Tuesday May 22nd was a good night for the club as both the men’s and women’s took home the 1st place team trophies at the Enfield 5K. A  popular race in the Meath race series the Enfield 5K has been well attended by Sportsworld club members for some years now. This year was no exception.

Why is the race so popular? there is always a great summer atmosphere, a nice post race spread and a PB friendly 5K course. The course itself has a  few modest hills but with only two major turns in the entire race you are almost guaranteed to have a good run. Despite a chaotic start that slowed everyone down the race was very enjoyable. Full results below.

3 Pal Duffy Sportsworld M MS 256 15:35
8 Phil Kilgannon Sportsworld M MS 252 15:54
13 Gareth Murran Sportsworld M MS 103 16:00
22 Gavin Finlay Sportsworld M MS 50 16:34
38 Michael Cunningham Sportsworld M MS 34 16:55
40 Damian Kelly Sportsworld M MS 70 17:00
60 Anthony Ryan Sportsworld M MS 152 17:44
64 Conor Butler Sportsworld M MS 17 17:53
65 Nigel Burke Sportsworld M M45 221 17:57
69 Conor Tully Sportsworld M MS 273 18:01
75 Jean Wilson Sportsworld F FS 303 18:06
102 Aoife Brady Sportsworld F FS 243 18:49
107 Lucy Darcy Sportsworld F F40 128 18:57
119 Catriona Higgins Sportsworld F FS 255 19:14
127 Olivier Privat Sportsworld M M40 111 19:20

* Thanks to Trim AC for the photo…

Sportsworld had at least 5 competitors in a field of 243 on a nice, calm evening.
Paul O’C. led for a long way but had to settle for second in the end.Ray edged out the writer and Conor edged out Stephen. There was tea and coffee and brack and brack and brack and…..brack afterwards
and Paul and the other 1,2,3’s got a commemorative medal, for olympic year.

Times : Paul O’Connell 16:14,Ray Carpenter 21:16, Killian McMorrow 21:16,Conor Kenny 22:32,Stephen Willoughby 22:36.

A  busy week of racing kicked off a bank holiday Monday with a trip down to Gowran on May 7th. Less than an hour from Dublin, Gowran is internationally known for its picturesque racecourse, Gowran Park. A nice course with a few climbs around the 1.5K lap.  We had a strong team going down with Paul , Michael , Gavin, Damien, Kevin and Gareth. The ladies were represented with  Amy, Anna, Catriona and Susan. Unfortunately this year we didn’t have a masters team in either the mens of women’s race.

Paul finished 5th in the mens race but was unfortunately was later disqualified as he had finished 2nd last year. This moved the team down from 2nd to 3rd. Susan finished 2nd overall leading the ladies team to 3rd spot also.

Thanks to Gavin for the photos.

The  full results 

2 1778 Susan McDonnell Sportsworld Novice Women Dublin 11.25
6 1780 Catriona Higgins Sportsworld Novice Women Dublin 11.47
22 1779 Anna Delaney Sportsworld Novice Women Dublin 13.21
31 1781 Amy Fitzgerald Sportsworld Novice Women Dublin N.T

9 1769 Gareth Morran Sportsworld Novice  Men Dublin 20.29 (Dublin Gold)
16 1772 Micahel Cunningham Sportsworld Novice  Men Dublin 20.51
18 1776 Gavin Finley Sportsworld Novice  Men Dublin 20.58
27 1773 Damien Kelly Sportsworld Novice Men Dublin 22.13
28 1775 Gavin Curran Sportsworld Novice Men Dublin 22.19

There was a large turn out of club members at yesterdays 5 mile road race which is held under BHAA rules on a four lap course around the grounds of RTE in Donnybrook. Phil lead the club home in 6th place overall with Mairead coming 3rd in the senior ladies category. It was great to see the Brady twins back in action with Claire and Maria having good runs. Breda Brown and Aileen also raced and we saw the return to racing after a layoff of 18 months from Ellen. Phillip Kerr retained his Std 11 and only three places separated the McMurrow brothers and Conor Kenny had a standard improving run. Trevor and Judith Lloyd also ran and were on standby at the prize presentation to take entries to the club race next sunday. Sideline coaching was provided my Emily and Susan McD. I won’t even comment on my own run.

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Good luck to the guys travelling to gowran tomorrow for the Leinster road races.

Calling all female club members:
Ladies. Do you have un-used or un-wanted hand bags in the top of your wardrobe? If so we want them!!
As part of our fundraising effort for Special Olympics we are holding a bring & buy handbag sale in the hall after our race.

So please root out those unwanted bags and bring them along to registration on Sunday 13th.

Tell your friends and bring some extra cash to the race . Here’s your chance to get that special bag at bargain prices!

Well I gave the girls a pep talk before the 1st Meet & Train Race this morning in Raheny and this is the outcome. A pep talk before each race in future Girls
MEET & TRAIN SUMMER LEAGUE
2012
RACE No: 1 RAHENY 1st APRIL
SPORTSWORLD PLACES
***********************************
THE WINNER
1st > ERIN O CONNELL
3rd > NATALIA SOKOLOWSKA
4th > KATI INGAT
6th > MURIEL PATE
7th > SHEENA Mc DONNELL
8th > ORLA JORDAN
10th > LOUISE BRUTON
11th > NUALA O’ CONNOR
12th > TARA QUIRKE
14th > ANNA DELANEY
16th > ANN HIGGINS
18th EILEEN DALTON
27th > CLAIRE ROWLEY
29th > AMY FITZGERALD
31st > LYNNE MERRIMAN
32nd > CATHERINE GILMORE
45th > SINEAD Mc ENTEE
48th > ANTONETTE HAWKINS
54th > LAURENCE DELAIR
57th > JENNIFER CORR
60th > YVONNE MOORE CALLIS

The Meet and Train Summer League kicks off this Sunday 1st April in Raheny at 11am. We have 5 Teams competing. The best of luck to everyone. Dates for the next 2 races are
Wednesday 18th April and Wednesday 16th May

[dropcap2]E[/dropcap2]mily would like to talk to all the girls interested in racing for the club this year after training on Tuesday the 3rd of April. It is to see what track races, cross country races or road races people are interested in doing this year and to answer any questions on what training is best suited for these goals.