County Even Ages, O50 and U18 & u20/Junior 2025

This Sunday saw the first of Kilkenny’s cross country events taking place thankfully under the sunshine after a week of downpours, in Ballycurran, Co. Kilkenny. St. Joseph’s hosted another superb event, with a great setup from the start to finish, and the coffee shop trailer keeping everyone warm and fed. The first events of the day were the U8 girls’ and boys’ non-championship races. Like previous events over the last number of years, the younger fields are well represented with a high number of athletes at the start line from all of the juvenile clubs in Kilkenny. Both the girls and boys gave it their all as they ran the 200m distance in two highly competitive races, that saw 28 girls and 17 boys shoot off at the whistle. The U10 girls was also a stacked race, with a total of 49 girls competing for podium places over the 600m distance. It was the well timed running of Aoibhe Ledingham and Isabelle Langton both KCH athletes that won first and second place, with Kate Kelly of St. Senan’s winning the third place on the podium. In the U10 boys’ race 33 athletes took to the start line with Castlecomer duo Diarmuid Maher and Cian Nolan taking first and second place, and Sam Coogan of St. Senan’s in third place. In the girls U12 race Kate Malone of Castlecomer got off to a flying start, pushing out a great lead that she maintained for the whole race, and fought off a push on by Molly Clarke of KCH at the end to claim the gold with Molly taking silver.  Siofra Croke O’Neill of Thomastown was the first home for her team and another athlete with a fine run to take the bronze. In the U12 boys race Daniel McIntyre KCH ran a superb race over the 1500m distance to take the top spot with his clubmate Daniel Quinn KCH, finishing shortly after for 2^nd. Luke Hanlon of Thomastown was the 3^rd boy home in the U12 and first for his club. KCH took the honours of first and second in the teams, and St. Joseph’s third. The U14 girls were the first of the races to cross over into the bigger 1000m field, a true test of cross country endurance for all the athletes. The leading girls kept a good steady pace throughout the race, and a sprint by Laura Aylward of St. Senan’s down the finishing straight saw her take the gold in first place. Gowran’s Orla O’Keeffe and Abigail Hunt finishing seconds after for the second and third place with both girls helping their club to a great 1^st place in the team event. In the boys U14 Daniel Greene KCH and Tom Doherty St. Joseph’s, both boys started strong with a good lead in the race, as the rest of the runners were spread out further back. Daniel once again claiming first place from Tom with very little between them. Sam Woodcock KCH ran in third place and it was KCH that took the gold in the team event, with Gowran in second place. The girls U16, U18 and Junior race were all run off together in the 3500m distance race. Kilkenny City Harriers held the top 3 places and the 1^st team in both the girls U16 and U18 races. Sinead Cormack was the first home, with Amelia O’Brien second home and Katie Byrne third home in the girls U16 race. The ladies U18 was won by Eimear Cormack, with Evelyn McEvoy second and Aine Foley third. Hazel Coogan KCH won the Junior ladies title with Eimear Cormack second and Caoimhe Barry St. Joseph’s in third. The boys U16 5500m was won comfortably by Zack Fenton of St. Senan’s with Gowran’s Gearoid Farrell taking second place and Lewis Morgan finishing third for the last podium spot. St. Senan’ were the only team in the boys U16 race, winning the gold. The boys U18 and Junior race were also run off together with all athletes running the 5500m distance. The race was led by Kyrell Mtinsi KCH all the way around and he won with a substantial lead on second place Evan Aylward St. Senan’s and third place Finn O’Neill St. Senan’s. The top three winners were also crowned Junior Men winners with double medals for their efforts today. There were no teams in either the boys U18 or Junior. Well done to all who competed today, to those who medalled and top 12 finishers who got their forms for the county development squads. All relevant details will be on the sheets as the county teams prepare for the Leinster Cross Country Championships in Gowran on Saturday 25^th October 2025. Congratulations and huge thanks to all in St. Joseph’s for another fantastic day of cross country running.  Full results below:

