Congratulations to club member Niamh McCarthy who today won a Silver medal at the European Paralympic Championships in Italy. Competing in the F40/F41 discus category, Niamh threw a distance of 27.05 metres. Not only was this a new personal best distance for her but  it was also a new European record in the F41 category. Niamh finished behind a Polish athlete who was in the F40 category and finished ahead on points.

Niamh is of course no stranger to international success having won Bronze at the World Championships in Doha last year. The current European Championships are part of her build up for the Paralymic Games in Rio later in the Summer.

From Paralympics Ireland…..An extremely focused performance from Cork athlete McCarthy saw her set a new F41 European Record and Personal Best early on with a distance of 25.45m, before going on to break this record on her third throw with a distance of 27.05m.

In what was a mixed class event (F40 and F41) McCarthy was pipped to the gold medal by F40 Polish athlete Renata Sliwinska who won the event on points.

“That was absolutely stunning,” said an almost speechless National Throws Coach, Dave Sweeney. “A truly stunning performance from Niamh. She smashed her PB to smithereens, and it really was unfortunate that she lost out on gold by points in the mixed class event.

“She is thrilled now to have thrown so well, and remained focused throughout. It was an absolutely incredible performance and moves her well up the world rankings. We’ve had a fantastic few days now with everyone throwing extremely well. They all did really well in Doha at the World Championships and have all moved up a level again from that, it’s been amazing to watch.”

Fota Wildlife Park have just released a new video of the Cheetah Run which the club organised back on the 19th of May.

Results
Doneraile 5k : This 5k race in Doneraile Park on Friday the 3rd of June was organised by Mallow AC and attracted a large field of over 400 runners. We had 3 members present with Mike McGrath taking first place in the M55 category.…
30 McGrath Mike Eagle AC 19:39 M55 …1st
89 Dooley Michael Eagle AC 22:32 M50
96 Carroll Denis Eagle AC 22:51 M55
Cork City Marathon results: We had 20 members take part in the Cork City marathon on Monday the 6th of June, with 35 going in the half (2015…full 15, half 37). As you probably heard, the half went the wrong route and covered nearly half a mile too much. Missing from results below are pacers Grellan McGrath (3:30 full) and David O Donovan (1:50 Half) Results:

Full:
54 Tony Cambridge (963) 03:10:31 03:10:25 O45 (9) Male (52)
65 Paul Cotter (700) 03:13:37 03:13:31 O40 (12) Male (63)
112 John Sheehan (747) 03:22:02 03:21:48 O45 (19) Male (104)
153 Christopher Bristow 97 03:27:13 03:26:45 O30 (17) Male (142)
181 David McCann (99) 03:30:09 03:29:40 O35 (48) Male (169)
183 Denis Carroll (415) 03:30:36 03:30:28 O55 (2) Male (171)
267 Peadar Forbes (1120) 03:42:21 03:41:45 O30 (30) Male (247)
305 Donal Dowling (1139) 03:45:44 03:44:54 O40 (66) Male (281)
322 Elaine Guinane (1021) 03:48:06 03:47:18 O35 (8) Female (28)
325 Gary Firmo (1302) 03:48:16 03:47:32 O35 (77) Male (297)
326 Charlie Byrd (1303) 03:48:18 03:47:34 O50 (21) Male (298)
356 Sean Lucey (106) 03:50:48 03:50:19 Senior (41)Male (322)
412 Finbarr Lehane (370) 03:55:34 03:54:45 O45 (65) Male (370)
513 Alan Foley (487) 04:05:29 04:04:21 O40 (101)Male (452)
632 Helen Cronin (722) 04:18:43 04:17:22 O35 (22) Female (92)
706 Pat King (865) 04:26:47 04:25:34 O40 (136)Male (589)
719 Mairead Lonergan (36) 04:27:51 04:26:44 O30 (21) Female (123)
750 Sorcha Nash (1020) 04:30:30 04:29:17 O35 (33) Female (133)
840 Sean Murphy (615) 04:42:08 04:41:05 O35 (161) Male (677)

