Fintan Walsh's weekly blog

Colligan Cup win for Michael Dwyer

150 competed in the 25 th Annual Colligan Cup Run in Colligan Wood
outside Dungarvan on Sunday last. In this event each competitor
predicts the time it will take them to cover the 5 miles and the
nearest to the time predicted wins the event. Last Sunday's winner was
Michael Dwyer and he became the first to win it twice in the 25 year
history of the event and took the Kiely Cup.The ladies Kiely Shield
was won by Karen Ryan and the Juvenile McGrath Newsagents Shield was
won by Tony Dwyer. The event was race one in the Michael Rovche
Carpets spring series. At the munster senior cross Country
Championships in Limerick on Sunday last Ruari O' Donnell Ferrybank
was 30 th.

Britton Again

Double European Cross Country Champion Fionnuala Britton continued her
unbeaten streak with a clear victory at the IAAF Cross Country Race in
Antrim on Saturday last in a time of 18:17. over ten seconds clear of
Louise Damen of Great Britain who finished in second place in a time
of 18:29., Linda Byrne was also in the line up and she battled with
Magdalyne Masai of Kenya for third podium position for the majority of
the race. In the end Byrne was just run out and finished in fourth
place in a time of 18.48, only three seconds behind Masai in third in
18:45. In an under 17 race in Antrim Aisling Quinn Ferrybank AC was
second and Orna Murray also from Ferrybank AC was 8 th in the junior
race.

Nenagh Fixture

Nenagh Olympic A.C. are hosting an Open Juvenile Indoor Competition
for athletes U/9 to U/12 on Saturday next 19 th January in Nenagh
Indoor Stadium. Flat fee of €5 per person/athlete will be charged at
the door. High Jump competition for U/12 Girls & Boys will start at
11.30 am with Track Events commencing at 12 noon. Athletes may now
take part in both a sprint & a distance race on the day. See Revised
Timetable & details on Munster Athletics Website. English, Scottish
and Welsh Indoor fixtures on same website.

Other Fixtures

 Thurs January  24 th East Munster Schools Cross Country Championships
at 12 noon WIT Waterford, Saturday 26 th January  AAI National Senior,
Junior, Master & Juvenile Indoor Combined Event Championships Athlone,
Sunday January 27 th AAI Games Athlone.

Winter League

The Paddy Byrne Winter League in the City will continue each Thursday
at 7 pm sharp, registration at 6.15 pm. Clear reflective clothing must
be worn at the league and indeed it should be worn by all out training
day and night.There are still people running around our roads and
streets with dark clothing after dark and are a danger to themselves
and a danger to drivers on busy roads and junctions, even cheap
reflective armbands would help..

Road Races coming up

Sunday January 27 th John Treacy 10 miles Dungarvan, 1 pm, Sunday
February 3 rd St Paul's Parish Road Race, Park Inn Lismore Park, 1 pm,
Waterford, Saturday Feb 9 th Anne Valley 5 Miles Dunhill 12 noon,
Saturday 16 th Mount Juliet 10 Km,  Half Marathon and 3 km 11 am. see
website for details of entry etc



All Ireland championships

The 2013 Woodie’s DIY National Indoor Track and Field Competitions are
fast approaching. All of the events will be held in the new state of
the art Athlone IT Indoor Arena. The first event scheduled will be the
Combined Event Championships on Saturday the 26th of January.This will
be followed by the Athletics Ireland Open Games on Sunday 27th of
January. The Open Games will see many of Ireland’s top athletes
compete; therefore all athletes aiming to compete at the Games should
enter as soon as possible. See Athletics Ireland website for online
entries for all National Championships in January and February.

Waterford Viking Marathon

Saturday June 29 th is the date this year for the Second Annual
Waterford Viking Marathon and full details are on their website. A
number of people missed out on last years event as they had not
entered by closing date, this year again there will be a closing date
after which no entries will be taken, so an early warning to all.