Craughwell Handicap Chase
Mary Loughnane is Handicap Champion 2009
Written by Mark DavisSorry about the delay in getting these results up - I was away from the old computer for the last few days.
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In total 37 athletes turned up on another miraculously fine evening. Reacting well to the pressure of the final night, the running form was sensational on the night with an incredible 21setting PB's (considering for 5 people this was the first race that means 2 out of every 3 runners set a pb - amazing). Race winners on the night were the Porter girls Laura and Linda who shook off some weary camogie legs to storm home well ahead of their predicted time in 24:09. In second place on the night was Cepta Daly in a fine time of 25:56, followed closely by Mary Loughnane who managed a massive personal best of 25:33.
Fastest man on the night was the ever reliable Johnny Lane who cruised home in 17:01.
Bib | Name | Club | Pos | Clock Time | Real Time |
592 | Linda Porter | Craughwell | 1 | 0:32:24 | 0:24:09 |
591 | Laura Porter | Craughwell | 2 | 0:32:24 | 0:24:09 |
534 | Cepta Daly | Craughwell | 3 | 0:32:56 | 0:25:56 |
514 | Mary Loughnane | Craughwell | 4 | 0:33:03 | 0:25:33 |
556 | James Corbett | Athenry | 5 | 0:33:14 | 0:21:44 |
558 | Gabriel Gardiner | Craughwell | 6 | 0:33:16 | 0:19:16 |
580 | Peter O'Sullivan | Craughwell | 7 | 0:33:27 | 0:17:42 |
504 | Sinead Daly | Craughwell | 8 | 0:33:29 | 0:32:59 |
555 | Noel Gormon | Craughwell | 9 | 0:33:35 | 0:22:50 |
505 | Chris Murray | Craughwell | 10 | 0:33:36 | 0:32:51 |
565 | Pat Reidy | Craughwell | 11 | 0:33:37 | 0:20:22 |
532 | Karen Guest | Craughwell | 12 | 0:33:39 | 0:26:39 |
648 | David Porter | Craughwell | 13 | 0:33:42 | 0:19:42 |
566 | Diarmuid Quill | Craughwell | 14 | 0:33:44 | 0:20:29 |
560 | Tony Fitzpatrick | Craughwell | 15 | 0:33:46 | 0:21:31 |
585 | Johnny Lane | Craughwell | 16 | 0:33:46 | 0:17:01 |
515 | Noreena Murray | Craughwell | 17 | 0:33:54 | 0:28:39 |
584 | Patrick Holohan | Craughwell | 18 | 0:33:57 | 0:17:27 |
564 | Joseph Callanan | Craughwell | 19 | 0:33:59 | 0:21:29 |
506 | Tara Daly | Craughwell | 20 | 0:34:01 | 0:29:31 |
531 | Lucy Cunningham | Craughwell | 21 | 0:34:02 | 0:27:47 |
513 | Aine Rooney | Craughwell | 22 | 0:34:02 | 0:26:32 |
548 | Lorraine Craven | Craughwell | 23 | 0:34:03 | 0:24:33 |
568 | Sharon Gilligan | Craughwell | 24 | 0:34:04 | 0:21:19 |
581 | Tom Niland | Craughwell | 25 | 0:34:11 | 0:18:11 |
550 | Suzanne Colleran | Craughwell | 26 | 0:34:11 | 0:23:41 |
508 | Mary O'Reilly | Craughwell | 27 | 0:34:13 | 0:29:28 |
528 | Valerie Slattery | Craughwell | 28 | 0:34:14 | 0:26:44 |
563 | William Cannon | Craughwell | 29 | 0:34:15 | 0:21:30 |
536 | Keith Devanne | Craughwell | 30 | 0:34:17 | 0:26:32 |
537 | Brian McGee | Craughwell | 31 | 0:34:20 | 0:25:35 |
557 | Kenneth Burke | Craughwell | 32 | 0:34:21 | 0:21:36 |
521 | Fiona Diviney | Craughwell | 33 | 0:34:22 | 0:28:07 |
544 | Brendan Davey | Craughwell | 34 | 0:34:31 | 0:24:46 |
582 | David Reilly | Loughrea | 35 | 0:34:32 | 0:18:32 |
547 | Muiriosa Holohan | Craughwell | 36 | 0:34:37 | 0:22:37 |
517 | Aisling Murray | Athenry | 37 | 0:35:29 | 0:30:14 |
Series Results: Overal winner
The series was open to any athlete that completed 3 races or more and this was perhaps our most dramatic end yet. Mary Loughnane's superb final night run was enough to topple long-standing league leader Aine Rooney from the top spot on the final night. Aine ran very well herself on the final night - scoring a pb, but the entire field did so well that it wasn't enough for her on the night.
