Reports - Rathfarnham WSAF Athletics Club

National Intermediate/ Masters XC

Congratulations to Rathfarnham WSAF AC athletes who ran in the National Intermediate/Masters Cross Country this weekend.

Great results from the men with Mitchel Byrne and his Individual Silver and Dublin team Silver in Intermediate and well done to Edwin Keille and Pearse Coyle who won Gold medals on the winning Dublin team.

Congratulations to the M35 team made up of Eoin Flynn, Mark Ryan, Louis McCarthy and Paul Flemming who secured their Gold title and well done to Mtichel Byrne, Kevin Donagher, Neil Skelton and Gael Fernandez who secured Team Bronze in Intermediate.

Mark Ryan was awaded with M40 Gold and Eoin Flynn with M35 Bronze. The M50 team placed 5th overall and was made up of Edwin Keville, Pearse Coyle, Tom Cuddy and Eric Cullen.

For the women athletes great results from Sinead Murray on Dublin team Silver in the Intermediate and Clare Sullivan on Gold with W35 Dublin team in the Masters. Well done to Sue Ryan, Ester Lawlor, Clare Shiels, Maria Brennan and Lian Brady who all also took part in the Masters. Great results from all who ran and represented the club.

35th AXA Raheny 5 mile Road Race 27th January 2019

The 35^th running of the Raheny 5 mile road race saw over 4000 finishers this year. Well done to all from Rathfarnham WSAF AC who competed. The mens senior team finished an excellent 4^th overall. Individual results were as follows:

Mitchell BYRNE 24:29 8^th overall

Robert MURPHY 24:58

Paul STEPHENSON 25:10

Donagh POWELL 27:38

Jonathan HUGHES 28:26

Denis DALY 29:15 (PB!)

Clare SULLIVAN 29:48 (PB!)

Shane Grehan 30:50

Derek BAIN 34:40

Louise GAFFNEY 42:07

FULL RESULTS CLICK HERE

Gold at Leinster Intermediate Cross Country for Mitchel Byrne

Congratulations to Rathfarnham WSAF AC’s Mitchel Byrne on his first place and Leinster Intermediate Gold at the Leinster Intermediate Cross Country Championships hosted by Gowran AC in Gowran, Co Kilkenny on Sunday 13th January 2019. He also picked up the Dublin Intermediate Gold medal. Kevin Donagher was an excellent 12^thoverall and just missed out on a medal in the Dublin Championships coming 4^th.

Rathfarnham WSAF AC’s women won the Team Silver medal with Louise Gaffney coming 4^th, Clare Sullivan 9^th, Sinead Murray 14^th, Ber Crowley 22^nd and Laura Ryan 25^th. On top of that Louise Gaffney won the silver medal in the Dublin Intermediates.

In the Masters race Paul Flemming won M40 gold and the team of Paul, Dave Power, Ciaran Aylward and Barry Mulvihil came 6^th. Vanessa Sallier was 4^th W45!

Well done to all who took part. It was another weekend with a good haul of medals!!

Dublin Masters Cross Country Championships 2019 St.Anne’s Park, Raheny, Sunday 6th January

It was a mild dry day for the 2019 Dublin Masters Cross Country Championships in St. Anne’s Park on Sunday 6^th January. Some great results across the board delivered a great haul of medals for Rathfarnham WSAF AC.

Shane O’Neill, still powering back to form, finished 2^nd overall and won the individual M45 gold. Paul Flemming finished 10^th overall and won the M40 gold. Edwin Keville came 18^th overall and won the M50 gold. Clare Sullivan was first home for the club in the women’s race, finishing 5th. Donna Mahon came 18^th and won the W45 gold. The W35 team of Clare, Donna, Lorraine Nolan and Vanessa Sallier won the bronze. The M35 team of Shane, David Power, Paul and Ciaran Aylward won the bronze medal. The M50 team of Edwin, Tom Cuddy, Pearse Coyle and Denis Daly won the M50 Gold. Suzanne Ryan, Ester Lawlor, Clare Shield, Noreen Fitzsimons, Lian Brady, Jackie Kingston, Barry Mulvihill, Philip Wright backed up the team performances. A special congratulations to David Power who placed an excellent 8^th overall. He was the only person heard afterwards complaining about how good the conditions were but we all know that he prefers and performs better in deep mud, freezing rain and howling gales of biblical proportions! Well done to everybody who competed. Pictures of all who ran today are in the Gallery. All the results are on the MyRunResults website.

Tom Brennan Memorial 5k 2018 1st January 2019

There were some great results to kick off 2019 for the club in the Tom Brennan Memorial 5K in the Phoenix Park on January 1st. Mitchell Byrne came 2nd in 15:00, Paul Stephenson came 6th in 15:34, Paul Fleming came 7th in 15:37, Shane Grehan came 55th in 18:24, Pearse Coyle came 61st (2nd M50) in 18:46 and a racing back to form John Mc Cabe came 80th (7th M50) in 19:45. Rathfarnham WSAF AC won the team with Mitchell, Paul and Paul as scorers.

FULL RESULTS HERE