5000 start Sheffield Half-Marathon despite cancellation...

The Sheffield Half-Marathon was due to be held today the 6th of April but had to be cancelled at the last moment due to a lack of water. A spokesperson for the race organisers, said: "We had a problem with the supply of water. The company we had asked to supply bowsers for the route did not arrive this morning. We have scoured supermarkets around the city, but unfortunately we have not been able to secure enough water for the medical-and-safety officers of the race to say it is safe to go ahead. We therefore took the very reluctant decision to cancel the race."
Once it was announced that the race was being cancelled, the runners seemed to have decided to go ahead anyway. The organisers said..."Runners had waited half an hour or more to start. When we made the announcement the runners decided that they wanted to race anyway, and all 5,000 of them set off."

The organisers later said those who finished would have been timed and there would be a list provided of all the finishers along with their times.

Derval O'Rourke wins 60m hurdles race at British Trials...

At the British Trials in Sheffield over the weekend, Derval O'Rourke from Cork won both her first heat and the womens race overall...

14:00 - 60 METRES HURDLES - Women - Heats - Heat 1    OFFICIAL RESULTS
First 1 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified   
1 Derval O'ROURKE    IRL    8.24        0.156    Q    SB       
2 Karla DREW    SOTON    8.38        0.164    q           
3 Lucy HATTON    CORBY    8.55        0.195    q    SB       
4 Jahisha THOMAS    BLACKHEATH    8.64        0.174        PB       
5 Lauren THOMPSON    HERTS P    8.72        0.220        PB       
6 Danielle ROONEY    SALE    8.86        0.191               
 Zara HOHN    WAKEFIELD    DQ           

15:52 - 60 METRES HURDLES - Women - Final    OFFICIAL RESULTS
1 Derval O'ROURKE    IRL    8.11        0.146        SB       
2 Sarah CLAXTON    WOODFORD G    8.16        0.113               
3 Yasmin MILLER    DERBY AC    8.25        0.193        PB       
4 Serita SOLOMON    BLACKHEATH    8.28        0.236               
5 Kylie ROBILLIARD    CHANNEL IS    8.52        0.186               
6 Louise HAZEL    BIRCHFIELD    8.52        0.219               
7 Lucy HATTON    CORBY    8.64        0.270               
 Karla DREW    SOTON    DQ    0.206               
Derval's time of 8.11 seconds was 4 one-hundreths of a second faster than the 8.15 seconds needed to qualify for selection for the Irish team to go to the European Indoor Track and Field Championships in Gothenbourg, Sweden in March.

Cork runner wins the 2011 Sheffield Half-Marathon...

Fergus Meade, a former member of East Cork AC won the Sheffield Half-Marathon in the UK last Sunday in a time of 71:32. Fergus, who is originally from Carrigtwohill finished about a minute ahead of his nearest rival in what were windy conditions. Some 4,500 runners took part in this event.

There is a report HERE in a local newspaper.