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Husband and wife celebrate Donegal Cross Country glory – full results here

written by Chris McNulty November 3, 2019

THERE was a unique family double at the Donegal Senior Cross County Championships today.

Husband and wife Ciaran and Teresa Doherty won the individual medals.

Letterkenny AC’s Ciaran Doherty took the senior men’s title while his wife Teresa, in the colours of Finn Valley AC, took the women’s title.

Today’s win at Finn Valley was Ciaran Doherty’s first senior men’s crown, while Teresa, the former Teresa McGloin, was celebrating success for the tenth time.

Ciaran Doherty saw off Finn Valley duo Paddy Brennan and Mark McPaul to take the win. Teresa staved off the efforts of Letterkenny AC’s Nakita Burke and Claire McGuigan of Lifford-Strabane AC.

Finn Valley AC won both the senior men’s and senior women’s team titles.

Donegal Senior Women’s Cross Country Championships
03 November 2019
Position	Race Number	Name	Club	Time
1	133	Teresa Doherty	Finn Valley	18.32
2	114	Nakita Burke	Letterkenny	18.43
3	119	Claire Mcguigan	Lifford	19.04
4	104	Helen McCready	Rosses	19.38
5	132	Natasha Kelly	Finn Valley	19.45
6	130	Leoni Mullen	Finn Valley	19.55
7	129	Kay Byrne	Finn Valley	20.01
8	103	Fionnuala Diver	Rosses	20.06
9	126	Aine Donnelly	Finn Valley	20.52
10	120	Elaine Connor	Lifford	21.17
11	107	Gillian Marley	Milford	21.34
12	128	Joanne McNabb	Finn Valley	21.49
13	127	Joanne Campbell	Finn Valley	22
14	101	Sarah Mulholland	Rosses	22.1
15	124	Aileen Devlin	Innishowen	22.23
16	123	Linda McGrath	Lifford	22.27
17	118	Dympna Houstan	Lifford	23.05
18	125	Aoibh Nic Cholgain	Innishowen	23.1
19	106	Cathy Breslin	Rosses	23.17
20	105	Donna Boyle	Rosses	24.04
21	102	Lorraine Doherty	Rosses	24.13
Donegal Senior Men’s Cross Country Championships
03 November 2019
Position	Race Number	Name	Club	Time
1	159	Ciaran Doherty	Letterkenny A.C.	34:37:00
2	177	PATRICK BRENNAN	Finn Valley AC	34:53:00
3	174	MARK MC PAUL	Finn Valley AC	35:07:00
4	158	Eoghain McGinley	Letterkenny A.C.	35:25:00
5	171	GERARD GALLAGHER	Finn Valley AC	35:53:00
6	180	SHANE MC NULTY	Finn Valley AC	36:22:00
7	188	David Porter	Inishowen AC	36:34:00
8	172	JOHN MC ELHIL	Finn Valley AC	36:35:00
9	146	Marty Lynch	Milford AC	36:37:00
10	181	SHEA CARLIN	Finn Valley AC	36:40:00
11	182	Pauric McKinney	Inishowen AC	36:58:00
12	173	JOHN MC FADDEN	Finn Valley AC	37:17:00
13	164	Donal Farren	Letterkenny A.C.	37:24:00
14	162	Philip McHugh	Letterkenny A.C.	37:34:00
15	148	Peter O Donnell	Milford AC	37:49:00
16	157	Anthony Doherty.	Milford AC	37:54:00
17	176	PADDY RYAN	Finn Valley AC	38:13:00
18	170	GARY GALLAGHER	Finn Valley AC	38:19:00
19	147	Kevin Logue	Milford AC	38:19:00
20	166	BARRY GALLAGHER	Finn Valley AC	38:32:00
21	179	SHANE GALLAGHER	Finn Valley AC	38:48:00
22	154	John Mc Clafferty	Milford AC	39:01:00
23	183	Martin McLucas	Inishowen AC	39:10:00
24	149	Liam Doherty	Milford AC	39:18:00
25	178	PETER MC MENAMIN	Finn Valley AC	39:31:00
26	167	BRIAN MC CREA	Finn Valley AC	39:44:00
27	150	Darragh Kelly	Milford AC	39:52:00
28	168	DARREN TOLAND	Finn Valley AC	40:08:00
29	185	Liam Bradley	Inishowen AC	41:01:00
30	151	John Whoriskey	Milford AC	41:35:00
31	137	Declan Gallagher	Rosses AC	41:36:00
32	163	Michael Galvin	Letterkenny A.C.	42:04:00
33	187	Niall McGee	Inishowen AC	42:10:00
34	175	MICHAEL PENROSE	Finn Valley AC	42:35:00
35	184	Finbarr Gallagher	Inishowen AC	42:50:00
36	155	Darren Murray.	Milford AC	43:24:00
37	186	Owenie McKinney	Inishowen AC	48:57:00
Senior Women Team Result
Team
		1	`2	3	4
1	FV	1	5	6	7			19
2	Rosses	4	8	14	19			45
3	Lifford	3	10	16	17			46
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Senior Men Team Result
Team
		1	2	3	4	5	6
1	FV	2	3	5	6	8	10	34
2	Milford	9	15	16	19	22	24	105
3	INISH	7	11	23	29	33	35	138

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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

Husband and wife celebrate Donegal Cross Country glory – full results here

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