Munster Masters in Ballyneale
The Munster Masters Road Championships took place in Ballyneale on Sunday last in beautiful sunshine and it proved to be a very successful event for Carrick Roadrunners as host club.Cornelius MacFadden and Jim StJohn had put in a huge amount of work in marking out the course and ensuring that it was well stewarded.
Proceedings got under way when 27 ladies lined up for their championship race over two miles.Needless to say, the pace was extremely fast.First to cross the line was Veronica Colleran (Cork), taking gold in the O/40 category.She was followed by Rhona Lynch (Cork) who secured victory in the O/35 division.Next home was our own club's Martina O' Dwyer,who ran another fantastic race to take the silver medal (O/35) ahead of Corinna Walsh (Waterford). Martina has been in outstanding form of late and will now be looking forward to the Tipperary Senior Championships in a few weeks' time.Teresa Cunningham and Ann Cronin were our other representatives in this race and both put in excellent performances for club and county.
The men's race was run over four miles,with a large field of 80 athletes lining up.Passing by the finish with one full lap to complete,there was a group of runners together at the front.But when the lead car came into view for the final time it was Frank Quinlan (Waterford) who had pulled clear to take gold in the O/35 category.Next home and winner of the O/45 gold medal was John Barrett (Kerry).There was further joy for Carrick Roadrunners when Pat O'Sullivan took the O/45 silver medal with a very strong run.A third medal on the day for Carrick came courtesy of Brendan Cronin who put in a storming run to help Tipperary take the team gold in the O/50 category.Cornelius MacFadden and Andrew Downey also ran very well in the Carrick colours.Well done to all our runners.
The club would especially like to thank Jim and Cornelius and all who helped to make the day such a success.
Prestige Lighting Fit-for-Life
The 2011 Fit-for-Life programme has been kindly sponsored by local company, Prestige Lighting and is now up and running.If you would like to get fit and reap the benefit of training regularly with people who have the same goal,then this is the ideal opportunity for you to make a great start.Just come along to Kildalton College, Piltown any Tuesday evening at 7pm.There will be expert advice from experienced club runners and the opportunity to train over a variety of routes.Many beginners and novice runners have used this programme in previous years to train for their first ever 5km or 5-mile road race.This year's summer series of races organised by Carrick Roadrunners makes an ideal target,with the first race on June 10th in Carrick-on-Suir.
Mallow 10-mile
Five of our club members made the trip to Mallow on Sunday last for the popular 10-mile road race which had been rescheduled from January.Michael Murphy finished 22nd in 58:30, Tommy Falconer was 50th in 60:36,David Waters was 90th in 63:27, Paddy Kerwick clocked 68:16 and Ray Bourke came home in 72:02.
10k victory for Brian
Well done to Brian Murphy who won the Tramore 10km road race on Sunday last.
Fixtures
Sunday, 3rd April: Tipperary Intermediate Road Races (Men 8k,Ladies 4k), Dundrum
Tuesday, 5th April : Prestige Lighting Fit-for-Life, Kildalton College,Piltown 7pm
Sunday,17th April : Tipperary Senior Road Races, Two-mile-Borris,12 noon