Half Marathon
15 Pat O’connor (2668) 01:25:25 01:25:23 Senior (12) Male (15) 15
31 Vincent O’Sullivan (3602) 01:29:24 01:29:18 Senior (22) Male (29) 31
40 Martin Leahy (3987) 01:30:59 01:30:53 Senior (27) Male (38) 40
49 Damian Kenneally (2462) 01:31:52 01:31:48 Senior (35) Male (46) 49
53 Michael Forde (2386) 01:31:58 01:31:51 Senior (36) Male (49) 52
56 Ronan Boland (2579) 01:32:17 01:32:12 O50 (2) Male (52) 56
59 Alan O’ Brien (3343) 01:32:47 01:32:41 Senior (39) Male (55) 59
87 Richard Piotrowski (2888) 01:35:58 01:35:50 O65 (1) Male (80) 86
111 Gregg Moore (3632) 01:38:46 01:38:36 O45 (3) Male (99) 113
125 Sean O’keeffe (2393) 01:40:02 01:39:46 O35 (15) Male (112) 124
128 Glenn Kenneally (3732) 01:40:17 01:40:10 Senior (75) Male (114) 133
131 John Scannell (4138) 01:40:23 01:40:14 Senior (78) Male (117) 134
137 Martin O Leary (3263) 01:40:46 01:40:38 Senior (83) Male (123) 141
143 Ken Mulcahy (3382) 01:40:59 01:40:42 Senior (85) Male (127) 144
182 Gillian Murphy (3635) 01:43:24 01:43:14 O40 (1) Female (23) 183
208 Cathal Twomey (2445) 01:44:48 01:44:28 Senior (118) Male (182) 207
301 Karen Bevan (3995) 01:48:47 01:48:22 Senior (28) Female (40) 305
302 Raymond Harrington (3125) 01:48:48 01:48:40 Senior (177) Male (262) 314
393 John Mccarthy (3273) 01:52:09 01:51:46 Senior (226) Male (332) 405
399 Richard Hawkins (4167) 01:52:23 01:52:13 Senior (229) Male (337) 414
459 Maeve Cotter (3689) 01:53:44 01:52:49 Senior (56) Female (78) 452
464 Conn Donovan (3061) 01:53:48 01:52:58 Senior (260) Male (384) 462
488 Derek Costello (2235) 01:54:41 01:54:26 Senior (268) Male (403) 506
503 Fleur Dixon (2010) 01:55:12 01:54:16 Senior (62) Female (88) 499
592 Frances O’connor (3308) 01:58:09 01:57:37 Senior (85) Female (122) 605
624 Donal Mcgrath (3359) 01:58:53 01:57:51 Senior (327) Male (493) 614
693 Bernadette Looney (4092) 02:00:24 01:59:35 Senior (109) Female (155) 705
839 Patrick Walsh (3081) 02:04:11 02:02:45 O30 (29) Male (635) 840
895 Nora Corcoran (3027) 02:05:09 02:03:53 Senior (165) Female (230) 898
897 Ed Fitzgerald (3042) 02:05:09 02:03:53 Senior (437) Male (667) 899
972 Fiona O’riordan (4137) 02:07:06 02:06:06 Senior (182) Female (258) 985
1046 Lisa Boland (2659) 02:09:00 02:08:38 Senior (211) Female (297) 1080
1076 Jerry Guiney (2051) 02:09:59 02:09:10 Senior (510) Male (762) 1104
1192 Betty Mc Kenzie (3538) 02:12:41 02:11:23 Senior (273) Female (380) 1201
1654 Stephanie O’ Gorman (3447) 02:27:52 02:27:12 Senior (455) Female (651) 1684

First marathon for Helen Cronin

Start of the marathon & relay

Post race get together

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Whitechurch Macra 5km: Congratulations to Damian Kenneally, who was first man home in this 5km last weekend. Over a tough course, Damian ran 18.01 and finished over two minutes clear of second place.

Clare Burren Marathon : The Clare Burren marathon Challenge was held last Saturday, May 28th. We had one member in the half-marathon:
159 Conn Donovan 02:15:59 02:16:34 485 M (109) Eagle AC

Post-Marathon Get together: Message from Ed Fitzgerald and David O’ Donovan- Meet up post marathon in the Ovens Bar, Oliver Plunkett street from 6pm onwards. All welcome for few well-earned drinks and post-race analysis.

Flickr Photos by Derek Costello:
26th May 2016 Ballycotton series ,Ballyandreen 2016
https://flic.kr/s/aHskAdP7UY

31st May 2016 John Buckley Sports 5k
https://flic.kr/s/aHskAPG4Eh

29th May 2016 ….Whitechurch Macra 5k
https://flic.kr/s/aHskxyTm54

Report on the 2016 Cork County Masters Track & Field Championships

The 2016 Cork County Masters Track & Field Championships took place at Cork I.T. on Sunday 22 nd May last in beautiful conditions. This year, six Eagle AC members entered the Championships, which was double our participation in the 2015 Championships. With three 1st place finishes and six 2nd place finishes, the club had a very successful meet.

