The Munster Masters Cross Country Championships were held this year in Cappawhite, Co.Tipperary in what can only be described as pretty awful conditions. With all the rain, the course really got churned up and it was a sea of mud in places.
In the womens O35 team category, Mallow AC took Gold with Midleton AC taking Silver in the O45 team event. The Cork teams won both categories.
Women O35 Team Club Team Points
Place Club Positions
1 Mallow A.C. 8, 20, 21, 24 ...73
2 Ennis Track A.C. 2, 17, 32, 40 ...91
3 Mooreabbey Milers A.C. 10, 26, 50, 52 ...138
4 West Limerick A.C. 37, 49, 51, 53 ...190
Women O35 Team County Team Points
Place County Positions
1 Cork 5, 7, 8, 11 ...31
2 Tipperary 9, 18, 26, 27 ...80
3 Clare 2, 17, 32, 37 ...88
Women O45 Team Club Team Points
Place Club Positions
1 An Riocht A.C. 3, 6, 23 ...32
2 Midleton A.C. 13, 22, 39 ...74
3 Ennis Track A.C. 15, 38, 47 ...100
Women O45 Team County Team Points
Place County Positions
1 Cork 4, 12, 13, 14 ...43
2 Kerry 3, 6, 23, 25 ...57
3 Tipperary 35, 46, 59, 62 ...202
In the mens O35 team event, East Cork AC and Leevale AC renewed their old rivalry with the smaller club coming out on top this time. In the O50 team event, Youghal AC took Silver with Midleton AC taking Bronze. The Cork teams won the O35 inter-county event while they finished 3rd in the O50 section.
Men O35 Team Club Team Points
Place Club Positions
1 East Cork A.C. 1, 10, 16, 26 53
2 Leevale A.C. 6, 12, 19, 43 80
3 Waterford A.C. 4, 9, 31, 40 84
4 West Waterford A.C. 2, 25, 29, 47 103
5 An Riocht A.C. 13, 17, 42, 46 118
6 Mallow A.C. 8, 27, 36, 50 121
7 Mooreabbey Milers A.C. 3, 20, 28, 89 140
8 Dundrum A.C. 24, 30, 39, 58 151
9 Coolquill A.C. 34, 35, 44, 49 162
10 Eagle A.C. 7, 18, 59, 82 166
11 Ennis Track A.C. 32, 48, 51, 61 192
12 West Limerick A.C. 38, 81, 83, 120 322
Men O35 Team County Team Points
Place County Positions
1 Cork 1, 7, 8, 10, 14, 18 58
2 Waterford 2, 4, 9, 25, 29, 31 100
3 Tipperary 3, 5, 20, 22, 24, 28 102
4 Limerick 21, 37, 38, 53, 54, 81 284
5 Clare 15, 32, 48, 51, 61, 108 315
Men O50 Team Club Team Points
Place Club Positions
1 Ennis Track A.C. 63, 78, 98 239
2 Youghal A.C. 56, 93, 99 248
3 Midleton A.C. 71, 100, 119 290
4 Eagle A.C. 105, 117, 127 349
Men O50 Team County Team Points
Place County Positions
1 Tipperary 11, 41, 73, 76 201
2 Clare 60, 63, 67, 75 265
3 Cork 56, 71, 79, 92 298
There were plenty of category medals won by athletes from Cork.
The full results can be seen on the Munster Athletics website.
Photos...
1) Mooreabbey Milers have a number of galleries... 23 here ... 26 here ... 17 here ... 9 here
2) West Waterford AC has a large gallery of photos HERE
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Far from ideal conditions, in fact it was dangerous. Plenty of people picked up injuries. I'm all for the rough and ready cross country , but that course in those conditions it was more like a novelty mud run than cross country.
ReplyDeleteWhat did anyone else think ?
Where was the health and safety officer . Did he not notice the slurry . What ever about the adults that course was dangerous for the children. The whole competition should have been cancelled especially when there was a weather warning for the country. After today and the attitude of the officials I will never let my children do athletics again.
ReplyDeleteHave to agree. The field was very bad. I have ran in worse mud but not in slurry.I thought the starter for the boys and girls under 11 was over the top the way he shouted at them to get back on the line. They are only kids and who would blame them in that weather.They just wanted to get going as quick as possible.
ReplyDeleteSurely there must be better options than a farmer's field.For adults fair enough we can put up with it but for kids. There's plenty of parks around the country that could cater for these events.I have run in plenty of parks through the years in xcountry so where is the problem.
ReplyDeleteIf you don't like it bring it to your county board no point complaining about it here. For the parent who's not bringing the kids anymore nobody forced you to race them you could have just went home.
ReplyDeletewould love to hear from some of adult club runners who were there and ran it.
ReplyDeletewas it enjoyable?
was it a good racing experience?
was it a big handicap in the mud for some more than others?
It is call cross country.sicknit up and get on with it.If the conditions don't suit you or the kids don't run.There is too much health and safety these days about everything.There are very few obstacles in courses now due to this.As for the starter he was doing his job and trying to apply the rules in a fair and equitable manner.There are some who will run well in mud and others who will not.That is the variability of cross country.To run all events in manicured parks is giving an advantage to the runner who prefers good ground
ReplyDeleteI wonder how fair it was when he started the men's masters while there were still masters ladies running. We had to overtake several ladies who should have been given the time to complete their race.
ReplyDeleteSorry but the starter was ignorant there's no need for that attitude towards kids.
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