Wednesday 10 December 2014

Fintan Walsh's latest blog

Fagan the favourite wins Waterford AC Half Marathon easily.


Over 1500 completed the 6 th Annual Waterford AC Half Marathon on
Saturday last in the city and surrounding areas and the entries came
from all over Ireland and of course a huge entry from Waterford city
and county and it was a most enjoyable event with crowds out around
the course and at the finish..Pre race favourite the vastly
experienced Martin Fagan Mullingar Hrs lived up to the tag and scored
a runaway victory in a good time of 64 minutes 16 seconds leading from
the gun, Cillian O'Leary Raheny,Dublin was second in 68.36 and Eoin
O'Callaghan Star of the Sea Co Meath was third in 68.57 the leading
Waterford athlete was Trevor Power 7 th in 70.09. The leading fancy in
the ladies race also obliged as Lizzie Lee Leevale had a personal best
of 74.30 in winning in front of Siobhán Doherty Borrisokane timed at
76.35 and Pauline Curley Tullamore was third in 80.09  Following were
the category winners. Men M 40 Frank Quinlan ( Waterford ) M 45 John
Murphy ( Grange Fermoy )  M 50  Eddie Newman ( Mullingar Hrs ) M 55
Tom Halpin ( Ballynonty ) M 60 Joe Gough ( West Waterford ) Women F 35
Adele Walsh ( St Senan's ) F 40 Ann.Marie Holland ( St Finbarr's)  F
45 Diane Behan ( Waterford ) F 50 Jacinta Brazil do F 55 Bernadette
Mitchell ( Balance Fitness )..The organisers wish to thank the
Gardai,Coast Guard, Order of Malta, lead cyclists all the various
stewards and members of other voluntary bodies around the course.the
Management of WIT Sports Campus all the sponsors The race was started
by Cllr Lola O;Sullivan Mayor of the Waterford Metropolitan area and
all the results can be found on Total Timing and the vast majority of
feedback was very complimentary of the event. Also on Saturday Ravis
Zakis West Waterford was second in the Clonakilty Marathon in 2 hrs 38
minutes..

National Cross Country Details

Santry Demesne was the venue on Sunday last for the National Novice
and Juvenile Cross Country Championships and at juvenile level West
Waterford AC fared best of the local clubs. Their girls under 13 squad
were third in the inter club section and Con Willans was 9 th overall
in the under 11 race and was a member of the winning Munster
team.Others from West Waterford to figure on winning Munster teams
were Sean Curran and Shane O'Riordan u 19, Cian O'Riordan u 15 and
Cormac O'Mahony and Oisin O'Riordan u 13. For Waterford AC Barry Keane
was 12 under 19 and was on the winning Munster team being the second
scorer.

European Cross Country

Ireland will have teams competing at the European Cross Country
Championships in Samokov Bulgaria on Sunday next and Órna Murray
Ferrybank is on the under 23 team Fionnula Britton runs in the senior
race attempting to win the title for the third time she was 4 th last
year.

Sunday's run in the Dungarvan area.

The 6th annual Clean Zone Technology ltd sponsored Paddy Joe Curran
memorial Turkey Trot 5 mile charity run will take place on Sunday next
December 14th at 12 noon.There will also be a walk over a distance of
4 miles on the day which also gets under way immediately after the
race start..   Entry to the race is open to all over 16. The entries
for the race will be taken at the Marine Bar, Cork Road outside
Dungarvan and the distance for the run is 5 miles. The run is being
held to raise funds for West Waterford hospice.

Baldy Man Run

The Annual Baldy Man Run in Tramore will be on Sunday December 28 th
at 1 pm in aid of Arch Club and entries can now be made at Total
Timing or on the day more details next week.

Winter League

The Winter League continues at the RSC this Thursday at 7 pm and
please come along in good time and wear clear reflective clothing.

Flag Days

Early reminder to all members of Waterford AC members of the clubs
Annual Flag Days on Saturday and Sunday December 27 t and 28

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