A full report from Keith Burke can be seen HERE

Emer Casey 10km: 7 Members took part in this charity race in Youghal recently:
25 0:39:56 SLYNE, Dermot Eagle AC M40 06:25.5
38 0:41:03 PIOTROWSKI, Richard Eagle AC M65 06:36.3
40 0:41:10 CARROLL, Denis Eagle AC M55 06:37.4
75 0:43:27 MURPHY, Gillian Eagle AC F40 06:59.4
119 0:47:04 TRINDLE, Edward Eagle AC M40 07:34.3
124 0:47:27 MCCARTHY, John Eagle AC M40 07:38.0
304 0:58:24 RYAN, Barry Eagle AC M 09:23.7

Doneraile 5km: Well done to Ber Lee, who was second lady in the St Mary’s Football club 5km race held in Doneraile Park last weekend. Ber finished in 21:18 and was our only representative
7 450 21.18.62 Bernadette Lee Eagle A/C

Blackwater 10 mile : We had just one member at the 2016 Blackwater 10 mile road race near Fermoy on Sunday the 15th of May
48 » Mike MCGRATH Eagle AC M M50 717 1:11:57

Lakes of Killarney Half and Full Marathon: We had several members competing in the Lakes of Killarney full and half event. We also had Four members pacing- Grellan McGrath (3:30 Full), Elaine Guinane and David O’ Donovan (1:45 Half) and Conn O Donovan (2 hours Half.)
Full Marathon
22 Charlie BYRD (17) 03:43:11 03:43:03 Ages 50+ (4)

Half Marathon
10 Paul Cotter (1739) 01:28:22 01:28:22 Ages 40-44 (4) Male (10)
86 Tracy Cotter (1738) 01:50:31 01:50:20 Senior (5)
104 Ed Fitzgerald (1760) 01:55:31 01:55:21 Ages 40-44 (20)

A total of 29 Eagle AC members took part in this years Ballyandreen 5 mile road race on Thurs 26th May, the first in the 2016 Ballycotton Summer Series. It is coincidentally the exact same number as last year.

14 0:28:50 O’CALLAGHAN, John Eagle AC M45 05:45.9
16 0:28:59 O’CALLAGHAN, Ruairi Eagle AC M 05:47.7
18 0:29:05 KENNEALLY, Damien Eagle AC M 05:48.9
30 0:30:01 O’CONNOR, Pat Eagle AC M45 06:00.1
32 0:30:11 CAMBRIDGE, Tony Eagle AC M45 06:02.1
33 0:30:24 O’SULLIVAN, Vincent Eagle AC M 06:04.7
34 0:30:25 O’HERLIHY, Colin Eagle AC M45 06:04.9
37 0:30:41 GEARY, Kevin Eagle AC M 06:08.1
67 0:32:00 KENNEALLY, Glenn Eagle AC M40 06:23.9
97 0:33:04 O’CALLAGHAN, David Eagle AC M 06:36.7
105 0:33:21 FOLEY, Colin Eagle AC M 06:40.1
112 0:33:40 O’LEARY, Martin Eagle AC M 06:43.9
123 0:34:10 DESMOND, John Eagle AC M50 06:49.9
136 0:34:37 TWOMEY, Cathal Eagle AC M 06:55.3
184 0:36:14 BEVAN, Karen Eagle AC F35 07:14.6

Cathal Twomey & Karen Bevan at the top of the hill

185 0:36:17 GALLAGHER, Mark Eagle AC M40 07:15.2
196 0:36:39 O’FARRELL, Andrew Eagle AC M60 07:19.6
214 0:37:04 RYAN, Mairead Eagle AC F 07:24.6
226 0:37:13 CURTIN, Kieran Eagle AC M 07:26.4
255 0:37:59 MCCARTHY, John Eagle AC M40 07:35.6
274 0:38:21 COTTER, Mary Eagle AC F50 07:40.0
285 0:38:35 KIRWAN, Ita Eagle AC F45 07:42.8
313 0:39:11 COTTER, Tracy Eagle AC F 07:50.0
321 0:39:21 FITZGERALD, Ed Eagle AC M45 07:52.0
323 0:39:23 QUIGLEY, John Eagle AC M60 07:52.4
437 0:43:19 O’RIORDAN, Fiona Eagle AC F45 08:39.6
455 0:44:01 O’DRISCOLL, Kevin Eagle AC M60 08:48.0
469 0:44:29 MERRITT, Tony Eagle AC M50 08:53.6
526 0:47:28 KEOHANE, Irene Eagle AC F40 09:29.4
Results

(Photo Credit: Jonathan Kenneally)

There was a total of 901 taking part in the Cheetah Run this year…828 in the 5km race and 73 in the 1 mile race for Juveniles.

