Some of the results from last weekend…Sat 27th & Sun 28th Feb 2016
Matehy 4 Mile: Two members took part in this hilly four miler in Inniscarra last weekend:
7 Denis Carroll M Eagle AC 00:27:56
13 Joe Murphy M Eagle AC 00:29:01 Results
Adare 10km: Four members traveled to Limerick last Sunday for the Adare 10km, in which there were almost 600 runners
452 Derek O Keeffe Eagle A.C. M40 0:36:52.104
357 John Scannell Eagle A.C. M45 0:42:07.280
300 Ian Roche Eagle A.C. M35 0:42:08.663
358 Fiona O’Riordan Eagle A.C. F45 0:52:51.833 Results
Killarney 5km: Ciarán Bouse took part in the last of the winter 5km series in Killarney last weekend
14 Ciarán Bouse M M35 Eagele AC 00:19:04 Results
Thanks to everyone who took part in this years Carrigaline 5 mile road race which was held on Sunday 21st February 2016. Just over 370 runners took part in the race which is about the same as last year.
First 3 men
1) James McCarthy, East Cork AC
2) Alan O’Shea, Bantry AC
3) Tim O’Donoghue, East Cork AC
L-R…Race director Denis Looney with the first 3 men…James McCarthy of East Cork AC 1st, Alan O’Shea of Bantry AC 2nd & Tim O’Donoghue of East Cork AC 3rd
Women 1) Una Murphy Plant 2) Karina Teahan, St.Finbarr’s AC 3) Eileen O’Callaghan, Eagle AC
L-R…Karina Teahan of St.Finbarr’s AC 2nd, Una Murphy Plant of Kinsale 1st & Eileen O’Callaghan of Eagle AC 3rd
The club breakdown of runners was as follows….St.Finbarr’s AC 28, Eagle AC 23, Tracton AC 22, Mallow AC 11, Leevale AC 10, Togher AC 8, Ballymore Cobh AC 8, Carrigaline Road Runners AC 6, East Cork AC 5, Navy AC 4, Bandon AC 3, Ballincollig AC 3, Grange-Fermoy AC 3, St.Catherines AC 3, Kinsale Tri 3, Watergrasshill AC 2, Wibbly Wobbly Wonders 2, Midleton AC 2, West Waterford AC 2, West Muskerry AC 2, Cork Tri 2, Aghada AC 2, Cork Tri 2, Riverstick-Kinsale AC 1, Cobh Tri 1, Bantry AC 1, St.Brendan’s AC 1, Ballynonty AC 1, Galtee Runners 1, Rising Sun AC 1,
One of the features of the Carrigaline 5 mile road race every year is that a percentage of the entry fee should go towards organisations in the community where the event is held. With just over 370 people taking part in the race last Sunday, nearly €800 was raised. The club made up the balance so there was a presentation of €400 going to Carrigaline Youth Drugs Initiative and €400 going to Carrigaline Meals on Wheels.
Race director Denis Looney presenting a cheque for €400 to Babbi Lambe of Carrigaline Meals-on-Wheels
Presentation of a cheque for €400 to Alex Slyne of Carrigaline Youth Initiative
With thanks to our sponsors…..
The Edge Sports Shop who have stores near the Kinsale Roundabout and on Parnell Place. They will be giving out discount vouchers to all runners on the day. These will entitle you to 20% off on running items.
Niamh McCarthy is a Paralympic Athlete from Carrigaline who won a Bronze medal in the IPC World Championships in Doha in October of 2015. Considering that the club organises a 5 mile road race in Carrigaline every year, the committee of Eagle AC thought it only appropriate that we should support Niamh as a local athlete in her quest to qualify for the upcoming 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio.
Race director Denis Looney presenting Niamh McCarthy with a training grant
With this mind, the club were delighted to present Niamh with a cheque for €400 from the club funds to help in her intensive training programme.
Niamh who is 22 years old has been involved in athletics for the last four years. Her main discipline is the discus where she competes in the Paralympic F41 category. She is coached locally by John McCarthy of Rebel Wheelers and also nationally by Dave Sweeney in Dublin.
Over the last few years, she has continually improved and this culminated with a Bronze medal in the IPC World Championships in Doha.
