There was a great turnout of runners at the inaugural County Intermediate Road race Championships hosted by Slaney Olympic on the Old Dublin Road on 26th April. Congratulations to Martin Monaghan on winning the his race and on leading our men’s team (Farmer, Conall Cooper, Rory McCauley & John Foley) to claim team gold.

It was great to see so many runners in both races with 27 competing in the women’s race and 43 in the men’s event. Thanks to Nolan’s Health and Fitness Gym for the use of their premises for parking and the finish area and to their helpful staff for assisting with the tea making afterwards.

There is a description of the race and full results below:

Anne Gilshinan (Menapians AC) quickly made her intentions
clear in the women’s event by racing away from the rest of the field and it was a very impressive
solo run from there as she crossed the finish line more than a minute ahead of
Danielle Hennessy (SBR), who had won the Wexford Novice Road Race two months
ago. Hennessy got the better of an excellent tussle for Silver with Tracy
Flanagan (United Striders). Menapians won the team title, thanks to Anne’s
winning effort plus Niamh O’ Brien finishing fifth and Catherine O’ Connor in
sixth.

 

The Men’s race was next up over 8km, with the field being
tightly bunched for the first mile. However, Martin Monaghan (Slaney Olympic)
then moved to the front, followed by his teammate Conall Cooper, the pair
racing clear of Denis Moynihan (SBR) and Ger Maloney (St Pauls). Inside the
final mile, Martin made his race winning move and he kept a strong pace to the
finish to win by seven seconds from Denis who got the better of Ger for the
silver by a mere one second. Slaney Olympic won the team title thanks to the
efforts of the race winner, Conall Cooper in fourth, Rory McCauley in ninth and
John Foley in tenth.

 

Intermediate Ladies 4km:

 

1. Ann
Gilshinan (Menapians) 15-05

 

2. Danielle
Hennessy (SBR) 16-22

 

3. Tracy
Flanangan (United Striders) 16-27

 

4. Tracy
Redmond (Racing 795) 17-02

 

5. Niamh O’
Brien (Men) 17-26

 

6. Catherine
O’Connor (Men) 17-43

 

7. Sabina
Sweeney (Slaney Olympic) 17-54

 

8. Nora
Boggan (Men) 17-59

 

9. Emma O’
Neill (Men) 18-04

 

10. Claire
Gibbons (SBR) 18-08

 

11. Dawn
Whelan (U/A) 18-15

 

12. Helena
Browne (SO) 18-17

 

13. Elisa
Leacy (SBR) 18-20

 

14.
Catherine Ronan (US) 18-21

 

15. Ann
Bolger (SBR) 18-27

 

16. Marie
Kirwan (SBR) 18-34

 

17. Mag
Dunphy (SO) 18-42

 

18. Kelly
Long (SO) 18-42

 

19. Jane
Balfe (SO) 18-44

 

20. Laura
Halpin (U/A) 18-58

 

21. Eilish
Kehoe (SBR) 19-06

 

22. Annette
Reck (SBR) 19-07

 

23. Elaine
McMahon (Men) 19-34

 

24. Lisa
Murphy (SBR) 19-45

 

25. Tracy
Kavanagh (SO) 19-52

 

26. Annis
Kehoe (SO) 20-12

 

27. Alison
Murphy (US) 20-34

 

 

 

Ladies
Teams:

 

Gold – Menapians – 12 pts

 

Silver – Sliabh Buidhe Rovers – 25 pts

 

Bronze – Slaney Olympic – 36 pts

 

 

 

Intermediate
Men’s 8km:

 

1. Martin
Monaghan (SO) 27-41

 

2. Denis
Moynihan (SBR) 27-48

 

3. Ger
Maloney (St Pauls) 27-49

 

4. Conall
Cooper (SO) 27-54

 

5. Jim O’
Malley (SBR) 28-20

 

6. John
McGrath (US) 28-58

 

7. Ger Doyle
(SBR) 29-02

 

8. Fintan
Redmond (Racing 795) 29-05

 

9. Rory
McCauley (SO) 29-20

 

10. John
Foley (SO) 29-27

 

11. Brian O’
Shaughnessy (795) 29-40

 

12. David
Leonard (SBR) 29-48

 

13. John
Roban (SO) 30-05

 

14. Richard
Fortune (DMP) 30-18

 

15. Ross
Moorehead (795) 30-37

 

16. Eugene
Doherty (SBR) 30-48

 

17. Ciaran
Bates (Men) 30-49

 

18. Mick
Ryan (795) 30-50

 

19. Peter
Ryan (SO) 30-51

 

20. Paul Browne
(SO) 30-52

 

21. Eoin
Power (SBR) 30-54

 

22. Niall
Crosbie (Kilmore) 30-57

 

23. Brian
Murphy (SO) 31-14

 

24. Fergus
Murphy (SO) 31-25

 

25. Pat O’
Callaghan (US) 31-32

 

26. Ciaran
Quirke (Men) 31-40

 

27. Mick
Morrissey (SO) 31-58

 

28. John
Moorehouse (SO) 32-04

 

29. Malo
Roban (SO) 32-10

 

30. PJ Dunne
(795) 32-15

 

31. Emmett
Malone (US) 32-22

 

32. Noel
Kehoe (SO) 32-36

 

33. Declan
Ivors (SO) 32-43

 

34. Shane
Connick (St Pauls) 33-02

 

35. Colm
Stafford (US) 33-16

 

36. Michael
Kinsella (Men) 33-25

 

37. Austin
Codd (SO) 33-52

 

38. Paul
Hutton (795) 33-55

 

39. Aidan
Doyle (SBR) 34-30

 

40. Michael
O’ Gorman (US) 35-09

 

41. Liam
Breen (SBR) 35-23

 

42. Paul
Foley (Kilmore) 37-12

 

43. Tadhg
Henderson (Men) 40-20

 

 

 

Teams:

Gold – Slaney Olympic – 24 pts

Silver – Sliabh Buidhe Rovers – 26 pts

 

Bronze – Racing 795 – 52 pts