Kerry: Results of the Brandon Bay Half-Marathon, 10k & 5k - Sat 23rd Oct 2021

The 2021 Brandon Bay Beach Race went ahead on the Dingle Peninsula on Saturday the 23rd of October with 564 runners taking part.

Top 3 men & women in the Half-Marathon with 151 finishers...

1 Mike SHEEHY 01:18:50 01:18:53 146 M West Limerick AC

2 Paul DOOLAN 01:20:10 01:20:15 173 M ""
3 Adam MOSS 01:22:37 01:22:39 8106 M ""
10 Lean NI CHIOBHAIN 01:27:35 01:27:40 406 F Crusaders AC
43 Elizabeth HOBBS 01:37:20 01:37:24 183 F ""
46 Suzanne HERLIHY 01:38:43 01:38:50 181 F ""

Top 3 men & women in the 10k event with 232 finishers...
1 Ross MCDOWELL 00:36:53 00:36:56 1625 M ""
2 Antonio DIAZ URBIETA 00:37:09 00:37:10 1036 M Atletismo Ria de Foz
3 Aidan CAHILL 00:37:22 00:37:24 1077 M Farranfore
15 Erica WALLACE 00:42:15 00:42:16 53 F ""
16 Kirsten HERPE 00:42:24 00:42:24 1610 F Annadale Striders
17 Jane PEETERSOO 00:42:28 00:42:28 1126 F ""

Top 3 men & women in the 5k event with 181 finishers...
1 James DALY 00:19:27 00:19:28 5716 M ""
2 Jim FANNING 00:21:57 00:22:04 5731 M ""
3 Florence LAWLOR 00:22:05 00:22:05 5646 M ""
5 Orla MCCANN 00:22:45 00:22:46 5575 F ""
10 Mary FOLAN-RYAN 00:23:09 00:23:19 5621 F West Limerick AC
18 Grainne CURTIN 00:25:20 00:25:25 5558 F ""

The full results of all three races are up on the MyRunResults website HERE

Kerry...Results of the Brandon Bay Half-Marathon & 10k - Sat 8th July 2017

This years Brandon Bay Half-Marathon & 10k was held on Saturday the 8th of July 2017 in nice sunny conditions. As can be seen from the chart above, there was a drop off in numbers with 99 in the half-marathon and 231 in the 10k. The overall numbers were down 13% on 2016, not a huge drop but a drop all the same.

Half-Marathon...
1 Shane GALLAGHER     Male     1:24:38
2 Roy GILB         Male     1:25:30
3 Derek HUNTER         Male     1:26:19
8 Rachel STOKES     Female     1:35:55
24 Lisa CROWLEY     Watergrasshill AC     Female     1:46:32
26 Babette BOOKELAAR     Female     1:47:10

10km...
1 Arther FITZGERALD     Male     37:47
2 Conor SHANNON     Male     41:49
3 Scott GILB         Male     43:29
9 Audrey GAHAN         Female     45:12
21 Ciara LANIGAN     Female     48:05
24 Emer MACAVIN     Female     48:52

The full results can be seen HERE

Photos...
1) The organisers have a gallery HERE

Kerry...Results & photos of the Brandon Bay Half-Marathon & 10k - Sat 16th July 2016

The annual Brandon Bay Half-Marathon & 10k was held on Saturday the 16th of July 2016 and 381 runners in total took part.  In the half-marathon, there were just 114 which would have meant that there would been big gaps between the runners when spread out over the 13 miles or so. The 10k was the main event with 267 taking part.

As can be seen from the graph above, the numbers have remained pretty consistent over the last three events.

Just a note on the distances....i.e. they are approximate distances for the half and 10k, not exact.

Half-Marathon...
1 Patrick OCONNOR 01:21:33 Male (1)
2 Martin CROWLEY 01:22:02 14 Male (2)
3 Mike SHEEHY 01:26:2801:26:295893 Male (3)
18 Pauline ROBERTSON 01:43:33 Female (1)
27 Brigita LUKSTE 01:45:56 Female (2)
30 Audrey GAHAN 01:46:50 Female (3)

10km...
1 Aodh O'CURRAIN 36:59 Male (1)
2 Patrick HAYES 37:12 Male (2)
3 Ger CRONIN 38:14 Male (3)
21 Ciara LANIGAN 46:35 Female (1)
26 Margaret O'SHEA 47:07 Female (2)
42Emma O'MAHONY 49:33 Female (3)

The full results can be seen HERE

Photos...
1) The organisers have a gallery HERE

Kerry...Results of the Brandon Bay Half-Marathon & 10k Beach Run - Sat 11th July 2015

A total of 365 runners took part in this years Brandon Bay Half-Marathon & 10k Beach Run which is almost exactly the same of the 366 of 2014. The big change was that the numbers in the half-marathon dropped from 98 to just 77 which when spread out over 13.1 miles means that huge gaps appear between runners. The 10k by contrast went from 267 to 289.

The gender balance in each race showed some big differences. In the 10k, 58% of the field were women whereas in a normal 10k race, about 40% would be the norm. In the Half, 30% of the field were women.

10k...
1 Cian Cunningham,            MALE     41:15  
2 Dominik Huber,            MALE     42:40  
3 Jimmy O Grady            MALE    42:48   
36 Ciara Lanigan,            FEMALE     51:25  
38 Ann Mcglynn,            FEMALE      51:27  
39 Véronique Haefeli,            FEMALE     51:28  

HALF MARATHON
1  Edwin Sutton,            MALE     1:24:09  
2  Billy O Brien            MALE    1:25:43  
3  Martin Crowley,            MALE    1:29:24  
18  Margaret Carlin,            FEMALE     1:43:25  
22   Sophie Kiely            FEMALE   1:44:10  
30   Audrey Gahan,            FEMALE    1:51:21 

The full results can be seen HERE

Kerry...Results of the Brandon Bay Beach Fun Runs - Sat 12th July 2014

Results of the Brandon Bay Beach Fun Runs over approx 13.1 miles and 10k.

10k
1    Aodh O Currain    10123    Male    MAll Ages    00:38:43
2    Patrick Hayes    10112    Male    MAll Ages    00:38:59
3    Gerard Fitzgerald    10074    Male    MAll Ages    00:42:00
4    Grainne O'Donnell    10077    Female    FAll Ages    00:42:31    00:42:30
18    Clare Keeley    509    Female    FAll Ages    00:47:43
31    Katie Legge    10172    Female    FAll Ages    00:49:47

Half
1    Niall O'Herlihy    408    Male    01:28:17
2    Éanna Gowran    342    Male    01:29:41
3    Vinny Conlon    349    Male    01:31:40
16    Liz Glover    375    Female    01:42:43
19    Margaret Carlin    320    Female    01:43:54
34    Sophie Herrero    409    Female    01:48:25

The full results can be seen HERE