December '23 Round Up

December 2, 2023

Well done to our 28 members who braved the freezing conditions this morning and took on the Waterford 1/2 marathon

Aoife’s first, The McFarlands back to back after Clon last week, The Sheehan’s Daddy/ Daughter run among the highlights . Plenty of shiny PB’s too

242 John MASON 01:30:20

284 Deirdre ANSBRO 01:33:12

307 Brian O'CONNELL 01:32:38

388 Ann Marie HOLLAND 01:35:30

489 Louise O'BRIEN 01:37:45

507 Maurice WALSH 01:38:14

518 Alan HANNIGAN 01:38:38

604 Janette O'SULLIVAN 01:41:48

730 Darragh MARTIN 01:43:39

772 John O'BRIEN 01:45:54

926 Donal SHEAHAN 01:49:54

927 Anthony SHEEHAN 01:51:27

928 Laura SHEEHAN 01:51:27

968 Joanne O'HALLORAN 01:51:14

1030 Paul MCFARLAND 01:52:23

1031 Carol STONE 01:53:19

1071 Kate MCFARLAND 1:52:24

1077 Emma MARTIN 01:56:30

1196 Thomas CLIFFE 01:56:40

1347 Una MURPHY 02:00:51

1403 Carol MURPHY 02:03:22

1422 Alicia O'HALLORAN 02:04:10

1423 Maxine HICKEY 02:04:10

1424 Mary KINGSTON 02:05:06

1475 Olan COLEMAN 02:07:27

1543 Patricia HOGAN 02:10:50

1687 Dee O'REILLY 02:24:14

1749 Aoife CONNON 2:39:16

Keep up the good work over the festive period

December 3, 2023

3 Youghal AC members made their way to Navan on Sunday for the National Uneven Championships. Well done to Olan Rochford who finished 30th in the Boys U11 race securing a Silver County team medal for Cork in the process . Aine Collins ran a solid race in the U15 girls and will no doubt continue to improve into 2024 and beyond . Alex Cashman won an individual medal finishing 9th in the U19’s girls race, whilst also scoring for a Gold winning Cork team. Great work from all 3 representatives

A bit closer to home, Keith Kelly and Donal Sheehan made their way to Newmarket for the super-fast 5km running great races

December 9, 2023

Wishing Fearghal and Avril the very best of luck as they take on the European Cross Country Championships tomorrow. We at Youghal AC are very proud of you both. Be sure to tune in and cheer them on...

Weekend Update 10th December ‘23

Youghal AC were well represented at home and on the continent over the weekend, with members taking part at the 5-mile Turkey Trot An Sean Phobal on Sunday morning, which doubled as a nice social morning for all runners.

By the time these athletes toed the start line, Katie Cronin had already completed her ½ marathon in Malaga – well done Katie.

Then it was time to go home and put the feet up and watch our elite athletes compete at the Euro Cross Championships – massive well done to Fearghal Curtin and Avril Millerick on their achievements

32 Stephen Kelleher 36:06

34 Shane Greene 36:17

57 Susan Dineen 38:48

58 David Kilgannon 38:59

57 Mike McMahon 39:02

68 George Bulman 40:27

69 Ollie Hegarty 40:29

78 Claire Murphy 42:02

79 Ian Murphy 42:03

91 Cathriona Hill 44:37

Well done also to our athletes who took part in ParkRun #90 at Pobalscoil Na Trionoide, and to those out doing their doing their social runs keeping fit in the run up to the festive season. Keep up the good work

Best wishes to our Vice Chairperson Deirdre Ansbro who had a mishap on the bike over the weekend – we wish you a speedy recovery and hope to see you back on the roads very soon

Happy New Year to all our members at Youghal AC and to the wider running community . May your 2024 be full of running, joy, happiness and PB’s.

Well done to our athletes out and about yesterday wrapping up a great 2023, as follows:

Brian O’ Connell 42:55, Mossy O’ Mahony 51:45 and Donal Sheehan 52:21 at the Grange Fermoy 10km, in tough conditions for running

Keith Kelly rounding off a very successful year at the Togher 5km in 17:03…

And last but not not least, Fearghal Curtin competing at the Bologna 10km, finishing in 4th place overall in a time of 29:08