Results & Photos of the Newmarket 5k road race - Sun 7th Dec 2025

Newmarket 5k raises €5000 for Cancer Connect charity

After a grim morning of heavy rain, the conditions for the 2025 Newmarket 5k road race couldn't have been more different as the clouds parted and the sun came out for the 1pm start.

Start of the 2025 Newmarket 5k...

The first wheelchair athlete was Shauna Bocquet of Craughwell AC in Galway with a blistering time of 12 min 51 sec.

1 Shauna Bocquet Craughwall AC 12:51 WCA 29

Shauna is pictured at the top of post holding a donation cheque for €5000 which Duhallow AC raised from the proceeds of the race.

In the men's race, Paul Hartnett of East Cork AC was the clear winner with a time of 14m 21s.

Top 3 men...

1 Paul Hartnett East Cork AC     14:21 MS 322
2 Eoghan O'Connor Leevale AC     14:36 MS 710
3 Ben Smith Leevale AC     14:44 MS 935

(L-R) Helen Linehan of the Ayrton Group (race sponsor) with Eoghan O'Connor #710 2nd, Paul Hartnett #322 1st & Ben Smith #935 3rd

A total of 8 runners managed to get in under the 15 minute mark while 216 runners got under 20 minutes.

There was a dramatic finish to the women's race with a dead heat between Michelle Finn and Jessica Coyne.

Top 3 women

1 Michelle Finn Leevale AC     16:11 FS 439
1 Jessica Coyne Leevale AC     16:11 FS 143
3 Dee Grady Ennis Track AC     16:42 F35 288

Both athletes gave it all over the closing stretch and crossed the finish line together.

Top 3 women (L-R)... Dee Grady #288 3rd, Michelle Finn #439 1st & Jessica Coyne #143 1st

Full results HERE

Photos... to follow...

1) There are loads of photos going up on the Running in Cork Facebook page.

a) Pre-race b) Finish line 1 of 5 c) Finish line 2 of 5 d) Finish line 3 of 5 e) 

There were 715 finishers this year which is just 16 shy of the number for 2024. It's very likely that the awful weather in the morning convinced a number of runners not to bother with the race and if it had been dryer then it's likely that there would have been a new record turnout for the race. 

I suspect though that the numbers wouldn't have been that much higher so it does suggest that perhaps the race has reached a peak in terms of numbers? i.e. about the 700 mark.

It's a remarkable number of runners for what is after all a 5k road race in north-west Cork.