Fintan Walsh's weekly blog

County Senior Cross Country titles for Power and Walsh

St Augustine's College Grounds Abbeyside was the venue on Sunday last
for the first County Championships Cross Country fixture of the season
and all clubs in the County were represented.The senior ,junior and
under 18 championships were incorporated into the West Waterford Open
fixture and Trevor Power Waterford AC was first home in the senior
men's race in front of his team mates Frank Quinlan and Brian Swaby
and Waterford AC won the team award, the senior ladies title was won
by Corina Walsh West Waterford AC in front of Suzanne Dullaghan and
Joan Mahony Waterford AC and West Waterford AC took the team title. In
the juvenile section there were impressive winning performances by
Jack Corcoran under 10, Hugo Blair u 14 and Linsey Mc Guire u 14 all
three Waterford AC and Aoife Hamilton u 16, Miceal Power u 16 and
Cormac O'Mahony u 12 from West Waterford.  Five juvenile team awards
went to West Waterford ,  two to Waterford and  one to.Ferrybank .Full
Results ;Senior Men 1 Trevor Power Waterford 2 Frank Quinlan do 3
Brian Swaby do Team  1 Waterford, 2 West Waterford 3 Waterford, Junior
1 LiamMulligan KCK 2 Nathan O'Callaghan Waterford 3 Rhuain Mitchell
KCK u 181 Shane O'Riordan W W 2  Michael Behan KCK 3 Brian O'Mahony W
W, u 161 Miceal Power WW, 2  Jamie Mc Carthy Wat 3 Liam Reilly WW Team
1 Wat18 pts 2 WW.19 pts u 14 1  Hugo Blair Wat 2 Patrick Walsh W W 3
AdamPower F/B  Team  1 WW 22pts 2 WW. 46pts  u 12 1  Cormac O'Mahony W
W 2Ethan Flynn Wat 3 Padraig Fitzgerald KCK, Team 1 WW  19 pts 2  Wat
35pts  3 F/B 42 pts.. u 10 1  J ack Corcoran Wat 2 Tommy Fennell WW.
3Tadg Breathnach An Ghaeltact/Ard Mhor. Team 1 WW 17 pts 2  Wat 44
pts3 F/B 64 pts Senior Women 1 Corina Walsh W W 2 Suzanne Dullaghan
Wat 3Joan Mahony do Team 1  W W 2 Wat. Junior Lucy'O Brien W W, u 18
1Orla Queally Ferrybank 2  Cliodna Ryan WW 3 Sarah Wyley WW  u 16
1Aoife Hamilton W W  2 Hannah Power do 3 Caoimhe Dwyer do Team 1 WW
10pts. u 14  1  Linsey Mc Guire Wat 2 Rena Behan KCK 3 Zoe Kiely
F/BTeam 1 F/B  21 pts 2 Wat 35 pts  3 WW. 45 pts u 12 1  Lucy Holmes W
W2 Aoife O'Brien WW 3 Emer Mc Glynn Wat Team 1 WW 17 pts 2 Tramore
36pts 3 Wat. 53 pts.  u 10  1 Eve Power WW  2 Ellen Boylan KCK 3 Eabha
Walsh WW Team 1 WW 16 pts2 F/B 44 pts 3 WW pts

Murphy wins in Ballyduff

In lovely weather conditions the Annual Ballyduff Lower GAA  5 Miles
Road Race was held on Saturday last over a difficult but scenic course
but the entry was small. The easy winner was Brian Murphy Carrick on
Suir in 26 minutes 44 seconds,Trevor Swift was second in 28.45 and
Colm Heylin third in 30.01. First lady home was Keely Tideswell,
Clonmel in 33.33, Liz Nolan Waterford AC was second in 36.05 and Janet
Quinlan  do was third in 36.11  First lady over 40 Sharon Flynn
Waterford AC, first man over 40 Michael O'Mahony do,  First Junior
Mark Condon.

Season continues on Sunday

Day 2 of the County Cross Country Championships are in Abbeyside on
Sunday next with a 12 noon start, Races for boys and girls under
9,11,13,15,17 and Novice and Master's men and women, first race girls
under 9. In Waterford City on Sunday next at 12.30 pm the Solas Centre
10 miles road race is expected to have a huge entry.see Solas Centre
Website, the starting point for Sunday's race is close to the Clock
Tower on The Quay.  First Munster Cross Country  Championships; Sunday
October 27 th Juvenile Even Ages Novice and Under 23 men and women
Limerick Racecourse. .