Time Trial 2024

This years time trial took place on the 24th Feb, a dry but cold day. Conditions underfoot were alright, but muddy in the off-road sections, particularly in the sloped forest section and the river crossing. Despite this, we had 30 juniors competing and some fast times were set, including a course record for 1 Lap by an M14 - 6:03 by James Ewart. After the time trial, and a spot of lunch, the juniors took off in the usual multi-technique training course planned by Josh O-Sullivan Hourihan. The course this year has a particular focus on compass work, with long legs involving accurate bearings. On return from that, we ran the Irish Super Puncher Knockout Championships - hard fought over several rounds. The final came down to Fionn versus Eve Buckley - it appeared that Eve had won a close race, due to Fionn making a mistake on his last punch. However, stewards inquiry reveled that Eve had in fact mis-punched the same control on her side, handing the win to Fionn.

Thanks to all the juniors and parents that came along on the day, with special thanks to Ruth for running the Time-Trial and Josh for planning the training.

You can see some photos from the day in this album

M12 1 Lap  1.3k 40m

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1 Ewan Ewart         07:14

2 Fionn Hassett      07:30

M14 1 Lap  1.3k 40m

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1 James Ewart        06:03

2 Adam Martin        06:30

3 Euan Kennedy       07:28

4 Alfie Tyner        07:58

M16 3 Laps  3.9k 120m

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1 Liam Casey         19:40

2 Eanna Grennan      20:14

3 Liam O Donnell     20:18

4 Fionn Buckley      21:02

5 Hamish Church      23:56

M18 4 Laps  5.2k 160m

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1 Gerry Browne       25:34

2 Oscar Rowe         25:46

3 Eoin O'Donnell     28:49

4 Conor Masterson    33:37

M20 4 Laps  5.2k 160m

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1 Daire O Brien      25:48

2 Josh Hoare         28:59

3 Tivon Tyner        33:50

4 Fionn O'Callaghan  37:17

W14 1 Lap  1.3k 40m

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1 Aoife Masterson    07:05

2 Deirbhile Hassett  07:35

3 Kathleen O Donnell 08:04

4 Eimear Casey       08:50

W16 2 Laps  2.6k 80m 

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1 Sadhbh Hassett     14:59

2 Niamh Browne       15:53

3 Fionnuala Rowe     15:57

W18 3 Laps  3.9k 120m

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1 Eve Buckley        21:34

2 Orla Church        26:53

3 Emma Graham        32:16