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Co. Tipperary HSE Community Games Our County Cross Country Finals were held in Thurles Crokes A.C. grounds on Sunday last in very cold but sunny weather conditions. There was a superb turnout on the day and many thanks to all the officials from Thurles Crokes who gave up their time to help out. A special thanks to Patsy & Kathleen Dorney and Jimmy Dunne from Thurles Crokes for not only getting the course ready for use, but, for running off all the events also. Kitty England and Mary O’Shea did a great job at the finish line as did Joan Hogan who recorded the all the results. County Chairman Seamus Hogan expressed his delight at the large number of athletes taking part in this year’s Cross Country.
Our first race up on the course was the Girls Under 12 which had a large field. Alannah Deering from Nenagh ran very strongly throughout the race to finish in 1st place, followed home by Sarah O’Donnell from Ballina in 2nd and the fast finishing Aoibhe O’Shea from Ballingarry in 3rd. Clare Coleman from Tipperary Town ran well to hold on to 4th place from Sara Earley of St. Flannan’s who was 5th and Emma Fagan from Newport in 6th place.
The next race on course was the Boys Under 12 which also had a large field. Last year’s second placed runner Michael Purcell from Thurles came home in 1st place with Jack Fallon from Moycarkey/Borris hot on his heels. Craig Morgan from Cloughjordan finished in 3rd place with James Dillon of Moycarkey/Borris in 4th... Jerome Cahill of Cloughjordan came home in 5th place with Eoin Purcell (brother of winner Michael) of Thurles who was the youngest competitor on the day in 6th place.
In the Girls Under 13 race Laura Costello from Nenagh ran a strong race to win with Nicola Loughnane from Thurles and Aoife Deering from Nenagh in 2nd and 3rd place respectively. Lorraine Doyle from New Inn was a very creditable 4th with Aoife Butler from Thurles getting the 5th spot. The Boys Under 13 race was very competitive with Michael Purcell of Thurles who won last year’s Under 12 race finishing in 1st place. He was followed home closely by Kieran Hennessey Moycarkey/Borris who battled it out with Patrick Cleary of Ballyclerihan for 2nd and 3rd with Eoin Troy of Gortnahoe/Glengoole digging deep to
hold onto 4th place from Kevin Franks of Tipperary Town in 5th and Eamon Troy also of Gortnahoe/Glengoole in 6th.
In the Girls Under 14 race All Ireland champion Ciara Cummins of Thurles came home in 1st place having lead the race from start to finish. Josephine Ryan of Lattin/Cullen came 2nd and ran strongly to hold off sprinter Leanne Prout from Ballingarry 3rd and Orla O’Dwyer from Cashel in 4th. Alannah Mullaney from Ballinahinch/Killoscully finished well in 5th place from Katie O’Donoghue also from Lattin/Cullen. The Boys Under 14 was won by Jason Ryan of Ballinahinch/Killoscully with Killian Cullagh from Silvermines in 2nd place.
All of the above mentioned athletes make up the Co. Tipperary HSE Community Games Cross Country Teams at Under 12’s, Under 13’s and Under 14’s that will represent the County at the HSE National Community Games Finals in Athlone the weekend of 27th, 28th and 29th of May. All Birth Certificates and photographs must be back with Co. Secretary Kitty England by Monday 8th February at the latest.
Dates for your Diary: The Under 14 Juvenile Quiz is being held on Friday 5th March the Presentation Convent (Secondary), Thurles, if anyone is interested in entering a team please contact your Area Secretary or Co. Secretary K. England on 0505-21776. Remember no mobile phones are allowed at the Quiz competition. The Art and Model-Making County Final competitions are being held on Saturday 20th March in Gortnahoe/Glengoole. Our GAA Finals will be played on Saturday 22nd May in Semple Stadium. This is a departure from our traditional date of the June Bank Holiday Monday as there is a Munster Hurling Championship match in Semple Stadium on that day. Our thanks to Michael Egan and the Semple Stadium committee for finding a date upon which these finals could be held in the Stadium.