Dublin Clubs Roundup, 02 - 06 April 2025
DUBLIN 10KM ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Just one second separated the top two at the Garristown 10km in Co Dublin on Sunday (April 6) where Jamie Kavanagh Shiels was the winner in a time of 32 mins 58 secs. The race, with a sold-out entry of over 800, incorporated the Dublin 10km Championships and just a second behind Shiels in 32:59 was Kieran Regan (Brothers Pearse AC, M35). Third in 33:03 was Pierce Geoghegan (Liffey Valley AC, M40). First woman — and Dublin champion — was Ciara Brady (Raheny Shamrock AC) in a time of 38:01. It was a first big win for Brady. Liffey Valley won both men and women’s team titles, with Geoghegan, David Carroll, Paddy Murphy and Cormac Long the scoring men’s quartet and Brigid Long, Shauna Dunne, Lynn Devitt and Orla Gordon the winning women’s team. Civil Service Harriers, led by Stephen Mutuku in tenth place, were second of the men’s teams and Clonliffe Harriers third, led by Anthony Doran in ninth place. Tallaght AC, led by Tara Darcy, were second placed women’s team with Clonliffe Harriers, led by Ciara Peelo, third. Other winners:
Women -
W35: 1 Emma Przymusinska (Lusk AC) ; 2 Fiona Hayden (Love2Love AC) 3 Orla Gordon (Liffey Valley AC).W40: 1 Tara Darcy (Tallaght AC), 2 Brigid Long (Liffey Valley AC); 3 Ariana Ball (Donore Harriers).W45: 1 Ciara Peelo (Clonliffe Harriers), 2 Jennifer Foran (Garristown Flyers); 3 Gemma Treacy (Civil Service Harriers). W50: 1 Breda Smyth (Lucan Harriers), 2 Freda O’Meara (Portmarnock AC), 3 Geraldine McHale (Lusk AC). W55: 1 Laura Cunningham (Love2RunAC), 2 Anne Lyons (Clonliffe Harriers), 3 Patricia O Cleirigh (Raheny Shamrock AC). W60: 1 Deirdre O’Mahoney (Blackrock AC), 2 Fiona Byrne (Civil Service Harriers), 3 Carol Dempsey ( Civil Service Harriers). W65: 1 Liz Arkins 9Lucan Harriers) , 2 Vivienne Daly 9Garristown Flyers).
Teams: W35 - 1 Lusk AC, 2 Love2Run AC, 3 Civil Service AC. W50 - 1 Lucan Harriers, Civil Service Harriers, 3 Blackrock AC
Men -
M35: Kieran Regan (Brothers Pearse AC), 2 Daragh Keegan (Donore Harriers), 3 David Carroll (Liffey Valley AC) . M40: 1 Pierce Geoghegan (Liffey Valley AC); 2 Kenneth Nugent (Donore Harriers), 3 Ronan Dunphy (Skerries AC). M45: 1 Davey Duane (Raheny Shamrock AC), 2 Jim McCafferty (Balbriggan and District), 3 Derek Kilduff (Lucan Harriers). M50: 1Keith Fleming (Raheny Shamrock AC), 2 Nicholas Donnelly (Blackrock AC) , 3 Noel Ryan (Civil Service Harriers). M55: 1 Ger O’Toole (Blackrock AC), 2 Charni Purewal (Balbriggan and District), 3 Roberto Romano (Raheny Shamrock). M60: 1 Dave Woods (Raheny Shamrock AC) , 2Philip McGovern (Raheny Shamrock AC), 3 Sean Ryan (Civil Service Harriers). M65: 1 Alan McCabe (Tallaght AC), 2 Ronan Ward (Civil Service Harriers), 3 Vincent O’Neill (Civil Service Harriers).
Teams: M35 - 1 Raheny Shamrock, 2 Civil Service Harriers, 3 Clonliffe Harriers. M50 -Raheny Shamrock, Blackrock AC, 3 Civil Service Harriers.
Also on Sunday, the Women’s Meet and Train League celebrated not only the end of the 2024 - 2025 season with a fun run and prizegiving at Irishtown hosted by Crusaders AC but also forty years of Meet and Train racing. Long may it flourish!
A DAY EARLIER …
At a well-supported Dublin City Council BHAA 4-Mile, in St Anne’s Park, Raheny on Saturday (April 5) , Sean Doran and Laura McDonnell continued their winning streaks. Doran finished in 20 mins 54 secs, with Christopher O’Reilly second in 21:19 and Paul Fleming third and first M45 in 21:59. Des Tremble was fourth and first M50 in 22.05. O’Donnell finished eighth overall in 23:05 with Sarah Mullingan tenth overall in 23.20. Also in action was a large group from the Lor May of Dublin’s Five Alive Challenge who were completing their final race. Also present were peace runners from the Sri Chinmoy organisation, who were greeted by the Lord Mayor Emma Blaine.
More images: DCC BHAA - https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720324901693/
ROADS - MID-WEEK
At the Queen’s 5km, in Belfast on Wednesday (April 2) Kieran Kelly (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished sixth in 14:39 and Louie Woodger (Metro St Brigid’s AC) 16th in 15:02 while a large group from Clonliffe Harriers taking part in the race included Evan Lynch, Lee Duddy, and Jack Woods
ROAD - ABROAD
At the Berlin Half Marathon on Sunday (April 6), Tom O’Reilly (Metro St Brigid’s) finished seventh M65 in 95:38 (95:12)
TRACK AND FIELD
Abdel Laadjel (Donore Harriers) clocked a personal best time of 28:29.17, which qualifies him for both the NCAA and European Under 23 championships at the Standard Invitational in California on Friday (April 4). Ronan McMahon-Staggs (Dublin City Harriers) finished fourth in the 1500m with a time of 3:41.13. In the 10,000m. In the women’s steeplechase, Ailish Hawkins’ (Dublin City Harriers) ran a personal best time of 10:12.37.
At the Athletics Ireland Spring Throws in Tullamore on Sunday (April 6), Anna Gavigan (LSA) won the women’s discus with a throw of 50.71m, while Grace Casey (Clonliffe Harriers) was second in the javelin with a 43.15m effort.
ULTRA RUNNING
Mark Conlon (Clondalkin Flyers) notched up a total of 143.6 km for fifth place at the Trasna na Blianta 24 hour race held on the Le Cheile track, Leixlip, over the weekend (April 5-6). Rex Brilliantes (Love 2Love AC) , who also started strongly, managed 114km in 12 hrs 35 mins. Third in the six-hour race, with a total 65.5km to his credit, was Joey Marrinan (Brothers Pearse AC). In the 12-hour event, Arlene Moore (Garristown Flyers) finished third overall and second woman with a total of 100.8 km. More pictures are at Trasna na Blianta- https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720324900648
Photo captions:
DCC BHAA 4-Mile - good humour at the start
DCC BHAA 4-Mile - three women
Trasna na Blianta 12 hour race - Arlene Moore (Garristown Flyers) - she’s No 1202
Trasna na Blianta 6 hour race - Joey Marrinan (Brothers Pearse AC)
Trasna na Blianta 24 hour race - Rex Brilliantes (Love2Run)
Queens 5km - Clonliffe Harriers on tour! Photo Clonliffe Harriers
Women’s Meet and train celebrate! Photo Lisa Shine
