Ballycotton 10 2009 Results

131 D'ARCY, Lucy - 01:01:54 (5th Place!!!)
203 GREENSMYTH, William - 01:04:47
274 HORGAN, Kathleen - 01:06:41
282 O'BRIEN, Eoin - 01:06:47
457 WILLOUGHBY, Stephen - 01:10:03
499 MCMORROW, Patrick Killian - 01:10:41
625 McMORROW, Enda - 01:12:59
694 HIGGINS, Ann - 01:13:23
831 LLOYD, Trevor - 01:15:50
1043 MCGANN, Ruth - 01:18:34
1154 LLOYD, Judith - 01:20:10
1347 MELODY, Aileen - 01:23:19
1691 COSGRAVE, Derry - 01:28:24
1826 MCGANN, Tony - 01:30:33

Full Results: http://www.ballycottonrunning.com/FullResult20091.htm

Cross Country

By Michael Cunningham

Last Sunday saw the official end to the 2008-2009 cross country season, for some it was pay off for a lot of hard work and for others running up hills in the rain and muck wasn’t the only pain they experienced. Even though a lot of the races involved giving up their Sundays (apparently a day of rest) and travelling to the hilliest, recently cow inhabited back field down the country, every race had a full women and men’s team.

The teams where made up of race veterans some of whom where able to make it on to Dublin or Meath teams and new club members who enjoyed the experience of representing the club at Novice to Senior and Dublin to National level for the first time. Below are some of the success stories of the year but more importantly thanks to new and old club members coming forward the club was represented in the team event in each of the races.

Dublin Novice
28th Sept 2008, Phoenix Park
Sportsworld Ladies Team 3rd Crona Brady, Louise Bruton, Susan McDonnell, Claire O Reilly

Dublin Intermediate
12th Oct 2008, Tymon Park
Sportsworld ladies Team 3rd Adele Madigan, Crona Brady, Ciara Foster, Claire O Reilly
3rd place Adele Madigan

Dublin Senior
2nd Nov 2008, St Annes Park
Sportsworld ladies Team 2nd Aoife Brady, Eimear Martin, Rachel Morgan, Mary Finn
5th Aoife Brady,
7th Eimear Martin

Under 18’s Inter County
23rd Nov 2008, Tramore Waterford
Sean Wall Gold medal Dublin team

Leinster Novice and Masters
26th Oct 2008, Avondale
Sportsworld ladies Master Team 2nd Rachael Morgan, Helen White, Kathleen O’Callagan
5th Crona Brady
11th Ronan Merrick

Leinster Intermediate
9th Nov 2008, Heywood
Sportsworld ladies Team 1st Aoife Brady, Crona Brady, Stephine Bergen, Lisa Dowling
1st Aoife Brady

Leinster Senior
18th Jan 2009, Tymon Park
Sportsworld mens Team 4th Phil Kilgannon, Ed McEntee, Ronan Merrick, Paul Duffy
Phil Kilgannon Gold medal Dublin Team
Sportsworld ladies Team 2nd Aoife Brady, Lucy Darcy, Rachel Morgan, Stephine Bergin
Aoife Brady and Lucy Darcy Silver medals Meath Team

National Intermediate and National Masters
15th Feb 2009, Tymon Park
Sportsworld Ladies Team 1st Aoife Brady, Crona Brady, Mary Finn, Adel Madigan
1st place Aoife Brady
Sportsworld ladies Masters Team 1st Lucy Darcy, Rachel Morgan, Helen White, Kathleen O’Callagan

National Senior
1st Mar 2009, Santry
7th Aoife Brady
Sportsworld mens Team 3rd Phil Kilgannon, Paul O Connell, Ed McEntee, Paul Duffy

All of the above I’m sure would give a big thanks to all of the supporters who came out to the races especially those with hangovers who still somehow managed to shout the runners on.

Super Troopers!

Race Report: IMRA Trooperstown Hill 28/02/09
By William Greensmyth

Trying to justify participation in mountain running to those who have never scrambled up hill and sprinted down dale is difficult. You are often confronted with dubious looks, concerns over your mental well-being and queries into whether you have sufficient health cover. 'Tis true - mountain running attracts a different breed of running animal...none of your cheetahs who whip around the track nor your gazelles who stride over the cross country plain, thank thee very much.

And so on Saturday last, 28 February, seven of our club's true troops trooped to Trooperstown Hill and the longest race of the IMRA winter league.

At 10,600 metres and with an ascent of almost 400m, this was no fun run. At the start line, it was clear that the national senior XC hadn't reduced the calibre of the field as many of the leading competitors were present and correct. Following a run-through of the course from Rene, off we went.

The first 4k was a long gradual climb with a few steep sections thrown in for good measure. Lungs wheezing, legs burning, hearts breaking, after 4k there was a brief respite and a chance to stretch the legs and show off a bit of speed on the comfortable downhill section for about 2k before digging in again as we ran through marsh and over scree up to the top of the second hill around the 8k.

Then we came to the main downhill section, what the IMRA fiends called a "technical descent"...I can assure you, dear reader, the technique employed by my good self was simply award-winning.

Scrambling down the slope with the sure-footedness that a drunken three-legged blind hippo would be proud of, rueing the day Newton discovered gravity and cursing Eoin O'Brien and his suggestion that this would be a bit of fun and good preparation for Ballycotton, technique went out the window and survival instincts kicked in.

The IMRA website warns that this final descent has a -26% descent grade. Being more concerned with descending without shattered ankles, I did not have time en route to indulge in some amateur trigonometry and verify this angle. I shall take it as accurate.

Once at the bottom of this section, it was free running all the way to the end and the chance to gain a few places.

