Tipperary...Results of the Dave Fogarty 4 mile road race - Thurs 16th June 2016

For whatever reason, the numbers were well down this year for the Dave Fogarty 4 mile road race in Thurles, Co.Tipperary. The race which is organised by Thurles Crokes AC had 102 finishers which as you can see from the chart is down on the 179 and 177 of 2012 and 2013.

Considering that Thurles has a population of 8000 people, it really should be getting more than 102 runners taking part.


Men's Results
1st Kevin Moore 21:30
2nd Dennis Shanahan 21:43
3rd John Fitzgibbon 21:51
4th Jimmy Boland 22:04
5th Paddy Cummins 22:23
1st O/35 John Shanahan 23:02, 2nd O/35 John Fogarty 24:05
1st O/40 Pat Corbett 24:50, 2nd O/40 Pat Butler 25:38
1st O/45 Noel Marum 22:50, 2nd O/45 Dermot Hayes 23:10
1st O/50 Michael Moore 25:41
1st O/55 Tommy Moloney 25:56
1st O/60 Matt Alexander 26:52
1st 0/65 Eamon Crowley 34:26
1st O/70 Michael Dundon 33:47
1st Junior man Sean Phillips 27:27, 2nd Junior Man Jerry Hayes 27:49
Women results
1st Aine Roche 25:30
2nd Linda Grogan 25:55
3rd Ann Marie Boland 26:32
4th Louisa Condon 27:24
5th Dymphna Ryan 27:51
1st O/35 Sharon Kiely 31 :23, 2nd O/35 Aishling Ely 32:50
1st O/40 Michelle Doherty 28:36, 2nd O/40 Paula Mills 28:57
1st O/45 Catherine Dunne 35:23, 2nd O/45 Helena Mawe 36:18
1st O/50 Anna Byrne 29:51
1st O/60 Hillary Collins 34:21

The full results can be seen HERE

Photos...
1) Dundrum AC have a gallery HERE
2) Thurles Crokes AC have a number of photos...Top 5 men & women...Category Prizes - Men - Women...
3) Noel Dundon has a numbers of photos...HERE and HERE 

Tipperary...Results of the Dave Fogarty Memorial 4 mile road race, Thurles - Thurs 19th June 2014

 The Dave Fogarty Memorial 4 mile road race was held in Thurles, Co.Tipperary on Thurs 19th of June 2014. Organised by Thurles Crokes Athletic Club, the race attracted a field of 140 runners.

Top 5 men in the club annual Dave Fogarty Road Race...Kevin Moore, Jack Corbett, Liam Shanahan, Shane Mullaney and Jimmy Boland.

Category winners...
1st Man 1 KEVIN MOORE DUNDRUM AC MS 20:50
2nd Man 2 JACK CORBETT THURLES CROKES MS 21:12
3rd Man 3 LIAM SHANAHAN THURLES CROKES MS 21:55
4th Man 5 SHANE MULLANEY THURLES CROKES MS 22:12
5th Man 6 JIMMY BOLAND CLONMEL AC MS 22:19
1st 0/35 9 MICHAEL RYAN DUNDRUM AC M35 22:57
2nd 0/35 12 MICK CAREY COOLQUILL AC M35 23:30
1st 0/40 15 PETER MADDEN TEMPLEMORE M40 23:56
1st 0/50 16 MICHAEL MOORE DUNDRUM AC M50 24:00
1st 0/45 21 LIAM CASEY CLONMEL AC M45 24:49
2nd 0/50 26 JIM MOLONEY THURLES CROKES M50 25:24
2nd 0/40 28 AUSTIN RYAN THURLES CROKES M40 25:38
1st 0/55 29 MICHAEL DELAHUNTY TEMPLEMORE M55 25:40
2nd 0/45 34 TADGH VAUGHAN COOLQUILL AC M45 26:32
1st Junior 38 JACK MOORE MOYNE AC MJ 26:55
1st 0/60 42 LESLIE SMYTH COOLQUILL AC M60 27:19
2nd Junior 44 DEAN CAMPION THURLES CROKES MJ 27:21
1st 0/65 64 EDDIE CAHALAN COOLQUILL AC M65 29:50
1st 0/70 84 MYLES MCHUGH CLONMEL AC M70 32:51

1st Lady 4 SIOBHAN O'DOHERTY BORRISOKANE FS 22:11
2nd Lady 19 DYMPHNA RYAN DUNDRUM AC FS 24:27

Dymphna Ryan of Dundrum AC...2nd woman home

3rd Lady 22 CARMEL FITZGIBBON THURLES CROKES FS 24:57
4th Lady 36 LINDA GROGAN UNATTACHED FS 26:42
1st Lady 0/35 40 MARY MOLLOY UNATTACHED F35 27:11
1st Lady 0/45 47 MARTINA RYAN THURLES CROKES F45 27:29
2nd Lady 0/45 61 MARY MOLONEY THURLES CROKES F45 29:32
1st Lady 0/40 65 ANN MAHER CLONMEL AC F40 30:04
1st Lady 0/50 85 DEIRDRE MASON THURLES CROKES F50 32:53
2nd Lady 0/40 86 UNA CROWLEY THURLES CROKES F40 33:10
1st Junior 94 JULIE MURPHY UNATTACHED FJ 33:27

The full results can be seen HERE

Notice...Dave Fogarty Memorial 4 mile race, Thurles, Tipperary - Thurs 19th June 2014

This 4 mile road race organised by Thurles Crokes AC is coming up on Thursday the 19th of June 2014 at 8pm.

Race registration is at the Thurles Crokes AC grounds which are on the north-west edge of the town of Thurles. The race starts and finishes at the edge of the town and takes in a loop in the countryside to the north-west.

Thurles Crokes AC are one of the main athletic clubs in mid-Tipperary with roughly 80+ members. They are currently developing facilities at their grounds to help them further promote athletics. Funds raised from the race will go towards these facilities. The photo below shows the recently opened club house and the new adjacent hall under construction...

Course preview.........A full preview of the course with maps, directions, photos, etc can be seen HERE

Athletic Clubs in Tipperary by size...Aug 2012

A few days ago, Athletics Ireland released their figures for club membership. What they show is that in the last 15 months since May 2011, the number of adults in athletic clubs in Tipperary has increased from 466 to 899, a huge rise of 93%. In fact, no other county of a similar size has grown so much. Many have grown by 20 to 50% but only Tipperary has gone way beyond that.

These are the athletic clubs in Tipperary with more 10 or more adult members...

The stats reveal that the huge growth in Tipperary numbers are mainly due to three clubs...
1) Clonmel AC have gone from 58 to 245 members in just 15 months to become the largest club in the county. This was no doubt due to a very active Fit4Life programme which attracted a lot of new members.
2) Thurles Crokes AC more than doubled their numbers going from 69 to 144 adult members.
3) Templemore AC is another club than have gone from a small base of 26 members to 130, a huge increase.

In terms of adult membership of athletic clubs and the size of the available population, Tipperary is  percentage wise second only to Galway in the number of adult members. While it's probably unlikely that there will be the same level of growth in Tipperary in the next 15 months, the current club numbers are still at a very healthy level.


Notice...some clubs have a large number of Fit4Life members, some are more into track and field, some are more focused on other specific areas. The figures don't say or suggest which club is best, just which club happens to have the most adult members....although it is probably fair to say that if a club has a lot of members then it must be doing something right.

Tipperary...Results of the Dave Fogarty 4 Mile - Fri 25 Jun 2010

116 runners completed this 4 Mile road race.

The results are now up on the Tipperary Athletics web-site.

Organized by Thurles Crokes AC.