Results of the Cork BHAA Sterling 5k road race -Wed 5th Aug 2026

The Cork BHAA Sterling BHAA 5k road race in Ringskiddy was held on Wed 5th of Aug 2026 on a windy but dry evening. There were 329 finishers which is up about 12% on last year.

The chart above shows the history of the Novartis / Sterling 5k race. It used to be higher numbers in the past but 329 is pretty much in line with more recent events.

Top 3 men & women...
1 Dermot Ryan M1 00:16:41 Uisce Éireann
2 Michael Corbett 0/50M M2 00:16:51 Flex
3 Alan O'Brien 0/45M M3 00:17:04 McCarthy Insurance Group
10 Orla Drumm 0/40F F1 00:18:05 HSE
14 Carol Finn 0/35F F2 00:18:15 Carol Finn Physical Therapy
21 Sharon Rynne 0/35F F3 00:18:25 Kepak

Full results HERE

Photos... 
1) Mick Dooley has some photos HERE 

2) Joe Murphy has some photos... Album 1 ... Album 2 ... Album 3 ... Album 4 ... Album 5 ... Album 6 ...

First 3 women in the Sterling 5k (L-R) Carol Finn 2nd, Sharon Rynne 3rd & Orla Drumm 1st.

Results & Photos of the Cork BHAA Sterling 5k - Wed 6th Aug 2025

The Cork BHAA Sterling 5k in Ringaskiddy was held this year on Wed 6th Aug 2025 on what was an overcast but dry evening.

There were 293 finishers this year which is down a fair bit on the 394 in 2024 and just below the 307 in 2023.

Top 3 men & women...
1 Ruairi Casey M1 16:07 CITCO
2 Timmy Hawkins M2 16:21 Janssen M-B-1
3 Damian Murphy 16:28 Temp Reg
18 Sharon Rynne 0/35F F1 18:17 Kepak
31 Linda O'Connor 0/50F F2 19:21 Musgrave
37 Brid Hearne 0/40F F3 19:35 HSE

Full results HERE

Photos...

1) Mick Dooley has two albums up on the Cork BHAA page HERE and HERE

Results of the Cork BHAA Sterling 5k road race - Wed 3rd July 2024

The Cork BHAA Sterling 5k road race in Ringaskiddy was held on Wed 3rd July 2024 on what was a windy but dry evening. There were 394 finishers which sees the race recover to the level it was around 2016/2017.

Top 3 men & women...

 Pos Name Cat Prize Time Company Team
1 Gavin O'Rourke M1 00:16:22 Eli Lilly
2 Aidan Noone M2 00:16:28 Dept of Ed
3 Vivian Foley 0/50M M3 00:16:29 Owenabue Medical Centre
46 Sharon Rynne 0/35F F1 00:19:09 Kepak
55 Ella Collins F2 00:19:30 Collins
64 Linda O'Sullivan 0/50F F3 00:19:42 HSE F-A-1

Full results HERE

Results of the Cork BHAA Sterling 5k - Wed 5th July 2023

The Cork BHAA Sterling 5k road race in Ringaskiddy was held on Wed 5th July 2023 with 307 runners taking part (Sterling bought the Novartis plant at the start of 2023). The numbers are up 8.5% on the figure for 2022 and isn't too far off the 2018/2019 pre-pandemic levels.

Top 3 men & women...
1 Mark Walsh M1 15:43 Dept of Ed M-A-3 
2 Barry Twohig 0/40M M2 15:57 Emerald Fencing 
3 Duncan Hartwick M3 15:59 Diomac M-A-1
10 Lizzie Lee 0/40F F1 17:25 Apple
14 Hannah Steeds F2 17:33 Eli Lilly
25 Michelle Kenny 0/40F F3 18:21 Dept of Ed F-B-1

Full results HERE