Results? Who cares - we all finished and without injuries. Fair play to my fellow mountain goats - Paul, Jakub, James, Colm, Eoin and Liam.

All aboard for the Wicklow Way Ultra :)

A successful weekends racing for sportsworld!

AAI Inter Club Cross Country Championships
Santry Park, Dublin 1st March, 2009

Senior Men – 12km
40th Kilgannon, Phil 42.51
47th O'Connell, Paul 43.46
61st Mc Entee, Ed 45.35
67th Duffy, Paul 46.24
68th Merrick, Ronan 46.40
76th Cunningham, Michael 48.21

The Mens Team got bronze medals in grade B!

Senior Women – 8km
7th Brady, Aoife 31.47
15th Darcy, Lucy 32.48
22nd Wilson, Jean 33.33
36th Madigan, Adel 35.55
37th Bergin, Stephanie 36.14

The Ladies Team finished 4th in the Grade A group!

Junior Men – 8km
42nd Wall, Sean 31.07

Full Results: http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=5843

Meet & Train – Final Winter League Race
Irishtown, 1st March, 2009

4th 14.06 Orlagh Jordan
5th 14:10 Louise Bruton
9th 14.19 Orlagh Fleming
10th 14.23 Catherine O'Neill
11th 14.28 Ann Higgins
17th 14:50 Susan McDonnell
18th 13:26 Irene O'Connor
20th 15:00 Breda Browne
21st 15.04 Eileen Dalton
27th 15.35 Ann Sweeney
31st 15.46 Mary Dawson
34th 15:50 Tara Quirke
36th 16.08 Aileen Melody
41st 16.26 Kim Masuda
42nd 16:31 Claire Harrington
50th 17.56 Laurence Delair
55th 18.58 Petrina Mulroe
61st 21.35 Yvonne Callis

Overall Team Results:
DIAMOND
1st Sportsworld A
4th Sportsworld B
GOLD
1st Sportsworld C
SILVER
1st Sportsworld D
4th Sportsworld F

Full Details: http://www.womensmeetandtrain.blogspot.com/

IMRA Trooperstown
28th February, 2009

15th Paul Mitchell 48:08
27th Jakub Splawski 50.42
28th James Shanahan 50.54
34th Colm Kennedy 52.23
42nd William Greensmyth 53.51
43rd Eoin O’Brien 53.53
44th Liam Mcfadden 54.06
90th John Fitzgerald 63.57
118th Charlie O’Connell 78.37

Full Results: http://www.imra.ie/events/view/tab/results/id/582/

Weekend training sessions

By Michael Cunningham

As a lot of you know Emily organises training sessions on Saturday and Sunday mornings. These are normally in Phoenix park or in Irish town stadium but can be in other places. Sometimes people miss the thursday training session, when the weekend training is mentioned, and don't know what sessions are on over the weekend and where and when to meet, and some people don't even realise people train on weekends (imagine).

A while ago Lucy can up with the brilliant idea of sending web texts out to people about training sessions, upcoming races, drinking sessions etc. Web texts can be sent from mobile phone provider websites(O2, vodaphone) for free without any cost to the sender or receiver.

So if you are feeling guilty about lying in a nice warm bed saturday and sunday mornings and you would like to be included in the weekend training sessions webtext, sent out Fridays, then email your mobile number on. Normally the training sessions include going for coffee and breakfast afterward. If you are not comfortable about emailing me your mobile number you can send it to Lucy at (see Michael & Lucy at clubhouse) and she can webtext you.

So hope to see Saturday and Sunday mornings.

Michael

Sportsworld Trip to Wexford for Kilmore 10K road race

By Dermot Bates:

Hi, as everyone is probably aware, we had a very successful trip to Wexford for the 10K in Kilmore last year.The race this year is again on a Saturday at 5.30PM (good time) on 29th August.

For those that weren't there, last years race was just perfect.Flat course, on country roads, very little traffic and beautiful scenery....on a par with Ballycotton. We are planning on doing the trip again, with a few more added activities....

Main points are:

1. Staying in Wexford town as opposed to Kilmore Quay....Very lively town during the summer, with plenty of good bars and nightclubs. We are trying to get everyone into the Talbot Hotel, which offers a gym and pool.

2. Choice of staying for 1 or 2 nights.

3. Arrange a run on Curracloe beech for Friday afternoon/evening for those that can get down early. Just imagine a run down the beech around 5PM while most people are driving home from work stuck in traffic....bliss...and then back for sauna/pool!.

4. A boat trip to the Saltee Islands on the Saturday afternoon before the race...

5. Pints on Friday and then Saturday night after the race.

6. We will arrange car pooling for those that would prefer not to drive.

7. Another run on Curracloe Beech on Sunday morning or afternoon.

The cost is going to vary, depending on which website I can book the rooms...I have booked a number of twin rooms so far @ 100 Euro per person for the 2 nights....this is an execellent rate for August. The boat trip will be an extra 10/12 euro for those that want to go on it.

So for the first 10 people to come back to me, 100 or 112 will be the full cost for the 2 nights, it'll be hard to get any better than that.I am working on more good rates, but really need an idea of numbers and how many nights people want to stay before I can do this. If going ahead with the best rates possible, I will need payment asap.For the first 10 above, I will need a deposit of 40 Euro to confirm your place and the full amount of payment by first week in June.

You can give the money, to myself, Rachael or Lucy.

If People are interested, can you reply to this mail please... I will book rooms, but please remember the rooms will be on my CC from time off booking...... Please feel free to pass this mail on. Hopefully we can make the trip even better this year and absolutely everyone is welcome.I will send out an update once I start getting feedback.

Thanks Dermot.