A large turnout from 18 schools contested the 6th annual secondary schools cross-country at Finn Valley on Thursday Sept 28th. Team and individual awards were evenly distributed and the indications from the teachers is really positive. the timing is aptas it engenders an exercise programme on their return from the Summer break. Again the local organising committee did an excellent joband the athletics fraternity in the area are most grateful to the athletic teachers and those in charge who brought their squads along. Outstanding runs were returned from Noel Collins , Drumragh . Cian O Reilly , St. Pats . Cavan , and Breda Mc Ginty , St,. Columbas. 1st yr Girls 800 Metres; 1:Annette Mc Donald Milford 2:Lisa Hegarty Moville 3:Alice Gallinagh Buncrana 4:Carmel Browne Omagh 5:Kay Keeney AVS Donegal 6:Pauline M Cullagh Omagh 7:Rochelle Tourish St Columbas 8:Aisling Ward Moville 9:Lucy Bacus Loreto Milford 10: ruth Mc Alean Omagh. Team:1: Sacred Heart Omagh 21 points 2:Moville 26 points 3:Loreto Milford 30 points. 1st year Boys: 1: Mark Bonner St Columbas 2:John O Donnell Carrick 3:Evan Mc Dermott Moville 4:Brendan Armstrong S.H. Omagh 5:Denver Lecky C.D. High 6:Dan Boyce St. Eunans L'kenny 7:aandrew O Brien St.Pats, Cavan 8:Reece Mc Colgan H.C.Strabane 9:Ronan Ward Moville College 10:Matthew Doherty St. Eunans Teams: 1:Moville 30 points 2:Sacred Heart Omagh 37 points 3:St Eunans, Letterkenny. 37 points 2nd Year Girls: 1:Niamh Doherty St. Columbas 2:Amy Slevin St. Columbas 3:Mairead Walsh Scoil Mhuire Buncrana 4:Madeline Penrose Holy Cross Strabane 5:Claire Murray Loreto Milford 6:Danielle Logue Moville, College 7:Alice Foster Castlederg H.S. 8: Gail Burke Castlederg H.S. 9:Karen Baxter Castlederg H.S. 10:Brinan Doherty Buncrana. Results 2nd Year Girls: 1:Castlederg High 24 2:Scoil Mhuire Buncrana 31 3:Moville 13. 2nd Year Boys. 1:Cian O Reilly St. Pats, Cavan. 2:Francis Moone St. Pats Cavan. 3:Lee O Connell St. Eunans 4:Ciaran Mc Bride St. Eunans 5:John Foley St. Eunans 6:Barry Devlin S.M. Buncrana. 7:AShley Lowrey Carndonagh High. 8:Shane Boyce Milford 9: James Barr Strabane 10:Kevin Purcell St. Eunans Results: 1:St. Eunans 12 points 2:Loreto Milford 58 points 3:Holy Cross Strabane. 64points 3rd Year Girls 1:Karen Ferguson Royal & Prior 2:Emily Murphy St Columbas. 3:Aoife Whelan St Columbas 4:Kiara Neary Buncrana 5:Eliza Harvey S H Omagh 6:Keira Ann Clarke S. H. Omagh 7:Orla Harrison Milford 8:Lyndsay Mc Cay Castlederg High 9:Emma Charles Omagh 10:Stacey Scott Castlederg High Results:1: Castlederg High 31 points 2: Strabane Vocational. 46 points. 3rd Year Boys: 1:Andrew Fisher S. H. Omagh 2:Pauric Mc Laughlin St. Eunans 3:Eamonn Neeson Strabane 4:Caolin Mc Crossan S. H. Omagh 5:Martin Doherty H.C. Strabane 6:Michael Taggart S.H. Omagh 7:Reece Laird Deele 8:Michael Penrose Strabane 9:Diarmuid Mc Laughlin St. Eunans 10:James Mc Gowan Moville. Results; 1:Sacred Heart Omagh 11 points 2:H. C Strabane 16 points 3:Castlederg High 40points. 4th& 5th year Girls: 1:Breda Mc Ginty St. Columbas. 2:Shauna Guthrie St. Columbas 3:G. Neary Buncrana 4:Maeve Culhane St. Columbas 5:Clara Dunnion St. Columbas 6:Eilish Patton St. Columbas 7: Claire Kelly Crana College 8:Christine Campbell St. Josephs, Plumbridge. 9:Fiona Bruton St. Columbas 10:Ciara Hegarty Loreto Milford. Results: 1: St. Columbas Stranorlar 7 points 2:St. Columbas 20 Points 3:Stranorlar V. S. 45 points. 4th & 5th Year Boys: 1:Noel Collins Drumragh 2:Aodhagan O Reilly St. Pats Cavan 3:Ryan Mc Daid Buncrana 4:Gary Boyle St. Eunans 5:Johnny Mc Ginty Deele 6:Christopher Johnston St. Eunans 7:Kevin o Donnell St Josephs plumbridge. 8:David Gethins St. Columbas 9:Owen Allen Deele 10:Shane Mc Bride St. Josephs. Results: 1:St. Eunans 22points. 2:Deele 25 Points 3:St. Columbas 48 points.
