RTE 5 mile RR Saturday, 26 April 2008

Web Master • April 28, 2008

The organising committee at RTE, led by Niall Mathews, have again excelled themselves in the quality of the overall event that the put on for us on Saturday.   There were many people involved both out on the course or indoors at the registration, catering etc and we are very grateful to all of them.   I am sure that the very large attendance enjoyed the whole experience.   Click on "read more"…

As usual, the race start was on Ailesbury Road and Niall Mathews introduced this year’s starter, Alex Sweeney.   Alex was one of the founders of the BHAA and was also Race Director of the Dublin City Marathon for many years in the early days of the race.  

 

 

Results:

 

The winner of the men’s race, in a new course record of 24 minutes 29 seconds, was Vinny Mulvey (Irish Life and Permanent).   Vinny hit the front right from the start and had opened up a big gap on on the chasing group before going out onto Nutley Lane for the first time.   Last year’s winner, Paul Fleming (Irish Dairy Board), worked his way through the field to take second.   David Byrne (KIT) was third.  

 

In the women’s category, Annette Kealy (Lawyers) also had a comprehensive win.   Second was Kate O’Neill (Instant Communications) and Lorraine Manning (Garda) was third.   

 

1st Over 40 Eoin Brady (Teachers)

1st Over 45 Bobby Bedford (Cadbury Ireland)

1st Over 50 Paddy Parrott (DG Motors)

1st Over 55 John Todd (Cadbury Ireland)

1st Over 60 Michael Ferry (Garda)

1st Over 65 Tommy Armstrong (Viatel)

1st Over 70 Tadhg Twomey (Dublin Newspapers)

 

1st Over 35 Kathleen O’Callaghan (Irish Life and Permanent)

1st Over 40 Mary Watters (Watters Bus Hire)

1st Over 45 Fidelma Ayres (Dept of Justice)

1st Over 50 Mags Greenan (HSE)

1st Over 55 Theresa Kelloway (Bank of Ireland)

1st Over 60 Joan Coyle (Women’s Mini Marathon)

1st Over 65 Ann Woodlock (A. Collins & Co.)

 

The pdf file attached has full details of all the results.  

 

Peig Henry, Richard Dunne & Lorna Cowzer have uploaded some photos from the prize presentation onto a site and they can be seen at in the media gallery or by clicking on the "results" button on the home page.   In addition, one of the trustees of the RTÉ Superannuation scheme, Charles Byrne, took some pictures of the day and has uploaded them at www.superannrte.ie.   A password is required and it is "pension".   Thank you to Charles for making these available to us.

 

Presentation:

 

Before the prize-giving, there was a special presentation to John Todd.   John (working with Cadbury Ireland) has been a loyal BHAA member since the early 1980’s and has been successful up to international level over the years.   John continues to finish in the top positions in races and took first place in the Over 55 category again on Saturday.  

 

The prizes were presented by RTE weather presenter, Karina Buckley.   Needless to say, all prizewinners were delighted with this.   

 

Last year, there was a raffle in aid of Stride-Ethiopia, a small charity co-ordinated by an RTE member of staff, Mick Bourke.   Stride sponsors the activities of a running club in Ethiopia – see www.strideethiopia.com.   Mick gave us an update on the club’s progress and will welcome any donations that you can make.  

 

Leagues:

 

Declan Horgan, who compiles the league tables, announced that the summer league is now in progress.   League tables will be available on the website soon.   Declan announced that this league will be based on discarding two results, so a runner can afford to miss two races without suffering too much.   There are six men’s and two women’s leagues, with a fairly even number of runners in each one.   The standards are for quite a narrow band in each league so every runner has a good chance of doing well.  

 

Saturday’s race also incorporated a competition among the Financial Services organisations in the BHAA and I will circulate those results later.  

 

Next race:

 

The next race will be the first mid-week race of the season.   It will be the Social Welfare/Government Services/Diversity Awareness 5 mile road race at Dunboyne on Tuesday 6th May 2007 at 8pm.   Start making your arrangements to get off work early etc now.     

 

Some of the people reading this newsletter will be receiving it for the first time.   If so, you have been added to the mailing list.   If you do not wish to receive emails on a regular basis, please let me know and I will remove you from the list.   Similarly, there is now a process of sending text message reminders about forthcoming races and if you don’t wish to receive them, let me know or reply to the text to be removed.  

 

Hope to see you at Dunboyne next week.  

