Author: CelticDCH Athletic Club

Sat 7th Mar sprints group 10.30 Santry

Everyone else Hole in the wall 10am. (Note earlier time)

All Ireland schools cross country in Santry . Please support Celine, Dora , Sara, Clare and Sean in the senior girls and boys races. Girls at 14.15, boys follow.

Best of luck to Cliona Murphy running for Trinity and Pierre running for NUIG in the inter varsity cross country in Cork. Edel McNamara is racing in the National masters in Athlone on Sunday.

Sun 8th Mar Hole in the wall 11am everyone

More updates later

What a great day for our younger club members in the Bogies on Wednesday. No wind, no rain , beautiful sunshine, lots of energetic children, what’s not to like!!!

Amelia Carmody got our day off to a fine start with an impressive win in the 2011 year group. Eoin Marron had a great run coming 2nd in the boys 2011 race. Pearl o Brien was equally impressive winning the 2010 age group with Jessica Ryan a very good 2nd.

In the girls 2009
race Megan o Leary took the lead early on and led to the finish line followed by Martha Fisher in 2nd and Abigail Delaney a fine 3rd. Bruce o Brien fought hard for his 2nd place in the boys race.

The club ‘big guns’ were out in force in the girls race with a clean sweep of the top six places. Goda Buivydyte led the charge with Joclyn Hanks, Erin Byrne, Aoibhinn Byrne, Aimee Ryan and Bianca Matache all filing in behind her. Very impressive!!
In the final girls race of the day Niamh Bergin ran a very well judged race and ended her primary schools cross country days with a very impresse win in the 2007 age group. Meave o Leary ran her best race so far and finished 5th .

Well done to all. If any of you know the parents of any of the children who raced yesterday not in the club who might be interested in joining please encourage them to.

Thanks to all the parents and friends who helped out yesterday. You made the day!

The all Ireland schools cross country championships are on Saturday next in Santry. We have Celine, Dora , Sara and Clare in the senior race at 2.15. Sean follows in the senior boys. . Girls are to meet out there at usual spot at 1 clock. Best of luck to all.

Day 2 of the Nationals was an exciting day for the club. Alison Burke ran a seasons best to make the final of the 60m hurdles. Pierre had a great run in the 3000m coming 4th in a new personal best time.Nadia led from 400m out to win the 800m impressively. Susie ran in the finals of the 800 and 1500 and though not expecting to medal in either she enjoyed the experience. Sean had a very good run finishing 5th in the senior 1500 with Daire Finn in 9th place. In the 400m Catherine ran into traffic and unfortunately couldn’t avoid a crash which is not unusual in 400m indoor running.
Relays finished off the day and very competitive teams showed up in both races. Alison led off for us and handed to Caoimhe, on to Nadia who handed to Catherine neck in neck with Leevale who had 60m sprint silver medallist Joan Healy on leg 4. Catherine ran very hard to hang on to Joan and the team were rewarded with 2nd place after the second very competitive heat was finished. First and second teams both broke the previous National club record. Well done to everyone. Great weekend of athletics.
Thank you to all our younger crew who did the gear collection. You did a great job and thanks to the parents who brought them up.

Tue 3rd Mar Abbottstown at 7.15 for 7.30 start. Anyone competing on Wednesday take Tues night off.

Wed 4th Mar Parkside schools cross country starts at 11. Best of luck to.all competing.

Thur 5th Mar Gym group 7pm. Everyone else Grangegorman at 7pm.