NEWS

George Waugh won the Courtmacsherry 10 km road race held on Fri 25th June 2010 in a new course record of 33:35. There was a total of 231 finishers in the race. John O'CALLAGHAN won the M45 in 37:19. John O'DRISCOLL won the M50 in 40:37. Jimmy MURRAY won the M60 in 45:54.

Results of the 2nd Track League held on Friday 25th of June in the CIT

George Waugh finished third (34:53)in the Dunmanway 10 km road race held on Sun 20th June 2010. The race was won by Alan O'Shea in a time of 33:12. John O'CALLAGHAN finished 2nd O/45 in 0:38:59. John O'DRISCOLL finished 2nd O/50 in 42:49. Jimmy MURRAY won the O/60 in 47:15.

The 7th Annual Straight Mile in Lisfehill Road, Ballinhassig was held on Sunday May 16th. There was a field of 50 athletes competing on a fine sunny evening. The race was won by James O'Driscoll, Skibbereen (4:32) in a close finish from Ed Murphy, Gneeveguilla (4:33). In third place was Eamonn O'Donovan, Rising Sun (4:40).
In the Ladies race Elaine Guinnane, Eagle was 1st home in 6:21 from Mary Histon-Debarra, Rising Sun (6:32) and Karen O'Flynn, Eagle (6:40).
A total of Euro 550 was collected on the night and all this will be donated to the Lavanagh Centre.Rising Sun would like to thank everyone for their generous donations which were well in excess of the entry fee.
Full Results

George Waugh won the Great Limerick Run Marathon on May 2nd from a field of over 900 runners in a time of 2:37:17. This was George's first marathon. In 2nd place was Dermot Kearns, Limerick in a time of 2:42:00. Third was Peter Mooney, Clonard in 2:43:32.

Rising Sun had a very sucessful day at the County Junior, Senior and Masters held on May 10th. we again came out as top club. For full results please click here

The Joe Hourigan Memorial MIDLETON '5' was held on 6th of May. Michael Herlihy won for the 2nd year in sucession in a time of 24:52. Eamonn O'Donovan finished in 14th place in a time of 28:31. John O'Callaghan finished in a time of 32:01, Jimmy Murray (1st O60) in 35:10, Michael Kiely (1st O65) in a time of 35:11 and Mary Histon-DEBARRA (3rd O40) in 35:39. There was a field of 330 athletes.

George Waugh won the 2010 Great Island 10 Mile Road Race in a time of 54:37. From a field of 513 athletes George had nearly a minute to spare over the next athlete. Mary HISTON-DEBARRA had an excellent run finishing in a time of 75:54, followed by Jim Murray who finished 2nd O60 in a very good time of 77:20.

Rising Sun had 5 athletes competing in the Ballintotis 4 on Thursday April 22nd. John O'Callaghan finished in 25:09, John O'Riordan (1st O55) in 25:40, Michael Kiely (1st O65) in 27:54, Mary Histon-Debarra (3rd O40) in 28:30 and Jim Murray (3rd O60) in 29:07.

The Paddy Desmond Memorial 4 mile road race was held in Ballinhassig on St.Patricks day. We had a total of 189 athletes. Wieslaw SOSNOWSKI, Eagle AC was a comfortable winner in the mens race from Leevale athletes Tomas MAUNSELL and James GRUFFERTY. In the Ladies section Lizzie LEE, Leevale was 1st home ahead of Carmel CROWLEY, Bandon and Emma MURPHY, St Finbarrs. In the wheelchair section Jerry Forde, Blarney-Inniscarra was 1st athlete home.

Rising Sun would like to thank John Walshe for taking entries and producing the results for this race. Also thanks to John Quigley who stepped in at the last minute to help with entries. Thanks again to Denis Kelleher who once again helped out at the finish. We also wish to thank the patrons of the Marion Hall for the use of their excellent facilities. Finally thanks to the members of our own club for all the work it took in running this event.

Results
Mens Winners 2010
Ladies Winners 2010

The All-Ireland Masters were held on January 24th in Nenagh. Brendan Dennehy had a very sucessful day out winning the 60M,200M,LJ and HJ. Con Donovan won 5 medals winning the 60M,200M,400M,LJ and 3rd in the shot. Michael O'Herilhy had a third place in the shot. Donncha Dennehy was 1st in the HJ and 2nd in the LJ.

George Waugh had an other excellent run in Mallow on 7th February finishing an excellant 4th overall in a time of 54:39. Michael Kiely finished 1st O/65 in a time of 76:36. Eddie Mullane finished 2nd O/65 in a time of 82:35.

Well done to George Waugh who finished an excellent 9th in the Dungarven 10 on 31st of January in a time of 55:06:00

These are the results of the County Masters Cross Country Championships Bandon, 15/11/2009 : 38th John Riordan (3rd O55), 40th Stephen Murphy, 47th Jimmy Murray(3rd 060) Ladies: 11th Mary Histon

These are the results of the Cork County Novice & Under 23 Championships 2009, Killeagh, October 11th Mens results: 8th George Waugh Rising Sun, 10th Eamonn O'Donovan Rising Sun, 23rd John O'Callaghan Snr. Rising Sun. Ladies:13th Maire Histon deBarra Rising Sun

Well don to Cosmas DeBurca who ran an excellent PB of 2.48 and to John O'Callaghan who ran 3.15 in the Dublin City Marathon

St. Finbarrs held their annual half-marathon in Blarney on Sunday 13 of September. Conditions were warm in a race which was won in 70:40 by Sandis BRALITIS. Rising Sun had 5 athletes competing. Cosmas DeBurca had an excellent run to finish 9th in a time of 76:05. George Waugh finished in 83:36, Stephen Murphy (O50) in 98:08, Michael Kiely (1st O60) in 98:47 and Jim Murray (O60) in 111:53.

