Under 11 crew pictured in Tymon Park before their race on Sunday.
Author: CelticDCH Athletic Club
We are an athletic club located in the Navan Rd area. We cater for ages between 10 an 80 years of age.
League 3
Well done to all who turned out for league 3in Tymon Park. Fergal, Ellen and Juliet ran well in the under 9, Eoin, Jessica and Pearl in the under 10 , Megan ran like a pro in the under 11 with great finishing from Abigail, Martha and Alice. Sean in his first race ran very well. Hugh had a solid race under 11.Goda ran strongly under 12 with Aimee Corcoran having a good run and Aoibhinn mc Auley and Aimee Ryan improving all the time. Shona under 13 had a good return to racing after a throat infection, lily still not fully recovered but managed a good finish. Niamh had a great run under 14, Caolan Collins came 3rd under 15, Christopher had a solid outing under 16, Clare o Connor was impressive in the girls under 16 with Jana and Aisling finishing well. Celine was a fine 2nd under 18. Great experience gained by all that only can be got by racing. Thank you to all the parents who brought their children and supported them.
Training/competing this week
Sat 30th Nov Hole in the wall 10.30 anyone not racing in Tymon park on Sunday. Sprints group Santry 10.30 sharp.
Sun 1st Dec league 3 in Tymon Park starting at 11 with the under 9 races. Under 9/10/11 and 12 should be there at 10.15 to walk the course and get stickers. Bring 3 euro. If anyone has spare club singlets at home please bring on Sunday or to training during the week. Older age groups please aim to be there for 11. Races are short so will be a short program(see earlier post). All our younger athletes are expected to take part on Sunday unless they are unwell.
Sun 1st Dec Hole in the wall sprints group 11am and older middle distance athletes.
Tue 3rd Dec Grangegorman 7pm everyone. No training at 4pm for December
Thur 5th Dec Gym group 7pm. Everyone else St John Bosco school hall 7pm.
National uneven ages Sun 15th Dec
Our under 11 girls team of Martha, Abigail, Alice, Pearl, Megan and Jessica have qualified for the National championships in Dunboyne.
Caolan Collins and Cliodhna Ryan have qualified for the Dublin team in the under 15 race.
Leagues in Tymon park next Sunday would be good race practice. Our under 11 s in particular should try to make all training sessions before Nationals.
League 3 next Sunday 1st Dec
The final cross country league races will be next Sunday in Tymon Park. Click on links below for details.
Nationals in Abbottstown
Day 1 of the National juveniles and the national seniors were held in Abbottstown today. First off were our under 12 girls who were all first timers at Nationals. Unfortunately a tummy bug left Erin unable to compete but there will.be other days for her. The girls did their best in tough conditions and were led in strongly by Joclyn. They finished best of the three Dublin teams on the day.
The under 16 girls ran to form and Aisling ran most of the race with one spike. We managed to reunite her with her spike later in the day. Well done to Caolan , Cliodhna, Clare and Aisling.
Celine Gavin had the run of her life improving from being placed in the 50s last year to a super 7th this year in the
Under 18 race and 2nd placed Dublin athlete. Jodie McCann won the junior womens race very impressively and led our junior team of Celine, Dora and Sara to 3rd team overall.
In the senior women’s race Cliona Murphy was outstanding coming 13th overall, 2nd Dublin athlete in and helped Dublin to gold in the inter county. Pierre had a fine run in the men’s race coming 5th under 23. Edel Monaghan, Aislinn Moorehouse and Aoife found the 8k of mud very tough but all battled to the end. Very tough under foot conditions today and lots of results very different from predictions but that’s cross country. Great days racing and thanks to all the supporters.
Athletics Ireland website down at the moment so only have a few results.
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