Brilliant performance secures seventh Tipperary title in a row for Dymphna Ryan

Ballyneale was the venue for the County Senior Road Championships.

Conditions were good for running. Both races started together, with the women running 5k and the men 10k. It was great to see very good entries for both races and clubs are to be complimented for getting their members competing.

In the women’s race Dymphna Ryan of Dundrum AC, the defending champion made her intentions known from the start by setting a strong pace and she was soon well clear of the chasing pack. The chasing pack included the Moyne AC duo of Orla Healy and Eileen McCullough, as well as Amanda Moroney of Clonmel AC. Dymphna maintained that strong pace to come home a very worthy and convincing champion in 17 minutes 34 seconds.

This was a brilliant performance by Dymphna, who was winning her seventh County Senior road title in a row.

Then we had Amanda Moroney Clonmel AC, who was recently third in the County Novice iin Lisvernane, underlining her great potential when running a great race to win the silver medal in 18 minutes 47 seconds.

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Eileen McCullough of Moyne AC won the bronze medal in 19 minutes 1 second, getting in just ahead of her clubmate Orla Healy, who was three seconds adrift.

Edel Roche of Fethard AC was fifth in 19.33, with her clubmate Carol Molloy sixth in 19.44.

In the team event it was very close, with Dundrum AC and Moyne AC both finishing on 18 points. On countback the third Dundrum athlete finished ahead of the Moyne AC third athlete, thus winning the title for Dundrum AC. The Dundrum AC team of Dymphna Ryan, Catherine Fogarty eighth (20.13) and Karen Coughlan ninth (20.33) won the gold medals and won back the cup last won in 2024.

The Moyne AC team of Eileen McCullough, Orla Healy and Lisa Quinlan 11th (20.47) won the silver medals.

The Clonmel AC team of Amanda Moroney, Elaine Morrissey seventh (19.50) and Sareen Walsh 15th (21.40) won the bronze medals.

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There was a B Section for clubs that entered more than one team. Here, Fethard AC had a clean sweep of the medals. Their team of Jesscia Kennedy, Aoife Horan and Teresa Coffey won the gold medals. Their team of Deirdre Royce, Isobel Minogue and Oonagh Burke won the silver medals while their team of Siobhan Maher, Eileen Morris and Tara Power won the bronze.