Meet and Train Tymon Park 2009

MEET & TRAIN
TYMON PARK
1st FEB 2009
SPORTSWORLD PLACES

1st > Stephanie Bergin. / 2nd > Edel Madigan.
7th > Breda Browne./ 9th > Louise Bruton.
12th > Orla Jordan./14th > Catherine O’Neill.
17th > Ann Higgins. / 23rd > Eileen Dalton .
25th > Orlagh Fleming / 26th > Susan McDonnell.
27th > Fiona McManus. / 28th > Irene O’Connor.
30th > Sibeal Waldron. / 33rd > Louise Courell.
38th > Aileen Melody / 40th > Karen O’Connor.
45th > Clare Doyle / 47th > Tara Quirke.
48th > Kim Masuda / 49th > Mary Dawson.
51st > Clare Rowley / 53rd > Claire Harrington.
62nd > Laurence Delair / 66th > Petrina Mulroe.
72nd > Ann Sweeney / 76 > Yvonne Callis

5 Mile Classic

Online entry for the Sportsworld 5 mile Classic 2009 are now open. The race is on Sunday May 17th at 10am.

Sportsworld Running Club was founded in 1983 and is based in Bushy Park, Terenure. Over the years it has developed into one of the biggest running clubs in Ireland with a current membership of over 200 men and women. In its short history it has had remarkable success winning National, Dublin and Eastern Region titles in both men and women’s categories.

In 1985 the club organised the very first Dublin 5 Mile Classic and since then the event has gone from strength to strength and is now established as one of the premier road races of the Irish Athletics calendar. Sportsworld are proud to be the promoter of this great event which has attracted many of the worlds leading runners to our capital city culminating in Ismael Kiruis’ World best time of 22:07 set in 1993. At the same time, we make sure the needs of the fun runner and walkers are not forgotten.

Awards
First 1000 participants will receive a beautifully designed race T-shirt and a unique Asics gift.
Prizes
A large prize fund will be distributed among the first ten senior male and female runners, as well as all the usual Masters categories (o/40 to o/65).
Charity
Any profits arising from the race will be shared with Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin. We would also request race entrants, if intending to raise monies for charity through their race participation, to consider raising funds for the hospital.

National Novice Cross Country 2008

National Novice Cross Country, Ballyheise, 7 December 2008

And so to it, the last cross country endeavour for 2008. Following the harrowing experiences of Avondale and Abbeyleix, Ballyheise in the heart of Cavan was the location selected to host the National Novice XC.

Arriving at the arena in Ballyheise, we were confronted by a biting cold in the air and the sight of little kids bawling their eyes out, others with icepacks strapped to ankles and even one poor misfortunate being stretchered out with a neck brace and oxygen mask. It was clear we were a long long way from La Santa.

Sean Wall was the first of the Sportsworld participants to face the course. In the Under-19 race, a gruelling 6k race, in which young Waller admirably held his own, stepping up an age class to compete.

The ladies’ novice race was the next to feature Sportsworld runners. At a distance of 3k, this race went off with a ferocious pace around the course and the Sportsworld team quickly got into their stride. Lorna Quinn, Mary Finn, Crona Brady, Stephanie Bergin and debutante Catherine O’Neill all put in strong performances. Both Lorna and Stephanie also ran on the Dublin side while Crona wore the green and gold of Meath.

The men’s novice race was the last race of the day. The Sportsworld team of Ronan Merrick, Ed McEntee, Michael Cunningham, Colin Bolger, Paul Duffy, Paul Mitchell and Will Greensmyth faced into six laps of the course, by now well churned with knee-deep mud after the previous races. The Sportsworld gents dug deep and got around with some exceptional performances. Worthy of particular note is that of Ronan Merrick whose top form this season continued with a strong run to lead home the Sportsworld team, a performance benefitting perhaps from the extra sleep Mr Merrick gained from his alarm not waking him on time that morning. Colin Bolger returned to cross country racing with a fine run while Paul Mitchell in his first season of cross country running proved himself to be fully competent at conquering the hills of Cavan.

The last cross country race of 2008 behind us then as we take a brief sojourn over the Christmas season to recover. More cross country pleasures await in January and February…I can’t wait.
Report by

William Greensmyth

Women – 3,000 metres
Lorna Quinn brought our Novice ladies team home in 12th place and a time of 13.44, next in 13th place Mary Finn time of 13.50, Stephanie Bergin time of 14.06 and Crona Brady time 14.15 well done ladies, Great running.

