Cork men win Novice All-Ireland X-Country title...

With most people concentrating their attention on the European Cross Country Championships in Hungary last Sunday, the National Novice Cross Country Championships was being held in Adamstown, Co.Wexford.

Athletic Ireland...Novice Juvenile Cross Country Championships...9th December 2012...Adamstown Co. Wexford
Novice Men
Place Name Club/City/Country Cat. Result
1 Dermot McDermott Sligo A.C. 19:49
2 Ray Hynes Crusaders A.C. Dublin 19:53
3 Paul Stephenson Rathfarnham W.S.A.F. A.C. Dublin 19:55


The winning county novice team was Cork with 119 points.
1 Cork 119 / 2 Dublin 157 / 3 Offaly 205 / 4 Tipperary 230 / 5 Donegal 282 / 6 Kerry 311 / 7 Laois 333 / 8 Meath 474 / 9 Kilkenny 518 / 10 Wexford 770

The scoring Cork team members were...
8 Tim O'Donoghue East Cork A.C. Cork 20:14
13 John Shine Leevale A.C. Cork 20:24
22 Shane Coffey Togher A.C. Cork 20:43
23 Elton Heffernan Togher A.C. Cork 20:45
26 Colm Sheahan Leevale A.C. Cork 20:48
27 Peter Fennell Togher A.C. Cork 20:50

In the inter-club competition, Leevale AC took the Silver...
1 Finn Valley A.C. 63 / 2 Leevale A.C. 73 / 3 Togher A.C. 115 / 4 Tullamore Harriers A.C. 115 / 5 Rathfarnham W.S.A.F. A.C. 117 / 6 Crusaders A.C. 117 / 7 St. Abbans A.C. 204 / 8 St. Finbarrs A.C. 267 / 9 Clonliffe Harriers A.C. 282 / 10 St Malachy's AC 297

In the Novice womens competition, Laura Crowe took the individual title with Dublin taking the county title.
1 1774 Laura Crowe An Riocht A.C. Kerry 14:30
2 1762 Caroline Crowley Crusaders A.C. Dublin 15:05
3 1770 Eimear O'Leary Dublin 15:13

INTER COUNTY...1 Dublin 20 points  (2, 3, 5, 10) /  2 Tipperary 99 points  (6, 9, 40, 44) /  3 Kerry 101 points (1, 4, 41, 55) /  4 Sligo 110 points (17, 19, 25, 49) /  5 Cork 136 points (28, 30, 33, 45) /  6 Meath 147 points (21, 27, 38, 61) /  7 Donegal 155 points (8, 18, 53, 76) /  8 Kildare 164 points (23, 29, 39, 73) /  9 Wexford 166 points (12, 15, 56, 83)

INTER CLUB...1 Crusaders A.C. 68 points   (2, 10, 24, 32) /  2 Donore Harriers 82 points   (5, 13, 22, 42) /  3 Sportsworld A.C. 110 points  (16, 26, 31, 37)4 North Sligo A.C. 110 points  (17, 19, 25, 49) /  5 Leevale A.C. 156 points  (28, 33, 45, 50) /  6 Rathfarnham W.S.A.F A.C. 168 points  (20, 43, 48, 57) /  7 Portlaoise A.C. 169 points  (14, 34, 35, 86) /  8 Liffey Valley A.C. 247 points  (36, 64, 69, 78) /  9 Finn Valley A.C. 254 points  (53, 62, 63, 76) /  10 Mallow A.C. 273 points  (65, 66, 68, 74) /  11 Kilmore A.C. 282 points  (15, 83, 88, 96)

The full results can be seen at these links...Men ... Women