Results of the St Catherines AC 5k in Ballynoe - Thurs 31st July 2025

The annual St Catherine's AC 5k road race in Ballynoe was held this year on Thurs 31st July 2025 on what was a dry sunny evening. There were 94 finishers in total which is well down on previous years.

Top 3 men & women...
 Place Athletes Name Club  Time Cat Bib
1 Tony Forristal East Cork AC     15:47 MS 784
2 Conor McCauley Leevale AC     15:47 M40 785
3 Ruairi Casey Togher AC     16:08 MS 781
7 Emma Fitzpatrick Leevale AC     18:00 FS 711
9 Fiona Santry East Cork AC     18:19 F35 775
11 Sarah Mulcahy St Catherine's AC     18:41 FS 726

Full results HERE

Results of the East Cork Division Road Championships in Ballynoe - Thurs 24th April 2025

East Cork Division Road Championships in Ballynoe  - Thurs 24th April 2025. Hosted by St Catherine's AC.

Women's 3K
Pos Forename Surname Category Club Time
1 Tamzin Muldowney F East Cork AC 11.34
2 Sinead Falvey F Midleton AC 12.21
3 Linda O'Sullivan F Watergrasshill AC 12.24
4 Faye O'Riordan F Carraig Na Bhfear AC 12.28
5 Dee Duran F Midleton AC 12.43
6 Kathleen Ryan F Midleton AC 12.53
7 Laura Moore F Carraig Na Bhfear AC 13.04
8 Colette O'Donoghue F Watergrasshill AC 13.08
9 Deirdre Ansbro F Youghal AC 13.14
10 Siobhan Walsh F Carraig Na Bhfear AC 13.28
11 Eileen Leahy F Midleton AC 13.43
12 Ann Marie Holland F Youghal AC 14.00
13 Leona Browne F Watergrasshill AC 14.24
14 Orlaith Merritt F Carraig Na Bhfear AC 14.32
15 Ciara Magner F Watergrasshill AC 14.38
16 Claire O'Brien F Watergrasshill AC 14.53
17 Lorna O'Brien F East Cork AC 15.07
18 Brigid Ryan F Midleton AC 15.23
19 Claire Fitzgerald F Midleton AC 15.53
20 Christine Murphy F Midleton AC 16.06
21 Faye Wright F Watergrasshill AC 16.46

Results of the St Catherines AC 5k road race in Ballynoe - Thurs 1st Aug 2024

The annual St Catherine's AC 5k road race was held in Ballynoe in East Cork on Thursday 1st August 2024 on a dry evening. 

The numbers eased back a bit this year with 139 finishers which is down about a quarter on last year.

Top 3 men & women...
 1 Tony Forrestial East Cork AC     15:48 MS 615
2 Mark Walsh Leevale AC     15:49 MS 581
3 Darragh Mulcahy St Finbarrs AC     15:56 MS 629
9 Aoife Cooke Eagle AC     17:41 FS 611
16 Michelle Kenny Leevale AC     18:17 FS 592
21 Tamzin Muldowney East Cork AC     18:50 FS 602

Full results on the Premier Timing website.

Results of the St Catherine's AC 5k in Ballynoe - Thurs 3rd Aug 2023

St Catherines AC held their annual 5k race this year on Thurs 3rd Aug and the numbers were nearly back to their pre-pandemic levels with 187 crossing the finish line.

Top 3 men & women...
1 Tony Forristal East Cork AC     15:38 SM 158
2 Darragh Mulcahy St Finbarrs AC     15:44 SM 71
3 James McCarthy East Cork AC     15:56 SM 169
21 Martina Kiely St Finbarrs AC     17:57 SF 184
25 Michelle Kenny Leevale AC     18:13 SF 140
32 Kate Veale West Waterford AC     18:35 SF 176

Full results HERE

Results of the East Cork Road Championships in Ballynoe - Thurs 27th Apr 2023

The East Cork Road Championships were held in the village of Ballynoe on Thursday the 27th of April 2023. There were 42 in the women's 3km race and 58 in the men's 5-mile race.

Men's Race
Pos Forename Surname Category Club Time
1 James McCarthy East Cork AC 26.14
2 Tony Forristal Individual 26.22
3 Nick O'Donoghue East Cork AC 27.16

Women's Race
Pos Forename Surname Category Club Time
1 Fiona Santry F35 East Cork AC 11.03
2 Vicki Spiteri Midleton AC 12.10
3 Suzanne Alcock Ballymore Cobh AC 12.20

Full results HERE

Results of the St Catherines AC 5k road race in Ballynoe - Fri 29th July 2022

This years 5k race organised by St Catherines AC was held in Ballynoe in NE Cork instead of the usual route around Conna. The numbers however were down with 128 runners, a drop of 32% on the pre-pandemic figure for 2019.

Top 3 men & women...

1 Bernard O'Hanlon Leevale AC     16:46 SM 458
2 Ciaran Mcnamee Youghal AC     17:20 SM 448
4 John Hennessy Midleton AC     18:04 SM 433
3 Fiona Santry East Cork AC     17:58 SF 488
14 Kelly Fitzgearld West Waterford AC     19:43 SF 487
20 Tamzin Muldowney Midleton AC     19:59 SF 770

Full results HERE

Results of the East Cork Road Championships in Ballynoe - Thurs 28th Apr 2022

First men's team - Carraig nabhFear AC

East Cork Road Championship Results - Thursday April 28th 2022, Ballynoe 

The East Cork Road Championships were held in the village of Ballynoe on Thursday the 28th of April 2022. There were 26 in the women's race and 41 in the men's race. 

