We’re in the height of the summer racing season, the evenings are long and bright and the sun hasn’t been shy (and we’ve all got the singlet tan lines to prove it). It’s been very busy but successful few weeks for the club with the next crop of stars, the juveniles, displaying their dominance on the national stage recently, the new high performance centre being officially opened, the 50th anniversary of the club and plenty of strong distance performances on the roads (with a sprinkle of track) including a great weekend for the club at Cork Marathon weekend. It’s time to catch up on some of these results from mid-May up until the end of June with July results to follow soon.
On Tuesday May 16th, Eric Curran was a clear winner in the Glanmire Macra na Feirme 5km running a good time of 15:30. Eric continued his form a few weeks later winning the John Buckley BHAA 5k which continues to attracts a big crowd with 914 runners finishing this year and there was yet another strong showing from Leevale athletes. Eric just about held off the challenge of Mallow’s Paul Maloney to take the win in 15:31. In the ladies, Andrea Bickerdike ran strongly to take 2nd in 17:45 with Niamh Roe not far behind in 3rd. In a race where the standard was fairly high, there were 6 Leevale ladies and 5 of the Leevale men present in their respective top 10’s which emphasises the strength of the club right now. A couple of days later, Carol Finn took a good win running 18:29 in the Mallow AC 5k in Doneraile park.
The Cork marathon weekend wasn’t long coming around and a great contingent from the club took part in all events with conditions fairly reasonable considering the last few years. The ever-present Nollaigh O’Neill, a two-time winner of the race, took 2nd place this year in 3:03 with Finbarr O’Dwyer first male home for the club in 2:44. In the half marathon, Claire McCarthy ran convincingly to take the win in 1:16:33 with over 2 minutes to spare on 2nd place. In the relay, Leevale dominated proceedings as the ladies (2:45) and the mens (2:21) took the spoils. The 2nd mens team also took 3rd overall (2:33). With the welcomed switch of the event to the Sunday, many of our runners appreciated the Monday off work to recover, and not entirely from running.
The following Wednesday, Sinead O’Connor took the win in her hometown Belle of Ballincollig race comfortably winning in 18:44 while on Sunday 11th, Helen Leonard took a nice win in the Glanmire 4 mile race with a time of 24:49. On the same day it was the Munster Senior & Masters T&F on a blustery day in CIT where Sinead took another win in the senior 1500m and Annette Quaid won the F35 800m.
On Thursday June 15th, Niamh Roe had a win in the Coolagown 5k running 18:34 and the next day Carol Finn earned yet another win in a 5k in Doneraile park running 19:24.
On Sunday June 25th across the pond in Swansea, Claire McCarthy had a storming run, winning the half marathon in a fantastic PB of 1:14:34. Claire is in superb form heading into the worlds in August where she’ll represent Ireland in the marathon.
Finally, to round up the month of June, on Friday the 30th in Millstreet, Conor McCauley had an impressive win (if this writer may say so) in the Willie Neenan 5 miler running 25:57 on an evening where Leevale men also took the team prize.
Bay Run Results / 14 May 2017 / 1/2 Marathon Road / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
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1 | Nollaigh O Neill | 2 |
Glanmire Macra Results / 16 May 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
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1 | Eric Curran | 1 | |||
2 | Philip O Riordan | 9 | |||
3 | Batt Kearney | 85 |
Kilcredan 5k Results / 19 May 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
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1 | Loic Garel | 15 | |||
2 | Batt Kearney | 107 | |||
3 | John O Leary | 108 |
Highgate Harriers 10k Race E Results / 20 May 2017 / 10k Track / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tim Twomey | 9 |
Highgate Harriers 10k Race D Results / 20 May 2017 / 10k Track / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Conor McCauley | 18 |
Ballyandreen 5 Results / 25 May 2017 / 5 miles Road / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Donal Coffey | 9 | |||
2 | Padraig O Dubhgain | 22 | |||
3 | Helen Leonard | 2 | |||
4 | Zach O Sullivan-Hourihan | 55 | |||
5 | Denis Kelleher | 63 | |||
6 | Rosaleen Mackeown | 3 | |||
7 | John O Leary | 370 | |||
8 | Batt Kearney | 414 |
BHAA John Buckley 5k Results / 30 May 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Eric Curran | 1 | |||
2 | Conor McCauley | 4 | |||
3 | Andrew Sheehan | 5 | |||
4 | Anthony Mannix | 7 | |||
5 | Mark Walsh | 9 | |||
6 | Mark Nolan | 11 | |||
7 | Michael Bruton | 12 | |||
8 | Tim Twomey | 13 | |||
9 | James Grufferty | 18 | |||
10 | Finbarr O Dwyer | 29 | |||
11 | Dave McEvoy | 31 | |||
12 | Tim Crowley | 32 | |||
13 | Alfie Davis | 34 | |||
14 | Ian O Leary | 39 | |||
15 | Michael Cremin | 47 | |||
16 | Marco Petrassi | 51 | |||
