Jul 18, 2008 [Paddy Tuite]
All stewards for the Brother Morton Memorial Meeting are requested to report to Clonliffe HQ at 5PM on Friday 25th July for a security briefing. It is important all stewards are there on time, refreshments will be available when the meeting is finished. - MORE....

Jul 18, 2008 [Stephen Byrne]
The next race in the Grand Prix series will be the Pat Bonass sponsored 10,000 metres taking place in Morton Stadium Santry on Thursday 24th July. This will incorporate the Club 10K championship, so all club members are invited to take part. - MORE....

Jul 13, 2008 [Stephen Byrne]
Plenty of Clonliffe athletes in action this weekend. - MORE....

Jul 13, 2008 [Brian McDonald]
It was a broze day for Conliffe Harriers in Day 3 of the All Ireland Track & Field Juvenile championships in Tullamore. - MORE....

Jul 11, 2008 [Stephen Byrne]
Clonliffe Harriers were honoured to welcome Albie Thomas back to Morton Stadium in Santry on the anniversary of his 3 mile world record in the Clonliffe Harriers/Crusaders Invitational on July 9th 1958. Albie arrived in Santry with his wife Nola and Ronnie Delaney for a night of nostalgia as our MC on the night Pat Bonass eloquently described the event.

The Dublin County Board were hosting an athletic event that evening and kindly held up a race so that Albie suitable attired in his singlet and bearing his original race number completed a lap of the track. Albie took the applause from athletes and spectators as he made his way around the track.

Albie and Ireland’s 1956 1500 metre champion Ronnie Delany were invited to unveil the 1958 wall in the clubhouse. This wall close to Brian Brewer’s mural featured photographs from both that 1 and 2 Mile records as well as other memorabilia from that magnificent Meet. - MORE....

Jul 8, 2008 [Stephen Byrne]
Going into the final half of the grand prix it is important all participants officiate in at least one race. As previous advised there is a penalty of the participants highest score for failing to officiate. - MORE....

Jul 7, 2008 [Brian McDonald]
New PB set at the IMC in Irishtown last Saturday by Eoin McDonnell in the 1500m at 4.01.43 fishing 3rd in the Men's 1500m B race. - MORE....

Jul 6, 2008 [Killian Lonergan]
There were some excellent performances across events at this weekend's National Juvenile Championships held at the Antrim Forum. - MORE....

Jul 4, 2008 [Stephen Byrne]
In near perfect conditions The Michael Murphy Memorial 5 Mile Race took place in the grounds of Malahide Castle last Thursday night. In typical Irish summer weather after 48 hours of monsoon conditions up to a couple of hours before race start the clouds departed and the sun came out.

Once again Michael Murphy’s family, including his mother and sister were in attendance for the race and presentation on this the 27th running of the race in memory of a young Clonliffe Harrier who died tragically in the States back in very early `80s. - MORE....

Jul 3, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
Would any Clonliffe member requiring ticket for the July 25th meet please collect them on the night of the Albie Thomas reception Wednesday next July 9th.

Jul 2, 2008 [Jeremy Walsh]
A few of our boys warmed up for the Mick Murphy memorial 5 mile race on Thursday by competing in the 2 mile race in Raheny last night. Maurice McCrohan was to the fore once again, finishing 11th in 11.09. Not far behind, Paul Carolan finished in 14th place in a time of 11.17. Eugene McCarrick was 24th in 12.17, while Pat Healy was 32nd in 12.55. - MORE....

Jul 1, 2008 [Bronagh Ni Bhriain]
Ailish McDermott, Rachel McBride and Joyce O' Hare all raced in the annual Dunshaughlin 10Km Road Race which was held in the south Meath village for the 29th time on Saturday 28th June with a 7.30pm start. - MORE....

Jul 1, 2008 [Stephen Byrne]
Thursday July 3th is the date for the commencement of the second half of the 2008 Grand Prix Series: round 7, The Michael Murphy Memorial 5 Mile in the grounds of Malahide Castle with the first runner off at 8.00pm sharp. This race is also one of the high lights of the club racing scene. Previous winners include Jerry Kiernan in 1982 with a course record of 22:59, and again in 1998, other two time winners include Killian Lonerigan 2001 and 2005, Pat Bonass 1993 and 2004 and Richard Connolly 1989 and 1995.The only three time winner of the race is Michael Kearney 1988, 1990 and 1996!

