Results & Photos of the Cork County Intermediate & Novice B Cross Country Championships...Sun 18th Oct 2015

The Cork County Intermediate & Novice B Cross Country Championships were held near Macroom on Sunday the 18th of October 2015. The numbers taking part were low except for the Men's Novice B race.

In the Intermediate Women's race, there were only 13 runners taking part and that was actually an increase of 2 on the 11 in 2014. After the first third of the race, those taking part were mostly running on their own for the rest of the race. There were only two teams present, the same as last year.

Intermediate Women
1    Niamh Moore    Cork Varsity
2    Carly Cooke    Cork Varsity
3    Aoife Carroll    Mallow

L-R...Carly Cooke, Niamh Moore & Aoife Carroll

Intermediate Womens Teams
1    Cork Varsity     1, 2, 10, 12    25
2    St. Finbarr's     7, 8, 9, 13    37

In the Intermediate Men's race, there were 19 taking part...down from 30 last year. There were 3 teams compared to 4 in 2014.

Intermediate Men
Pos     Name     Team Name
1     Lothar Wyrwoll     Cork Varsity
2     Donal Coakley     Leevale
3     Chris Mintern     Leevale

L-R...Donal Coakley, Lothar Wyroll & Chris Mintern

Intermediate Mens Teams
1     Leevale     2, 3, 6, 10     21
2     Mallow     8, 11, 12, 14     45
3     St. Finbarr's     5, 13, 17, 18     53
In the Women's Novice B race, there were 16 taking part compared to 24 last year. The number of teams was the same...three.

Novice 'B' Women
Pos     Name     Team Name
1     Jessica Bruton     Leevale
2     Joanne McCann     Mallow
3     Debbie Mc Carthy     Riverstick Kinsale

1     St. Finbarr's     4, 6, 8, 14 ...32
2     Midleton     7, 9, 10, 12 ...38
3     Mallow     2, 11, 13, 15...41

The Men's Novice B race had the largest field of the day with 52 taking part (66 in 2014). There was also a modest representation from the clubs with 7 teams taking part (9 in 2015).
1     Alan O'Brien     Eagle
2     Mark Walsh     Leevale
3     Liam Tracey     Watergrasshill

L-R...Liam Tracey, Alan O'Brien & Mark Walsh

Novice 'B' Mens Teams
Pos     Club     Positions     Points
1     Leevale     2, 5, 11, 12     30
2     Eagle     1, 15, 19, 26     61
3     Watergrasshill     3, 4, 27, 31     65
4     Midleton     9, 13, 22, 29     73
5     St. Catherine's     10, 17, 21, 30     78
6     St. Finbarr's     7, 14, 20, 43     84
7     West Muskerry     18, 32, 35, 36     121

The full results of all 4 races can be found HERE.


As for why the numbers were so low? Perhaps it was the Ireland-Argentina Rugby Game in the Quarter Final of the World Cup? Maybe the face there were no Juvenile events meant the parents stayed away? In terms of conditions, it couldn't have got much better as it was overcast and dry.

Photos.....
1) There are 200+ photos on the Running in Cork Facebook page HERE

Results of the Cork AAI Intermediate & Novice B Cross Country Championships...Sun 19th Oct 2014

Cork Athletics Board Cork  Cross Country Championship in Castlelyons, NE Cork

Top 3 mens in the Cork Intermediate Cross Country...Michael Dullea 2nd, Michael Harty 1st & Owen Casey 3rd

Intermediate  Men...1 Michael Harty, East Cork AC), 2 Michael Dullea, Skibbreen AC, 3 Owen Casey, Leevale AC
Team...Leevale AC (Owen Casey, Anthony Mannix, Andrew Sheehan, Conor McKaulley)  22pts, 2nd St.Finbarrs AC 45pts, 3rd Mallow 51pts

Top 3 women in the Intermediate XC...L-R Fiona Santry 2nd, Niamh Allen 1st & Ronnie Barry 3rd

Intermediate Women 1 Niamh Allen, UCC AC, 2 Fiona Santry, East Cork AC, 3 Ronnie Barry,   Bandon AC

Mallow AC ladies team retain their Intermediate title

Teams...1st Mallow AC (Lorna Davy, Noreen Hurley ,Aoifa Carroll, Mairead Mulcahy) 22pts, 2nd East Cork AC 34 pts  

Novice “B” Men...1 Ian Dorgan (St.Finbarrs), 2 Dennis O’Driscoll (St Finbarrs AC), 3 Paul Deane, Clonakilty Road Runners AC
Teams....1st St. Finbarr's AC 64pts, 2nd Eagle AC  68pts, 3rd Leevale AC 71pts

Novice “B” Women...1st Ruth Mellerick, Youghal AC, 2nd Mary FitzGerald, Carrig Na bhFear AC, 3rd Edel O.Connell, Carrig na Bhfearr AC
Teams...1st Carrig Na BhFearr AC 22pts, 2 Midleton AC 47pts, 3rd St.Catherine's AC 73pts

The full results are available on the Cork AAI website

Photos...
1) Mick Dooley of Eagle AC has some team photos HERE