17 | Padraig O Dubhgain | 54 | |||
18 | Tobias Grab | 55 | |||
19 | Andrea Bickerdike | 2 | |||
20 | Niamh Roe | 3 | |||
21 | Ciaran Desmond | 66 | |||
22 | Carol Finn | 4 | |||
23 | Michelle Kenny | 5 | |||
24 | Rosaleen Mackeown | 84 | |||
25 | Lisa Hegarty | 94 | |||
26 | Harry Feeney | 99 | |||
27 | Garry Noonan | 109 | |||
28 | Denis O Mahony | 125 | |||
29 | Fionnuala Desmond | 152 | |||
30 | Dave Hobbs | 168 | |||
31 | John O Leary | 466 | |||
32 | Batt Kearney | 593 |
Mallow AC 5k Results / 02 Jun 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | John O Connell | 4 | |||
2 | Carol Finn | 1 |
Cork City Marathon Results / 04 Jun 2017 / Marathon Road / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Finbarr O Dwyer | 15 | |||
2 | Donal Coakley | 26 | |||
3 | Marco Petrassi | 27 | |||
4 | Jonathan Murphy | 53 | |||
5 | Nollaigh O Neill | 2 | |||
6 | John Twomey | 287 | |||
7 | Francisco Jaen | 381 | |||
8 | Michael Brennan | 603 | |||
9 | John Hallahan | 954 |
Cork City Half Marathon Results / 04 Jun 2017 / 1/2 Marathon Road / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Claire McCarthy | 1 | |||
2 | David O Mahony | 74 | |||
3 | Niall O'Callaghan | 87 | |||
4 | Robert Lynch | 93 | |||
5 | Terry Ryan | 125 | |||
6 | Pauline Grainger | 272 | |||
7 | Nigel Lucas | 550 | |||
8 | Maretta Brennan | 1255 |
Belle of Ballincollig 5k Results / 07 Jun 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alfie Davis | 3 | |||
2 | Sinead O Connor | 1 | |||
3 | Philip O Riordan | 8 | |||
4 | Donal Coakley | 102 | |||
5 | Batt Kearney | 128 |
Munster Senior T&F Results / 11 Jun 2017 / 800m Track / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Freda Davoren | 2 | |||
2 | Ruairi Kennedy | 7 |
Munster Senior T&F Results / 11 Jun 2017 / 1500m Track / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Matt Murnane | 2 | |||
2 | Sinead O Connor | 1 |
Munster Senior T&F Results / 11 Jun 2017 / 5k Track / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Conor McCauley | 7 | |||
2 | Anthony Mannix | 11 | |||
3 | Michael Bruton | 12 |
Munster Masters T&F Results / 11 Jun 2017 / 800m Track / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Finbarr O Dwyer | 2 | |||
2 | Annette Quaid | 1 | |||
3 | Paul La Roque | 4 |
Glanmire 4 mile Results / 11 Jun 2017 / 4 miles Road / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Brian Kearney | 5 | |||
2 | Helen Leonard | 1 |
Grant Thornton 5k Results / 14 Jun 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Donal Coakley | 3 | |||
2 | Marco Petrassi | 5 |
Coolagown 5k Results / 15 Jun 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Niamh Roe | 1 | |||
2 | John O Leary | 194 |
Lyre Playground 4 mile Results / 15 Jun 2017 / 4 miles Road / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dan O Sullivan | 3 | |||
2 | John Twomey | 13 |
Ballyclough Harbour 5k Results / 16 Jun 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Robert Patterson | 6 | |||
2 | Lisa Hegarty | 2 |
Inniscarra 4 mile Results / 16 Jun 2017 / 4 miles Road / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ciaran Desmond | 4 | |||
2 | Dan O Sullivan | 5 | |||
3 | Michael Lucey | 11 | |||
4 | Garrett Buttimer | 59 |
St. Mary’s Ladies Football 5k Results / 16 Jul 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Carol Finn | 1 |
Daniel Kingston 5k Results / 22 Jun 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alfie Davis | 6 | |||
2 | Brian Shiels | 7 |
Shanagarry 5 mile Results / 22 Jun 2017 / 5 miles Road / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Donal Coffey | 6 | |||
2 | Donal Coakley | 10 | |||
3 | Padraig O Dubhgain | 22 | |||
4 | Helen Leonard | 3 | |||
5 | Zach O Sullivan-Hourihan | 108 | |||
6 | Batt Kearney | 344 |
Dunshaughlin 10k Results / 24 Jun 2017 / 10k Road / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Conor McCauley | 10 | |||
2 | Dave McEvoy | 28 |
Swansea Half Marathon Results / 25 Jun 2017 / 1/2 Marathon Road / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Claire McCarthy | 1 |
BHAA VMware 5k Results / 28 Jun 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mark Walsh | 2 | |||
2 | Finbarr O Dwyer | 5 | |||
3 | Alfie Davis | 8 | |||
4 | Padraig O Dubhgain | 9 | |||
5 | Marco Petrassi | 10 | |||
6 | Ciaran Desmond | 12 | |||
7 | Tobias Grab | 13 | |||
8 | Nigel Lucas | 18 | |||
9 | Carmel Parnell | 2 | |||
10 | Batt Kearney | 205 |
Courtbrack 5k Results / 29 Jun 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Finbarr O Dwyer | 2 | |||
2 | John Collins | 7 |
Courtmacsherry 10k Results / 30 Jun 2017 / 10k Road / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jonathan Murphy | 10 | |||
2 | Brian Shiels | 14 | |||
3 | David O Mahony | 30 | |||
4 | Garry Noonan | 32 | |||
5 | Francisco Jaen | 74 |
Millstreet 5 mile Results / 30 Jun 2017 / 5 miles Road / Full Results
Name | Time | Pace (mile) | Pos. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Conor McCauley | 1 | |||
2 | Donal Coakley | 4 | |||
3 | Donal Coffey | 5 | |||
4 | Dan O Sullivan | 7 | |||
5 | Niamh Roe | 2 | |||
6 | Carol Finn | 3 |