Going into this race Raheny's Eddie Harrison leads the way on 121 pts with Noel Cullen on 114 and Maurice McCrohan on 113 pts. With 7 races to go and only 10 races to count towards the overall score the ultimate winner may not even be in the current top 10. So all is to run for! - MORE....

Jul 1, 2008 [N. Guiden]
The club are delighted to announce that the great Albie Thomas will be our guest at a Reception to be held for him on Wednesday the 9th of July in the clubhouse. The 9th of July is a most significant event in the life of Albie Thomas and the life of the Stadium. It will be the 50th anniversary of the night that Albie Thomas set a world 3 Mile record on the old cinder track at the Stadium. It is an anniversary which Albie has been looking forward to these last number of years. - MORE....

Jul 1, 2008 [Juvenile_Captain]
Mags Greenan and Aisling Coppinger are new European champions - MORE....

Jun 30, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
Some excellent performances from the club`s Junior and U/23 squads in Tullamore at yesterday`s Nationals bring a batch of medals back to Santry. There were golden moments provided at Junior level by David Flynn 1st in the 3,000 s/c in 9:41.3 and Ian Rogers in the pole vault with a winning vault of 4.20m. Larry Brady took bronze in the steeple chase in 10:24.6 likewise Mark McDonald in the 800m in 1:57.61. Shauna Furman was 3rd in the junior womens 100m H (16.23). Also in action were 1500m men Eoin McDonnell 6th in 4:04.81, Eoin Pearce 9th (4:09.53) and Dave Fitzmaurice 10th in 4:10.4. Conor Coleman was 5th in the 100m (11.65) and Sarah Finnegan 8th in the 400m (62.47). - MORE....

Jun 29, 2008 [Killian Lonergan]
Despite our best efforts to keep tabs on all our athletes performances a few notable efforts have slipped under the radar over the past few weeks. - MORE....

Jun 29, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
Between the heavy rain showers the club`s juvenile athletes put together a number of super performances on home turf in the Morton Stadium in this morning`s final round of the Dublin Juvenile League. Once again the club provided the bulk of the athletes for the meet with a great turn out particularily from some of the newer recruits. It must be said however that the level of support for the distance events in the boys and girls from U/14 upwards is to say the least worrying : in the boys U/14 there were 4 starters, in the U/15 there was 1 and in the U/16 there were 2. A problem which demands urgent addressing. - MORE....

Jun 29, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
Another fine Clonliffe athlete on the comeback trail is Killian Lonergan after a long spell on the sidelines through injury. In last night`s British Milers Club meet in Solihull Killian showed that he`s back in business with an excellent run in the 5,000m running a season`s best of 14:07.05 finishing 7th in his race. Brian McMahon also ran a season`s best over the same distance clocking 14:59.75. In the 800m Conor Healy was 4th in his race in a time of 1:52.63. Also in action at this meet were Gary O`Hanlon 3:52 for 10th place and Aidan Bailey 15th in 3:55.36 in the 1500m. - MORE....

Jun 28, 2008 [Jeremy Walsh]
Well I'm glad now that I didn't go to Boyzone, as there was a cracking race at Dunshaughlin tonight. Gebresailaisse v Tergat 2000 had nothing on this. It was great to see Mark Keneally back racing again. From the gun, himself and Vinny Mulvey from Raheny were immediately to the fore. At 2k they were neck and neck, a good distance ahead of the chasing pack. After that they were out of sight, but the race commentator kept us informed. Through 3miles in 14.15 they were setting a hot pace. Mark pulled away and built a lead, but Vinny kept plugging away, eventually getting back up with Mark at 9k. Mark said afterwards that he had been daydreaming and had to make a double take when Vinny drew up to his shoulder again. So both men put the foot down and a ding-dong battle ensued. With 150m to go Vinny pulled ahead. It looked like it was all over, but Mark made one last burst and was rewarded for his effort as he pulled clear to win in 29.45. A great test on his comeback, passed with flying colours. Well done, Mark. - MORE....

