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NEWS

Adult Championship success 2023 (from AGM)

12/11/2024

 
​November 2022
 
2 club members represented Ireland in the British and Irish Masters International XC held in Santry Demesne: Ciaran Diviney won a team silver medal in the M50 race; Paul Cowhie won a team silver medal in the M55 race.
 
January 2023
 
Dublin Masters XC (Raheny):
 
F35 bronze Aoife Quigley
O/35 bronze women’s team: Aoife Quigley, Clare Sullivan, Niamh Corby, Miriam Logan
F45 silver Niamh Corby
M55 gold Paul Cowhie
M65 bronze James Cottle
F65 bronze Máirín Shine
 
February 2023
 
National Senior Indoors:
 
Gold 60MH Matthew Behan
Silver 60MH Valantinos Goularas
 
National 50k Championships:
F55 Gold Olwyn Dunne
 
National Masters Indoors:
 
200m M55 silver John O’Loughlin
400m M55 silver John O’Loughlin
60m M55 bronze John O’Loughlin
 
National Masters XC (Gowran):
 
M55 bronze Paul Cowhie
 
March 2023
 
Leinster Senior and Masters indoor championships:
 
60MH senior gold Valantinos Goularas
800m F35 gold Amy McGuinness
800m M35 silver Enda Clarke
60m M65 gold Liam Lyster
200m M65 silver Liam Lyster
200m M70 silver Donal Swift
60m M70 silver Donal Swift
 
April 2023
 
National 10k road championships (Phoenix Park):
 
M55 silver Paul Cowhie
 
Leinster 10-mile road championships (Raheny):
 
F35 gold Aoife Quigley
Senior women’s team bronze: Aoife Quigley, Yvonne Macauley, Olwyn Dunne
O/35 men’s team bronze: Stephen Hurley, Donatas Jocius, Joe McDermott
 
Aoife Quigley and Yvonne Macauley were scorers on gold-winning Co. Dublin senior team;
Stephen Hurley was a scorer on gold-winning Co. Dublin O/35 team.
 
May 2023
 
National 5k road championships (Phoenix Park):
 
M50 gold Ciaran Diviney
M55 silver Paul Cowhie
O/35 men’s team silver: Ger Forde, Ciaran Diviney, Paul Cowhie
 
Leinster junior, senior and masters T&F:
 
400m M70 silver Donal Swift
Shot put M65 gold Liam Lyster
 
June 2023
 
National 5-mile road championships (Phoenix Park):
 
M35 silver Brian O’Kelly
M55 silver Paul Cowhie
Senior men’s team silver: Brian O’Kelly, Ciarain Kelly, Peter O’Toole, Paul Cowhie
 
Dublin track championships:
 
10,000m silver Joe McDermott
400m gold Claire Mooney
400m silver Luke Timlin
 
July 2023
 
National senior T&F championships (Santry):
 
110mH bronze Matthew Behan
 
National mixed 4 x 400m relay championships:
 
Bronze medal for Sinead Moloney, Fearghal O’Hare, Charlotte Myers and Charlie Bastow
 
National U20 and U23 track & field championships:
 
U20 800m silver Finn Boyle
U23 400m bronze Hugo Magee
 
Hugo Magee selected to 4 x 400m U23 Irish relay squad
 
National 10-mile road championships (Phoenix Park):
 
M50 silver Ciaran Diviney
 
August 2023
 
National Masters T&F championships (Tullamore):
 
800m F35 gold Mary Horgan
800m F35 bronze Amy McGuinness
400m F45 gold Tessa O’Neill
Shot put M65 silver Liam Lyster
 
Dublin 10-mile road championships:
 
Senior bronze Brendan Murphy
M45 gold Derek Lawlor
M65 silver James Cottle
F40 bronze Paula Bradshaw
Senior men’s team silver: Brendan Murphy, Derek Lawlor, Rory Goldsmith, Cian Coughlan
Senior women’s team bronze: Ciara Regan, Maeve Lochrie, Áine Crotty, Ciara Lynch
O/35 women’s team gold: Paula Bradshaw, Rebecca Fleming, Dee Ni Chearbhaill, Lisa Branigan
 
National and Leinster Half marathon road championships:
 
M50 silver Ciaran Diviney (National and Leinster)
 
Ciaran Diviney and Ciarain Kelly were scorers on gold-winning Co. Dublin O/35 team in Leinster Championships.
 
September 2023
 
Dublin Senior and Masters 5k road championships (Rathfarnham):
 
M35 gold Kieran Little
M35 bronze Kevin Fitzgibbon
M55 gold Paul Cowhie
F35 silver Nina Holmes
F55 bronze Olwyn Dunne
Men’s senior team bronze: Colm Parnell, Kieran Little, Kevin Fitzgibbon, Ciarain Kelly
 
October 2023
 
Dublin Novices XC (Tymon):
 
Individual bronze Colm Parnell
Women’s team silver: Emma Rowe, Kathryn Sweeney, Saoirse McGrath, Isabelle Cairns
 
5-Nations trials in Abbotstown:
 
6th M40 Brian O’Kelly, 1st M55 Paul Cowhie confirmed in Irish team.
 
National, Leinster and Dublin marathon medals from the DCM
 
National M50 silver Ciaran Diviney
National M65 silver James Cottle
National and Leinster senior men’s team bronze: Vinnie McGuinness, Ciaran Diviney, Kevin Fitzgibbon 
Dublin senior men’s team silver: Vinnie McGuinness, Ciaran Diviney, Kevin Fitzgibbon
M40 Leinster bronze Vinnie McGuinness
M40 Dublin gold Vinnie McGuinness                                                                      
M50 Leinster and Dublin gold Ciaran Diviney
M65 Leinster and Dublin gold James Cottle
F45 Dublin gold Adrienne Jordan
F55 Dublin bronze Triona Quill
O/35 women’s team Leinster and Dublin bronze Adrienne Jordan, Áine Kenny, Aoife Quigley 
O/50 women’s team Dublin bronze Triona Quill, Mary Fitzsimons, Olwyn Dunne
 
November 2023
 
2 club members represented Ireland in the British and Irish Masters International XC held in Glasgow over the weekend: Brian O’Kelly won a team bronze medal in the M40 race; Paul Cowhie won a team bronze medal in the M55 race.

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