Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Kilgobnet and Banna Road Race Results



On Friday night 3rd Aug. Star of The Laune AC hosted their Fr. Michael Kelliher Memorial 4mile road race in Kilgobnet.
Their was a good turn out.


Top Finishers:
Male
1      Ed Murphy (Gneeveguilla)           21:45
2      Simaon Mangan (Gneeveguilla)    21:46
3      Willie Reidy (An Riocht)              22:36

Female
1      Maria McCarthy (Farranfore MV)    24:21
2     Caitriona Barry (Farranfore MV)        26:18
3     Alison Kirwin (Star of the Laune)             27:03

 Well done also to Ger Ladden who finished 8th overall and took 1st O45 (23:58)
Also well done to Siobhan Ladden who won the Junior category

Full Results and pictures can be found HERE
On Sunday morning 5th Aug. St. Brendans AC hosted their 3rd annual Banna 10Km road race. Their was a great turn out for this fast and flat 10K. The race was well organised and improving each year.





Their was a tight contested race between Julio Caesar and Donal callaghan for first place finish with Julio coming out on top with just 7 secs to spare. Like wise with the top female runners. our own Maria McCarthy and the experienced marathon runner Ann Marie Holland competed for top place.

Top Finishers:
Male
1Julio Cesar Castro (Kilmurry Ibrickane AC)       32.43
2Donal O’ Callaghan (An Riocht)     32.50
3John Barrett  (Gneeveguilla)     35.09


 Female
1Ann Marie Holland (Eagle AC)    38.07
2Maria McCarthy (Farranfore MV)    38.17
3Aoife O’ Connor    38.56

Full Results and pictures can be found on St. Brendans blog: HERE

Well done to Maria who had a great week-end of racing and we hope it continues.