40-44 1:29:39 2:59:23
3945 » Connolly, Dympna (IRL) 61254 40-44 1.53.13 4.03.35

Wexford Half Marathon:
Well done to Darren Casey who took part in the Wexford Half Marathon last Sunday. He did it in a time of 1:28:55 a new PB! Congratulations Darren on a super race.

Flickr Photos : Derek Costello
23 Apr 2017 The Great Railway Run https://flic.kr/s/aHskTFqf6U
20th Apr 2017 Ballintotis 4 mile https://flic.kr/s/aHskYD5M9P

Results – below 10k (Mairead Lonergan)

Monday 17th April
Boherbue to Kiskeam 4 Mile Race
A total of 122 runners took part in this race in North Cork, held on Easter Monday.
Well done to Denis Carroll, the only Eagle participant, who was 1st M 55 home on the day.
42. Denis Carroll 26.47 M 55

Parkrun Results – Saturday 15th April
Ballincollig
10. Grellan McGrath 20.03 VM 50-54 M 9
16. Peadar Forbes 20.31 VM 35-39 M 15
17. Conor O Brien 20.41 VM 40-44 M 16
43. Maeve Cotter 22.17 VW 35-39 F 4
55. Andrew O Farrell 22.49 VM 60-64 M 51
117. Dolores Gibbons 25.27 VW 40-44
124. Hugh McSweeney 25.47 VM 70-74 M 98
196. Gary Gibbons 28.33 VM 45-49 M 145
233. Monica Twohig 30.22 VW 50-54 F 68

Castle Demense, Macroom
11. Richard Piotrowski 21.57 VM 70-74 M 11
62. Derry Casey 34.23 VM 40-44 M 44

Clonakilty
17. Tony Merritt 24.38 VM 50-54 M 14

Results – 10k and Above (Ruairi Egan)

Boston Marathon April 17th 2017
Very well done to club member Vivian Foley who ran the 2017 Boston Marathon in a new personal best time of 2h 48m 41s.

Kenmare Bridge Run – 10k Saturday 15th April 2017
The Kenmare bridge run took place last Sunday. No clubs were listed but the following Eagles were spotted, and thanks to Mark Gallagher for sending on the names:
25 265 Mark Gallagher 43:54.8
31 211 Charlie Byrd 45:09.2
38 203 Joe Murphy 47:44.4
51 311 Ita Kirwan 50:24.6

Flickr Photos : Derek Costello
26th Feb 2017 Adare 10k https://flic.kr/s/aHskT1MT92
Ed Fitzgerald 13 half marathons Jan – Dec 2016 https://flic.kr/s/aHskXVKHbx
06th Apr 2017 Emer Casey 5k https://flic.kr/s/aHskUQgVXa
09th Apr 2017 The Great Island 4 10 Mile https://flic.kr/s/aHskXVSBnp
08th Apr 2017 Christies Beach park https://flic.kr/s/aHskT8hZ57
08th April 2017 Castlehaven Parkrun https://flic.kr/s/aHskTg7T6p
17th Apr 2017 Boherbue to Kiskeam 4 mile https://flic.kr/s/aHskTgmn7i

Results – below 10k (Mairead Lonergan, Karen Bevan Elaine Guinane)

Thursday 6th April
Emer Casey 5k Road Race
This 5k race took place in Youghal on Thursday evening. Well done to John Quigley who was 3rd M 60 over the line.
75 KIERAN MULCAHY (EAGLE AC) 409 00:20:12.11 M
99 CHARLES BYRD (EAGLE AC) 144 00:21:08.13 M
100 DENIS CARROLL (EAGLE AC) 486 00:21:08.62 M
106 ED FITZGERALD (EAGLE AC) 122 00:21:22.62 M
14 JOHN QUIGLEY (EAGLE AC) 253 00:22:41.12 M

Saturday 8th April
Dromahane Roadrunners 5K
19 308 Cathal Twomey Eagle A/C 20.50
28 285 Denis Carroll Eagle A/C 21.51

Sunday 9th April
Great Island 4 Mile Road Race
18 Gillian MURPHY (1012)00:29:15 All Ages (5) Female (5)
22 John QUIGLEY (1164) 00:30:04 All Ages (16)Male (16)
23 Ken HIGGS (1122) 00:30:09 All Ages (17) Male (17)
34 Gillian BYRNE (1168) 00:32:15 Ages 35-44 (1)Female (10)

British Masters 10km Road Championships:
Well done to Richard Piotrowski on his category win last Sunday in Kent. Richard finished first M70, running an excellent 43:08 in warm weather conditions. The race entailed 4 laps of a 2.5km loop, and his time saw Richard finish 43rd place overall out of 108 runners.

