Author: CelticDCH Athletic Club

Well done to Sean Donoghue on a fine win today at the CBS cross country championships in ALSAA. Sean was representing St Declans . His next outing will be under 15 Nationals in Dundalk on Dec 11th.

Sat 3rd Dec Hole in the Wall 10.30am Sprints group and those not competing in Leagues on Sunday

Sun 4th Dec Hole in the Wall 11am – Sprints group
All younger athletes are to compete in the league race in Tymon Park. All instructions on earlier post

Tue 6th Dec Dominics Girls train after school.
Bogies at 4 for anyone whos free

Tue 6th Dec Hole in the Wall 7pm-everyone else

Wed 7th Dec Dunboyne secondary schools races 12.30

Thur 8th Dec Gym group 7pm
Everyone else St John Bosco hall 7pm

Next Sunday the 4th and final cross country leagues is on in Tymon Park starting at 11am. Under 9/10/11/12/13 need to be there for 10.15 Older age groups should be there for 11. Bring 3 euro for your sticker.  We expect all our younger athletes to take part in this event.

Please read the directions below.

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Our star performer today in Abbottstown was Caolan Collins who continued her fine cross country season with a very strong mature run finishing 3rd in the under 12 girls race. This was Caolans first Nationals and we are all very proud of her. Lia also ran in the under 12 girls and she held her place out of the Dublin finishers.
Clare Murphy also held her place among the Dublin finishers in the under 14 girls, Dora got a bad stitch early in the under 16 race but still managed to score on the Dublin team which won the inter county title.
Alison Armstrong had her best finish in national cross country in a long time finishing 8th in the junior women’s race. Daire Finn found his first national cross country to be a tough outing and while he was very disappointed with his run he scored on the Dublin inter county team which finished 2nd. Cross country is all about how you feel on the day and it can be a hard day if it goes against you.

Three of our older crew ran in the senior women’s race and even though they were off the pace they enjoyed the experience of their first outing over 8k. Well done to Niamh, Clare and Aoife.
There were some fantastic races up there today, really enthusiastic support, great course, great organisation, great weather, great to be alive!😊

(Thanks to Ken Donoghue for the pics!)

Sat 26th Nov Hole in the Wall 10.30 am -everyone

Sun 27th Nov Best of luck to Lia, Caolan, Clare , Dora, Daire and Alison at the Nationals in Abbottstown today. Timetable and car parking details are on the AAI website. Be there 90 mins before your event start time.Watch the weather forecast.
No training today for the younger athletes as we will be at Nationals. Training as usual for sprints group at 11 , meeting at the Hole in the Wall. Older middle distance group not racing today meet at Hole in the Wall at 11.

Tue 29th Nov Hole in the Wall 7pm -everyone. St Dominics Girls finishing early today and will train straight after school.

Thur 1st Dec Gym group at 7pm
Everyone else St John Bosco School Hall at 7

Sat 19th Nov Hole in the Wall 10.30 everyoneSun 20th Nov Hole in the Wall 11am -everyone

Tue 22nd Nov Hole in the Wall 7pm -everyone
No training at 4pm today in the Bogies

Thur 24th Nov Gym group 7pm
Everyone else St John Bosco Hall 7pm

Weather is getting more like Winter so dig out hats or headbands😀. Please try to get a hill session done on either Sat or Sunday. Too many are missing out on weekend training.