Ballyshannon 5K Tír Chonaill Athletics Club1 8th May 2015 Conan McCaughey, Enniskillen RC, 15mins 1 secs and Catriona Devine, Finn Valley 17mins 43secs were impressive winners of the Opening Donegal Grand Prix 5k at Ballyshannon on Friday Evening. Superbly organised, ran in beautiful conditions on a course that is recognised as very fast, the finish is 125m lower than the start - McCaughey was made fight for his victory by Liam Feely, North Leitrim, Martin Cox Omagh and Gerard Gallagher, Finn Valley while Devine was in a class of her own and was delighted to run under 18 minutes. Category Winners: Senior Men 1 ConanMcCaughey, Enniskillen Running Club 15:01; 2 Martin Cox, Omagh/Project Africa, 15:13; 3 Gerard Gallagher, Finn Valley,15:25. Senior Women 1 Catriona Devine, Finn Valley,17:43; 2 Linda Lally, North Sligo, 20:07; 3 Marie Boyle, LAC, 20:12 Men 40 1 James Brown, City of Derry, Spartans; 2 Seamus Somers, Sligo AC, 16.18; 3 Ultan McNasser, Sligo AC, 16.44 Men 50 1 Jimmy Currid,North Sligo,18.39; 2 Barry Mackey,LAC 19.05; 3 Gery McManus, Tir Chonaill AC,19.13 Women 50 1 Kay Byrne, Finn Valley, 1934; 2 Jackie Harvey,,Tir Chonaill AC 22.35; 3 Gloria Donaghey, Finn Valley, 24.01 Men 60 1 Donal Haughey, Tir Chonaill AC,19.16; 2 Pat McManus, Tir Chonaill AC, 26.2; 3 Desmond Brownlie, Lagan Valley, 29.07 Women 60 1 Mary Martin, Finn Valley 24.16 Junior Men 1 Daniel Mannion, Tir Chonaill AC, 19.04; 2 Christopher O'Loughlan, Tir Chonaill AC, 19.25; 3 Paul Doherty, 26.02 Junior Women 1 Elan McCarthy,North Sligo, 21.08; 2 Riona Connor, Sligo AC, 23.34; 3 Karen Gallen,31.48 Women 40 1 Frances Judge, LAC,19.27; 2 Karen Dolan, Enniskillen R.C. 20,02; 3 Linda Walsh, Enniskillen R.C. 21.06
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 1382 15.01 Conan McCaughey SM Enniskillen RC 1407 15.13 Martin Cox SM Project Africa Athletics 1446 15.25 Gerard Gallagher SM Finn Valley 1437 15.39 Liam Feely SM North Leitrim 1406 16.02 Ciaran Collins SM Project Africa Athletics 1417 16.08 James Brown M40 City of Derry Spartans 1414 16.18 Seamus Somers M40 Sligo AC 1448 16.34 Shane Hayes SM Sligo AC 1447 16.44 Ultan McNasser M40 Sligo AC 1472 16.46 Paul Kelly SM Lifford AC 1410 16.55 Raymond Birch SM Letterkenny 1416 16.57 Damien Kennedy SM Sligo AC 1415 17.16 Eamon Dunbar M40 Sligo AC 1487 17.18 Eamon Murphy M40 Individual 1439 17.34 Shane Gallagher SM Finn Valley 1492 17.41 Garry Gallagher M40 North Sligo 1398 17.43 Catriona Devine SW Finn Valley 1430 17.52 Ben George M40 Letterkenny 1392 17.54 Ciaron Whoriskey SM Individual 1404 17.59 Michael Walsh M40 Enniskillen RC 1413 18.05 John O'Brien SM Tir Chonaill 1431 18.07 Ciaran Clancy SM Enniskillen RC 1473 18.21 Conor McLaughlin SM Lifford AC 1489 18.24 Kenny O'Donnell M40 Finn Valley 1440 18.32 Johnny O'Doherty SM Individual 1424 18.36 Ciaran O'Donnell M40 Letterkenny 1464 18.39 Jimmy Currad M50 North Sligo 1451 18.41 Ciaran McSherry M40 Enniskillen RC 1494 18.45 Christian McPartland M40 Sligo AC 1420 18.51 Barry Chambers SM Finn Valley 1409 19.04 Daniel Mannion JM Tir Chonaill 1449 19.05 Barry Mackey M50 Letterkenny 1457 19.10 Kevin McMenamin SM Lifford AC 1454 19.13 Gerry McManus M50 Tir Chonaill 1396 19.16 Donal Haughey M60 Tir Chonaill 1438 19.22 Barry Gallagher SM Finn Valley 1490 19.25 Christopher O'Loughlin JM Tir Chonaill 1422 19.27 Frances Judge W40 Letterkenny 1399 19.34 Kay Byrne W50 Finn Valley 1400 19.37 Paul Doherty M40 Individual 1470 19.41 Rodney Irwan M40 Individual 1384 19.46 Vincent Duffy M40 Tir Chonaill 1476 19.47 Eamon Connolly SM Aghyaran Group 1433 19.51 Brian McGonigle M40 Tir Chonaill 1436 19.52 Naoise Enwright M40 Letterkenny 1463 19.59 Tony Hegarty M40 Individual 1401 20.01 John Doherty M50 Individual 1403 20.02 Karen Dolan W40 Enniskillen RC 1388 20.03 Martin McNamee M50 Individual 2
