Conditions were far from perfect for the second leg of the Mazda national track and field league at Tullamore on Sunday.  It was cool, windy, wet – just another typical Irish summer’s day!  Clubs were chasing points to make the line-up for the finals in Tullamore on Sunday week.  Unfortunately, most clubs were without [...]

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Leevale’s Martin McCarthy finished 2nd this weekend in the Streets of Galway 5m Road Race.  The race was won by Ben Noad from Bristol A.C. in 23:48.  Martin was second in 24:18 followed by William Harty from West Waterford in 24:3.  (Results).

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  Mark Carroll endured another disappointing blow when he was eliminated in the heats of the 5,000 metres at the World Championships today.  Carroll finished tenth in his heat and then had an agonising wait for the other semi-final, only to find that he would miss out by just one place.  Carroll suffered exactly the [...]

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  The high point of the athletics year, the World Track and Field Championships kick off today in Edmonton, Canada.  Cork interest in the meet is at a very high level right now, with three athletes in action.  Most attention will centre on Leevale’s Mark Carroll who has been in cracking form for the past few weeks.  [...]

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   The annual Kinsale Regatta 5 mile road race, sponsored by Eli Lilly, and organised by Belgooly athletic club, was held on Friday night in warm sunny conditions.  The course is very much a downhill one so fast times were a distinct possibility.  The race attracted some of the leading runners in the county, some [...]

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  It was a case of team running at the Carrig Court Health and Fitness club’s annual five mile road race in Fermoy last Wednesday.  William Harty, renowned for his front running tactics, was joined in the lead on this occasion by his brother Phillip, and the pair succeeded in getting away from Leevale’s Darren [...]

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