Month: July 2012

Cliona Murphy finished a fine 4th in the under 17 girls 1500m in Tullamore on Sat in a time of 5mins 17secs, Alison Armstrong was 8th in the under 16 event in a tiem of 5mins 18secs. Well done to both girls.

Morton Games
At the Morton Games in Santry Catherine McManus had a great start in the womens 100m but unfortunately her hamstring injury recurred and she had to pull up. This was a hugh disapointment for Catherine as she had absolutely no warning in advance. Such a shame for our two star sprinters Steffi and Catherine to be forced to end their seasons like this but they will no doubt be back in full training as soon as they can. Otherwise the meeting in Santry was amazing, the races were so exciting, weather was perfect and a very and a big supportive turnout of spectators. All our gang who were there really enjoyed the night.

Big Kids Races
Meanwhile the big kids leagues contiued last week with 800m races in Santry. Danny ran a personal best in his race, Cliona Murphy improved on her time from the previous weekend by 4 seconds, Sinead and Clare wernt too happy with their races. In Santry on Sunday in very breezy conditions Sinead and Danny ran in the 1500m and 800m respectively, Catherine McManus won her 100m in fine style and hoped that would signal her recovery from her hamstring troubles but the Morton meet put an end to that.

Final Track Competitions 2012
This weekend Alison Armstrong, Clare Brennan and Cliona Murphy compete in the National under 16 and 17 1500m in Tullamore. Next Wednesday night Danny, Sinead and Olwyn will compete in the final big kids league race in Irishtown. For training details for this week see under training details at top of Home page.

Sat 21st July Hole in the Wall 10.30-anyone whos free

Sun 22nd July No organised training today. League races in Santry- Sinead, Danny, Clare, Catherine.

Tue 24th July Hole in the Wall 11am anyone whos free

Wed 25th July Morton International meeting in Santyry at 7pm.

Thur 26th July Hole in the Wall 11am anyone whos free. This will be the final group session for the Summer for the smallies.

Sat 28th July Day 3 of the Nationals in Tullamore, Good luck to Alison, Cliona, Clare in the 1500m.

Trip To Curracloe

As you maybe aware we are in the process of organising our annual beach trip. The date will be Saturday September 1st leaving the Breffini Inn about 8.30 in the morning and returning on Sunday 2nd September around 6pm. Anyone born in the year 2000 or before will be able to come this year. The cost will be 25 euro. An application form must be filled in and can be downloaded from here

On day 2 of the Nationals we had Cliona Murphy in action in the under 17 girls 800m. She finished a fine 5th in the race in a time of 2.34 beating the winner of the Dublins on the way! Well done Cliona.

We had athletes involved in four events at Day 1 of the Nationals. First into action was Sarah Curran in the under 17 girls hurdles which was a straight final and Sarah surprised all of us and especially herself by finishing a fine 3rd winning her first medal at National on the track. Next we had Siobhan McGinley in the 3k steeplechase and despite not having done any hurdling this year Siobhan battled through and won her third National steeplechase gold in a row in a new championship best time. Alison Burke was next to race and she qualified well for her 80m final coming 2nd in her heat. In the final she was up against much stronger, bigger girls and finished in sixth place. Sarah Curran competed in the heats of the 100m under 17 and didnt make the final.