50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 1435 20.05 Phil Boyle M40 Letterkenny 1466 20.07 Linda Lally SW North Sligo 1395 20.12 Maria Boyle SW Letterkenny 1408 20.14 Sean Cassidy M40 Tir Chonaill 1419 20.16 Stephen Travers M50 Tir Chonaill 1379 20.18 Paul McDevitt M40 Individual 1479 20.20 Shane O'Donnell SM Tir Chonaill 1458 20.27 Sean O'Leary Female Finn Valley 1460 20.33 Paddy Tourish M50 Lifford AC 1469 20.35 Jason Graham SM Tir Chonaill 1467 20.36 Andrew Leightion M40 Convoy 1394 20.58 Paul Patterson SM Individual 1459 21.05 Martin Anderson M40 Finn Valley 1405 21.06 Linda Walsh W40 Enniskillen RC 1444 21.08 Elan McCarthy JW North Sligo 1432 21.15 Owen Coyle M50 Rosses AC 1397 21.16 Gerald Kilfeather M50 North Sligo 1443 21.21 Cindy McCarthy W40 Sligo AC 1434 21.22 Ciaran Liddy SM Letterkenny 1450 21.26 Angus Hunter M50 Individual 1423 21.45 Carmel McBride W40 Finn Valley 1483 21.45 Mark Connolly M50 Finn Valley 1461 22.08 Dermot Boyle SM Killybegs 1425 22.12 Marian Kerr SW Letterkenny 1493 22.18 Mary Rutledge W40 Churchill 1386 22.32 Peter Mullaney SM Individual 1455 22.35 Claire Flood W40 Tir Chonaill 1421 22.36 Pat Burn M50 Killybegs 1497 22.45 Jackie Harvey W50 Tir Chonaill 1491 22.55 Gregory O'Loughlin M50 Individual 1456 22.59 Liam Daly M50 Lifford AC 1418 22.59 Mary Hoey W40 Tir Chonaill 1481 23.10 Evelyn McGeehan W40 Finn Valley 1441 23.11 Noel Duffy M40 Individual 1478 23.34 Riona Connor JW Sligo AC 1496 23.44 Peter Duddy SM Bruckless Road Runners 1453 24.01 Gloria Donaghey W50 Finn Valley 1381 24.01 Aine Cleary SW Individual 1477 24.01 Sean Lorinyenko M40 Tir Chonaill 1391 24.14 Joe Gallen M50 Lifford AC 1482 24.16 Mary Martin W60 Finn Valley 1488 24.21 Ramona Gallagher SW Finn Valley 1411 24.53 Josephine O'Brien SW Tir Chonaill 1442 24.56 Marie Duffy W40 Finn Valley 1486 25.02 Claire Boyle SW Killybegs 1475 25.39 John Gallagher SM Individual 1380 25.51 Michelle McGarrigle W40 Individual 1402 26.02 Paul Doherty JM Individual 1465 26.09 Billy Broderick M50 Killybegs 1462 26.21 Pat McManus M60 Tir Chonaill 3
100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 1474 26.51 Theresa Orme W40 Individual 1393 26.59 Ellenor Gallagher SW Individual 1412 27.35 Annemarie Clemmet W40 Tir Chonaill 1471 27.38 Deirdre Clarke W40 Tir Chonaill 1498 28.04 Mairead Loughlin SW Tir Chonaill 1484 28.15 Stephanie Kee SW Killybegs 1385 28.21 Brendan Duffy SM Individual 1485 28.25 Brid Gallen W40 Finn Valley 1383 28.28 John Thomas M40 Individual 1495 29.07 Desmond Brownlie M60 Lagan Valley 1427 30.11 Joan Kelly W40 Tir Chonaill 1429 30.11 Sionbhan Robinson W40 Tir Chonaill 1387 30.37 Sean Mulligan M50 Tir Chonaill 1426 30.52 Dee Coughlan W50 Tir Chonaill 1428 30.58 Claire Brosnan W40 Tir Chonaill 1452 31.04 Annemarie McSherry SW Individual 1390 31.48 Karen Gallen JW Individual 1378 33.37 Tanya Burns SW Tir Chonaill 1468 34.18 Donna Frizzell W40 Tir Chonaill 1445 35.35 Trisha McGuinness W50 Tir Chonaill 1480 35.46 Rosemary Connolly W50 Aghyaran Group 1389 37.50 Liz Gallen W50 KCR Overall winners of the Ballyshannon 5k, and the Branley, Perpetual Cups Conal McCaughey, Enniskillen and Catriona Devine Finn Valley pictured with organising committee members l/r Philomena Gallagher, Sharon McGowan, Pauric Kenaghan, Martin O'Hallaoran and Eamon Harvey 4
Catriona Denine, womens winner from special guest PatMcManus receives prize Conal McCaughey mens winner receives prize from special guest, Pat McManus 5