Dublin Clubs results, 15 - 17 March 2025

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Clonliffe Harriers made it a double at the Tallaght 5km on St Patrick’s Day, with Ben Guiden the overall race winner and Helena Butterly first woman. On an entirely new course which took in two laps of the local college, Guiden led from early on and finished a clear winner in 15 min 9 secs. Eddie O’Connor of Bro. Pearse AC was second in 13:31 and previous winner Tomás Fitzpatrick of organising club Tallaght AC third and first M40 in 15.39. Butterly had an equally emphatic victory crossing the line with almost half a minute to spare in 16 mins 54 secs. Orla Walsh of Crusaders was second in 17:22 and Faye Dervan of Dublin City Harriers third in 17.27. Fourth and first W40 in 17.59 was Rachel Murphy of Plant-Based AC. Age group winners included Aidan Murphy (Dundrum South Dublin AC) M45, Lea Fulcher (Plant-Based AC) M50, Seamus Boylan (Brothers Pearse) M55, Tom Cuddy (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M65, Janice Doyle (Brothers Pearse AC) W45, Catherine Brogan (Portmarnock AC) W50, Lucy Darcy (Sportsworld AC) W55, Fiona Byrne (Civil Service Harriers) W60, Liz Arkins (Lucan Harriers) W65 and Una Reilly (Liffey Valley AC) W70. In the team competition, it was again Clonliffe Harriers on the double. Tallaght AC and DSD AC were second and third of the men, while DCH and Liffey Valley were second and third of the women. 

Winners of the novice titles were Lee Duddy (Clonliffe Harriers), followed by Aidan Murphy (DSD AC) and Shane Heneghan (Dublin Front Runners) of the men and Orla Walshe (Crusaders AC), Rachel Murphy (Plant-Based AC) and Bonnie-may McFeat (DuCH ) of the women. Top three novice women’s teams were (provisionally) Liffey Valley, Sportsworld and Clonliffe Harriers. The top three men’s teams were Clonliffe Harriers, Dundrum South Dublin and Tallaght AC. The full results are on PopUPRaces at https://www.popupraces.ie/race/tallaght-ac-5k-2025/#1_C86632  The Dublin Novice results are at https://api.raceresult.com/331011/U0KS5YYLFVYUJDNHOZ6XXLU6NCTULL3Y and https://api.raceresult.com/331011/9UBMF2Q6YLHXDN0B74P0HDMEO1GMGWHV

Pictures from the Tallaght 5k are on https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720324484653/

Meanwhile in Co Laois, Dundrum South Dublin made a winning start to their defence of the Peugeot Race Series title by finishing first team ahead of St Abban’s AC and Kilkenny City Harriers at the Streets of Portlaoise 5km. In a competitive race up front, Killian Mooney of DSD race, has just two seconds to spare when he finished in 14 mins 57 secs, with David Mansfield (Clonmel AC) second in 14:59. Even closer was the women’s race where Hannah Steeds (Leevale AC) sprinted clear of Eimear Maher (DSD AC), with the pair given times of 16:46 and 16:47.

Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) was the winner of the Skerries 10km on Sunday (March 16) with a time of 33 mins 13 secs. Second in 33:28 was Jamie Kavanagh Shiels. First woman with a time of 37:50 was Sarah-Grace Breen. In the age groups, Alan O’Dowd (Balbriggan and District AC) was first M50 in 39:09. Clonliffe was the winning men’s team with home team Skerries second and Lusk AC third. Best of the women’s teams was Portmarnock AC, led by Dee Magee in sixth place. Lusk AC was second and Raheny Shamrock third. 

FIELD EVENTS - INTERNATIONAL 

Nicola Tuthill (UCD AC) proved the star of the Irish team at the European Throwing Cup, held in Nicosia, Cyprus at the weekend when she won the women’s U23 hammer with a throw of 69.74 — not far off her best of 70.32m. Second with 69.06 was Thea Löfman of Sweden, who only had two valid throws. It was a first Irish title in this event first held 2001. Tuthill, who won her first Irish senior hammer title at the age of sixteen, had finished second in the last two editions of the competition. Last year, Tuthill who qualified for her first Olympics last year at the age of twenty, now has her sights set on qualification for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo later this summer. The A standard is 74m and the B standard 69.90m, which is a distance Tuthill has already achieved. A day earlier, 20-year-old Anna Gavigan (LSA AC) finished second in the women’s U23 discus with a massive personal best of 53.91—the first time she had thrown over 50 metres. Also on Sunday, Eric Favors (Raheny Shamrock AC) who has a best of 20.93m, finished eighth in the men’s shot with a 19.10 effort Finishing fourth in the women’s B discus competition with a throw of 55.90m was Niamh Fogarty (Raheny Shamrock AC). 

Good luck to our European champion Sarah Healy (UCD AC) who races in the women’s 3000m final (there are no heats) at the World Indoors on Nanjing, China on Saturday next (March 22).The race starts at 11.15am Irish time.

WOMEN’S MEET AND TRAIN WINTER LEAGUE 2024/5, OVERALL RESULTS 

Fun run and prize-giving Sunday April 6, Irishtown, 11am

Individuals: 1 Lisa Gaughan (DSD); 2 Ruth Wilson (DSD); 3 Roisin McMahon (Sportsworld)

 Teams (49 entered) - 

Diamond:1 Sportsworld A; 2 DSD A; 3 Raheny Shamrock 1

Platinum: 1 Brothers Pearse B; 2 Esker 1; 3 Crusaders Red

Gold:1 Brothers Pearse C; 2 Waterstown Warriors A; 3 Donore Dawdlers

Silver: 1 DFR Ultra Violets; 2 Esker 3; 3 Tallaght 2

Bronze:1 Brothers Pearse D; 2 Esker 2; 3 Waterstown Warriors B