Entries online for WIT AC/WAC 5km and Waterford Tramore 7.5 mile

Entries are now available online at www.runireland.com for the 2nd annual WIT AC/WAC Road Race on April 1st and the Waterford to Tramore 7.5mile, so get your entries in early and save money on your entry!

April 1st: Sunday at noon: Carraiganore: 5km. Entries HERE

May 5th: Saturday at 7pm: starting on the Mall and Finishing near splashworld in Tramore. ENTRIES HERE

Anne Valley 2012

With over 70 WAC members running in the Anne Valley Challenge today a feast of running was had....and a feast of food after.



Results shown below and full results on the anne valley website by clicking HERE
Well done to the prize winners of Frank Quinlan (3rd), Silvia Malone (2nd), Melissa Brennan (F35), Dermot McCarthy (M40), Elaine Barry (F45) and Con Kelleher(M60).
Also, in the Juvenile race WAC had a clean sweep in the boys race with Jamie McCarthy, Hugo Blair and Aaron Robinson taking 1,2 & 3.
Also, in Nenagh today Gwyneth Blair was 3rd in the Munster Indoor Combined events and 28 Juvenile members made the journey to represent the club. Well done to all and to the coaches who travelled.

WAC Members at the Anne Valley Challenge 2012

Postion	First name	Surname	Time	Pace
3	FRANK	QUINLAN	26:58:00	5:24/M
4	BRIAN	SWABY	27:36:00	5:31/M
8	FRANK	WALSH	28:47:00	5:45/M
10	DERMOT	MCCARTHY	29:02:00	5:48/M
13	FINLAY	WEIR	29:35:00	5:55/M
15	DAVID	CUNNINGHAM	29:37:00	5:55/M
17	KEVIN	MALONE	29:58:00	6:00/M
18	GEORGE	O'GRADY	30:10:00	6:02/M
20	JOHN	NOLAN	30:16:00	6:03/M
21	PAT	NOLAN	30:17:00	6:03/M
24	JOHN	MCKINLEY	30:35:00	6:07/M
30	SYLVIA	MALONE	30:48:00	6:10/M
31	TREVOR	POWER	30:57:00	6:11/M
33	BRIAN	CUDDIHY	31:06:00	6:13/M
34	BRENDAN	ASPEL	31:11:00	6:14/M
35	DAVID	MCCONNELL	31:23:00	6:17/M
42	OWEN	POWER	32:33:00	6:31/M
44	MICHAEL	COLEMAN	32:56:00	6:35/M
48	TOM	O'BRIEN	33:07:00	6:37/M
54	DAMIEN	O'REGAN	33:44:00	6:45/M
56	WILLIAM	QUINLAN	33:47:00	6:45/M
58	THOMAS	BURNS	33:50:00	6:46/M
67	JOHN	RIORDAN	34:22:00	6:52/M
73	DIANE	BEHAN	34:45:00	6:57/M
76	PAUL	MURRAY	34:58:00	7:00/M
77	GER	NOLAN	34:58:00	7:00/M
80	MICHAEL	FOLEY	35:11:00	7:02/M
99	CON	KELLEHER	35:50:00	7:10/M
101	ELAINE	BARRY	35:58:00	7:12/M
103	SEAN	MCGOWAN	36:03:00	7:13/M
106	JOHN	BRENNAN	36:20:00	7:16/M
112	MARTIN	FLYNN	36:28:00	7:18/M
113	CONOR	QUINN	36:34:00	7:19/M
116	ANNA	DUNGAN	36:38:00	7:20/M
124	CHELLY	BRENNAN	37:14:00	7:27/M
125	KATE	NOLAN	37:21:00	7:28/M
127	Melissa	Brennan	37:32:00	7:30/M
129	JASON	O'BRIEN	37:40:00	7:32/M
135	MICHAEL	BURKE	37:50:00	7:34/M
141	ANNETTE	KELLY	38:09:00	7:38/M
142	KEITH	O'DRISCOLL	38:09:00	7:38/M
143	DEIRDRE	CHAPMAN	38:11:00	7:38/M
150	LIZ	NOLAN	38:25:00	7:41/M
152	NIAMH	TEBAY	38:27:00	7:41/M
156	ALBERT	TEBAY	38:40:00	7:44/M
160	PAUL	LANIGAN	38:49:00	7:46/M
173	IAN	HAYES	39:44:00	7:57/M
182	HELENA	COLEMAN	40:09:00	8:02/M
196	ETHAN	ROBINSON	40:34:00	8:07/M
210	MARY	MURPHY	41:24:00	8:17/M
211	EILISH	COADY	41:25:00	8:17/M
220	PAUL	CONNOLLY	41:40:00	8:20/M
236	BETTY	BALDWIN	42:21:00	8:28/M
238	SIMON	BAILY	42:36:00	8:31/M
247	NIAMH	MOLLOY	43:09:00	8:38/M
258	BETTY	ROCKETT	43:40:00	8:44/M
268	ROSE	RYAN	44:33:00	8:55/M
298	CATHLEEN	KENNEDY	46:11:00	9:14/M
311	MÁIRE	LAWLOR	46:52:00	9:22/M
315	SARAH	RYAN	47:08:00	9:26/M
316	ELAINE	O CONNOR	47:08:00	9:26/M
319	ISABELLE	FLYNN	47:12:00	9:26/M
323	UNA	FLEMING	47:15:00	9:27/M
352	SIOBHAN	MOONEY	49:08:00	9:50/M
353	AOIFE	ROONEY	49:08:00	9:50/M
354	FIDELMA	O CONNOR	49:08:00	9:50/M
353	AOIFE	ROONEY	49:08:00	9:50/M
364	PATRICIA	O KEEFFE	49:35:00	9:55/M
367	GABRIEL	POWER	49:52:00	9:58/M
393	EVELYN	GILLEN	53:13:00	10:39/M
394	LORRAINE	LAWLOR	53:16:00	10:39/M
410	NICOLA	CARTY	56:33:00	11:19/M

AGM - Friday - Feb 3rd

Its AGM time again and we are having it on Friday the 3^rd February on the 2^nd floor of the Kazbar Bar in Waterford. The AGM will take place from 8pm until 9.30pm. If anyone has any motions they would like to propose please forward them to tom@waterfordac.com by Friday 27^th January please.

