Quill takes handicap chase in style

September 7, 2007 Mark Davis

Results on the day
39 runners turned out on a beautiful warm autumn evening to race the last of this years handicap chase series. It turned out to be one of the best races of the series with close finishes and lots of pb's recorded. In fact 2/3 of the entrants beat all their previous times on the course, proving that Galway is getting fitter!

In a storming finish – Lisa McCormack powered home in first place taking another large chunk off her handicap. With a 1st and 2nd position in the bag, she would have been a dead cert for overall league winner had she ran a third race. Well done Lisa. Lisa was followed home by another big improver – Niall Woodlock who took almost 2 minutes from his handicap. John Martin was third home on the day in a classy 23:12.

Fastest runner was Tim Glavey of Mayo AC in an excellent 17:26. Tim was closely followed home by Darragh O'Brien and Johnny Lane (who set himself a pb by almost 30 seconds on the course). Ann Carter was home fastest among the ladies in a superb 19:31, 8th fastest overall out the the male-dominated field.

League Standings
Overall winner was decided by the person with the highest finishing position over three races. After 4 races and many miles, Diarmuid Quill took the league title, winning out just ahead ahead of Pat Moran and Gabriel Gardiner. Well done Diarmuid!

The fastest runner prize was awarded to the runner who ran a minimum of two races with the best pb. I won the male category with a 16:24, and Jo Gardiner won the female category with 22:02. Both those times were beaten during the series, but not by someone who turned up more than once.

Thanks everyone who attended the races, I hope you enjoyed them – keep up the running and we might see you back next year.

Photos are available in the image gallery – thanks to the Fitzpatrick girls for acting as photographers for the day!!

Click read more to see the race 4 results and the overall league table. Hopefully we will see you all in Killimor on Sunday.

Race 4 Results:

Bib	S	Name	Club	Position	Time
63	F	Lisa McCormack	Craughwell	1	0:29:24
37	M	Niall Woodlock	Craughwell	2	0:21:21
71	M	John Martin	Craughwell	3	0:23:12
73	M	Oliver Niland	Craughwell	4	0:23:14
44	F	Maeve Noone	Athenry	5	0:26:03
28	M	Paul O'Dowd	Craughwell	6	0:24:28
22	M	Gabriel Gardiner	Craughwell	7	0:20:21
67	M	Frank Burke	Athenry	8	0:20:11
59	M	Tony Fitzpatrick	Craughwell	9	0:21:23
50	F	Breege McGrath	Athenry	10	0:24:55
20	M	Johnny Nevin	Craughwell	11	0:24:05
5	M	Patrick Moran	Border Ramblers	12	0:21:06
60	M	Tony Daley	Athenry	13	0:22:47
70	M	Gary Lupton	Craughwell	14	0:22:58
31	M	Tony Nevin	Craughwell	15	0:19:00
68	F	Ann Carter	Athenry	16	0:19:31
74	F	Siobhan Niland	Craughwell	17	0:26:55
69	M	Tim Glavey	Mayo AC	18	0:17:26
64	M	Dan O'Rourke	Tuam AC	19	0:18:18
19	M	Johnny Lane	Craughwell	20	0:17:30
40	F	Grainne Breen	Craughwell	21	0:25:01
18	M	Aaron McCormack	Craughwell	22	0:22:53
13	F	Maria Hehir	Athenry	23	0:24:48
14	M	Diarmuid Quill	Craughwell	24	0:21:50
39	M	Mark Breen	Craughwell	25	0:19:01
2	M	Thomas Porter	GCH	26	0:19:02
36	M	Ken Burke	Craughwell	27	0:23:24
17	F	Pauline Murray	Athenry	28	0:26:26
52	M	Darragh O'Brien	Loughrea AC	29	0:17:29
21	F	Jo Gardiner	Mayo AC	30	0:22:15
30	M	Wally Walsh	Craughwell	31	0:19:05
12	M	John Reidy	Craughwell	32	0:25:37
26	M	James Lundon	Athenry	33	0:20:16
9	F	Bernie Kelly	GCH	34	0:24:29
15	M	Phillip Magnier	Athenry	35	0:21:36
72	M	Brian McGee	Craughwell	36	0:30:30
49	M	Shane O'Halloran	Craughwell	37	0:22:23
16	M	James Corbett	Athenry	38	0:24:27
25	M	Alan Burke	Athenry	39	0:22:30

Overall League Standings and Results:

Runner Details

Points

Times

Bib

Name

Club

Points

R1 Time

R2 Time

R3 Time

R4 Time

Diarmuid Quill

Craughwell

0:23:32

0:22:11

0:21:55

0:21:50

0:21:50

Patrick Moran

Border Ramblers

0:23:43

0:22:27

0:21:31

0:21:06

0:21:06

Gabriel Gardiner

Craughwell

0:21:41

0:21:39

0:21:05

0:20:21

0:20:21

Aaron McCormack

Craughwell

0:23:55

0:24:20

0:23:01

0:22:53

0:22:53

Maria Hehir

Athenry

0:26:05

0:25:26

0:25:00

0:24:48

0:24:48

Thomas Porter

GCH

0:19:27

0:19:11

0:19:05

0:19:02

0:19:02

Johnny Nevin

Craughwell

0:24:40

0:24:41

0:24:05

0:24:05

Pauline Murray

Athenry

0:27:09

0:26:22

0:26:25

0:26:26

0:26:22

Paul O'Dowd

Craughwell

0:26:19

0:25:11

0:24:28

0:24:28

Tony Nevin

Craughwell

0:19:28

0:19:27

0:19:00

0:19:00

Bernie Kelly

GCH

0:24:45

0:23:29

0:24:16

0:24:29

0:23:29

Ken Burke

Craughwell

0:24:24

0:23:23

0:23:24

0:23:23

Johnny Lane

Craughwell

0:18:17

0:17:50

0:17:30

0:17:30

Phillip Magnier

Athenry

0:20:50

0:20:28

0:21:36

0:20:28

Wally Walsh

Craughwell

0:18:56

0:18:53

0:19:05

0:18:53

James Corbett

Athenry

0:21:10

0:20:32

0:20:50

0:24:27

0:20:32

Darragh O'Brien

Loughrea AC

0:17:21

0:18:32

0:17:29

0:17:21

Alan Burke

Athenry

0:18:47

0:18:52

0:17:43

0:22:30

0:17:43

James Lundon

Athenry

0:20:09

0:19:52

0:20:16

0:19:52

Jo Gardiner

Mayo AC

0:22:02

0:22:08

0:22:15

0:22:02

Henry Lupton

Craughwell

0:23:25

0:22:30

0:22:30

Garo O'Shaughnessy

Craughwell

0:24:52

0:24:04

0:24:04

John Kearney

Craughwell

0:23:29

0:22:32

0:22:32

Oliver Deely

Border Ramblers

0:20:37

0:20:06

0:20:06

Mark Davis

Craughwell

0:16:47

0:16:24

0:16:24

Helen Hallinan

Craughwell

0:25:58

0:26:46

0:25:58

Sue Joyce

Craughwell

0:28:17

0:28:42

0:28:17

Adrian Fitzmaurice

CRH

0:19:33

0:19:06

0:19:06

Martha Stundon

Athenry

0:26:51

0:26:37

0:26:37

Derek Conerney

Athenry

0:20:04

0:20:13

0:20:04

Pat Nicholl

Craughwell

0:24:51

0:25:46

0:24:51

Johnny O'Connor

Athenry

0:18:29