Markham and Shannon win in Lissycasey

Fergus Athletic Club hosted the Patrick O’Dea open cross country and 5k road races in Lissycasey on Sunday on the lands of JJ Sheehan. There were big entries in all juvenile races from U-7 to U-16 despite the atrocious weather conditions, with rain resulting in heavy underfoot conditions.

In the ladies’ 5,000m road race, Niamh Markham (Ennis Track) recorded a big win in 18.27 from Cushla Bríd Hehir (Ennis Track) and Emer Power (Sportsworld) with (Ennis Track) taking the team title on seven points from Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare on 34 and St Cronan’s on 37.

The senior men’s race was a very good contest and Michael Shannon (St John’s) had to work hard over this two-lap course to take the title in 15.41 with Brian Murphy (Ennis Track) taking second spot in 16.32secs. Willie Devitt (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare) was third with Ennis Track taking the team title and the Bernie Meaney Shield with 26 points ahead of Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare on 52 and St John’s on 62.

In the novice title, there was a great win for David Brew (St John’s) in 17.39 from Fergal Grogan (St Mary’s) and Ambrose Heagney (Kilnaboy), with the Patrick O’Dea Cup going to (Ennis Track) on 57 points ahead of Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare on 97 and third Fergus AC on 98.

The masters’ O-35 title went to Fergal Grogan (St Mary’s) from Frank Landy (Ennis Track) and Liam Shannon (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare) with the masters’ O-40 title going to Kevin Shalloo (St John’s) from John O’Malley (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare) and Martin McMahon (St Mary’s). In the O-45 race, there was a great victory for Pat Hogan (Ennis Track), who was followed home by Pat Morrissey and John Murphy, both (Ennis Track), with the masters’ O-50 title going to Ambrose Heagney (Kilnaboy) from James Sexton (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare) and John Convey (Fergus) with the O-55s going to Eugene Moynihan (Marian) with Michael Harvey (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare) second and Micheal MacDomhnaill (West Limerick) in third.

In the masters ladies’ O-30, there was a big win for Becky Coughlan (Ennis Track) over Yvonne Duggan (St Cronan’s) and the O-35 title going to Mary Cahill (Ennis Track) from Rose Marie Casey McMahon (Fergus), who competed in the Dublin City Marathon in October, with the O-40 title going to Mags Malone (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare) followed home in second spot by Breda Keane (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare) and Claire Griffin (Ennis Track) with Sue Garrahy (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare) retaining her title in the O-45 section ahead of Helen O’Hanlon (Ennis Track) and Susan Taylor (St Cronan’s). The O-50 title went to Cushla Murphy Hehir (Marian) and the O-60s to Carmel MacDomhnaill West Limerick. The Patrick O’Dea Cup went to (Ennis Track) for the best overall club with 237 points with second spot going to Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare on 215 points and Marian on 174 points.

There were some great races in the juvenile section, which produced some great competition.