Women's Race
Pos Forename Surname Category Club Time
1 Linda O'Sullivan F50 Watergrasshill AC 11.48
2 Vicki Spiteri F35 Midleton AC 12.11
3 Eileen Leahy Midleton AC 12.19
4 Fiona O'Donoghue F35 East Cork AC 12.24
5 Sarah Morrison FJ St. Nicholas AC 12.28
6 Colette O'Donoghue F40 Watergrasshill AC 12.38
7 Sarah Mulcahy St. Catherines AC 12.40
8 Rhona Lynch F45 Carraig na bhFear AC 12.42
9 Niamh O'Connor F40 East Cork AC 13.04
10 Gwen Conroy F45 Watergrasshill AC 13.11
11 Siobhan Walsh F40 Carraig na bhFear AC 13.21
12 Caroline Geary F40 Midleton AC 13.23
13 Olive Kelly F35 St. Nicholas AC 13.24
14 Lisa Crowley F45 Watergrasshill AC 13.28
15 Éadaoìn Giltinan East Cork AC 13.30
16 Avril Crowley F45 East Cork AC 13.34
17 Lorna O'Brien East Cork AC 13.52
18 Laura O'Flynn F35 St. Catherines AC 14.01
19 Sally Drennan F55 Midleton AC 14.05
20 Orlaith Merritt FJ Carraig na bhFear AC 14.09
21 Breda Lynch F35 St. Catherines AC 14.16
22 Ciara Magner F40 Watergrasshill AC 14.18
23 Claire O'Brien F45 East Cork AC 14.49
24 Margaret Twohig F55 Midleton AC 16.10
25 Orlaith Gorman Carraig na bhFear AC 16.31
26 Celia O'Regan F55 Youghal AC 17.36

Team Results (3 to score outside of top 3)

Pos Club 1st Runner 2nd Runner 3rd Runner Total Points
1 East Cork AC 4 9 15 28
2 Watergrasshill AC 6 10 14 30
3 Carraig na bhFear AC 8 11 20 39
4 St. Catherines AC 7 18 21 46
5 Midleton AC 12 19 24 55

Men's Race
Pos Forename Surname Category Club Time
1 Nick O'Donoghue East Cork AC 27.09
2 John Spelman MJ Individual 28.47
3 Brendan Healy M35 Watergrasshill AC 28.56
4 Timmy Hawkins MJ Carraig na bhFear AC 29.05
5 Tadhg Crowley M35 Carraig na bhFear AC 29.06
6 Stephen O'Brien East Cork AC 29.08
7 Chris Kelly East Cork AC 29.14
8 Seamus McSweeney M50 St. Nicholas AC 29.16
9 Willie Walsh M45 Carraig na bhFear AC 29.33
10 David Maher MJ Carraig na bhFear AC 29.47
11 Diarmuid Collins M35 East Cork AC 30.10
12 David McCarthy M35 St. Nicholas AC 30.15
13 Trevor Geary M40 St. Catherines AC 31.04
14 Declan Dorgan M45 Midleton AC 31.13
15 John Beecher M35 St. Catherines AC 31.18
16 Paul Geary M40 Midleton AC 31.41
17 Jonathan Kenneally St. Catherines AC 31.57
18 Rian O'Luasa MJ Carraig na bhFear AC 33.04
19 Ian Montgomery M40 Watergrasshill AC 33.06
20 John Aherne M45 Midleton AC 33.12
21 John Cashman M55 Midleton AC 33.17
22 St John O'Connor M45 St. Nicholas AC 33.54
23 John Mulcahy St. Catherines AC 34.55
24 David O'Riordan M50 Carraig na bhFear AC 35.33
25 Donal O'Donoghue M55 Watergrasshill AC 35.50
26 Micheal O'Brien M40 Aghada Running Club 35.53
27 Maurice Ring M40 Midleton AC 35.56
28 Kieran Harte M55 St. Catherines AC 36.35
29 Sean Norris M45 Aghada Running Club 37.23
30 Kieran Murphy M45 St. Catherines AC 37.43
31 Liam Colbert M50 Carraig na bhFear AC 38.36
32 Denis McCarthy M55 East Cork AC 38.51
33 Adam Blaiklock St. Catherines AC 39.02
34 George Bulman M60 Youghal AC 40.51
35 Dave McCarthy M50 Youghal AC 40.51
36 Sylvie O'Mahony M65 Youghal AC 40.56
37 Liam Burns M50 Youghal AC 41.06
38 Eddie O'Regan M60 Youghal AC 41.07
39 Denis Cronin M50 Watergrasshill AC 41.46
40 Ruairi O'Hagan Watergrasshill AC 43.21
41 Donal Howard M60 St. Catherines AC 46.59


Team Results (4 to score outside of top 3)

Pos Club 1st Runner 2nd Runner 3rd Runner 4th Runner Total Points
1 Carraig na bhFear AC 4 5 9 10 28
2 East Cork AC 6 7 11 32 56
3 St. Catherines AC 13 15 17 23 68
4 Midleton AC 14 16 20 21 71
5 Watergrasshill AC 19 25 39 40 123
6 Youghal AC 34 35 36 37 142

Talk by Kate Veale in Ballynoe - Fri 18th Oct 2019

This talk in the village of Ballnoe in NE Cork is coming up on Fri 18th Oct 2019. This is about 5kms to the south of Conna.

From St.Catherine's AC... OLYMPIC ATHLETE TO SPEAK IN BALLYNOE HALL
Ballynoe Community Council, in conjunction with St. Catherine’s Athletic Club, are privileged to host one of the country’s top athletes currently preparing to qualify and compete in the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

Kate Veale is an athlete with incredible achievements at the mere age of 25. Kate was a gold medal winner at U18 in the National cross country and went on to compete at European level in 2011. Her focus switched to racewalking, winning medals at the European Youths and Youth Olympics while still only in 4th year of secondary school in Dungarvan. Her meteoric rise came crashing down when she sustained a hip injury. The combination of youthful ambition, incredible talent meet with the harsh reality of serious injury and has lead Kate on a journey since of reaching the depths of despair physically and mentally. Thankfully she has found her strengths in dealing with such adversity and is back on course and is attempting to qualify for Tokyo 2020. Kate has spoken out on her own behalf on how horrific it can be to deal with the mental turmoil she endured. She published an article last March detailing her struggles, she certainly made an impact as she has since been in touch with athletes and non-athletes from all over the world who have identified with her honesty and vulnerability.

Kate Veale has so graciously accepted our invitation to come to Ballynoe on October 18th, and give a firsthand account of her career highs and her physical and mental lows and her new found insights into how to cope and deal with both. Hope you will come and join us in Ballynoe Hall on the evening of Friday the 18th October to hear Kate speak. This is part of Ballynoe Community Council’s Mental Health and Wellbeing initiative, in conjunction with St. Catherine’s Athletic Club.

