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Annevalley 5-mile race

The Annevalley five-mile road race took place in Dunhill on Saturday last.This race is one of the most popular early-season events and a field of 377 runners lined up.Eight Carrick AC athletes made the journey and were rewarded with some very impressive results.Martina O' Dwyer continued her excellent form when taking second place in the ladies' race in a time of 31:17,just two seconds behind the winner,Niamh Richardson (Kilkenny City Harriers).Ger Houlihan and Sandra O'Neill will also be pleased with their runs,finishing in 40:13 and 46:15 respectively.
In the men's race, Patrick Roche clocked 29:38 in finishing sixth with Tommy Falconer only two places behind in 29:53.Paddy Kerwick (34:15), Gordon Collins (37:20) and Raymond Burke (38:22) all ran very well and no doubt we will see some of these runners in action again next Sunday in the Kilmacthomas '5'.

New Committee for 2011

The following officers were elected at the club's recent AGM :
Chairman: James Fox Vice-Chairperson : Barry Torpey Secretary : Catherine O'Donovan
Treasurer : Susan Collins PRO : Mark Connolly Web officer; Daragh Byrne
With our club hosting the County Intermediate road races on April 3rd and planning already underway for this year's summer series of races, the committee will be very busy over the coming months.

Supervalu Winter League

The weather has certainly been very unkind for much of this year's league but this has not deterred the many hardy souls who have regularly turned out on Tuesday nights since October.The league will draw to a close on Tuesday,22nd Feb. and there is sure to be the usual intense competition for the top positions. The early pacesetters Vinny Murray,Clare Howlin and Geraldine Clery will have to hold off strong challenges from Cian Power and David Foley among others.

Club Membership

Membership remains a very reasonable 30 euro for 2011 and fees can be paid to any of the committee officers named above.Membership forms are available at the Winter League in Kildalton College, Piltown each Tuesday or can be downloaded from the website http://www.carrickroadrunners.ie/content/view/267/19/