Waterford...Results of the Clashmore 5 - Fri 28 May 2010

The Ger Wyley Sports Summer Series 2010 resumed on Friday, with the fourth race at Clashmore.

Joe Salmon presents overall winner Sandis Bralitis West Waterford AC with his prize.

Pauline Lambe who set a new course record at the Old Still Bar 5 mile road race last Friday evening is pictured receiving her prize and course record bonus check from Joe Salmon race sponsor.

A great evening was had by all 171 runners who finished this year's Clashmore 5 road race, sponsored by the Old Still Bar.
Runners conditions were thankfully cooler than last week's Portlaw 5 race.
I felt it was nice to be running on roads lined with trees.
The first mile was pretty easy. From 1 to just after 3 was a slow, continuous rise, getting rather steep around the 3 mile mark. Once we reached the peak at the 3.25 mile mark, the road widened, the surface was much better, and it was all downhill to the end.
My Garmin indicates the peak was about 400 feet, which to put into perspective, is about two-thirds the rise in the Dungarvan Marine Climb 6.

The roads were well supervised, with very little traffic, until right at the end, when various tractors, trailers, combined-harvesters, and other farming machines I just couldn't describe, came from all directions.
It may help if organizers could clear parked cars on the main street from the bridge towards the old church ?

Whilst waiting for the results to be compiled, runners got to watch the end of Republic of Ireland vs. Algeria, and refreshments at the Old Still Bar.

A new Ladies course record was set by Pauline Lambe of Tullamore Harriers in a time of 29:45 -- an improvement of 22 seconds on the record she set last year.

The full results are now up on the West Waterford AC site.

The category results were :-
Men's Results

1 Sandis Bralitis West Waterford AC 25.00
2 Raivis Zakis West Waterford AC 26.29
3 Danny Smith Ballynonty AC 27.20
0/40 Johnny O'Connor West Waterford AC 29.32
0/45 Martin McCarthy West Waterford AC 29.29
0/50 Colin Lyons West Waterford AC 32.51
0/55 Con Kelleher Waterford AC 34.33
0/60 John Foley West Waterford AC 40.22
Team: West Waterford - Kevin Kenneally (5th) Liam Budds (12th) Des Feeney (14th)

Ladies Results
1 Pauline Lambe Waterford AC 29.45 (Course Record)
2 Norma Wall West Waterford AC 31.33
3 Corinna Walsh West Waterford AC 32.17
0/35 Triona Wall West Waterford AC 36.29
0/40 Diane Behan Waterford AC 33.46
0/45 Liz Nolan Waterford AC 34.57
0/50 Bernie Prendergast West Waterford AC 37.06
0/55 Marie Moore West Waterford AC 49.40
Junior:Anna Ballot N/A 44.48,
Team: West Waterford - Anne Whelan, Karen Ryan and Josie Ui Chuirrin

The next race in this series is the Touraneena 5k mile race, which takes place at 8pm on Friday 4th June 2010. Please note the both the day and the time.

Thanks to James Veale, and West Waterford AC for the above results and pictures.