Kelly wins Ballinagar five mile race in superb style

Road racing returned to Ballinagar last Friday evening with the staging of a five mile road race. The runners had to contend with very warm temperatures and this made running conditions difficult. Noel Kelly went to the front in the early stages built up a big lead over Laois athlete Noel Marum. Kelly ran on strongly to the end and came home the winner by a big margin of over a minute ahead of Marum. John Donegan had a good run in third place and was first in the over 45 category. Liz Cuskelly was the first woman home in 13th place in a time of 33.02. Results 1 Noel Kelly 27.02; 2 Noel Marum 28.23; 3 John Donegan 29.15; 4 Jimmy McCormack 29.29; 5 PJ Carroll 30.12; 6 David Gorry 30.37; 7 Johnny Feery 30.49; 8 Jody O'Reilly 31.24; 9 Brendan Abbott 31.41; 10 Stephen Bland 32.02; 11 Liam Byrne 32.54; 12 Niall Leavy 33.02; 13 Liz Cuskelly 33.02; 14 Ian O'Kelly 33.27; 15 Conor Mooney 33.44; 16 Nick Devery 33.46; 17 Fra Mollen; 18 Johnny Burrows 33.58; 19 Aidan Mullally 34.16; 20 James Mahon 34.26; 21 Bernard Weldon 34.32; 22 Michelle Mullaly 35.30; 23 Mark Hogan 35.33; 24 Dermot Brereton 36.18; 25 Finian Guinan 36.27; 26 Mary Daly 36.50; 27 Pat Conlon 36.51; 28 Sinead Rigney 37.01; 29 Brendan Kennedy 37.48; 30 Rita Daly 37.50; 31 Elma Quinn 37.56; 32 Andy O'Grady 38.01; 33 Matt Corcoran 38.24; 34 Paula Guinan 38.44; 35 Martina Conlon 39.30; 36 Ger Keyes 40.22; 37 Annemarie McNamara 40.54; 38 Fiona Claffey 40.56; 39 Padraig Glynn 43.38; 40 Charles Malone 44.25; 41 Angela Martin 45.58; 42 Sharon Daly 46.37; 43 Charlotte Abbott 46.59; 44 Pat Kennedy 49.03; 45 Jim Dolan 50.56; 46 Mary Casey 51.51; 47 Conor Brereton 52.30; 48 Veronica Paisley 57.24; 49 Ann Scally 61.33.