Report by Liam Hennessy: Round 8 of The Grand Prix Series Incorporating The Club Championship 800 Metres took place at The Morton Stadium last Thursday evening, June 20th. The evening was a perfect, calm, dry evening with a temperature of around 16 degrees. It was great to see many of our younger athletes take part in the Club Championship. There were six races in total.
The result of the Grand Prix Handicap for The Richie Barr Cup was as follows;
Winner – Dan Molloy
2nd Place – Ann Mc Donnell
3rd Place – Murray Ahern
Many thanks to Richie Barr for his kind sponsorship for the 4th year in a row.
The following is a full list of results
Sean O’Leary – 2.00
Efrem Gidey – 2.01.6
Greg Hosseny – 2.04.76
Sean Carrig – 2.08.7
Eoghan Murphy – 2.09
Murray Ahern – 2.17 – Equal PB
Peter Bissett – 2.17.2 – PB
Paul Keenan – 2.21
Alannah Cooley – 2.23
Niall Sherlock – 2.23.3
Sarah Bateson – 2.25
Fergie Keenan – 2.28
Dan Molloy – 2.28 – PB
Naoise Cullen – 2.29
Ray Dunne – 2.30
Aoife Hession – 2.32
Katie Halpin – 2.34
Alan Worrall – 2.34
Alanna Fitzsimons – 2.35
Trevor Wisdom – 2.35
Mick Bermingham – 2.37
David Reilly – 2.37
Shane Rooney – 2.38
Noel Daly – 2.41
Emma Dunne – 2.42
Jason Blake – 2.44 – PB
Abbie Sheehy – 2.44
Aideen O’Connor – 2.45.9
Niall Markey – 2.46
Cora Curran-Beggs – 2.48
Seamus Devitt – 2.48 – PB
Tom Cassidy – 2.50 – PB
Tom Dunne – 2.51 – PB
Carmel Ward – 2.52 – PB
Aimee Ahern – 2.53
David O’Sullivan – 2.55
Ray Mitchell – 2.55.5 – PB
Pam Curley – 2.57.77
Deirdre Fitzsimons – 2.58
Gerard Fay – 2.58.1 – PB
Orla Deighan – 2.59 – Equal PB
Ciara Daly – 3.01
Paul White – 3.02
Maura Shaughnessy – 3.03 – PB
Pat Healy – 3.04
Greg O’Beirne – 3.04 – PB
Dave Lyons – 3.08
Eva Tomonyiczco – 3.09 – PB
Ann Lyons – 3.14
Pat Devitt – 3.17
Evelyn Brennan – 3.19 – PB
Ann Mc Donnell – 3.25 – PB
Conor Daly – 3.50 – PB
Richard Connolly – 3.53
Dave Brady – 4.03
Apologies if i misspelt any name above.
Many thanks to all who helped make this race run so smoothly. Many thanks to Caroline and Paddy Tuite for organising the after race refreshments.
Next Race: Round 9 – Michael Murphy Memorial 5 Mile Race, Malahide, Thursday, 4th July, 8pm. The Michael Murphy Race (2 x 2.5 Mile laps on trail / tarmac) is one of the most popular in the Grand Prix Series. See you there