Whilst the Irish weather in recent weeks has been exceptional overnight rain fall over the weekend meant for a muddy St. Anne`s Park in Raheny for today`s Dublin Masters Championships. The Championships also drew a record entry as the running boom continues with over 300 in the men`s race and 150 in the women`s.
There was also a big entry of black and amber clad athletes with teams in most of the age categories. All the athletes competing put in strong efforts and at the end of the day the golds came courtesy of some of the club`s most experienced Masters as multi title holders over the years once again came out on top. So take a bow Dublin Champions: Matt Slattery O/65, Pat Bonass O/70 and Jimmy Bennett O/75.
Of the Clonliffe women a big team was lead home after a strong run by Emma Cooper 11th. Other results (thanks Pamela):
19 Kerri Page
20 Ciara Peelo
29 Aimee Ahern
33 Emma Harding
39 Maura Matthews
42 Clodagh Morriarty
44 Aideen Brady
49 Brid Beausang
67 Laura Kernan
77 Catherine Dempsey
83 Anne Lyons
91 Orla Dignam
92 Yvonne McDonough
95 Karen McAffe
98 Aine McCann
103 Melissa Curran
105 Evelyn Brennan
117 Joanne McCabe.
On the team front the Clonliffe women O/35 placed 5th.
Men`s results:
65 Richard Mannion
82 Clive Ahern
87 Shane Casey
112 Kevin Dowling
114 Philip O`Doherty
136 Jason Blake
138 Alan Hughes
144 Alan Worrall
145 Colm McDonnell
156 Trevor Wisdom
160 Paul O`Loughlin
175 Niall Markey
186 Thomas Frayne
203 Shane Rooney
210 Richie Barr
212 Mick Gleeson
226 Declan Murray
232 Declan Grant
233 Ollie Power
242 Pat Devitt
257 Shay Byrne
In the team results the O/35 team placed 13th with the O/50s 8th.
In the O/65 race:
1 Matt Slattery
5 Pat Bonass
6 Jimmy Bennett
Full results now on www.dublinathletics.com. Well done to all our athletes today and a particularly big thanks to Stephen Treacy who pitched a fine clonliffe tent for use on the day.