Ennis Track impress in Sixmilebridge

The Clare Athletics Association juvenile (U-9 to U-19) plus intermediate and U-23 cross country championships were held on the lands of the Moroney family Sixmilebridge at the weekend.
The championships were hosted by Olympic Harriers in wet and windy conditions over a testing course with big fields of athletes in all races.
There were some outstanding individual performances and Ennis Track captured the Clare athletics association Shield for the best overall club with 77 points from, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare on 56 points and St Mary’s on 54.
In the intermediate and U-23 ladies all-in-one race, Claire Madigan (St John’s), running in the U-23 event, was very impressive when taking the title. She led from start to finish.
In the intermediate ladies’ 4,000m, three girls made and early break, Becky Coughlan, Cushla Bríd Hehir (both Ennis Track) and Noreen Mackey (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare). Over the two laps, these three girls were together for almost the entire race before Cushla Bríd Hehir made a decisive move with 600m remaining to take this title from Becky Coughlan and Noreen Mackey.
The intermediate team award went to Ennis Track Club on 14 points with, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare second.
The intermediate men’s race was run over a distance of 8,000m and over five laps. Three athletes made an early break on the first lap Brian Murphy, Michael Maher (both Ennis Track) and Fergal Smithwick (Marian), with the chasing group led by Julia Cesar F Castro, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare, Paddy Quinn, Aidan Kearney, Martin Glynn all Ennis Track.
With two laps complete Brian Murphy was beginning to pull away with Fergal Smithwick giving chase and Julia Cesar F Castro now having moved into third spot and over the next three laps the positions never changed with Murphy easily taking the title.
Ennis Track came away with the team title on 16 points from, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare A on 40 and Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare B on 51.
The juvenile races attracted a fine turnout, this being day two of the uneven ages. There were huge entries in all races, which led to great competition.

RESULTS
Girls’ U-9 (750m): 1. Shauna O’Gorman, Kilmihil; 2. Ellie Pike, Ennis Track; 3. Susan Nestor, St Mary’s; 4. Meadbh O’Malley, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 5. Ciara Meehan,  Marian; 6. Niamh Cassidy,  Marian; 7. Ruth Neylon,  Marian; 8. Ruth Clancy, St John’s; 9. Emma O’Donoghue,  Marian; 10. Ciadh Reynolds,  Marian; 11. Ruth Callinan, St Mary’s; 12. Roisin Cahill, Ennis Track.
Teams: 1. Marian = 27points; 2. Kilmihil = 52points; 3. Ennis Track = 62points.
Girls’ U-11 (1,500m): 1. Emily Cahill, St Cronan’s; 2. Hannah Shannon, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 3. Sinéad Lillis, Kilmihil; 4. Megan White, St Cronan’s; 5. Siodfra O’Dea, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 6. Rachel Hartigan,  Marian; 7. Keisha Attewell, St Mary’s; 8. Laura Greene, St John’s; 9. Shona Fitzhenry, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 10. Katie Deasy, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 11. Ciara O’Brien,  Marian; 12. Ellie Rochford, St Cronan’s.
Teams: 1. Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare = 26points; 2. St Cronan’s = 37points; 3. Marian = 59points.
Girls’ U-13 (2,500m): 1. Alex O’Neill, St Cronan’s; 2. Aishling Kelly, St John’s; 3. Caoimhie Harvey, St John’s; 4. Emma McMahon, St Mary’s; 5. Anna Courtney,  Marian; 6. Tara Bradley, St John’s; 7. Kate Taylor, St Cronan’s; 8. Sharon Egan, Kilmihil; 9. Elaine Shannon, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 10. Sinéad Hogan, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 11. Fidelma Marrinan, St John’s; 12. Caoimhie Carmody, Marian.
Teams: 1. St John’s = 22points; 2. Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare = 49points; 3. St Mary’s = 53points.
Girls’ U-15 (3,500m): 1. Shannon O’Grady, Shannon; 2. Cliodhna Blake, St John’s; 3. Áine Rouine, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 4. Rachel Clancy, St John’s; 5. Rachel Cussen, Shannon; 6. Grainne Cremin, Ennis Track; 7. Aimee Hayes, Ennis Track; 8. Rose Marrinan, St John’s; 9. Áine Looney, Kilmihil; 10. Ailbhie Hogan, Ennis Track; 11. Aoibhinn Bannon, Shannon; 12. Niamh O’Brien, Ennis Track:
Teams: 1. Ennis Track = 35points.
Girls’ U-17 (4,500m): 1. Jean Clancy St John’s; 2. Niamh Markham, Ennis Track; 3. Laura Egan, Kilmihil; 4. Niamh Clancy, St John’s; 5. Muireann O’Shea,  Marian; 6. Nollaigh Blake, St John’s; 7. Siobhán Nestor, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 8. Ciara Mulcaire, Ennis Track; 9. Siobhán Marrinan, St John’s; 10. Niamh Donnellan, Ennis Track.
Teams: 1. St John’s = 20points.
Girls’ U-19 (5,000m): 1. Harriett Flynn, Shannon; 2. Paula Loughnane, St Cronan’s.
