Results alphabetical by surname.
Athenry Tuam
Louise Arrigan 25.10 24.55
Carmel Brannigan 22.24 22.06
Elva Breen 24.49 24.47
Regina Casey 18.04 18.02
Gina Concannon 32.44 28.19
Siobhan Cunningham 24.57 26.03
Eve Daly 22.54
Don Deacy 23.12 23.45
Nicola Deacy 23.10 22.56
Declan Duggan 24.17
Walter Egan 19.19 19.35
Ian Egan 16.50 16.59
Niall Egan 22.39
Tony Fahy 21.03
Breda Fallon 27.16

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

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.

Congratulations to Gary Thornton, GCH, and Paul McNamara, Athenry, who competed on the Irish team at the World Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh earlier today. The race was won in style by Kenenisa Bekele, who recovered from an unscheduled stop to fix a shoe, to win an unprecedented 6th World Cross Country Long Course title. The Irish team was led home by Andrew Ledwith, followed by Paul Mc Namara, Mick Clohissey, Brian Maher and Gary Thornton. Alistair Cragg and Vincent Mulvey did not finish. Full reports and results are available at the IAAF website: http://www.iaaf.org/wxc08/index.html

G.C.H. athletes travelled far and wide this St. Patrick's weekend, competing in some of the many events taking place over the holiday.

On Saturday Orla Ni Mhuircheartaigh continued her winning streak, this time over the hills and trails of the Wicklow Way at the University Mountain Running Championships. Representing NUIG, Orla won her debut mountain race, from two members of the 2007 Irish team. The race was organised by IMRA, the Irish Mountain Running Association.

Gary Thornton was a close 4th in the KBC St. Patrick's Festival road race on Sunday.

GCH's Gerry Ryan was back in action last weekend winning the Adare 10k road race. Gerry won the race, organised by West Limerick A.C., in a time of 31:17 from Pat McCartan, West Limerick in 2nd with 31:59.

Also winning their categories with impressive runs were Ian Egan and Martin McEvilly who posted times of 34:02 and 36:21 respectively.

Full results are at: http://www.westlimerickac.com/results.html