 

The Editor

Teacher’s Cross-Country Race at Clonkeen College

By Diarmuid Doyle • February 23, 2026
The Spring is sprung,  The grass is riz I wonder where the BHAA is... After the disappointment of recent race cancellations, it was great to be back! We were warmly welcomed at Clonkeen College, Deangrange by an enthusiastic and efficient crew of volunteer muinteoiri and School staff. The mild, sunny weather on race-day was a welcome change after the wet conditions of recent weeks. Surprisingly, the underfoot conditions were fairly dry and the flat, zig-zag course, skirting the playing fields was well grassed with little or no mud and just a few thistles here and there. 81 runners toed the line for the 6k combined race. KPMG’s Conor Burke was an impressive winner in the men’s division, while Niall Sherlock in 2 nd place had the honour of being the 1 st teacher. Sheila Nolan was the 1 st woman home with Vanessa Sallier 2 nd . The facilities were excellent - It was great to get a hot shower after racing, and the sun shone throughout the presentation of prizes. Those of us who missed out on glory were consoled with tea coffee biscuits and copious slices of cake and brack. With luck, we’ll have this super venue for “Teacher’s race “ for many future years. Thanks to Darren Egan, Jim Lynch and all who organised, volunteered and supported. Thank you to Harry Teehan for the photos capturing a great race.

BHAA Race of the Year 2025

By Stephen Naughton • January 27, 2026
The Race of the Year 2025 was awarded to BCM Global for their 5k trail race in the Phoenix Park. As a first time race organiser, Sinead Lyons (race director) and her team from BCM Global put in a lot of work into the race and it has been duly rewarded. The trophy was presented to Sinead Lyons (BCM Global) by Stephen Naughton, BHAA Chairman.

2025 Summer League Presentation of Team Prizes

By Stephen Naughton • January 27, 2026
The prizes and trophies for the BHAA Summer League 2026 were presented at the AGM. There were 30 cash prizes totalling over €1600 for the individual winners of the various categories. The team winners in the leagues were presented with their much sought after trophies by BHAA President Jim Kelly - Men’s team winners were ESB (Mick Quirke accepting) and Women’s team winners were Bank of Ireland (Eamon O’Neill on behalf of Women’s team). 

BHAA AGM 2025

By Stephen Naughton • January 27, 2026
The BHAA held its 2025 AGM in Sportsco on Monday 26 January 2026. The date of the AGM was changed from December to January to facilitate easier meeting preparations and allow more time for the annual accounts to be completed. This was agreed through a motion at the 2024 AGM. The BHAA financial accounts for 2025 were presented at the meeting. The accounts were audited by the BHAA auditors and were deemed to be a fair and reasonable representation. The BHAA and Irish Life Dublin City Marathon team continue to work closely on common matters and Jim Aughney from DCM gave a very interesting review of the Dublin City Marathon & Half Marathon as well as the Summer Race Series in 2025 A new committee was elected for 2026, see below; - President; Jim Kelly - Chairperson; Stephen Naughton - Vice-Chairperson; Mary Rigney - Treasurer; Enda Currid - Registrar; Kathleen Horgan - Secretary; Sinead Lyons - Webmaster; Colm Murray - PRO; Charlie Cronin

AIB/NUI & 2 Mile & 4 Mile Cross Country Race

By Jim Kelly • October 30, 2025
Nice setting and weather for Maynooth cross country race

DCC BHAA Race Report 2025 Irishtown 5K

By Jim Kelly • July 23, 2025
Leafy balmy Dublin 4’s Sean Moore Park was the venue for a BHAA race that started in its original form in 2005 at Irishtown Stadium and Ringsend Park. So for twenty years except for the Covid hiatus, Dublin City Council runners continue to deliver two BHAA races annually. The 2025 version had a race course in Sean Moore Park and the Poolbeg peninsula with beautiful views of Dublin bay. Before the race, dark clouds threatened rain. However it t was pleasing to see 167 entrants line up and finish without a drop of rain.

BHAA BCMGlobal 5km Trail Race Report

By Sinead Lyons • July 7, 2025
On a warm Summer’s evening….

