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Greg Byrne on 2018 winning ‘Beast’ team! 2nd-5th August

The beast is a mixed event that was run around the Wild Atlantic Way in Donegal from 2nd to 5th August. It runs a course of about 410km and they say it should take about 48hours, but don’t believe that! There are 4 in a team and all members of the team must be within visual and hearing distance of each other at all times as well as finish together. The winning team included none other than Rathfarnham WSAF AC’s Greg Byrne. He appears normal on the surface but at the moment he is running like the world is about to end. The team won in a time of 51:59:25 breaking the psychological 52hr barrier (I just made that up!). Greg was in great form afterwards having hogged the survival tent for his naps.

Well done to all who took part, I think!

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DLR Bay 10k 6th August 2018

A road trip all the way to Eoin McLoughlin’s home town of Dun Laoghaire produced some great Rathfarnham WSAF AC times on a tough hilly course at the DLR Bay 10k on Bank Holiday Monday August 6th! Shane O’Neill finished 4^th in 33:08, David Scanlon 5^th 33:16, Eoin McLoughlin 10^th in 34:57, Turlough Conway 12^th in 35:26, Donagh Powell 13^th in 35:34, Shane Grehan 47^th in 40:06 and Vanessa Sallier 6^th in 44:22. Well done to everybody.

Full Results Here

National Senior Track and Field Championships 2018

A great performance by our men’s senior team in the National Senior Track and Field Championships 2018, Morton Stadium, Santry produced a team silver medal. Sean Hehir finished 7th in 30:23, Louis McCarthy 14th in 31:58 and Johnny Hughes 22nd in 34:32. Well done lads!

Two Rathfarnham WSAF AC athletes under the coaching of Paul Flemming had excellent performances in their Saturday heats to qualify for Sunday’s finals, broadcast live on RTE TV. Lee Byrne in the 800m was 3rd in his heat in a time of 1:55.41 and Cillian Doherty was 5th in his 1500m heat in a time of 3:59.41. In the finals Lee was 8^th in 1:54.41, only 0.1s off his PB and Cillian was 12^th in 4:03.23. Clare Sullivan finished 11^th in the 5000m and Ronan Kearns ran 2:04.96 in his 800m heat.

IMRA Leinster League 2018 Victory for Brian Furey

By Mike Long

The IMRA Wed night Leinster League concluded on 1 August and the winner was our own Rathfarnham WSAF AC’s Brian Furey. In fact he was actually uncatchable by the July 19^th race! The League consists of 13 races. Your best 7 results count. Brian scored 2, 1, 3, 2, 3, 1, 3, 1, 1, 3. This is a very impressive and consistent performance over a period of 13 weeks. Brian's total was 11 points. Next in line was Rathfarnham WSAF AC's Barry Minnock. It was great to see Barry back on the hills. He totalled 18 points and interestingly beat Brian in the last race. Next Rathfarnham runner was Roisin Long in 35th place and 3rd Lady overall - followed by myself in 39th and 4th M50.

Three Rathfarnham runners have been selected for the World Mountain Running Championships to be held in Andorra in September: Eoin Flynn, Mark Ryan and Ruairi Long. See https://www.imra.ie/forum/topic/id/4948. The Worlds involves a very challenging 12 km uphill only course. Ruairi was also selected for the British and Irish Junior Championshipss in Glendalough in September https://www.imra.ie/forum/topic/id/4947

Report from the Dublin Athletics Board Juvenile Championships, June 2018, Irishtown, Santry and Tallaght/

Now that the dust has settled after the Dublin Juvenile Championships for another year, it's time to congratulate our young athletes on their achievements. Many debuts where made and for more seasoned athletes many pb's where achieved. Well done to all who represented Rathfarnham so well, enjoy the Summer break and we'll see you for the Cross Country Season in September.

Results as follows :
Relays : Girls U12 A : 4 x 100 : Sophie Maxwell, Claudia Manning, Philipa Mc Glynn, Sarah Murphy. 1st 58:3.
Boys U13: 4 x 100 : Ryan O’Neill, Cormac Keogh, Dara Mulvihill, Tom O’Regan. 2nd 56:4.
Boys U15: 4 x 100 : Oscar Comerford, Billy Conroy Roche, Cillian Mc Cabe, Daire Sullivan. 4th 52.6.
Girls : U12 : Sophie Maxwell : 4th Long Jump 3.97m.
           U13 : Zoie Ritchie : 1st 600m 1:42:71
           U14 : Alice Hickey : 4th 800m 2:30:34
           U15 : Lucie Ritchie 2nd 800m 2:29:6, 1500m 3rd ,
                      Hammer 1st 9.44m.
           U15 : Elena Cullen : 4th Shot Put 6.41m.
           U16 : Fortune Chukwu : 2nd 100m 13:04.
           U16 : Alannah Fasenfeld : 3rd High Jump 1.40m,
                     Discus 1st 13.77m, Shot Put 1st 7.48m.
           U16 : Sophie Ritchie : 2nd Discus 10.10m, 2nd
                      Shot Put 6.65m.
           U17 : Isabelle Doyle : 1st 100m 13:39, 1st 200m
                     28.09, 2nd Long Jump 4.88m.
           U18 : Amy Mc Cabe : 3rd 400m 64:8.
Boys : U13 :Tom O'Regan : 2nd 60mH 10:48; 3rd 80m,11.2
           U13: Dara Mulvihill : 4th Shot Put 7.21m
           U14: Cillian Mc Cabe : 3rd 75mH 13.8, 3rd 200m
                    28:75.
           U15: Billy Conroy Roche : 2nd, Discus, 18.34m.
                    Oscar Comerford : 4th, Discus, 15.59m. 3rd
                    Javelin 15.59m.