Niamh gave a presentation recently in Ballincollig and you can see it below. It outlines her journey so far…
Another result from last weekend and slightly more exotic than Clonakilty! Jonathan Kenneally was in action in the Surf City Half-Marathon in Los Angeles and finished in a time of 1h 36m 57s. Overall, Jonathan finished 232nd out of nearly 12,000 finishers.
Clonakilty 6km trail race: The Munster Mountain Running Association held a 6km trail race in Castlefreke Woods last Sunday the 7th of February and 4 members are listed in the results…
11 Austin Browne M40 0:30:18 Eagle AC Cork
17 Neil Mackay M40 0:31:21 Eagle AC Cork
47 Frank Cotter M50 0:36:56 Eagle AC Cork
63 Mary Cotter F50 0:40:33 Eagle AC Cork
Eleven Eagle AC members traveled to Clonakilty last weekend for the rescheduled Clonakilty Marathon. Grellan McGrath finished 9th in the main marathon in a time of 3:13:49. There were 8 in the half and 2 in the 10k.
9 Grellan MCGRATH Eagle AC Male M40 3:13:49
9 Pat O’CONNOR Eagle AC Male M40 1:27:06
27 John SHEEHAN Eagle AC Male M40 1:35:48
37 Jerome MCCARTHY Eagle AC Male MS 1:38:34
45 Catherine MURPHY Eagle AC Female FS 1:39:38
120 Patrick O’GORMAN Eagle AC Male M40 1:49:15
167 Frances O’CONNOR Eagle AC Female F50 1:54:04
242 Liam RYAN Eagle AC Male M40 1:59:00
415 Stephanie OGORMAN Eagle AC Female FS 2:20:26
43 Chris O’DONOVAN Eagle AC Male 48:54
454 Vincent O’SULLIVAN Eagle AC Male 1:12:18
The annual John Treacy 10 mile road race in Dungarvan was held last Sunday the 31st of January and 64 club members took part. In terms of club participation, Eagle AC was the largest club from Co.Cork and only Clonmel AC and the host club West Waterford AC had higher numbers.
There was also success in the team event with Alan O’Brien, Ed Sutton and Vivian Foley taking the 3rd men’s team prize.
1st…Leevale A.C….David Comber 15th, Michael Creed 30th, Conor Collins 31st…76 pts
2nd…St.Finbarr’s A.C….Eoin O Keeffe, 17th, Christopher Murnane 35th, Michael Corbett 40th…92 pts 3rd….Eagle A.C…..Alan O Brien 12th, Edwin Sutton 25th, Vivian Foley 65th…..Total points 102 pts
12 463 O’BRIEN Alan M Senior Eagle A.C. 00:56:25
25 289 SUTTON Edwin M Senior Eagle A.C. 00:58:13
65 560 FOLEY Vivian M O/45 Eagle A.C. 00:59:55
85 311 O’LEARY Gearoid M Senior Eagle A.C. 01:01:14
88 461 O’CALLAGHAN Ruairi M Senior Eagle A.C. 01:01:24
John O’Callaghan, Gearóid O’Leary & Ruairi O’Callaghan early on in the race
90 2298 O’CONNOR Pat M O/45 Eagle A.C. 01:01:46
99 376 BOLAND Ronan M O/50 Eagle A.C. 01:02:35
111 767 O’HERLIHY Colin M O/40 Eagle A.C. 01:03:16
117 888 LEAHY Martin M O/50 Eagle A.C. 01:03:27
129 2463 KENNEALLY Damian M Senior Eagle A.C. 01:03:56
132 2506 O’SULLIVAN Vincent M Senior Eagle A.C. 01:03:59
162 8 WHELAN Gavin M Senior West Waterford A.C. 01:04:43
