The Striders juveniles were in action at Rathdrum, in the National Development Cross Country event. With all medal winning athletes, from the recent national championships, not eligible to compete, this event is always very competitive. In the GU15 event, Isabel Bawden led home the Striders team that also included Aoife… Continue reading
The grounds of Avondale House, Rathdrum, Co Wicklow, played host to the Intermediate and Masters Cross Country events. In wet and cold conditions Joe Lillis, Brendan Lyng, Alan O’Connor and George Delaney all performed really well, to record an 8th place finish for the Striders in the club event and… Continue reading
The Striders were well represented at the Leinster Indoor Championship, last weekend. Our BU16 squad all competed in the 1500m. After a marvelous cross country season, that included club titles at county, provincial and national level, all four successfully made it out of their heats. In the final Myles was… Continue reading
Final day of county cross country at Adamstown with all Masters members (age 35+) out in force and we didn’t leave disappointed! 8 women and 14 men turned out to represent the club with pride. Nicola Murphy finished a very impressive 3rd in a very competitive field, running a tactical… Continue reading
The Striders Juveniles had another great day out, in the Adamstown winter sunshine today, at the Wexford Juvenile Cross Country Relay Championships. In addition to having great athletes, their parents deserve a special mention today, as their help and support allowed us to field a remarkable 44 athletes, in 11… Continue reading
Huge well done to Brendan Lyng today coming 3rd in Leinster Masters cross country O45. Brendan was also on the Wexford county team which came 3rd in the Master 035 category. Also competing today for Striders was Pat O’Callaghan in the Masters O50 category. Pat had a great run today…. Continue reading
Leinster Athletics and Gowran AC hosted a fantastic Juvenile relay cross country championships, where the Striders were on top form. The course and the conditions were perfect for Winter running. Max Murphy was first Strider in action, leading off the BU14 team, over the 4x500m course. Helped by Eoin Hannan,… Continue reading
Myles Smiles !!!! Myles Hewlett won the BU15 National Cross Country title, in sensational style today and led the Striders team to another National Club title. Myles was joined by the current national and Ulster champion, as they forged ahead of the chasing pack, on the third and final lap…. Continue reading
The Striders senior athletes finished the year on a real high, winning both team and individual medals at the Wexford Intermediate Cross Country championships, at Lingstown, Kilmore. The womens team stole the limelight with a fantastic gold medal winning team performance and the mens team weren’t too shabby either, winning… Continue reading
Another special day for the Striders, with our Boys U16 team winning their third national cross country club title in a row, at Abbotstown, today. These Juvenile national titles are certainly like London buses; we waited 40 or so years for our first, then three in a row. So much… Continue reading
A busy day out at Day 3 of the Leinster Indoor Championships yesterday Saturday in Abbottstown.
Our juniors Darragh Flannelly and Adam O'Connor had very brave runs in a topclass field of 13 juniors in the 800m. Both ran excellent races to finish within range of their PBs but were unlucky not to medal on the day.
A proud day to see these guys moving up the ages and competing on the same day with senior members.
Our Masters had a 100% record, winning 9 medals out of 9 competitions, across the sprints, middle distance & throws.
Aine Cullen
Shot Put 2nd.
Weight for Distance throw, 1st.
New Leinster Indoors record
Vance O'Reilly
Shot Put 2nd.
Fantastic to see our coach in his first Masters competition and bringing home a Leinster medal. The first of many we hope.
George Delaney
1500m 1st
800m 3rd.
This man relishes the track & always gets awarded with great results. Those track sessions paid off George congrats.
Gavin Kelly
800m 2nd.
400m 3rd.
With little training for the season, Gavin gets greats results with his new love for the 400 and 800 distance.
Alan O'Connor
1500m 3rd.
A ding dong battle between Alan & George who ran different categories but in the same race, with Alan finishing ahead by 1 second.
John McGrath
3000m 1st.
After a Winter injury and only back to club training this week, we're extra thrilled for John after winning the gold.. John usually runs the 800 and 1500 but yesterdays change paid off.
Roll on the National Indoors in Athlone in 2 weeks time.
SBR are delighted to host the Mr Oil Novice Road Championships Sunday 1st March in Ferns Co.Wexford
Ladies 4k off at 12.30pm followed by Men’s 6k.
Registration will take place in Ferns Community Centre from 10.45am.
If anyone is out for a run on the course beforehand - it will be part of the Mick Murphy route that people are familiar with.
The ladies 4k will start just above the Ferns Gaa pitch proceed on this road take first left , taking next left down stump lane, next left onto main road and will run into village turning left at Funeral home to finish at the Castle.
Men’s 6k will start out the main road (1km out from Castle) run into village turning left at funeral home (Mick Murphy finish) keeping left at the Castle onto the Bunclody rd, proceed on this road take first left , taking next left down stump lane, next left onto main road and will run into village turning left at Funeral home to finish at the Castle.
Hope to see a big crowd out on the day !!!
Today's Juvenile training session (Wed 19th Feb) is cancelled due to flooded track. Training as normal on Friday & Saturday at St. Mary's Sports Hall.
A dozen Striders travelled to Enniscorthy today to support Slaney Olympic’s annual 10K. The strong winds courtesy of Storm Dennis made for tough conditions, but that didn’t prevent some fine performances throughout the field from our athletes. First Strider home was Paul Doran who battled hard to finish 3rd in 34:29. Brendan Lyng finished 5th, 25 seconds behind Paul. Nicola Murphy was 7th woman in a very competitive field in just over 43 minutes. David Kehoe had another successful day, winning the Over 50 category. A big well done to Slaney on another successful 10K, an event that goes from strength to strength every year.
Results
3: Paul Doran - 34:29
5: Brendan Lyng - 34:55
13: David Kehoe - 36:27
48: Jamie Cullen - 40:28
64: Thomas Moran - 42:11
72: Tomas Harrington - 42:50
76: Nicola Murphy - 43:02
82: Fabian Flood - 43:39
83: Liam Traynor - 43:39
85: Seamus Kehoe - 43:40
218: Kitty Nolan Quigley - 54:36
266: Chantal Rowe - 58:48
Photo Credit: John Busher
