Donore Harriers
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02.02.12
Weekend Round Up
At the Leinster Senior indoors track championship in Nenagh, congratulations to Antoine Rousine who won silver in the 60m running 7.10 seconds.
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23.01.12
Results from Lotto Cross Cup XC in Hannut, Belgium
A team of Donore athletes travelled to Belgium on Friday set on competing at the Lotto Cross Cup cross country meet in Hannut on Sunday.
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17.01.12
Women Silver and Men Bronze in Leinster Cross-Country & Masters Gold and Silver in Nenagh.
Donore Men and Women had terrific team performances in Kilmacow at the Leinster Senior Cross Country Championships Sunday the 25th Jan, taking bronze and Silver respectively.
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15.01.12
Mark Dooley 3rd in 2XU Surrey Cross Country League Race at Coulsdon
Mark Dooley had a great run yesterday in the Surrey cross country leagues at Coulsdon, Surrey, England.
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10.01.12
Dublin Masters XC and Weekend Round Up
The Dublin Masters CC took place on a pleasant, flat course in St Anne's Park today over a lap which took runners through the wooded areas. The wind got up just before the races began but overall conditions were good.
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03.01.12
Liffey Valley New Year's Day Tom Brennan Memorial 5k
There was a great Donore turnout at the Tom Brennan Memorial 5k on New Year's Day organised by Liffey Valley AC. Mark Dooley stormed home to 5th place in 15.46.
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27.12.11
Arthur Connick wins the Waterhouse Byrne Baird Shield 2011
The Donore Harriers annual Waterhouse Byrne Baird Shield 10 mile, handicapped cross country race took place yesterday in the Phoenix Park.
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26.12.11
Belgium Cross-country Hannut 20th - 22nd Jan 2012
Can everyone who is travelling on the trip to Belgium please pay full payment as soon as possible. It is important to get the remaining money due as soon as possible.
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23.12.11
The Longest running Organised Cross-country race in Europe
This unique race hosted by our very own club and for our very own club has a proud and unique history just like the great lady that is Donore Harriers.
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12.12.11
DONORE HARRIERS WOMEN CLEAR WINNERS IN NATIONAL NOVICE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
For the first time in six years, the Donore Ladies team won the National Novice team gold.
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03.12.11
Andrew Ledwith and Mary Cullen take the spoils in Jingle Bells 5K 2011
There was over 1,100 finishers in today's Jingle Bells race which was a fun filled event enjoyed by runners, joggers and walkers of all ages and abilities.
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21.11.11
Donore Women Strike Gold at the Dublin Intermediate Cross Country Championships
The Dublin Senior Intermediate Cross Country Championships took place on Sunday in a sunny Tymon Park.
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14.11.11
Another busy weekend of cross country racing for our juvenile and seniors
The ladies had a great day at the Leinster Intermediate cross country championship in Adamstown Wexford
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07.11.11
Dublin Senior and Dublin Juvenile Even Ages Cross Country Championships
Santry Demense hosted the Dublin senior cross country championships yesterday with the Dublin juvenile even aged cross country championships also taking place earlier in the day.
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01.11.11
GREAT TURNOUT AND GREAT PERFORMANCES FROM DONORE IN THE DUBLIN MARATHON
One of the biggest Donore contingents in recent years - nearly 30 runners - ran this year's Dublin marathon. After months of preparation, they took to the road with many running it for the first time.
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30.10.11
THE LEINSTER NOVICE AND MASTERS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Leinster Novice and Masters championships were held in the scenic surrounds of Belvedere House Mullingar on a pleasant enough day.
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25.10.11
Juvenile XC league and the Aviva Gerry Farnan XC, Phoenix Park.
We had a small group of hardy young athletes up in a wet and windy Phoenix Park yesterday.
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21.10.11
John Downes shortlisted for 'Coach of the Year' in the AAI Awards 2012.
John Downes has been shortlisted for Coach of the Year by AAI. The announcement of the winner will be made at the AAI National Awards Dinner at The Plaza Hotel in Santry on Sat 12th November.
