Fixtures

Well done to all the athletes who competed at the Graded Meeting No. 8 at Lucan Athletic Stadium tonight over 400m. 1 mile and 3,000m. Many thanks to all the members of Lucan Athletic Club who were our hosts on their new track and ensured everything went smoothly.

This was the last in the Graded Meeting series for 2022. Many thanks to all the officials from Dublin Athletic Clubs who gave of their time freely to ensure the Graded Meeting series ran successfully. In particular thanks to Jackie Mulhall who co-ordinated the organisation of each meeting and ensured we had sufficient officials at each meeting. Thank you to all the athletes and clubs for their support of the Graded Meets for 2022

The Irish Life Frank Duffy 10 Mile road race, incorporating the Dublin 10 mile road race championships, takes place on Saturday 20th August in Phoenix Park. Entries for this race will close on 5th August. Runners who have entered for a Dublin Club at race registration, will also be eligible for the Dublin championships. Medals will be awarded to the first three home from Dublin clubs and for the usual masters’ categories (M/F35+ to M/F65+). Team medals will also be awarded for senior and masters’ (35+ and 50+ teams). Four to score on all teams except F50+ which is three. Team captains must ensure their runners who enter the Dublin Championships, start from the first wave of runners so as to give all teams an equal chance.

Well done to all who ran in the Dublin Novice 5k Road Race Championships 2022 on 24th July. It was run with the Tallaght 5k Road Race on a bright sunny morning and finished on the Tallaght Athletic Stadium. The mens novice race was won by Paul O'Beirne, Sportsworld RC, second was David McConnon, Donore Harriers and third was Kevin Fitzgibbon, Crusaders AC. The ladies race was won by Aisling O'Connor, Rathfarnham WSAF AC, second was Dee O'Keefe, Bro. Pearse AC and third was Aoife Quigley, Crusaders AC. In the mens team race Donore Harriers were first, second was Liffey Valley AC and third was Crusaders AC. The ladies team race was won by Crusaders AC, followed by Bro. Pearse and third was Donore Harriers. The full results of the Novice race are attached and the full results of the Tallaght 5k are on the PopUP races website. Additional pictures are posted on the Dublin Athletics Facebook site. Many thanks to all the Tallaght AC Officials for organising this race.

Well done to all who competed at the Dublin Graded meeting No. 7 at Tallaght Athletic Stadium on Wednesday 20th July. We had great races over 200m and 1,500m and a high quality high jump competition. Well done also to Lucy More in setting a national age related record of 1.10 in the high jump. Many thanks to all the officials who made the meeting a great success. A full set of pictures are on the Dublin Athletics Facebook site. The full results are in the graded meeting part of this website at Graded Results.

Well done to all athletes who competed at the Dublin Graded Meeting No. 6 at Tallaght Athletic Stadium on Wednesday 6th July. we had some excellent races over 200m, 800m and 3,000m. The 200m and 800m doubled up as Dublin Championships 2022 and some close contests took place. Where more than one Grade A race took place the titles were decided on facest times. The full results are in the Graded Meetings Results page. Additional Pictures are on our Dublin Athletics Facebook site. Many thanks to Tallaght Athletic Club members who ensured the track was ready and all equipment available on time. In addition thanks to all the officials from Dublin Clubs who helped out to ensure all events ran to schedule. 

Well done to all the Club athletes who competed at the Dublin Graded meeting in Tallaght Athletic Stadium on 22nd June. We had some excellent races over 100m, 800m and the Javelin. Dublin Championship races were held for women over 3,000m and 5,000m for men. The 3,000m was won by Laura McDonnell in 10.12.30 from Rathfarnham WSAF AC and the 5,000m by Ieuan Hopkins in 15.25.55 from Bro. Pearse. AC. Many thanks to all the Tallaght AC and Dublin Athletics Volunteers who made the meeting a success. Photos of all who ran are in the Album section of the Dublin Athletics Facebook site and the full results are on the Graded Meetings part of this website.

This years Dublin 5k Novice Road Race Championships takes place in conjunction with the Tallaght 5k Road Race on Sunday 24th July at 10.00. Novice athletes can enter the 5k in the normal way through the PopUP Races website at Tallaght 5k 2022. Athletes must tick the Novice Box on the online form to ensure they are considered a Novice for results tabulation. In addition Club Captains must fill in and sign the attached form, declaring their athletes are Novice runners. Please give it in at the Registration desk before the race. Medals will be awarded to the first three Novice athletes home in the mens and womens races and for the first three teams (4 to score).

To qualify as a road Novice, participants must not have won an Individual Gold or Team Gold in a Senior Road Race championship before.

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Please see attached the final results for the ladies Dublin 10k road race championships which were held in conjunction with the Womens Mini Marathon on Sunday 5th June. The medals will be distributed to Clubs by PJ Claffey at the Dublin Graded Meeting No. 5, Tallaght Athletic Stadium on 22nd June and Graded No. 6 on 6th July. Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you wish to collect them elsewhere. 

Well done to all who competed in the Dublin Championships at the Fourth Dublin Graded Meeting on Wednesday last. NIck Davis's report in the News part of the website decribes how the meeting went. Dublin Championship medals were awarded to the first three ladies and men in the Hammer, Pole Vault and High Jump. On the track medals were awarded to the three fastest men and women in the 100m, 400m and 1,500m in the Grade A events. Where two Grade A races were run, the fastest three times over both races took the honours. Medal winners on the night were:

100m ladies - Cressda Ananiampong 12.55: Sandra McCarthy 12.58 and Roisin Dobey Crusaders 13.11

100m men - Toluwabori Akinola 10.77; Keith Pike 10.93 and Joseph Finnegan Murphy 10.93.

400m ladies - Caoimhe Mackey 59.13; Erin McMahon 60.04 and Aoife Browne 61.30

400m men - Zak Higgins 49.88; Adam Murphy 50.49 and Dean Cronin 50.53

1,500 ladies - Denise Toner 4.33.09; Lauren Murphy 4.36.49 and Fiona McKenna 4.37.45

1,500m men - David Scanlon 3.58.20; Gavin O'Rourke 3.58.91 and Oliver hopkins 3.59.15.

For those who did not collect their medals on the night, they will be available at the next Graded meetings at Tallaght Stadium on 22nd June and Santry Stadium on 6th July.

Some photos from the nights racing are in the gallery below and additional photos are on the Dublin Athletics Facebook site. Many thanks to all the officials who gave of their time freely to make the meeting a great success.