That Was The League That Was

By Sinead Lyons • April 26, 2025
From Terra “Feirme” to Terra Firma and everything in between. The Winter League prize presentation will be held at the Irish Life race on 27th May in Dunboyne. It is fitting that the prize-giving for the Winter League 2024-25 takes place in Meath, because that’s where the league began in November on Ledwith Farm in Batterstown. The townies were delighted with their day out down on the farm, complete with a real live bull and all the sights and sounds and smells of agriculture to accompany the race. Revenue pulled a race out of the bag in record time and presented us with a new race in a new venue on 1st December. Santa arrived a little early with plenty spot prizes and treats. BHAA Stalwarts Bank of Ireland were back in Tymon Park for the annual race that wakes us all up after Christmas. A little earlier than usual, the Garda Cross country race took place in Phoenix Park. As ever, a popular race on a tough cross country course. We were disappointed when the Eir race had to be cancelled. Teachers and Central Bank of Ireland hosted their races in two new locations. The Teachers, (back on the BHAA Calendar after a sabbatical) in St. Columba’s College and CBI in Jobstown Park. The Central Bank race has been nomadic for the last few years, but hopefully it has found a new home and will continue to host this very popular race for years to come. In a new venture, BHAA and AIB teamed up with the Women’s Meet & Train League to host the 2 and 4 mile races in Abbottstown in March. An unprecedented statistic from this race, there were more running the 2 mile women’s race than the men’s. Normally a no-no in BHAA races, Athletic club singlets abounded for the 2 mile race! We ended the league with another constant on the BHAA calendar. ALSAA hosted the 2 and 5 mile races on an unseasonably warm day. We thought warm weather training had started early! Kudos to all of the Race Promoters and to the BHAA volunteers who turn up week after week (and in February there were 4 races in as many weeks!); and Kudos to all of the athletes, without whom Business Houses Athletics would not happen. The BHAA committee continues to work away behind the scenes planning and arranging races. If your company would like to participate in our races, or would like to host a race, please email us at info@bhaa.ie. We have the knowledge and will help you, all you need is the enthusiasm.

Race Report, St Anne’s Park, 2025

By Jim Kelly • April 8, 2025
It was like the first day of summer with a lovely bright and dry morning for running. St Anne’s Park was the beautiful setting for the annual DCC BHAA 4 mile race on Saturday 5 th April. Over 220 participants got around the scenic course, which included the Rose Garden and the tree lined Central Avenue. The race featured the Lord Mayor’s 5 Alive participants in their distinctive green tops. Lord Mayor Cllr Emma Blain started the race and she stayed until the end, when she presented the 5 Alivers with their medals. The men’s race was won by Sean Doran in 20.54, followed by Christopher O’Reilly and Paul Fleming. Master athlete Paul was also third behind the winner Sean, at the BHAA ALSAA cross country race in early March. Laura McDonnell was also a double winner at ALSAA and again at St Anne’s, where she finished in 8 th place overall. Laura was closely followed by Sarah Mulligan in 10 th overall and Máire Nic Amhlaoibh, 2 places back. Hats off to the remarkable June Cumiskey, who won the over 75 section and BHAA is proud to acknowledge her membership of the Irish women’s W75 team, which set a new World indoor record 4x400m at Abbotstown in February 2025. Another impressive master’s winner at men’s over 65 was Tom Cuddy, who was second in the M65 category at the World Masters Athletics Marathon Championship in Bucharest, in a time of 3:01:14. The Team prizes were won by the Revenue Men’s Team and ESB Women’s Team. A novel feature of the race was the Irish and International Peace Runners. The world's largest peace torch relay was in Ireland for five days and visited schools, community groups and local Councils to inspire people of all ages to foster unity and goodwill. There was good grub afterwards and a feel good buzz of post –race satisfaction in the warm Northside. Race Director Enda Currid paid tribute to BHAA stalwarts Charlie Cronin and Hugh Reddy for setting up the start/finish and once again they were among the first to arrive and last to leave. He also noted that race results were promptly produced by Kathleen Horgan and Frank Wade, even before the quiz started. Next race is the ESB beach race at Sandymount on 14 th May.

BHAA AGM 2024

By Stephen Naughton • March 10, 2025
The BHAA held its 2024 AGM in Sportsco on Monday 16 December. Charlie Cronin has stepped down as BHAA Chairman and was thanked for his many years of dedication and service. Charlie has now taken up the role of PRO (Public Relations Officer) and was wished every success in his new position. Stephen Naughton was elected BHAA Chairman for 2025. The Race of the Year 2025 was awarded to DCC for their 4 mile race in St Annes Park. The trophy was presented to Enda Currid (DCC) by Charlie Cronin, BHAA Chairman The BHAA financial accounts for 2024 were presented at the meeting. The accounts were audited by the BHAA auditors and were deemed to be a fair and reasonable representation. The BHAA and Irish Life Dublin City Marathon team continue to work closely on common matters and Eugene Coppinger from DCM gave a very interesting review of the Dublin City Marathon and the Summer Race Series in 2024. A new committee was elected for 2025, see below; - President; Jim Kelly - Chairperson; Stephen Naughton - Vice-Chairperson; Mary Rigney - Treasurer; Enda Currid - Registrar; Kathleen Horgan - Secretary; Sinead Lyons - Webmaster; Colm Murray - PRO; Charlie Cronin Committee Members; Hugh Reddy, Hugh McCann, Mary Purdue-Smyth, Diarmauid Doyle, FrankWade. Auditors; Michael Walsh, Graham Mantle.
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