Posts tagged with: athletics ireland

Kenneally guns for Inter Club XC

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Wed 03 Mar '10

Athletics fans are in for a treat this weekend when the Woodie’s DIY Inter Club Championships of Ireland take place in the Phoenix Park over a spectator friendly course. Mark Kenneally of Clonliffe Harriers will start as favourite to win the men’s Senior title on Sunday. Read more…
National Intermediates conclude in Lough Key

Posted in At the Races by Rene Borg on Tue 23 Feb '10

Despite some confusion among runners as the mooted 10k course was changed to an 8k course on the day, the crowds in Lough Key, Roscommon, were served to an enthralling spectacle as 21-year-old Brendan O’Neill of Dundrum South Dublin ran home from halfway. Read more…
Commonwealth champion Kiprop returns to Antrim

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 14 Jan '10

Boniface Kiprop is the latest addition to a classy field getting ready to assemble itself in Northern Ireland in just over a week. As reported on MST a few days back, many GB athletes will be making the trip west to Antrim for some quality competition and a taste of international cross country running… Read more…
Fagan and Cullen head Irish challenge

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 26 Nov '09

Martin Fagan and Mary Cullen have been named as the team leaders of the Ireland men’s and women’s Euro XC teams, destined for Dublin in a little over two weeks time. Cullen is in super form, and will be gunning for a high placing in the women’s 8km race… Read more…
Irish athletes looking to seal Euro places

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Fri 20 Nov '09

Many of Ireland’s top cross country runners will be in action on Sunday at the Woodie’s DIY Inter County Cross Country Championships looking to secure their place on the Irish team for the European Cross Country Championships. Read more…
Irish legends to be Euro XC ambassadors

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Sat 14 Nov '09

Irish athletics legends Sonia O’Sullivan and Catherina McKiernan have been named as ambassadors for this year’s SPAR European Cross Country Championships, which will be held in Ireland for the first time in December. Read more…
Mark Hanrahan wins Cork title

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 02 Nov '09

Mark Hanrahan overcame the tough conditions to win his third Cork senior cross country title at The Showgrounds Clonakilty yesterday. Heavy overnight rain made underfoot conditions tough and a heavy shower during the last lap ensured athletes would have plenty to talk about… Read more…
Cullen and Christie win at Gerry Farnan

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 20 Oct '09

Irish internationals Mary Cullen and Mark Christie proved too strong for some quality opposition at the first big XC event of the 2009/10 season, the Aviva Health Gerry Farnan Cross Country held in Dublin’s Phoenix Park on Sunday (18). Read more…
Irish men’s team win Matterhorn race

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 25 Aug '09

The Irish men’s team won the Matterhorn mountain race in Zermatt on Sunday. The race was won by Eritrean Michael Mehari in 59:50, nine seconds ahead of Swiss runner Stephan Wenk. Columbian Juan Pablo Rangel was third and Brian MacMahon (Clonliffe) fourth, around one minute behind the winner. Read more…
Pay as you go

Posted in The Sweat by Matt Ward on Tue 02 Jun '09

This is an interesting strategy. Charging spectators at a cross-country event is an alien concept to most running events. We are all used to turning up at races, ducking under race tape, running across the course, coming and going as we please. Read more…