Dooneen Christmas Night Out
This year’s Christmas night out will take place on Saturday December 14th in O’Dwyer’s Bar, Wolfe Tone Street at 9pm. Finger food will be served compliments of O’Dwyer’s. All welcome!
Dooneen A.C. Senior Notes 09/12/2019
parkrun
Shane O’Sullivan, Brian Halpin, James Connolly, Shona O’Flynn, Alison Flynn, Claire Knight (who achieved a PB), Seamus O’Flynn, and Aly Hogan O’Curry all ran Limerick parkrun, while John Sheehan, Ger Meehan, Catherine Sheehan, Eileen Reeves (who achieved a PB), Marion O’Halloran, and Meena Verma ran Mungret parkrun.
Dooneen Christmas Night Out
This year’s Christmas night out will take place on Saturday December 14th in O’Dwyer’s Bar, Wolfe Tone Street at 9pm. Finger food will be served compliments of O’Dwyer’s. All welcome!
Munster BXC Finals
A large group of Dooneen AC athletes travelled to Turnpike in Tipperary yesterday for the Munster BXC finals. It was great to see so many of our athletes making up club and county teams.
The Girls U11 team ran first and their team won the Munster B championships. Emma Pethos and Sophia Meaney won individual medals and also on the team was Eilis O’Neill, Aisling O’Sullivan, Beibhinn Collins, Catherine McCutcheon, Niamh Hynes and Roisin O’Neill. Emma, Sophia, Eilis and Aisling were also on the team that won silver medal for the County team.
Dooneen A.C. Senior Notes 02/12/2019
Border Half-Marathon 2019
There were over 400 athletes taking part in the second year of this event. Weather conditions were perfect for running – cool, but sunny and very calm. The men’s race was won by Darren Dunne of Nenagh Triathlon Club in a great time of 1:13:47 and the women’s race was won by Fiona Mangan of Galway Triathlon Club in 1:29:27. Dermot Kearns was first home for Dooneen and third overall in 1:17:39, followed by Thomas Klimas in 1:19:40, Niall Harris in 1:23:47, Rob McCarthy in a PB of 1:32:54, Karen Raine in a PB of 1:36:36, Alison Flynn in 1:37:23, John Shier in a PB of 1:49:12, Agnes Klimas in 1:55:08 and Eileen Reeves in 1:57:55. Well done to everybody.
Limerick Sports Partnership Blanket 5K
This annual event took place yesterday in U.L. Among those participating were Conor Lovett, Colin O’Flynn, Colin O’Flynn Jr., and Shona O’Flynn. Well done to all.
Read MoreDooneen A.C. Senior Notes 25/11/2019
Irish Life Health National Juvenile Even Age, Junior & Senior Cross-Country Championships
These championships took place in Abbotstown on Sunday. Congratulations and well done to Maria Campbell and Kevin O’Grady, who ran great races in the U16 Girls’ and Junior Men’s categories.
Great Glenville Run
Almost 500 athletes took part in this very popular road race hosted by Watergrasshill A.C. on Sunday. Cormac Downes ran 23:33 and Henry Downes ran 24:54, finishing 3rd in the O50 category. Well done to both athletes.
Read MoreDooneen A.C. Senior Notes 18/11/2019
Run In The Dark 5K & 10K
This event took place in UL on Wednesday evening. Among those running were Mary Duggan, Ger Meehan, and John Shier. Well done to everybody who took part.
Munster Masters Cross-Country Championships
These championships took place in Beaufort, Co. Kerry on Sunday. First home from the club was Rosemary Ryan, followed by Shóna Keane (2nd in her age category), Tracey Johnson, Karen Raine, and Verena Tarpey. Dooneen won the club team category. The Limerick county team won Munster silver with Fiona Bourke of West Limerick A.C.
James Connolly represented Dooneen in the men’s race, and was part of the Limerick county team who finished 2nd.
Congratulations and well done to everybody who took part.
Read MoreDooneen A.C. Senior Notes 11/11/2019
Tenerife Marathon
Congratulations and well done to Alison Flynn, who ran the Tenerfie Marathon in 3:45:38 on Saturday.
Munster Senior & Juvenile Uneven Age Cross-Country Championships These championships took place in Conna, Co. Cork on Sunday. Congratulations and well done to Kevin O’Grady, who finished 6th in the U19 boys’ race.
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