Full Results Rising Sun had 7 athletes competing in Ballycotton 5 held on 27th of August. This was the final race in the series and was again won by Sean McGrath. There was a record entry of over 500 runners. Cosmas DE BURCA finished 12th in 25:55, George Waugh 15th in 28:04, Eamonn O'Donovan 22nd in 28:47, John O'Callaghan (O45) finished in 31:49, John O'Driscoll (O50) 31:57, John O'Riordan (O55) 33:27 and Eddie Mullane 1st O65 in 33:33.

Rising Sun athletes Con O'Donovan, Brendan and Donnacha Dennehy, Sean O'Sullivan, Michael O' Herlihy, Donal and Denis Howard competed in The Woodie's DIY Masters Championships of Ireland on 16th August 2009 in Tullamore. We had a very sucessful day out bringing home 8 gold, 9 silver and 3 bronze medals.
Rising Sun results.

The Goleen & District Community Council ROUTE2CROOK '5' was held on Sunday 9 August 2009. The race was won by Kevin Wilmott, Bandon AC in a time of 27:55. Cosmas DeBurca finished a very close second in 28:09. John O'Callaghan(O45) finished in 32:20, John O'Driscoll in 32:51 and George Webb in 41:44. There was a total of 129 finishers.

The Shanagarry Festival 5km road race was held on Thursday 6th August 2009. A total of 92 athletes competed in this event. James MCCARTHY, East Cork AC won a very close race from clubmate Sean MCGRATH in a time of 15:25. John O'Callaghan finished 16th in a time of 18:56.

The Annual Kinsale Regatta 5 Mile Road Race was held on Friday July 31st. The race with a total of 188 athletes was won by Cathal O'Connell, St Finbarrs in a time of 26:09. Cosmos De Burca finished 6th in 27.02, followed by George Waugh, 7th in 27.10. John O'Callaghan ran 30.57 , John O'Driscoll, 31.24 (2nd O/50) and George Webb, 40.51

Rising Sun athletes had a very sucessful day at the Munster Masters T&F on Sunday 26th of July in Castleisland. We won a total of 20 golds, plus many silver and bronze medals. Rising Sun results

Cosmas DeBurca finished 5th in 57:36 in the Ballynonty 10 on Sunday 26th of July. He was followed in 6th place by George Waugh in 60:22. The race was won by Sergio Ciabonu Clonliffe Hariers in 51:27.

Churchtown South 5 Mile was held on Thursday 23rd of July with a record field of 473 athletes. The winner was Sean McGrath in a time of 26:21. First home for Rising Sun was George Waugh in 28:16, followed by Eamonn O'Donovan in 29:11, John O'Callaghan in 30:18, John O'Callaghan (O45) in 31:42, John O'Driscoll (O50) in 32:36, John O'Riordan (2nd O55) in 33:03 and Eddie Mullane ( 2nd O60) in 33:40

Banteer 5k was held on Sunday 19th of July. The race was organised by Duhallow AC and attracted 59 competitors. First home was Gavin Sweeney in a time of 15:53. First Rising Sun athlete was John O'Callaghan in 18:19, followed by John O'Riordan in 19:29 and Jim Murray (1st O60) in 21:56.


DONOUGHMORE '7' was held on Friday 17 July 2009. A field of 290 athletes took part. The winner was Colin Merrit in a time of 37:47. Cosmos DeBurca finished 8th overall in a time of 40:40. Next was John O'Driscoll in 47:18, Eddie Mullane (1st O60) in 47:28, Stephen Murphy in 48:45, Michael Kiely in 51:01,Jim Murray in 54:20 and Ann Murphy in 83:12. The COURTMACSHERRY '10K' was held on Saturday 27 June 2009. There was a total of 199 finishers. The winner was Kevin WILMOT, Bandon AC in 34:51. Cosmas DeBurca finished 3rd in 35:24 followed by George Waugh in 4th in a time of 35:31. John O'CALLAGHAN (O45)was 17th in 40:20 and John O'Driscoll(O50) 19th in 40:45.

Rising Sun had 8 athletes competing in the Shanagarry 5 on Thursday 25th of June. There was a record entry of 471 athletes, with local man Sean McGrath winning in 26:29. George WAUGH finished 10th in 27:54, Cosmas DeBurca 18th in 28:42, Eamonn O'DONOVAN finished in 29:43, John O'CALLAGHAN ran 31:12, John O'CALLAGHAN (O45) ran in 32:17, Eddie MULLANE (1st O60) in 32:41, John O'Driscoll (O50) in 32:56 and John O'Riordan (O55) in 33:59.

Congratulations to Cosmas De Burca who finished 16th overall in the Cork City Marathon in a personal pb of 2:59:05. The race was run in extremely hot conditions and was won by Michael Herilihy in 2:30:34.

Rising Sun had 7 athletes competing in the Ballyandreen 5 on Thursday 28th of May. There was a record entry of 411 athletes, with local man Sean McGrath wining in 26:08. George WAUGH finished 5th in 28:00, Eamonn O'DONOVAN 9th in 28:26, John O'CALLAGHAN (O45) 47th in 31:49, John O'CALLAGHAN 49th in 31:55, Eddie MULLANE (1st O60) 80th in 33:39, John O'RIORDAN (O55) 88th in 33:51 and John O'Driscoll (O50) 95th in 34:08.

The EMER CASEY MEMORIAL '10K' was held on Sunday 25th of May in Youghal. The race was wom by Sergiu CIOBANU, Clonliffe Harriers in 30:13. A total of 363 competed the race. John O'Callaghan finished well up in 32nd position in a time of 39:18.