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03.10.11
Cross country season gets off to a start with the Dublin Novice Championship
The cross country season kicked off with Donore's now traditional hosting of the opening race - the Dublin Novice championship.
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26.09.11
Rathfarnham AC 5K Results and Other News
John Travers was the first Donore athlete home in this years Rathfarnham AC 5K held on Sunday 25th. John finished 5th in a time of 15.12.
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19.09.11
National Lottery Half Marathon and Juvenile Cross Country Results
A number Donore athletes took part in the National Lottery Half Marathon on Saturday. Well done to them all along with Barry's Fit for Life group.
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08.09.11
Juvenile Open Day Saturday 10th September
Donore Harriers are hosting an open day for 8-18 year olds on Saturday 10th from 12 noon until 4pm.
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04.09.11
National Half Marathon Results
The Woodie’s DIY Half Marathon Challenge & National Championship took place yesterday in Waterford. The Mens' team had 15 finishers.
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22.08.11
Success at National Masters and Frank Duffy 10 Mile Results.
Donore athletes brought home a clutch of medals from the National Masters Track & field Championships in Tullamore.
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08.08.11
5 Medals at National Senior Track and Field Championships
The National Senior track and field championships took place over two days this weekend at Morton Stadium in Santry and there was plenty of entertaining athletics for the good crowd that turned out to spectate.
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01.08.11
Final Graded Track Meet of the Season
Several Donore Athletes took part in the final Graded of the summer series of track races. In the 200m Steven Hand continued his return from injury running 24:67 to finish 2nd in the grade C race.
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25.07.11
National Juvenile Championships in Tullamore
The final two days from the National Juvenile Track and Field Championships with results in some very good perfpomances and a few more medals.
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18.07.11
Athletics Roundup
Congrats to Ken Nugent who won the Longford Summer Series Half Marathon in a time of 72:49 which is a PB. His dad, Colm Nugent also ran and finished in 1 hour 40 minutes.
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15.07.11
Best Wishes to John Travers Competing in European U23 Championships
07.07.11
Looking forward to the Clonliffe 125th Anniversary Track & Field Grand Prix.
Our friends at Clonliffe Harriers celebrate their 125th Anniversary this year and to mark the occasion they are hosting the Clonliffe 125 Track and Field Grand Prix tomorrow night at Santry stadium.
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04.07.11
Weekend News
Kevin English was the winner in Sunday's Clontarf Half Marathon. The race which starts and finishes at the wind monument in Clontarf is held on an out and back course taking in Clontarf promenade, Bull Island, the causeway and Kilbarrack road.
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27.06.11
Dunshaughlin AC 10k and Weekend Round Up.
The 32nd annual Michael Manning Memorial Dunshaughlin 10km was held on Saturday night and Ken Nugent lead the Mens team home with a time 33:08(PB) to finish 8th overall
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23.06.11
5th Dublin Graded Results - Irishtown Stadium
The 5th Dublin Graded meeting in Irishtown featured a number of fine runs. Sprinter Simon Taggart won the 110m hurdles in 14.62 and was 2nd in his 200m in 22.75
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20.06.11
Action-packed week for Donore runners on track, trail, road and beach
Donore made a big impact on the Clonliffe 2 mile - the men's team came 2nd. Eoin Durkan was 6th in 9.42 followed by Kevin English in 8th place with 9.48
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18.06.11
Keith and Fred lead the Mourne Way
With the wind howling and the rain lashing on Friday night, Keith Daly, Fred Kiernan and George Brady were not deterred. The Mourne Mountains provided a spectacular backdrop for the Mourne Way Marathon, Half Marathon and other events that took place last Saturday 11th June.
Having set up ...
15.06.11
Great Results for Juveniles at Dublin Track & Field Championships
Donore juvenile athletes did the club proud at the recent Dublin Track & Field Championships held in Santry. There was a great turn-out despite the Leaving Cert and Junior Cert exams. The results are below.