U8 Girls, 1^st Betty Carroll KCH, 2^nd Ava Murphy BH, 3^rd Shona Hogan SS, 4^th Amelia Dunne TT, 5^th Fiadh Conroy SJ, 6^th Meabh Moseley G, 7^th Isobel McGrath BH, 8^th Sarah Kelly SS, 9^th Annie Kilbane SJ, 10^th Erin Smyth TT, 11^th Anna Conway SJ, 12^th Mia Hoyne KCH, 13^th Olive Coogan SS, 14^th Eve Langton SS, 15^th Aoibhe Mackey SJ, 16^th Aoibheann Smyth TT, 17^th Aoife Phelan SJ, 18^th Aoibheann Phelan SJ, 19^th Caoileann Ni Dhubhdam SS, 20^th Ella Burke KCH, 21^st Grace Halley CC, 22^nd Aoife Mulally SJ, 23^rd Aoibhe Conroy SJ, 24^th Stella Culleton, 25^th Emma Doherty SJ, 26^th Autumn Grace Molloy KCH, 27^th Lucy McEvoy BH, 28 Jeethashree Sundaresan

Boys U8 1^st Ben Lannon TT, 2^nd Fionn Quinn KCH, 3^rd Feidhlei Norry KCH, 4^th John Knox KCH, 5^th Matthew Healy KCH, 6^th Rian Dunne SS, 7^th Sam Ennis SS, 8^th Michael Maher CC, 9^th Sean Kennedy SJ, 10^th Luke Walsh KCH, 11^th Darragh Coleman SJ, 12^th Darragh Brennan CC, 13^th Oisin Crilly CC, 14^th Ronan Cahill KCH, 15^th Jack Madigan SJ, 16^th Peadar Mulhall CC, 17^th Padraig O’Shea KCH

Girls U10, 1^st Aoibhe Ledingham KCH, 2^nd Isabelle Langton KCH, 3^rd Kate Kelly SS, 4^th Aoife O’Keeffe G, 5^th Tamzin Cleere KCH, 6^th Emma Malone CC, 7^th Grace Cuddihy KCH, 8^th Elsie Clarke KCH, 9^th Niamh Hoyne KCH, 10^th Briona Kennedy SJ, 11^th Georgia Keyes TT, 12^th Niamh Kehoe SJ, 13^th Hannah Murphy SJ, 14^th Lauren Millea KCH, 15^th Kate O’Keeffe BH, 16^th Aine Dalton G, 17^th Maisie Victor KCH, 18^th Megan Walsh BH, 19^th Holly Quinn KCH, 20^th Summer Nova Molloy KCH, 21^st Aoibhe Smyth TT, 22^nd Aurora Vaidifiori SS, 23^rd Julianne Doyle TT, 24^th Rachel Phelan SJ, 25^th Mia Comerford CC, 26^th Aine Cotteral SJ, 27^th Hannah Fennelly TT, 28^th Aoibheann Grennan SJ, 29^th Roisin Grimley G, 30^th Kayla Hickey TT, 31^st Heidi Connolly SS, 32^nd Ellen Lawlor SJ, 33^rd Megan Ryan SJ, 34th Hayley Reid SS, 35^th Clara Collins KCH, 36^th Aisling Grennan SJ, 37^th Jamie O’Toole KCH, 38^th Hannah Davis TT, 39^th Beth Ann Doyle SS, 40^th Roisin Pembroke TT, 41^st Grace Kilbane SJ, 42^nd Daisy Coogan SS, 43^rd Maggie Aylward SS, 44^th Aodha Fitzpatrick KCH. 45^th Zoe Power, 46^th Holly Sexton, 47^th Ayda Vereker SJ, 48^th Una Butler SS. 49^th Amelia Mulhall CC

