Author: CelticDCH Athletic Club

Another busy day of indoor competition in Abbottstown today. The 600/800m races were first off at 10am. Mia, Cara, Ellie and Íde were all in action. All were competitive in their races.
In the 800m races there were pb performances from Juliette, Lauren, Amelia, Freya, Lelia, Jessica, Ella, Abigail and a pb and 4th place ( just missed 3rd), from Pearl in the under 16 race. Great running from all the girls!

The sprints got under way in the afternoon with Maisie and Maggie running well in their heats , Sean having a great first outing since joining the sprints group last year, finishing 4th in the final of the 60m under 15!

Martha improved on her heat time in her final finish 5th just outside her seasons best.
Meanwhile Hector was making waves at the high jump clearing a new pb of 1m 50cm and winning the under 14 boys event. Great jump!

Max also retuned to the podium coming 2nd in the shot putt under 14.

Well done to all , hopefully we havnt missed anyone. Thank you to all the parents who brought their children and to Catherine and Hilary who looked after the warmups.
Thank you to Aoife and Jane who covered the checkin desk for the two days.
Any photos send to Mary !

Alice was first into action at day 2 of the Dublin championship in her heat of the 400m . She missed out on a final place on this occasion. Niamh qualified well for her final under 19 and finished 3rd in a new pb.

Jessica was first into 1500m action in a very competitive under 16 race. She ran a very good race and came 4th in a very good pb.

Megan hung in well in her first track 1500m, Erin and Aoibhinn both finished very well in their 1500m finals.

Aoife Marron cleared a new pb in the pole vault and won the under 18 event.

Alice came 2nd in the triple jump. Ellen competed in the long jump and the 60m under 14 Íde competed in the long jump under 13, Mia had her first outing in the 60m. Rion made the final of a very competitive 60m under 14.

Long day , well done everyone!

Sat 1st Feb athletes born 2011 and older not competing in Abbottstown meet at 10am at Hold in the wall.

Sun 2nd Feb no training for the younger athletes today. Older group meet at HITW at 11 and go for easy run.

Best of luck to all competing at Day 2 and 3 of the Dublin indoors.

Tue 4th Feb National indoor arena 7.30 pm everyone. 4 euro cash or Revolut.

Thur 6th Feb 5pm group meet at HITW. 7 o’ clock in Grangegorman for everyone else.

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮 & 𝟯 – Sat 1st & Sun 2nd Feb 2025

National Indoor Arena

Please find the timetables for the weekend here.

𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗯 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀.

Please see the link to the live entries & results for 𝗗𝗮𝘆 2 & 3 here

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The postponed from last week Notth Leinster schools cross country was held today in the Phoenix Park.

Juliette had her best time in a good while coming 5th overall in the minor girls race.
In the junior girls race Freya Dillon was our first in finishing 11th. The St Dominic’s team were led in by Jessica in 12th , with great packing from Pearl 14th, Saoirse 15, Caroline 16, Emma 21 and Lelia 27th . 121 finished the race and the team finished 4th in a very high quality race.
The inter girls were led in by Sara in 5th place , followed by Erin 8th, Aoibhinn 10th, Abigail 18th, lama 20th, Freya o Connor 32nd with over 100 finishers in the race .
St Dominic’s came 2nd in the inter team race. Lovely day for racing and everyone gave their all. Thank you to all the parents and grandparents who supported the athletes.

We had 4 athletes in action at Day 1 of the Dublin indoor championships today in Abbottstown . The 200m races were first on the programme. Alice made the final of her 200m, Niamh and Martha missed out on this occasion.
Completing the morning session were the hurdles under 13 and 14. Rion was unlucky last year when she hit a hurdle while in the lead in her final but made no mistake this year , comfortably winning her heat and then won her final in fine style. Her first Dublin track title. Well done Rion.

Maisy had a good run in her heat of the hurdles, Martha was 2nd in her hurdles heat and came back very well in the final finishing 3rd.
Alice had a good day at the long jump
Coming 2nd . Narrowly missed out on a pb jump earlier in the competition when she had a tiny break but something to work on for national. Well done to all and thank you to Aoife who helped out on the check in desk for the day.

Well done to the hardy bunch who battled the wind and rain in the park this morning.
M