Clare athletes in winning form

The Athletics Association of Ireland juvenile B cross country U-11 to U-19s plus inter-county relays for U-12 and U-14, intermediate and masters men’s and ladies’ championships were held in Lough Key Forest Park, Boyle, Roscommon, at the weekend.

The Athletics Association of Ireland juvenile B cross country U-11 to U-19s plus inter-county relays for U-12 and U-14, intermediate and masters men’s and ladies’ championships were held in Lough Key Forest Park, Boyle, Roscommon, at the weekend.
Clare athletes made light work of the heavy underfoot conditions, with Amy Sexton (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare) winning the girls’ U-11 and leading her club to team gold, with Clare taking silver medals.
Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare won gold in the girls’ and boys’ U-11 as well as silver medals in the boys’ U-13 and boys’ U-15.
There were silver medals also for St Mary’s in the girls’ U-13, where Clare won the bronze medals.
Conor Madigan won gold in the boys’ U-17 with Karl ­Fitzmaurice (Shannon) taking the silver medal and Shannon and Clare taking the gold medals.
In the intermediate ladies’ 4,000m, Marie Carey (Ennis Track) won the silver medal, with the club winning the national intermediate ladies’ title.
In the intermediate men’s 10,000m Michael Shannon (Kilnaboy) won a silver medal with Kenneth Rodgers (St John’s) in fourth place. Clare captured the silver medals in the inter-county awards.
In the masters men’s, with 200 competitors on the starting line, Eugene Moynihan (Marian) was an O-55 silver medal winner and Clare won the bronze medals in the masters’ O-50, with Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare finishing seventh.
In the national inter-county relays 4 x 500m, the girls and boys U-14 Clare teams captured national honours.

Results
Girls
U-11s 1500m: 1 Amy Sexton (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); 10 Keisha Attewell (St Mary’s); 13 Sinéad Lillis (Kilmihil); 15 Rachel Hartigan (Marian); 19 Siodfra O’Dea (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); 30 Hannah Shannon (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare).
Inter-club
1 (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare)= 86 points.
Inter-county
2 Clare = 87 points
U-13 2,500m
8 Mairéad Grogan (St Mary’s); 9 Elaine Shannon (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); 19 Tara Kelly (St Mary’s); 23 Deirbhile Brown (St Mary’s); 34 Caitriona Callinan (Kilmihil); 40 Ciara Kenny (St Mary’s).
Inter-club
2 (St Mary’s) = 90 points.
Inter-county
3 Clare (8, 9, 19, 23, 34, 40) = 133 points.
U-15 3,500m
19 Shannon O’Grady (Shannon); 23 Áine Rouine (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); 35 Rachel Cussen (Shannon).
U-17 4,500m
15 Emer Hillery (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare).
Intermediate ladies’ 4,000m
3 Marie Carey (Ennis Track); 8 Cushla Bríd Hehir (Ennis Track); 24 Patricia O’Brien (Ennis Track); 29 Siobhán Lennon (Ennis Track); 39 Ciara Hassett (Rathfarnham WSAF); 40 Rosemary O’Brien (Ennis Track); 52 Aoifa Nash (Ennis Track); 57 Becky Coughlan (Ennis Track).
Inter-club
1 (Ennis Track) = 64 points.
Inter-county
4 Clare = 65 points.
Masters Ladies’ 4,000m O-35s: 3 Michelle O’Halloran (Kilmihil and Mullingar Harriers).
Boys
U-11 1,500m: 11 Ben Whelehan (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); 22 Cillian O’Malley (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); 29 Gearóid Lillis (Kilmihil);
33 David McMahon (St Mary’s); 36 Ronan Donnellan (Kilmihil); 39 John Murphy (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare).
Inter-club:
1 (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare) =125 points.
Inter-county: 3 Clare = 170 points.
U-13 2,500m: 11 Sean Rouine (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); 14 Conor McNeilis (Fergus); 17 Zack Whelehan (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); 19 Matthew Keating (Shannon); 23 Oisín Looney (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); 28 Donnocha Madigan (St Mary’s)
Inter-club: 2 (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare) = 83 points.
Inter-county: 2 Clare = 112 points
U-15 3,500m: 25 Jack Devitt (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); 26 Padraigh Malone (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); 29 Paraic Murray (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); 31 Jimmy Flanagan (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); 33 Conor O’Leary (Fergus); 34 Cormac Murray (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); 45 Alan McGrath (Shannon).
Inter-club: 2 (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare) = 111 points.
Inter-county: 4 Clare = 178 points.
U-17s 4,500m: 1 Conor Madigan (St John’s); 2 Karl Fitzmaurice (Shannon)
6 Jack Carrigg (Shannon); 8 Liam Gray (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); 10 Cillian Blake (St John’s); 13 Shane McGrath (Shannon); 14 Seamus McMahon (Shannon).
Inter-club: 1 Shannon = 35 points.
Inter-county: 1 Clare = 40 points.
U-19s 4,500m: 6 Thomas Smyth (St John’s)
All-Ireland Relays U-12s 4 x 500m
Boys’ U-12: 1 Donegal; 2 Galway; 3 Tipperary; 4 Clare (Caoilfhionn O’Dea, Cian (Shannon), Luke Callinan, Thomas Clancy, James McGuire).
Girls’ U-14: 1 Clare (Caoimhie Harvey, Aisling Kelly, Sinéad Hogan, Tara Bradley, Elaine (Shannon); 2 Donegal; 3 Cavan.
Boys’ U-14: 1 Clare (Eoin Looney, Mark Fennell, Paul Martin, Cathal O’Brien, Patrick O’Rourke); 2 Kerry; 3 Galway.
Masters men 7,000m
O-50: 6 James Kenny (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare).
O-55: 2 Eugene Moynihan (Marian).
O-60: 4 Tommy Madden (Marian).
Inter-county team O-50:
3 Clare = 494 points.
Intermediate men
10,000m: 2 Michael
­Shannon (Kilnaboy);
4 Kenneth ­Rodgers (St John’s); 20 Dermot Galvin (St John’s); 29 Julio Cesar F Caster (Kilmurry ­Ibrickane-North Clare); 31 Brian Murphy (Ennis Track); 32 Willie Devitt (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); 63 Thomas Garrahy (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare).
Inter-county: 2 Clare = 118 points.

