Big Turnout for Donegal 5K Championships at Finn Valley

There was a large turnout for the Donegal 5K Road Championships which were hosted by Finn Valley A.C. on Sunday last. Kieran Carlin ran very well to finish 2nd to Pauric McKinney in a time of 15.33. Frank Chaney also put in an excellent run finishing 5th in 15.56. Dominic Bonar 16.13, Gerard Bogle 16.14 and Pat Hegarty 16.26 show that the Masters men's team are all in good shape. Good running also from Conal McBride 16.31 and Barry Harron 16.40. Enda Doherty was our first Junior athlete in 16.41 with Ian Ward 17.01, Aiden Connolly 17.09 and Shane Bonner 17.39 also running very well and will look forward to contesting their U16 Cross Country Championship on 2nd October. Clodagh McCool (17.41) and Catriona McGranaghan and Teresa McGloin were our leading female athletes. Our young juvenile female athletes also used this race as a training run with good running from Breda McGnty, Shauna Guthrie, Fionnuala Bruton and Nikki Alcorn. It was also nice to see Maeve Lafferty making a comeback to competition with our Masters women Noreen Martin, Mary Bond and Mary Martin all running well.

Donegal Grand Prix Final Results

Grand Prix 2005 Results (PDF); contact us if you need these in a format other than PDF.

Waterside Half Marathon

Congratulations to Rosemary Bogle who won the V2 Category of the Waterside Half Marathon in a time of 92mins. 37 seconds on the 10th September. This was the 25th anniversary of this very popular half marathon which was very well organised by Gerry Lynch and Derry City Council. Other club athletes putting in great performances there were Eunan Quinn and Gloria Donaghey.

Upcoming Fixtures

Primary Schools Cross-country at Finn Valley on the 28th September with Secondary Schools Cross-Country on the 29th September. Details have been sent to all schools.

2nd October - Donegal Novice and Uneven Cross Country Championships at Finn Valley Centre, 12 noon.

9th October - Donegal Under 10 to under 18 Championships in Cranford.

23rd October - Ulster Novice and uneven Cross Country Championships at Scotstown.

6th November - Ulster even age Cross Country Championships at Ballyclare.

13th November - Donegal Senior Cross Country Championships at Finn Valley Centre 12 noon.

The annual juvenile Awards night will be held on Sunday, 2nd October at the Finn Valley Centre. All athletes and parents are most welcome.

Annual General Meeting

The club A.G.M. will be held on Monday 3rd October, a special request for all senior athletes, committee members and parents to attend please.

Results of Donegal 5k Road Championships 2005

      15.18    PAURIC MC KINNEY   Letterkenny AC
      15.33    KIERAN CARLIN      Finn Valley AC
      15.50    CIARAN DOHERTY     Letterkenny AC
      15.56    FRANK  CHANEY      Finn Valley AC
      16.01    DAN KING         Milford A C
      16.10    JAMES FLANAGHAN    Letterkenny AC
      16.13    DOMINIC BONNER       Finn Valley AC
      16.14    GERARD      BOGLE       Finn Valley AC
      16.26    PAT  HEGARTY            Finn Valley AC
      16.29    SEAN MC FADDEN      Letterkenny AC
      16.31    CONAL MC BRIDE Finn Valley AC
      16.33    DERMOTT     SWEENEY Inishowen AC
      16.39    IVAN TONER  Letterkenny AC
      16.40    BARRY HARREN  Finn Valley AC
      16.41    ENDA DOHERTY Finn Valley AC
      16.43    NEIL GIBBONS    Letterkenny AC
      17.01    IAN  WARD     Finn Valley AC
      17.03    MARTIN      GORMLEY   Letterkenny AC
      17.06    MARTIN      O HALLORAN Letterkenny AC
      17.08    DARREN      STEWART    Strabane
      17.09    AIDEN CONNOLLY    Finn Valley AC
      17.09    CIARAN      TONER Letterkenny AC
      17.16    ANNMARIE    LARKIN     Tullamore Harriers
      17.17    MICHAEL     BLACK     Letterkenny AC
      17.17    GAVIN CRAWFORD Letterkenny AC
      17.19    JAMIE CRAWFORD Strabane
      17.20    JOE  ENGLISH  Letterkenny AC
      17.22    JOHN DALY     Letterkenny AC
      17.23    DANNY MOONEY     Letterkenny AC
      17.26    CIARAN      CRAWFORD    Letterkenny AC
      17.33    P.J. BOYCE      Cranford AC
      17.39    SHANE BONNAR     Finn Valley AC
      17.41    CLODAGH     MC COOL     Finn Valley AC
      17.46    KEVIN TONER    Letterkenny AC
      17.55    BERNARD     MC CABE     Finn Valley AC
      18.10    HELENA      CROSSAN     Letterkenny AC
      18.15    DREW DOHERTY     Finn Valley AC
      18.16    SEAMUS      GALLAGHER     Letterkenny AC
      18.16    LIAM FARREN  Unattached
      18.19    KARL DOHERTY     Inishowen AC
      18.20    FINNBAR     GALLAGHER     Inishowen AC
      18.21    PATRICK     DOHERTY     Inishowen AC
      18.26    FRANCIS     JUDGE   Letterkenny AC
      18.31    NOEL THOMAS     Unattached
      18.38    CATRIONA     MC GRANAGHAN   Finn Valley AC
      18.40    TOM  THOMSPON     Unattached
      18.51    MARGARET    SYNOTT     Letterkenny AC
      18.59    LOUISE      FINNEGAN    Letterkenny AC
      19.09    BRENDAN     ALEXANDER   Finn Valley AC