Conroy Perpetual Shield for O’Connor

The ninth annual Matt O’Connor Memorial Open Sports were held at Lees Road, where Jessica O’Connor from the host club won the confined girls’ U-16 title and the Ciara Conroy Memorial 100m title from Anna Courtney, with Emily Barry in third spot.
There were great races in each age group and a fine turnout of athletes, with the first double going to Ailbhie Landy (Ennis Track) in the girls’ U-7, who won the 60m and 80m, while in the boys’ U-7, Darragh Culligan (Fergus AC) also recorded a double victory.
Allanah Attewell (St Mary’s) won gold in the U-8 60m and 100m, Sultan Akinwale (Ennis Track) claimed double gold in the U-10 100m and 300m and in the U-11 boys, Ferdia O’Lionain (Tulla) was very impressive in the 100m and 400m.
Rachel Hosey (Limerick AC) claimed a double in the girls’ U-12 100m and 600m while in the boys’ U-14 Tony Odubuto (Ennis Track) took first place in the 100m and 800m.
In the junior girls’ 1,500m Laura Power (Ennis Track) led from start to finish to claim victory in 5.22 ahead of Áine Rouine (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare) and Claudia Loughnane (Marian).
The junior men’s 1,500m was won by Kevin Mulcaire (Ennis Track) in 4.32 from Cian O’Brien (Marian) and Fergal Conlon (Tulla).
Kevin Chesser (Ennis Track) led from start to finish in the senior men’s 1,500m in 4.18 with Willie Devitt (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare) second.
The high jump title went Rachel Clancy (St John’s) with a leap of 1. 55m with the senior men’s high jump going to Ronan Barry (Marian) 1.58m.

Results
Girls
U-7 60m: 1 Ailbhie Landy (Ennis Track); 2 Ellen Hosey (Limerick); 3 Caroline Griffin (Marian).
80m: 1 Ailbhie Landy (Ennis Track); 2 Ellen Hosey (Limerick); 3 Kayley Devitt (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare).
U-8 60m: 1 Allanah Attewell (St Mary’s); 2 Holly Quirke (Limerick); 3 Ellen Mannion (Barefield).
100m: 1 Allanah Attewell (St Mary’s); 2 Ellen Mannion Barefield; 3 Aoifa O’Brien (Marian).
U-8 4 x 100m relay: 1 St Mary’s; 2 Marian.
U-9 80m: 1 Sarah Hosey (Limerick); 2 Ciara Meehan (Marian); 3 Kate McDonnell (Marian).
300m: 1 Ciara Meehan (Marian); 2 Sarah Hosey (Limerick); 3 Grace Carmody (Marian).
U-10 100m: 1 Susan Nestor (St Mary’s); 2 Ciara Grimes (Limerick); 3 Emma O’Donoghue (Marian).
300m: 1 Shauna O’Gorman (Kilmihil); 2 Ruth Neylon (Marian); 3 Susan Nestor (St Mary’s).
U-10 4 x 100m relay: 1 Marian A; 2 Limerick; 3 Marian B.
U-11 100m: 1 Niamh Conlon (Kilmihil); 2 Keisha Attewell (St Mary’s); 3 Emma O’Brien (Marian).
400m: 1 Keisha Attewell (St Mary’s); 2 Niamh Conlon (Kilmihil); 3 Hannah Shannon (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare).
U-12 100m: 1 Rachel Hosey (Limerick); 2 Helen Hartnett (Limerick); 3 Irene Neylon (Marian).
600m: 1 Rachel Hosey (Limerick); 2 Helen Hartnett (Limerick); 3 Emily Cahill (St Cronan’s).
U-12 4 x 100m relay: 1 Limerick; 2 (Marian); 3 (Ennis Track).
U-14 100m: 1 Anna Courtney (Marian); 2 Tara Bradley (St John’s); 3 Elaine Shannon (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare).
800m: 1 Aisling Kelly (St John’s);
2 Alex O Neill (St Cronan’s); 3 Caoimhie Harvey (St John’s).
4 x 100m relay: 1 St John’s; 2 Marian; 3 Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare.
U-16s 100m: 1 Niamh O’Brien (Ennis Track); 2 Róisín Devane (Marian); 3 Lauren McConway (St Cronan’s).
U-16 Mixed (two boys and two girls) 4 x 100m relay: 1 Marian; 2 (Ennis Track); 3 St John’s
Junior ladies’ 100m: 1 Jessica O’Connor (Marian); 2 Rachel Clancy (St John’s); 3 Laura Power (Ennis Track)
1,500m: 1 Laura Power (Ennis Track) (5.22); 2 Áine Rouine (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare) (5.45); 3 Claudia Loughnane (Marian) (6.19).
Girls’ U-16s 100m (The Ciara Conroy Perpetual Shield): 1 Jessica O’Connor (Marian); 2 Anna Courtney (Marian); 3 Emily Barry (Marian).
High jump: 1 Rachel Clancy (St John’s) (1.55m); 2 Jessica O’Connor (Marian) (1.35m); 3 Tara Bradley (St John’s) (1.25m).

