October 1st - November 9th 2024 Update:

County Senior XC:
Another great day in Conna at the County Seniors for the club. It was the 101st county senior championship and the course was in great condition considering the rain the day before.
In a twist from the past two years and perhaps the changing of the guard Paul took the win and lead the team to gold. Paul went to the front from the very start and kept the pace honest throughout the 7.5km race. A group of four developed with the ever present Michael and Charlie O'Donovan right on Paul's heels. Paul didn't worry too much and kept churning out the laps and with the proverbial bell ringing in his ears on the last lap he must have felt some deja vu. The whole field was dropped and were playing for the bronze medal, except for the man from Cloyne again.
To Paul's testament he did not panic and made a decisive move with about 600m to go and finally get a gap to cross the line in 24.18 and his first county senior title.
He is now the 6th man in the clubs history to win this race along with Donnacha (x6), Tim (x3), Michael (x2), Liam and Garreth (x1). The team packed well after that to take a comfortable win over Leevale. Michael 2nd, Frank 4th, Tony 5th, Timmy 8th, Nicky 16th, John 19th, Karl 38th, Denis 49th. Paul also won the U23 gold with John getting silver.

Munster Senior XC:
This was in Tramore racecourse and the going was good but with little flat. Michael took the honor's and dismantled the field to claim the win and led the team to a gold. Tony got himself on the podium too with a super run for 3rd. Nicky and John completed the team in 22nd and 25th. Stephen and Donal did well to keep them on hteir toes in 29th and 30th. John visited the ambulance after the race after consuming a can of Monster energy drink beforehand looking for marginal gains. Michael and Tony also scored on the gold Cork team.

Munster Novice XC:
The girls took on the Munster Noice and bagged bronze medals for their troubles! Tamzin led the team home in 6th, Annelise on her comeback from illness ran a great effort for 16th, Christine was next in 26th with Niamh in 29th. Well done all.

County Novice XC:
No medals in the county Novice this year but we had some good runs. Tamzin was 5th in the womens race with Christine in 23rd. In the mens John was 7th, Stephen 12th and Donal 13th.

East Cork Novice:
We had a bumper haul at the East Cork Novice in Carrignabhear. Stephen won the mens race and Tamzin won the womens! And also Chris Kelly was second in the mens and Annelise was second in the womens! We won the womens team title. Well done to Tamzin, Annelise, Niamh and Christine! Ollie was 5th in the mens race too but we were one short for the team.

Autumn Open XC:
We had three make the way to Abbotstown for the quality XC race that is now known as the Autumn Open. Michael showed again he is the top masters athlete in the country with a win in the masters race. Nicky was 25th with another good run. Tony was in the senior category and was 20th in a very competitive field.

Road Races
Well done to Chris McGrath in the Dublin Marathon. He had a cracker of a run to finish in 3.08. Kenneth took a trip to Germany to run the Munich half and ran very strong to post 74.59. Olwyn ran 27.13 in the BHAA Defense Forces 5k with the IUAA Road relays on too and we had Frank, John and Ciaran all running them for their colleges.

Congrats to Chris Kelly too on a brilliant Ironman in Portugal finishing in 10.5 hours!

AGM:
The AGM is on next Tuesday 12th after training at 8pm in Ballintotis.