This Wednesday marks the 3rd running of The Donagh Lynch Memorial Race.  

The race also incorporates the 6th Round of the Winter League which is 2 miles, and while Winter League points are still at stake, the Donagh Lynch Trophy is handicapped. The Donagh Lynch Memorial trophy will be presented to the athlete who is closest to their predicted finishing time thus giving all participants an equal chance of winning silverware.  

In the event of a tie the trophy goes to the person with the slowest time.  

Race starts at 8pm, and registration will be in the club house from 7pm.  Entry fee is 7 euro for the race, and refreshments will be served in the Raheny GAA lounge at a price of 5 euro followed by the trophy presentation.  

Donagh Lynch was a member of Raheny Shamrock AC for a short length of time before he was tragically killed in a skiing accident in 2009.  During his short time with the club he made a lasting impression with his teammates and he quickly immersed himself in ever aspect of the club and is still sadly missed.    

Jamie Davis and Siobhan Eviston captured took bronze medals in the 200m and 800m respectively at the AAI National Indoor championships held last weekend in Belfast. But overall it was a disappointing weekend for Raheny athletes.

Jamie had a very busy weekend by qualifying for the final of the 60m as well and in doing so ran a personal best  6.95 in the semi finals, lowering

his existing PB of 7.00. Unfortunately Jamie had to settle for fifth place in a very competitive final. However only 15 minutes, he made up

 for that disappointment by taking bronze in the 200m.

Siobhan found herself in a very tactical race, which was eventually won by the current U23 national record holder, Ciara Everard.

Despite a late surge Siobhan narrowly missed out on silver by .08 of a second with a time of 2.07.70.

There were some near misses with Kevin Moriarty and Stuart Greene finishing 4^th in the 1500m & Pole Vault respectively. Daire Birmingham

and Feidhlim Kelly joined Kevin in the final but unfortunately failed to stay with the fast pace. Junior Jake McDonnell was unfortunate

not to make the final despite a gallant effort in the heats.

Outgoing  silver medalist Kieran Kelly was very unfortunate not to make the final of the 400m. Kieran was drawn in a slow heat and

despite making a solo run failed to make the finals. Fans Juhasz finished just outside the medals in the 60m hurdles taking 4th place.

Other participants in the championships were Louise Bernard in the 800m, Helen Buckley in the Shot and High Jump, Rob Rath in the 60m

 and making his debut Peter O’Brien. Despite still being a juvenile, Peter competed with confident to jump 3.80m in the Pole Vault.

Both Jamie and Siobhan’s races can be viewed on the RTE player as below: Jamie’s race is @ 37 minutes and Siobhan’s is @ 44 minutes

 into the broadcast;

http://www.rte.ie/player/#!v=1135790

You can also view the races @

http://ireland.flotrack.org/

After the recent Raheny 5 road race a small iPod was found. We believe it belongs to a runner called Niall. If he emails This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or telephones 087 2248274 we can return it to him.

KEVIN Dooney underlined his growing reputation with a brilliant third place finish in today's Enniscorthy 10km.  The race was won by Kilkenny native Brian Maher in 30.10 with Sean Hehir second in 30.25. Dooney, still in the junior ranks, was third in 31.18. He also led the Raheny men to victory in the team event - the other team scorers were Simon Ryan 4th in 31.26; Bernard Roe 7th (32.44) and Brian Leahy 8th (32.56).

Meanwhile in the Ras na hEireann cross country race Fiona Roche was 8th in the women's race while at last week's Leinster Schools' cross country championships Niamh Crowley, running in the colours of Malahide CS, finished second in the junior girls race.