County Novice Silver for Claire
The Tipperary County Novice Championship road races were held in Clonmel on Sunday last and Carrick Roadrunners had nine athletes participating. First up were the ladies with a distance of 3km to be covered.Claire Annan has been in very good form in recent weeks and she really put in a superb run here to take second place and the silver medal.This was Claire's first run in a championship race for the club and she will surely figure very prominently in many more.
Teresa Cunningham was our next finisher in 12th place- a very encouraging debut.With Maura O' Neill (18th) and Catherine O' Donovan (22nd) also running very well, our ladies' team came really close to finishing in the medals with a fourth place finish.
In the men's race, there was a large field for the 6km challenge.Our first finisher was Tommy Falconer in 7th place, with Patrick Roche in 15th place.Both have been in great form recently and look set for a good season.Next home for Carrick AC was the evergreen Brendan Cronin in 28th place followed by Andrew Downey (53rd) and, making a long awaited comeback,James Fox (54th).
Well done to all our runners who have now qualified to take part in the Novice 'B' championships in a few weeks' time.
Dungarvan Business Centre 10k
Five of our runners made the trip to Dungarvan on Sunday last to take part in the Dungarvan Business Park 10k road race.The race attracted a total entry of 169 and was won by West Waterford AC's Raivis Zakis, with Danny Smith (Ballynonty AC) in second. Carrick AC's Michael Murphy ran another very good race to finish 8th in a time of 35:05.Tom Egan was our next finisher (40:20), just ahead of David Foley and Michael O' Connell (both 40:36).Paul O' Donnell (48:46) was comfortably inside the 50-minute barrier.Well done,lads!
SuperValu Winter League
The 2010-11 SuperValu Winter League concluded on Tuesday night last.As usual, the final night saw plenty of personal best times and an exciting finish to the league.The prize-giving for the league will be held in the Strand Bar on Friday,11th March from 9pm.A full report will be included in next week's notes.
Committee Meeting
The club's monthly committee meeting will take place in the Strand Bar on Monday next, 7th March at 8pm.