U10 Girls Team 1^st KCH A, 2^nd KCH B, 3^rd St. Joseph’s

Boys U10 1^st Diarmuid Maher CC, 2^nd Cian Nolan CC, 3^rd Sam Coogan SS, 4^th Jonah Cleere KCH, 5^th Ciaran Brennan CC, 6^th Patrick Comerford CC, 7^th Sean Vereker SJ, 8^th Daire Smyth CC, 9^th Tom Treacy BH, 10^th Con O’Farrell G, 11^th Tom Hunt G, 12^th Caden Nolan CC, 13^th Sonny Madigan SJ, 14^th Ben Kavanagh SJ, 15^th Seamus Crowley KCH, 16^th Ivan Kialdvic KCH, 17^th Ben Vereker SJ, 18^th Harry Comerford KCH, 19^th Senan O’Dubhda SS, 20^th Hugo Jasinghe TT, 21^st Darragh Donovan KCH, 22^nd Denis O’Neill BH, 23^rd Francis Doyle BH, 24^th Liam Barron SJ, 25^th Matthew Dunphy SJ, 26^th Bill Halley CC, 27^th Scott Treacy BH, 28^th Evan Foley BH, 29^th Sean Cox BH, 30^th Cian Dunphy SS, 31^st Alex White SS, 32^nd Peter Grant SS, 33^rd Allian O’Donovan SS,

U10 Boys Team 1^st Castlecomer, 2^nd St. Joseph’s 3^rd Kilkenny City Harriers

Girls U12 1^st Kate Malone CC, 2^nd Molly Clarke KCH, 3^rd Siofra Croke O’Neill TT, 4^th Sarah Collins TT, 5^th Millie Walsh SS, 6^th Lauren Malone CC, 7^th Edie Kemple KCH, 8^th Ella Jasinghe TT, 9^th Aoibheann Fennelly TT, 10^th Winter Rose Molloy KCH, 11^th Cara Burke KCH, 12^th Eva Hoyne KCH, 13^th Pippa Minogue TT, 14^th Grace Grant SS, 15^th Isobelle Hoyne KCH, 16^th Leah Maher CC, 17^th Caoimhe Malone KCH, 18^th Jill Murphy BH, 19^th Sadie Murphy BH, 20^th Nora Carroll KCH, 21^st Ella Morrissey CC, 22^nd Lara Nevin SJ, 23^rd Ciara MEvoy BH, 24^th Lucy Murphy SJ, 25^th Amy Barron SJ, 26^th Ailbhe Ni Dhuvbda SS, 27^th Ellie Guale SJ, 28^th Emma Hayden G, 29^th Fay O’Neill TT, 30^th Saoirse Walsh SS, 31^st Emma Power SS, 32^nd Holly Meragan SJ, 33^rd Aoife Dalton G, 34^th Erin Hennessy SS, 35^th Sophie Lannon SS, 36^th Lauren Foley TT, 37^th Anna May Lawlor SJ, 38^th Eva Phelan BH, 39^th Isobelle Finn SS, 40^th Katelyn Culleton SS, 41^st Anna Fenlon G, 42^nd Ellen Butler SS

U12 Girls Team 1^st Thomastown, 2^nd Kilkenny City Harriers, 3^rd Castlecomer

U12 Boys 1^st Daniel McIntyre KCH, 2^nd Daniel Quinn KCH, 3^rd Luke Hanlon TT, 4^th Killian Maher KCH, 5^th Rian Bergin KCH, 6^th Alex O’Donovan KCH, 7^th Kia Whelan KCH, 8^th Darragh Glynn G, 9^th Robbie Changley KCH, 10^th Cillian Maher CC, 11^th James Dunphy SJ, 12^th Colm Morrissey CC, 13^th Richard Grant SS, 14^th Conor Laurence Delaney KCH, 15^th Sam Cuddihy KCH, 16^th Ben O’Sullivan TT, 17^th Daire O’Shea KCH, 18^th Patrick Collins KCH, 19^th John Conroy SJ, 20^th Oliver Ryan SJ, 21^st Ted Culleton SJ, 22^nd Conor Waters SJ, 23^rd Con Sheehan KCH, 24^th Elliot Reddy KCH

Boys U12 Teams 1^st KCH A, 2^nd KCH B, 3^rd St. Joseph’s

Girls U14 1^st Laura Aylward SS, 2^nd Orla O’Keeffe G, 3^rd Abigail Hunt G, 4^th Kate Kelly KCH, 5^th Sinead Grant SS, 6^th Emily Nevin SJ, 7^th Ella O’Flaherty, 8^th Orla Malone CC, 9^th Meabh O’Shea KCH, 10^th Roisin Moseley G, 11^th Sarah Mulrooney G, 12^th Hannah Phelan G, 13^th Emily Cantwell CC, 14^th Cara Maher CC, 15^th Mealla Crowley KCH, 16^th Lilianna Phelan SJ, 17^th EllieMay Aylward SS, 18^th Ellie Conroy SJ, 19^th Holly Cleere BH, 20^th Amy Walsh SS, 21^st Gretta Barron SS, 22^nd Aoibheann Malone CC, 23^rd Sadie Treacy BH, 24^th Grace Merigan SJ.

