Report
Review 2003 Grand-Prix Series - The Great Weight Race
Venue Morton Stadium, Santry
Date Thursday 15th, May  2003
    The Great Weight Race (3000m track) went very well for all concerned and as usual for this event the handicappers used height, weight and age to come up with the handicap for each runner.   This of course leads to some interesting results and can 'set the cat among the pigeons' a bit during the Grand-Prix competition!   Well done to Tom Griffin with fastest overall to win race A in 09:48,  second place went to Dave Brennan - great to see Dave back competing so well in 10:01 and third went to Gerry McCabe in 10:06.   The second race (B) was won by Séamus Greenan in 10:61, second was on-form Richard Connolly in 10:58 and in third place Pat Healy with 11:15.  Even Noel Guiden put down the clip-board and got back running to finish in a respectable 10:58, getting a place on the grand-prix leaderboard.

Congratulations to Tom Flood on winning the handicap.

   The handicapping as always, was done by Jim Cleary with Guiden and Pat Bonass. Well done everybody. 

Great Weight Race  3000m Results - A race
PLACE NAME TIME
1 Tom Griffin 9:48
2 Dave Brennan 10:01
3 Gerry McCabe 10:06
4 John McHugh 10:11
5 John Kearns 10:16
6 Declan Murray 10:24
7 Dylan Ahern 10:25
8 Colm Doran 10:28
9 Peter McDermott 10:51
10 C. Hickey 10:51
11 M. Hickey 10:52
12 Noel Guiden 10:58
13 Ken O'Gorman 11:35
Great Weight Race  3000m Results - B race
PLACE NAME TIME
1 Séamus Grennan 10:51
2 Richard Connolly 10:58
3 Pat Healy 11:15
4 Pat Devitt 11:17
5 C. Hickey 11:22
6 Alan Smeaton 11:24
7 Jim Bennett 11:28
8 Ken O'Gorman 11:32
9 Ed Bishop 11:47
10 Shay Byrne 12:04
11 Frank Devitt 12:10
12 Ray McConville 12:24
13 Michael McFadden 12:33
14 Séan Pender 12:51
15 Tony Westby 13:19
16 Maurice Ahern 13:53
17 Tom Flood 14:20
  The Grand-Prix Competition is continuing to develop especially now with some more competitors like Dave and Noel getting involved again.   Tom Flood got full marks (20) for first place with Ken O'Gorman second and Tony Westby third, well done.   The bonus points for fastest actual times went to Tom Griffin (5), Dave Brennan (3) and Gerry McCabe (1).   Dylan retains his lead at the top of the leader board and will wear the yellow jersey in The 2.5 mile McCarrick Race at Malahide Castle 29th May, kindly sponsored by Eugene McCarrick, all support appreciated.
Great Weight Race  3000m  Overall Handicap Thursday 15th, May  2003
PLACE

NUMBER

 NAME H'CAP TIME Points Bonus Actual Time Actual Place
1   Tom FLood 6:57 20   14:20 28
2 247 Ken O'Gorman 7:14 19   11:32 19
3 248 Tony Westby 7:18 18   13:13 26
4 253 Ray McConville 7:25 17   12:24 23
5 244 Dylan Ahern 7:31 16   10:25 7
6 208 Séamus Greenan 7:34 15   10:51 10
7 203 Maurice Ahern 7:44 14   13:53 27
8 249 Shay Byrne 7:49 13   12:04 21
9 229 Alan Smeaton 7:53 12   11:24 17
10 230 Pat Healy 7:57 11   11:15 14
11 221 Dave Brennan 7:58 9.5 +3 (12.5) 10:01 2
12 214 Colm Doran 7:58 9.5   10:28 8
13 204 Declan Murray 8:01 8   10:24 6
14 215 Pat Devitt 8:05 7   11:17 15
15 216 Frank Devitt 8:07 6   12:10 22
16 206 Jim Bennett 8:17 5   11:28 18
17 217 Tom Griffin 8:19 4 +5 (9) 9:48 1
18 241 John Kearns 8:25 3   10:16 5
19 213 Richard Connolly 8:41 2   10:58 12
20   Noel Guiden 8:44 .5   10:58 13
21 218 Michael McFadden 8:44 .5   12:33 24
22 233 Seán Pender 8:51     12:51 25
23 251 Ed Bishop 8:56     11:47 20
24   Gerry McCabe 9:16   +1 10:06 3
25   M Tulley 9:18     10:51 11
26 226 John McHugh 9:23     10:11 4
27   C Hickey 9:41     11:22 16
28 256 Peter McDermott* 9:43     10:42 9
Grand-Prix Leader Board after Round 4
PLACE NAME POINTS JOKER Used
1 Dylan Ahern 77.5 Y
2 Ken O`Gorman 58  
3 Richard Connolly 47 Y
4 Declan Murray 43.5 Y
5 Colm Doran 41 Y
6 Tony Westby 38.5  
7 Jim Bennett 38  
8 Pat Devitt 36.5  
9 Tom Flood 36  
10 Ray McConville 34.5  
11 Séamus Greenan 33.5 Y
12 Dave Brennan 31.5  
13 Michael McFadden 30.5  
14 John Kearns 28.5  
15 Seán McDonnell 28  
16 Tom Griffin 27  
= Pat Healy 27  
18 Shay Byrne 26  
= Maurice Ahern 26  
20 Brian Rankin 25.5  
21 Pat Byrne 24 Y
22 Nathan Pearce 23  
23 Mick Fennell 20 Y
24 Michael Kearney 17  
= Aidan Creaner 17  
26 Seán Pender 16.5  
= Alan Smeaton 16.5  
28 Paddy Tuite 14.5  
29 Eddie Bishop 12.5  
30 Frank Devitt 10.5  
31 Colm Coyne 10  
32 William Stafford 9 Y
33 Mags Greenan 7.5  
34 Pat Bonass 7  
35 Tony Mee 2  
36 Gerry McCabe 1.5  
37 Noel Guiden 0.5  
38 John McHugh 0 Y
= Peter McDermott 0 Y