Results of the Cork BHAA 'PTAA' 5km Road Race - 3rd Sept 2008
Yet again, another big turnout for a Cork BHAA race. I can't remember the exact figure...was it something like 340? Whatever it was, it was well in excess of last years figure of 241. It seemed to be a busy spot for a road race....coming into the finish line was like running through a Dunnes Stores car park on a Sunday afternoon ;o)
It seemed to be a fast field as well? Looking at my time last night and comparing it to the times last year, my finishing position would have been a lot higher then.

Photos...Thanks to Irene Hartigan, a set of 86 photos are now available at this LINK.

Results...The full results can be found HERE.
The category results are shown below with thanks to John Walshe of Ballycotton Running Promotions.

TOGHER PTAA 5km
1 A O’Shea (HSE) 15:19; 2 C Merritt (Army) 15:36; 3 J Grufferty (Bio Pharma) 15:59; 4 G Sweeney (temp-reg) 16:12; 5 S Mullaney (temp-reg) 16:13; 6 C O’Connell (UCC, M40) 16:18; 7 C Marshall (HSE) 16:27; 8 S Simcox (Workout Express) 16:28; 9 T Laffan (HSE, M40) 16:28; 10 B Murphy (Bank of New York) 16:37.
M40: 3 E Meade (Bio Pharma) 16:57.
M45: 1 M Bickerdike (Blarney School of Motoring) 17:36; 2 D Carroll (Blarney Woollen Mills) 18:26; 3 J O’Sullivan (Bandon Tyres) 18:32.
M50: 1 J Collins (Team adidas) 17:22; 2 M Murphy (Novartis) 17:38; 3 P Murphy (UCC) 18:47.
M55: 1 J Gough (Mileeven Fine Foods) 17:57; 2 J Holland (An Post/Eircom) 21:04; 3 F Linehan (Plant Hire) 21:59.
M60: 1 M Dunne (UCC) 20:45; 2 J Cotter (ESB) 21:39; 3 J Murray (HSE) 22:37.
Team: (Grade A) 1 UCC 63; 2 FAS 137; 3 Naval Service 163. (Grade B) 1 Army 166; 2 An Post/Eircom 186; 3 EMC 190. (Grade C) 1 Pilz 202; 2 Novartis 253; 3 Midleton News 267.
Women: 1 J Vonhatten (Glanmire Pharmacy) 18:09; 2 N Roe (Dept of Educ) 18:23; 3 C McCarthy (temp-reg) 18:37; 4 S Kevany (Pfizer) 18:53; 5 A-M Healy (HSE, F35) 19:14; 6 A Donnelly (Donnelly Bakery, F45) 19:38; 7 S Kennedy (HSE) 19:55; 8 F Kirwan (Sensory Labs, F40) 20:16; 9 A Murphy (UCC) 20:18; 10 G Mullaney (Musgrave, F35) 20:35.
F50: 1 M Sheehan (Carrig Court) 19:40.
F55: 1 M Barry (Midleton News) 23:50.
Team: (Grade A) 1 HSE 13; 2 Dept of Educ 22. (Grade B) 1 Bank of Ireland) 62; 2 Midleton News 65.

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