Well done to all CSH’ers competing and training this week, and a big thank you to all of you who braved the harsh weather conditions to marshal our very own Frank Duffy 10Mile race. The ‘Frank Duffy’ is run as part of the SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon Race Series, incorporating the Dublin Athletics 10Mile Championships, and yesterdays wind and rain certainly didn’t…. dampen any spirits 😉

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Our club BBQ will take place Sat. 03rd Sept. so let Claire, Bernard or Mairead know if you will attend. A great evening is expected.

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To kick things off Shirley Mitchell had an excellent race in the Celbridge A.C. 5k roadrace last Sunday, finishing 5th female overall and Winning her category in an impressive 18mins 50secs. Great running by Shirley. Full results via Popup Races website: https://www.popupraces.ie/raceresult/celbridge-ac-5k/#.V7nlTY-cHIV

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Shirley was in flying form again yesterday in the Frank Duffy 10mile finishing 21st overall female, and taking top-prize in her category, in 1hr08mins55secs, also looking good on the Dublin Championship rankings (results pending). Siobhan Carroll was equally impressive in 26th place (and 7th in her category), Ashley Ryan had a fabulous race to finish 34th (and 13th Senior), reaping the benefits of a steady marathon cycle. Ashley was followed closely by Claire Egan in 36th (13th F35) and Brid Ryan finishing 51st (18th Senior) all packing very well. Marie O’Connell was in action (52nd Senior) with Denise Williams having a great race running just inside 92mins, and Margaret Moloney continuing her great run of form (21st F55) The girls look very strong for Dublin Championship team honours with results due in the coming days on Dublin Athletics Board website: http://www.dublinathletics.com/. Full results via TDL Timing website: http://tdleventservices.co.uk/race-results.php?event=2378&sort=gender and SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon Race Series website: http://sseairtricitydublinmarathon.ie/results-certificates/

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Neil O’ Rourke led a fabulous men’s team performance, coming in 14th place (12th Senior) and placing 5th in the Dublin 10Mile Championships. Eoin Devlin was next man home, in 31st position (21st Senior) having a splendid race, with Bernard Duggan following closely in 36th (24th Senior). Jason Reilly was 61st overall (29th Senior) with Podge Coyle in 78th (39th Senior) and Stephen Burke 68th Senior man home. Paul Carolan was 58th in the M55’s, Paul Pugh was 13th M55, with Martin Mulllarkey in action also. Stephen Downey, who has been taking his race times down in massive portions lately, finished just under the 83min mark, great running by Stephen. Sunil Singh finished under 87mins, Maurice Kennelly under 89mins, Mick McCormack under 90mins. Tom Turner finished in an excellent 4th place in the M70’s. The men also look good for Dublin Championship team honours with results due in the coming days on Dublin Athletics Board website: http://www.dublinathletics.com/. Full results via TDL Timing website: http://tdleventservices.co.uk/race-results.php?event=2378

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Once again, a big thank-you to all that marshalled and supported, and thanks to Joe for pictures.

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The Athletics Ireland GloHealth National Masters Track & Field Championships were on earlier today. Con Hearty successfully defended his M80 5km Walk, in a time of 43:08. Very well done to Con. Full results via Athletics Ireland website with full results pending: http://www.athleticsireland.ie/competition/results/