County Novice RR

Friday evening saw a welcome return to County Road Races in Wexford. Enniscorthy was the venue and host club Slaney Olympic & the County Board did a fantastic job organising the County Novice RR under the current Covid guidlines. A warm and sunny evening awaited the 34 ladies who lined up to run and 6 of those were Menapians. Sharron Dier made a welcome return to finish in 34th, Louise Henderson ran well in 33rd, Elaine McMahon also made a welcome return to racing grabbing 30th, Mary Gaynor pushed hard and claimed 14th, Paula Gondard ran hard from the start to grab 9th place & Sinead Morris in her first County Race showed her training is paying off finishing it 6th place. Fantastic to have so many lady club members racing.

Next up the Men's race started and the pace was hot from the whistle. 53 men had entered and 8 members stepped up meaning we had 2 mens teams competing. Ollie Stack ran brave to finish 52nd, Darren O'Grady and John Dier finished tied in 50th with Micheál Kinsella in 47th competing the 2nd team. Fran Power showing continued improvement was 46th, Paul Donovan found a good pace to claim 42nd, Gavin Hayes dug deep in 40th and Donal Grant pushed himself hard for 36th place competing our 1st team. Again fantastic to see so many club vests in the race.

A huge well done to everyone who raced and thanks to our support team on the night. Again thanks to Slaney Olympic and the County Board for organising the event. Next week sees the Intermediate RR take place at thd same venue so gets your names to John to enter.