ANNALEE AC CAVAN CRYSTAL
HOTEL 5 MILE ROAD RACE NOVEMBER 20th 2005 RESULTS
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The 3rd Annual Cavan Crystal Hotel Annalee AC Road Race was held on a beautiful sunny day on November
20th. A record field of nearly 200 entries were registered for the
main event, the 5 mile road race around Cavan town. Another 140 athletes
entered in the juvenile races. The event attracted top class athletes came from
all 4 provinces and as far away as Cork, Derry, Ennis and Mayo in recognition of the growing
stature of the road race with 33 athletic clubs represented. The President of
the Athletics Association of Ireland, Michael Heery
attended in support of the event. A large contingent ran or walked the course
to raise funds for this year’s designated charity, the Special Care Baby Unit
at Cavan General Hospital. Months of preparation by the
Organising Committee paid off with all events running smoothly on the day. Annalee AC wishes to thank all those who volunteered on the
day to help with stewarding and registration, the Gardai,
the Civil Defense and Cavan County Council. Special
thanks must go the sponsors of the event, Cavan Crystal
Hotel, Cavan Crystal
Design, Toymaster, Brady’s Arva
Ltd, Meadow View Inn, Abbeyset Print, McCarrens, SuperValu, Woodies DIY, Sportsworld, The Sportshop, Lifestyle, Kingscourt
Bricks, Univet and Shire developments.
The race was started opposite the Cavan Crystal
Hotel and continued onto
the bypass towards Butlersbridge, down onto the Cootehill Road,
onto Main street,
by the cathedral, courthouse and new library building. The tough finishing
stretch was up the Dublin road with the Finish
line outside the Cavan
Crystal Hotel.
The athletes got a good view of Cavan town and hopefully inspired some of the
onlookers to take up athletics in the near future. Cavan has a proud tradition
in national and International athletics. The race has been described as the
premier athletics event in this area and the main aim is to publicise sporting
activity and to promote athletics in the County.
The Senior men’s race was won by the
in form Gerry Ryan of Galway, retaining his
2004 title. He finished well clear of second place with a very fast time of 24
minutes and 42 seconds. Gerry is a well known athlete nationally and this year
won the AAI National Half Marathon Championship. Pauline Curley of Tullamore Harriers won the Women’s Senior Race in a time of
28 minutes and 47 seconds. Pauline has been in superb form winning the adidas Dublin Half Marathon, the Longford Half Marathon and
the adidas Frank Duffy 10 mile races. Monaghan Phoenix
athletes Karl Kildea and Deljim
Pimntel were second and third respectively in the
Senior Men’s race. Only two seconds separated the 2nd, 3rd
and 4th positions with John Byrne just edged into 4th
place. The first Cavan athlete home was Martin Fulton of Bailieboro
AC who finished 5th in 27:02. Julie Butler was second in the women’s
race followed by Veronica Colleran of Ennis Track.
Another Baileboro athlete, Emily Meehan finished in 4th
followed by the Annalee AC athlete, Sinead Nolan in 5th.
Fellow Cavan athlete Arlene Smith made a
welcome return to running finishing 6th.
Teams from North East AC, Drogheda,
Omagh, Bohermeen AC, Mullingar, Bailieboro, Shercock, Monaghan Phoenix, Kilmurry
Bricken and Roscommon competed for the Club honours
with Bohermeen AC winning. The North East club and
Monaghan Phoenix teams finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Mullingar won the female team trophy. A welcome
addition to the race this year was the opportunity for nonathletics
clubs to submit teams in a separate race category. This was won by Kill GFC
with Cavan Rugby Club in second.
The juvenile races were run off on the unopened section of
the new bypass. 143 athletes participated in the races which were held in the
U9, U10, U12, U14 and U16 categories. The juvenile races were generously
sponsored by Toymaster and Francis Clarke of Toymaster attended the prizegiving
for the successful athletes. The number of races and categories were increased
this year to allow for the increased numbers of young athletes in local clubs.
There were entries from Annalee AC, Mullahoran, Innyvale, Drumlin, Baileboro, Shercock, 3 Ways,
Monaghan Phoenix and Navan AC.
Full Results and times of Senior Race
available on Annalee Ac website.
Results
Senior Men
1.Gerry Ryan Galway
City Harriers
2.Karl Kildea Monaghan Phoemix
3.Deljim Pimntel
Monaghan Phoenix
4.John Byrne
5.Martin Fulton BailieboroAC
6.Nicky McGuinness North East
Senior Women
- Pauline
Curley Tullamore Harrriers
- Julie
Butler Omagh Harriers
- Veronica
Colleran Ennis Track
- Emily
Meehan Bailieboro AC
- Sinead
Nolan Annalee AC
- Arlene
Smith
Men Over 40
1.
Gerry Carr Civil Service
2.
John Gill Bohermeen AC
3.
Mike Keely City of Derry
Men over 50
- Brendan
Montague Omagh Harriers
- Paul
Myler Dunmore Harriers
- Colm Rennicks Bohermeen
Women Over 35
1.
Avril Fitzsimons Bohermeen
2.
Josephine Kileen Kilmurry Bricken
3.
Vera McCool Mullingar
Women over 45
- Linda
Gunning Bohermeen
- Maura
Dervin Mullingar
- Nuala Reilly Drogheda
Clubs
- Bohermeen
- North
East
- Monaghan
Phoenix
Club Teams-Female
- Mullingar
- Kilmurry Bricken
NonAthletics Clubs
- Kill
GFC
- Cavan
Rugby Club
- Team
Donnelly
Juvenile Races
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1 Dylan Kiernan Innyvale
2 John Mulligan Monaghan
Phoenix
3 Aodhagan Watters Annalee
U9 Girls
1 Clodagh O Reilly Annalee
2 Aine Brady Annalee
3 Micheala Doherty 3 Ways
U10 Boys
1 Aaron Fagan Mullahoran
2 Ciaran Schutten Annalee
3 Dominic Brady Mullahoran
U10 Girls
1 Sarah Lafferty Innyvale
2 Orla Murphy Annalee
3 Aisling Brady Annalee
U10 Boys
1 Barry Cooney Drummlin
2 Niall Clerkin Shercock
3 Tadhg McGahern Mullahoran
U12 Girls
1 Eadaoin O Reilly Annalee
2 Barbara Ward Shercock
3 Danielle Mulligan Monaghan
Phoenix
U12 Boys
1 Turlough Grant Navan
2 Cian O Reilly Annalee
3 Ryan Little Annalee
U14 Girls
1 Celine Clerkin Shercock
2 Catriona Mullen Drummlin
3 Sheila O Reilly Mullahoran
U14 Boys
1 John Bingham Ardee
2 Aodhagan O Reilly Annalee
3 Niall Malone 3 Ways
U16 Girls
1 Mona Sheridan Mullahoran
2 Helena O Dowd Baileboro
3 Lisa Clerkin Shercock