County Tipperary Athletic Notes by Niall O’Sullivan County Senior PRO

County Senior Road Championship Ballyneill 5th April 2026

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Ballyneill was the venue for the County Senior Road Championships. Conditions were good for running. Both races started together with the women running 5k and the men 10k. It was great to see very good entries for both races and clubs are to be complimented in getting their members competing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the women’s race Dymphna Ryan of Dundrum AC, the defending champion made her intentions known from the start by setting a strong pace and she was soon well clear of the chasing pack. The chasing pack included the Moyne AC duo of Orla Healy and Eileen McCullough as well as Amanda Moroney of Clonmel AC. Dymphna maintained that strong pace to come home a very worthy and convincing Champion in 17 mins 34 secs. This was a brilliant performance by Dymphna who was winning her seventh County Senior road title in a row. Then we had Amanda Moroney Clonmel AC, who was recently 3^rd in the County Novice In Lisvernane, underlining her great potential when running a great race to win the silver medal in 18 mins 47 secs. Then we had Eileen McCullough of Moyne AC winning the bronze medal in 19 mins 1 sec and getting in just ahead of her clubmate Orla Healy, three seconds adrift. For the record Edel Roche Fethard AC was 5th in 19.33 with her club mate Carol Molloy 6^th in 19.44.

In the team event it was very close with both Dundrum AC and Moyne AC both finishing on 18 points. On countback the 3^rd Dundrum athlete finished ahead of the Moyne AC third athlete, thus winning the title for Dundrum AC. The Dundrum AC team of Dymphna Ryan, Catherine Fogarty 8^th (20.13) and Karen Coughlan 9^th (20.33) won the gold medals and won back the Cup last won in 2024. The Moyne AC team of Eileen McCullough, Orla Healy and Lisa Quinlan 11^th (20.47) won the silver medals. The Fethard AC team of Edel Roche, Carol Molloy and Tanya O’Brien 12^th (21.10) won the bronze medals. We had a B Section for Clubs that entered more than one team. Here the Fethard AC had a clean sweep of the medals. Their team of Jesscia Kennedy, Aoife Horan and Teresa Coffey won the gold medals. Their next team of Deirdre Royce, Isobel Minogue and Oonagh Burke won the silver medals while their final team of Siobhan Maher, Eileen Morris, Tara Power won the bronze medals.

 

The men’s race saw Sean Tobin of Clonmel AC setting a strong pace from the start which saw him going well clear in the early stages and he continued that strong tempo to come home a very worthy and convincing Champion in 30 mins 57 secs. Sean is running very well at the moment, having set a course record last Thursday night in the Streets of Kilkenny 5k of 13 mins 57 secs. Then we had Emmet McNamara Fethard AC and Dermot Gorman Carrick on Suir AC having a battle for the silver medal. It was only over the closing stages that Emmet drew clear to win the silver medal in 32 mins 47 secs with Dermot winning the bronze in 32 mins 58 secs. For the record Sean Landers of Mooreabbey Milers AC was 4^th in 34 mins 51 secs with Danny Brosnan Clonmel AC 5^th in 35 mins 25 secs and Padraic Maher Thurles Crokes AC 6^th in 35 mins 44 secs. It is great to see the County Novice performances holding up well in such competition.

In the team event Clonmel AC were very convincing winners with their team of Sean Tobin, Danny Brosnan, Ian Purcell 8th (36.55) and Paul Breen 9^th (37.09). The Carrick on Suir AC team of Dermot Gorman, Patrick Harris 7th (36.47), Eugene O’Keeffe 12^th (37.38) and Tim Treacy 20^th (38.44) won the silver medals. The Templemore AC team of Ian Martin 11^th (37.18), Peter Madden 14^th (38.03), Jack Martin 15^th (38.13) and Michael O’Brien 18^th (38.32) won the bronze medals. There was a B Section in this event for Club that entered more than one team. Clonmel AC done the double when winning the gold medals with their team of Padraig Brennan, Conor Fleming and Michael Lancaster. The Dundrum AC team of Paudie Coen, Jim Halley and Michael Ryan won the silver medals. The Fethard AC team of Michael Power, Eddie Hayes and John Hurley won the bronze medals.

The County Chairman, Owen Fanning thanked Carrick on Suir for promoting two very good races and he complimented them on the post-race refreshments that were enjoyed by everyone. He also thanked all the Clubs for supporting these Championships.

 

Next event will be the County Junior & Novice B Road Championships to be held in Fethard on Saturday 18th April at 7pm.