Another unexpected twist happened for third place as Gabriel Gardiner ran a huge huge PB of 19:16 to overhaul both Mary O'Reilly and Valerie Slattery for third place. Huge congratulations to the winners this year who as you can see from the results definitely deserved it through their steady improvement over the 8 weeks.
1. Mary Loughnane (10 pts)
2. Aine Rooney (19 pts)
3. Gabriel Gardiner (21 pts)
Fastest Runners:
The fastest runner is given to the person who ran 3+ races that recorded the quickest time. Often this is a walkover category as somone dominates from week to week and this was the case in the fastest female category which was won by a superb Sharon Gilligan who shaved 11 seconds off her PB throughout the series. Sharon showed amazing consistency by recording her pb of 21:19 in each of her last two races. Most of her finishes were within 3 seconds of each other!
This year there was a really interesting battle in the fastest male category, with David Reilly from Loughrea running nip and tuck with Peter O'Sullivan in all the races. Coming into tonights final David had the edge with a 18:07pb that Peter knew he would have to beat. I hope I didn't put David off before the race by mentioning that all prize winners would receive a Craughwell AC Singlet as well as a trophy!
In any case Peter ran an absolute stormer - clocking a PB 17:42 to take the title and his second ever sub-18 minute 5k - both of which happened this week!
Well done to all athletes and see you again next year!
Thanks from Order of Malta
I presented the cash collected at series registration to Paraic McDonnell of the Order of Malta yesterday. In total 237euro was collected. Paraic was delighted at the surprise contribution from the club - thanks all of you for contributing to this worthy cause.
The final league table is below - in total 64 people took part in the series. I highlighted the PB's in yellow so you can see just how well everyone ran on the last night!
Bib Name Club Prev PB R1 R2 R3 R4 nraces Points R1 Time R2 Time R3 Time R4 Time 514 Mary Loughnane Craughwell 0:29:52 3 3 24 4 4 10 0:27:41 0:26:33 0:26:41 0:25:33 513 Aine Rooney Craughwell 0:29:53 4 8 7 22 4 19 0:27:42 0:27:16 0:26:36 0:26:32 558 Gabriel Gardiner Craughwell 0:22:29 1 14 6 3 21 0:20:28 0:20:06 0:19:16 508 Mary O'Reilly Craughwell 0:30:36 22 12 4 27 4 38 0:30:26 0:30:17 0:29:30 0:29:28 528 Valerie Slattery Craughwell 0:27:48 18 13 9 28 4 40 0:27:30 0:27:18 0:26:42 0:26:44 580 Peter O'Sullivan Craughwell 0:18:11 32 16 18 7 4 41 0:18:29 0:18:21 0:18:18 0:17:42 566 Diarmuid Quill Craughwell 0:21:46 13 20 15 14 4 42 0:21:11 0:21:11 0:20:51 0:20:29 556 James Corbett Athenry 0:23:00 36 39 2 5 4 43 0:23:50 0:26:35 0:22:35 0:21:44 515 Noreena Murray Craughwell 0:29:39 15 21 13 17 4 45 0:29:04 0:29:12 0:28:50 0:28:39 557 Kenneth Burke Craughwell 0:22:42 14 24 8 32 4 46 0:22:02 0:22:14 0:21:23 0:21:36 565 Pat Reidy Craughwell 0:21:47 9 30 11 3 50 0:20:56 0:21:11 0:20:22 544 Brendan Davey Craughwell 0:25:27 26 23 3 34 4 52 0:25:27 0:25:28 0:24:21 0:24:46 512 Helen Van De Beek Craughwell 0:29:55 20 7 26 3 53 0:29:36 0:29:14 0:29:20 521 Fiona Diviney Craughwell 0:28:49 12 9 33 3 54 