Super Sunday for Finn Valley

It was a Super Sunday for Finn Valley AC at the Donegal Senior and Even Age Cross Country Championships in Carndonagh.
There was a Finn Valley AC 1-2-3 in the senior men’s race.
Oisin Toye added his name to a famous roster of names who have won the Donegal senior title.
Oisin grabbed his first title when staving off a strong run from club-mate John Joe Doherty, who took the silver, with Diarmait Keogh leaving with the bronze.
The top three were joined on the scoring team by Enda Doherty, Gerard Gallagher and Shaun Hannigan, who placed fifth, sixth and eighth, to take the title back to Finn Valley AC again.
In the senior women’s race, the ever-reliable Catriona Devine took individual third to lead the way for another team gold for Finn Valley AC, who have historically dominated this event.
Sally McMenamin was just outside the medals in fourth while Emer O’Brien, just seven days after winning the Donegal Novice title, was fifth. The ever-green Kay Byrne who like Catriona has been a part of so many of these winning teams over the years, scored in sixth spot for Finn Valley.
The juvenile even age championships were held alongside the senior events.
Finn Valley AC won four of the team golds, two team silvers and a team bronze and also toasted four individual golds, three silver medals and three bronze in the championship events.
Caoimhe McNeill was the victor in the U16 girls race. Caoimhe led the way for Finn Valley AC to take team honours with Saorla Gilligan third, Amy Sweeney fourth and Aoibhinn Greene seventh.
Race winner Muireann Burke and bronze medallist Sorcha Cunningham paved the path for Finn Valley AC to win the U14 girls title, too, with Ellen Rose Carlin fifth and Hannah May Browne eighth.
The U12 girls crown also came back to Finn Valley AC, buoyed by a gold-winning display from Caitlin Gillespie and Eimear Moy taking silver. Erin Moy in fourth and Lacey McCaughan in ninth were the other scorers.
Rhea Moy bagged gold in the U10 race and was joined on the podium by Malea Griffin, who left with bronze, while Aine Moy in fifth and Elise Lafferty in seventh also scored.
Noah Davis earned silver in the U14 boys race to guide Finn Valley to team silvers. Noah was joined on the scoring team by Evan Patton in fourth, Shay McHugh in ninth and Shea Irwin in 10th.
There was team silver too for the U10 boys with Riagan Venzon (5), Finn O’Mahony (9), George Gallagher (11) and Darragh Feely (20) scoring.
The U12 boys took team bronze, their challenge spurred by Blake Keenan’s silver medal.
Daithin Bonner (7), Darragh McCauley (10) and Jack McCrory (19) also scored for this team while in the U9 race Senan Healy took his latest impressive win.
In Zagreb, Croatia where Finn Valley AC’s Anne Marie Bose competed in the World Masters Marathon Championship.
Anne Marie and the Irish team earned team silver in the event.  Anne Marie clocked 3:37.01 for fifth W55 and was joined by Irene Clements in 3:25.36 (1st W65) and Mary Slocum in 3:22.09 (2nd W60).
Finn Valley AC athlete Liam McCay had his best outing yet for Providence College at the New England Cross Country Championships in Hopkinton.
The Friar men won the 8K race over 17 teams with 85 points.
Liam, a junior in Providence, finished 21st in 25:29.6 and scored alongside Sam Hodgson, William Johnston, Jen Hillary and Jack Dowd.
Please note that the Finn Valley AC AGM will now take place at the rescheduled date of October 21.
The AGM will take place in the Valley Bar & Bistro from 8pm and all are welcome.