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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: 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...
Author: Denis Daly, Created: 24-11-2019 20:28
It was Rathfarnham WSAF AC/ Termoneeny running club’s Tommy Hughes day at the Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday November 8th. He ran a spectacular 2:27:52 to set a new world record for a 59 year old. On top of that, himself and his son Eoin set a new world record for of 4:59:22 for a combined father and son marathon time. The global press has covere...
Author: Denis Daly, Created: 03-11-2019 22:15
Well done to all the Rathfarnham WSAF AC athletes who competed in this year's Dublin City Marathon. It was yet again a record year for the event so a big congratulations to the organising committee. Results were as follows: Ciaran Aylward 2:50:41 Colm Murray 2:52:30 Dublin M50 bronze Luke McMullen 2:53:48 PB Colly Murray 2:56:58 PB David Conwell 2...
Author: Denis Daly, Created: 27-10-2019 18:11
The 2019 Leinster Novice Cross Country Championships took place in Gowran, Co.Kilkenny on Saturday 26th October. A big Congratulations to the Rathfarnham WSAF AC ladies who won the team bronze medal! Carla Sweeney was first over the line for Rathfarnham in 5th position with the ever improving Sinead Murray just a hare's breath behind in 6th. Aislin...
Author: Denis Daly, Created: 25-10-2019 15:00
The 2019 Spar Autumn Open cross country race took place at the National Sports Campus Abbottstown on Sunday 20th October. In the senior race Mitchel Byrne was the first Rathfarnham WSAF AC man over the line in 14th position and an even time of 24:00. Back in action David Scanlon was 24th in 24:46, Donagh Powell 40th in 27:16 and Peter Twomey 46th i...Page 13 of 45