Author: CelticDCH Athletic Club

On Wednesday some of our girls represented St Dominincs College in a schools cross country race in Lucan. Clare Murphy came a fine 3rd in the minor girls race with Anna Petit 4th despite recovering from a nasty cold, Sara Byrne close behind in 6th Place. Cliona Donaghy, Gillian Murphy and Laura Maleady also ran well with Laura running her first ever race. In the junior race Dora Medgyesy was a runaway winner with Libby Peppard in 2nd. Sara Jane Darcy was just outside the top six.

Last weekend some of our older crew were running for their collages in the Intervarsity road relays in Maynooth. Pierre Murchan was on the winning DCU team and he ran the fastest 2 mile leg of the day. Niamh Donnelly was on the University of Limerick team which finished 2nd in the womens race and Claire Brennan was on the DCU B team but ran the 3rd fastest one mile leg of the day. Well done to all.

Due to safety concerns we have reluctantly decided to cancel training tonight. Please share.

Sat 14th Nov Hole in the Wall 10.30 – everyone

Sun 15th Nov Hole in the Wall 11am -everyone

Tue 17th Nov Bogies at 4pm
Hole in the Wall 7pm -everyone

Wed 18th Nov Lucan Schools cross country(secondary)
High Jump in the Hall 6pm

Thur 19th Nov St John Bosco School Hall 7pm
Gym group 7pm

Sat 21st Hole in the Wall 10,30am -everyone

Sun 22nd Nov Nationals in Santry for Alex, Antonia, Antoinette, Kacey, Claire, Keelin, Sub Julianne. Sean, Evan, Alison, Cliona, Pierre. Details later.

Sat 7th Nov Hole in the Wall 10.30am -everyone

Sun 8th Nov Hole in the Wall 11am -everyone

Tue 9th Nov Bogies at 4pm anyone whos free

Hole in the Wall 7pm -everyone else

Wed 10th Nov High jump in the Hall 6pm

Thur 11th Nov St John Bosco School Hall 7pm
Gym Group 7pm

On Sun 8th Nov The remberance run will be on in the Park. Helpers needed at usual tented area on Main road in the park for 8.30. Rain expected so dress for it😊. Training as usual at 11.

Many thanks to Ken Donoghue & Deirdre Nagle for the great pics!

The Dublin cross country championships day 2 were held in glorious sunshine on a very nice course in Tymon Park today. No wind, no muck, lots of hills, jellie and chocolate filled athletes and 16 degrees ☺, whats not to like about a day like that? Once again our boys stole the show with two fine wins from Daire Finn in the under 17 race and Pierre in the Junior mens race. Both were very impressive and should justifyably be very happy with their runs. Evan also ran well in the mens junior finishing 13th overall. Alison Armstrong was very happy with her strong run in the womens junior race where she finished 2nd with Cliona close behind in 4th.

In the younger age groups Lily Farrell was delighted with her 11th place and her first cross country medal and Sheona ran very well in 15th place. Caolan Collins continued her return to fitness with a brilliant run in the under 11 race where she finished 7th moving up from 12th over the last 500m. Niamh and Aoife battled all the way and unfortunately we didnt have a 4th runner to make up a team.
Our girls under 13 were without Claire Murphy who was sick all week but with Kate, Alex and Antonia finishing 10th, 11th and 12th were very close to a team medal but missed out this time. Well done to Antoinette, Aoibh and Clare who completed our team. Conor Murphy was our lone ranger in the boys under 13 and he ran well finishing in th top 20. Dora had a great run over a tough 3500m course and finished a fine 7th in the girls under 15.

Our senior girls found 6k of undualating cross country very tough but Niamh, Clare, Aoife and Edel all ran their best and were happy enough with their results.

Busy day! Thanks to all the parents who supported. Next outing will be Nationals in Santry where our under 12 girls team and Sean Donoghue will be in action. Pierre , Cliona and Alison will be competing in the National Juniors on the same date. The following Sunday League 3 for all the younger athletes will be in Tymon park.