Wednesday the 5th of July at 8pm the Coillte 10k Road Race in Dundrum Co Tipperary will
be run for the 38th consecutive year by the local Dundrum Club. The race which started out as
part of a local long weekend festival which was so popular back in the eighties is still going
strong 38 years later.
This year’s official race starter is John Kelly, and it could not have been a more appropriate
choice. John been one of the founder members of the club back in 1960 and a top-class
sprinter winning County, Munster, and National titles in his day.
Race HQ is Dundrum Community Hall Eircode E34 EY28 where the club has its athletic facilities.
Race numbers can be collected there on the evening of the race. The race HQ is only 200
metres from the start and finish lines.
For an excellent guided tour of the course road by road Google the Running in Munster
Ireland Website.
For Tipperary athletes there is the added incentive of the Tim Crowe Memorial trophy (kindly
donated by Dominic Moore) for the fastest Tipperary athlete to finish the 10k.Since this trophy
was introduced in 2010 in memory of an iconic athlete who hailed from Dundrum it has been won
by Danny Smith Ballynonty five times, Christopher Bracken Thurles Crokes once, David
Mansfield Clonmel twice, Kevin Moore Dundrum three times, Sergiu Ciobanu Clonliffe Harriers
once and present holder Evan Fitzgerald Clonmel. A cracking Tipperary County scoring six if you
had all of them togged out together.
The race which also incorporates a 5K for juniors (age between13years old on day of race
and19 years or under on 31/12/2023) one lap ran with the 10k two lapper. The race has prizes
in every category from Senior to over 70 years for both men and women. With the Master
categories at the standard five-year intervals from Over 40 years plus, with a specially
Embroidered Souvenir Hand Towel for all online entrants.
This year the club has once again linked up with Niall O’Sullivan’s Premier Timing Systems
for entries and result data to manage the ever-increasing numbers of runners every year.
Entries are online via the link https://eventmaster.ie/event/w752IPySRQ. The club would
appreciate it if participants could enter at least a week or two before the race date. Early
entry gives the organizers an idea of the number of embroidered dated towels required, plus
the food requirements for the big spread afterwards. Also, it is a big help to Niall for him to
get working on his system early.
The club is delighted to have Coillte once again as our main sponsor. Dundrum is surrounded
by trees and forest trails for running and walking developed by Coillte over the years. It is
appropriate that Coillte are involved with us in the healthy sport of running. The Company’s
managed forest trails around Dundrum and indeed around the Country are a haven for people to
get out for a bit of fresh air and exercise never more appreciated than during the recent Covid
lockdown. The semi-state company has been involved in this race every year since it was set up
in 1988, which is appreciated by the Dundrum club.
The planned village of Dundrum from the old Estate era and the two-lap course make it ideal
for spectators to view the race and encourage the athletes as the race progresses. One section
of the course in the village allows viewing of the race at four different locations by moving
about one hundred meters.
The race will be run over the usual flat two lap circuit with the lap consisting of a series of
five straights where one or two records are broken every year. Tanzanian international Daniel
Gidumbanda incredible time of 29:45 course record for the 10k has stood since 1997 which is
now over a quarter of a century ago. Irish Olympian Lizzie Lee Leevale smashed the
women’s course record in 2021 when running a super 33:45 for the classic distance.
Indeed, Lizzie’s great run that year and Angela McCann Clonmel super run and time of 37:21
in the same race set two National Irish Records for Over 40 and Over 50 women respectively.
A tremendous achievement by the two women and a confirmation of the two-lapper circuit
been a fast course.
For the record, the following are the course record holders over the Dundrum course.
Senior Men Daniel Gidumbanda Tanzania 1997 29:45, O/40 Men Michael Harty East Cork
30:13 2022. O/45 Men Kieran McKeown Watergrasshill 33:39 2021, O/50 Men Paul Moran
Rathfarnham 2016 34:12, O/55 Men Michael Hassett St Catherines 2015 35:51,0/60 Men John
Collins Leevale 2019 39:38, O/65 Men Joe Gough West Waterford 2022 39:12,
O/70 Men Andrew Jeyes Ivanhoe 2018 44:04, Junior Men 5k Darren Dunne Nenagh Olympic
2016 15:12,
Senior Women Lizzie Lee, Leevale 2021 33:45, O/40 Women Lizzie Lee, Leevale 2021
33:45, O/45 Women Rosaleen Mackeown Leevale 2021 38:56, O/50 Women Angela McCann
Clonmel 2021 37:21, O/55 Women Dorothy Ryan Country Club 2016 45:01,O/60 Women
Kathleen Cronin Mallow 2022 47:06,O/65 Women Sally Jeyes 2018 Ivanhoe 56:47, Junior
Women 5k Niamh Cunneen Nenagh Olympic 2022 18:28,Wheelchair Cillian Dunne Borrisokane
2019 28:20.
Race info for 2023... https://munsterrunning.blogspot.com/2023/06/notice-coillte-10k-road-race-dundrum.html
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