Jun 28, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
Club members please note that tickets for July 25th`s Brother Morton Memorial Meeting are now available. A limited supply of complimentary tickets will be made available to all club members who require them for family, friends, work mates etc and can be collected on Tuesday night from 8.30pm until 9.00pm. Please call up on Tuesday and let me know how many tickets you require and we will do our best to accomodate all. Tickets will also be available from me on Thursday night after the Michael Murphy Memorial 5 Mile in Malahide Castle.

Jun 26, 2008 [Jeremy Walsh]
Clonliffe had a number of medalists at last nights Dublin Track and Field Championships. E. Byrne took third place in the Men's Discus with a throw of 36.00. In the Javelin, Clonliffe took gold and silver, with Denis Delaney just about edging it from Paul Marry, 53.88 to 53.76. - MORE....

Jun 25, 2008 [Jeremy Walsh]
While half of Clonliffe were getting soaked on the track or out the back last night, the other half were getting soaked in Raheny, in the 2 mile road race. First home for Clonliffe was Maurice McCrohan in 11.11, 14th place overall. Next were Eugene McCarrick in 33rd, 12.15; Pat Healy 40th, 12.34; and Jim Bennet 64th, 13.47.

Jun 24, 2008 [MMM Press Officer]
The strongest ever field of women hammer throwers assembled in Ireland, including the three all-time best German throwers, will come together at the Brother Ireland Morton Memorial in Santry Stadium on Friday 25th July. - MORE....

Jun 23, 2008 [Bronagh Ni Bhriain]
So while things may have been quiet at sea level for clonliffe this weekend it was a whole other ball game up the mountains. The European trial took place on Saturday in Crone woods in Wicklow. The trial also incorporated the national inter-clubs championship. - MORE....

Jun 22, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
It was a fairly quite weekend for Clonliffe athletes in comparison with previous weekends. David Donegan was in action in the international arena placing 6th in the pole vault in the European Cup in Estonia today as the Irish Team finished 3rd overall (full details on www.athleticsireland.ie). At last night`s IMC meet in Irishtown the only Clonliffe athlete racing was Eoin Pearce in the "B" 800 where he narrowly missed out on breaking 2 minutes recording a time of 2:00.9. In the Raheny "mid Summer 5k" held this morning in mid Winter weather, Terry McLaughlin was 19th in 18:17, Paul Carolan 30th in 19:09 and Terry Mee 84th in 23:32.

Jun 21, 2008 [Stephen Byrne]
The top 3 positions have been rearranged at the top of the Grand Prix leader-board with Eddie Harrison taking over prime position. The leader-board is as follows as we are nearing the halfway point in the 2008 series. - MORE....

Jun 21, 2008 [Stephen Byrne]
The 25th running of the McCarrick 2 ½ mile race took place in the beautiful surroundings of Malahide Castle on Thursday 19th June. The conditions could only be described as testing and in places very soft under foot. Unlike previous years our summer weather deserted us. At 7.30pm the warm up 2.5 mile lap took place in sheeting rain, thankfully the rain ceased in time for the start of the race. Thirty three runners toed the line for the race including new yellow jersey holder Maurice McCrohan fresh from the Lisburn half marathon the previous day. Former yellow jersey holder Noel Cullen and ever present at the top of the leader-board Eddie Harrison were also in the field.

The race is run on a staggered start basis with the athletes starting at predetermined intervals from a start time of 8PM. If the handicapper Jeremy Walsh gets the handicapping right the field should all be coming down the finish line in quick succession.

The race started with Dave Brady at 2 minutes past 8 with scratch runners Noel Cullen and Declan Power going off a further 4 minutes 30 seconds behind him. Excellent runs from David Dunwoody and Colm Groome seeing them start from 5.05 and 5.40 respectivly and claw there way up to 5th and 8th positions. - MORE....

