Ulster Senior Silver at Coleraine and Gold at National Masters in Nenagh

Ulster/Northern Ireland Senior Cross-Country Championships

The first ever joint Ulster/Northern Ireland Senior Cross-Country Championships were held in Coleraine last Saturday. The Finn Valley women's team won the Silver medals in a very close battle with Lagan Valley. Noeleen Porter was our first scorer in 6th place, Catriona McGranaghan, 7th, Clodagh McCool 8th and Kay Byrne 11th. Finn Valley had a total of 32 points just 3 points of the gold.

Kieran Carlin had an excellent run in the senior men's race finishing 7th in the 12K race with Charlie Gallagher 16th. Unfortunately Finn Valley had no team in this race due to injuries.

Gold at National Masters Championships in Nenagh

The Finn Valley master athletes were in action in Nenagh at the weekend and came away with 3 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze medal. Anne McGill easily won her category over the new 3000m Walk distance and was delighted with her performance. The Reid brothers Bosco and Donal also had terrific performances winning the Shot Putt and High Jump respectively. James Gibbons put in another great performance to win Silver in the men's walk with Dominic Bonner winning Bronze in the 3000m. Congratulations to all.

Phoenix Park

Barry Harron had a very good run over 4 miles in the Business Houses Association race in the Phoenix Park finishing an excellent 3rd place.

Next Weekend

The National Masters and Intermediate Championships will be held in Dungarvan this weekend with many Finn Valley athletes competing on both club and County teams.

Sportshall

The final sportshall trials were held in Letterkenny last weekend with good performances from Laura Feely, Shane McCool, Pauric McLaughlin, Lorcan McMenamin and Shane Bonner. Selection for the Donegal Teams will be announced shortly.

Bernie Alcorn, P.R.O.