Author: CelticDCH Athletic Club

Best wishes from the club to Sean Donoghue as he heads tomorrow to Villanova university on an athletics scholarship. Sean has been a stalwart member of CelticDCH since he was 11 years old, winning many County and National titles at club and schools Competitions representing st Declans college. Sean has competed internationally for Ireland at schools level and European level. He starts a new exciting chapter of his life tomorrow. We wish him well. Safe travels!

Some of you may already have heard the sad news that Dublin City Harriers stalwart, George Malone, has died.  We extend our sincere sympathies to his family.

George competed with distinction for DCH at middle distance, particularly during the 60’s and 70’s, always proud to wear the three castle crest. 

In this club photo from 1973 outside the old club house at Longmeadows, George is indicated towards the right of the photo.

If you would like to attend his funeral on-line or send your condolences you can do so via RIP.ie

May he rest in peace.

https://rip.ie/death-notice/george-malone-inchicore-dublin/466450

Best of luck to Bruce who competes in the shot putt under 13 at the Nationals on Saturday in Tullamore.

On Saturday last we had athletes competing at the Northern Ireland championships in Mary Peters track in Belfast. Aoife Corr had an early start in the 800m which was first event at 10am, running well but didn’t make the final. Next up was Catherine who won her 100m and 200m heats in fine style. Later on she came 3rd in the 100 final and withdrew from the 200m final for a well earned rest ! In the 1500m races Edel Monaghan ran another pb and on Wednesday night smashed her 800m pb also in Belfast. Great running Edel! Sinead and Aislinn were also impressive in the 1500 running just outside their best times.
Joe ran in the 1500m which was very competitive but he acquitted himself well against senior men and on Wednesday he also ran in the graded meeting in Lucan .
Club training is now finished for the month of August. There are a few who will continue on their own. Those who finished early due to
Injury or illness should start back in mid August to get a head start for September. Stay safe!

Best of luck to Nadia in heat 2 of the women’s 800m in Tokyo at 2.30am on Friday morning.

A group of our seniors went to Carlow yesterday to compete in the AAI Summer games with some very good results. Catherine won the 200m very impressively into a strong wind and later on came 2nd in round 1 of the 100 and won the round 2 race. Busy day there Catherine!The 1500m race was a great success for our women with Jody in first place and Edel 2nd both close to seasons best times. Sinead and Aislinn had the biggest smiles with Sinead improving by 7 secs and Aislinn by 6 seconds on their previous bests. Well deserved girls👏👏
Aoife and Joe both ran in the 800m races and while they weren’t happy with their times they both races well in very competitive races.
Craig had a good series of jumps in the long jump getting over the 6m mark on most of his efforts.
This weekend the senior gang head to Mary Peters track in Belfast for the Northern Ireland championships which will close the season for most of our athletes.