Over 400 participants take part in Bohermeen's Patrick Bell and Nicky Phillips Memorial Race and Walk
ATHLETICS
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Hitting the road. The athletes who took part in the Patrick Bell and NIcky Phillips 5k at Bohermeen get underway. PHOTOS DAVID MULLEN/WWW.CYBERIMAGES.NET. David MullenImage 2 of 19
Young Bohermeen and Westport athletes who were at Bohermeen on Saturday evening (from left) were: Frea Renton, Florence, Freddie and Harriot Duffy, Anna Browne and Holly Renton. David MullenImage 3 of 19
Cilles AC runners at Bohermeen were (from left) Estelle Churchill, Darren Corcoran, Eloise Cowie, Derek Butler and Grainne Ward. David MullenImage 4 of 19
Ready for the off. Navan AC’s Darragh Roe (left) and Donnacha Roe were at the Patrick Bell & Nicky Phillips event. David MullenImage 5 of 19
Representing Dunboyne AC at the Patrick Bell & Nicky Phillips Race and Walk were (from left) Jane Bandila, Carol Cullinane, Laura Whittaker and Aisling Watters. David MullenImage 6 of 19
Kells AC athlete Christopher Kellett approches the finishing line at Bohermeen on Saturday. David MullenImage 7 of 19
Pictured before the Patrick Bell & Nicky Phillips event got underway at sunny Bohermeen on Saturday were (from left) Shauna, Rose and Tadhg Murray (Bohermeen). PHOTOS : DAVID MULLEN/WWW.CYBERIMAGES.NET. David MullenImage 8 of 19
Pictured before the Patrick Bell and Nicky Phillips 5k on Saturday were (from left) Breda, Eoghan and Fiadh O’Connor (Kilmessan) along with Derek Hacket (Skryne). David MullenImage 9 of 19
Looking after matters. Pictured tending the BBQ at Bohermeen on Saturday were (from left) Margaret McLoughlin, Nuala Fitzsimons, Kathleen Fay and Anne Hosie. PHOTOS: DAVID MULLEN/WWW.CYBERIMAGES.NET. David MullenImage 10 of 19
Mark Fitzsimons and Niamh Fitzsimons were at the Bohermeen AC’s annual event on Saturday. David MullenImage 11 of 19
James Sherlock in action for Bohermeen AC in the club’s 5k event on Saturday. David MullenImage 12 of 19
Sean Bennett from Neilstown makes the inaugural presentation of the Sonny Bennett Perpetual Cup to Nichola Sheridan who put a very strong performance for Bohermeen AC in the 5k on Saturday.Image 13 of 19
Bohermeen ladies Catherine Coyne, Florie McLoughlin and Marian Dunne were pictured preparing for the post race BBQ at Bohermeen on Saturday. David MullenImage 14 of 19
Burgers at the ready. Sheila and Helen Murtagh were captured hard at work at the post race BBQ at Bohermeen. David MullenImage 15 of 19
Linda Mackey (Bohermeen Drama Group, left) and Frances O’Brien (Kells AC) before the start of the Patrick Bell & Nicky Phillips event. David MullenImage 16 of 19
Na Fianna’s (from left) Margaret Neary, Anne- Marie Delaney and Emma Neary were representing Na Fianna AC at Bohermeen. PHOTOS: DAVID MULLEN/WWW.CYBERIMAGES.NET. David MullenImage 17 of 19
Pat Corcoran was in action for Trim AC in Bohermeen’s 5k race. David MullenImage 18 of 19
Bohermeen AC photographer Annie Ball snapping the finishers at the Patrick Bell and NIcky Phillips 5k event. David MullenImage 19 of 19
Dunboyne AC’s Jane Bandila in action at the 5k event on Saturday evening. David MullenBohermeen Athletic Club promoted the 38th Patrick Bell and Nicky Phillips Memorial Race and Walk on Saturday evening last. Both runners and walkers were treated to the usual warm weather. Also part of the evening was the traditional barbecue and live music by Davy Harrison.
The race drew just over 400 participants and as usual the high standard of top class contenders started out in the pleasant evening sunshine. The men’s event pitted the 2022 winner Ian Guiden from Clonliffe Harriers with last year’s winner Aaron O’Hanlon as well as Tadhg Donnelly of Drogheda & District.
With these three pushing hard behind the lead car, it was only in the final few hundred metres that the winner emerged - and that was the 2022 champion Ian Guiden who pushed on to claim top spot in the 38th running of the event with Donnelly and his team mate O’Hanlon third. Drogheda & District AC took the four-man team event. Brothers Pearse AC from Dublin won the Paddy Murtagh Cup for the scoring team of six.
The ladies race saw the 2016 winner Ciara Hickey from Brothers Pearse AC take the win from Freya Renton from Westport and Nichola Sheridan from Bohermeen in third place. Mullingar won the Mallon Cup with four to score from Newbridge and Bohermeen third. TP Smith Carberry won the Kevin McGeough Cup for the first Bohermeen man home. The inaugural Sonny Bennett Cup for the first Bohermeen lady home was presented to Nichola Sheridan by Sean Bennett of Neilstown, a brother of the late Sonny who was a former Bohermeen athlete and club officer and secretary of the Meath NACAI Co Board for most of the 1970s.
The organisers extend their thanks to sponsors John Hogan of Hogan Kitchens and Leahy’s Mace at Newgate. Sincere thanks is extended to everyone that made the event another great success.