Intermediate ladies (4,000m): 1. Cushla Brid Hehir, Ennis Track; 2. Becky Coughlan, Ennis Track; 3. Noreen Mackey, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 4. Dymphna O’Dwyer, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 5. Aoifa Nash, Ennis Track; 6. Siobhán Lennon, Ennis Track; 7. Loretta Duggan, St Mary’s; 8. Grace Eade, Ennis Track; 9. Niamh Ni Mhuiri, Ennis Track; 10. Fiona Lafferty, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 11. Susan Taylor, St Cronan’s.
Teams: 1. Ennis Track = 14points; 2. Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare.
U-23: 1. Claire Madigan, St John’s; 2. Fiona Lafferty, Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare.
Boys’ U-9 (750m): 1. Sultan Akinwale, Ennis Track; 2. Niall Hogan, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 3. Diarmuid Fahy, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 4. Mark Hanrahan, Ennis Track; 5. John Connelly, St Cronan’s; 6. Noah McConway, St Cronan’s; 7. Jack O’Connor, Ennis Track; 8. Eoin Killeen, St John’s; 9. Matthew Power, Ennis Track; 10. Conor Meaney, Fergus; 11. Brian McNamara, Kilmihil; 12. Jack O’Neill, St Cronan’s.
Teams: 1. Ennis Track = 21points; 2. St Cronan’s = 51points; 3. Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare = 54points.
Boys’ U-11 (1,500m): 1. James McGuire, Ennis Track; 2. Ben Whelehan, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 3. Conor Blake, St John’s; 4. Shane Meehan,  Marian; 5. Ronan Donnellan, Kilmihil; 6. Paul Kelleher Tulla; 7. Orann Copley Ind; 8. Keith Crowley, St John’s; 9. Killian O’Malley, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 10. John Murphy, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 11. Gearóid Lillis, Kilmihil; 12. Tom McDonald, Ennis Track.
Teams: 1. Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare = 45points; 2. Ennis Track = 49points; 3. St Mary’s = 69points.
Boys’ U-13 (2,500m): 1. Jamie Roche, Ennis Track; 2. Patrick O’Rourke, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 3. Aidan McCarthy, St Cronan’s; 4. Paul Martin, Ennis Track; 5. Caoilfhionn O’Dea, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 6. Cathal O’Brien, Ennis Track; 7. Thomas Clancy, St John’s; 8. Matthew Keating, Shannon; 9. Cathal Darcy, Ennis Track; 10. Sean Dolan, Ennis Track; 11. Stephan Maher, Ennis Track; 12. Sean Rouine, Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare
Teams: 1. Ennis Track = 20points; 2. Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare = 32points; 3. St Mary’s = 78points.
Boys’ U-15 (3,500m): 1. Kevin Mulcaire, Ennis Track; 2. Mark Fennell, St Mary’s; 3. Sean Collins, Ennis Track; 4. Jack Devitt, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 5. Padraigh Malone, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 6. Conor O’Leary, Fergus; 7. Ronan Barry,  Marian; 8. Shane Ryan, St Mary’s; 9. Brian O’Sullivan Olympic Harriers; 10. Diarmuid Quinn Olympic Harriers; 11. Patrick Haren, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 12. Brian McDonald, Ennis Track.
Teams: 1. Olympic Harriers = 52points.
Boys’ U-17 (5,000m): 1. Ian Slobody Kilmihil; 2. Stephan Rooney, Ennis Track; 3. Karl Fitzmaurice, Shannon; 4. Liam Gray, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 5. Cillian Blake, St John’s; 6. Darragh Collins, Ennis Track; 7. Jonathon Martin, Ennis Track; 8. Declan Martin, Ennis Track; 9. Kevin Kelly Olympic Harriers; 10. Fergal Conlon Tulla; 11. Jack O’Dea, Ennis Track; 12. Joe Kelly Shannon.
Teams: 1. Ennis Track = 23points.
U-19’s (7,000m): 1. Jake O’Regan, St John’s; 2. Conor Roney, Ennis Track; 3. Eoin Brew, St John’s; 4. William Flynn, Shannon; 5. Isacc Rea, Ennis Track.
Intermediate (8,000m): 1. Brian Murphy, Ennis Track; 2. Fergal Smithwick,  Marian; 3. Julia Ceser F Castro, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 4. Michael Maher, Ennis Track; 5. Paddy Quinn, Ennis Track; 6. Aidan Kearney, Ennis Track; 7. Martin Glynn, Ennis Track; 8. Donal Howley, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 9. James Liddane Olympic Harriers; 10. James Kenny, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 11. Willie Devitt, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 12. Trevor White, St Cronan’s.
Teams: 1. Ennis Track = 16points; 2. Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare A = 40points; 3. Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare B = 51points.
U-23: 1. Fergal Smithwick,  Marian; 2. Donal Howley, Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare; 3. David Mackey, Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare.
Best overall club (day two): 1. Ennis Track = 77points; 2. Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare = 56points; 3. St Mary’s = 54points; 4. St John’s = 33points; 5. Marian = 31points; 6. St Cronan’s = 22points; 7. Kilmihil = 20points; 8. Olympic Harriers = 12points; 9. Fergus = 9points; 10. Tulla = 7points.