![]() It was a weekend when Ringsend and Crusaders turned out in substantial numbers to provide an appropriate send-off to John Fitzsimons who passed away on Wednesday morning in his 82nd year after a long illness, but who nevertheless had been able to run as an M80 with two of his daughters, Lorraine and Mary, in a 5k race (the Good Race) on Good Friday, despite having lost his left arm this time last year. John had been a Crusader for over 40 years and there were constant references throughout the moving, but at times humorous, ceremony to his love for the club and his races on behalf of club and country. His cheery demeanour will be sorely missed. May he rest in peace and our thoughts are with our club mates Lorraine, Michael, Mary and John's family. The blustery weekend also saw some decent racing, particularly in the first BHAA cross country race of the year, organised by Bank of Ireland and held on a new course in Tymon Park on Saturday morning. The course changes had been necessitated by the levelling of some of the games pitches whose angles had previously provided some longish drags around the course. Even though it was clearly hilly, the new course seems to have been fast, judging by the times produced. We had at least 19 runners from the club in the combined 6k race and the club is extremely proud to have produced winners in both categories. It was a tremendous achievement for Michael Kiely to win the race in a field of 174 and a time of 21:15, and also for Niamh Allen who easily won the women’s race in 22:27 and 8th place overall. There were also great runs from Fearghal O’Hare (in new spikes after the destruction of his previous ones in the national novices!) by placing 5th in 22:06, followed by John Mulvihill in 6th place (22:20). Next came Frank Halligan in excellent form (11th in 22:53), followed by Michael Wycherley returning from injury (22nd in 23:50) and placing 1st M45. Enda Currid was not too far behind (29th in 24:07 and 3rd M45), followed by Karl Walsh (36th in 24:49), Pat Quill (77th in 27:26) and Phelim Murray (87th in 27:55 and training for the Rotterdam marathon in April). Brendan Glynn was next (91st in 28:16), just ahead of Robbie Moore (92nd in 28:23) and Tony Hackett (100th in 28:52). Leslie Hughes completed the Cru men’s field, coming home in 148th place in 33:11. On the women’s side, behind Niamh we had two other women among the first 10 places, with Lorna Fitzpatrick placing 9th female finisher (104th overall) in 29:07, followed by Sarah Lyons who ran 29:10 just behind Lorna (10th woman, 106th overall). Susan Walsh was next in 128th place overall, 19th female finisher, in 31:21 and taking 2nd spot in her F55 age category. Emma Cathcart followed in 154th (23rd woman) in 34:25 and the Cru women’s field was completed by Mairead Cashman, on the back of a parkrun in Tymon the same morning, finishing in 167th place overall, 29th woman, in 38:25). Mairead also picked up 2nd place in her F50 age category. On Sunday, we had runners in both the Leinster Intermediate and Masters cross country championships and, although we had only one runner, Louise Van Wildermeersch and Jason Kehoe, in each of the women's intermediate and masters men’s races, we were able to field the minimum number for a women’s team. On a windy and showery day on a course that appears to have had at least one major hill half way round each 2k lap, Jason placed 29th in a field of 149 in a time of 21:38. The 3-lap 6k race was won by Rossa Hurley of Donore who also won the Dublin championships last week. The masters women’s race was as usual slightly shorter at 4k, therefore involving 2 laps of the same course. Grainne Regan once again led our team home, placing 29th in a field of 73 and a time of 17:28, behind race winner Michelle Cox (15:06). Dee Ni Chearbhaill was next in 36th in a time of 17:57, followed by Maria Kennedy who took 43rd spot in 18:31. The women’s team managed to come home in 8th place. Finally, hats off to Louise who placed 45th in the women's intermediate race in a time of 19:26. The 4k race was won in a tight sprint finish by Lisa Madden (15:09) and Nadine Donegan (15:10). There were 46 runners in the race. We had at least 2 participants (Darran Lovely and