Results of the East Cork Road Championships in Ballynoe... Thurs 26th Apr 2018

East Cork Division Road Championships     Mens 5 Miles
    Thursday 26 April 2018. 7:30 pm
Provisional Results for All Competitors in finish order.    Pace    Race    Race
    Place    Time    Name    Team    Race Age Category    min/mile       
    1    0:26:18    MCGRATH, Sean    East Cork AC    M    05:15.5    915    1
    2    0:26:46    MCCARTHY, James    East Cork AC    M    05:21.1    943    2
    3    0:28:48    SHEEHAN, Nigel    Youghal AC    M    05:45.5    944    3
    4    0:29:37    O'SULLIVAN, Daire    Carraig na bhFear AC    MJ    05:55.3    926    4
    5    0:29:41    O'CONNOR, David    St. Catherines AC    M    05:56.1    919    5
    6    0:29:55    BEECHER, John    St. Catherines AC    M    05:58.9    904    6
    7    0:30:31    DALY, Joseph    Carraig na bhFear AC    MJ    06:06.1    929    7
    8    0:30:46    WALSH, William    Carraig na bhFear AC    M40    06:09.1    905    8
    9    0:31:08    O'REGAN, Morgan    Midleton AC    M40    06:13.5    922    9
    10    0:31:32    CARR, Allan    St. Catherines AC    M    06:18.3    920    10

Results of the East Cork Road Championships...Thurs 27th Apr 2017

The annual East Cork Road Championships were held in the village of Ballnoe on Thursday the 27th of April 2017. The numbers taking part this year were down somewhat, perhaps due to all of the other races on the calendar.

MEN 5-Mile
    Place    Time    Name    Team    Race Age Category    min/mile       
    1    0:26:39    MCCARTHY, James    East Cork AC    M    05:19.7    957    1
    2    0:26:42    MCGRATH, Sean    East Cork AC    M    05:20.3    505    2
    3    0:27:48    SHEEHAN, Nigel    Youghal AC    M    05:33.5    390    3

Team: 1  East Cork AC (4, 5, 7, 9)          25
           2  Watergrasshill AC (6, 10, 16, 19)    51
           3  St. Catherines AC (11, 12, 20, 23)    66

Women 3km   
    Place    Time    Name    Team    Race Age Category    min/mile       
    1    0:11:22    KEVANY, Sinead    Midleton AC    F40    06:05.7    338    1
    2    0:11:31    SANTRY, Fiona    East Cork AC    F    06:10.6    7    2
    3    0:11:44    HAYES, Laura    St. Catherines AC    FJ    06:17.5    369    3


Team: 1  Watergrasshill AC (7, 11,14)          32
           2  St.Catherines AC (8, 12, 18)    38
           3  Midleton AC (9, 13, 17)    39

Full results below...

Results of the East Cork Road Championships...Thurs 24th Apr 2014

The East Cork Road Championships were held in the village of Ballynoe to the NE of Midleton on Thursday evening, the 24th of April 2014. In the mens 5 mile race, there were 44 finishers while in the shorter womens 2 kms race, 31 took part.

This is how the numbers compare to previous years...

Imokilly Oil/East Cork Road Championship, Ballynoe

WOMEN 2000m
#    Time    Name    Team    Race Age Category    min/mile       
1    7:34    GRANT, Karen    Midleton AC    F    06:05.2
2    7:38    DORIS, Anna    Midleton AC    F40    06:08.4
3    7:47    SANTRY, Fiona    East Cork AC    F    06:15.7

TEAM (3 to score, outside first 3)
1  Midleton AC 22...//...2  Youghal AC 36...//...3  St Catherines AC  48

MEN 5-Mile
#    Time    Name    Team    Race Age Category    min/mile       
1   26:45    MCCARTHY, James    East Cork AC    M    05:20.9
2   27:22    MCGRATH, Sean    East Cork AC    M    05:28.3
3   28:10    O'BRIEN, Kevin    East Cork AC    M    05:37.9

TEAM (4 to score outside first 3)
1  Youghal AC 42...//...2  East Cork AC 42...//...3  Midleton AC 51

The full results can be seen HERE

Results of the East Cork Road Championships...Thurs 25th Apr 2013

The East Cork Road Championships were held in Ballynoe near Dungourney on Thursday evening, the 25th of April. For the previous two years, the number of women have outnumbered the men at this event but this year, a record number of men took part.

The mens race was over 5 miles.

Place Time Name Team Race Age Category min/mile 
1 26:19 MCCARTHY, James East Cork AC M  5:15.7
2 26:38 MCGRATH, Sean East Cork AC M  5:19.5
3 26:56 O'DONOGHUE, Tim East Cork AC M  5:23.1

Team: (outside first three ind)  1 East Cork AC 32; 2 St Catherines AC 61; 3 Carraig na bhFear AC 61.

The womens race was over 2 kms
1  7:20 KENNY, Michelle Midleton AC F  5:53.9
2  7:26 BUCKLEY, Sheila Midleton AC F  5:58.8
3  7:32 GRANT, Karen Midleton AC F 6:03.6
    
Team: (outside first three ind) 1 Midleton AC 22; 2 Youghal AC 30.

The full results can be found HERE

Results of the East Cork Road Championships...26th Apr 2012

The East Cork Road Championships were held in Ballynoe to the north-east of Midleton on Thursday, the 26th 2012. In total, 78 runners took part with the men running 5 miles and the women running 2k on what are very hilly courses.

The mens race over 5 miles had a field of 38 runners. The winner of the race was Frank Hayes from East Cork AC in 28:17.

Place    Time    Name    Team    Race Age Category    min/mile      
    1    0:28:17    HAYES, Frank    East Cork AC    M40    05:39.3    3373    1
    2    0:29:19    CANAVAN, Darragh    Midleton AC    M    05:51.7    3374    2
    3    0:29:23    HENNESSY, John    Midleton AC    M40    05:52.5    3395    3
TEAM:     1   East Cork AC    33, 2   Midleton AC        46,  3   Youghal AC        57

The womens race over 2k had a field of 40 runners and was won by Eadaoin O'Neill of East Cork AC in 7:44. In nearly all road championships, the men outnumber the women by a large magin, 2:1 might be a typical ratio. In this particular case, there were more women than men which is unusual. Perhaps it's a sign of the current trend in running?

