It was a tense week waiting for the results of the 6k Leinster Masters Road Champs held in Gowran last Monday, with Rathfarnham fighting a close battle with Clonliffe Harriers in the M35 race. Our team of Paul Fleming (overall winner and 1st O/35 in a time of 19.30), Shane O’Neill (2nd O/40 in 19.48), Ronan Kearns (2nd O/35 in 19.41) and John Farrelly (7th O/45 in 21.59) emerged the victors in the end with 48 points to Clonliffe’s 49. Mullingar Harriers were 3rd with 68 points. Our M50 team of Joe Casey (5th O/50 in 22.03), Tommy Bishop (6th O/50 in 22.07) and John McHugh (4th O/55 in 22.50) also took team gold with a comfortable victory over Sli Cualann and Kilcoole AC. The M50 team was well supported by Tom Cuddy (9th O/50 in 22.59), Terry Clarke (5th O/55 in 23.30) and Philip Wright (3rd O/60 in 24.44). Paul, Shane, Ronan, Joe and Tommy also scored gold medals on the winning Dublin county teams. Full provisional results are available on the Athletics Leinster site.