AAI Four-­mile Road Championships

The Clare Athletics Association Four-mile Road Championship for men ladies will take place this Sunday, hosted by Ennis Track, starting at 1pm in Ballyea.
There will be two races on the programme, starting with the ladies’ four-mile at 1pm and followed by the men’s four-mile at 1.30pm, with changing facilities at Ballyea Community Centre.
The ladies’ race will be run over a distance of four miles this year and will feature Marie Carey (Ennis Track), the county cross country champion, who will start as favourite along with Cushla Bríd Hehir, Veronica Colleran, Siobhán Lennon, Becky Coughlan, Aishling Power (all Ennis Track), Sharon Rynne, Noreen Mackey, Michelle O’Mahoney, (all Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare) and Marian Burke (St Mary’s).
The team contest should be a close affair between Ennis Track, Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare, St John’s and St Mary’s.
The men’s race will be run over a distance of four miles and Michael Shannon (Kilnaboy) will battle with Kenneth Rodgers, Jake O’Regan (both St John’s) for honours, with Dermot Galvin (St John’s), Micheal Keane, Brian McGinley, Brian Murphy (all Ennis Track), James Liddane (Tulla), in the masters’ O-40s, Pat Hogan (Ennis Track) Ambrose Heagney (Kilnaboy), James Kenny (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare), Eugene Moynihan (Marian), Tom Mackey, Michael Harvey, James Sexton (all Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare), battling it out in the masters’ sections.
The Clare senior cross-country champions (Ennis Track) will start as favourites from St John’s, Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare, Marian, St Mary’s and St Cronan’s.

Fixtures
February
9 Aviva Munster Schools Cross Country at Cork IT, starting at 12.30pm.
11-12 AAI Senior Indoor Championships in Belfast.
11 Munster Juvenile Indoor Inter-Club Relays, plus Juvenile Multi-Events at Nenagh, starting at 11am.
12 Clare AAI Ladies and Men’s Four-Mile Road Championships in Ballyea, starting at 1pm.
19 Munster AAI Annual Convention at Cahir House Hotel, County Tipperary.
19 The Riverlodge Health and Fitness Four-mile Fun Run at the Auburn Lodge Hotel, Ennis starting at 11am.
25-26 Munster Juvenile Indoor Championships U-9 to U-13s in Nenagh, starting at 11am.
26 Athletics Ireland Inter-Clubs Cross Country Championships starting at 11.30am.
March
3 Cooraclare 10k Road Race and Fun Walk in aid of Alzheimer’s Society of Ireland, Cooraclare Community Centre, starting at 12noon.   
3 National Juvenile Awards in Arklow House Hotel, County Wicklow.
3-4 Munster Juvenile Indoor Championships U-14 to U-19 in Nenagh, starting at 11am.