Place    Time    Name    Team    Race Age Category    min/mile      
    1    0:07:44    O'NEILL, Eadaoin    East Cork AC    F    06:13.2    683    1
    2    0:07:49    AHERNE, Maeve    Carraig na bhFear AC    FJ    06:17.3    445    2
    3    0:07:58    HAYES, Laura    St. Catherines AC    FJ    06:24.5    768    3
TEAM:      1  Midleton AC    19, 2  St. Catherines AC        50

Scoring system for teams... It takes three women outside of the first three to score and four men again outside of the first three to score.Only one team per club allowed.

The full results can be seen HERE

Results of the East Cork Road Championships - Thurs 28th Apr 2011

The East Cork AAI Road Championships took place in the village of Ballynoe this evening on what was a lovely sunny evening.  The mens 5 mile race was won by Frank Hayes of East Cork AC while Ann Geary of Midleton AC (No.471 above) won her first road race in the womens 2k.

Results...
East Cork Road Championships..Thursday 28 April 2011. 8:00pm

MEN 5-Mile
Place Time Name Team Race Age Category min/mile
1 0:28:03 HAYES, Frank East Cork AC M40 05:36.5 125 1
2 0:28:58 TIERNEY, Conor East Cork AC M 05:47.5 93 2
3 0:29:27 CURTIN, Noel Youghal AC M45 05:53.3 33 3
4 0:29:38 HENNESSY, John Midleton AC M40 05:55.5 122 4
5 0:29:41 O'REGAN, Noel Midleton AC M40 05:56.1 154 5
6 0:30:02 DALTON, Marc Midleton AC M 06:00.3 54 6
7 0:31:00 O'DWYER, David East Cork AC M 06:11.9 45 7
8 0:31:27 CAHILL, Maurice Youghal AC M 06:17.3 31 8
9 0:32:22 MCCARTHY, Denis East Cork AC M45 06:28.3 26 9
10 0:32:29 GRIFFIN, John Grange-Fermoy AC M40 06:29.7 161 10
11 0:32:48 O'DRISCOLL, Brian Midleton AC M 06:33.5 165 11
12 0:33:09 CASHMAN, John Midleton AC M45 06:37.7 131 12
13 0:33:54 O'LEARY, Ted West Waterford AC M40 06:46.7 173 13
14 0:34:25 COONEY, Kevin Midleton AC M45 06:52.9 15 14
15 0:35:24 NICHOLSON, Eddie Youghal AC M 07:04.6 39 15
16 0:35:56 MCGRATH, Phil East Cork AC M60 07:11.0 82 16
17 0:35:58 HAYES, Kevin St. Catherines AC M 07:11.4 105 17
18 0:37:02 MURPHY, Pat Ballymore-Cobh AC M45 07:24.2 27 18
19 0:37:32 O'MAHONY, Sylvie Youghal AC M55 07:30.2 100 19
20 0:37:33 CHAMBERS, Darren Youghal AC M 07:30.4 32 20
21 0:38:35 WALSHE, John East Cork AC M55 07:42.8 17 21
22 0:38:41 MCCARTHY, Danny Midleton AC M60 07:44.0 73 22
23 0:38:54 O'DONOGHUE, Donal unatt/Little Island M40 07:46.6 157 23
24 0:38:59 KELLY, Thomas Ballymore-Cobh AC M50 07:47.6 66 24
25 0:39:51 AHERNE, Barry Midleton AC M 07:58.0 78 25
26 0:39:52 BLAIKLOCK, Adam unatt/Conna M 07:58.2 138 26
27 0:44:00 KEARNEY, Batt Leevale AC M50 08:47.8 160 27
28 0:45:06 O'CONNELL, Donie Midleton AC M60 09:01.0 107 28
29 0:46:23 MULLANE, Philip Midleton AC M 09:16.4 113 29
30 0:48:16 O'MAHONY, William Youghal AC M65 09:39.0 64 30
Team:
1 Midleton AC (4, 5, 6, 10) 25
2 East Cork AC (7, 9, 14, 19) 49
3 Youghal AC (8, 13, 17, 18) 56


Imokilly Oil/East Cork Road Championships
WOMEN 2000 metres
Place Time Name Team Race Age Category min/mile
1 0:07:52 GEARY, Ann Midleton AC F 06:19.7 471 1
2 0:07:56 DRENNAN, Sally Midleton AC F45 06:22.9 470 2
3 0:08:14 HOUGH, Joan Midleton AC F50 06:37.4 477 3
4 0:08:18 AHERNE, Deirdre Midleton AC F 06:40.6 488 4
5 0:08:26 MURPHY, Marie Midleton AC F 06:47.0 492 5
6 0:08:39 DELANEY, Susan Midleton AC F 06:57.5 478 6
7 0:08:57 PERRY, Anne-Marie Midleton AC F35 07:12.0 486 7
8 0:09:13 LANDERS, Martina Youghal AC F35 07:24.8 479 8
9 0:09:20 TWOHIG, Margaret Midleton AC F40 07:30.5 489 9
10 0:09:22 O'DOHERTY, Maura Midleton AC F35 07:32.1 491 10
11 0:09:28 MORRISON, Moira Midleton AC F40 07:36.9 484 11
12 0:09:44 O'RIORDAN, Kate St. Catherines AC F 07:49.8 476 12
13 0:09:45 TWOMEY, Bernie Midleton AC F40 07:50.6 490 13
14 0:09:51 HARRINGTON, Kim unatt/Glanworth F 07:55.4 775 14
15 0:09:57 MCPHERSON, Nicola Midleton AC F 08:00.2 469 15
16 0:10:00 BARRY, Margaret Midleton AC F60 08:02.7 487 16
17 0:10:28 KEANE, Mary Midleton AC F40 08:25.2 485 17
18 0:10:28 BUCKLEY, Susan Midleton AC F 08:25.2 473 18
19 0:10:40 IVERS, Sinead Midleton AC F 08:34.8 472 19
20 0:10:55 SHEEHAN, Ger St. Catherines AC F 08:46.9 482 20
21 0:11:08 MCCARTHY, Isabel Youghal AC F 08:57.4 480 21
22 0:11:10 MCGRATH, Marie Midleton AC F40 08:59.0 483 22
23 0:11:13 CROWLEY, Donna unatt/Glanworth F 09:01.4 773 23
24 0:11:19 CURTIN, Patricia Youghal AC FJ 09:06.2 481 24
25 0:11:26 DUNNING, Nuala St. Catherines AC F40 09:11.8 493 25
26 0:11:43 O'KEEFFE, Therese St. Catherines AC F35 09:25.5 777 26
27 0:11:56 BARRETT, Marian unatt/Glanworth F 09:36.0 776 27
28 0:13:16 RECKMANN, Johanna St. Catherines AC F 10:40.3 475 28
29 0:13:58 DUNCAN, Mary St. Catherines AC F 11:14.1 474 29
30 0:13:59 O'HALLORAN, Stephanie unatt/Glanworth F 11:14.9 496 30
31 0:15:13 BARRETT, Aine unatt/Glanworth F 12:14.5 772 31
32 0:16:31 MCCORMAC, Valerie unatt/Glanworth F 13:17.2 494 32
33 0:16:32 MCCARTHY, Sinead unatt/Glanworth F 13:18.0 495 33
34 0:16:33 FLYNN, Sylvia unatt/Glanworth F 13:18.8 774 34
Team:
1 Midleton AC (4, 5, 6) 15
2 Youghal AC (8, 20, 22) 50
3 St. Catherines AC (12, 19, 23) 54