0:28:06 0:27:50 0:28:07 505 Chris Murray Craughwell 0:33:38 19 28 10 3 57 0:33:17 0:33:40 0:32:51 568 Sharon Gilligan Craughwell 0:21:30 27 17 19 24 4 60 0:21:29 0:21:22 0:21:19 0:21:19 564 Joseph Callanan Craughwell 0:21:58 25 17 19 3 61 0:21:47 0:21:41 0:21:29 504 Sinead Daly Craughwell 0:34:00 21 38 33 8 4 62 0:33:39 0:35:32 0:34:12 0:32:59 548 Lorraine Craven Craughwell 0:24:32 18 21 23 3 62 0:24:40 0:24:37 0:24:33 536 Keith Devanne Craughwell 0:26:44 28 6 30 3 64 0:26:47 0:26:23 0:26:32 550 Suzanne Colleran Craughwell 0:24:00 24 15 35 26 4 65 0:23:43 0:23:35 0:24:18 0:23:41 531 Lucy Cunningham Craughwell 0:27:33 33 14 21 3 68 0:28:00 0:27:48 0:27:47 582 David Reilly Loughrea 0:18:00 34 19 16 35 4 69 0:18:19 0:18:26 0:18:07 0:18:32 570 Maurice Headd Craughwell 0:21:22 39 5 25 3 69 0:22:47 0:22:13 0:22:11 522 Michael Collins Unatt 0:28:37 6 29 36 3 71 0:27:08 0:27:24 0:28:40 563 William Cannon Craughwell 0:22:04 17 11 29 29 4 86 0:21:44 0:21:27 0:21:41 0:21:30 560 Tony Fitzpatrick Craughwell 0:22:25 16 32 32 15 4 95 0:21:53 0:22:19 0:22:14 0:21:31 571 Philip Magnier Athenry 0:21:15 42 31 22 3 95 0:22:57 0:23:15 0:22:54 517 Aisling Murray Athenry 0:29:30 29 4 37 37 4 107 0:29:37 0:28:57 0:30:26 0:30:14 585 Johnny Lane Craughwell 0:16:41 38 16 2 999 0:17:26 0:17:01 584 Patrick Holohan Craughwell 0:17:24 27 18 2 999 0:17:33 0:17:27 579 Mark Breen Athenry 0:18:15 37 36 2 999 0:19:09 0:20:29 648 David Porter Craughwell 0:21:00 10 13 2 999 0:20:12 0:19:42 647 Johnny Nevin Craughwell 0:21:46 31 26 2 999 0:22:11 0:22:17 547 Muiriosa Holohan Craughwell 0:24:50 1 36 2 999 0:22:15 0:22:37 555 Noel Gormon Craughwell 0:23:15 27 9 2 999 0:23:22 0:22:50 553 Grainne Breen Athenry 0:23:30 43 25 2 999 0:25:25 0:25:31 537 Brian McGee Craughwell 0:26:28 10 31 2 999 0:25:30 0:25:35 527 Sheila McInerney Loughrea 0:27:54 8 10 2 999 0:26:24 0:26:06 524 Maria Allen Loughrea 0:28:20 7 37 2 999 0:26:54 0:28:23 525 Miriam McCartin Craughwell 0:28:09 11 33 2 999 0:27:18 0:28:11 520 Verena Commins Craughwell 0:29:00 30 34 2 999 0:29:10 0:30:04 506 Tara Daly Craughwell 0:31:27 5 20 2 999 0:29:42 0:29:31 502 Maria McArdle Craughwell 0:35:10 2 31 2 999 0:32:30 0:32:42 501 Patricia Walshe Craughwell 0:36:16 1 35 2 999 0:33:40 0:34:47 503 Fionnuala Fahy Craughwell 0:34:27 23 20 2 999 0:34:12 0:34:07 592 Linda Porter Craughwell 1 1 999 0:24:09 591 Laura Porter Craughwell 2 1 999 0:24:09 583 Darragh O'Brien Loughrea 0:17:24 41 1 999 0:18:01 581 Tom Niland Craughwell 0:18:02 25 1 999 0:18:11 576 Thomas Porter GCH 0:19:24 28 1 999 0:19:37 569 Mickey Gallagher Craughwell 0:21:28 2 1 999 0:20:15 574 James Lundon Athenry 0:20:00 34 1 999 0:20:28 562 Al Callanan Craughwell 0:22:04 5 1 999 0:21:15 554 Sheila Cannon Craughwell 0:23:27 35 1 999 0:23:58 549 Reena Deely Craughwell 0:24:18 30 1 999 0:24:41 542 Betty Coleman Craughwell 0:25:48 6 1 999 0:25:04 534 Cepta Daly Craughwell 0:27:04 3 1 999 0:25:56 532 Karen Guest Craughwell 0:27:15 12 1 999 0:26:39 523 Celia Miskella Craughwell 0:28:29 23 1 999 0:28:25 543 Sheila Reilly Loughrea 0:25:30 44 1 999 0:29:00 509 Treasa Dooley Craughwell 0:30:08 22 1 999 0:30:12 511 Catherine Cleary Craughwell 0:30:00 40 1 999 0:31:18