Parkrun Results – Saturday 8th April
Ballincollig
10 Darren Casey 20.002 VM40-44 68.64% M 10 Eagle AC

Castle Demense, Macroom
46 Derry CASEY 36:04 VM40-44 39.00 % M 23 Eagle A.C.

Castlehaven
4 Joe MURPHY 22:49 VM60-64 70.93 % M 4 Eagle A.C.

Christies Beach parkrun, South Australia
15 Pat TWOMEY 23:05 VM65-69 73.36 % M 14 Eagle A.C.

Club 3km Race, Tuesday 11th April:
The final race of our club 3km series was held on Tuesday April 11th, with 18 runners. Over the 5 races, over 60 members availed of the opportunity to take part in at least one race, with many completing several. Well done to Geraldine Corcoran who took part in all five races, our only member to do so. Thanks to John Desmond for co-ordinating the races, to Pat Murphy for doing the timing, and to all the others who helped out at various races since last October.

Results – 10k and Above (Ruairi Egan)
Rotterdam Marathon 09.04.2017:
The 2017 Rotterdam Marathon in the Netherlands was held on Sunday the 9th of April and attracted a large field of about 15,450 runners. This is one of the fastest courses in Europe and we had 10 Eagles take part. Well done to all, several PB’s registered and a stunning 2:50:28 for Pat O’Connor.
Pat O’ Connor Marathon 2:50:28 2:50:37
Michael Forde Marathon 3:03:39 3:04:01
Brian McGuire Marathon 3:15:02 3:15:54
Mairead Ryan Marathon 3:36:55 3:37:45
Martin Daly Marathon 3:38:44 3:38:56
Jerome McCarthy Marathon 3:39:57 3:42:13
Gary Gibbons Marathon 3:45:29 3:45:42
Damien Malone Marathon 3:54:37 3:55:21
Fiona O Connor Marathon 4:01:53 4:02:00
Mairead Lonergan Marathon 4:08:59 4:09:13

Paris Marathon 09.04.2017:
Meanwhile in Paris, on the same day we had three members take on the Marathon distance in very warm and humid conditions. Well done to all three.
Tony Cambridge 3:03:54
Eddie Trindle 3:37:39
Aidan Trindle 4:13:54

Great Island 10 mile 09.04.2017:
Just over 600 runners took part in this year’s Great Island race in Cobh with 421 in the 10 mile and 184 in the 4 mile. 13 Eagles went in the 10 mile, with some performing pacing duties. Well done to all with a top 10 finish for Colin O’Herlihy Frances O’Connor picking up 2nd F55.
9 Colin O HERLIHY (454) 01:05:10 01:05:09 Ages 40-49 (7) Male (9)
33 Paul COTTER (411) 01:09:20 01:09:15 Ages 40-49 (14) Male (31)
48 David O’KEEFFE (229) 01:11:22 01:11:14 Senior Male (18) Male (46)
72 Colin FOLEY (429) 01:14:35 01:14:30 Senior Male (27) Male (68)
88 David MCCANN (350) 01:15:53 01:15:49 Senior Male (37) Male (81)
116 Adrian O’SULLIVAN (44) 01:17:48 01:17:42 Ages 40-49 (45)Male (103)
145 Elaine GUINANE (493) 01:19:51 01:19:47 Ages 35-44 (12) Female (23)
150 Ed FITZGERALD (9) 01:20:23 01:20:18 Ages 40-49 (54) Male (127)
163 Sean LUCEY (289) 01:21:48 01:21:42 Senior Male (63) Male (138)
168 Frances O’CONNOR (413) 01:22:41 01:22:34 Ages 55+ (2) Female (27)
178 Joy BLACK (251) 01:23:08 01:23:03 Ages 35-44 (17) Female (31)
250 Betty MCKENZIE (417) 01:28:35 01:28:18 Ages 45 – 54 (9) Female (51)
285 John DUNPHY (436) 01:32:54 01:32:52 Ages 40-49 (86) Male (213)
Trail and Hill news – Gerard Down

Results of Galtee Walking Club Trail Marathon and Half Marathon Sunday 9th in Glen of Aherlow
Official results have not been posted as yet so these are from memory
Marathon
Austin Browne 3.33 . 3rd Place Mens
John Paul Daly 3.54…6th Place Mens
Congratulations to Austin on 3rd place and to John Paul on 6th .