Organised by the East Cork Athletics Board of AAI
Results produced by Ballycotton Running Promotions.

Preview of the East Cork Road Championships...Thurs 28th Apr 2010

Normally Championship races are confined to members of athletic clubs only. This one however is open to anyone who wishes to take part. The numbers taking part are usually small and the entry fee is usually very modest.

East Cork Road Championships........
Directions.........Take the N25 to Midleton and on the main street, take the turn off left (R627....This is signposted "Dungourney 10 ; Tallow 26"). After 9 kms, you reach Dungourney and keep going towards Tallow. Later you will pass Leahy's Open Farm and then you need to take a left at the next crossroads. This is signposted "Ballynoe 5 ; Conna 9". From there, it's a straight 5km run into Ballynoe. If you're coming from Fermoy direction, you most likely need to go via Conna. Note that Ballynoe is a fair distance from Midleton so plan your journey, and allow plenty of time to get there.

Registration...........Registration, changing, refreshments and results are at the "Ballynoe Community Centre".This is at the north end of the village, opposite the Church.

There are two events......1) The Ladies’ 2000m (7:30pm) and 2) The Men's 5 mile race (8pm).

Info from the organisers....The East Cork Road Championships are on in Ballynoe on this Thursday 28th - the ladies race at 7.30pm 2K and mens race over 5 miles at 8pm.  There is a really tough hill which the men meet 4 times as it is a 4 lap course.  Team and individual medals to be won in both races.  Entry is normally low although outside runners do sometimes participate.  Medals obviously confined to runners from East Cork region.

Results of the East Cork Championships - Thurs 29th Apr 2010...
Imokilly Oil/East Cork Road Championships



Men's 5-Mile
Thursday 29 April 2010. 7:45pm 
Place Time Name Team Race Age Category min/mile  
1 0:27:46 MCGRATH, Sean East Cork AC M 05:33.1 121 1
2 0:28:06 O'CARROLL, Frank East Cork AC M 05:37.1 159 2
3 0:28:47 HAYES, Frank East Cork AC M40 05:45.3 347 3
4 0:29:00 MEADE, Eric East Cork AC M40 05:47.9 115 4
5 0:29:12 O'REGAN, Noel Midleton AC M40 05:50.3 342 5
6 0:29:31 O'DWYER, David East Cork AC M 05:54.1 158 6
7 0:29:50 SMITH, Kevin Midleton AC M 05:57.9 309 7
8 0:30:13 MCCARTHY, Denis East Cork AC M45 06:02.5 101 8
9 0:31:56 CURTIN, Noel Youghal AC M45 06:23.1 167 9
10 0:31:57 CURLEY, Paul Youghal AC M40 06:23.1 140 10
11 0:32:13 BRODERICK, Donal Midleton AC M40 06:26.5 314 11
12 0:32:15 AHERNE, Neilus Midleton AC M50 06:26.9 305 12
13 0:32:17 GRIFFIN, John Grange-Fermoy AC M40 06:27.3 126 13
14 0:32:27 O'SULLIVAN, Edmond Midleton AC M45 06:29.3 345 14
15 0:32:45 CASHMAN, John Midleton AC M45 06:32.9 303 15
16 0:34:01 DRAKE, Martin Youghal AC M45 06:48.1 183 16
17 0:35:20 MCGRATH, Conor Midleton AC M 07:03.8 188 17
18 0:36:44 O'MAHONY, Sylvie Youghal AC M50 07:20.6 181 18
19 0:37:22 O'HALLORAN, John Midleton AC M55 07:28.2 349 19
20 0:37:35 KELLY, Thomas Ballymore-Cobh AC M50 07:30.8 144 20
21 0:38:12 CAREY, John Midleton AC M40 07:38.2 143 21
22 0:38:26 O'DONOGHUE, Donal unatt/Little Island M40 07:41.0 316 22
23 0:38:52 WALSHE, John East Cork AC M55 07:46.2 102 23
24 0:39:04 MCCARTHY, Danny Midleton AC M55 07:48.6 146 24
25 0:41:51 KEARNEY, Batt Leevale AC M50 08:22.0 186 25
26 0:43:23 O'CONNELL, Donie Midleton AC M60 08:40.4 166 26
27 0:43:36 MULLANE, Philip Midleton AC M 08:43.0 130 27
28 0:44:25 O'MAHONY, William Youghal AC M60 08:52.8 162 28 
TEAM: 1 Midleton AC (5, 7, 11, 12) = 35
2 East Cork AC (4, 6, 8, 23) = 41
3 Youghal AC (9, 10, 16, 18) = 53 