218 1786 FORDE Michael M Senior Eagle A.C. 01:06:27
320 1006 SEXTON Keith M O/50 Eagle A.C. 01:08:52
353 1973 GALLAGHER MARK M O/40 Eagle A.C. 01:09:32
364 2241 MCGUIRE Brian M O/45 Eagle A.C. 01:09:36
397 2114 BYRNE Eddie M O/45 Eagle A.C. 01:10:35
418 793 MCGRATH Grellan M O/50 Eagle A.C. 01:11:13
426 382 O’LEARY Martin M Senior Eagle A.C. 01:11:24
475 2070 BYRD Charlie M O/50 Eagle A.C. 01:12:42
481 1580 HARRINGTON Raymond M Senior Eagle A.C. 01:12:52
486 823 CORCORAN Phil M O/45 Eagle A.C. 01:13:00
492 508 EGAN Ruairi M O/45 Eagle A.C. 01:13:08
501 1411 SCANNELL John M O/45 Eagle A.C. 01:13:25
519 717 SPEIGHT David M O/45 Eagle A.C. 01:13:45
528 1584 LEVY David M Senior Eagle A.C. 01:14:01
534 963 MULLIGAN Ray M O/40 Eagle A.C. 01:14:14
608 2559 FITZGERALD Ed M O/40 Eagle A.C. 01:15:35
620 313 MCCARTHY Tim M Senior Eagle A.C. 01:15:53
646 1071 KIRWAN Ita F O/45 Eagle A.C. 01:16:15
647 2229 O’GORMAN Patrick M O/40 Eagle A.C. 01:16:15
686 1025 MC GRATH Mike M O/55 Eagle A.C. 01:16:55
689 771 BEVAN Karen F O/35 Eagle A.C. 01:16:56
711 52 HIGGS Ken M O/65 Eagle A.C. 01:17:34
715 742 O’CONNOR Noel M O/55 Eagle A.C. 01:17:41
739 1812 O’ LEARY Grace F Senior Eagle A.C. 01:18:06
740 913 GUINANE Elaine F O/35 Eagle A.C. 01:18:07
780 1785 HACKETT Alan M O/40 Eagle A.C. 01:18:42
807 459 MURPHY Gillian F O/35 Eagle A.C. 01:19:06
Gillian Murphy, Noella Carroll & Karen Bevan
832 1940 O’CONNOR Kevin M O/45 Eagle A.C. 01:19:32
843 357 GEARY Kevin M Senior Eagle A.C. 01:19:44
885 521 COSTELLO Derek M O/45 Eagle A.C. 01:20:30
886 727 COTTER TRACY F Senior Eagle A.C. 01:20:31
891 2067 TRINDLE Eddie M O/40 Eagle A.C. 01:20:36
892 365 CORCORAN Nora F O/35 Eagle A.C. 01:20:37
895 1844 KENNEALLY Glenn M O/40 Eagle A.C. 01:20:41
904 731 O’CONNOR Frances F O/55 Eagle A.C. 01:20:52
924 42 FENNESSY Eleanor F O/35 Eagle A.C. 01:21:23
980 1094 COTTER Frank M O/55 Eagle A.C. 01:22:34
986 1734 MCGRATH Donal M O/50 Eagle A.C. 01:22:42
995 2135 NYHAN Ken M Senior Eagle A.C. 01:22:52
1020 542 DUNLEAVY John M O/50 Eagle A.C. 01:23:18
1065 1593 BRENNAN Ian M O/50 Eagle A.C. 01:23:57
1082 379 BOLAND Lisa F O/45 Eagle A.C. 01:24:17
1121 1009 MC KENNA Helen F O/35 Eagle A.C. 01:24:39
1131 1950 CARROLL Noelle F O/40 Eagle A.C. 01:24:43
1218 1945 LONERGAN Mairead F Senior Eagle A.C. 01:26:23
1255 2087 KING Pat M O/40 Eagle A.C. 01:26:46
1288 1412 O’RIORDAN Fiona F O/45 Eagle A.C. 01:27:33
1325 1915 SHANAHAN Edwina F Senior Eagle A.C. 01:29:13
1357 1592 GEARY Ian M O/45 Eagle A.C. 01:29:54
1488 820 CORCORAN Sunita F O/40 Eagle A.C. 01:33:19
1513 1949 MC KENZIE Betty F O/50 Eagle A.C. 01:33:59
Report on the 2016 Munster Senior & Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships by John Desmond & Keith Burke.
