2015 News

BHAA  races are being well supported by Rathfarnham club members, both as administrators / organisers (Brendan, Terry, Vanessa) and as competitors.

Winter League Prizewinners: Mens Div D 1st Peter McDermott; Mens Div C 2nd Eric Cullen; Womens Div A 3rd Vanessa Sallier; Mens Div B 3rd Tom Cuddy, 8th John McHugh.

28 March: Dublin City Council 4 mile Road Race: Peter McDermott 29:14 (1st O'65), Terry Clarke 30:58.

11 April: K Club 10k Road Race: 57th John Brennnan 37:12; 190th Barry Mulvihill 42:53; 218th Vanessa Sallier 44:18; 236th Peter McDermott 45:03 (1st  O'65).

25 April: RTE 5 mile Road Race: 1st Sean Hehir 24:53; 2nd Paul Fleming 26:35; 8th Ronan Kearns 27:45; 12th Colm Murrray 28:17 (2nd O'45); 28th John Brennan 29:22 (2nd O'40); 43rd Tom Cuddy 30:35 (2nd O'55); 60th Derek Bain 31:43; 117th Peter McDermott 36:04 (1st O'65); 122nd Aisling Tohill 36:25 (3rd O'35).

20 May: ESB 5k Beach Race: 6th Colm Murray 17:22 (1st O'45); 20th Tom Cuddy 18:51 (1st O'55); 40th Derek Bain 19:55; 47th Vanessa Sallier 20:39 (1st O'40).

26 May: Government Services 5 mile Road Race: 30th Colm Murray 27:58 (2nd O'45); 45th Denis Everett 29:06 (6th O'40); 70th Tom Cuddy 29:57 (1st O'55); 105th John  McHugh 31:39 (3rd O'55); 151st Barry Mulvihill 33:21; 168th Vanessa Sallier 33:47 (3rd O'40); 208th Miriam McCormack 35:14 (3rd O'50); 360th Aisling Tohill 38.00.

10 June: Trinity Track: 1200m Grade A: 18th Tom Cuddy 4:02; 2000m Grade C: 2nd  Neil Skelton 7:08.

23 June: Irish Prison Services 5k Trail Race: 30th Tom Cuddy 19:00 (1st O'55); 48th David Danagher 19:50; 56th Donna Mahon 20:05 (1st O'40); 57th Daniel Keogh 20:07 (6th O'45); 66th Vanessa Sallier 20:30 (2nd O'40).

A number of top Rathfarnham athletes competed at this years Leinster T&F Championships, with some great results. As always the event was held in Tullamore and combined the U23, Senior and Masters championships.

Highlight of the day came when Stephen Gaffney won the Senior Mens 200m in a new championship record of 21:55. On top of that, Stephen also won the U23 100m in a time of 10:82. In the masters 100m race, Daryl Flanagan was victorious in the O35 race in 12:39.  

From sprinting to long distance, in the Senior Mens 5000m, Sean Hehir cruised to victory in a time of 15:03, not too far behind was Louis McCarthy (15:30) claiming the bronze medal. Brian Furey (16:25) narrowly claimed fifth place, edging out Rathfarnham team mate Kevin Donagher (16:26).

Also in action over the weekend was David Scanlon, who was chosen to compete for the Irish Universities in the 2015 International Intervarsity Match. The event is a competition pitting the best of Irish university athletes against the best of Scothish universities. David competed in the 5000m. Results for the Intervarsity match will be available on the IUAA website shortly. Well done to all.

The Tallaght track is not available for the next two weekends and that training will be in Bushy Park.

Stephen "Glutes" Gaffney smashed two of his PBs last weekend at the University of Limericks Thomand Games. First up Stephen ran the 100m finishing first in a time of 10.76. Not being satisfied with one PB, Stephen wanted more and went on to win the 200m in 21:42. No doubt these are Rathfarnham WSAF AC club records. 

Also over the weekend, several Rathfarnham athletes competed in the BHAA RTE 5 mile. To add to his ever growing list of victories, Sean "Tortoise and the" Hehir won the race in 24:53. He was closely followed by Paul "The Snake" Fleming finishing second in 26:35. Not too far behind came Ronan "Danny Boy" Kearns 8th (27:45), followed by Colm Murray 12th (28:17), John Brennan 27th (29:22), Tom Cuddy 42nd (30:35) and Peter Mc Dermot (36:06).

Stephen Gaffney finishing the 100m race

Well done to all the Rathfarnham Rats who competed in the first Dublin Graded Series Track Meet at Morton Stadium on Wednesday. It was a fine Spring evening at Morton Stadium, ideal running conditions. First up on the night was Brian "The Fuirous" Fury in the 10,000 meters, the first event in the Dublin Graded Endurance Project. Brian finished 2nd in a time of 34:00.

Next up was the 1500 meters, with three Rathfarnham athletes competing. Gerard "The Cobra" Claffey came 6th in grade C in a season opener of 4:33. Patrick "Le Maitre" Marjolet was victorious in the second grade C race in 4:25, closely followed by Aaron "New Gun" Browne, 4th in 4:29. Cillian "The Kid" Doherty of WSAF finished 11th in the grade B race in a time of 4:27.

Finally a big congratulations to "Deadly" David Scanlon who recently won the most improved athlete in DCU.   

Congradulations to the David Scanlon and Stephen Gafney who competed at the 2015 IUAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The event was held at the Mary Peter's Track in Belfast and was the final event in University athletics calender. 

David Scanlon (DCU) came in sixth place in the 10,000m race in a time of 33:34. This was a 43 second improvement for David from the same race last year. Stephen Gafney (UCD) qualified for the 100m final after finishing first in both his heat and semi-final. In the final itself Stephen finished in fifth place in a time of 11:00. Stephen was also a member of the UCD 4x400m relay team who finished in second place. 

The overall championships were eventually one by Dublin City University. Full results of the championship are avaliable on the IUAA website.