This will be followed by a Social evening where the presentation for the Male Athlete of the year, Female Athlete of the year and Club person of the year will be made.

National Masters 2012 - Nenagh

Pictured representing Waterford AC are Frank Quinlan (M35), Kieran Leahy (M45, 2nd in the 200m), Mary Jenning (W55, 1st in 800m and 1500m and 2nd in 3K), Tom O'Brien (M40, 1st in Long Jump and High Jump) and Paschal Halley (M40, 2nd in Long Jump). A great day of competition at the National Indoor Championships of Ireland held in Nenagh in what all agreed was a very well run event on Sunday Jan 15th.

Munster Indoors Championships

Well done all our medal winners at Nenagh today. Diane Behan won 3k O40, Paschal Halley double gold in 200m and Long Jump and 2nd in 800m and High Jump, Frank Quinlan 1st in 1500m, 2nd in 3k and 3rd in 800m O35, Kieran Leahy 2nd in both 60m and 200m O45 and Pat Breen won his first senior men title in the 400m. Great going all and National Masters Indoors next Sunday so good prep!!!

Win Free Entry to Wexford Half Marathon

Anyone available to do one hour for the flag day on Dec 28th or 29th please contact Deirdre on deirdre@waterfordac.com or 0879983782 and they will be entered into a draw for free entry into the Wexford Half Marathon which is on April 22nd (3 entries up for grabs).

Thanks to all who did and the winners are....

John Guiry, Keith Walsh and Olivia Flynn. Get training for April!!!

Half Marathon 2011 - A Huge Success

Well done to all 1155 finishers of the Waterford AC half marathon which took place on Saturday last. The event went off great and the runners woke up to clear blue skies and a nice crisp morning, perfect for running unlike the terrible weather endured last year. There was a carnival atmosphere outside Woodies from where the race started with runners eyeing up the pacers and deciding which group to attach themselves to. Fintan entertained the runners and supporters with his usual wit and choice of music prior to the 12 noon start. The event got underway promptly and after a 2 mile lap of the city the runners made their way out the main Tramore road where they were greeted at the first water stop by members of our juvenile club who cheered them on and handed out bottles of water. Onto the back road towards Tramore for a few miles then turned back onto the main road where the runners were met with great encouragement from the Tramore posse who were there to cheer on all the runners and support their local family and friends. The pump house was the second water stop and again the juveniles were on hand to hand out the water and cheer on the runners. The sight of the oncoming traffic at an almost standstill made some of the runners glad they were on foot and not heading to Tramore but some of the motorist showed their support by cheering the runners, waving and beeping their horns (think they were encouraging beeps!!). The final water stop was opposite the first one and this gang had a busy day but they did a super job giving the water to the somewhat weary runners. On the last part of the race by the Kingfisher the sound of Fintans voice from the RSC was a welcome sound and there was great encouragement from the stewards around Superquinn heading back into the RSC. The finish was a welcome sight for everyone. The decision to move the post race refreshments to the Kingfisher Club proved a wise and popular move with many of the runners enjoying the great refreshments (and of course the Blaas!) and prize giving before setting off on their journey home. Thanks to all those who helped out with the refreshment in the Kingfisher. The feedback immediately was very positive with many runners posting PB’s and having a very memorable experience.

The race was superbly well organised and a special word of thanks to Michael and all the Stewards and Gardaí along the route.

A special word of thanks also to our sponsors (Click HERE) without who we would be unable to put on a fantastic half marathon at a price that no other half marathon in the country can match.

Thanks to all the supporters along the route who made the journey a little easier and all the Waterford AC members and friends

Further thanks to the 1155 finishers (up from 690 in 2010) who helped to make this the premier half marathon event in 2011. The race was won by Gary O'Hanon, with the very popular local man Brian Murphy in 2nd and Michael Herlihy from North Cork 3rd. The woman’s race was won by Gladys Ganiels from Belfast with Jill Hodgins 2nd followed by Ann Marie Holland who is no stragner to this neck of the woods, 3rd. Well done to all the runners who posted personal bests. The flat(ish) fast course is a great course for runners to improve and the presence of the pacers was a huge attraction for runners hoping to run PB's.

Full Results by clicking HERE

Even though we prepared 1150 finisher goodie bags unfortunately a few finishers did not get a goodie bag so apologies to those runners affected by this. If you are one of those runners and would like us to post on the gift from the goodie bag can you please email Deirdre@waterfordac.com and we will sort it out.

Finally thanks to anyone else who helped out in any way behind the scenes to make such a great day. It’s a real club effort and great to see so many club members assisting in whatever way they could. It is worth remembering that everyone who helped out on the day “volunteered” his or her time and energy in this uniquely well-run event.

Here is looking forward to 2012 !! Waterford to Tramore in May, Woodstown 5 in August and Annual Half on December 1st!!

Also, most prizes have been distributed now but if Billy Tyrell of Parnell AC could contact Deirdre@waterfordac.com with postal details his category prize will be posted.