Irish team wins bronze at European Cross Championships in Bulgaria

The Irish senior womens team finished 3rd at the European Cross Country Championships in Bulgaria on Sunday the 14th of December 2014. The team finished on 87 points, just one ahead of France on 88.

L-R Siobhan O'Doherty, Sarah Treacy, Annmarie McGlynn, Michelle Finn, Laura Crowe and Fionnuala Britton

While Fionnuala Britton finished in 6th place, Sara Treacy and Michelle Finn finished a lot higher than their form might have suggested to held the Irish team secure bronze. In the end, it was all down to mere seconds. Sara Treacy was just 2 seconds ahead of a Spanish athlete while Michelle Finn of Leevale AC in Cork had the same time as a Danish athlete but finished just ahead of her.....fractions of a second but all important. The fourth scoring member of the team was the captain Annmarie McGlynn. Siobhan O'Doherty of Borrisokane AC in Tipp and Laura Crowe of An Rioght AC in Kerry made up the 6 in the bronze medal team.

The results of the senior womens race can be seen HERE

Full results of all race HERE

Post race interview of Fionnuala Britton...


The highlights are available to watch on the RTE player service for 3 weeks HERE

Photos...
1) James Veale of West Waterford AC has a large number of photos on the WWAC website....Junior men & women... U23 men & women... Senior men & women...

Photos from James Veale of West Waterford AC

How much is an Olympic Gold medal worth?

How much is an Olympic Gold medal worth?

This item appeared for sale on Ebay recently...the Olympic gold medal from the 1992 Barcelona Games for Ivan Ivanov, the Bulgarian weightlifter.

The asking price is £29,000.

Results of the 12th European Mtn Running Championships...Sat 6th July 2013

The 12th European Mountain Running Championships were held in Borovets, Bulgaria on Saturday, the 6th of July 2013. There were four Irish teams involved in the event and their results were....Senior men - 14th out of 19, Senior women 10th out of 14, Junior men - 9th of 9 and Junior women - 9th of 9.

The video below gives a flavour of what the course was like. Individual results below. From a Cork point of view, Claire McCarthy of Leevale AC was taking part in the Senior womens race.


Senior Men Number of Athletes: 75 Course: 11.8km +1152m/-151m
Rank Bib Name Nat DOB LowPoint HighPoint Finish
1  Bernard Dematteis ITA 24.05.86   56:30
35  Ian Conroy (Raheny Shamrock) IRL 24.12.80    1:02:58
42  Colm Mullen (Sli Cualann) IRL 19.10.81   1:04:01
46  Eoin Flynn (Rathfarmham) IRL 02.08.80    1:04:31
58  Brian Mac Mahon (Clonliffe) IRL 07.07.82    1:09:59

Senior Women Number of Athletes: 64 Course: 8.8km +1027m
Rank Bib Name Nat DOB LowPoint HighPoint Finish
1  Andrea Mayr AUT 15.10.79  51:49
26  Kate Cronin (Raheny Shamrock) IRL 26.09.83   58:40
35  Claire McCarthy (Leevale) IRL 29.06.76  1:01:05
41  Gladys Ganiel (N Belfast) IRL 10.03.77  1:02:11
48  Sarah Mulligan (DSD) IRL 31.07.86   1:04:47

Junior Men Number of Athletes: 41 Course: 8.8km +1027m
Rank Bib Name Nat DOB LowPoint HighPoint Finish
1  Ramazan Karagoz TUR 11.04.97  48:51

25 217 Killian Mooney (DSD) IRL 02.04.95   55:20
37 214 Mitchell Byrne (WSAF) IRL 19.08.94   59:16
39 215 Kyle Larkin (Emerald) IRL 07.12.95   1:01:25
40 216 Shane Maguire (Monaghan Town Runners) IRL 06.01.94   1:02:47

Junior Women Number of Athletes: 37 Course: 3.5km +530m
Rank Bib Name  Nat          DOB      Finish
1 414 Melanie Albrecht GER 19.02.96  25:49

33 419 Sara Moore (Omagh) IRL 04.08.94  33:49
34 420 Ellen Moran (Westport) IRL 18.03.95  34:51
36 418 Emily Grennan (Tullamore) IRL 17.07.97  35:50