Men – 6,000
Ronan Merrick led sportsworld mens team home in a time of 25.32, followed by Colm Bolger 25.44, Michael Cunningham 25.47, Ed McEntee 25.54, Paul Duffy 27.19, Paul Mitchell 27.28, Will Greensmyth (Welcome back from injury) 28.50.

Well done to all

Senior Women Tramore on 23/11/08 8,000 meters
Well done to Aoife Brady who ran a fantastic race to finish in 17th place in a time of 32.17. Aoife also score 2nd place for the Meath Team. Well done Aoife great run in a highly competitive race.

Boys under 16 – 3,000 meters.
Sean Wall is still surprising us all he finished in 31st place and was the fourth scorer on the Dublin Team. Well done Sean, very proud.

Report By
Orlagh Fleming

Aware 10km Photo’s

Leinster Intermediate CC 2008

Leinster Intermediate – 9th November 2008

November 9th saw the annual meeting of the Leinster Intermediate CC Races, which was held in a mud bath at Heywood College Abbeyleix Co. Laois. We knew that it was going to be a tough day from the start, when the parking man stop us at the gate saying ‘I think lads ya may park here, the auld field up above is gone soft’, and can I have 5 Euro each as well!.

Well the parking man wasn’t lying, the course didn’t have a blade of grass which makes the performance of our Ladies team remarkable. The Girls team brought home the first gold of the cross country season. Well done to Aoife & Crona Brady, Stephney Bergan & Lisa Dowling. Aoife season is going from strength to strength & she took 1st place to boot. Even at that the twins weren’t finished clearing the place out of medals. They also picked up Gold for Meath in the county competition.

The lads were up next and they had the pleasure of 5 laps in the cold icy blustery conditions. But what else would you be doing on your Sundays, I even heard one of the lads saying the harder the better. But I’m soft & I taught that its was a day beside the fire. Despite the Conditions Ronan Merrick & Ed McEntee battled on to claim 11th & 16th overall. Next in Micky Cunningham marched in 24th spot. Paul Mitchell, James Shanahan. Will & Paul Duffy also had a go & the team as a whole just missed out on a bronze medal. However lads our day will come again.

Race report by Paul Duffy.

Dublin Senior CC 2008

Photo’s and results from the Dublin Senior CC 2008 in st anne’s park, raheny. The full online results are here.

Dublin Marathon 2008

Congratulations to all those who did the Marathon on Monday, but especially well done to the 20 Sportsworld volunteers who had the tougher job of being marshals on Fortfield Road and Templeogue Road for the marathon. It was an early start on a Bank holiday for the volunteers with a job that involved standing for four freezing hours on a very cold day cheering on the Sportsworld runners and their competitors. The volunteers had to look out for the safety of runners with Sean Wall, Mary Finn and Trevor Lloyd having to deal with two injured runners, ambulances had to be called in both cases but the Sportsworld volunteers responded calmly and quickly. A very difficult job was done at Our Ladys school where buses had to be merged with the runners safely which Lucy Darcy, Stephen Willoughby, Gary Cregan and Sean O Byrne did brilliantly. All the volunteers had to deal with motorists, angry motorists, bad driving motorist (Orlagh Fleming) as well keeping spectators where they should be and at all times for the 4 hours ensuring the runners got a big boost as they headed in to the last 10miles. All the major Dublin running clubs supplied volunteers for the marathon but thanks to the below members Sportsworld was one of the biggest volunteer groups.

Orlagh Fleming, Rachel Morgan, Carol Lynch, Paddy Lynch, Sean O Byrne, Lucy Darcy, Stephen Willoughby, Gary Cregan, Elen, Michael Cunningham, Sean Wall, Mary Finn, Paul Duffy, Aoife Brady, Crona Brady, Judith Llyod, Trevor Lloyd, Paul O’Connell, Phil Kilgannon and Will Greensmyth. And a special Thanks to Michael Cunningham who organised the Sportsworld Marshals

SPORTSWORLD
MARATHON TIMES
ED MC ENTEE 2.37 / JAKUB SPLAWSKI 3.12 / ERIC Lithander 3.17 / EOIN O BRIEN 3.19 /
/ ????/ EDEL MADIGAN 3.22 / ORLA JORDAN 3.23 / CATHERINE O NEILL 3.34 /
COLM MOONEY 3.46 / ANN JORDAN 3.47 / SIBEAL WALDRON 3.47 /
KAREN O CONNOR 3.53 / DAVE TRIMBLE 3.54 / KILLIAN MC MORROW 3.59 /
ENDA MC MORROW 4.00 / AILEEN MELODY 4.02 / CLARE DOYLE 4.02 /
SIOBHAN BRADFORD 4.07 / SEAN SWEENEY 4.16 / CLAIRE HARRINGTON 4.17
JULIE DOWLING 4/17 / RHONDA ANDREUCITTI 4.22 / FIONA O TOOLE 4.33 /
RAY CARPENTER 4.36 / LOUISE FLOOD 5.18 / NICOLA O BRIEN 5.20

