Eoin Murray reports: The 5th race in the Grand Prix series (2.5 mile), took place last night in cold but decent conditions for running. A large number of athletes turned out to compete in the McCarrick plate. Eugene was on hand on
the night to present the prizes for the 17th running of this race. Our thanks to Eugene for his continued sponsorship and support of this race.
It was a staggered start, an open handicap with the slower athletes going off first, so all the athletes knew what they had to do, to win. The winner in the Grand prix was Richard Connolly, followed by Mark Gilvarry and Pat Bonass. Thanks to the officials on the night, as most of the athletes all finished closely together, it made it a difficult job to take names and times.
The next race is Thursday 13th June, in Santry on the grass at 8.00.
Results:
| Name | Position | Time |
| Richard Connolly | 1 | 00:19:39 |
| Mark Gilvarry | 2 | 00:20:13 |
| Pat Bonass | 3 | 00:20:15 |
| Colm Breen | 4 | 00:20:21 |
| Rory Colbert (guest) | 5 | 00:20:23 |
| Deirdre Fitzsimons | 6 | 00:20:24 |
| Shay Byrne | 7 | 00:20:27 |
| Philip Lambert guest | 8 | 00:20:28 |
| Louise Morgan | 9 | 00:20:29 |
| Michelle Schmitt | 10 | 00:20:32 |
| Karen Kinsella | 11 | 00:20:33 |
| Mick Fennell | 12 | 00:20:34 |
| Dave Mullan guest | 13 | 00:20:35 |
| John Fennell guest | 14 | 00:20:38 |
| Jim Keogh | 15 | 00:20:39 |
| Yvonne McDonagh | 16 | 00:20:41 |
| Lorraine Sherwood | 17 | 00:20:42 |
| Kevin Dowling | 18 | 00:20:43 |
| Rachel Wisdom | 19 | 00:20:46 |
| Shane Casey | 20 | 00:20:47 |
| Fergal O’Shea | 21 | 00:20:51 |
| Colm Doran | 22 | 00:20:55 |
| Andrew Eustace | 23 | 00:20:58 |
| Conor Keane | 24 | 00:20:59 |
| Sean Doran | 25 | 00:21:01 |
| Mark Bermingham | 26 | 00:21:04 |
| John Langan | 27 | 00:21:05 |
| Richie Barr | 28 | 00:21:06 |
| Thomas Sherlock | 29 | 00:21:08 |
| Pat Healy | 30 | 00:21:09 |
| Aoife Carey guest | 31 | 00:21:10 |
| Philip O’Doherty | 32 | 00:21:11 |
| Eoin Murray | 33 | 00:21:13 |
| Clive Ahern | 34 | 00:21:14 |
| John Frier | 35 | 00:21:15 |
| Tom Monks | 36 | 00:21:17 |
| Davy Byrne | 37 | 00:21:18 |
| Fiona Hayes | 38 | 00:21:19 |
| Sean Bergazi guest | 39 | 00:21:20 |
| Aimee Ahern | 40 | 00:21:24 |
| Pat Timmons | 41 | 00:21:25 |
| Dermot Kelly | 42 | 00:21:27 |
| Sean mcDaid guest | 43 | 00:21:27 |
| Dave Dunwoody | 44 | 00:21:29 |
| Sinead Smith | 45 | 00:21:30 |
| Emma Cooper | 46 | 00:21:27 |
| Trevor Wisdom | 47 | 00:21:41 |
| Raymond Dunne | 48 | 00:21:45 |
| Maurice McCrohan | 49 | 00:21:46 |
| Fergus Wheatley | 50 | 00:21:51 |
| Dave Corcorcan | 51 | 00:21:52 |
| Ernie Ramsey | 52 | 00:21:59 |
| Dave Brady (Raheny) | 53 | 00:22:05 |
| Alan Smeaton | 54 | 00:22:25 |
| George Maybury | 55 | 00:23:38 |
| Robert Scott | 56 | 00:23:55 |
| Claire Byrne | 57 | 00:24:54 |
| Matt Slattery | 58 | 00:24:57 |