David Timoney) in the iconic Art O'Neill Challenge that took place from the early hours of Saturday morning. Full results have yet to be published at time of writing and the report will be updated once they are. We do know that the male winner finished in a new course record (helped no doubt by the mild conditions) in an amazing 4:51, whilst the women's race was won in 7:46. Turnout in the parkruns surpassed even last week’s high numbers, possibly a tribute to and reflection of adhesion to new year’s resolutions and also Operation Transformation which has been a good vehicle for promoting the events. In terms of podium finishes we should start in Poolbeg where once again Stephen Hurley was first finisher in 18:01, whilst Katie Rogers was also first finisher (10th overall) in the same event in a time of 20:03. Meanwhile, in Cabinteely, Dave Carter was performing the same feat by coming home in first place in a time of 19:46, with Olwyn Dunne placing 4th (34th overall) in 24:35. Laura Gilbride ran in the same event, taking 141st place overall, 49th woman, in 32:09. Another first finisher in a more modest field was Irene Gorman, who finished in first place overall, ahead of two other women. Irene’s time was 21:29. Then, in Brickfields, Alma Hanevy, making great progress following her recent injury, placed 2nd (13th overall) in 22:33, just ahead of Cormac McGuire (14th in 22:38), whilst Sean Smith placed 4th in Fairview in 21:03, followed by Gillian Lyons (34th overall, 5th female, in 25:54). Other useful runs came inter alia from Luke Davis who placed 8th in Marlay in a time of 18:30, whilst Matt Cranley took 12th spot in Father Collins in 21:28. We had other runners in Marlay, in the form of Aisling O’Connor who placed 289th overall, 49th female, in 26:29, along with Alex Romano (518th in 30:30). Along with Stephen and Katie in Poolbeg, we saw Cliodhna O’Reilly (102nd overall, 16th female, in 25:12), followed by Ali May Hann (107th overall, 19th female, in 25:21), Fiona Bane (144th overall, 38th female, in 27:26), Iseult Ni Chuinneagain (167th overall, 50th female, in 28:33), Darina Scully (183rd overall, 57th female, in 29:54), Donna Barry (185th overall, 58th female in 30:07) and Ciara McElligott (200th overall, 65th female, in 32:02). We had one representative in Malahide. Ronan Moynihan placed 44th in 21:11, whilst Declan Connor ran 21:44 for 15th place in Corkagh and, as previously mentioned, Mairead Cashman ran in Tymon (109th overall, 22nd woman, in 29:51). Further afield, Kris Ryan ran once again in Paradise Point in Australia, taking 37th place overall, 6th woman, in 22:56 and in a field of 283. Closer, we had two runners in Scotland. Andrej Kujikis ran with 800 other runners in Edinburgh, taking 40th spot in 19:57, whilst in Glasgow Aidan Hudner placed 83rd in a field of 519 and a time of 22:19. Finally, Amy Brogan was probably a tail walker in Porterstown, coming home in 216th place overall, 107th female, in 54:47. Leinster Intermediate XC Championship 4k women’s race (46) Overall place Name Guntime 1 Lisa Madden 00:15:02 Crusaders AC runner 45 Louise Van Wildermeersch 00:19:26 Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/leinster_master__intermediate_cross_country/2990/results Leinster Masters XC Championship 6k men’s race (149) Overall place Name Guntime 1 Rossa Hurley 00:19:54 Crusaders AC runner 29 Jason Kehoe 00:21:38 Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/leinster_master__intermediate_cross_country/2990/results Leinster Masters XC Championship 4k women’s race (73) Overall place Name Guntime 1 Michellev Cox 00:15:06 Crusaders AC runners 29 Grainne Regan 00:17:28 36 Dee Ni Chearbhaill 00:17:57 43 Maria Kennedy 00:18:31 Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/leinster_master__intermediate_cross_country/2990/results BHAA BoI 6K Combined race (174) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Michael Kiely 1 00:21:15 8 Niamh Allen 1 00:22:27 Crusaders AC runners 1 Michael Kiely 00:21:15 5 Fearghal O’Hare 00:22:06 6 John Mulvihill 00:22:20 8 Niamh Allen 00:22:27 (1) 11 Frank Halligan 00:22:53 22 Michael Wycherley 00:23:50 29 Enda Currid 00:24:07 36 Karl Walsh 00:24:49 77 Pat Quill 00:27:26 87 Phelim Murray 00:27:55 