Jun 19, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
Another of our ace Pole Vaulters receives an International call up, this time David Donegan. David, who has been in fine form this season, and is the National Indoor Champion and Outdoor silver medalist, will be in action in this weekend`s European Cup 2nd league group A in Tallin, Estonia. Good luck to David and the rest of the Irish team (full details www.athleticsireland.ie)

Jun 16, 2008 [Stephen Byrne] - (Updated Jun 17, 2008)
The next event in the 2008 Clonliffe Grand Prix is the McCarrick Plate to be held in the beautiful surroundings of Malahide Castle on June 19th at 8PM run over the 2.5 mile pathway. The McCarrick Plate is run on a staggered start basis with the first runner going off at approx 8PM and the rest of the field will follow at predetermined intervals with the fastest athletes at the back of the pack.

Maurice McCrohan will wear the yellow jersey for the first time in the series. Things are hotting up at the top of the leaderboard and given the small number of points seperating the top 3 keeping pocession of it will be his task. - MORE....

Jun 16, 2008 [Stephen Byrne] - (Updated Jun 17, 2008)
The next event in the 2008 Clonliffe Grand Prix is the McCarrick Plate to be held in the beautiful surroundings of Malahide Castle on June 19th at 8PM run over the 2.5 mile pathway. The McCarrick Plate is run on a staggered start basis with the first runner going off at approx 8PM and the rest of the field will follow at predetermined intervals with the fastest athletes at the back of the pack.

Maurice McCrohan will wear the yellow jersey for the first time in the series. Things are hotting up at the top of the leaderboard and given the small number of points seperating the top 3 keeping pocession of it will be his task. - MORE....

Jun 15, 2008 [Killian Lonergan]
With 11 event wins today, Clonliffe Harriers collected 127 points in today's second round of the EBS League. Winners included Jeremy Lyons in the 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles (53.89), John Laffey 400m (48.13), Brian MacMahon (4.00.39), Kevin English in the Steeplechase (10.08) and walk, Luke Mangan in the shot putt and discus, the 4x100m and 4x400m Relays. Other notable performances came from Eoin McDonnell with 2nd in the 800m, David Fitzmaurice with a 2nd in the 5000m and Mario Matuzzi matching them in the triple jump. Daniel Kavanagh and Cormac Doherty each picked up 2nd place finishes in the 100m and 200m respectively. Well done to all that contributed today, including of course our nominated officials of Johnny O'Leary, Tommy Griffin and Paddy Marley.

Jun 15, 2008 [Bronagh Ni Bhriain]
The seventh holding of the Wicklow Way relay saw the closest finish yet with only 50 seconds separating the teams after a seven-hours adventure across the Dublin and Wicklow mountains. A record 35 teams completed the event, and we had the oldest ever winning team comprising two M50s, two M45s, an M35, and one male and two female seniors which had been assembled from Clonliffe, Galway City Harriers, Metro St. Brigid’s. Tallaght and North Laois to challenge the might of Rathfarnham! - MORE....

Jun 15, 2008 [Killian Lonergan]
The Club's middle distance athletes once again made the journey to this weekend's BMC races, this time in Watford, with high hopes of fast times and good performances. Conor Healy won his 800m in a time of 1.53.17. In an eventful race, Conor showed his potential over the hurdles as he delicately made his way over a fallen runner on lap two to pull away from the field for the win. James Nolan fought well in his 1500m to return with a time of 3.40.3 as he finished in 3rd place. Colm Rooney didn't managed to overcome some pre-race disruptions and seeding issues as he managed a 3.50.23 in his race. Next fastest for Clonliffe was Gary O'Hanlon with a time of 3.51.22. Agonisingly, this was 1/100th of a second outside Gary's personal best time. In this first 1500m of the season, it's certainly a positive opener. Aidan Bailey wasn't so lucky as he too had to deal with some gymnastic style running in his heat. Unfortunately Aidan ended up falling to the track, getting up, but running the majority of the race a la Brian Whittle ( with one shoe! ). David Flynn ran a big new personal best in the 3000m Steeplechase. His time of 9.17.83 shows his potential in this event and he'll look to lower this time again througout the season. - MORE....

Jun 12, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
Both our mens and womens teams are in National League action this Sunday in the Morton Stadium, with the men drawn at home for round 2 in the Premier Division and the women in Division 1 also at home. The Premier opposition on Sunday is provided by Shercock AC, West Waterford AC, Donore Harriers, Tullamore Harriers, Crusaders AC and Abbey AC. After Round 1 the team lie in second place on 114 points behind defending champions North Down on 117 with Leevale currently in third on 112 points. Joe has picked the following team: - MORE....

