Incorporating the Northern Area 20km Champs - March 7th 2015
The Northern Area RWA 20km Champs took place in very cold and windy conditions at the National Sports Centre, Douglas on Saturday March 7th. A strong Irish contingent were present under Head Coach Michael Lane.Our thanks go to Event sponsors The Ascot Hotel, and to members of Manx Harriers for once again organising this traditional Winter fixture. Evan Lynch of IRE/Clonmel was a debut winner of the Open 20Km Walk in a time of 1hr 32m 28s, just under 11 minutes clear of David Kidd (IRE/St Laurence) who finished second in 1hr 43m 15s. RICHARD GERRARD (pictured) of ISLE OF MAN VAC finished third in 1hr 45m 11s to claim the NORTHERN AREA CHAMPIONSHIP ahead of MICHAEL GEORGE, RICHARD WILD and DAVID WALKER, these three winning the Northern Team Title for MANX HARRIERS. In the 10Km walk, Clonmel's Aaron Egan took the honours in a time of 47min 46sec, ahead of first lady Veronica Burke of Ballinasloe who recorded 52min 48sec. Jock Waddington of Manx Harriers was third overall in 53min 20sec. Stephanie Quayle of Manx Harriers was the first local lady in a time of 63min 04sec. Manx Harriers Juniors Olivia Corran and Holly Sanders finished 1st and 2nd respectively in the opening event of the day, the 1km walk. Olivia finished in a time of 6min 43sec, with Holly close behind in 6min 55sec. Daniel Lawrie fininshed 3rd in 7min 47sec. Sarah Glennon from Mullingar Harriers won the 3km event in a time of 16min 5sec ahead of Anna Bourke of Celbridge and Orla O'Connor of Waterford who both recorded 16min 29sec. Stephen Waddington was the first boy to finish in 18min dead with clubmates Archie Walter recording 18min 50 and Alice Bellando 19min 14sec. Tom Partington recorded a personal best by 20 seconds to win the 5Km in a time of 24min 16sec with Joe Mooney of Adamstown 2nd in 25min 01sec and Gearoid McMahon of Shannon AC 3rd in 25min 45sec. Local walker Fiona Shaw of Northern AC finished 9th in 44min 11sec. |
1km | |||||
POS. | NAME | TIME | CAT. | POS - CAT | CLUB |
1 | Olivia Corran | 6:43 | U11 | 1 - U11 Girl | Manx H |
2 | Holly Sanders | 6:55 | U11 | 2 - U11 Girl | Manx H |
3 | Daniel Lawrie | 7:47 | U11 | 1 - U11 Boy | |
3km | |||||
1 | Sarah Glennon | 16:05 | U15 | 1 - U15 Girl | IRE/Mullingar |
2 | Anna Bourke | 16:29 | U15 | 2 - U15 Girl | IRE/Celbridge |
3 | Orla O'Connor | 16:29 | U17 | 1 - U17 Girl | IRE/Waterford |
4 | Ruth Heery | 17:34 | U15 | 3 - U15 Girl | IRE/Waterford |
5 | Hannah Jacob | 17:49 | U17 | 2 - U17 Girl | IRE/Waterford |
6 | Stephen Waddington | 18:00 | U15 | 1 - U15 Boy | Manx H |
7 | Emma Caulfield | 18:08 | U15 | 4 - U15 Girl | IRE/Waterford |
8 | Anna O'Connor | 18:20 | U17 | 3 - U17 Girl | IRE/Waterford |
