Out and about in Tuam last Tuesday, intrepid reporter Eve, taking a break from racing herself, captured some great pictures of the GCH runners in Tuam. Photos are at: http://www.galwaycityharriers.com/albums/5kseries2008. These complement the great collection of photos by photographer John O'Connor, who has documented most of Galway's athletics events including 'The Streets' over the past few years. John's photos of the 5k are viewable at the Athenry AC site: http://www.athenryac.com/two-wonderful-collections-photographs

The following 37 club athletes took part in a superbly organised race last Tuesday evening. Results alphabetical by surname.

Louise Arrigan 25.10
Carmel Brannigan 22.24
Regina Casey 18.04
Gina Concannon 32.44
Siobhan Cunningham 24.57
Eve Daly 22.54
Don Deacy 23.12
Nicola Deacy 23.10
Walter Egan 19.19
Ian Egan 16.50
Niall Egan 22.39
Tony Fahy 21.03
Breda Fallon 27.16
Maura Fallon 26.33
Lorna Gilmartin 24.30
Dave Greaney 22.09
Catherine Hayes 29.20

Congrats to all GCH athletes who took part in the National 10k in Athenry last Sunday. GCH had two gold medal winners in the Masters categories. Brian Geraghty and Adrienne Walsh took top honours in their categories. Also, both Martin McEvilly and Bernie Kelly won silver in their categories.

GCH had 27 club members compete on the day, contributing strongly to one of the largest ever fields to take part in the National 10k event. Athenry AC hosted a superb event which was enjoyed by all.

First home in the GCH colours was Conor Moloney in 33:40, followed by Ruaidhri Geraghty, Ian Egan and Martin McEvilly. Regina Casey led the GCH women home in 38:30, followed by Carmel Brannigan and Nicola Deacy. The full list of GCH finishers is:
Conor Moloney 33.40
Ruaidhrí Geraghty 34.38

Galway City Harriers' Juveniles had three gold medal winning relay teams at the Indoor Relay Championships in Nenagh earlier today - GCH were matched only by Dublin club Dundrum South Dublin, who also had three winning teams. Congratulations to all the athletes and coaches.

Our photo, courtesy of Athletics Ireland, shows the U.13 Boy's Team on the podium. Just four teams qualify from heats for a final on the indoor track and the GCH finalists and winners are:

Our friends at Athenry AC are again exercising their extraordinary race management skills later this month by hosting the National 10km Championships on April 20th.

The Irish Masters Athletes Association has just published their newsletter the IMAA Gazette. Edited by Philip Magnier it offers some great reading on the Masters athletics scene and includes a profile by Philip on GCH stalworth Martin McEvilly.

Press Release:
The Irish Masters Athletic Association (IMAA) invites all athletes over 35 to participate in its events in the coming season. Nationally we have the Raheny Road Relays and the National Road 10km Championships (Athenry) coming up in April, the Outdoor T&F Championships in August, and the Half Marathon Championships in September. Internationally, we have the European T&F Championships starting in Slovenia in late July (open entry with no minimum standards). You must be a member of the IMAA to compete internationally. Please see the membership form and the recent copy of our newsletter attached.
(See attached file: 2008 1.pdf)
(See attached file: Membership & Whatis.doc)

Paul McNamara World CC

Gary again

Here are a few pictures from Edinburgh - taken from Ian Egan's phone ...

Results from Dunboyne 4 mile Road Race yesterday:

Dunboyne 4-Mile Road RaceMen - 1 G Ryan (GCH) 19.16; 2 A O'Shea (Bantry) 19.17; 3 R McDonnell (Dunboyne) 19.41; 4 P Byrne (Tinryland) 19.45; 5 M Ryan (Rath WSAF) 1955; 6 S Ryan (Raheny) 20.05.