Women's 2000m
Thursday 29 April 2010. 7:30pm 
Place Time Name Team Race Age Category min/mile  
1 0:07:29 NOLAN, Michelle Midleton AC F35 06:01.2 30 1
2 0:08:09 GEARY, Caroline Midleton AC F 06:33.4 84 2
3 0:08:22 CAHILL, Breda Midleton AC F35 06:43.8 39 3
4 0:08:32 FITZGERALD, Yvonne Midleton AC F 06:51.9 96 4
5 0:09:01 PERRY, Anne-Marie Midleton AC F35 07:15.2 50 5
6 0:09:04 KENNEDY, Yvonne Midleton AC F 07:17.6 8 6
7 0:09:17 O'BRIEN, Denise unatt/Castlelyons F35 07:28.1 36 7
8 0:09:29 COUGHLAN, Ciara Midleton AC F 07:37.7 81 8
9 0:09:41 BARRY, Margaret Midleton AC F60 07:47.4 54 9
10 0:09:56 HIGGINS, Carrie Midleton AC FJ 07:59.4 17 10
11 0:10:38 BEAUSANG, Margaret Midleton AC F50 08:33.2 14 11
12 0:11:21 HAYES, Siobhan East Cork AC F 09:07.8 86 12
13 0:11:32 MCCARTHY, Joan Midleton AC F50 09:16.7 43 13 
TEAM: 1 Midleton AC (4, 5, 6) = 15 


Organised by East Cork Board AAI 
Results produced by John Walshe of Ballycotton Running Promotions.

Preview of the East Cork Road Championships...Thurs 29th Apr 2010
Normally Championship races are confined to members of athletic clubs only. This one however is open to anyone who wishes to take part. The numbers taking part are usually small and the entry fee is usually very modest.



East Cork Road Championships........
Directions.........Take the N25 to Midleton and on the main street, take the turn off left (R627....This is signposted "Dungourney 10; Tallow 26"). After 9 kms, you reach Dungourney and keep going towards Tallow. Later you will pass Leahy's Open Farm and then you need to take a left at the next crossroads. This is signposted "Ballynoe 5; Conna 9". From there, it's a straight 5km run into Ballynoe. If you're coming from Fermoy direction, you most likely need to go via Conna. Note that Ballynoe is a fair ditance from Midleton so plan your journey, and allow plenty of time to get there.


Registration...........Registration, changing, refreshments and results are at the "Ballynoe Community Centre".This is at the north end of the village, opposite the Church.
There are two events 1) The Ladies’ 2000m (7:30pm)
 and 2) The Men's 5 mile race.


Men’s Five Mile.....The middle section and the majority of the race consists of four laps of a triangular course. The start line is a half-mile south of the village, on the road towards Dungourney. You then run back into the village, through the central crossroads, and past the Community Centre, going downhill slightly.
After the yellow "junction ahead" sign, you take a sharp left.You're onto a narrow quieter road, continuing downhill again.
Just after a YIELD sign, and the FAILTE hedge, you take another sharp left. After 100m the road gets *very* steep, as you go uphill past the GAA grounds, and the Garda Station.
At the top of the hill, there is a STOP sign. This is the crossroads. Turn left here. That completes the first of four triangular laps.
As each lap is a little over a mile, you will appear to encounter the mile-markers in reverse order! Don't worry; just count your laps carefully.
At the fourth lap, you will turn right at the STOP sign, heading out the road from which you started. The finish line is at the brown Eircom public telephone box.
(...with thanks to Donal O'Donoghue for the above preview)


Info from the organisers..... The East Cork Road Championships are on in Ballynoe on this Thursday 29 - the ladies race at 7.30pm 2K and mens race over 5 miles at 8pm.  There is a really tough hill which the men meet 4 times as it is a 4 lap course.  Team and individual medals to be won in both raecs.  Entry is normally low although outside runners do sometimes participate.  Medals obviously confined to runners from East Cork region.  Dan McCarthy  & Co will have a warm welcome for everybody to Ballynoe.

Results of the East Cork Road Championships...Thurs 23rd Apr 2009

This event in Ballynoe consisted of a 5 mile road race for men and a 2 km road race for women. As expected, the fields were pretty small and consisted mainly of local runners.

Race Report by Donal O'Donoughue.......
It was a little damp, more so during the Ladies 2000m, but things cleared up somewhat by the time the Men's 5 mile started. There were 18 ladies - double last year.There were 31 men - the same number as last year. This was mainly an East Cork clubs event, with a few independent runners like me taking part.

It's still got that short but incredibly steep hill, which the Ladies do once, but the men do four times.
The course was marked at each mile, and somebody had even taken the time to draw white circles around the few potholes on the course. Nice :-)
John Walshe had the results in double-quick time.
The winner of the Ladies and the Men's event each received a silver cup, and there were medals for 2nd, 3rd. East Cork AC cleaned up, taking 8 out of the top 10 places, and also won the team prize, despite the fact that individual winners did not count in the Team prizes. Midleton AC had a big turnout too, and came second in the team category. Youghal AC were third.
Teas, sandwiches, buns and fruit cake at the Community Centre finished off a very enjoyable evening.
On a sad note, I see that Eircom have put a note on the public Telephone Box in Ballynoe, saying this facility is about to be removed. We need to get a preservation order placed on this phone box. It's our finish line!!.......Donal O'Donoghue

Results........

Imokilly Oil/East Cork Road Championships
Thursday 23 April 2009. 7:15 pm
Women's 2000m
Place Time Name Team Race Age Category min/mile
1 0:07:20 NOLAN, Michelle Midleton AC F35 05:53.9 3401 1

2 0:07:34 HICKEY, Fiona Youghal AC F 06:05.2 3406 2

3 0:07:47 WALSH, Niamh Youghal AC F 06:15.7 3412 3

4 0:07:50 DRENNAN, Sally Midleton AC F40 06:18.1 3402 4

5 0:07:53 GEARY, Caroline Midleton AC F 06:20.5 3416 5

6 0:08:06 O'KEEFFE, Mary Youghal AC F45 06:30.9 3413 6

7 0:08:45 O'CONNOR, Linda East Cork AC F 07:02.3 3410 7

8 0:09:03 MURPHY, Christine Midleton AC F 07:16.8 3418 8

9 0:09:07 PERRY, Anne-Marie Midleton AC F35 07:20.0 3403 9

10 0:09:24 HENNESSY, Elaine Midleton AC F50 07:33.7 3405 10

11 0:09:33 KENNEDY, Yvonne Midleton AC F 07:40.9 3411 11

12 0:09:51 COUGHLAN, Ciara Carrigtwohill F 07:55.4 3408 12

13 0:09:51 HEGARTY, Linda Midleton AC F35 07:55.4 3404 13

14 0:10:02 CARR, Lorraine Sr. Catherines AC F 08:04.3 3417 14

15 0:10:06 BEAUSANG, Margaret Midleton AC F50 08:07.5 3409 15

16 0:10:47 MCCARTHY, Joan Midleton AC F50 08:40.5 3415 16

17 0:11:02 KEANE, Mary Midleton AC F40 08:52.5 3414 17

18 0:12:18 TOHER, Mary Midleton AC F50 09:53.7 3407 18

TEAM: 1 Midleton AC 17 (Sally Drennan, Caroline Geary, Christine Murphy)

