Liam Hennessy reports on The Grand Prix Series, Round 13, Pat Bonass Trophy / Club Championship 10,000 Metres track race, kindly sponsored once again by Pat Bonass. The race took place last night at Morton Stadium. The weather was perfect for distance running; 13 degrees, but most importantly the rain abated and conditions were relatively calm, so all in all a good night for fast times. Thirty runners toed the start line. From the off Sean Doran hit the front and was well ahead of the field throughout the race. Sean claimed the Club Championship with a fine run, finishing in a lifetime best time of 31.49, more than two minutes faster than Sean has ever run before. There were many other runners battling against the clock with plenty achieving lifetime bests too. It’s been fantastic to see so many runners enjoying what has been a great series to date in 2019.
The result of the Club Championship was as follows;
Winner – Sean Doran – Club Champion 2019 – 31.49 – PB
Second – Paul Keenan – 36.37 – PB
Third – Shane Casey – 38.11 – PB
The result of the handicap was as follows;
Winner – Sean Doran
Second Place – Greg O’Beirne
Third Place – Shane Casey
Full results:
Sean Doran – 31.49 – Superb PB !!
Paul Keenan – 36.37 – PB
Eamonn Dunne – 37.08
George Brady – 37.31
Stephen Butler – 37.41
Damien Kelly – 37.41
Shane Casey – 38.11 – PB
Philip O’Doherty – 38.13
Mick Gleeson – 39.50 – PB
Alan Townsend – 41.48
Sean Devitt – 42.58
Richie Barr – 43.05
Fergie Keenan – 43.39
Greg O’Beirne – 43.47
Tom Cassidy – 43.51
Deirdre Fitzsimons – 44.10 – PB
Paul – 45.21
Gerard Fay – 45.41
Ray Mitchell – 46.29
Carmel Ward – 46.51
Tom Dunne – 47.06
Dan Molloy – 47.16
Declan Murray – 47.24
Eva Tomonyiczka – 47.31
Tom Monks – 48.05
Dave Hanley – 48.17
Pat Devitt – 48.18
Maura Shaughnessy – 48.22
Shay Byrne – 51.34
Dave Brady – 54.47
Apologies if I misspelt any name above.
Many thanks to all who volunteered to make this race run so smoothly.
Next Race:
Round 14, Saturday, October 12th, Malahide, Please note start time of 11am !!, Ahern Cup / Club Championship 10 Mile Race. Hope to see many of you take part in what is always a super race in the series with many runners posting pb’s each year. Again note start time is 11am !!!. See you there !!!