End of Season Party and Prizegiving

l-r Move2Improve Level A winners: Norah Newcombe, Brendan Hession, Tadgh McGinty, Jacqui McCormack (Vodafone), Kathy Gleeson, Colette Tuohy

l-r Move2Improve Level B: Jacqui McCormack (Vodafone), Laura Heneghan, Tracy O’Boyle, James Malone, Ann Marie Clarke, Ambrose Gaughan

There was a grand buzz of excitement and warm conversation at our End of Season Party and prizegiving in the Dalton Inn Claremorris on Saturday evening. It was an occasion for reminiscing about our experiences during 2015 and celebrating individual and club team success. In addition to our two race series, there was weekly participation, podium places, and innumerable personal bests  by members in events near and far. We won a fine haul of medals in National and International championships – indoor, outdoor, road and cross-country – eighteen gold, twenty-seven silver, and eighteen bronze: sixty three in total. Our Fit4Life and Meet & Train groups grew and trained regularly, supplemented this year by weekly track sessions under the guidance of Matt Bidwell. And in tandem with this success our registered membership reached record levels.
The prizegiving included presentations to the three Levels winners of Mayo AC Vodafone 2015 Move2Improve Series and other national and club awards, as well as a load of spot prizes.

A big Thank You to our sponsors Vodafone and especially their representative Jacqui McCormack who attended the presentations. Thanks also to Trisha Carty, Michael McGrath, John Timothy and Ann McDonnell who facilitated the event.

Norah Newcombe (Mayo AC) with her National Half Marathon Senior women’s team silver and individual W35 gold medals

Mayo AC League Shield winners l-r Mary Gleeson, Michael
McGrath, John Byrne

Move2Improve Level C winners l-r Justin McDonagh, Jacqui
McCormack (Vodafone), Caroline Hession, Thomas Kelly, Shane Timothy

The 2015 winners of our Move2Improve Series sponsored by Vodafone were.

Women: Level A  1 Norah Newcombe 99, 2 Colette Tuohy 97, 3 Kathy Gleeson 73;

B: 1 Laura Heneghan 94, Tracy O’Boyle 82, Ann Marie Clarke 75;

C: 1 Caroline Hession 90, Una McGrath 87, Catherina Diskin Hunt 33

Men : Level A 1 Matt Bidwell 100, 2 Brendan Hession 76, 3 Tadgh McGinty 72;

B: 1 James Malone 88, 2 Patrick Walsh 87, 3 Michael Sweeney 62;

C:  1 Shane Timothy 69, 2 Thomas Kelly 65, 2 Justin McDonagh 65