Tallaght Colours Flying at the Rathfarnham 5K Road Race!

Over 500 athletes lined up to compete in a very competitive Rathfarnham 5K Road Race last Sunday. Conditions were good with a cool breeze facing the athletes from the start. The field included some of Irelands best Junior and Senior Road racing talent.

From the off fifteen athletes moved ahead of the large field with Tallaght's Tomas Fitzpatrick right there with the best of them. The fifteen became 10 and Tomas hung on grimly to secure a very satisfactory 10th place in 14.56
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Next home for Tallaght was Davey Byrne and his 21st place finish in 15.34 won him 1st place in the O/35 Category.

A very welcome addition to the Tallaght ranks is Mauritius bred Jeetun Dharmajai and despite carrying a bad chest cold Jeetun finished well in 16.02.

Niall Coppingers time of 16.20 secured him 2nd place in the O/45 Category and Niall, Dave Byrne and Dessie Shortens combined times saw them take the podium to receive their 1st place Masters Team award.

Kevin Donohue, Tom Fitzpatrick, Keith Sherlock, Irfan Qureshi and Terry Fayne were others to represent the club in the mens division.

Tallaghts young runners were not to be outdone on the day and Peter Fitzsimons led the juniors home in 4th place with Luke Coleman not far behind. Peters brother Sean made his debut in the Junior ranks and produced a great performance to anchor the team and their combined times
were just good enough to secure the Junior Team title with Raheny Shamrocks in 2nd place.

The club had just two ladies competing and Betty Fitzpatrick and Carol Coleman can be well pleased with their achievements on the day.

The Club returns to action next week where they will line up in the Dublin Intermediate Cross Country Championships in Tymon Park.