Waterford...Results of the Waterford-Tramore 7.5 - Sat 8 May 2010

The 41th annual Waterford to Tramore road race, held in memory of Paddy Flanagan, took place on a great evening, with an increase of 24 over 2009.

I must say that this race, had the poshest registration I've seen yet, at the Theatre Royal, The Mall. Did somebody sprinkle rose petals at the front door, or did the wind do it ?

Chip Timing was used, and full results were produced by the time prizes were presented.

New course records were set by Sandis Bralitis, West Waterford AC (- 1:09) and Pauline Lamb, Tullamore Harriers AC (- 0:05)
Significant work has been done by the local council on the R675, from Tramore Road Roundabout, to Ballindud Roundabout - perhaps this helped ?

Water station was brought forward to 3.5 mile, outside Grace Dieu.
The finish line was moved slightly to outside Splashworld, and all finishers received a water bottle and banana.

Saturday 8th May 2010, 19:00
Sponsored by Bausch and Lomb
The results are now up on the West Waterford AC site.

Individual prizes winners :-
1st Sandis Bralitis WWAC 36.44
2nd Raivis Zakis WWAC 38.25
3rd Ruairi OÂ Donnell Limerick AC 39.19
4th Graham Power Ferrybank 39.50
5th Rory Moloney WWAC 39.59
O/40 Michael Dwyer WWAC 45.00
0/40 Brendan Aspel WAC 45.06
O/45 Gabriel Murphy WAC 43.42
0/45 Martin Hayes WWAC 44.11
O/50 Larry Lacey St. JosephÂs A.C 42.50
0/50 Thomas Burns N/A 46.24
O/55 Joe Gough WWAC 43.59
1st Junior Shane Maher 42.12

1st Pauline Lambe 44.03
2nd Angela McCann Clonmel AC 45.21
3rd Jackie Carthy Kilmore 45.51
4th Norma Wall WWAC 47.07
5th Adele Walsh St. SenanÂs 47.55
O/35 Sylvia Malone WAC 48.34
O/40 Diane Behan WAC 48.44
O/45 Liz Nolan WAC 51.40
0/50 Bernie Prendergast WWAC 55.18

Waterford AC won both the Ladie's and Men's team prizes.

All prizes were presented by Mrs. Flanagan, wife of Paddy Flanagan,
Also a special prize was given to the Waterford Athlete of Mrs. Flanagan's choice.

Did anybody have issues with the distance recorded by GPS watches, e.g. Garmin ?

The next race in this series is the Clashmore 5 mile race, which takes place at 8pm on Friday 28th May 2010.

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