Girls u12 Long jump 3rd Cara Brennan u12 60m ...
07.06.11
Donore athletes make impact all over Ireland on the bank holiday weekend
In the Cork marathon Anne Curley was 3rd woman in a pb of 2.57.38, just 15 seconds off 2nd placed Mary Scully of Mullingar. Conditions were cool but often windy and the testing course made for a tough race. Clonmel's Angela McCann won in 2.53.31 and Anne closed on Mary Scully in the second ...
02.06.11
Midweek roundup of athletics
Several Donore runners ran in the Dublin graded meet held in Irishtown on Wedesday night. Many set pbs on a night made for fast running. Aedin Corr made her debut on the track and posted a time of 10:38.06 to finish 3rd in the women's 3K. Mark Dooley also ran a great 3K race to finish 3rd in a ...
28.05.11
Alan O'Brien & Catriona Jennings take the spoils in Donore Summer 5k
A great day seemed to be had by all today at Donore Summer 5k, now in its second year. There was a good turn-out on the day, with a mix of elite and fun runners alike.
The 5k event incorporated a race-within-a-race, with the a bonus cash prize up for grabs to the first man and woman past ...
25.05.11
Excellent early season result by John Travers in Holland
John Travers ran a brilliant 1,500 metre race at the Global sports athletics meet tonight to post an excellent PB of 3.42.07.
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17.05.11
Some Great Performances at the AAI Games
There was some excellent results at the AAI Games in Santry last Sunday.
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16.05.11
No juvenile training Tues 17th May due to royal visit
Please note there will be no juvenile training Tues 17th May due to royal visit
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15.05.11
Busy weekend of Road Races
This weekend saw it's fair share of road races and events throughout the country.
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09.05.11
Recent Results
Last Wednesday night, May 4th saw the second night of the Dublin graded track and field meets staged at Irishtown.
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02.05.11
Weekend Round Up
Congrats to Simon Tagart who finished second in the 110m Hurdles in a time of 15 seconds flat. Mark Dooley ran 15:41 to finish a creditable 6th place in the 5,000m and was part of the gold winning DCU team.
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26.04.11
Recent Race Reports
The track season got off to a flying start with the first meeting of the Dublin graded series in Santry mid-week.
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20.04.11
Sad Passing of Leo Lynch - May He Rest In Peace
Former club President and life long member Leo Lynch passed away on Sunday 17 April at his home.
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18.04.11
Silver Medal for Donore Men's Masters at National Road Relay Championships
Perfect weather conditions led to some terrific road relay racing yesterday in Raheny. First up for the Masters Men was Donal Iremonger.
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15.04.11
Great Day for the National Road 10K and the Great Ireland Run 2011
The Mens team had some terrific runs in the Masters section. Jim McNamara was the first in the over 70 category completing the race in a time of 42:50.
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03.04.11
Final Weekend of National Indoor Track and Field Juvenile Championships
The final weekend of the National Track and Field Juvenile championships were held in Nenagh this weekend.
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21.03.11
National Indoor Juvenile T and F Championships
This weekend we had a large group of athletes competing in the National Indoor Juvenile T and F Championships in Magherfelt Co. Down.
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18.03.11
60 medals at Dublin Juvenile Indoor Championships!
The Dublin Juvenile Indoor Championships started on the 18th of February and it continued for the next two weekends.
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28.02.11
National Cross Country Championships
Saturday 26th, Santry Demesne, was the time and place for this years National Cross Country Championships for Junior and Senior Men and Women.
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21.02.11
Donore Medals from National Indoor Championships in Belfast
A big congratulations to medalists Simon Taggert and Eamon Fahy who competed at this weekend's National Indoor Athletics Chamiopnships at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast.
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20.02.11
Deepest sympathy to the Bonner family from Donore Harriers
Deepest sympathy to the Bonner family from Donore Harriers
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15.02.11
Weekend Round Up
It was a reasonably quite weekend on the athletics front although a number of Donore athletes were taking part in various races.