Boys
U-7 60m: 1 Darragh Culligan (Fergus); 2 Funhag Akinwale (Ennis Track); 3 Ben Kelleher (Tulla).
80m: 1 Darragh Culligan (Fergus); 2 Ben Kelleher (Tulla); 3 Funhag Akinwale (Ennis Track)
U-8 60m: 1 Darren Keane (Fergus); 2 Daragh Killeen (Fergus); 3 Jack O’Neill (St Cronan’s).
100m: 1 Jack O’Neill (St Cronan’s); 2 Darragh Killeen (Fergus);
3 Darren Keane (Fergus).
U-8 4 x 100m relay: 1 (Ennis Track); 2 Marian.
U-9 80m: 1 Diarmuid Cahill (St Cronan’s); 2 Con Meaney (Fergus); 3 Ian O’Boyle (Marian).
300m: 1 Noah McConway (St Cronan’s); 2 Patrick Sholarin (Ennis Track); 3 Diarmuid Cahill (St Cronan’s).
U-10 100m: 1 Sultan Akinwale (Ennis Track); 2 Garry O’Donoghue (Limerck); 3 Jack O’Connor (Ennis Track).
300m: 1 Sultan Akinwale (Ennis Track); 2 John Connelly (St Cronan’s); 3 Garry O’Donoghue (Limerick).
U-104 x 100m relay: 1 (Ennis Track); 2 (St Cronan’s); 3 (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare).
U-11 100m: 1 Ferdia O’Lionain (Tulla); 2 Derick Sholarin (Ennis Track); 3 Shane Meehan (Marian).
400m: 1 Ferdia O’Lionain (Tulla); 2 Rory Prenderville Limerick; 3 Conor Blake (St John’s).
U-12 100m: 1 Lateef Akinwale (Ennis Track); 2 Jack Cashell (Ennis Track); 3 Paul Kelleher (Tulla).
600m: 1 Gearóid Lillis (Kilmihil); 2 Jack Cashell (Ennis Track); 3 Lateef Akinwale (Ennis Track).
U-12 4 x 100m relay: 1 Ennis Track; 2 St John’s; 3 Tulla.
U-14 100m: 1 Tony Odubuto (Ennis Track); 2 Cathal O’Brien (Ennis Track); 3 Mark Collins (Ennis Track).
800m: 1 Tony Odubuto (Ennis Track); 2 Cathal O’Brien (Ennis Track); 3 Jamie Roche (Ennis Track).
4 x 100m relay: 1 Ennis Track
U-16’s 4 x 100m mixed (two girls and two boys): 1 Marian; 2 Ennis Track; 3 St John’s.
Junior men’s 100m: 1 Ronan Barry (Marian); 2 Cian O’Brien (Marian); 3 Fergal Conlon (Tulla).
1,500m: 1 Kevin Mulcaire (Ennis Track)(4.32); 2 Cian O’Brien (Marian) (4.33); 3 Jonathan Martin (Ennis Track) (5.04).
Senior men’s 100m: 1 Ronan Barry (Marian); 2 Kedari Karimu (Ennis Track); 3 Jonathan Martin (Ennis Track).
1,500m: 1 Kevin Chesser (Ennis Track) (4.18); 2 Willie Devitt (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare) (4.35).
High jump: 1 Ronan Barry (Marian) (1.58m); 2 Kaderi Karimu (Ennis Track) (1.55m); 3 Jonathan Martin (Ennis Track) (1.45m).

Clare titles for Shannon and Rynne in 10k championships

The Clare athletics Association 10 Mile Road Championships were held in conjunction with the Michael Sonny Murphy Memorial in Kilnaboy, with Michael Shannon (Kilnaboy) and Sharon Rynne (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare) taking the honours.
Shannon and Julio Cesear F Castro (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare) set the pace for the men’s race, with Shannon pulling away at the seven-mile mark to come home a very comfortable winner in 52.36 ahead of Julio Cesear F Castro and Willie Devitt (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare).
The men’s team title went to Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare on 20 points ahead of the host club Kilnaboy on 46 points and Ennis Track on 60 points.
In the ladies’ race, Sharon Rynne (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare), who captured the Cratloe 10k road race on Saturday, once again produced another big race to claim her first 10-mile road championship title in 64.22. She won from last year’s title holder, Marie Carey (Ennis Track) (64.33) and Tracy Guilfoyle (Kilnaboy) in (65.07).
The team title went to Ennis Track on 17 points with Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare second on 27 points.

Results
1 Michael Shannon (Kilnaboy) (52.36); Julio Cesear F Castro (Kilmurry; Ibrickane-North Clare) O-35 (54.05); 2 Willie Devitt (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare) O-35 (55.49); 3 Brian Murphy (Ennis Track) (56.57); 4 Ambrose Heagney (Kilnaboy) O-45 (59.29); 6 James Liddane (Olympic Harriers) (59.32); Michael Kelly (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare)(60.03); 8 Kevin Darcy (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare)(60.05); 9 Finbar O’Grady (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare)(61.12); 10 John Hannon (Olympic Harriers) (61.19); 11 James Kenny (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare)(62.28); 12 Trevor White (St Cronan’s) (63.12).
Teams: 1 (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare)= 20 points; 2 (Kilnaboy) = 46 points; 3 (Ennis Track) = 60 points.
Senior ladies
1 Sharon Rynne (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare) (64.22); 2 Marie Carey (Ennis Track) (64.33); 3 Tracy Guilfoyle (Kilnaboy) O-45 (65.07); 4 Siobhan Lennon (Ennis Track) O-40 (68.08); 5 Aishling Power (Ennis Track) O-40 (70.54); 6 Siobhán Gallagher (Ennis Track) O-40 (72.48); 7 Noreen Mackey (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare)(75.05); 8 Ita Hanrahan (Ennis Track) O-40 (80.08); 9 Maura Falsey (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare) O-50 (80.49); 10 Sile O’Loughlin (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare) O-35 (85.52).
Teams: 1 Ennis Track = 17 points; Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare = 27 points