The results for both races are now available HERE

Alan O’Shea…winner of the 2016 Cheetah Run 5k race (Photo by Joe Murphy)

Ann Marie Holland of Youghal AC…First woman (Photo by Joe Murphy)

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Start of the Juvenile One mile race

Midleton 5 mile : The club had 18 members in the recent Midleton 5 mile road race.
26 O HERLIHY COLIN Eagle AC 30:04 30:01 M45 635
28 O CONNOR PATRICK Eagle AC 30:24 30:21 M45 702
67 McCann David Eagle AC 32:16 32:04 SM 531
72 Foley Colin Eagle AC 32:23 32:16 SM 439
77 O CALLAGHAN DAVID Eagle AC 32:29 32:27 M50 686
90 WALSH PATRICK Eagle AC 33:03 32:54 SM 501
102 O’Connor Mike Eagle AC 33:39 33:33 SM 493
112 Gallagher Mark Eagle AC 34:01 33:57 M40 202
132 LUCEY SEAN Eagle AC 34:45 34:32 SM 347
134 CARROLL DENIS Eagle AC 34:47 34:40 M55 594
143 DOOLEY MICHAEL Eagle AC 35:05 34:36 M50 418
157 MURPHY JOE Eagle AC 35:40 35:17 M60 297
223 Higgs Ken Eagle AC 37:23 37:08 M65 483
247 MCCARTHY JOHN Eagle AC 38:07 37:45 M40 524
306 QUIGLEY JOHN Eagle AC 39:32 39:13 M60 542
429 O RIORDAN FIONA Eagle AC 43:15 43:00 W45 636
471 Fitzgerald Ed Eagle AC 44:41 44:12 M45 410
493 SIEVEWRIGHT KEVIN Eagle AC 45:29 44:24 M50 223
Results

Members of Midleton AC cordoning off some hazardous objects

Bweeng 5km and 10km: We had one member in the recent 5km race in Bweeng, while 3 others undertook the 10km distance:
5km
12. 119 Cathal Twomey m M20-39 0:20:36.0
10Km
5. 336 Don Keohane m M40-49 0:39:24.6 Eagle A.C.
22. 302 JOE Murphy m M60-69 0:44:33.4 EAGLE AC
27. 335 Michael Dooley m M40-49 0:45:46.9 Eagle A.C.
Results

Ruairi O’Callaghan

Kingsley Challenge Series: Several members ran in the new Kingsley 10km race last Sunday morning. Congratulations to Ruairi O’ Callaghan on his podium finish! Ruairi was second home in a time of 37:32. Clubs were not listed, but other members running included:
2 Ruairi O’CALLAGHAN (164) 00:37:33 00:37:32 All Ages (2) Male (2)
7 Pat O’CONNOR (167) 00:38:44 00:38:42 All Ages (6) Male (6)
10 John DUNPHY (129) 00:41:12 00:41:11 All Ages (9) Male (9)
14 Glenn Kenneally (51) 00:41:49 00:41:47 All Ages (12) Male (12)
Results

Limerick Full and Half Marathon: Ten members went to Limerick last Sunday, with 2 in the full and 8 in the Half marathon. A special mention for our two ladies undertaking the full marathon, both achieving pbs- well done to Nora Corcoran and Grace O’ Leary!
Full Marathon:
Nora Corcoran 3:49:48
Grace O’Leary 4:00:05

Half Marathon:
Ronan Boland 1:20:12…2nd M45
Pat O’Connor 1:20:35…3rd M45
Mike McGrath 1:33:36…3rd M55
Linda Cussen 1:38:29
Elaine Guinane1:38:50
Lisa Boland 1:45:38
Grellan McGrath1:49:48…1:50 pacer
John Desmond…1:49:50…1:50 pacer

Drimoleague 5km: Well done to Ciarán Bouse on his 4th place finish in the recent Drimoleague 5km:
4 0:19:37 BOUSE, Ciaran Eagle AC M 06:18.7 76 4
Results

Great Island Four and Ten Mile: The rescheduled Cobh races took place on a sunny bank holiday Monday. We had a few representatives in both events (clubs not listed):
Ten Mile
14 Colin O HERLIHY (1132) 01:04:34 01:04:32 Ages 40-49 (7)
15 Pat O CONNOR (1113) 01:05:24 01:05:22 Ages 40-49 (8)
33 Damian MALONE (1490) 01:10:05 01:10:01 Senior Male (12)
62 Sean LUCEY (179) 01:13:59 01:13:51 Senior Male (28)
72 John DUNPHY (474) 01:14:29 01:14:29 Ages 40-49 (24)

Four Mile
15 Colin FOLEY (1025) 00:24:47 All Ages (14)
37 Karen BEVAN (1028) 00:28:05 Ages 35-44 (2)
53 John Quigley (1036) 00:31:10 All Ages (41)
Results & photos