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Another race was added to the burgeoning Galway road race calendar on All-Ireland Football Final Sunday last out in Castledaly. Marguerite Brady of APA and her merry band of helpers must be very happy how the race turned out, raising nearly E1000 in the process.

Almost 50 runners lined up just overright the entrance of St Thomas' GAA Club front gate, to run up and back the sideroad by the pitch. The race was over a perfect out-and-back loop, with the start and finish line on the same patch of road, reminscient of its much better known sister race in Ballycotton!

Group with APA t-shirt

The event was won by Keith Whyte and Veronica Colleran, who picked up their crystal prizes afterwards in the hall just beside the start/finish line. Category prizes were won by Dave Mullins, Thomas Porter and Bernie Kelly (as ever)!

Thomas Porter's surprise M50 win

Pride of place must go, however, to my very good pal and main umpire of those dangerous Hurling fields of Galway, Diarmuid Quill (Craughwell AC), who broke not alone his 10KM PB but also his 8KM PB along the way. Taking 76 ticks off any PB is something to savour, though he's not likely to be patting me on the back by publishing the image below.

No one said getting a PB (or two!) was a free lunch, my friend!

Quilly's Finest Moment

Official Results of the APA Castledaly 10KM Road Race '09

Pos Num Time Name Club Category

1 34 35:27 Keith Whyte St. Johns AC MS

2 4 36:23 Joe Morrissey MS

3 22 36:43 Paul Daly St. Johns AC MS

4 37 37:54 David Mullins Tuam AC M40

5 21 38:07 Veronica Colleran Ennis Track Club FS

6 X 39:20 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN MS

7 47 39:32 Darragh McShane Athenry AC MS

8 20 40:01 Willie Burke MS

9 23 40:30 Tom Geraghty Marian AC M40

10 45 41:43 Gay Gardiner Craughwell AC M40

11 9 42:26 James Murphy Newcastle MS

12 19 42:49 Jean O'Connor GCH FS

13 16 42:53 Liam Nolan Craughwell AC MS

14 42 43:00 Thomas Porter GCH M50

15 14 43:19 Brian Murphy HP M50

16 24 43:25 Diarmuid Quill Craughwell AC M40

17 44 44:01 Gary Collins M40

18 32 45:13 John Lyons M40

19 46 45:21 Cathal Dillane MS

20 25 45:25 Anthony Fitzpatrick Craughwell AC M40

21 15 45:32 Bernie Kelly GCH F50

22 31 46:23 Kevin Coughlan Predator MS

23 29 46:45 Christy O'Malley Mayo AC M40

24 13 47:39 Gerry Carroll Loughrea AC M40

25 7 47:41 Patrick Cosgrove Craughwell AC M40

26 18 47:55 John Nolan MS

27 1 48:38 Maurice Headd Craughwell AC MS

28 39 48:43 Pierce Cooney MS

29 41 48:44 Jane Campbell GCH FS

30 43 48:54 Tony Daley Athenry AC M40

31 17 49:05 Niall Stewart MS

32 2 49:15 Gerry Kelly MS

33 12 51:29 Adrian Broderick MS

34 8 51:31 Neil Goodwin Craughwell AC M40

35 38 51:53 Brendan Callanan MS

36 33 52:11 Sinead Foran Athenry AC FS

37 10 52:29 John Conaghan Craughwell AC M40

38 26 52:49 Kevin Malone MS

39 30 55:13 Jim Donnelly M50

40 50 55:34 Sean Brady GCH MS

41 6 57:07 Noel Farrell Loughrea AC M40

42 28 57:46 Sandra Morris FS

43 5 57:49 Olivia Deeley FS

44 36 1:02:59 Bairbre McNicholes Galway Tri Club FS

45 35 1:03:00 Not Known FS

46 27 1:05:28 Michelle Mullins FS

47 48 1:06:15 Caroline Niland Craughwell AC FS

48 49 1:09:08 Jean Mooney Craughwell AC FS

49 11 1:29:00 Claire Broderick W

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Prizes for the APA Castledaly 10KM Road Race '09

Num Time Name Club

Senior Men

1st 34 35:27 Keith Whyte St. Johns AC

Senior Women

1st 21 38:07 Veronica Colleran Ennis Track Club

Men Over 40

1st 37 37:54 David Mullins Tuam AC

Men Over 50

1st 42 43:00 Thomas Porter GCH

Women Over 50

1st 15 45:32 Bernie Kelly GCH

See four files attached for other formats of results etc.