A massive well done to all our members who competed on February 17th at Dunleer AC’s 50th Rás na hÉireann in Oldbridge today. It was a lovely club day with our juveniles and seniors out competing together and as the clouds parted the sun shone brightly on this special anniversary for Dunleer AC. All our athletes came away having enjoyed the wonderful atmosphere at this superbly run event.
The first race for the club was the Boys U9 500m and we had immediate success with Harry Breen coming 3rd and Tom Joe McCormack coming 5th both receiving the beautiful commemorative medals closely followed by Kristupas and Jokubus Ruškys, Patrick Callan and Alfie O’Sullivan. Our U9s were triumphant as they went on to win the 1st place team medal. Jessica MCarron enjoying an impressive sprint finish just missing out on the medals was our sole runner in the Girls U11 1000m but out in force were Oran Lynch, Alex Callan, Daniel Cirdei and Max O’Sullivan all running out of age impressively came away with the 3rd place team medal in the Boys U11s. Displaying some wonder performances and running 1500m were our U13s, Molly Keenan, Caoimhe Carolan & Gabriele Ruškyte for the girls and Arthur Sands, Dylan McCarron & Charlie Sands for the boys. Next we saw our Girls U15 team of Ava McNally, Orlaith Carolan, Samantha McCarron and Ruth Gillespie run 2500m to take 5th place overall. Jack McCarron was very impressive running out of age in this tough field in the Boys U15 2500m and last for the Juveniles on the day was Rebecca McCarron running a steady race out of age in the U17s 3000m.
Our Ladies took to the course next running 4000m and joining our veteran Rás competitor, Pauline Breslin (22:08/6th o50) were Bernie Balfe (16:24/6th o40) , Yvonne Callan (17:05/2nd o45), Michelle Lynch (18:21/13th o40) and Annemarie Dillon (18:49/15th o40) taking 5th place overall as a team. Our men’s team of Shane Carroll (23:38/18th o40), Michael Lundon (26:30/9th o45), Conor Lynch (28:01/29th o40) and Peter Carolan (28:46/12th o45) finished the day for the club with impressive performances from our newcomers Shane and Conor running cross country for the first time.
Well done to all our athletes and Congratulations to Dunleer AC on their hugely successful 50th Rás na hÉireann.
U9 Boys Team on the line and ready to go.
U11 Boys Team on the line and ready to go.
U13 Girls’ Team on the line and ready to go.
U13 Boys Team on the line and ready to go.
U15 Girls Team on the line and ready to go.
Our Ladies Team.
Our Men’s Team.
Tom Joe in a sprint finish for 5th place.
U9 Boys on the podium.
U9s – Tom Joe 5th & Harry 3rd.
1st Place Boys U9.
1st Boys U9s – proud of their medals.
3rd Place – Boys U11s.
3rd Boys U11s – Proud of their medals.
The Callan Brothers.
The Callan Family.
The Ruškys Family.
U11s Jessica & U13s Gabriella, Molly & Caoimhe.
U13s Molly with her mum Annemarie.
Bernie & her boys, Alfie and Max.
U11s Jessica with dad Mudger.
U13s Dylan with dad Mudger.
U15s Jack with dad Mudger.
U13 Boys – race done and all happy.
The Sands Brothers.
