Author: CelticDCH Athletic Club

Last Sunday a few of our older athletes ran as guests at the inter club competition in Santry. Claire Brennan had a great run in the 1500m doing a pb of 4.38. Finn Burke Power and Aoife Ni Bhroin ran in the 800m races. Steffi Creaner win her 200m and Catherine Mc Manus was 2nd in the 100m and the 200m with a marginal pb in the 200m.

On Tuesday night in Waterford there was a sprints and jumps night organised by sprints coach Shane Mc Cormack. On a perfect night for sprinting Catherine McManus ran a seasons best of 11.82 in the 100 and a big pb of 24.15 in the 200m .

Morton Games are on in Santry on Friday night and Niamh Donnelly will run in the 800m and Steffi Creaner runs in the 200m. Come out to Santry to support and to see the many international athletes from around the world in action. Children under 16 are free and adults 10 euro.

We had a good turnout of older older athletes in action at the Graded meeting in Santry last Wednesday with some impressive results. Niamh Donnelly had her best run in a while with a fine win in the 1500m A race with Clare Brennan in 4th place and Cliona Murphy close behind in 6th place. In the B race Aislinn Moorehouse and Sinead Cronin battled all the way coming first and second. Ritchie Lombard ran strongly in the A mens 1500m running a seasons best of 4m 4 secs and finished 2nd in the race. Finn Burke Power followed up on his fine 3rd place in National under 17 finishing 5th in the grade B race in a time not far from his personal best. Catherine McManus was 3rd in the A 100m and Aoife Ni Bhroin was 3rd in the A 400m. Evan Mc Millan ran well in the 1500m. Well done to all. Great to see so many of our older athletes representing the club at the Graded meets.

Sat 18th July Hole in the Wall 10.30 -everyone

Sun19th July Hole in the Wall 11am-everyone

Sun 19th July Races in Santry for older athletes. Anyone interested be there 90mins before scheduled time of the race you want to run in and check in with Dermot.

1500m at 13.35
400m at 14.05
200m at 15.15
800m at 15.45

Tue 21st July Hole in the Wall 10.30-everyone

Thur 23rd July Hole in the Wall 10.30-everyone

Fri 24th July Morton Games in Santry. We need a relay team for a fun relay 16 x 100m. Will have info and more details at training on Tuesday.

Please find the application form for the club’s annual trip to Curracloe below.

Celtic DCH Trip to Curracloe 2015 Form

Please return to Mary or Hilary ASAP or notify either by text/phone to say if you will be travelling as we need to confirm numbers to book a bus!

Muireann Mc Ginley got day 2 of the Nationals off to a successful start with a gold medal winning jump in the Pole vault under 19 with a jump of 2m 75 , just 5 cm off her PB. Next into action were our two 400m athletes Caoimhe Lynam and Finn Burke-Power. Caoimhe was fighting a heavy cold and battled hard all the way despite feeling awful, didnt make the final but wasnt too far off her pb. Finn ran a steady pace in his heat and qualified easily for his final. Despite being ranked 4th going into his final he ran a well paced race and came 3rd in a new pb of 52.21. Finn has worked very hard all year and really deserved his bronze medal.

In the sprints which were held in horrible conditions Alison Burke and Chloe Corcoran both made their final with Alison finishing a very good 4th and Chloe finished 6th both in very tough competitions. Alison Burke started off Day 3 with a good run in her heat of the 250m hurdles and qualified well for the final. Unfortunately she false started and was disqualified in the final. In the 1500m races Sean Donoghue ( under 14) ran a great race and finished 5th in 4mins 39secs. Evan Mc Millan ran 4mins 24secs in his heat of the 1500m under 18 and Alison Armstrong was 6th in the final of the 1500m under 19. Chloe Corcoran ran herself to a standstill in the final of the under 15 girls 200m running 26.43 in 6th place having run a pb of 26.36 earlier in her heat. Well done to everyone!

For next Summer athletes should remember to check the fixture lists on Athletics Ireland well in advance before booking Gaeltachts and holidays so that they wont miss important competitions.