Defence Forces Track and Field
The DF Track and Field Championships were conducted in Tullamore Harriers Athletic Stadium on 8 June 2011. On what was an unseasonably wet and windy day, there were some outstanding performances, in particular the achievement of a DF record in the 400m of 50.87 by Lt James Ledingham which helped him to his second General Richard Mulcahy trophy as best athlete in a Defence Forces Championships. Lt Ledingham also took the 800m and 1500m titles and helped anchor 1 S Bde to a victory in the Medley Relay. There were other notable performances from Lt Ruaidhri Kedney who won both 100m and 200m, Pte Siobhan Tierney who won ladies 1500m and 3000m and Pte Nagle, 32 Bn RDF who won both Men's Shot and Discus. 2 E Bde won the 4 x 100 Relay on their way to regaining the Inter Formation Shield and 1 S Bde won the Medley Relay.
NAME BDE TIME NAME LADIES 100M 1
2 3
1
2 3
1
2 3
1
2 3
1
2 3
1
2 3
Lt N Ni Droma 4 W Bde 14.10 Lt Lyons 2 E Bde Pte Flannery
4 W Bde
LADIES 1500M Pte S Tierney
Cpl McGuinness
Pte Fenton LADIES LONG JUMP Lt Lyons 2 E Bde
Lt A Marnell Pte S Tierney
LADIES SHOT PUTT Lt Lyons 2 E Bde 8.23
Lt N Ni Droma 4 W Bde Pte Flannery
4 W Bde
LADIES 3000M Pte S Tierney
MENS 100M Lt R Kedney Pte Bennett Lt G Ryan
Cpl McGuinness 2 E Bde Pte Fenton
2 E Bde 11.54 1 S Bde
2 E Bde 11.6 4 W Bde 2 E Bde
1
2 3
1
2 3
1
2 3
4 W Bde 14.05 2 E Bde
5.35 1
2 3
1
2 3
1
2 3
BDE TIME NAME
MENS 200M Lt R Kedney Lt Murphy
Pte Brennan MENS 400M
Lt J Ledingham Lt R Kedney
Pte Cuddihy MENS 800M
Lt J Ledingham 1 S Bde 2.04 Cpl E O'Neill
DFTC
Recruit Heaney MENS 1500M
Lt J Ledingham 1 S Bde 4.12 Cpl E O'Neill Rec Ward
DFTC 4 W Bde
MENS 5000M Cpl P Byrne Lt D Collins
DFTC 15.39 2 E Bde
Cpl S McKeigue 4 W Bde MENS LONG JUMP
Pte D Brennan 1 S Bde 6.43 Cadet Henshaw DFTC Tpr Pratt 1 S Bde
BDE TIME
2 E Bde 23.16 2 E Bde 1 S Bde
50.68 1
2 3
1
2 3
0/45 0/50
NAME
MENS SHOT PUTT Pte Nagle
Pte Kilkenny Cpl Reddy
MENS DISCUS Pte Nagle Cpl Reddy
Pte Fleming MASTERS 3000M
Pte McSweeney 2 E Bde 10.37 Pte T Burns
1 S Bde Pte J Fallon 4 W Bde Comdt T O'Keeffe DFTC
0/55 CS W O'Riordan 1 S Bde Sgt T Grogan 4 W Bde
1
2 3
1
2 3
Defence Forces
Triathlon On the 12 Aug 2011 the DF Triathlon was held in Lilliput, Mullingar.
Here is a selection of results and photos by Armn Neville Coughlin, for more visit our Flickr site:
www.flickr.com/photos/ dfmagazine and for the full results visit: http://precision- timing.net/result/view/id/171
4 X 100 RELAY 2 E Bde 1 S Bde
DFTC MEDLEY RELAY
1 S Bde 2 E Bde DFTC
MALE 1st Capt Oisin McGrath 2nd Sgt Paul Connolly 3rd Cpl Gavin Crawford
FEMALE 1st Capt Laura Keane 2nd Capt Claire Quinn 3rd Pte Gretta O'Connor
OVER 40'S 1st Sgt Declan Madden
OVER 50'S 1st CS Kevin Killeen
NOVICE MALE 1st Pte Neal Buckley
RELAY 1st Andy Gray Team
THE DEFENCE FORCES MAGAZINE 50.57 BDE TIME
1 S Bde 12.23 4 W Bde DFHQ
1 S Bde 36.54 DFHQ
4 W Bde
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