The rescheduled Waterford Half-Marathon was held on Saturday 9th of January 2016 and 16 Eagle AC members made the journey East.

Waterford Half Marathon
24 Foley Vivian 1:18:37 6:00/M M45 Eagle AC
48 O’Connor Pat 1:21:53 6:15/M M45 Eagle AC
108 Kenneally Damian 1:27:33 6:41/M SM Eagle AC
214 Dooley Michael 1:33:40 7:10/M M50 Eagle AC
224 Moore Gregg 1:33:56 7:12/M M45 Eagle AC
241 Guinane Elaine 1:34:50 7:15/M F35 Eagle AC
276 Malone Damien 1:36:27 7:22/M SM Eagle AC
334 Scannell John 1:38:22 7:32/M M45 Eagle AC
410 Hawkins Richard 1:41:09 7:45/M M45 Eagle AC
474 Fitzgerald Ed 1:43:08 7:55/M M40 Eagle AC
546 Bevan Karen 1:45:35 8:06/M F35 Eagle AC
564 Geary Kevin 1:45:46 8:08/M SM Eagle AC
636 Corcoran Nora 1:48:23 8:19/M F35 Eagle AC
791 Cronin Helen 1:53:46 8:44/M F35 Eagle AC
979 O’Riordan Fiona 2:00:09 9:15/M F45 Eagle AC
1136 Mc Kenzie Betty 2:10:07 9:58/M F50 Eagle AC

Results & Photos

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 .

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

The club will be starting a 16 week training programme for members starting on Monday the 16th of November.

There is a choice of four programmes…

1. Novice. Based on running less than 20 miles per week and on 3 days. (Mentor – Ed Fitzgerald)
2. Improvers. Based on running between 20 to 30 miles per week and on 3 days. (Mentor – Grellan McGrath)
3. Intermediate. Based on running between 30-40 miles per week and on 4 days. (Mentor – Elaine Guinane)
4. Performance. Based on running between 40-50 miles per week and on 5 days. (Mentor – John Desmond)

Over the 16 weeks, those following each programme will be doing a variety of track sessions and weekend runs to get ready for the Ballycotton 10 race on the 6th of March 2016. Provision is also made for those who might wish to do the Dungarvan 10 mile or the Mallow 10 mile.

The programme will also give members a good foundation for the 2016 season be it for the Cork City Marathon or local road races.

For any non-members wishing to join the programme then have a look at our membership page. Joining now will cover your membership up until the end of 2016.

Please note that the programmes are not suitable for absolute beginners. If you’ve recently completed a Couch to 5k programme and are running on a regular basis then consider a basic 12 week programme as outlined HERE