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4th
May 2011
1500M BRONZE fOR BRADLEY IN ANTRIM.......NORTH WEST 10k WIN
FOR GREG ROBERTS
Victory in Letterkenny,s North West 10K for Gregory Roberts
and and an Irish Universities 1500 metres bronze for Connor
Bradley in Antrim,were the local weekend athletics highlights
as once again City of Derry Spartans athletes mixed it with
the best on road and track.
Running in Sundays hot and surprisingly windy conditions
Roberts was a clear winner of the Letterkenny 10K,his 31m
54s clocking giving him a 40s cushion over runner up Patrick
Brennan of Letterkenny AC with another Letterkenny man Ciaran
Doherty third on 33m 2s. The Spartans Declan Reed suffered
badly in the heat but claimed fourth place with 33m 43s as
the event attracted an amazing 2600 plus runners, joggers
and walkers.
Finn Valleys Teresa McGloin clocked 38m 25s to claim the womens
crown ahead of Inishowen AC,s Helena Crossan on 39m 22s. A
close battle for third saw Finn Valleys Noleen McGettigan
outlast the Spartans Marina Campbell,just back after a short
soujourn in Australia and working hard to regain full race
fitness. In the massive field and demanding conditions there
were also good runs from local Masters stars Peter Lilburn
and Christy McMonagle.
Twenty four hours earlier in Antrim Connor Bradley lined up
for the Irish Universities 1500 metres final after successfully
negotiating the Friday night heats. A slow tactical race ensued,the
field going through 800m ia pedestrian 2m 20s or so and after
being boxed in the Derry man had too much to do in the frantic
dash to the line,taking bronze behind winner Joe Warne whose
4m 2.6s gave him gold ahead of Phelhim Kelly on 4m 3s with
the UU Jordanstown graduate on 4m 4.2s grabbing bronze. A
useful track outing for the Spartan so early in the season,one
he will learn from and take the experience into the bigger
races to come.
Young Athletes League This Weekend
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Round 1 of the 2011 Young Athletes League will be staged in
Antrim this Saturday with defendind champions City of Derry
Spartans all set to try for four in a row in the U13,U15 and
U17 summer long event. The second round will go ahead at the
Sports Complex on Saturday May 28th and all competing clubs
must field two competitors in each of the three Boys and Girls
age groups across the full range of Track/Field events.
There will also be a selection of Open events on offfer this
weekend and the local senior and masters athletes will be
travelling in numbers to test their early season form. There
is also a Graded Meeting at the Mary Peters Track on Wednesday
11th May of interst to the track/field specialists while of
course on the same night Lisnagelvin hosts the second of the
Furey Insurances 5K road races, starting at 7 30pm. You can
enter now for this one by emailing your name/age on race day
and club to fudgelarge@gmail.com
The Ballyshannon 5K is this Friday night at 7 30pm. This is
the second in the Donegal Road Race series which kicked off
in Letterkenny on Sunday last and alongside the Furey series
offers a wide choice of events between now and September.
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