Glorious sunshine greeted the runners this morning at the joint Army / Cork Corporation 5k road race over the Marina circuit.  The race distance was reduced from four miles to 5k due to roadworks on Monahan road, but made no difference to the big entry.  Cathal O’Connell of St. Finbarrs won the men’s race [...]

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Midleton athletic club staged their annual open cross country meet today, but with weather conditions more conducive to a beach visit, the entry was understandably down on previous years.  However performances were excellent, with everyone enjoying their visit.  In the Men’s Vets, Jerry Murphy of Leevale was second, behind Christy Murphy of Carrignavar, and ahead [...]

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   September 3rd 2000: Derval O’Rourke was a winner this week at the Derby Challenge/Cleveland Cup in Derby England.  Competing in the Under-23 100m Hurdles, Derval won in a time of 14:06.  Jer O’Donoghue placed third in the Junior Men’s 100m in a time of 11.13.  (Irish Placings)

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  Mark Carroll wrapped up his European racing season before heading to Sydney tonight at the ISTAF 2000 Meet in Berlin.  The race was the final in the IAAF Golden League series.  Ali Saidi-Sief of Algeria was the winner in a time of 7:30.76, followed by Brahim Lahlafi of Morocco in 7:31.98, and Daniel Komen [...]

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