Kinvara races. David Bohan  was the first man home in the Kinvara Half Marathon in 1:15:34. Jane Ann Meehan was the first woman in 1:23:12 followed closely by Gráinne Ní Uallacháin who came in second in 1:23:58. Néill Keane was second in the 10K in 36:44, with Diarmuid Hennessy third in 37:12. Well done to all the GCH competitors and our Fit4Life crew out in force in Kinvara. Link to Kinvara results:

Carra Classic 8k. Regina Casey was first female home and sixth place overall in the Carra Classic 8k in Mayo. Excellent time of 30minutes 9 seconds over a hilly course in windy conditions.

Gaelforce. Well done to Naoise Ó Gibne who came 8th in a strong field of over 300 runners in the Skyrunner UK and Ireland 23km mountain running race Gaelforce Skyline at the weekend.

Simon Home Run 5mile. Laura Shaughnessy finished first female and second overall in 27.33 at the Simon 5 mile in the Phoenix Park.

Kinvara races. David Bohan  was the first man home in the Kinvara Half Marathon in 1:15:34. Jane Ann Meehan was the first woman in 1:23:12 followed closely by Gráinne Ní Uallacháin who came in second in 1:23:58. Néill Keane was second in the 10K in 36:44, with Diarmuid Hennessy third in 37:12. Well done to all the GCH competitors and our Fit4Life crew out in force in Kinvara. Link to Kinvara results:

https://www.sportsplits.com/races/kinvara-half-marathon-2020

Carra Classic 8k. Regina Casey was first female home and sixth place overall in the Carra Classic 8k in Mayo. Excellent time of 30minutes 9 seconds over a hilly course in windy conditions.

Gaelforce. Well done to Naoise Ó Gibne who came 8th in a strong field of over 300 runners in the Skyrunner UK and Ireland 23km mountain running race Gaelforce Skyline at the weekend.

Simon Home Run 5mile. Laura Shaughnessy finished first female and second overall in 27.33 at the Simon 5 mile in the Phoenix Park.

GCH at the Senior Indoors. A terrific two days of competition ended with two bronze individual medals and bronze relay team medals.  In the Senior men’s 200m Robert McDonnell ran a terrific 22.06 in the final to take National bronze. Terrific achievement for Robert who ran 21.9 seconds in his heat to qualify for the final. In the highly competitive Senior women’s 400m, Nicole Walsh battled bravely to claim bronze in the final posting a season’s best time of 55.20. Super finish for team GCH claiming bronze in The GCH Men’s 4 x 200m relay team raced superbly to claim National bronze with Robert Meagher, Robert McDonnell, Jack Dempsey and Owen Scully. There were fine performances from GCH athletes on the day: Owen Scully and Alex Lee competed in the competitive 60m and 200m heats while Laura Nally battled on strongly in her competitive 200m heat. Kathryn Casserly had a strong run over the 1500m in the senior women’s race while Jack Maher and Keith Fallon also raced admirably in the highly competitive Senior men’s 1500m.

Gort 5km. A fine third place finish for David Bohan in 16.23.

Maree 8k. First female was Tara Whyte in 33.06 with clubmate Sinead Kelly taking third place.

Irish Universities Indoors. A number of GCH athletes competed at the Universities Indoors. Individual silver for Nicole Walsh in the 400m and gold as part of NUIG Ladies relay team, while there was Individual bronze for Thomas McStay in the 3000m.

A number of GCH senior and master athletes competed at last weekend’s Connacht Indoor Championships in the AIT. There was plenty of competitive action on track and in the field events in this well-attended competition with GCH athletes well placed in many of the events in senior and master age categories. Well done also to all our juvenile athletes who competed last weekend. Check out the GCH Juvenile facebook page for the juvenile reports/results. The attachment just has the senior/master results. Links to all the results are below.

In the senior men sprint races it was a double for Darren Costello who took 60m and 200m gold, with Michael O’Sullivan taking gold in the over 50 60m and 200m. Karel Mampouna, competing in his first Connacht Indoors finished sixth in the senior 60m and fourth in the 200m, while Richard O’Hanlon finished fourth in the over 50 men’s 200m. In the 400m senior men’s competition, Owen Scully and Marcus Quinn placed second and third overall respectively with Joseph Doherty in fourth. Jim Phelan placed second overall in the over 35 men’s category.

In the shot putt event, Brendan Staunton took senior gold, with Richard O’Hanlon taking master 50 gold. Michael O’Sullivan took his third gold of the day in the master 50 Long jump.

In the women’s sprint races Linda Nally and Karen Quirke finished second and third respectively in the 60m, while in the senior women’s 200m Laura Nally took third position with Aoife Sheehy in fourth. In the 200m over 35 category Niamh Hennelly took second with Karen Quirke in third place. In the senior women’s 400m, Kathryn Casserly was third senior lady overall and took second in the senior women’s 800m.

In the 800m ladies over 35 category Jean O’Connor took first place with Niamh Hennelly in second, while it was a master (o35) double for Brian Heavey who took gold in the 800m and 1500m men’s events. Neill Keane took third spot in the senior men’s 800m. In the senior men’s 1500m, Alvaro Gamiz finished fourth overall, while Eamonn Hornibrook finished third in the master 50 category. Jean O’ Connor took gold in the o35 women’s 1500m race. 

In the women’s 3000m, Tara Whyte placed a fine third overall. In a competitive men’s 3000m, David Bohan finished a fine second with David Carter in third position and Matteo Selleri in fourth. Brian O’Connor was fifth in the master 35 category over the 3000m while Gerry Carty finished first in the over 50 category with Tony Fahy in fourth place. Well done all!

The links to all the Connacht Indoor results are below, while the attachment just contains the senior/master results.

http://connaughtathletics.com/2020/connacht/results/indoor/day1/menu.html

http://connaughtathletics.com/2020/connacht/results/indoor/day2/menu.html

http://connaughtathletics.com/2020/connacht/results/indoor/Connacht%20Indoors%20Final%20Results.xlsx

The National Masters Indoor Championships take place on SUNDAY March 8th in Athlone. The CLOSING DATE for Club entries is Wednesday 26th February. NO club entries accepted after this date. Contact club secretary.

Link to timetable below.