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
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
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
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
Well done to George Delaney, who was the only Strider competing in the Leinster Cross Country championships in Ferbane, Co Offaly. George had a fantastic run over a tough course, that was well churned up after the juvenile races.
Tough running today for our Seniors at the Leinster Novice. Women 4km and men 6km. Sloppy conditions but all safely home across the line. It’s out there as one of the tougher runs due to ground conditions. Nicola Murphy had a very impressive run in her 1st Leinster race, storming… Continue reading
Well done to both our Senior Ladies and Mens Cross Country teams today. Beth O’Connor, Sonia Byrne, Theresa MacDonald, Katie Murphy & Aine Cullen were all fantastic and came close to winning a team medal. The GOLD medal mens team were as follows..to the tune of “Dancing at the crossroads”….there… Continue reading
The Striders had both womens and mens teams in action at Kennedy Park, competing for county novice titles. Over 4km, Nicola Murphy put in a fantastic display to win individual Silver. More good news followed as the team of Nicola, Catriona McLoughlin, Lettie Myer and Aine Cullen won the club… Continue reading
Following hot on the heels of their best club performance last week, the Striders Juveniles were back in action, in horrible weather, at the St. Senans Open Cross Country event today. Despite the rain we had an even dozen competing at this well established event, that always attracts big fields… Continue reading
Well done to all the Juvenile and Senior athletes who won the Best Overall Club shield at today’s Taghmon AC Open Cross Country event. The Striders juveniles turned up in big numbers and given that many were competing in their first ever cross country event, they were all fantastic. Max… Continue reading
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
Leinster schools xcountry championships in santry on Wednesday saw five of our juvenile athletes competing. First up was Lucca in the Minor boys. Lucca qualified well out of South Leinster schools xcountry in Carlow to race in this competitive race. He finished well, mid field and should be very proud of himself. He ran for his school, CBS Newross. Next up was Sean and Eoin and Will in the Junior boys. All ran very well. Will and Eoin in top 15 and qualified for the national schools xcountry in March. Myles ran in the Intermediate boys , a tough 4.5km race, and also qualified for the national xcountry championships in march, finishing in top 15.
We are very proud of you boys and we missed Darragh, Aidan,Ben and Robert who were sitting their mocks and could not race.
Normal weekend Juvenile training sessions resume, this weekend, after a mini break. At St Mary's Sports Hall, Friday 14th at 6:45pm (over 10's) and Saturday 15th at 11am (age 7-12). Looking forward to seeing all the regulars and newbies more than welcome.
The Silver medal winning Wexford Intermediate team in all its glory. Pride of place going to Ger Forde on a magnificent silver medal individual performance. He was great today. Fair dues lads You really turned it on today. The yellow bellies were on fire