Results
Girls
U-7: 1. Gráinne McMahon (Shannon); 2. Amy McNamara (Kilmihil); 3. Holly O’Brien (Marian); 4. Avril Landy (Ennis Track); 5. Olivia Neylon (Marian); 6. Molly Pike (Ennis Track); 7. Synnovz Dallas (Fergus); 8. Faye Ayers (Fergus); 9. Lynsey Clarke (Ennis Track); 10. Aoife Lillis (Kilmihil); 11. Muireann Mullane (St Cronan’s); 12. Ellen McGrath (Ennis Track).
U-8: 1. Ellen Carey (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare); 2. Caoimhe Cahill (St Cronan’s); 3 Louise O’Mahoney (BMOH); 4. Ava O’Malley (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare); 5. Aoife Anderson (Kilnaboy); 6. Tia Attewell (St Mary’s); 7. Áine Lenihan (Tulla); 8. Michelle Healy (Marian); 9. Alisha Ryan (Ennis Track); 10. Ellen Mangan (Ennis Track); 11. Ciara Ferguson (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare); 12. Leanna Frawley (St Mary’s).
U-9: 1. Ciara Meehan (Marian); 2. Grace Carmody (Marian); 3. Saoirse Crowe (St Mary’s); 4. Maria Bermingham (St Mary’s); 5. Abbey O’Sullivan (Tulla); 6. Niamh O’Halloran (St Cronan’s); 7. Aishling Browne (St Mary’s); 8. Rachel Rusk (St Cronan’s); 9. Aishling Healy (Marian); 10. Jane Ghilardi (Marian); 11. Amelia Malice (Marian); 12. Leanna Healy (Marian).
U-10: 1 Susan Nestor (St Mary’s); 2. Niamh Cassidy (Marian); 3. Shauna O’Gorman (Kilmihil); 4. Laura Quinlivan (Kilmihil); 5. Meadbh O’Malley (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare); 6 Ruth Neylon (Marian); 7 Ellie Pike (Ennis Track); 8. Ruth Callinan (St Mary’s); 9. Emer Kelly (St John’s); 10 Ava Carey (Ennis Track); 11. Meave Egan (BMOH); 12. Emma O’Donoghue (Marian).
U-12: 1. Emily Cahill (St Cronan’s); 2. Siobhán Keane (St John’s); 3. Rachel Hartigan (Marian); 4. Megan White (St Cronan’s); 5. Chloe Neylon (Marian); 6. Aine Garry (Fergus); 7. Daniela Svensson (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare); 8. Sinéad Lillis (Kilmihil); 9. Niamh Conlon (Kilmihil); 10. Hannah (Shannon) (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare); 11. Amy Sexton (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare); 12. Laura Greene (St John’s).
U-14: 1. Aisling Kelly (St John’s); 2. Elaine Shannon (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare); 3. Caoimhe Carmody (Marian); 4. Caoimhe Hogan (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare); 5. Emer Keane (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare); 6. Sinéad Hogan (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare); 7. Mairéad Grogan (St Mary’s); 8. Áine Keane (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare); 9. Tara Bradley (St John’s); 10. Katie Taylor (St Cronan’s); 11. Clara Neylon (Marian); 12. Ciara Kenny (St Mary’s).
U-16: 1. Mia Hanrahan (Ennis Track).
Senior ladies (5000m): 1. Niamh Markham (Ennis Track) (18.27); 2. Cushla Bríd Hehir (Ennis Track) (18.34); 3. Emer Power (Sportsworld) (18.42).
Teams: 1. Ennis Track = seven points; 2. Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare = 34 points; 3. (St Cronan’s) = 59 points.

 

Masters ladies
O-30: 1. Becky Coughlan (Ennis Track) (19.59); 2. Yvonne Duggan (St Cronan’s) (22. 41).
O-35: 1. Mary Cahill (Ennis Track) (22. 39); 2. Rose Marie Casey McMahon (Fergus) (25.22).
O-40: 1. Mags Malone (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare) (23.01); 2. Breda Keane (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare) (25.02); 3. Clare Griffin (Ennis Track) (25.47).
O-45: 1. Sue Garrahy (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare) (21.12); 2. Helen O’Hanlon (Ennis Track) (22.26); 3 Susan Taylor (St Cronan’s) (24.03).
O-50: 1. Cushla Murphy Hehir (Marian) (22.40).
O-55: 1. Carmel McDomhnaill (West Limerick) (21.52).
Local athlete: 1. Rose Marie Casey McMahon (Fergus) (25.22); 2. Clare Ayers (Fergus) (27.22); 3. Sarah Hanrahan (Fergus) (27.40).