Jun 12, 2008 [N. Guiden]
Young Matthew Dobbyn has been one of the most consistent performers at Juvenile level for Clonliffe Harriers over the last couple of years. This year Matthew moved up to the U/12 group, he has always been available when called upon by Gladys Cooper to enter the fray for his club and has been a very consistent performer over the Winter months at league and Championship Cross Country events. He has also been enjoying considerable success on the track and indeed he enjoyed considerable success at the recent Dublin Juvenile Cross Country Championships when he took silver in both the High and Long jump. - MORE....

Jun 12, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
Round 5 of the Dublin Graded Leagues took place last night on a rain sodden Irishtown Stadium track, Ringsend. The meet featured Develpoment 3,000m races. In race 1 young David Fitzmaurice (left) followed up on his 800m PB set in the club championships on Sunday with a 3,000PB of 8:40.34 finishing in 7th place, one place behind club mate Brian McMahon (8:37.57). Michael McDiarmada finished 2nd in Race 2 in 8:55.55. In the 1500m graded races Stephen Harkness ran 4:22.12 finishing 10th in grade B, Terry McLaughlin was 10th in 4:49.3 in Grade C while in the womens 1500 Louise Reilly was 2nd in 4:44.42 with Eleanor Alexander 6th in 4:53.83. Conor Healy moved down in distance taking in the 400m last night where he finished 3rd in race 2 grade A in 51.33. Danny Kavanagh was 2nd in the 100m Grade A (11.10) whilst in the field events Ben Woods threw the Discus 40.22m to win and was 2nd in the shot with a best of 12.85. Next up is the Dublin T&F C`ships in the Morton Stadium on June 25th.

Jun 11, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
Last night was round 2 of the Raheny Summer Series and again a number of our athletes made the short trip to our Northside neighbours. Again our athletes picked up a number of Master`s prizes, once again Maurice McCrohan was 1st O/40 and was 11th overall in 11:08, some 15 seconds quicker than his run two weeks ago. Eugene McCarrick was 1st O/55 in 12:12, and Pat Healy was 1st O/60 in 12:47. Other Clonliffe placings: Paul Carolan 23rd 11:31, Richard Connolly 45th 13:00 and Terry Mee (left) 68th 14:07. The race winner was Raheny`s evergreen Mick Traynor in 9:59. Round 3 is in a forthnight`s time.

Jun 10, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
Would all members please note that the Track, infield and indoor facility will not be available on Thursday the 19th of June. The club house will be open, however, members are requested to use an alternative to the track for training on this occasion. Your co operation is much appreciated.

Jun 9, 2008 [N. Guiden]
At a reception held in the Oak Room of the Mansion House today the Morton Memorial Meeting which takes place on the 25th of July was launched. Master of Ceremonies was Eamon Coghlan who introduced former Clonliffe Club President and former Lord Mayor of Dublin Maurice Ahern who deputised for the Lord Mayor, Gareth Coughlan, the Morton Memorial Meet Director told those assembled about the plans for this years event, Mr. Sean Sheehan, M.D. of Brother Ireland also spoke of Brother Ireland’s support of this event outlining that Brother Ireland were not only 50 years in Ireland but were 50 years in Europe in 2008 and finally Ireland’s 1956 Olympic Gold Medallist, Mr. Ronnie Delany who spoke of his memories of Billy Morton and the 1958 Meeting. - MORE....

Jun 9, 2008 [N. Guiden]
Clonliffe’s Danny Kavanagh won the Leinster 100 Metre Championship in Tullamore yesterday June 8th in a time of 11.25. Eamon Byrne was 3rd in the Hammer with a best of 45.53m. Paul Marry was second in the javelin 50.78m. In the Leinster’s Masters 800 metres Phillip Doherty was 3rd in the O/45 with a time of 2:12.41 and Phillip also placed 3rd in the 1500 metres in 4.41.86. Meanwhile overseas James Nolan was in action at the Bislett Games in Oslo where he had a disappointing outing finishing 10th in the 1500 metres in a time of 3:44.48.

