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2017 Annual Club Dinner and Awards Ceremony Saturday Jan 13th 2018

The Annual Club Dinner and Awards Ceremony is fast approaching. It is the social highlight of the year and not to be missed by anybody. The venue preparations are already underway and quite a few of our multi-talented athletes have chosen to be part of the growing annual musical performance under the guidance of Master of Ceremonies Owen McLoughlin. (Contact Owen for the next rehersal)

Whether you are new to the club or a battle hardened racer it is a great chance to meet up casually outside the pressure of training! The date is set for Saturday 13^th January 2018 for dinner at 7:30pm. Same as last year, we are delighted to have Grange Golf Club as our venue. A delicious three course dinner is lined up at still only €25.00 per person, including wine.(Let me know about any dietary requirements) . Dress code is smart casual.

Everybody, either in the club or associated in any way are very welcome. Come on your own or bring the other half! Please rsvp asap to secure a place. Email me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., text me at 086-8306310, Whatsapp or FB messenger me!

Look forward to seeing the whole club there.

Denis Daly

Report from Irish Life Health National Even Age Cross Country Championships, Sunday 27th November 2017, Abbotstown Dublin.

Rathfarnham has a new National Silver Medalist in Under 12 Girls Cross Country. Zoie Ritchie battled through a huge field in heavy underfoot conditions to finish a well deserved second. Zoie also picked up a second Silver medal by scoring on the 2nd placed Dublin County team.

In the Under 14 Girls , Alice Hickey came 31st in another huge field. Alice scored on the Gold winning Dublin team and grabbed herself a medal. Lucie Ritchie was Rathfarnhams third National qualifier. Lucie finished a gallant 55th.

All three girls can be extremely proud of their performances at a highly competitive National level. All that extra training in Tymon has certainly paid off!

Report from Dublin Athletics Board , Juvenile Even Ages Championships, Sunday 22nd October 2017. Abbotstown Dublin.

Rathfarnham was well represented at the Dublin Even Ages Cross Country Championships, a total of 22 young athletes toed the line at the National Cross Country venue. There was many memorable performances, the highlight for the club been Zoie Ritchie tremendous performance in becoming Under 12 Dublin Champion.

Under 10 Boys : Fionn Mc Glynn 10th, Colm Keogh 21st, Ben Mulvihill 23rd, Callum Kelly 57th. Team came 7th.

Under 12 Girls : Zoie Ritchie 1st, Caolainn Mc Cabe 34th, Philipa Mc Glynn 42th, Eimear Doyle 57th, Jessica Mc Luskie 81st. Team 10th.

Under 12 Boys: Dara Mulvihill 15th, Fionn Kelly 19th.

Under 14 Girls : Lucie Ritchie 7th, Alice Hickey 8th, Aoife Doyle 40th, Elvie Loopsman Browne 44th, Abbey Kelly 48th. Team 6th.

Under 14 Boys : Cathal Keogh 33rd, Rory Sweeney 52nd.

Under 16 Boys : Matthew Scully 25th.

Under 18 Boys: Alex Hill 18th, Fields Chung 22nd.

Well done to all who ran!

Dublin Intermediate Cross Country Championships 3rd December 2017

The Dublin Intermediate Cross Country Championships 2017 took place on the 3^rd December at the Tymon Park cross country circuit. Conditions were mild and damp, ideal for cross country racing. The challenging course on a 2k circuit is thoughtfully designed was immaculately prepared for the day.

The women’s team won an excellent Bronze medal with Lynne just missing out on the individual Bronze. Results were as follows:

Lynne Hennessey 20.14 4th

Louise Gaffney 21.11 12th

Lorraine Nolan 21.27 16th

Aisling O'Connor 21.35 17th

Suzanne Ryan 21.41

Caitrionna Dowling 22.29

Beth Neal 22.36

Ruth Dunne 24:20

The men’s team also won the Team Bronze with David Power leading the team home in 7^th position. Individual results were as follows:

David Power 27.41 7th

Colm Moran 28.01 9th

Neil Skelton 29.10 24^th

Peter Toomey 29.24 26^th

Oisin Boland 29.41

Shane Grehan 31.06

Congratulations on the excellent running by all who competed and well done to Adam Jones and his Rathfarnham WSAF team who manage this race for Dublin Athletics.

Jingle Bells Donore Harriers 5k 2017

Donore Harriers ran the very popular and fast 27^th annual Jingle Bells 5k race in the Phoenix park on Saturday 2^nd December. Results from club members were as follows:

Ronan Kearns 16:27, Donagh Powell 16:44, Jack Doyle 19:01, Eric Cullen19:09, Derek Bain 19:20, John McHugh 2016, Alexander Fraser 22:45, Orla Murray 23:00 and Pearse Coyle 26:17!

Well to everyone who competed.