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Grand National Win For Ellen Hogan

Thursday, 5 January 2012

THE annual running of the Grand National took place on the Tuesday before Christmas. Sixty one runners competed on what was a very wet night. This race is run over four laps of the Spollenstown- Charleville road circuit and covers a distance of 5060 metres. It is a handicap race where the runners are let off at different intervals with the fastest athletes setting off last in pursuit of those ahead of them.
Ellen Hogan was one of the first to be let off and she soon went into the lead Ellen continued to run strongly and comfortably held off the chasing runners behind to come home the winner in 28.54. Ellen had thirty seconds to spare over Mary Bracken who came storming through the field with a great run in second place. Dean Claffey maintained his good form of late to take third place in 30.03 just four seconds ahead of fourth placed Aoife Convey.
The fastest time of the night was recorded by Catch Grennan with a 16.25 clocking, while Michelle Mullaney clocked 20.26 in being the fastest woman.
Full Results ( 5060 metres ) : Actual times in brackets
1 Ellen Hogan 28.54 (28.39) ; 2 Mary Bracken 29.24 (20.39) ; 3 Dean Claffey 30.03 (21.33) ; 4 Aoife Convey 30.07 (25.22) ; 5 Ronan Duffy 30.18 (18.33) ; 6 Una Mullen 30.29 (22.29) ; 7 John Donegan 30.34 (17.34) ; 8 Christy Donegan 30.37 (19.37) ; 9 Angela Martin 30.40 (26.10) ; 10 Jason Donegan 30.44 (17.44) ; 11 Richie Galvin 30.46 (17.16) ; 12 Ger Lynam 30.47 (19.02) ; 13 Marcus Brady 30.50 (21.55) ; 14 Adrian Martin 30.51 (20.31) ; 15 Evelyn O'Herlihy 30.52 (21.57) ; 16 Nick Devery 30.53 (20.33) ; 17 Sinead Rigney 30.54 (20.54) ; 18 Catch Grennan 30.55 (16.25) ; 19 Rita Daly 30.57 (22.57) ; 20 Fra Mollen 30.58 (19.58) ; 21 Mary Casey 31.01 (26.16) ; 22 Mick Murphy 31.01 (17.31) ; 23 Liam Dunne 31.04 (19.04) ; 24 Sharon Daly 31.07 (26.52) ; 25 Barry Mooney 31.07 (18.37) ; 26 Conor Mooney 31.10 (18.40) ; 27 Michelle Mullaney 31.11 (20.26) ; 28 Eddie Garry 31.15 (17.30) ; 29 Mags Grennan 31.17 (23.32) ; 30 Dave Fox 31.18 (17.33 ; 31 Ger Keyes 31.19 (22.49) ; 32 Mary Daly 31.20 (22.25) ; 33 Liam Byrne 31.23 (19.38) ; 34 Dave Gorry 31.24 (18.54) ; 35 John Phelan 31.26 (20.26) ; 36 Darren O'Connor 31.28 (21.08) ; 37 Declan Fahey 31.28 (16.43) ; 38 David Monaghan 31.29 (21.29) ; 39 John Harkin 31.30 (17.15) ; 40 Shane Dunne 31.33 (22.38) ; 41 Johnny Feery 31.37 (18.52) ; 42 Tony McCormack 31.38 (21.38) ; 43 John Monaghan 31.40 (20.40) ; 44 Liz Cuskelly 31.41 (20.41) ; 45 Miriam Brady 31.42 (31.42) ; 46 Ciaran McManus 31.43 (18.43) ; 47 Ray Martin 31.47 (19.32) ; 48 Martina Conlon 31.49 (23.19) ; 49 Alma Ravenhill 31.56 (23.56) ; 50 Maurice Fitzgerald 31.56 (20.11) ; 51 Harry Flynn 32.02 (19.17) ; 52 Leonard Owens 32.11 (22.11) ; 53 John Todd 32.18 (20.03) ; 54 Denzel Jacobs 32.25 (22.25) ; 55 Jim Dolan 32.30 (29.45) ; 56 Aaron O'Leary Doyle 32.31 (20.46) ; 57 Brendan Kennedy 32.38 (22.18) ; 58 Declan Lambe 32.48 (22.28) ; 59 Matthew McCormack 32.52 (22.52) ; 60 Frankie Wright 32.53 (21.08) ; 61 Ann Marie McNamara 33.42 (25.42).
Rita Daly Wins New Year's Eve Run
The 54th running of the New Year's Eve Run took place at 12 noon on New Years Eve. A big crowd of fifty runners lined up at the start of the race over a distance of 4700 metres and run on a sealed handicap basis.