9 | Archie Walter | 18:50 | U13 | 1 - U13 Boy | Manx H |
10 | Leah Goddard | 19:05 | U15 | 5 - U15 Girl | Northern AC |
11 | Alice Bellando | 19:14 | U15 | 6 - U15 Girl | Manx H |
5km | |||||
1 | Tom Partington | 24:16 | U17 | 1 - U17 Men | Manx H |
2 | Joe Mooney | 25:01 | U20 | 1 - U20 Men | IRE/Adamstown |
3 | Gearoid McMahon | 25:45 | U17 | 2 - U17 Men | IRE/Shannon |
4 | Niamh O'Connor | 25:54 | U17 | 1 - U17 Women | IRE/Celbridge |
5 | Lauren Whelan | 26:37 | SEN | 1 - Sen Women | IRE/Leevale |
6 | Karen Bourke | 28:54 | U20 | 1 - U20 Women | IRE/Celbridge |
7 | Fina Hayes | 29:42 | U17 | 2 - U17 Women | IRE/Le Cheile |
8 | Isabel Morgan | 30:07 | U17 | 3 - U17 Women | IRE/St. Senan's |
9 | Fiona Shaw | 44:11 | V40 | 2 - Sen Women | Northern A.C. |
10km | |||||
1 | Aaron Egan | 47:46 | U20 | 1 - U20 Men | IRE/Clonmel |
2 | Veronica Burke | 52:48 | U20 | 1 - U20 Women | IRE/Ballinasloe |
3 | Jock Waddington | 53:20 | V50 | 1 - Sen Men | Manx H |
4 | Siobhan Nash | 53:28 | SEN | 1 - Sen Women | St Abbans |
5 | Emma Prendiville | 53:40 | SEN | 2 - Sen Women | IRE/Farranfore |
6 | Andrew Bell | 54:00 | U20 | 2 - U20 Men | IRE/Castlebar |
7 | Rachel Glennon | 55:04 | U17 | 1 - U17 Women | IRE/Mullingar |
8 | Nicholas McDunphy | 55:53 | SEN | 2 - Sen Men | IRE/KCH |
9 | Sinead O'Connor | 56:02 | U17 | 2 - U17 Women | IRE/Celbridge |
10 | Dale Farquhar | 56:51 | SEN | 3 - Sen Men | Manx H |
11 | Sarah Bourke | 57:48 | SEN | 3 - Sen Women | IRE/Celbridge |
12 | Gianni Epifani | 58:14 | V40 | 4 - Sen Men | Manx H |
13 | Edel Glennon | 58:30 | U20 | 2 - U20 Women | IRE/Mullingar |
14 | Dave Mackey | 61:37 | V45 | 5 - Sen Men | Manx H |
15 | Steph Quayle | 63:04 | V45 | 4 - Sen Women | Manx H |
16 | Adam Killip | 63:04 | SEN | 6 - Sen Men | Manx H |
17 | Ed Walter | 64:14 | V35 | 7 - Sen Men | Manx H |
18 | Juan Corrin | 64:20 | SEN | 8 - Sen men | Manx H |
19 | James Quirk | 64:28 | V40 | 9 - Sen Men | Manx H |
20 | Rebecca Greatbatch | 64:59 | U20 | 3 - U20 Women | Manx H |
21 | Louise Hollings | 69:59 | V35 | 5 - Sen Women | Isle of Man VAC |
20km | |||||
1 | Evan Lynch | 1:32:26 | U23 | 1 - Sen Mn | IRE/Clonmel |
2 | David Kidd | 1:43:15 | V35 | 2 - Sen Men | IRE/ St. Laurence |
3 | Richard Gerrard | 1:45:11 | V40 | 3 - Sen Men | Isle of Man VAC |
4 | Michael George | 1:46:20 | V45 | 4 - Sen Men | Manx H |
5 | Richard Wild | 1:48:42 | V40 | 5 - Sen Men | Manx H |
6 | David Walker | 1:55:21 | V40 | 6 - Sen Men | Manx H |
7 | Matthew Haddock | 1:59:58 | SEN | 7 - Sen Men | Manx H |
8 | Stewart Jones | 2:03:23 | V40 | 8 - Sen Men | Manx H |
9 | Edel Glennon | 2:09:10 | U20 | 1 - Sen Women | IRE/Mullingar |
10 | Mark Byrne | 2:26:12 | V50 | 9 - Sen Men | Redcar RWC |