Leinster Novice & Master CC 2008

Leinster Novice & Master race – 26th October 2008

The 26th October saw the annual meeting of the Leinster Novice & Master races in Avondale, Rathdrum Co. Wicklow & gave the chance for the up & coming sportsworld stars a chance to shine. The race was held in the scene grounds of Avondale house in weather of all seasons & there were some fantastic performances put in by all of sportsworld runners especially Crona Brady & Ronan Merrick.

First race of interest to sportsworld was the novice Women of Crona Brady, Stephanie, Ciara Foster, Susan McDonnell & Claire O’ Reilly. The girls ran particularly well & were unlucky to miss out on the medals by 3 points. Susan, Ciara & Stephanie were together through out most of the 3K course & worked great as a team to finish 14th, 26th & 28th overall. However Crona stole the show to claim 5th place & based on this performance it will not be long till she will be running along side her sister in future races to come.

Next up the Novice Men were given there chance to shine. The race was 3 laps of a 2km course incorporating in what can only be described as a very steep hill that seem to go on forever. This hill will give me nightmare of years to come & most who saw it were left speechless by its length & steepness. However Ronan Merrick marked his come back to form with an outstanding 11th place. Ronan went to the front of the race early on & held his place with the leaders for one lap before dropping back a few places. Michael Cunningham also ran well & marched on to claim 21st spot overall. Michael is also coming back from injury & was delighted with his placing. Other notable performances were Paul Mitchell & James Shanahan who finished 44th & 45th respectively. Sportsworld claimed 6th overall in the team competition.

The masters women was the last race of interest to sportsworld. The girls ran really well & claimed 2nd spot with 22 points overall. Rachel Morgan ran a steady race to claim 5th place not to far behind Pauline Curley who won the race for Tullamore Harriers. Helen White & Kathleen O’ Callaghan completed the team & finished 7th & 10th overall. Well done to all who ran 🙂

Race report by Paul Duffy.

Gerry Farnan Cross Country 2008

In the Gerry Farnan cross country race at a windswept Phoenix Park, Sportsworld competitors embraced the very difficult conditions to turn out some heroic performances. As the race serves as a trial for the annual veterans (IMAA) Celtic 4 Nations cross country international (to be held in Wales this year), seniors and juniors really just compete for personal pride. For many veterans it serves as the target race of the cross country season with athletes traveling from all corners of the island.

In 30 mph winds (though a dry course with nice autumn sun), the girls were first to face the music. Won easily by Wicklow’s Olympian the class Fionnuala Britton, Aoife Brady & Eimear Martin were a brilliant 12th & 20th respectively. Both athletes have improved massively this year, with the former’s strong work ethic of 70 mile weeks combined with a full time job giving her immense strength. Both ought to be very proud
However Carol Lynch and Helen White were the biggest success story for the girls as Carols 3rd place in W60 and Helens 4th place in W40 means that they are on the trip to Wales. Well done Carol and Helen.

The men’s race was equally tough but Mullingar’s Mark Christie made easy work of it winning the 5 mile cross country in 25.12. However the day belongs to Ed McEntee who battled all the way to secure a place on the M40 Ireland team. To the best of the author’s knowledge it’s the 1st time a man from our club has earned a green vest in any event. What makes the performance so much better is that like Jakub Splawski, he runs the Dublin Marathon next week. This would have been on the back of Ed’s mind throughout the race. Indeed there were other quality veterans watching the event that didn’t race it because of the marathon next week. Well done again Ed, you’ve done your club proud.
Other senior males that also ran were Packie Enright, Paul Duffy, Jakub Splawski & James Shanahan. All put in decent displays and the event will stand to them for the upcoming Dublin Senior and National Novice cross country races before Christmas.

Race report by
Packie Macionnrachtaigh
Place

Name

Club

Time

Category
1

Mark Christie

Mullingar Harriers

25.12

Senior
1 (18)

Mick Traynor

Raheny Shamrocks

26:57

O/40
2 (39)

Tommy McElwain

SBR

28.15

O/40
3 (55)

Ed McEntee

Sportsworld