2001 Leinster League

Portmarnock - Report by Mike Gomm

A mountain run in Portmarnock? A nonsense! But this was planned during the F&M crisis as a possible fallback and the IMRA committee decided to stay with it. The course had trail running on grass, some work on undulating dunes, some good running on hard sand, and some work on the softer gravelly beach around the headland. With all the undulations we managed 40 metres height gain mostly when climbing on the soft sand.

We got a very accurate 5 mile course using a wheel calibrated by NSAI ! Many thanks to Seamus Kilcullen who assisted in the design and marking of the course and to Eric Carroll and Ken Newman who assisted with stewarding on the night. The weather in the hours leading up to the race was atrocious and, of course, we also had to contend with the Ireland soccer match.

49 runners made it to the start and the first man home was Aenghus O'Cleirigh who was also the first 0/40 vet. 2nd place was also an 0/40 namely Michael Burton from Bondi Running and Triathlon. Eoin Keith from Setanta took 3rd, Stephen Lynch took first 0/50, and Mick Kellet was first 0/60. In the ladies, Emma Sokell was 1st , Joan Flanagan was first 0/40, and Jane Watt was first 0/50. Brendan O'Reilly won the U10 juniors. Fionan O'Muircheartaigh had a great run to win the M15 category.

The "Aprés Course" took place at the White Sands Hotel which provided some nice bottles as spot prizes courtesy of Eddie Harrison. Many thanks to our course officials and to all participants! It is hoped to retain this event for the year 2002. This course is only fully available at certain states of the tide so many thanks to Stephen Rowe who provided the tidal information during the planning stage.

Go to pictures of this race here.

    Portmarnock 06/06/2001    
Pos Num Name Club Cat Time
1 303 Aenghus O'Cléirigh DSD M40 29.48
2 248 Michael Burton BRATS M40 30.00
3 141 Eoin Keith SET M 30.21
4 207 John MacEnri . M 30.37
5 337 Vincent O'Sullivan UCD AC M 30.53
6 123 Desie Shorten . M40 32.03
7 367 Stuart Bund . M 32.43
8 260 Rory Wallace . M 32.53
9 154 Mike Long Ajax M 33.13
10 202 Andrew Quin DUO M 33.51
11 372 John Causey . M 34.17
12 134 Douglas Corrie FinO M40 34.50
13 247 Aaron Shorten . MJ 34.58
14 364 Stephen Lynch . M50 35.03
15 135 Claude McManmon . M40 35.04
16 264 Paul Cullen . M 35.10
17 110 Emma Sokell Crusaders F 35.11
18 116 Graham Porter Crusaders M50 35.26
19 266 Stephen Rowe Raheny M40 35.33
20 175 Bruce Shenker . M40 35.34
21 171 Fionán O'Muircheartaigh DSD M15 35.39
22 111 Joan Flanagan Ajax F40 36.10
23 200 Shane Lynch DUO M 36.14
24 166 Henny Brandsma Sportsworld M50 36.31
25 177 Ray Linn Fingal M40 37.12
26 267 Eddie Harrison Raheny M40 37.26
27 121 Vivian O'Gorman . M40 37.37
28 115 Joe Lalor GEN M40 37.54
29 306 David Byrne Dublin Bus M40 38.09
30 146 Thomas Galvin Glenasmole M 38.28
31 117 Jane Watt Crusaders F50 38.40
32 259 Ciaran Donaghy GEN M 38.47
33 369 Christy Fox Fingallions M50 39.10
34 108 Eva Mulleady Crusaders F 40.14
35 311 Alan Daly . M 40.47
36 370 Bob Quinn . M40 41.56
37 215 Rose Leith . F 42.07
38 368 Stephen Jakeman . M 43.50
39 139 Cormac Corrigan Glenasmole M 44.33
40 147 Deirdre O'Neill Fingal F 45.17
41 162 Mick Kellet GEN M60 47.06
42 316 Michael Malley . M 48.06
43 366 Garrett Egan . M 48.37
44 238 Caitlin Bent Set F50 50.23
46 144 Nina Philips Crus/SET F 56.04
46 371 Geraldine O'Riordan Crusaders F 56.04
47 184 Ger Power 3ROC F50 57.54
48 317 Brenda Malley . FJ 62.38
. . Short Course . . .
1 338 Brendan O'Reilly . M10 16.22

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