Men's 5-Mile
Place Time Name Team Race Age Category min/mile

1 0:28:22 MCGRATH, Sean East Cork AC M 05:40.3 208 1

2 0:28:44 MEADE, Eric East Cork AC M40 05:44.7 226 2

3 0:28:47 HAYES, Frank East Cork AC M 05:45.3 285 3

4 0:29:21 CURTIN, Noel Youghal AC M45 05:52.1 283 4

5 0:29:29 MAHONY, Tim East Cork AC M 05:53.7 11 5

6 0:29:47 MCCARTHY, Denis East Cork AC M45 05:57.3 1 6

7 0:29:51 O'CARROLL, Frank East Cork AC M 05:58.1 288 7

8 0:30:00 O'DWYER, David East Cork AC M 05:59.9 287 8

9 0:30:15 O'KEEFFE, Marty Youghal AC M40 06:02.9 278 9

10 0:31:05 HARTNETT, Tom East Cork AC M45 06:12.9 46 10

11 0:31:26 DUNPHY, John Midleton AC M40 06:17.1 54 11

12 0:31:53 CASHMAN, John Midleton AC M40 06:22.5 279 12

13 0:32:29 COONEY, Kevin Midleton AC M45 06:29.7 52 13

14 0:33:06 COONEY, Shane Midleton AC M 06:37.1 83 14

15 0:33:20 GRIFFIN, John Grange-Fermoy AC M 06:39.9 73 15

16 0:34:00 TIERNEY, Conor East Cork AC M 06:47.9 282 16

17 0:34:21 RAMSELL, Ned Midleton AC M 06:52.1 93 17

18 0:34:27 PRENDERGAST, Gary Rathcormac M 06:53.3 290 18

19 0:34:50 DALTON, Marc Midleton AC M 06:57.9 280 19

20 0:34:57 MURPHY, Michael Midleton AC M 06:59.3 293 20

21 0:35:02 PARKINSON, Nick Midleton M 07:00.3 222 21

22 0:35:37 MCGRATH, Phil East Cork AC M55 07:07.2 96 22

23 0:36:09 O'LEARY, Ted St. Catherines AC M 07:13.6 284 23

24 0:37:07 O'CONNELL, Donie Midleton AC M55 07:25.2 221 24

25 0:37:21 O'DONOGHUE, Donal Little Island M40 07:28.0 286 25

26 0:37:25 MCCARTHY, Danny Midleton AC M55 07:28.8 281 26

27 0:37:37 WALSHE, John East Cork AC M55 07:31.2 63 27

28 0:39:50 FLANAGAN, Eamon Youghal AC M40 07:57.8 289 28

29 0:41:12 KELLY, Thomas Ballymore-Cobh AC M50 08:14.2 292 29

30 0:43:00 O'MAHONY, William Youghal AC M60 08:35.8 291 30

31 0:44:56 KEARNEY, Batt Leevale AC M50 08:59.0 75 31

TEAM:

1 East Cork AC 26 (Tim O’Mahony, Denis McCarthy, Frank O’Carroll, David Dwyer)

2 Midleton AC 50 (John Dunphy, John Cashman, Kevin Cooney, Shane Cooney)

3 Youghal AC 71 (Noel Curtin, Marty O’Keeffe, Eamon Flanagan, Willie O’Mahony)

Organised by East Cork Board AAI
Results produced by Ballycotton Running Promotions

Preview of the East Cork Road Championships...Thurs 23rd Apr 2009
Unfortunately, there is a clash of races on Thursday evening with 2 events on offer. To the north of Midleton, there is East Cork Road Championships in Ballynoe starting at 7:30pm. This race will be mainly of interest to runners from east Cork although it is open to other runners as well. The other race on Thursday evening is the Mallow 5 mile road race. This also starts at 7:30pm and is likely to draw a much larger field.

East Cork Road Championships........
Directions.........Take the N25 to Midleton and on the main street, take the turn off left (R627....This is signposted "Dungourney 10; Tallow 26"). After 9 kms, you reach Dungourney and keep going towards Tallow. Later you will pass Leahy's Open Farm and then you need to take a left at the next crossroads. This is signposted "Ballynoe 5; Conna 9". From there, it's a straight 5km run into Ballynoe. If you're coming from Fermoy direction, you most likely need to go via Conna.
Note that Ballynoe is a fair ditance from Midleton so plan your journey, and allow plenty of time to get there.
Registration...........Registration, changing, refreshments and results are at the "Ballynoe Community Centre".This is at the north end of the village, opposite the Church.
There are two events 1) The Ladies’ 2000m, and 2) The Men's 5 mile race.
Men’s Five Mile.....The middle section and the majority of the race consists of four laps of a triangular course. The start line is a half-mile south of the village, on the road towards Dungourney. You then run back into the village, through the central crossroads, and past the Community Centre, going downhill slightly.
After the yellow "junction ahead" sign, you take a sharp left.You're onto a narrow quieter road, continuing downhill again.
Just after a YIELD sign, and the FAILTE hedge, you take another sharp left. After 100m the road gets *very* steep, as you go uphill past the GAA grounds, and the Garda Station.
At the top of the hill, there is a STOP sign. This is the crossroads. Turn left here. That completes the first of four triangular laps.
As each lap is a little over a mile, you will appear to encounter the mile-markers in reverse order! Don't worry; just count your laps carefully.
At the fourth lap, you will turn right at the STOP sign, heading out the road from which you started. The finish line is at the brown Eircom public telephone box.
(...with thanks to Donal O'Donoghue for the above preview)

Results of the East Cork Road Championships (Ballynoe) - Thurs 24th Apr 2008

This race was essentially an AAI inter club competition between the East Cork Athletic clubs. It was however open to everyone. The results are shown below and Donal O'Donoughue has very kindly written a race report on what he thought of the race.

