Masters National Track and Field and Frank Duffy 10 Mile

The track and field season drew to a close with a number of impressive performances in many age groups at the National Track and Field Masters championships in Tullamore. A number of competitors won multiple medals in both track and field events notably Niall Allen’s gold in the WFD and silver in the discus. Karla Doran had a treble and won W35 400m gold, 800m silver and 1500m bronze. Donal Iremonger was an impressive double silver winner for M45 400m and 800m. Michael McMahon won silver in a very competitive 5000M. Orlaith Read was leading the W45 up til the last round and she won silver. Tony Jenkins won bronze in the M70 shot and Alex Kelly won discus bronze too.
A great end to the season – well done all.

Full results

3k Walk	Anne Gormley	W50	Gold	20.13.07
5000m	Michael McMahon	M35	Silver	15.22.50
5000m	Ian O’Leary	M45	8th	17.40.08
1500m	Karla Doran	W35	Bronze	5.04.84
800m	Donal Iremonger	M45	Silver	2.09.68
800m	Karla Doran	W35	Silver	2.22.54
400m	Karla Doran	W35	Gold	1.03.37
400m	Donal Iremonger	M45	Silver	0.57.38

Hammer	Orlaith Reid	W45	Silver	33
WFD	Niall Allen	M40	Silver	6.68
Discus	Niall Allen	M40	Silver	30.66
Shot put	Niall Allen	M40	4th	10.45
Shot put	Tony Jenkins	M70	Bronze	8.27
Javelin	Tony Jenkins	M70	Bronze	20.32
Discus	Tony Jenkins	M70	5h	-
Discus	Alan Kelly	-	Bronze	-
Shot put	Anne Gormley	W50	5th	6.16

The day before in the Phoenix Park, over 40 Donore runners took part in the Frank Duffy 10 mile road race which also doubles as the Dublin 10 mile road championship (results of that awaited). Before the race even started, participants got soaked and the benefits of a slightly easier course than last year were cancelled out by the rain and wind that runners had to contend with in the race. Despite that, there were many good runs on the day. First home for the club was Anthony Flannery followed by Phil Hennessy Fergal Whitty. Grace Kennedy finished first of the ladies and was 17th woman overall with Amy Moriarty in 20th position and she got a PB. Well done to Barry Potts who won the M65 agegroup. It was good to see some new members in the singlet for the first time (Audrey Gahan) and a group of the Fit4Life runners. Many are using this as a good buildup to Autumn marathons – well done all, full results below.

Anthony Flannery	57.46	MS
Philip Hennessy	59.06	M45
Fergal Whitty	59.37	M40
Sean Fox	58.44	M40
Des Tremble	59.49	M45
Chris Muldoon	60.14	M40
Shane Russell	62.23	MS
Alan Farrell	62.44	M40
Patrick Byrne	63.24	M35
Neil Hand	64.32	MS
Marc Gibbs	66.36	MS
Grace Kennedy	67.25	FS
Amy Moriarty	67.52	FS
Kevin Odgers	68.58	M40
Giovanni Borza	69.33	MS
Stephen Dawson	70.01	MS
Barry Potts	71.05	M65
Neil Maddox	71.12	MS
Tony Griffin	72.41	M55
Sinead Graham	71.33	F35
Alma Hanevy	74.19	F35
Audrey Grahan	75.18	F35
Ken Cronin	75.11	M55
Grainne Nolan	75.22	F35
Gerard Morris	75.4	MS
Julia Hackett	75.51	F45
Nicola Dowdall	77.25	F40
Elaine Verdon	77.44	F40
Peter Bonnar	81.54	M45
Ariana Ball	82.14	FS
Lee Chambers	83.3	FS
Meadbh Campbell	83.5	FS
Arthur Connick	84.13	M50
Catherine McKeown	86.29	F35
Michelle Dawson	86.55	FS
Dana Mackey	89.51	F45
Deirdre Healy	89.53	F40
Jo Hughes	1.41.24	FS
Anna McMahon	1.43.20	FS

Sinead Jennings returned to Ireland after her Olympic rowing adventure and one of the first things she did was run a half marathon in her native Donegal, she was the first woman by some distance in a time of 83 minutes – inspiring stuff!
Over in the west Aine Mahony was the 2nd woman home in the Gaelforce West event, which is a combination of cycling, kayaking and road and trail running, sister Breda Mahony performed well too.
Well done all!