August Fixtures

Fri 8th Aug: Clonmany 5k- 7.30 - Clonmany, Donegal - Inis Eoghain AC Results

Sat 9th Aug -Letterkenny Summer 15K - Letterkenny AC 11am Results

Tue 12 Aug: Creggan 3k- 7.30 - Bishops Field, Creggan here

Tue 19th Aug: Buncrana Mile 7.30 - Spartans Results here

Tue 26th Aug: Dessie's Run 5m, Gransha - Spartans Results here

Sat 30th Aug: Dungiven 10k entry form and map available here

Donegal Series here

Track and Field Fixtures here

July Fixtures

Sat 5: Strabane 10K & Leisure Walk-11.30 Entry Form & Poster

Wed 23: Furey Insurances 5K Series- Jog in the Bog - 7.30 results

Donegal Series here

Track and Field Fixtures here

Wed 2nd Aug: Furey Insurances 5K Series- Muff Festival 5k - 2pm poster Results

June Fixtures

Wed 4th May-Team Trophy Antrim T&F

Friday 6th June - 7.30 - Donegal Town 5k - poster RESULTS

Wed 11th June-Furey Insurances 5K Race 4 Balliniska 7.30pm poster Results

SAT 14TH JUNE - Buncrana 10k at 6.30 Phone E McLaughlin 0749362320

June 21st - Enniskillen 10k - Entry form

June 28th - June-Furey Insurances 5K Race 5 Culmore 2pm here

May Fixtures

Sunday 4th May-NW 10k Letterkenny, 3pm Results

Monday 5th May-Belfast Marathon 9am

Friday 9th May-Culdaff 5k 7.30 poster results photos

Tue 13th May Donegal Senior Track and Field Championships Rd1 2008 Photos Results

Wed 14th May-Furey Insurances 5K Race 2 Lisnagalvin 7.30pm poster results

Sunday 18th May- AAI National League Rd1 Timetable Results

Tue 20th May-Interfirms 5k Letterkenny 7.30pm poster Results

Thursday 22nd May-Wilkies 5m 7.30pm

Wed 28th May-Furey Insurances 5K Race 3 Buncrana 7.30pm poster results

Furey Insurances 5K Series 2007

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16th Sept 08 WATERSIDE HALF

Bright autumn sunshine, temperatures in the high teens with a cooling breeze. The perfect day for a stroll in the country. Those must have been the thoughts of former Irish champion Joe McAlister as he sauntered to victory in the Tesco Waterside Half Marathon in Derry on Saturday morning.

A casual observer could have been forgiven for mistaking the McAlister for someone on a training run such was the ease with which the St. Malachy’s clubman disposed of the opposition.

After a shock defeat in the Laganside 10K the week before, the Glengormley teacher was clearly in no mood for a repeat as he forged into a lead by the end of the first mile.

He continued to stretch away to beyond the halfway point before relaxing on the homeward journey to cross the line over three and a half minutes clear of his nearest pursuer. It was his third win in the event and never will he have earned £500 as easily for just 70 minutes 14 seconds work.

If it appeared a dawdle for the winner, the same could not be said for the runner-up Martin Rea with three men fighting out the silver medal place right down to the finish line.

The trio were running shoulder to shoulder throughout the final miles but the greater strength of the North Belfast Harrier Martin Rea eventually told as he managed to get home by a mere three seconds from the City of Derry’s Declan Reed in a time of 73 minutes 50 seconds.

Last year’s runner-up Delfim Pimentel on this occasion had to settle for fourth a further ten seconds back while further down the field Derry boxer John Duddy completed the 13.1 mile course in one hour 41 minutes and 57 seconds.

Seldom does a women’s road race in the North have two Olympians but that was the case here. Ireland’s 5000 metres representative in Athens, Maria McCambridge, outdistancing Paul Curley who only four weeks previously was valiantly completing the marathon in the heat and humidity of Beijing.

On this occasion the Tullamore woman obviously still recovering from her exertions in China offered only token resistance to McCambridge who finished in an impressive 76 minutes and 17 seconds for seventh place overall.
Curley was timed at 79:02 with third place going to Sperrin Harrier Karen Alexander in 83:05. Paul Hannan and Jim Corbett crossed the line together in the Wheelchair race with Karol Doherty in third.

With over 600 finishers and slick organisation the Derry race enhanced its claims for restoration of NI championship status withdrawn when the event was cancelled at the eleventh hour two years ago when police permission for the route was not forthcoming.

Meanwhile Ireland’s fastest man Paul Hession concluded his season in fine style when he finished second in the 200 metres at the World Athletics Finals at Stuttgart. Hession clocked 20.58 seconds losing out on the $30,000 winner’s cheque by a mere hundredths of a second to Stepháne Buckland of Mauritius.

Tesco Waterside Half Marathon – 1 J McAlister (St Malachy’s) 70:14, 2 M Rea (North Belfast Hrs) 73:50, 3 D Reed (City of Derry) (MO) 73:53, 4 D Pimentel (Sperrin Hrs) (M40) 74:03, 5 M Fitzpatrick (NBH) (M35) 75:39, 6 G Grew (NBH) 75:55, 7 J Patton (Letterkenny) (M35) 77:06, 8 F Chaney (Finn Valley) (M40) 77:31, 9 M Gormley (L’kenny) (M40) 77:36, 10 N Grier (Dromore) (M45) 77:46; M50 – S McAnaney (CoD) 80:35, M55 – B Stewart (NBH) 88:27, M60 – 1 C McMonagle (CoD) 91:42, M65 – S Temple (L’kenny) 109:07;
Wheelchair: 1eq P Hannan (Torque Racing) 68:06, 1eq J Corbett (Torque) 68:06, 3 K Doherty (Inishowen) 76:04;
Ladies:1 M McCambridge (Dundrum South Dublin) 76:17, 2 P Curley (Tullamore Hrs) 79:02, 3 K Alexander (Sperrin) 83:05, 4 H Crossan (Inishowen) (F40) 86:02, 5 K Dance (U/A) (F35) 86:52, 6 L Tracey (NBH) 89:48, 7 G Wasson (Springwell) 90:32; F45 – Bernie Ryan (CoD) 98:30, F50 – M Craig (U/A) 107:45, F55 – M Craig 114:53, F60 – B Quinn (B’mena Runners) 113:25,

 

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 Latest Club News

22nd August - Well done to Spartan Emmett McGinty who was 3rd in the Brockagh 4 mile Road Race.

18th August - Well done to Spartan Declan Reid on winning the Scott & Gault 10 Mile Road Race in 56.17.

17th August - Congratulations to Keiron and Orla from all the Spartans photos here.

13th August - Level City of Derry Mens Team finished 2nd in tonights 3000m team race in Belfast. Collie 9.05, Pajo 9.40, Decky 9.47. Well done lads.

26th June - Level 1 coaching course will now take place in September 08.

Reminder to all club members to wear their club vests in local competition.

Anyone interested in doing a level 1(Basic) athletics coaching course in Derry let me know(must be over 16). - Grants available from the Sports Council.

Eoghan 00353 87 9474883

eoghanfurey@gmail.com

Training

City of Derry  training is held throughout the week at a variety of venues.

Main training times: -

Templemore

Tuesday - 6:00pm (Juveniles - 7:00pm)

Thursday - 6:00 pm

(Juveniles - 7:00 pm)

Contact us:  spartans@tiscali.co.uk