Munster Masters and Juvenile B Championships

The Munster Masters and Juvenile B U-9 to U-19 Cross Country Championships will take place at ­Dromoland, next to the Clare Inn on the Old Newmarket-on-Fergus Road, this Sunday, starting at 11.30am.

The Juvenile B cross country for U-9 to U-19 will be followed by the masters ladies’ 4,000m and the final race will be masters men’s 7,000m. 

The masters ladies’ Clare teams will be led by Marie Carey (Ennis Track), along with Veronica Colleran, Helen O’Hanlon, Aishling Power, Ita Hanrahan, Siobhán Lennon, Hilda O’Connor, (all (Ennis Track and Michelle O’Mahoney and Sue Garrahy (both (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare). 

Rita Kierce (St Mary’s) will lead out a very strong O-50s team along with Cushla Murphy Hehir (Marian), Carmel McDomhnaill, (West Limerick) and (Marian O’Loughlin (Ennis Track). 

The masters men’s team has a very strong line-up in the O-50s, with Eugene Moynihan, Ambrose Heagney (Kilnaboy), Iggy Landers (St Cronan’s), Tom Mackey, James Kenny, Michael Harvey all (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare)  and Tom Madden (Marian). 

The leading contenders for the O-35s include James McIntyre (BMOH), along with John Hannon (BMOH), Willie Devitt and Julio Cesear F Castro, (both Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare), Kenneth Hickey, Frank Landy, Martin Glynn (all Ennis Track), Pat Healy (Marian) and Pat Morrissey (Ennis Track). 

The following Clare teams have been chosen: 
Masters ladies’ O-35: Veronica Colleran (Ennis Track); Marie Carey (Ennis Track); Helen O Hanlon (Ennis Track); Lorraine Hayes (Ennis Track); Deirdre Daly (Ennis Track); Ida Hanrahan (Ennis Track); Siobhán Lennon (Ennis Track); Aisling Power (Ennis Track); Hilda O’Connor (Ennis Track); Marian Burke (St Mary’s); Mags Malone (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); Sue Garrahy (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); Michelle O’Mahoney (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); Susan Taylor (St Cronan’s); Tracy Guilfoyle (Kilnaboy).
Masters ladies’ O-50: Rita Kierce (St Mary’s); Cushla Murphy-Hehir (Marian); Carmel Mc Domhnaill (West Limerick); (Marian) O’Loughlin (Ennis Track); Maura Falsey (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare).
Masters men O-35: James McIntyre (BMOH); John Hannon (BMOH); Richard O’Donnell (BMOH); Thomas Walsh (BMOH); Willie Devitt (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); Julio Cesear F Castro (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); Liam Shannon (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); John O’Malley (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); Damian O’Looney (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); Pat Hogan (Ennis Track); Frank Landy (Ennis Track); Kenneth Higgins (Ennis Track); Mick Davis (Ennis Track); Jason Moloney (Ennis Track); Martin Glynn (Ennis Track); Pat Morrissey (Ennis Track); Jim Carrigan (Ennis Track); Pat Healy (Marian).
Master men O-50: Eugene Moynihan (Marian); Ambrose Heagney (Kilnaboy); Sean Whelan (Ennis Track Club); Michael Quinlivan (Tulla); Ignatius Landers (St Cronan’s); Michael Harvey (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); Tom Mackey (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); James Kenny (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); James Sexton (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); Aidan Cabey (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); Martin Hynes (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare); Tommy Madden (Marian).

Fixtures
December
2 Munster Masters and Juvenile B  U-9 to U-19 Cross Country Championships at Dromoland, ­Newmarket-on-Fergus, starting at 11.30am. 
9 European Cross Country Championships.
9 Athletics Ireland National Novice plus Juvenile U-11 to U-19 Cross Country Championships at Adamstown, County Wexford, starting at 1130am. 
10 Clare Athletics Association meeting at Auburn Lodge Hotel, Ennis at 9pm.
15 Clare AAI novice B plus junior ladies and men’s cross country, also U-8, U-10, U-12, U-14 cross country relays on the lands Patrick O’Dea, Clonlohan, Old Shannon Road, ­Newmarket-on-Fergus, starting at 12 noon.
16 Clare Athletics relays trials U-10, U-12, U-14, at the Lees Road Sports Complex starting at 10am for Munster Cross Country Championships in January.