Author: CelticDCH Athletic Club

We had a host of Celtic/DCHers opening up their indoor seasons at the National League in Athlone today.

Special mention to our DCH Women’s Team who managed to finish at the top of the league table by the end of the day . Scoring members for the team this weekend were Catherine in the Shot Putt (3rd) & 60m Hurdles (1st), Alison Burke in the 60m (6th) & Long Jump (4th), Niamh Donnelly in the 800m (2nd) and Muireann McGinley in the Pole Vault (3rd). Great work and onwards to League Round Two on the 30th of Jan where even more of the team will be out in force!

We had even more Celtic/DCHers in the guest 800m races with Aoife Ni Bhrion, Aoife Corr, Pierre, Finn, Evan and Jamie all in action getting some solid indoor race experience on the Athlone track. It was great to see everyone working hard  giving it their all! Well done!

Thanks also to coaches and family members for giving lifts and support on the day.

We will post the official results here once we can get them from the AAI site & sprint videos when they are uploaded.

Sat 16th Jan . Best of luck to Muireann, Alison Burke, Catherine, Niamh and Aoife who represent us in the first round of the Senior indoor track & field league in Athlone today. Also to Pierre, Jamie, Finn and Evan who run as guests in the mens 800m.

Sat 16th Jan Hole in the Wall 10.30am -everyone. No Training in Santry today.

Sun 17th Jan Hole in the Wall 11am -everyone

Tue 19th Jan Bogies at 4pm
Hole in the Wall 7pm

Wed 20th Jan High jump in the Hall 6pm

Thur 21st Jan Gym group 7pm
Everyone else St John Bosco school Hall 7pm

Fri 22nd Jan North Leinster schools cross country ALSAA 11am.
Best of luck to our girls from St Dominics who will be competing in ALSAA.

We had a great turnout of athletes in action today at the DCU schools invitation races. First off were the minor girls and we had Anna Petit, Clare Murphy, Sara Byrne, Cliodhna Donaghy and Gillian Murphy all running well in a very short race and coming 3rd team over all for St Dominics College. In the minor boys race Sean Donoghue showed his class and maturity with a very impressive win for St Declans in a field of just under 300 runners! Conor Murphy finished 99th and Killian Corcoran lost a shoe but kept going and finished his race.

Dora Medgyesy had an equally impressive win the the junior girls race leading her team from St Dominics to 2nd place with Sara Jane Darcy also on the team.

In the inter boys race Ben Casey ran well in a competitive field and will be in the same age group next year. In the senior girls race Ellen Byrne ran a strong race closely followed by Aoife Corr with Abbey Corr, Emilly Murphy and Aoife Donaghy all helping St Dominics to 2nd team overall. Bem Quinn ran for Belvedere in the senior boys race and had to stop due to a sore calf. Well done to everyone. All the athletes needed this race badly to shake out the cobwebs and get ready for the Leinster zones which start next week. Thanks to all the parents who supported today.

Thanks to Ken Donoghue for the pics!

Well done to Pierre and Alison on their runs in a very mucky Edinburgh this weekend!

Well done to Pierre who finished a close 2nd in the Celtic international race which was run with the junior international race in Edinburgh on Saturday. He was very happy with his performance. Alison Armstrong ran in the girls junior race and ran well in her first international cross country event.

Pics by Dermot Mc Granaghan

Sat 9th Jan Hole Santry at 12noon for everyone who can get there. Lifts to be confirmed on Friday night. Anyone who cant make Santry go to the Hole in the Wall at 10.30 .

Best of luck to Pierre and Alison in Edinburgh at Edinburgh cross country international. Set the recorder on the TV before you go to Santry so that you can watch later.

Sun 10th Jan Hole in the Wall -everyone. ANYONE BORN IN 2002 AND YOUNGER SHOULD DO EITHER SAT OR SUNDAY. Anyone older should try and do both especially if they dont do any other activity at the weekend.

Tue 12th Jan Bogies at 4pm for anyone whos free

Tue 12th Jan Hole in the Wall 7pm -everyone

Wed 13th Jan DCU secondary schools cross country 12noon. Best of luck to all our athletes who are representing their schools in the opening races FOR 2016

Wed 13th Jan high jump in the Hall 6pm

Thur 14th Jan St John Bosco Hall 7pm
Gym group 7pm

Best of luck to Pierre Murchan and Alison Armstrong who have been selected to compete for the Irish team at the Edinburgh International cross country races on Saturday. Its great to have two club athletes on the trip. Some of the races in Edinburgh will be on the tv so keep an eye out for the details.

Please note there will be no evening training on Tuesday 5th Jan for any of the younger athletes or the sprint group, only the older cross country group have training meeting at 7 at the Hole in the Wall.

Club membership forms for 2016 should be down loaded from the club website and returned to any of the coaches.