Half Marathon
Gerard Down 2.06

Claragh Mountain Trail Race ( Sun 2nd)
Denis O Carroll M50 ….044.15
Gerard Down M60…..047.37

Late Result – Maurice Mullins Ultra 51 k – Mar 25th
John Paul Daly M50 – 5.26 – 4th
Congratulations to John Paul on his 4th place in this ultra and then followed up by his performance last Sunday in the Glen of Aherlow.

Flickr Photos : Derek Costello
01st Apr 2017 Ballincollig 5k parkrun https://flic.kr/s/aHskSgSyxJ
02 April 2017 UCC Carmel Lynch 10k 2017 https://flic.kr/s/aHskUEnVTE

Parkrun Results – Saturday 1st April

Ballincollig
16. Tim McCarthy 20.02 VM 35-39 M 16
19. Conor O Brien 20.59 VM 40-44 M 19
33. Richard Hawkins 22.19 VM 45-49 M 33
68. Ruairi Egan 23.56 VM 45-49 M 62
105. Hugh McSweeney 26.16 VM 70-74 M 89

Castle Demense, Macroom
5. Richard Piotrowski 21.39 VM 65-69 M 5
14. Derry Casey 23.59 VM 40-44 M14

Results – 10k and Above (Ruairi Egan)
UCC BHAA 10k
The annual BHAA UCC 10k took place on Sunday last. As usual, many members took part but as clubs aren’t listed, we will just highlight the category winners, well done to all:
Category prizes:
1st M40 Derek O’Keefe
2nd M45 John O’Callaghan
2nd F45 Adelle O’Connor
2nd M55 Denis Carroll
1st F55 Frances O’Connor
2nd M60 Joe Murphy

Trail and Hill news – Gerard Down
With no club participation in the previous two MMRA races, it was good to see Eagle AC involved in Sunday’s Claragh Mountain 7 K Millstreet. And it was a particularly good to see Denis Carroll running in what is only his second hill race – his first trail race was in Claragh in 2016.
Denis had already run in the BHAA 6 mile race earlier that morning, taking 2nd O/55, so his good performance was all the more impressive.

Flickr Photos : Derek Costello
01st Apr 2017 Ballincollig 5k parkrun https://flic.kr/s/aHskSgSyxJ
02 April 2017 UCC Carmel Lynch 10k 2017 https://flic.kr/s/aHskUEnVTE

Parkrun Results – Saturday 25th March 2017
Ballincollig
Congratulations to Pat O Connor, 3rd man home overall in Ballincollig on Saturday.
3. Pat O’Connor 19.09 VM 45-49 M 3
13. Conor O’Brien 21.01 VM 40-44 M 12
31. Andrew O’Farrell 22.45 VM 60-64 M 28
63. Paul Cotter 24.16 VM 55-59 M 54
98. Hugh McSweeney 26.01 VM 70-74 M 75
121. Flor Twohig 26.59 VM 50-54 M 87
177. Monica Twohig 29.29 VW 50-54 F 61

Castle Demense, Macroom
62. Derry Casey 45.08 VM 40-44 M 28

Castlehaven
23. Joe Murphy 38.10 VM 60-64 M 9

Christies Beach, Adelaide
Pat Twomey continues his tour of South Australia running in Christies Beach park run this week !
11 Pat Twomey 23.13 VM 65-69 M 11 15 Eagle AC First Timer !

Wicklow Gaol Break Half Marathon – Sunday 26th March 2017
Well done to Adelle 6th lady home over a very hilly course in Wicklow last Sunday.
97 945 Adelle O’Connor F Over 40 1:43:22 1:43:22