Archive for May, 2000

Billy O’Rourke Leads Leevale 1-2-3

31 May, 2000

The 16th annual John Buckley Sports four mile road race again attracted over 200 competitors tonight. Held over the Marina course the race was well organised by Cork BHAA. Billy O’Rourke (Leevale) is easily in the best form of his career and once again proved the stronger in the closing stages to win in a [...]

Nestle Munster Schools Track and Field Championships

27 May, 2000

The Nestle Munster schools track and field championships were held in atrocious weather conditions at the RSC track in Waterford today. The weather made times very much irrelevant, but there was, however, some very exciting competition. Ian Donovan of Colaiste Choilm in Ballincollig and Leevale was the early leader in the senior 800m, but Martin [...]

Road Race Highlights from Cork this Week

27 May, 2000

Garrett Barry of North Cork continued on his winning ways last Thursdaywith another fine win in the first race of the Nike Ballycotton Summer Series of road races held in Ballyandreen. As ever his speed over the final mile was enough for him to win in a time of 25:49, with Eric Meade of East Cork second [...]

Results from Stateside

21 May, 2000

As the American collegiate track and field season draws to a close the highlight of the past weekend was the performance of Vinny Mulvey, a third year student at Iona College in New york. Competing at the IC4A’s championships in wet and windy conditions he again lowered his PB in the 10,000m with a second [...]

O’Rourke Doubles at Schools Championship

20 May, 2000

The second stage fo the South Munster schools track and field championships were held in Castleisland today, in gale force conditions. Derval O’Rourke of Mount Mercy didn’t have too much trouble however, winning both the 100m and 100m hurdles. In the senior 1,500m, Shane O’Shaughnessy of Mayfield CS took the lead after 800m, going on [...]

Leevale Clubhouse Plans

16 May, 2000

Recent discussion on the new message board has focused on the renovation of the clubhouse, which was first announced back in 1998. The diagram on the immediate right shows the ground floor plan, while the diagram on the far right shows the first floor plan. Click on the images for full size views.

O’Donoghue is 100m Munster Champion in PB

14 May, 2000

The Munster senior and vets track and field championships were held in sunny Castleisland today, and it proved a very successful day for Leevale junior Jer O’Donoghue. O’Donoghue won the 100m in a PB of 10.84 ahead of Bandon junior Darren Coughlan. Four runners were in contention with 300m to go in the 1,500m, with [...]

Leevale 1-2-3 in South Munster Schools 3,000m

13 May, 2000

The first stage of the South Munster schools track and field championships were held in the grounds of Midleton CBS today in bright sunny conditions. A restricted programme, consisting of long and triple jumps, discus and javelin, together with the 3,000m races, made up the brief session. One of the leading young road runners in [...]

Fahy Wins Road Race

9 May, 2000

At the FMRC/Pfizer 10k road race, under BHAA rules, Roy Fahy of Proscon, won in a time of 31:25, from Ken Mulcahy of Silver Springs in 33:15, Michael Murphy of Novartis in 33:30 and Ted O’Flynn of DD Williamson. Mary Sweeney of SHB won the womens race in 39:15 from Monica Twohig of Cork Shops [...]

Carroll Breaks 10,000m Record

5 May, 2000

Mark Carroll set a new Irish record tonight at the Cardinal Invite at Stanford University. Stepping up a distance to the 10,000m, Mark won in a time of 27:46.82, eclipsing John Treacy’s Irish record of 27:48.7 set in Brussels in 1980. Shaun Creighton was second in 27:49.20 and Abdi Abdirahman was third in 27:54.81. Mark’s [...]