Results...

Imokilly Oil/East Cork Road Championships
Men 5-mile

Place Time Name Team Race Age Category min/mile
1 0:28:50 MCGRATH, Sean East Cork AC M 05:45.9
2 0:29:21 HAYES, Frank East Cork AC M 05:52.1

3 0:29:28 CURTIN, Noel Youghal AC M40 05:53.5
4 0:30:19 MCCARTHY, Denis East Cork AC M45 06:03.7
5 0:30:24 BYCZEK, Stanislaw Midleton AC M45 06:04.7

6 0:30:51 O'KEEFFE, Marty Youghal AC M 06:10.1
7 0:31:10 BRODERICK, Donal Midleton AC M40 06:13.9

8 0:31:44 CURLEY, Paul Youghal AC M40 06:20.7
9 0:32:37 COONEY, Kevin Midleton AC M45 06:31.3
10 0:32:47 NICHOLSON, Andrew Youghal AC M 06:33.3
11 0:32:54 TIERNEY, Conor East Cork AC M 06:34.7
12 0:32:56 CASHMAN, John Midleton AC M40 06:35.1
13 0:33:14 GRIFFIN, John Carraig na bhFear AC M 06:38.7
14 0:33:34 KELLEHER, Denis Midleton AC M40 06:42.7
15 0:34:43 DUNPHY, John Rising Sun AC M 06:56.5
16 0:35:22 PENTONY, Gerard Ballymore-Cobh AC M40 07:04.2
17 0:36:04 CURLEY, Kieran Youghal AC M45 07:12.6 283 17
18 0:36:17 DUNNING, Steve Ballynoe M 07:15.2 291 18
19 0:36:31 MCGRATH, Phil East Cork AC M55 07:18.0 268 19
20 0:36:50 WALSHE, John East Cork AC M55 07:21.8 267 20
21 0:37:10 KELLY, Tom Ballymore-Cobh AC M50 07:25.8 271 21
22 0:37:21 RAMSELL, Ned Midleton AC M 07:28.0 277 22
23 0:37:33 CONNOLLY, Vincent Midleton AC M50 07:30.4 285 23
24 0:37:38 MCCARTHY, Danny Midleton AC M55 07:31.4 275 24
25 0:37:58 FLANAGAN, Eamon Youghal AC M 07:35.4 280 25
26 0:38:04 ARNOTT, Pat Youghal AC M50 07:36.6 279 26
27 0:38:14 HANRAHAN, Michael Midleton AC M 07:38.6 278 27
28 0:38:29 O'CONNELL, Donie Midleton AC M55 07:41.6 286 28
29 0:39:25 KEARNEY, Batt Leevale AC M50 07:52.8 293 29
30 0:42:08 O'DONOGHUE, Donal Little Island M40 08:25.4 294 30

Team 1 Midleton (5, 7, 9, 12) 33
2 Youghal (6, 8, 10, 17) 41
3 East Cork (4, 11, 19, 20) 54

Imokilly Oil/East Cork Road Championships
Women 2 km

Place Time Name Team Race Age Category min/mile
1 0:07:44 WALSH, Niamh Youghal AC F 06:13.2
2 0:08:01 HOUGH, Joan Midleton AC F45 06:26.9
3 0:08:05 DRENNAN, Sally Midleton AC F40 06:30.1

4 0:08:45 BROWN, Fiona Midleton AC F40 07:02.3
5 0:09:09 CAHILL, Breda Midleton AC F35 07:21.6
6 0:09:42 BARRY, Margaret Midleton AC F55 07:48.2

7 0:09:59 BEAUSANG, Margaret Midleton AC F50 08:01.9
8 0:11:16 MCCARTHY, Joan Midleton AC F50 09:03.8
9 0:11:51 O'CONNELL, Kathleen Midleton AC F50 09:32.0

Team: 1 Midleton (4, 5, 6) 15 points

Organised by the East Cork Board of AAI

(.....with thanks to John Walshe of Ballycotton Running Promotions for these results)

Race Report........by Donal O'Donoughue

' The loneliness of the short-distance runner '
Despite being told by somebody who should know, that the start time was 8pm, it appeared to start at 7:50...ish. I registered at about 7:47, and was running to the start line, when the pack started running towards me. I joined near the back, did my best. However, I did cover the distance and a bit more....I'm a little out of shape.

There were 9 (NINE) women in the Women’s 2000m race, which started earlier.
There were 30 (THREE ZERO) men in the men's race, which turned out to be a five miler. All but two of the men were from Athletic clubs, i.e. me and some local guy from Ballynoe.
I honestly thought this would be a 4 mile breeze -- some competitive practice, for Friday night's Mallow race.Not so. This started out perhaps 0.5 miles south of the village on the R627 (the road from Midleton). Through the village, and then left, anti-clockwise along a back road to the west of the village, and then east along the road with the Garda Station and GAA club, and back into the centre of the village. This hill by the Garda station was a "killer". Sally Drennan and friends were standing outside the GAA club offering moral support and encouragement. I used some precious breath to ask a guy alongside me "Do we do two laps?” Depressingly, the answer was "nah, this is a four lap race!!” After the third lap, I was on my own, literally. Sally & friends ran with me up hill to the village. The end was a right turn, a hundred metres or so, and finished near a phone box, near the post office.
There were no spectacular 5-minute mile performances. The hill took care of that!
The course was very quiet, apart from an articulated trunk that arrived at the GAA pitch. This took up almost the whole road, and I had to run on the grass verge to avoid being squashed.
Not sure what route the women's 2000m followed.
No traffic Marshals, but there were highly visible 1, 2, 3, and 4 mile signs, although their positioning was a bit confusing, as the lap was slightly less than a mile. Or maybe one was suffering from Asphyxia after "the hill".
Tea & sandwiches in the Ballynoe Community Hall.....Lovely buttered fruit-cake, and jammy cakes!
I came last, but hadn't time to wait about to see if there was a booby-prize! But on the positive side, THIRTHIETH is the highest ranking I've ever achieved. I'm wrecked.
Donal