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The website Her.ie did a nice write up on our senior sprinters Steph and Catherine! You can read it here!

We had some great runs at the Dublin Graded on Wednesday the 29th July. Niamh Donnelly placed 3rd in the 800m with a PB of 2.13.21. In the same race, Claire Brennan placed a close 6th, also with a PB of 2.15.78! Both knocked roughly 3 seconds off their previous times – great running! Aoife Ni Bhrion also put in a strong performance in the A race and finished in a time of 2.27.16. There was also a great battle down the home straight in the Women’s 800 B race – Sinead Cronin placed joint first on the line in a time of 2.25.76 with Aislinn Moorhouse placing a tight 4th in 2.26.28.

On the mens side, Richie Lombard placed an excellent 4th in the Mens A 800m in 2.01.20, despite felling unwell with a flu on the day. In a very tight Mens B2 800m, Ben Quinn ran a time of 2.06.72 to finish strongly in a big field.

To finish off the Graded series, we entered our first DCH Mixed DMR (Distance Medley Relay) into the competition. Leading off we had Ben Quinn who ran the 800m leg, passing into Catherine McManus who made her 400m debut on the second leg. Claire Brennan battled it out over the 1200m leg – being the only woman out of all teams to do so! Richie Lombard brought the team home in 10th place running the 1600m leg. Great running and team spirit shown by the team and supporters!

Well done all!

All the rock n roll crew are to be at the rds on Friday at 2pm. Saturday we will be starting at 9 and finishing at 6. Water station crews for stations 1 and 2 to be in place at island bridge and bottom of kyber at 8.30. . Water station helpers for station 3 at top of steps in furry glen for 9am. Bring anyone you can beg to waterstations as a lot of people are away. Thanks to everyone.

Sat 25th July Hole in the Wall 10.30 -everyone

Sun 26th July Hole in the Wall 11am -everyone

Tue 28th July Hole in the Wall 10.30 -everyone

Thur 30th July Hole in the Wall 10.30 -everyone

Thur 30th July will be our last training session for the next few weeks. All helpers for the rock n roll in the RDS please note Friday 2pm till 8. Sat 8.30 till 6. Sunday will be Water station in the Phoenix Park and we will need all hands on deck! Details re times for Sunday will be on this site later.

On the following weekend we will be looking for children for the gear baskets at the National Seniors in Santry. We will be needing about 20 for Sat and Sunday.

Last Sunday a few of our older athletes ran as guests at the inter club competition in Santry. Claire Brennan had a great run in the 1500m doing a pb of 4.38. Finn Burke Power and Aoife Ni Bhroin ran in the 800m races. Steffi Creaner win her 200m and Catherine Mc Manus was 2nd in the 100m and the 200m with a marginal pb in the 200m.

On Tuesday night in Waterford there was a sprints and jumps night organised by sprints coach Shane Mc Cormack. On a perfect night for sprinting Catherine McManus ran a seasons best of 11.82 in the 100 and a big pb of 24.15 in the 200m .

Morton Games are on in Santry on Friday night and Niamh Donnelly will run in the 800m and Steffi Creaner runs in the 200m. Come out to Santry to support and to see the many international athletes from around the world in action. Children under 16 are free and adults 10 euro.