Waterhouse Byrne Baird Shield

History

Waterhouse Byrne Baird Shield
The Waterhouse Byrne Baird Shield trophy with Donore Harriers emblem in background
View of the shield detail
The Waterhouse Byrne Baird Shield & Donore Harriers Singlet
View of the centre detail of the Waterhouse Byrne Baird Shield

The Waterhouse Byrne Baird Shield is the oldest and longest consecutively run club cross-country event in the world.[1]

History

In 1896, a Dublin jeweller, Mr. Samuel Waterhouse, presented the Donore Harriers club with a silver shield for a 10-mile handicap cross-country race. The shield was known as the 'Donore Harriers Waterhouse Challenge Shield'.

This race now known as the Waterhouse Byrne Baird Shield has been competed for every year, except 1916, since then, on St. Stephen’s Day (26 December). The race starts and finishes every year at the same tree beside the Dog Pond on the horse gallop in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland.

The shield has to be won three times by the same person in order for the trophy to be claimed as the property of any one individual. In 1919, P.J. Byrne, after winning the trophy three times, re-presented the trophy to the club, and the same thing happened when Davie Baird similarly had three victories. A Mr. Uhlemann has also won the trophy three times but two of those occasions occurred after Mr. Baird managed to achieve immortality and add his name to the trophy.

Past Winners

  • 1896/97 J.J. Dunne
  • 1897/98 G. Hubard
  • 1898/99 M.E. Heyden
  • 1901/02 F. Moore
  • 1902/03 J.C. Greenan
  • 1903/04 T.P. Bolton
  • 1904/05 P. Mernagh
  • 1905/06 W.F. McLoughlin
  • 1906/07 M. Pender
  • 1907/08 M. Pender
  • 1908/09 H.B. Gunn
  • 1909/10 W. Waterfield
  • 1910/11 M. Cooke
  • 1911/12 G. Gilbert
  • 1912/13 W.E. Murray
  • 1913/14 J.S. Palmer
  • 1914/15 J. Byrne
  • 1915/16 Paddy Byrne
  • 1917/18 Paddy Byrne
  • 1918/19 Paddy Byrne (3rd Win)
  • 1919/20 Paddy Byrne
  • 1920/21 Davie Baird
  • 1921/22 Davie Baird
  • 1922/23 H. Rusk
  • 1923/24 P. Harris
  • 1924/25 K.E. Coard
  • 1925/26 K.E. Coard
  • 1926/27 J.R. Harding
  • 1927/28 W. Goff
  • 1928/29 P. O'Farrell
  • 1929/30 B. Kelly
  • 1930/31 M.J. Solan
  • 1931/32 G. Kelly
  • 1932/33 N.M. Kelly
  • 1933/34 F. Kavanagh
  • 1934/35 P.J. Cooper
  • 1935/36 J. Callan
  • 1936/37 L. Uhlemann
  • 1937/38 Davie Baird (3rd Win)
  • 1938/39 L. Uhlemann
  • 1939/40 W. Sherringham
  • 1940/41 L. Cooling
  • 1941/42 L. Uhlemann
  • 1942/43 F. Daly
  • 1943/44 W. Bryan
  • 1944/45 M.D. Porter
  • 1945/46 L. Cooling
  • 1946/47 M.J. Harte
  • 1947/48 J. Crossan
  • 1948/49 T.P. Duke
  • 1949/50 S. Kennelly
  • 1950/51 J. Owens
  • 1951/52 P. Cooke
  • 1952/53 T. Dunne
  • 1953/54 D. Dicker
  • 1954/55 J. O'Reilly
  • 1955/56 C. McAlinden
  • 1956/57 P. Roche
  • 1957/58 T. Dunne
  • 1958/59 Willie Smith (youngest winner – 15 years)
  • 1959/60 T. Tully
  • 1960/61 Dermot Lynskey
  • 1961/62 Bertie Messitt
  • 1962/63 L. Lynch
  • 1963/64 G. Dicker
  • 1964/65 Tommy Redican
  • 1965/66 M. Cox
  • 1966/67 P. McMahon
  • 1967/68 John Sheridan
  • 1968/69 Eddie Spillane
  • 1969/70 A. Duandas
  • 1970/71 E. Cooper
  • 1971/72 Willie Smith
  • 1972/73 K. Dunne
  • 1973/74 Eddie Spillane
  • 1974/75 Tony Brien
  • 1975/76 P. Nevin
  • 1976/77 Frank Cahill
  • 1977/78 Frank Cahill
  • 1978/79 T. Hopkins
  • 1979/80 Eamonn Coghlan (the only sub 50-minute time)
  • 1980/81 B. Good
  • 1981/82 Joe Rankin
  • 1982/83 C. Lyons
  • 1983/84 L. Carey
  • 1984/85 John Sheridan
  • 1985/86 Valerie McGovern (first Lady Winner)
  • 1986/87 Jim McNamara
  • 1987/88 C. Lyons
  • 1988/89 Valerie McGovern
  • 1989/90 A. Lynch
  • 1990/91 Joe Rankin
  • 1991/92 P. O'Reilly
  • 1992/93 Helen Saunders
  • 1993/94 D. Murphy
  • 1994/95 E. Hayward
  • 1995/96 D. O'Sullivan
  • 1996/97 M. Doyle
  • 1997/98 M. Doyle
  • 1998/99 D. Fenton
  • 1999/2000 F. Coffey

Recent Years

  • 2000/01: B. Cornelia
  • 2001/02: Adrienne Jordan
  • 2002/03: Richard Fitzgerald
  • 2003/04: Paul Graham
  • 2004/05: 1st – Iain Morrison / 2nd – Andrew Rogers / 3rd – Paul Graham
  • 2005/06: 1st – Mark Dooley / 2nd – Ciarán O'Flaherty / 3rd – Barry Potts
  • 2006/07: 1st – Susan Walsh / 2nd – Anne Curley / 3rd – Keith Daly
  • 2007/08: 1st – John Breen / 2nd – Colin Moore / 3rd – Ken Nugent
  • 2008/09: 1st – Simon Meyler / 2nd – Eileen Walsh / 3rd – Fred Kiernan
  • 2009/10: 1st – Fred Kiernan / 2nd – Andy Hanrahan / 3rd – Cindy Hickey
  • 2010/11: 1st – Colin Moore / 2nd – Tom Hickey / 3rd – Fergal Swaine
  • 2011/12: 1st – Arthur Connick / 2nd – Jonathan Daly / 3rd – Ken Nugent
  • 2012/13: 1st – Michelle Dawson / 2nd – Angela Eustace / 3rd – Terry Mee
  • 2013/14: 1st – Paul Cummins / 2nd – Barry Potts / 3rd – Angela Eustace
  • 2014/15: 1st – Ian Redican / 2nd – John Dunne / 3rd – Jim McNamara
  • 2015/16: 1st – Alan Farrell / 2nd – Tom Fagan / 3rd – George Brady
  • 2016/17: 1st - Tony Griffin / 2nd - Ian Redican / 3rd - Niall Lynch
  • 2017/18: 1st - Niamh O'Neill / 2nd - Barry Potts / 3rd - Desmond Gill

References

  1. ↑ http://www.runireland.com/reviews/history-donore-harriers

External sources

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