Leinster Novice & Master Road Race

Leinster Novice and Master Road Race

The annual Leinster Master and Novice 3k and 6k road races were held once again on Bank Holiday Saturday in Gowran. The race which coves 2 laps for the women and 4 laps of the picturesque village of Gowran, is a highly competitive event especially in the Novice races. This year numbers were slightly lower due to the change of date of the Dublin Half Marathon on the Sunday, with fewer teams entered from Kilkenny and other counties this year. Fiona Kehoe Kilmore AC stormed home to 1^st place in the Women’s Master in a time of 00:10:58, with Elizabeth Gahan Dublin City Harriers taking the honours in the Women’s Novice in 00:10:23. Kilkenny City Harriers were the only team in the Novice race placing 1^st and the County team also winning gold. Joe Keohane Gowran ran a superb race to finish in 3^rd place in 00:19:51 in the 6k and lead the County team home to gold. Kilkenny City Harriers Men’s team took the top spot in the team event with Gowran taking 3^rd place. James Kelly Castlecomer was 4^th in the Men’s Master 6k, with Thomastown’s O35 team winning silver with the O35 County team taking bronze. Thomastown’s O50 team placed 5^th in the club event and 6^th in the County event.

Full results:

Women’s Masters 3k

23^rd Mariann Becks Barrow Harriers

Men’s Masters 6k

4^th James Kelly Castlecomer

24^th Paul Moran Thomastown

30^th Danny Shanahan Thomastown

38^th Jason Moore Thomastown

42^nd Stanley Keyes Thomastown

44^th Bill Carroll Thomastown,

46^th David McKenna Thomastown

47^th Mick Redmond Thomastown

Women’s Novice 3k

4^th Aoife Nolan Kilkenny City Harriers

5^th Sinead O’Keeffe Thomastown,

6^th Caoilfhinn Ni Argain Kilkenny City Harriers

7^th Robyn McDonald Kilkenny City Harriers

8^th AnnMarie Donohue Nuenna

9^th Katie Matthews Kilkenny City Harriers

10^th Kate Millea Kilkenny City Harriers

11^th Casey Lalor Kilkenny City Harriers

Men’s Novice 6k

3^rd Joe Keohane Gowran

4^th John Behan Kilkenny City Harriers

5^th Paddy Kelly Kilkenny City Harriers

6^th Colm Smyth Kilkenny City Harriers

7^th Eamonn O’Connor Kilkenny City Harriers

10^th Shea Roddy Kilkenny City Harriers

16^th John Coady Gowran

17^th Billy O’Keeffe Thomastown

19^th Ian Hayes Kilkenny City Harriers

22^nd Derek Kehoe Gowran

23^rd David Bird Kilkenny City Harriers

24^th Lyndon Barcoe Gowran