Sat 8th Jan HITW 10 am sprints group plus older middle distance group.
Sun 9th Jan HITW everyone
Tue 11th Jan National indoor arena meet at 7.15 pm in the foyer. Bring 3 euro (max family fee 10euro), all athletes over 18
Plus anyone accompanying the athletes over 18 must have a valid vaccine cert and ID to enter the indoor arena. Under 18 are excempt. Make sure to have track spikes in your track shoes.
Thur 13th Jan 5 o’clock group meet at HITW, everyone else Grangegorman at 7
Just reminding the older middle distance Thur 5pm run is on from the HITW. Hi viz essential. Long sleeve under short sleeve and hat would be a good idea!
For the next three Tuesdays evening training will take place in the national indoor arena in Abbottstown. We will meet at 7.15 pm in foyer, bring 3 euro per person ( max 10 euro per family if more than 3). If you have cross country spikes in your shoes change over to 5mm. Bring a small bag for your drinks bottle and to store your outer wear when you take it off so that clothes don’t get mixed up,
Registration forms for 2022 are on the website.
We had a total of nine athletes competing today in the Tommy Brennan memorial 5Km in Phoenix Park today, looking to retain our women’s title which we won on the last few occasions it was held.Fine weather conditions greeted the competitors today but it was quite blustery which tended to lower the temperature. Nonetheless it was a good day for racing and some exciting competition transpired.
We had some fine running from Celine, Edel M, Lauren, Alison, Sinead and Edel Mc, and a number of PBs were recorded. The women’s team won with 18 points.Celine had a particularly fine run to take second place in her first race as a senior. The men’s team, Joe, Rowan and Christopher, all juniors finished a creditable 9th with some fine runs.
All our members wore black ribbons as a mark of respect for our recently deceased club president, Chris Wall.
No organised training this Saturday or Sunday 1st and 2nd Jan. If anyone needs to clear their heads on Sunday meet at 11 at the HITW (2008 and older only) . On Saturday Jan 1st we have a number of athletes competing in the New Year’s Day 5k in the Phoenix park if anyone around to support them. Race starts at 12noon over on the Furze road.
Tue 4 th Jan training resumes at 10.30
Meet at the HITW everyone.
Thur 6th Jan Grangegorman 7pm everyone
There is a lot of COVID around at the moment so please look after yourselves.
We are heartbroken following the death of our club president, Chris Wall. Chris had been a member of Dublin City Harriers for some sixty years and in that time fulfilled every role on the committee with skill and determination. He was no stranger to hard work and could regularly be seen mowing the grass track in Longmeadows, Chapelizod after training.
He was an accomplished athlete and his performance level would still rank well to this very day. He was persuaded to become involved in the Dublin County Board in the late 1970s/early 1980s and became Chairman. He was elected to numerous BLE national committees and ultimately became international secretary. He immediately developed relationships with event promoters in Europe and elsewhere and within a short space of time regular and meaningful international competition became available to ever larger number of athletes. The tributes being paid by former athletes bears testimony to his efforts.
He was innovative and was the prime mover in staging the world cross country championships in Leopardstown in 2001. Through his friendship with Brendan Foster he established the Great Ireland Run which brought world class international and televised road racing to Ireland. Throughout this busy time he set his heart on achieving unity among the athletic bodies and working with the late Paddy McGovern and Brendan Foreman on the BLE delegation this was delivered in 1999 when AAI was formed. Its hard now to realise that all three have left this life. Chris was appointed a Life Vice President of AAI in 2019.
In his heart of hearts he was a Dublin City Harrier and even during his failing health over the past two years he wanted to know what was going on, and was always willing to offer advice and help in practical ways.
Chris was a high achiever in business, sport and politics and everything he turned his hand to but behind all of that he was a family man. He was devoted to wife Myra, and children Jacqueline, Richard, Eileen and Mary, he loved them and his wider family deeply and always spoke of them. Their loss is greatest and all we can do is to support them and share their pain.
THE MEMBERS OF DUBLIN CITY HARRIERS
Celtic DCH 