Thankfully the Donough Coughlan Memorial 5 mile road race was held in mostly bright and dry conditions. A large number of runners took part with 278 finishers and the leader almost from the gun was Tim Twomey of Leevale who emerged victorious in a time of 26.26 to win the Donough Coughlan Memorial Cup which was later presented to him by Mrs Nora Coughlan. In 2nd place was Ian O’Leary of DSD with Danny Smith of Ballynonty in 3rd place. Lizzie Lee of Leevale won the womens race with Bandon’s Carmel Crowley finishing in 2nd with Jill Hodgin’s in 3rd place. Other local man athletes who figured included Kevin Wilmot (4th), Eamon O’Donovan (8th), Paddy Murphy, Tom Sheehan, Matthew Geedon, Sean Murphy, Joe O’Sullivan, Tim Lucey, Pat O’Sullivan, Pat Mulcahy, Donal McCarthy, Phil Murphy, Liam Murphy, Cillian Burke, Robert Merrick, Ben Gaffney, Ronan Kelleher, Emmet Callan, Paul Kingston, Ivan Buttimer and Daire Harrington. The ladies were well represented also withMargaret Callnan, Pauline Callnan, Cora Kelly and Tracey Payne being among the finishers.
Matthew Ahern won the leading male junior.
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