Catch Grennan shot into the lead right from the off and had a big lead established after the first of four laps. He maintained this pace throughout and came home in front in a time of 15.10. Eddie Garry had a great run to finish second in 15.35 with Mark Serviss third in 15.46. The fastest woman on the day was Pauline Curley who clocked 16.22.
After the handicapper adjusted the times, Rita Daly was the declared the winner and was presented with the very impressive New Year's Eve Run Plaque. Rita's uncle, Mick Neville was the very first winner of this race in 1957 and he repeated the feat the following year in 1958. Rita's winning time was 13.20 which was 23 seconds ahead of Fra Mollen in second with Rita's sister Bernie Daly pacing third in 13.49.
Full Results :
1 Rita Daly 13.20 ; 2 Fra Mollen 13.45 ; 3 Bernie Daly 13.49 ; 4 Mary Bracken 14.00 ; 5 Ray Martin 14.01 ; 6 Leonard Owens 14.12.
Before Handicap Adjustment :
1 Catch Grennan 15.10 ; 2 Eddie Garry 15.35 ; 3 Mark Serviss 15.46 ; 4 Dave Fox 15.52 ; 5 Richie Galvin 16.20 ; 6 Pauline Curley 16.22 ; 7 Jody O'Reilly 16.35 ; 8 Jason Donegan 16.41 ; 9 John Donegan 16.42 ; 10 Johnny Feery 16.49 ; 11 Conor Mooney 17.08 ; 12 Liam Dunne 17.29 ; 13 Ray Martin 17.31 ; 14 Christy Donegan 17.39 ; 15 John Todd 17.42 ; 16 Mary Bracken 18.00 ; 17 Fra Mollen 18.00 ; 18 Philip Serviss 18.23 ; 19 John O'Connell 18.44 ; 20 John Phelan 18.48 ; 21 John Monaghan 18.59 ; 22 Adrian Martin 19.04 ; 23 Anderson De Santos (Guest) 19.35 ; 24 Pat Conlon 19.36 ; 25 Sinead Rigney 19.48 ; 26 Andy O'Grady 19.50 ; 27 Deirdre Lambe 19.55 ; 28 Evelyn Herlihy 20.03 ; 29 Leonard Owens 20.12 ; 30 Denzel Jacobs 20.13 ; 31 Mary Daly 20.15 ; 32 Shane Dunne 20.16 ; 33 Rita Daly 20.20 ; 34 Dean Claffey 20.38 ; 35 Declan Lambe 20.54 ; 36 Nita McLoughlin 21.02 ; 37 Bernie Daly 21.19 ; 38 Mags Grennan 21.29 ; 39 Ger Keyes 21.34 ; 40 Michelle Conlon (Guest) 21.44 ; 41 Charlotte Abbott 22.38 ; 42 Jim Langan 23.01 ; 43 Mary Casey 24.24 ; 44 Angela Martin 24.32 ; 45 Sharon Daly 24.32 ; 46 Ellen Hogan 25.53 ; 47 Jim Dolan 26.00 ; 48 Pat Kennedy 26.16 ; 49 Fiona Phelan 27.01 ; 50 Miriam Brady 28.57 ; 51 Josie O'Grady 29.51.
Race Roundup
Kevin Corrigan and Damien Mangan competed in the Waterford Half Marathon last month, where Kevin clocked 1.49.15 and Damien recorded a time of 2.05.31.
Jim Langan had two age category victories in races down south recently. The first of these came in the Newmarket, Co. Cork 5k road race where Jim came first in the over 65 category in a time of 23.13. Jim repeated this feat in Kerry on St Stephen's day when he was victorious in the Faranfore 4 mile road race in 33.27.
The annual Newtownforbes 5km road race took place on St Stephen's Day and Pauline Curley had a good run to finish in second place behind the in form Linda Byrne. Pauline's time was 17.54.
Training: Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30pm, Sunday morning at 8.30am Except on a race day. New members always welcome.
It is important to be seen on the roads so reflective gear must be worn while training on the roads
Membership is now due. Forms available in clubhouse.

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