Races over Christmas

There is a few races over the Christmas period which might be done to burn off the Christmas dinner. The first of these races in on in Belgooly on the 26th of December at 12pm. It is a 4 mile race and a nice way to enjoy St.Stephens day.

If you think St.Stephens day is too soon to be running after the Christmas dinner there is also another race on in Bandon on the 28th of December. This race starts at 11am and is 5 miles. Two great races to look forward over Christmas thats if you can pull yourself away from the presents that Santa brought.

East Cork 3km Series

Just to let people know that tomorrow night the 22nd of December the fourth race of the 3km East Cork Series has been cancelled due to ice on the course.

Newmarket to Kanturk '5'

Today was the Newmarket to Kanturk '5'. The first two miles of the race was a bit of a challenge with the snow falling but once that stopped it turned out to be very nice.

131 athletes braved the elements to finish the race. Sergiu Ciobanu of the Clonliffe Harriers was the winner of the race in a time of 24.07.

Grange/Fermoy AC had 3 representiatives. The first of these to cross the finish line was Morris Tobin in a time of 31.05, good enough for 33rd place and also good enough to win his age category. Next home was Olan Barrett in a time of 31.35 for 41st place.
Mary Sheehan came home in a time of 32.58 for 55th place and this was also good enough to win her age category.

Pictures from Waterford Half Marathon

Here are some of the pictures from the Grange/Fermoy AC athletes that took part recently in the Waterford AC half marathon. Included are Joan Ennis, Darren Flynn, Olan Barrett, Peter Walsh and Morris Tobin.

Waterford Half Marathon

The Waterford half marathon was held today in perfect conditions for a long distance run. There was a big turnout of 932 runners.

The winner of the race was Sergiu Ciobanu of the Clonliffe Harriers in a time of 67.11. Grange/Fermoy AC had 5 athletes taking part. First home for Grange/Fermoy was Morris Tobin in a time of 88.37 which was good enough for 104th place, followed closely by Olan Barrett in a time of 89.39, for 120th place. Next in was Peter Walsh in a time of 92.43 for 160th place again followed closely by Darren Flynn in a time of 93.51 for 177th place. Our only lady representative was Joan Ennis and she finished in a very good time of 100.05 for 283rd place.

Well done to all.

East Cork 3km Winter Series

Last night was the third race in the East Cork 3km winter series. It turned out to be a lovely night for a race. Again there was another big crowd that took part with 182 taking to the start line.

The winner on the night was James McCarthy who won in a very good time of 8.54. Grange/Fermoy AC had 4 representatives on the night. The first to cross the finish line for Grange/Fermoy AC was Brian O'Connor in a time of 10.48 which was good enough for 14th place. Next to cross the line was Olan Barrett in a time of 11.30 which gave him 28th place followed very closely by Brendan O'Mahony who was only 1 second slower and one place behind Olan. John Griffin was our fourth member and he ran a time of 11.48 for 36th place.