It’s week three for the senior cross country season in Clare and Clare Athletics have just hosted their senior cross country championships in Clonreddan in Cooraclare.
The battle of Clonreddan it’ll be called in years to come. St. John’s Athletics Club and Ennis track Athletics club battled it out on the grass and field of Cooraclare in the men’s race. The Townies edged out St. John’s with thirty five points to St. John’s sixty seven. Kilmurry Ibrikane- North Clare AC took bronze in the men’s race and the B category was won by Tulla AC.
The men’s race was won by Dylan Casey of Ennis Track AC, followed by Kenneth Rodgers of St. John’s AC. In third was David Meehan of Tulla AC.
In the women’s race, Ennis Track AC dominated the field, taking both gold and silver in the teams race with Kilmurry Ibrickane North Clare AC. The Ennis Track Ac teams received ten and 36 points respectively while the ladies from Kilmurry Ibrickane North Clare received fifty four. The women’s race was won by Anne Marie Connellan, followed by Laura Healy in second and Rebeccaa Coughlan in third. All three athletes hailed from Ennis Track AC.
Where your position on the field is the amount of points you bring to the team, the team with the lowest points wins. Men’s team consists of six athletes and a womens team consists of four.
The Clare County Athletics board would like to thank West Clare Sports and Fitness Club and the community in Cooraclare for hosting both the novice cross country championships and the senior cross country championships.