The picturesque village of Kilmore was covered in rain clouds as a very wet Sunday morning saw Kilmore AC kindly host the Novice RR.
As a club we placed a big emphasis on encouraging and preparing as many members as we could to run. The members responded and we saw our largest entry of athletes running the Novice in our club vest. Some have been around for a while and know the story, some returning from injury but for some it was their first experience of such a race and we are proud of each athlete who laced up their runners and stood on the start line today. Credit to Catherine for the preparation and thanks to our supporters on the course, not a pleasant day to be a spectator.
The ladies race lined up at 11.30 for a 4k route which was 1 and a bit laps of the course. In tough conditions Paula was our first lady home, Mary was next followed by Ilze, Sarah, Helen, Carol & Bridie.
With the ladies race complete the men were on their start line with just under 2 laps of the course to complete. Donal was our first man home with Dermot next followed by Rob, Jesse, Fran, Tadhh, Ali, John, Geoff & Michael.
Full club results :
Ladies,
15th Paula Gondard 18:54
22nd Mary Gaynor 20:24
24th Ilze Bedrite 20:29
27th Sarah Bermingham 21:38
29th Helen Sinnott 22:01
31st Carol Dowling 23:27
34th Bridie McGuire 32:20
Team 6th place.
Mens,
16th Donal Grant 23:34
19th Dermot Foley 23:52
29th Rob Casey 25:33
30th Jesse Kielthy 25:43
33rd Fran Power 27:58
34th Tadhg Henderson 29:30
35th Ali Ashgar Kohyee 29:58
36th John Dier 30:12
37th Geoff Hoffheinz 31:32
38th Michael Murphy 39:00
Team 6th.
A special mention must go to Helen Sinnott & Tadhg Henderson who have stepped into the Competition Secretary roles for 2024 and by all accounts a job well done today. We wish them well fir tge remaining races.
Thank you to hosts Kilmore AC for their hospitality afterwards which was most welcome. Thanks also to the County Board for another well organised event.
The next County race is the Mr Oil County Intermediate Road Race which is to be hosted by St Killians on April 14th. Photo by Sportsphoto Ireland & @Oliver Stack
