Results of the East Cork Road Championships, Ballynoe...Thurs 28th Apr 2016

The annual East Cork Road Championships were held in the small rural village of Ballynoe on Thursday the 28th of Apr 2016. As you can see from the chart below, the numbers for the men reached a high point while the women fell back slightly.

In the womens race over 3kms, a total of 31 took part.

1    0:12:00    CASHMAN, Evelyn    Youghal AC    F45    06:26.1 
2    0:12:03    SANTRY, Fiona    East Cork AC    F    06:27.7
3    0:12:28    HOLLAND, Ann-Marie    Youghal AC    F40    06:41.1

Team: (3 to score, outside of first three individuals):
1 Midleton AC (4, 6, 8)  18
2 St Catherines AC (7, 9, 11)  27
3 East Cork AC (5, 12, 16)  33 

First two women...Fiona Santry of East Cork AC & Evelyn Cashman of Youghal AC who retains her title

In the mens race over 5 miles, a total of 62 took part. James McCarthy won the race for the fourth time. His  winning time of 25:34 was the fastest at Ballynoe for the East Cork Road Championship since Pat Whyte ran 25:18 in the inaugural race back in 1980!!

1    0:25:34    MCCARTHY, James    East Cork AC    M    05:06.7
2    0:27:28    MCGRATH, Sean    East Cork AC    M    05:29.5
3    0:28:27    HAYES, Frank    East Cork AC    M45    05:41.3

Team: (4 to score, outside of first three individuals):
1 St. Catherines AC (4, 9, 12, 15)  40
2 Youghal AC (7,13, 14, 17)  52
3 Midleton AC (10, 11, 16, 17)  54

The full results can be seen HERE

James McCarthy receiving the Willie J Curran Perpetual Memorial Trophy from Martin Drake (L) and Dan McCarthy (R) of the East Cork Athletics Board.

First 3 men...Sean McGrath 2nd, James McCarthy 1st & Frank Hayes 3rd

James McCarthy winning the race in the fastest time since 1980!