Christmas round-up

Margaret Glavey made a brilliant start to the New Year in the Resolution 5k, where she won the W60 category in a very fast 22.13. Swinford based Margaret is one of our National category medal winners and has had a fantastic year. Her finishing times in distances from 5k to the half marathon are an inspiration to many men and women masters in the club and also to quite a few seniors!

And Congratulations to all our prizwinners and finishers in Ballinrobe and Manulla. Well done to Tracy Durkan who led the organisation of another successful Manulla FC 4 mile.

29th Dec Ballinrobe  Duathlon (198 finishers)

Winners Men: A O’Reilly  53:27;  first woman: M Boyle 63:12,27th overall.

Mayo AC placings: 11 Noel Gibbons 58:35 1st M40; 25 Sean Murphy M40 63:12; 37 Catherine Conway 65:46 and 3rd woman; 72 PJ Hall M50 70:16; 103 Chris O’Connell M50 74:32; 138 Patricia Carty 79:58; 141 Tracy Durkan 80:27; 157 John Timothy M50 84:26

St Stephen’s Day, Manulla FC 4 mile,  257 finishers.  Results are here: Race results 2013

Top  6 finishers (Mayo AC unless stated)

Men :1 John Byrne 21:30,(new course record)  2 Peter Tuohy(Castlebar) 23:27, 3 Anto Devaney 23:43, 4 Henry Hughes 23:50, 5 Ian Egan (Tuam AC) 23:52, 6 Sean Murphy 24:39

Women:1 Colette Tuohy 24:44, 2 Paula Prendergast 24:49, 3 Sarah Syron 26:05, 4 Siobhan Lennon (Ennis Track) 26:20, 5 Angela O’Connor 26:41, 6 Michelle Needham (Westport AC) 27:28

FFL Winners: 1st  Michael Carney 28.58 Castlebar Fitforlife     2nd Gerry O Neill Balla 29.29
Men on the Move Winners: 1st Michael Tiernan 28.32 Castlebar group; 2nd Gerry Mc Donagh 30.56 Manulla  group

Manulla Photos: prize presentations by James Hughes,  Express Windscreens Castlebar (sponsor),  and Race Organiser Tracy Durkan to John Byrne, Peter Tuohy, Anto Devaney, Sarah Syron