Jun 9, 2008 [N. Guiden]
Great credit goes to Joe and Gladys Cooper and their teams for organising what once again has proved to be the highlight of the Clonliffe club year to date with an outstanding club championship yesterday. The day once again reflected the spectrum of athletics in the club with club championship for Juveniles, Seniors and Masters. The highlight of the Senior Championship was once again the 800 metres which was a cracking event won in style by Colm Rooney in 1:51.29. - MORE....

Jun 6, 2008 [Stephen Byrne] - (Updated Jun 7, 2008)
In Noel Cullen's absence there has been plenty of movement on the Grand Prix leaderboard with Maurice McCrohan taking over the yellow jersey going into the next round. - MORE....

Jun 6, 2008 [Stephen Byrne]
Round 5 of the Clonliffe Grand Prix took place in Morton Stadium last night Thursday 5th June. As planned!!!! the heavy rain that had persisted over the previous 48 hours stopped a number of hours before the race was due to start. Although the track was slippery under foot the conditions could not have been much better. The gale that normally meets you down the home straight was non existent so personal bests were had by all.

The yellow jersey holder Noel Cullen had a day off giving the opportunity for his rivals to eat into his lead.

31 athletes toed the line for the Dave Brennan sponsored 3 mile track ‘wine’ race. The course was expertly measured by Maurice Ahern to make sure we kept to the correct distance. The race sponsor unfortunately could not take part due to injury. - MORE....

Jun 6, 2008 [Killian Lonergan]
Captain Joe Cooper has confirmed that Electronic Timing has been secured for Sunday's upcoming Club Championships. This will surely add an added flavour across all Track events. - MORE....

Jun 3, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
Clonliffe`s club track and field C`ships take place on Sunday evening June 8th for Juveniles, Seniors and Masters. The action gets underway at 4.00pm with the tiny tots race, followed by the Juvenile programme with the senior and masters kicking in at 5.00pm. The highlight of the day may once again prove to be the men`s 800m. Who could forget last years wonderful race which yielded no less than three PB`s (Conor Healy, Eoin McDonnell and Stephen Harkness) in a race won by Colm Rooney in 1.50.9. Club Captain Joe Cooper expects Rooney and Healy to be joined on the start line by James Nolan, running his first Clonliffe Club C`ship. These three of course had a great battle in Santry only last week over the same distance with Nolan just holding off Rooney and the fast finishing Healy. What odds, however, on one of the younger crop upsetting the form book..... - MORE....

Jun 2, 2008 [Stephen Byrne]
The 5th Round of the Clonliffe Grand Prix takes place in Morton Stadium Santry next Thursday 5th June at 8.00PM. In a change from previous years, Dave Brennan's sponsored 5K "Wine Race" on the track has been changed to the Imperial 3 Mile on the track to commemerate the breaking of the 3 Mile World Record by Albie Thomas in this Stadium on the 9th July in 1958 with a time of 13:10.6.

Noel Cullen once again wears the yellow jersey with Maurice McCrohan not to far behind. - MORE....

Jun 1, 2008 [Killian Lonergan]
In addition to Conor Healy's run in France tonight (reported elsewhere), some of Clonliffe other Marco Polo's were performing in the UK and Switzerland. - MORE....

Jun 1, 2008 [Killian Lonergan]
The top young athletes competing at the Irish Schools Championships in Tullamore today represented themselves, their School and Clonliffe Harriers extremely well. - MORE....

May 24, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
Day 2 of the Juvenile Dublin Championships dawned and by close of business there was a great collection of medals around the necks of the young Harriers. High lights today included Tom Austin taking Gold in the U/17 1500m having earlier won Discus silver. Dave Fitzmaurice (left) adding U/19 1500m gold to yesterday`s 800 and Leah Bergin`s classey win the the U/15 200m. - MORE....

May 23, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
Day 1 of the 3 day Dublin Juvenile Track and Field C`ships took place in the Morton Stadium this evening. This evening`s action was confined to the middle distance events for the various age groups with a host of good 800m races on view. There were a number of fine performances from the young Harriers in action in particular golden moments provided by Graham Mahon and young Keith Hodson. - MORE....