Results & Photos of the Cork BHAA John Buckley Sports 5k in Cork City - Tues 20th May 2025

Holly Carroll & Denis Hegarty are the winners of the 2025 Cork BHAA John Buckley Sports 5k

There was a record turnout for this years Cork BHAA John Buckley Sports 5k road race with 1206 finishers, up about 18% on last year which was also a record field.

The forecast for the race was for rain but in the end, the rain was confined to the north and south-west of the county with a dry area covering Cork City in between.

Top 5 men & women...

1 Denis HEGARTY (#1081) 00:14:36 ALL (1) Male  (1)
2 Michael HARTY (#1198) 00:14:38 ALL (2) Male  (2)
3 Gavin O'ROURKE (#150) 00:14:44 ALL (3) Male  (3)
4 Niall SHANAHAN (#275) 00:14:46 ALL (4) Male  (4)
5 Paul MOLONEY (#1061) 00:14:51 ALL (5) Male  (5)
1 Holly CARROLL (#170) 00:16:13 ALL (1) 30
2 Hannah STEEDS (#167) 00:16:29 ALL (2) 42
3 Sinead O CONNOR (#357) 00:16:45 ALL (3) 53
4 Sharon RYNNE (#353) 00:17:32 ALL (4) 82
5 Siobhan HOARE (#361) 00:17:39 ALL (5) 89

Chip results HERE

The official results are HERE.

It's interesting to see that back in 2013 to 2019, it looked as if the numbers would always be just under 1000. Now in 2025, they've taken a big jump upwards.

Photos...

1) The Cork BHAA have some photos HERE and HERE ..

2) Graham Meikle has some pre-race photos... Gallery 1 ... Gallery 2 ... Gallery 3 ... Gallery 4

20% Discount...... John Buckley Sports are giving a 20% discount to all finishers in the race. Just hang on to your race number and present it in the shop to avail of the 20% discount. It will apply to any purchases in their shop which is across from the Opera House in the heart of Cork City. 

Note that the discount is not restricted to just one item. When you are using it, you can buy several products at the one time and get 20% off the lot. There is also no expiry date on the race number discount so you can use it anytime.

John Buckley Sports shop is located across the river from the Opera House.