Main pic: Isa Boner, Cassie Gallagher, Lucy Brennan and Katie Sharkey at the at Donegal Children’s Games.
Last Sunday saw a large number of juvenile athletes who travelled to Finn Valley AC for a very well run Donegal Children’s Games, U12 and Combined Event Championships.
Competing against Donegal athletes from across the various clubs, it was an exciting day of athletics. Plenty of medals and PBs were had. A special thanks to our coaches, officials and parents/volunteers on the day, without every one of you, the event would not have happened. The future is really bright and the juveniles on the day were the stars of the show. Well done to each and every one of you who put in fantastic performances and did your coaches and clubs proud. There was also a Combined Events (5 events – hurdles, high jump, long jump, shot put and 800m). It was great to see Evan Ward, Aileen Logue and Aaliyah Gallagher trying this out and they all enjoyed the day.
Rosses AC’s James McGonigle with his medal haul.
Saturday last saw the inaugural Balor Multi Sport Race where four Rosses men competed with David McKelvey and Declan Gallagher in the solo event and Fergal McGee and Ken Bates in the team events. formed part of two 3 person teams. All day David had been on or within touching distance of the podium place, keeping company with some very high calibre accomplished athletes, and he was very much at home. He was looking forward to the final stage as he felt this run would be one of his strengths but unfortunately a mechanical failure put an end to his day. Declan Gallagher again showed he is a serious competitor and was right in the mix but unfortunately suffered stomach problems and had to withdraw. Well done also to Fergal and Ken who were part of teams who competed well.
At the European half marathon in Leuven Belgium, Emily Bonner headed to run and soak up the atmosphere at the European road running championships. Emily is consistently strong over this distance and again put in a brilliant performance to finish in 1:42:08.
Rosses AC’s Brigid Molloy and Rachel Harper.
Last Sunday saw the Rith na Mban 6k,12k,21k in Ballybofey. The first running of the female only running event took with three separate race distances with the half using the traditional half marathon route. In the 6k we had a Rosses Win where Hannah McGee had a great run to win in 27:49, congrats! 226 Ladies toed the line for the 12k race where Rachel Harper had a strong run to finish a brilliant 10th in 1:03:56. Ashleigh Ni Suibhne has been slowly getting back to training recovering from an injury that had her sidelined for a while, She decided to get out with friend Rachel Gallagher and they both had great runs with Ashleigh finishing in a strong time of 1:44:21. Brigid Molloy also had a fine run powering around in a great time of 1:51:40.
Rosses AC’s Hannah McGee.
Friday night last saw the Hugh Gallagher 5k Milford where Helen McCready got back to road running in style taking the win in a brilliant time of 17:48. Grace Garvie has been putting in some great training recently and put it on show with a great time of 24:42 to finish second F40 Angela Trimble had a strong run too powering down the Main Street to the finish line in a fine time of 27:39 to take the win in the F50 category. In the men’s section Keith O’Connell ran a strong 19:06.
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