The Annaghdown Summer Solstice 10K took place on Saturday June 21st. The day started off wet, and then got wetter! Despite this, over 150 brave souls from all over the country, and some as far afield as Scotland and Sydney made it to the starting line. The race only had to be delayed by a mere 5 minutes and once the worse of the rain stopped, they were off. The weather actually cooperated and it was dry for the duration of the run and at the finish. In fact it was so nice it convinced some folks to take a dip in the lake to cool off.

Report & Pictures by Tom Hunt of Mayo AC

The second race in Mayo AC's 2008 Road Race League, sponsored by C & C Cellular, took place in fine but breezy conditions at Claremorris on Saturday evening. The DeCare International sponsored road race and walk, now in it's seventh year, started and finished in the Main street.There was an excellent turn-out of 200 participants: club runners from all the major Connacht clubs, walkers, fund raisers in aid of Mayo Cancer Support Association.

Seamus Power had a comfortable margin of victory in winning the Clare People 10k at the weekend with eleven seconds to spare over Donal O'Callaghan. Eight Athenry AC members took part in the race namely, Ann Carter, Peter Lowney, Aileen McNamara, Maria Hehir, Breege McGrath, Pauline Murray, Pauleen Mulqueen and Iain Shaw.

Well done to all!
Results attached

An official result will be posted here later in the week...

Provisional Results of the Annaghdown 10k (21 June 2008)
Pos Num Time Name Club / Address Category
1 79 33:50 Mark Davis Craughwell AC SM
2 67 35:42 Brian Bruton Athenry AC SM
3 80 35:47 Johnny Lane Craughwell AC SM
4 85 35:55 Kenneth Rodgers Clare SM
5 331 36:07 Micheal Forde Tuam SM
6 313 36:38 Dan O'Rourke Tuam AC VM40+
7 60 36:40 Brian Duffy Castlegar AC SM
8 317 37:10 Gerry Griffin Athenry SM
9 63 37:19 Martin McEvilly GCH VM50+
10 84 37:28 Fergus McGirr Fermanagh SM

Seamus Power is presented with the Ger Mullane Perpetual Trophy

Bilboa Athletics Club
GER MULLANE MEMORIAL '10K'
Friday 20 June 2008. 8:00pm

Place Time Name Team Race Age Category min/mile
1 0:31:18 POWER, Seamus Kilmurry-Ibrickane NC AC M 05:02.1 54 1
2 0:32:17 SMITH, Max Ariki TC (New Zealand) M 05:11.6 59 2
3 0:33:32 GUINA, Ger West Limerick AC M 05:23.7 55 3
4 0:33:53 MULLANEY, Shane Thurles Crokes AC M 05:27.1 167 4
5 0:34:17 MONTGOMERY, Ryan Raheny Shamrock AC M 05:30.9 92 5
6 0:34:18 CONROY, Cormac Sli Cualann AC M 05:31.1 91 6

Many & sincere thanks to Rory Brennan for the quick deployment of his hi-tech camera phone to capture vital video of the finish line.

I still want to hear from those who are not included in the current result and any information they can give me about their finishing position and time.

All such information helps...

2008 Galway May 5KM Series - GCH 080603
Pos Series ID Time Name
1 165 16:37 Timmie Glavey
2 133 16:43 Ruaidhri Geraghty
3 67 16:54 Mark Davis
4 G2163 17:09 Seamus Gilhooley
5 G2168 17:13 Paddy Murray
6 194 17:15 Johnny Lane

The fifth race of this year's Galway 5km Series was held last evening in Loughrea, and was, as we've all come to expect by this stage, another great evening out. There was a really enjoyable atmosphere around the starting line as the hugely experienced Loughrea AC organisers acted as perfect hosts. Although this series has always been about 'no-frills' running and walking, Loughrea AC made everyone feel so welcome and provided so many nice organisational touches that you were made to feel like you were at a championship race.

Result now attached too!

Newspaper Article

Overall Winner!!

Another Tuesday night in Galway in early summer and another fantastic night's running. Clare River Harriers made their debut in the series last night as race organisers and put on a great race. The weather just about held up and there was another fantastic turn-out with in excess of 260 runners and walkers on the line at 08:00pm. The host club had provided a challenging course with more than one climb included into the 3.1 miles and a stiff breeze added a little to the difficulty of the task.

CARRAMORE ROAD RACE - Sat 17th May 2008
Position Name Club Category No Time
1 John Byrne Mayo AC MSnr 775 31.54
2 Anthony Devaney Mayo AC MSnr 778 33.42
3 Timmy Glavey Mayo AC MSnr 762 33.44
4 TJ McHugh Mayo AC MSnr 757 34.31
5 Martin Corcoran Craughwell AC MO40 761 34.32
6 Peter Delmer Athenry AC MO40 801 34.34
7 Paddy Murray Mayo AC MO40 771 34.57
8 David Corcoran Civil Service MO40 821 35.54
9 Mick Rice Athenry AC MO40 800 36.03
10 Sean Gallagher Ballina MSnr 789 36.23
11 Ronnie Naylor Mayo AC MO50 792 36.27
12 Billy Gallagher Mayo AC MO50 782 36.34