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07.02.11
Where There's Muck There's Gold
It was a great day for Donore Harriers at a packed national championship programme at the Dublin ALSAA grounds despite the atrocious underfoot conditions after days of heavy rain.
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31.01.11
Medals at the Indoors & Raheny 5 Mile
Donore Men bagged lots of medals at the leinster indoor Championships on Sunday in Nenagh.
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17.01.11
Men's Silver in Tullamore and Master Men's Bronze in Raheny.
There were some great results for Donore over the weekend with teams competing in Tullamore and Raheny yesterday.
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07.01.11
Great Results from Men at Tom Brennan Memorial 5k
The men produced great results at last weekend's Tom Brennan Memorial 5km race. Donore men won the team event with Simon Meyler, Keith Daly and Ken Nugent performing very well. Charlie O'Neill took the over 55 category.
Well done lads!
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28.12.10
Colin Moore wins 2010 Waterhouse Byrne Baird Shield
The Waterhouse Byrne Baird Shield got going today after postponing the traditional St. Stephen's day slot because of heavy snow.
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28.12.10
DONORE CHRISTMAS RAFFLE RESULTS
The Donore Christmas raffle took place on Tuesday 28th of Dec after the Waterhosue Byrne Baird Shield 10 mile race. Here are the results listed below:
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21.12.10
WATERHOUSE BYRNE BAIRD SHIELD 2010 HANDICAPS
The Waterhouse Byrne Baird 10 mile is the longest running organised Cross-Country race in Europe.
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18.12.10
JNIGLE BELLS 5K GETS GOING ON THE 2ND ATTEMPT
The 20th Jingle Bells 5K race got off on it's second attempt this morning and on time at 11am. It was a anxious night of little sleep for the organisers who fretted over the possibility of a snow covered course.
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15.12.10
Admirable Run by Travers in Euro Cross Country Championships
A large contingent of Irish went to Albufeira, Portugal last weekend to compete and support at the European Cross Country Championships
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01.12.10
POSTPONEMENT OF JINGLE BELLS 5K UNTIL 18.12.10
With regard to the postponement of The 2010 Jingle Bells 5K until Saturday 18th December please take note of the following
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01.12.10
National Intercounties Cross Country Derry
The great Kerry explorer Tom Crean – right hand man to Kildare‘s finest, Ernest Shackelton, came to mind over the weekend as we set out on our own Discovery voyage to deepest Donegal. As with Crean, snow and ice were our deadliest rivals.
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22.11.10
Double Silver Medals for Donore Teams in Tymon Park
A cold Tymon park, Sunday, November 21st was the setting for the Dublin Senior Intermediate XC Championships. Two races over a 2K lap were the only races of the day, with a 4K course for women and 8K for men. The ground was pretty good all in all and it was a reasonably flat course. The ...
17.11.10
Tommy Hayward receives AAI Official of the Year Award
We are delighted that Tommy Hayward was honoured as official of the year at last Saturday's A.A.I. Awards dinner. Tommy has been involved in athletics at many levels since he joined Donore Harriers on 1941. He has given unstinting service to our club as an active athlete, committee ...
14.11.10
Great results at the British & Irish Masters Cross Country Championships
Saturday proved to be a busy day of various races for Donore athletes. The most prominent of these events was the British & Irish Masters Cross Country Championships in Santry Demesne which saw some great Irish performances.
Four Donore runners competed for Ireland in their age ...
07.11.10
Gold medal for Donore Women in Leinster Intermediate Championships
Two weeks after taking the team gold medal at the Leinster Novice Cross Country Championships, Donore women struck gold once again at the Intermediate equivalent today.
The 4k race was held in Adamstown, County Wexford where conditions were said to be ideal over a ...
25.10.10
Great results in the Dublin Marathon
There were some great performances by Donore athletes at today's Dublin Marathon. A perfect day for running and amazing
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24.10.10
Golden Performance by Donore Women at Leinster Novice Championships