Report
Review 2003 Grand-Prix Series Round 6 - The 4 Mile Grass race - (Tom Flood)
Venue Malahide Castle
Date Thursday 12th, June  2003
   The 4 Mile Race in Malahide Castle, sponsored by Tom Flood, was run over a very open grass course in front of the castle itself.  The one mile circuit  was: starting from the field beside the car park, along by the avenue across in front of the castle, along by the trees up the hill, through the gate and right around the bottom of the field where we started up to the finish, all this four times. Conditions were perfect as it was a beautiful evening with no wind or rain and the grass was like a carpet. The arrangement was an Closed-Handicap with runners going off together shortly after eight o'clock. Everybody had their own race to run, but for a while there was a main bunch at the front that held together, initially consisting of Martin Treacy, Tommy Griffin, Gerry McCabe, Brian Rankin, Dave Brennan, Nathan Pearce, Dylan Ahern, Colm Doran and Aidan Creaner.  After two laps the bunch was down to six with Aidan and Colm placed next drifting away from the leaders and Dylan behind.   On the third lap Dave Brennan peeled away from the group and struck out a lead that was never threatened.   The group then broke up as each member pushed hard to the finish. Each athlete in the race had their own challenges and there were a few places changing hands right to the finish contributing to an exciting race where some excellent times were recorded.  Dave Brennan recorded the best time of all with 21:55 with Martin Treacy (guest) second fastest in 22:09 and Brian Rankin third in 22:19, third of the Grand Prix competitors was fourth-placed Tom Griffin in 22:28.   See the PHOTOS - CLICK HERE.
   In the Grand-Prix Competition, the Handicap went to Declan Hetherington (20pts) with Jim Cleary second (19pts) and Michael McFadden third (18pts).  Our thanks to Tom Flood for sponsoring the race again and to the organisers/officials/photographers who helped out on the night.   The bonus points for fastest actual times went to Dave Brennan (5), Brian Rankin (3) and Tom Griffin (1) - Martin was guesting and is not in the Grand-Prix.   Is Dylan's lead unassailable at the top of the leader board?  He will wear the yellow jersey yet again in the next race, the 800m Track Race on the 26th June.   See you there.
4 Mile Flood Race - Malahide Castle - Round 6  Overall Handicap
Thursday 12th, June  2003
PLACE

NUMBER

 NAME H'CAP TIME Points Bonus Actual Time Actual Place
1 228 Declan Hetherington 17:17 20   28:14 30
2 235 Jim Cleary 19:09 19   30:57 33
3 218 Michael MacFadden 19:11 18   26:48 25
4 229 Alan Smeaton 19:29 17   26:02 19
5 239 Aidan Creaner 19:36 16   23:39 7
6 225 Brian Rankin 20:04 15 +3 (18) 22:19 3
7 213 Richard Connolly 20:07 14   25:00 13
8 249 Shay Byrne * 20:15 13 x2 (26) 26:41 22
9 221 Dave Brennan 20:20 12 +5 (17) 21:55 1
10 208 Seamus Greenan 20:27 11   25:17 14
11 220 Pat Bonass 20:30 10   25:36 17
12 219 Paddy Tuite 20:39 9   23:49 8
13 209 Nathan Pearce 20:43 8   22:50 5
14 216 Frank Devitt 21:07 7   27:46 28
15 252 Ed Bishop 21:13 6   25:26 16
16 211 Gerry McCabe 21:15 5 x2 (10) 23:21 6
17 217 Tom Griffin 21:16 4 +1 (5) 22:28 4
18 214 Colm Doran 21:29 3   23:51 9
19 204 Declan Murray 21:43 2   25:56 18
20 244 Dylan Ahern 21:44 1   23:59 10
21 224 Tony Mee 21:47     26:47 24
22 222 Noel Guiden 21:48     24:26 12
23 248 Tony Westby 22:01     30:37 32
24   Martin Treacy (Guest) 22:09     22:09 2
25 236 Annette Field 22:28     31:38 34
26 215 Pat Devitt 22:35     26:24 20
27 233 Seán Pender 22:56     30:00 31
28 259 M. Tully 23:01     24:06 11
29 232 Tom Flood 23:06     32:44 35
30 255 Larry Molloy 24:17     25:22 15
31 247 Ken O’Gorman 25:18   x2 27:56 29
32 257 Colin McGhee 25:40     26:45 23
33 258 C. Hickey 26:08     27:13 26
34 261 C. Sheals 26:35     26:35 21
35 260 Stephen Byrne 27:24     27:24 27
Grand-Prix Leader Board after Round 6
PLACE NAME POINTS JOKER Used
1 Dylan Ahern 78.5 Y
2 Richard Connolly 67 Y
3 Michael MacFadden 63.5  
4 Stephen Byrne 61 Y
5 Ken O’Gorman 58 Y
6 Jimmy Bennett 51  
7 Declan Murray 50.5 Y
8 Dave Brennan 48.5  
9 Tony Westby 46.5 Y
10 Colm Doran 45 Y
11 Séamus Greenan 44.5 Y
12 Brian Rankin 43.5  
13 Pat Healy 43  
14 John Kearns 42.5  
15 Tom Griffin 42  
16 Ed Bishop 38.5  
17 Pat Devitt 36.5  
18 Tom Flood 36  
19 Sean Pender 35.5  
20 Ray McConville 34.5  
21 Alan Smeaton 33.5  
22 Aidan Creaner 33  
23 Nathan Pearce 31  
24 Maurice Ahern 29  
25 Frank Devitt 28.5  
26 Seán McDonnell 28  
27 Paddy Tuite 25.5  
28 Pat Byrne 24 Y
29 Pat Bonass 23  
30 Mick Fennell 20 Y
31 Declan Hetherington 20 Y
32 Jim Cleary 19  
33 Noel Guiden 18.5  
34 Michael Kearney 17  
35 Peter McDermott 17 Y
36 Eugene Coppinger 17  
37 Gerry McCabe 11.5 Y
38 Jim McHugh 11 Y
39 Colm Coyne 10 Y
40 William Stafford 9  
41 Mags Greenan 7.5  
42 Tony Mee 2