91 Brendan Glynn 00:28:16 92 Robbie Moore 00:28:23 100 Tony Hackett 00:28:52 104 Lorna Fitzpatrick 00:29:07 (9) 106 Sarah Lyons 00:29:10 (10) 128 Susan Walsh 00:31:21 (19) 148 Leslie Hughes 00:33:11 154 Emma Cathcart 00:34:25 (23) 167 Mairead Cashman 00:38:25 (29) Full results here: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A656aac1c-681a-4110-b7bd-22a31368ef7d&fbclid=IwAR24rLFXIL3aRf79fIB9I049H2SXgWfPbhZroaZrYzvjYb3RLTL7X8ZIcPY Malahide Parkrun #323 (484) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Robert Frewen 1 00:16:52 7 Annette Kealy 1 00:18:44 Crusaders AC runner 44 Ronan Moynihan 00:21:11 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/malahide/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=323 Marlay Parkrun #288 (750) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Mark Kirwan 1 00:16:06 12 Amy Moran 1 00:19:06 Crusaders AC runners 8 Luke Davis 00:18:30 289 Aisling O’Connor 00:26:29 (49) 518 Alex Romano 00:30:30 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/marlay/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=288 Tymon Parkrun #239 (239) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Ted Burke 1 00:19:09 19 Geraldine Feely 1 00:23:25 Crusaders AC runner 109 Mairead Cashman 00:29:51 (22) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/tymon/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=239 Father Collins Parkrun #174 (138) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Aidan Jones 1 00:19:10 4 Amanda Maher Owen 1 00:20:02 Crusaders AC runner 12 Matt Cranley 00:21:28 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/fathercollins/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=174 Cabinteely Parkrun #197 (212) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 David Carter 1 00:19:46 12 Joanne Ryan 1 00:22:18 Crusaders AC runners 1 David Carter 00:19:46 34 Olwyn Dunne 00:24:35 (4) 141 Laura Gilbride 00:32:09 (49) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/cabinteely/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=197 Castlehaven Parkrun #158 (37) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Irene Gorman 1 00:21:29 4 unknown 1 00:24:XX Crusaders AC runner 1 Irene Gorman 00:21:29 (1) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/castlehaven/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=158 Corkagh Parkrun #69 (276) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Paul Quinn 1 00:19:24 16 Breda Smyth 1 00:21:52 Crusaders AC runner 15 Declan Connor 00:21:44 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/corkagh/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=69 Fairview Parkrun #76 (151) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Sean Boyne 1 00:19:24 11 Clare Roche 1 00:22:30 Crusaders AC runners 4 Sean Smith 00:21:03 34 Gillian Lyons 00:25:54 (5) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/fairview/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=76 Brickfields Parkrun #52 (125) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Richard Twohig 1 00:19:59 2 Niamh Clifford 1 00:20:00 Crusaders AC runners 13 Alma Hanevy 00:22:33 (2) 14 Cormac McGuire 00:22:38 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/brickfields/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=52 Porterstown Parkrun #170 (217) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Tommy Carey 1 00:18:54 12 Grace Finn 1 00:21:44 Crusaders AC runner 216 Amy Brogan 00:54:47 (107) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/porterstown/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=170 Poolbeg Parkrun #73 (227) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Stephen Hurley 1 00:18:01 10 Katie Rogers 1 00:20:03 Crusaders AC runners 10 Katie Rogers 00:20:03 (1) 102 Cliodhna O’Reilly 00:25:12 (16) 107 Ali May Hann 00:25:21 (19) 144 Fiona Bane 00:27:26 (38) 167 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 00:28:33 (50) 183 Darina Scully 00:29:54 (57) 185 Donna Barry 00:30:07 (58) 200 Ciara McElligott 00:32:02 (65) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/poolbeg/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=73 Comments are closed.
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