Boys
U-7: 1. Darragh Culligan (Fergus); 2. Niall Liddane (BMOH); 3. Paddy Nagle (Ennis Track); 4. Cathal Culloo (Tulla); 5. Aiden Weaver (Fergus); 6. Orann McMahon (St Mary’s); 7. Aron Clohessy (Fergus); 8. Ben Kelleher (Tulla); 9. Conor Nash (Ennis Track); 10. Cormac Hogan (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare); 11. Pádraig Conway (Fergus); 12. Aiden Considine (Kilmihil).
U-8: 1. Cian Neylon (Marian); 2. Roarke Copley (St John’s); 3. Darragh Killeen (Fergus); 4. Colin Wallace (St Mary’s); 5. Thomas McGuire (Ennis Track); 6. Darragh Fitzgerald (BMOH); 7. Darren Canavan (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare); 8. Ethan McMahon (St Mary’s); 9. Sean McAllister (Fergus); 10. Eoin Lahiff (Ennis Track); 11. Evan Doolin (Kilnaboy); 12. Darragh Hill (Fergus).
U-9: 1. Conor Meaney (Fergus); 2. Cian O’Boyle (Marian); 3. Niall Murphy (St Cronan’s); 4. Ciarán Bermingham (St Mary’s); 5. Noah McConway (St Cronan’s); 6. Fionn Cotter (Fergus); 7. Barry Conway (Fergus); 8. Mark Bonfield (St Mary’s); 9. Eanna Culloo (Tulla); 10. Shane Culligan (Fergus); 11. Darragh McMahon (St Mary’s); 12. Aiden Griffin (Fergus).
U-10: 1. Brian McNamara (Kilmihil); 2. Cillian O’Connor (Kilnaboy); 3. Niall Hogan (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare); 4. Sean Browne (Kilmihil); 5. John Conneally (St Cronan’s); 6. Cillian McGravy (Kilnaboy); 7. Mark Hanrahan (Ennis Track); 8 Ciann Lahiff (Ennis Track); 9. Jack Power (Ennis Track); 10. Matthew Power (Ennis Track); 11. Eoin Killeen (St John’s); 12. Conor Shanahan (Ennis Track).
U-12: 1. Sabian Kulezyski (Marian); 2. Eoin Guilfoyle (Shannon); 3. Shane Meehan (Marian); 4. Conor Blake (St John’s); 5. Ferdia O’Lionian (Tulla); 6. David McMahon (St Mary’s); 7. Gearóid Lillis (Kilmihil); 8. Cillian O’Mallley (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare); 9. Diarmuid Cahill (Kilnaboy); 10. Orann Copley (St John’s); 11. Ronan Donnellan (Kilmihil); 12. Keith Crowley (St John’s).
U-14: 1. Paul Martin (Ennis Track); 2. Aidan McCarthy (St Cronan’s); 3. Patrick O’Rourke (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare); 4. Sean Murphy (Tulla); 5. Cathal O’Brien (Ennis Track); 6 Niall Canavan (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare); 7 Kevin Hassett (St Mary’s); 8. Eamon Greene (Fergus); 9. Luke Callinan (St Mary’s); 10. Cian (Shannon) (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare); 11 Thomas Clancy (St John’s); 12. Donnacha Madigan (St Mary’s).
U-16: 1. Mark Fennell (St Mary’s); 2. Conor O Leary (Fergus); 3. Aaron Slattery (Fergus); 4. Cathal Breen (Fergus); 5. Shane Ryan (St Mary’s); 6. James Harrison (Tulla).
Senior men 5,000m: 1. Michael (Shannon) (St John’s) (15.41); 2. Brian Murphy (Ennis Track) (16.32); 3. Willie Devitt (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare) (16.52); 4. Thomas Garrahy (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare) (17.00); 5 Kevin Chesser (Ennis Track) (17.10); 6. Michael Keane (Ennis Track) (17.15).
Teams: 1. Ennis Track = 26 points; 2. Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare = 52 points; 3. St John’s = 62 points.
Novice men 5,000m: 1 David Brew (St John’s) (17.39); 2. Fergal Grogan (St Mary’s) (17.55); 3. Ambrose Heagney (Kilnaboy) (17.56).
The Patrick O’Dea Cup: Teams: 1. (Ennis Track) = 57 points; 2. (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare) = 97 points; 3. (Fergus) = 98 points.

Masters Men
O-35: 1. Fergal Grogan (St Mary’s) (17.55); 2. Frank Landy (Ennis Track) (18.11); 3. Liam (Shannon) (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare) (18.22).
O-40: 1. Kevin Shalloo (St John’s) (18.34); 2. John O’Malley (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare) (19.21); 3 Martin McMahon (St Mary’s) (19.59).
O-45: 1. Pat Hogan (Ennis Track) (18.29); 2. Pat Morrissey (Ennis Track) (18.43); 3 John Murphy (Ennis Track) (19.04).
O-50: 1. Ambrose Heagney (Kilnaboy) (17.56); 2. James Sexton (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare) (20.25); 3. John Convey (Fergus) (20.30).
O-55: 1. Eugene Moynihan (Marian) (18.18); 2. Michael Harvey (Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare) (20.04); 3. Mike MacDomhnaill (West Limerick) (20.10).
Local athletes: 1. Kieran Donnelly (Fergus) (19.17); 2. Derek McMahon (Fergus) (19.30); 3. Danny Lynch (Fergus) (20.16).
Best overall club: 1. Ennis Track = 237 points; 2 Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare = 215 points; 3. Marian = 174 points; 4. St Mary’s = 163 points; 5. Fergus = 136 points; 6. St Cronan’s = 106 points; 7. St John’s = 84 points; 8. Kilmihil = 72 points; 9. Tulla = 56 points; 10. Kilnaboy = 44 points; 11. BMOH = 30 points; 12. Shannon = 23 points.