Reports
Author: Denis Daly, Created: 07-12-2019 17:25
Well done to all the Rathfarnham WSAF AC gang who competed in the Donore Harriers Jingle Bells 5k on Saturday December 7th around a slightly different course this year in the Phoenix Park. Mitchel Byrne was our first athlete over the line in 6th in a time of 14:35. David Scanlon ran 14:44 (PB!!), Bobby Murphy 15:08, Paul Fleming 16:04, Johnny Hughe...
Author: Denis Daly, Created: 04-12-2019 07:29
The Dublin Athletics Board Intermediate Cross Country Championships 2019 took place on the Adam Jones Cross Country Course in Tymon Park on Sunday Decenber 1st.It proved a very successful outing for Rathfarnham WSAF AC with Sinead Murray winning gold in the women’s race and Kevin Donagher silver in the men’s race. The women’s team of Sinead, ...
Author: Denis Daly, Created: 30-11-2019 21:34
The 2019 National Senior Cross Country Championships were held at the National Sports Campus, Abbotstown, Dublin on Sunday 24th November. The Rathfarnham WSAF AC men’s team finished in a strong 6th position building on last year and looking forward to finishing on the podium next year. Carla Sweeney was the sole lady entrant and had a great run f...
Author: Denis Daly, Created: 29-11-2019 08:09
The 35th Edition of the World Mountain Running Championships and 16th edition of the Long Distance Championships were held in Villa La Angostura, Patagonia, Argentina on 13-14th November 2019. Rathfarnham WSAF AC was very well represented with both Eoin Flynn and Brian Furey qualifying to represent their country. Conditions were very tough to the ...
Author: Denis Daly, Created: 29-11-2019 07:43
The British and Irish Masters Cross Country Championships 2019 too place in Aintree, Liverpool on November 17th. It is a credit to the depth of talent in Rathfarnham WSAF AC that we had three athletes competing. Man of the moment, Tommy Hughes, won the M55 silver medal coming second to England's Andrew Leach. Tom Cuddy, in his first appearance in a...
Author: Denis Daly, Created: 28-11-2019 07:49
Great running all around saw the Rathfarnham WSAF AC team of Mitchel Byrne, David Scanlon, Kevin Danagher and Paul Fleming winning the Leinster Senior Cross Country Championships title. Well done to Mitchel Byrne who won the individual silver medal and all four picked up County gold medals for Dublin. A good haul of medals for the club after trippi...
Author: Peter Claffey, Created: 25-11-2019 08:02
The 2019 Spar Autumn Open International Cross Country Festival was held at the National Sports Campus Abbottstown on November 5th. In the senior race Mitchel Byrne was 14th, David Scanlon 24th, Donagh Powell 40th and Peter Toomey 46th. In the Masters race Tommy Hughes was 1st M55, Tom Cuddy 3rd M60, Edwin Keville 8th M50, Louis McCarthy 10th M35 ...
Author: Denis Daly, Created: 24-11-2019 20:51
With the help of a large strong team Rathfarnham WSAF AC won a well deserved team Bronze at the 2019 Dublin Athletics Senior Cross Country Championships in proper muddy conditions in Santry on November 3rd! Well done to all the team who took part: Mitchel Byrne was 7th, David Scanlon 11th, Paul Stephenson 12th, Eoin Flynn 14th, Louis McCarthy 20th,...
Author: Denis Daly, Created: 24-11-2019 20:32
Following on from running 2:38 in the Frankfurt Marathon David Power headed off a week later to the New York marathon as the second leg of his mad fund raising week in aid of the wonderful CMRC Crumlin charity. I think most people would have taken it easy but not Rathfarnham WSAF AC’s David Power who was only a few minutes slower at 2:46:45. FUL...Page 21 of 185