A belated congratulations to Carmel Parnell, Leevale on winning the over 50 10,000 metres at the European Veterans Championships in Poznan in late July.Carmel's winning time was 38.29.17 a new championship best performance. While Carmel was the sole Irish winner there were a number of top 3 performances as follows: Discus O/40 3rd Paul Quirke 42.97 10,000 metres O/45 3rd D Boner 34.22.67 10,000 metres O/60 2nd S Clifford 40.16.41 Meanwhile the splits for the Irish team that won the 4x1500 metres for that splendid innovative competition the Celtic Cup in Falkirk on the 17th August was as follows: 4.22.8 Aoife Byrne 4.27.1 Deirdre Byrne 4.21.1 Mary Cullen 4.18.9 Roisin McGettigan