Report by John Desmond…..Exactly 12 months ago, James Ryan and myself made the long trip to Nenagh in Tipperary for the annual Munster Senior & Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships. This was after the club had been absent from the event for five years after fielding 4 in 2008 and 1 in 2009. The 2015 entry was more of a re-introduction of the club to the event and having a presence there. In the end, the trip was worthwhile as we not only got a better idea of what the event was about but we also won two Bronze medals. 2015 report HERE.
I had hoped that perhaps if we went back with double our numbers in 2016 then it would be a success but in the end, it was even better as we had 7 taking part! This was a record attendance for the club at this championship event.
In terms of numbers from Cork clubs, this is how we compared to others taking part…Leevale AC 12, Liscarroll AC 8, Eagle AC 7, Rising Sun AC 7, East Cork AC 4, St.Finbarr’s AC 3, Togher AC 1, Grange-Fermoy AC 1, North Cork AC 1, West Muskerry AC 1 & Fanahan McSweeney AC 1.
In contrast to the two events that we took part in last year (Shot Putt & 3000m), this year we had entries in nine…60m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m, Shot Putt, High Jump and Long Jump. As well as our increased participation, we also came home with three medals…a Bronze in the Shot Putt and a Silver and Bronze in the 800m. More details in Keith’s report.
Overall, it was a very good day out for the club with plenty of lessons learnt for future events. A work of thanks also to our Competition Secretary Pat Murphy…our ‘8th man’ on the day who helped out at the finish line for most of the track races.
David O’Donovan took part in four events. Photo Credit : Dooneen AC
Report on the 2016 Munster Indoor Track & Field Championships…by Keith Burke
The 2016 Munster Senior & Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships took place at the Nenagh Indoor Stadium on Sunday 17th January last. This year, seven Eagle AC members entered the Championships, a significant increase on our participation in the 2015 edition of the Championships. With increased participation came increased success and the team can be proud of their medal haul of 3 together with some very unlucky 4th place finishes and a number of other strong performances.
Chris Bristow preparing for the 200m. Photo Credit : Dooneen AC
The medals came from Denis Looney (Silver in the M45 800m), David O’Donovan (Bronze in the M35 800m) and John Desmond (Bronze in the M50 Shot Putt). In fact, John was successfully defending his Bronze medal from the 2015 Championships! James Ryan was extremely unlucky to finish outside the medals in the M50 3,000m after taking the best part of a minute off the time which saw him take a Bronze in the M45 3,000m at these Championships last year. Kevin Sievewright and John Desmond finished 9th and 10th respectively in the same race. In addition to his 800m medal, David was just outside the medals in the Long Jump and High Jump and also finished 5th of the Championship competitors in the M35 60m. Derek O’Keeffe was 5th in both the M40 800m and M40 1,500m.
The Senior Championships were held in tandem with the Masters Championships and Chris Bristow put in strong runs in the 200m, 400m and 1,500m.
Video…James Ryan near the front in the M50 3000m…
The full results of the event are available HERE. The extracted Eagle AC performances are as follows (placings exclude guest participants in the race/event):
Bristow, Chris (MS)…200m – 10th 27.99, 400m – 6th 60.66 and 1500m – 5th 5:07.27
Desmond, John (M50)…3000m – 10th 11:20.00 and Shot Putt – 3rd (Bronze) 6.39m
Derek O’Keffe in action on the indoor track….Photo Credit : Dooneen AC
Well done to all who took part and a thank you also to Pat Murphy who attended the event as the club’s official. Many of the Eagle AC squad were newcomers to track & field competition having sampled the “try track racing” nights which the club held at the end of 2015. Why not try something new and participate at future club racing nights and/or track & field competitions!
Chris Bristow in the Senior 1500m…Photo Credit : Dooneen AC
Club member Paul Cotter appeared as a contributor during the BBC Health Series “Trust Me I’m A Doctor” on the 13th of January 2016 (Season 4 Episode 2).
The segment in the programme deals with artificial sweeteners and how effective they are. For anyone using them as a sugar substitute, the latest information should raise some concerns.
Some of the results from last weekend…Sat 27th & Sun 28th Feb 2016
Club member Paul Cotter appeared as a contributor during the BBC Health Series “Trust Me I’m A Doctor” on the 13th of January 2016 (Season 4 Episode 2).
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