Kippure Race report
By Douglas Barry
Brendan O'Brien beat Simon Walters and Gerry Lalor to win a mist shrouded Kippure race which suffered a reduced field due to the mist and rain. Brendan was pushed along the road but broke free of the chasing group as the runners left the bog track - featured in the poster for the film "Dancing at Lugnasa". The Ajax runner pulled out a lead, which he never lost, on the climb to the TV transmission mast on the summit.
Eva Mulleady easily won the women's section with Caitlin Bent the winner of the veteran's class. In the men's vets category Leinster League champion Doug Corrie continued his winning form with Brian Byrne the winner of the M50s just pipping Richard Flynn by 8 seconds. A good run by David Simpson saw him take the junior men's race.
Kippure 04/08/99
|
Pos |
Num |
Name |
Club |
Cat |
Time |
|
1 |
274 |
Brendan O'Brien |
Ajax |
|
43.44 |
|
2 |
101 |
Simon Walters |
AIB |
|
44.49 |
|
3 |
157 |
Gerry Lalor |
|
|
45.50 |
|
4 |
228 |
Fergus Brien |
|
|
46.07 |
|
5 |
278 |
Paul Mahon |
|
|
46.54 |
|
6 |
190 |
Douglas Corrie |
Fingal |
M40 |
47.31 |
|
7 |
121 |
David Simpson |
Rathfarnham |
M19 |
49.32 |
|
8 |
244 |
Dave Weston |
Setanta |
|
50.02 |
|
9 |
106 |
Philip Brennan |
Setanta O.C |
|
50.49 |
|
10 |
61 |
Mark Beacom |
Ericsson |
M40 |
51.60 |
|
11 |
62 |
Mads Larsen |
FDF Hillerod |
|
52.02 |
|
12 |
233 |
Nigel Creighton |
|
|
52.08 |
|
13 |
15 |
Barry Cahill |
|
|
52.29 |
|
14 |
270 |
Rory Wallace |
Ajax |
|
53.03 |
|
15 |
119 |
Justin Keatinge |
Ajax |
|
53.28 |
|
16 |
323 |
Mick Mangan |
Setanta |
|
53.46 |
|
17 |
120 |
Brian Bell |
Bray Head Ridge Runners |
M40 |
53.52 |
|
18 |
163 |
Tom Quinn |
|
M40 |
54.10 |
|
19 |
125 |
Ciaran Donaghy |
GEN |
|
54.35 |
|
20 |
262 |
Paul Keogh |
|
|
55.22 |
|
21 |
192 |
Brian Byrne |
|
M50 |
55.31 |
|
22 |
124 |
Richard Flynn |
SET |
M50 |
55.39 |
|
23 |
103 |
Gordon Douglas |
|
M40 |
56.11 |
|
24 |
394 |
Bruce Shenker |
|
M40 |
56.42 |
|
25 |
149 |
Eva Mulleady |
Crusaders |
F |
56.58 |
|
26 |
229 |
John Fitzgerald |
|
M40 |
58.16 |
|
27 |
63 |
Gert Larsen |
FDF Hillerod |
M50 |
58.23 |
|
28 |
289 |
Mark Gomm |
Portmarnock |
|
58.33 |
|
29 |
318 |
Peter Gorman |
AIB |
|
59.15 |
|
30 |
288 |
Kevin Smith |
|
|
61.44 |
|
31 |
134 |
Thomas Galvin |
Glenasmole |
|
64.12 |
|
32 |
351 |
Derek Livingston |
|
|
65.36 |
|
33 |
280 |
Caitlin Bent |
Setanta |
F50 |
66.54 |
|
34 |
108 |
Fiona Callaghan |
AIB |
F |
68.13 |
|
35 |
293 |
Murtagh Murphy |
|
|
72.38 |
|
36 |
358 |
Mike Gomm |
Portmarnock |
M60 |
96.45 |
Entries: Henny Brandsma, Douglas Barry
Finish: Douglas Barry, Henny Brandsma
Results; Douglas Barry, Justin Keatinge
Web: Douglas Barry