Waterhouse Byrne Baird Shield
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The Waterhouse Byrne Baird Shield Club is the oldest and longest consecutively run club cross-country event in the world.[1] In 1896, a Dublin jeweller, Mr. Samuel Waterhouse, presented Donore Harriers 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 since then on (except 1916) 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 Dublin's Phoenix Park (Ireland). The shield has to be won 3 times by the same person in order for the trophy to be the property of any one individual. In 1919, P.J. Byrne, after winning the trophy 3 times represented the trophy to the club; and the same thing happened when Davie Baird similarly had 3 victories. A Mr. Uhlemann has won the trophy 3 times but 2 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
- 1916/17 No Race (due to World War I)
- 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 – Andy Rogers / 3rd – Paul Graham
- 2005/06: 1st – Mark Dooley / 2nd – Ciarán O'Flaherty / 3rd – Barry Potts
- 2006/07: 1st – Susan Walsh / 2nd – Ann 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 – Jim McNamara / 3rd – John Dunne
- 2015/16: 1st – Alan Farrell / 2nd – Tom Fagan / 3rd – George Brady
References
- www.donoreharriers.com
- Maurice Ahern, Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio on Sunday 22 December 2013
- Frank Greally, – 5 December 2013, http://www.independent.ie (Lifestyle/Health Section)
- Phoenix Park Events (December 2014) http://www.phoenixpark.ie/media/Events%202014.pdf