Click on the arrows to go through the results and some photos from the day Sean McGinley and Nakita Burke Sean McGinley and Nakita Burke were crowned Donegal senior cross country champions on Sunday with Finn Valley AC claiming both senior team title. Finn Valley AC’s McGinley and Letterkenny AC woman Burke were impressive victors at the Mullaghderg Banks, the event hosted by Rosses AC. As flight EI3401 - Aer Lingus’ 10.05am voyage to Dublin - took off from nearby Carrickfinn, eyes looked to the skies. With the senior women’s race just underway, the glances at the ATR 72-600 aircraft soaring overhead became infrequent. On the testing dunes of Mullaghderg, participants might’ve experienced turbulence themselves. The bumpy terrain by Mullaghderg beach offered little respite and obstacles aplenty. McGinley made a surge over the last few kilometres to take his first Donegal Senior Cross Country title. By the time McGinley cornered the Ballymanus Mine Disaster monument - the structure remembering the 19 men killed when a previously-undetonated wartime mine exploded in 1943 as they were attempting to bring it ashore - for the final time, he was in command. McGinley joined the illustrious roll of honour, including fellow Glenswilly men Neilly McDaid (the first winner of the race) and Danny McDaid, after pressing down on the gas to move clear of the 2022 winner, Letterkenny AC’s Donal Farren. McGinley and Farren were toe-to-toe for a fair portion of the 10,000m distance. After the fourth of the five laps, McGinley made his move. Coming over the final hill, McGinley - a team silver medalist with the Ireland Under-20s in Europe last December - was firmly clear with Farren claiming silver while Oisin Toye edged Finn Valley AC team-mate Jon-Jo Doherty for bronze. “I’m delighted to win it,” McGinley told Donegal Live. “The first senior one was always going to be special. This sends me to the rest of the season with good confidence. I put the foot down and I felt I had more in me so I pushed on. I

placeholder image — Click on the arrows to go through the results and some photos from the day Sean McGinley and Nakita Burke Sean McGinley and Nakita Burke were crowned Donegal senior cross country champions on Sunday with Finn Valley AC claiming both senior team title. Finn Valley AC’s McGinley and Letterkenny AC woman Burke were impressive victors at the Mullaghderg Banks, the event hosted by Rosses AC. As flight EI3401 - Aer Lingus’ 10.05am voyage to Dublin - took off from nearby Carrickfinn, eyes looked to the skies. With the senior women’s race just underway, the glances at the ATR 72-600 aircraft soaring overhead became infrequent. On the testing dunes of Mullaghderg, participants might’ve experienced turbulence themselves. The bumpy terrain by Mullaghderg beach offered little respite and obstacles aplenty. McGinley made a surge over the last few kilometres to take his first Donegal Senior Cross Country title. By the time McGinley cornered the Ballymanus Mine Disaster monument - the structure remembering the 19 men killed when a previously-undetonated wartime mine exploded in 1943 as they were attempting to bring it ashore - for the final time, he was in command. McGinley joined the illustrious roll of honour, including fellow Glenswilly men Neilly McDaid (the first winner of the race) and Danny McDaid, after pressing down on the gas to move clear of the 2022 winner, Letterkenny AC’s Donal Farren. McGinley and Farren were toe-to-toe for a fair portion of the 10,000m distance. After the fourth of the five laps, McGinley made his move. Coming over the final hill, McGinley - a team silver medalist with the Ireland Under-20s in Europe last December - was firmly clear with Farren claiming silver while Oisin Toye edged Finn Valley AC team-mate Jon-Jo Doherty for bronze. “I’m delighted to win it,” McGinley told Donegal Live. “The first senior one was always going to be special. This sends me to the rest of the season with good confidence. I put the foot down and I felt I had more in me so I pushed on. I

Pictures and results: Sean McGinley, Nakita Burke take flight to win Donegal senior titles

By Chris McNulty

DonegalLive multimedia journalist

Published 8th Oct 2023, 19:53 GMT

Sean McGinley and Nakita Burke took the individual senior golds with Finn Valley AC winning the men's and women's team titles. The Donegal Uneven Ages Championships also took place

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Click on the arrows to go through the results and some photos from the day Under-11 Boys1. Charlie Rogers (Cranford)2. Kyle Doherty (Finn Valley)3. Adam Breen (Finn Valley)4. Evan Patton (Finn Valley)5. Odhran Gallagher (Finn Valley)6. Shay McHugh (Finn Valley)7. Leighton Robinson Boyle (Killybegs)8. James Kilfeather (Letterkenny)9. Daithi Daly (Lifford-Strabane)10. Matthew Lynch (Finn Valley)Team: 1 - Finn Valley; 2 - Letterkenny; 3 - Killybegs

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Click on the arrows to go through the results and some photos from the day Under-11 Girls1. Katie McDowell (Letterkenny)2. Eve Marie Nic Giolla Bhain (Letterkenny)3. Enya Logue (Rosses)4. Rhia Toner (Finn Valley)5. Caoimhe Murphy (North Leitrim)6. Aoibheann Moss (Finn Valley)7. Eimear Gallagher (Letterkenny)8. Klara Lafferty (Finn Valley)9. Aoibhe Gibson (Letterkenny)10. Grace Conway (Lifford-Strabane)Team: 1 - Letterkenny; 2 - Finn Valley; 3 - Rosses

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Click on the arrows to go through the results and some photos from the day Under-9 Girls 1. Caitlin Gillespie (Finn Valley)2. Isa Bonner (Rosses)3. Katie Sharkey (Rosses)4. Erin Moy (Finn Valley)5. Eimear Moy (Finn Valley)6. Abbey Harkin (Letterkenny)7. Fiadh Daly (Lifford-Strabane)8. Maia McGuirk (Letterkenny)9. Sarah Minnock (Rosses)10. Cora Clarke (Finn Valley) Under-9 Boys1. Sean McDermott (Letterkenny)2. Egor Klochkov (Killybegs)3. Byron Robinson Boyle (Killyegs)4. John Patrick Duffy (Cranford)5. Harry Houston (Finn Valley)6. Donnacha McConville (Letterkenny)7. Darragh Irwin (Finn Valley)8. Kacper Niewiadomski (Letterkenny)9. Deacon Parker (Rosses)10. Oran Gallagher (Letterkenny)

Pictures and results: Sean McGinley, Nakita Burke take flight to win Donegal senior titles

Sean McGinley and Nakita Burke took the individual senior golds with Finn Valley AC winning the men's and women's team titles. The Donegal Uneven Ages Championships also took place

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