Category results of the Cork BHAA Mount Oval 6 mile...Sun 20th Nov 2011

Somewhere around 200 runners turned out for this 6 mile race near Rochestown to the south of Cork City. Starting and finishing in the residential area of Mount Oval, the race followed a hilly route to the south taking in some quiet and some busy roads. Appearently there was a problem with lack of stewards at one road junction ~4.5 miles which resulted in some runners going the wrong way which wasn't great.

The category results are below. The full results are now HERE.

Leading group around the 1 mile mark...

Photos......(Updated 8:30am Tues 22nd Nov)
Maggie Chojan has a slideshow HERE

Ian Dorgan has a slideshow HERE

Men...1) 32:43 Shane Coffey, Deloitte. 2) 33:04 John Meade, Joyce Wolfe Physio. -) 32:13 Con Marshall (non-reg). 3rd reg) 33:36 Cillian O'Tuama, Arris
M40...1) John Malone, Quality Hotels. 2) John Dunphy, Flexible Connectors. 3) Sean O'Sullivan, ESB
M45...1) Mark Bickerdyke, Blarney School of Motoring. 2) John Cashman, Midleton News. 3) Eddie Byrne, IPS
M50...1) Andrew Geany, Apple Computer, 2) Eamonn Murphy, St. Patricks College. 3) Mossie Shanahan, Sisks
M55...1) Tony Huff, Team Adidas, 2) Dan Kennedy, DMP, 3) Dan Horgan, Midleton UDC
M60...1) Jimmy Murray, HSE, 2) Paddy Joyce, Mallow
M65...1) Paddy Daly, Army, 2) Billy Caball, BHAA
M70...1) John O'Leary, Bookdeal
Mens Teams
Grade A...1)  51 IPS, 2)  -- no second, 3)  -- no third
Grade B...1)  82 Midleton News, 2)  99 ESB, 3) 102 EMC
Grade C...1) 154 Pfizer, 2) 156 Sisk Builders, 3) 172 UCC
Ladies...1) 40:32 Geraldine O'Shea, Cork County Council (F40), 2) 42:48 Orla Crosbie, HSE, 3) 43:06 Gillian Cotter, UCC, 4) 44:02 Elaine Guinane, Dept of Ed
F35...1) Theresa Crowley, 2) Michelle Leighton, Angela Walsh Properties
F40...There were no prize winners in the F40 category
F45...1) Mary O'Keeffe, Midleton News, 2) Kitty Harrington Buckley, HSE, 3) Marie Creedon, CSO
F50...1) Frances O'Connor, Dept of Ed, 2) Margaret Rohan, Midleton News, 3) Joan McCarthy, BOI
F55...There were no prize winners in the F55 category
F60...1) Mary Linehan, Linehans
F65...1) Maggie Dunne, Avondhu Motors Factors
Ladies Teams
Grade A...1)   9 Dept Ed, 2)  12 HSE
Grade B...1)  21 Midleton News, 2)  31 BOI

Category Results of the Cork BHAA 'HSE' 4 mile - Sun 6th Nov 2011

Men
1) 21:03 John Meade, Joyce Wolfe Physio, 2) 21:09 Kevin Wilmot, EMC, 3) 21:10 Danny Smith, Team Adidas, 4) 22:04 Eamon O'Donovan, FAS
M40 1) Kieran O'Sullivan, Cork Garda, 2) John Malone, ?, 3) 24:21 Pat O'Connor, Logitech
M45 1) Conor McMahon, Solvit Food Solutions, 2) Thomas O'Regan, Irish Rail, 3) John Collins, Team Adidas
M50 1) Michael Murphy, Novartis, 2) Liam O'Reilly, Cork Garda, 3) John Collins, Team Adidas
M55 1) Willie Hayes, An Post Eircom, 2) Pat Mahony, ?, 3) Joe Murphy, Cork County Council
M60 1) Pat Twomey, UCC 2) Maurice Tobin, Avondhu Motor Factors,
M65 1) John O'Leary, Bookdeal, 2) John O'Mahony, UCC
Mens Teams
Grade A...1) 58 Team Adidas, 2) 71 Dept of Ed, 3) 92 Cork Garda
Grade B...1) 98 Midleton UDC, 2) 100 EMC, 3) 102 UCC
Grade C...1) 128 Bord Gais, 2) 132 Army, 3) 136 HSE

Close contest at the front with just a few hundred metres to go...

Ladies
1) 25:18 Geraldine O'Shea, Cork County Council 25:18 (F40), 2) 25:41 Joyce Wolfe, 3) 26:26 Ester Murphy, McAfee, 4) 26:54 Irene Hartigan, UCC
F35 1) Rachael O'Callaghan, Cork Shops, 2) Denise Hickey, Janssen, 3) Michelle Leighton
F40 1) Margaret Twohig, Pranic Healer Irl, 2) Niamh Fleming, Avondhu Motor Factors, 3) Yvonne Gough, St Lukes Home
F45 1) Monica Twohig, Eolas, 2) Kitty Harrington, HSE, 3) Mary Mulcahy, Bank of Ireland
F50 1) Frances O'Connor, Dept of Ed,  2) Aine Murphy, UCC,
F55 1) Marion Lyons, Fit 4 Life, 2) Maggie Dunne, Avondhu Motors Factors
Ladies Teams
Grade A...1)  10 UCC, 2)  11 Joyce Wolfe
Grade B...1)  45 Avondhu Motor Factors, 2)  47 HSE

Start of the race...(with No.600...the 'famous' Ned Ramsell!!)

Photos...Denis Kelleher / Video...Marcel Springorum

Photos......A slideshow of 151 photos by Ian Dorgan HERE

Video by Ian O'Sullivan...

Results of the Poll....'Should there be an Over 35 section for men in all Road Races'

This poll started off some time back when John Dunphy of Midleton AC posed this question and a fair bit of a debate followed. See HERE.

The poll was on the website for just over 1 month and thanks to everyone who took the trouble to vote.The result is that of those who had a preference, 58% voted YES.........and 42% voted NO.

Certainly, 58% is a yes but not a resounding yes. It could probably be said that a 'slight' majority support the idea.

So, with that result in mind, it is now up to race organisers to decide for themselves if they want to introduce a category for men in the Over 35 category or not.