Apr 30, 2010 [Stephen Byrne]
The Noel Guiden sponsored Santry Demesne Mile took place yesterday evening where 34 athletes toed the line for round 3 of the Clonliffe Grand Prix. A helter skeltar start to the race soon seen the race thining out with a number of interesting battles throughout the field. Guest athlete Niall Sherlock opened a gap on Terry, Philip and Dermot early on leaving them to battle it out for the runner up positions. Mark Birmingham running with an injury picked up in the Bupa 10K finished in a great time of 5:13. Other notable times Robert Beckett 5:28, Sean Doran 5:35 and Colm Breen 5:46.
In fairness to our gaggle of handicappers Paul Carolan, Pat Bonass and Pat Healy, 80% of athletes with a handicap for the race where within 10 seconds of their predicted times.
When the handicaps were taken into account the winner of the race was young Sean Doran with John Fay in 2th place and Conor Delaney in 3rd place. Fastest Grand Prix athlete was Terry McLoughlin.
Actual Race Times
Pos Name Act Time Niall Sherlock 04:52 Guest Terry McLoughlin 04:57 Philip O’Doherty 05:00 DermotTravalean 05:01 Ernie Ramsey 05:10 Mark Birmingham 05:13 Conor Delaney 05:20 Eoin Murray 05:24 Paul Carolan 05:27 Robert Beckett 05:29 Maurice McCrohan 05:29 Sean Doran 05:35 Alan Worrall 05:37 Emma Cooper 05:37 Stephen Byrne 05:38 Declan Murray 05:42 Colm Hickey 05:44 Colm Breen 05:46 Colm Doran 05:51 John Fay 05:52 Richard Barr 05:55 Sean McGoldrick 06:01 Pat Healy 06:10 Claude McManmon 06:16 Pat Devtt 06:19 Pat O’Rourke 06:21 Paddy Byrne 06:34 Karen Kinsella 06:35 Frank Devitt 06:37 Richard Connolly 06:54 Shay Byrne 06:58 Irene Falvey 07:02 Mick Kearney 07:11 Michael Scully 07:13
Grand Prix points awarded as follows: Name Points Sean Doran 30 John Fay 28 Conor Delaney 25 Alan Worrall 20 Robert Beckett 19 Declan Murray 19 Terry McLoughlin 19 Dermot Travalean 16 Paul Carolan 15 Colm Doran 14 Pat O’Rourke 13 Philip O’Doherty 13 Pat Healy 11 Richard Barr 10 Ernie Ramsey 9 Eoin Murray 8 Stephen Byrne 8 Colm Breen 6 Mark Birmingham 5 Paddy Byrne 4 Karen Kinsella 3 Sean McGoldrick 2 Frank Devitt 1
The leader-board after 3 races is listed below:
Name Total Dermot Travalean 51 Pat O’Rourke 48 Paul Carolan 46 David Dunwoody 44 Sean Doran 44 Colm Breen 41 John Fay 41 Robert Beckett 39 Colm Doran 35 Ronan Hartnett 35 Sean McGoldrick 35 Philip O’Doherty 33 Eamonn Taylor 30 Paddy Tuite 30 Tom Monks 30 Richard Barr 28 Conor Delaney 27 Mark Birmingham 25 Ernie Ramsey 24 Pat Devitt 24 Alan Worrall 20 Declan Murray 19 Terry McLoughlin 19 Fergus Keenan 17 Maurice McCrohan 17 Terry Mee 14 Jeremy Chapman 13 Pat Healy 11 Colm Groome 8 Eoin Murray 8 Stephen Byrne 8 Martin Kelly 6 Paddy Byrne 4 Dave Brady 3 Karen Kinsella 3 Fergus Wheatley 2 Frank Devitt 1 Sean Patterson 1
Many thanks to our race sponsor Noel Guiden, officials on the night Tom Monks, Pat Bonass and Dave Brady.