Girls U14 Team 1^st Gowran, 2^nd Kilkenny City Harriers, 3^rd St. Senan’s

Boys U14 1^st Daniel Greene KCH, 2^nd Tom Doherty SJ, 3^rd Sam Woodcock KCH, 4^th Eoin Hoyne KCH, 5^th Cillian Andrews KCH, 6^th Jay Pollock G, 7^th Dara Phelan BH, 8^th Tadhg O’Callaghan SS, 9^th Brandon Maher KCH, 10^th Luke Murphy BH, 11^th Lochlainn Halpin BH, 12^th Peter Grimley G, 13^th Noah Doyle TT, 14^th Cian Larkin G, 15^th Matthew Byrne G, 16^th Liam Power SJ, 17^th Cathal Murphy SJ

Boys U14 Team 1^st Kilkenny City Harriers, 2^nd Gowran

Girls U16 1^st Sinead Cormack KCH, 2^nd Amelia O’Brien KCH, 3^rd Katie Byrne KCH, 4^th Ellen Cormack KCH, 5^th Emily O’Keeffe KCH, 6^th Heidi Ryan KCH, 7^th Maria Kraljevic KCH, 8^th Lucy Cunningham G

U16 Team 1^st Kilkenny City Harriers

U16 Boys 1^st Zack Fenton SS, 2^nd Gearoid Farrell G, 3^rd Lewis Morgan SS, 4^th Michael O’Keeffe G, 5^th Richard Melbourne SJ, 6^th Eoin Galvin SS, 7^th Conor Bradley SS,

U16 Boys Team 1^st St. Senan’s

U18 Girls 1^st Eimear Cormack KCH, Evelyn McEvoy KCH, Aine Foley KCH,

U18 Girls Team 1^st Kilkenny City Harriers

U20/Junior Girls 1^st Hazel Coogan KCH, 2^nd Eimear Cormack KCH, 3^rd Caoimhe Barry SJ

U18 Boys & Junior 1^st Kyrell Mtinsi KCH, 2^nd Evan Aylward SS, 3^rd Finn O’Neill SS, 4^th Kyle Bolger SJ, 5^th Evan Walsh SJ, 6^th Patrick Galvin SS (Junior), 7^th Cameron Walsh KCH, 8^th Donnacha Maher KCH

The Masters Men and Women’s O50 race were the last two races of the day and finished up just in time before the rain showers began. It was a sea of green and white in both races as the host club St. Joseph’s fielded three teams altogether, two in the Men’s 3000m and one in the Ladies 3000m race. The course was undoubtedly a test of endurance and stamina for all, with the wind offering strong resistance no matter which direction the athletes ran. Maria Griffin was the first lady home in the masters and for St. Joseph’s followed in by Breda Hennessy in second and Maggie Helen O’Conner third with Susan Lanigan the 4^th home. The Men’s 3000m was won comfortably by Graham Bourne Kilkenny City Harriers, with St. Joseph’s Peter Barry in second place for silver and Bernard Keane in 3^rd place winning the bronze. St. Joseph’s took the gold and silver in the team event too.

Ladies Master O50 1^st Maria Griffin SJ, 2^nd Breda Hennessy SJ, 3^rd Maggie Helen O’Conor SJ, 4^th Susan Lanigan SJ.

Men’s Master O50 1^st Graham Bourne KCH, 2^nd Peter Barry SJ, 3^rd Bernard Keane SJ ,4^th Eamon Bookle SJ, 5^th David Lanigan SJ, 6^th Bill Carroll TT, 7^th Martin O’Sullivan SJ, 8^th Michael Power SJ, 9^th Michael O’Keeffe TT O50 Men Teams 1^st St. Joseph’s, 2^nd St. Joseph’s