St. Augustine’s College Dungarvan couldn’t have been in better shape for the national inter county cross country championships yesterday.  The weather was perfect and the underfoot conditions were ideal.
Highlight of the day was the junior men’s race.  Here Mark Hanrahan had his sights firmly set on a place on the Irish team for the European [...]

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Carmel Parnell, competing in the Irish and British vets cross country championships, ran another tremendous race to win the over 45 category to add to an ever increasing list af achievements.  Organisation of the event wasn’t the greatest, but that didn’t stop Leevale’s super vet.  The race was won by former Leevale runner Niamh O’Sullivan [...]

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Conditions were perfect for the Munster cross country championships at Piltown, Carrick on Suir yesterday.  Most people were agreed that this was probably one of the best cross country venues in the country.
Ciaran O’Lionaird continued on his winning ways with another fluent victory in the under 18 race, adding to the under 17 title won [...]

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The Cork senior and junior cross country championships were held on a dull lifeless, typical November day at Dromtariffe yesterday.  Underfoot conditions were sticky.
The races on the programme did, however, brighten up the day considerably.  Ciaran O’Lionaird and John Shine ran together for much of the junior men’s race, with Timmy O’Donoghue from Glenbower and [...]

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