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By SGT WAYNE FITZGERALD
PhoToS AIRMEN ADAM MuRPHY, DILLON LACEY-BYRNE AND
DENIS FOx, 105 SQN
T
he An Cosantóir 10K Road Race, which is a highpoint of the De-
fence Forces competitive sporting calendar took place in the
Phoenix Park on Wednesday 12th october 2016. over 1,000
competitors from the Defence Forces along with invited guests
took to the roads for the 37th annual An Cosantóir 10K Road
Race and 5K Walk.
The Senior Male category was won by Pte Kenneth Rodg-
ers (12 Inf Bn) in an impressive time of 31:52; his name is
now etched into the trophy yet again. Pte Paul Buckley
(6 Inf Bn) was 2nd (33.35) with Cpl Paul Mitchell (MP Gp
DFTC) coming home in 3rd (33.40). The Senior Female
category was won for a 3rd time by Sgt Tara Kennedy
(DFHQ) in a time of 39:24, she was closely followed
by Pte Maeve Fenton (12 Inf Bn) in 2nd place (39.53)
and Sgt Jackie Wykes (EUBG) was 3rd (41.35).
The 6 Inf Bn Team won the Team Event for a very im-
pressive 8th consecutive year, they were represented by:
Pte Paul Buckley (33:35), Capt Paul Conlon (35:00), Cpl Peter
Walsh (35:12), Pte Noel Kelly (35:25), Pte Niall Kelly (35:41) and
Sgt Declan Madden (36:59), they took the team event with a
total time of 3:31:52. They were followed by 28 Inf Bn (3:41:47) and
2 Cav Sqn (3:54:24) respectively. This year the Winning Block brag-
ging rights were earned by 27 Inf Bn (40.03), followed by BTC Athlone
'A' (41.52) and 1 Cn Cois 'B' (44.08) respectively.
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10K road race
