December 6th to 31st 2024 Update

European Cross Country:
A little bit late with the reports! We had a big achievement in December where our very own Paul Hartnett the local lad from East Cork was selected for the Irish team, to compete in the European cross country, held in Asia!! It was held in Antalya, Türkiye and marked the 30th edition of a championships. Paul proudly donned the green singlet and ran on the Irish U23 team, he had a great run in a very competitive field to finish 63rd overall. It was great to see Pauls perseverance pay off as in the previous two years he just missed out on selection by the finest of margins. Well done Paul a fine achievement that hopefully be an inspiration to our Senior mens teams for the next few years. Here is a summary of Pauls 2024 with some great results along the way leading to the Euros.

Road Races:
We had four top 10's on the roads in December. Nicky won the second Cloyne 4k in 12.53 and was 6th in the Grange Fermoy 10k in 33.12. Tony was 4th in the Stoneyford 5k in Kilkenny in 15.47 and Frank was 7th in the competitive Newmarket 5k and broke the 15 minute barrier in an excellent 14.58.

We had plenty of others competing on the roads, Paul Cleary was 26th in the BHAA Turkey trot but guessed his finish time in advance to the exact second of 19.49.