Author: CelticDCH Athletic Club

Last week we had three of our seniors in action at the Graded series in Santry. In the womens 1500m Clare Brennan returned to racing after injury to run 4min 50 secsand Sinead Cronin ran 5.02 in her race. In the mens race Ritchie Lombard ran 4.06.94 in his first 1500 in a long time. Well done to evrryone. The next races will be on Wed 6th May in Tallaght with the 800m starting at 19.50 and the 3000m races starting at 20.30. Full programme and pre entry details are on the Dublin athletics noard website. YOU MUST REGISTER ONLINE TO COMPETE. Only athletes born in 1999 and older are eligible .

Please pay attention to the weather forecast this week. You will need to have winter gear on, hats, long sleeves and long leggings for training until this cold snap passes by. 😞

We had a very busy week in Santry at the North and West Leinster schools last week and we also had some very good results. Best of luck to all who have qualifed for the Leinsters where all the real fun begins!

Seniors
1500m Cliona Murphy 2nd, Pierre Murcham 1st, Ellen Byrne 5th
1500m steeplechase Alison Armstrong 1st
800m Alison Armstrong 2nd, Aoife Corr 5th,
Pole Vault Muireann Mc Ginley 1st
400m hurdles Eoin Kavanagh 2nd

Inters
Pole Vault Jamie Kennedy 3rd
800m Daire Finn 1st, Finn Burke Power 3rd, Ben Quinn 4th,
400m Finn Burke Power 3rd
300m hurdles Alison Burke 1st

walk Sara Jane Brennan 4th

Under 16
Long Jump Alison Burke 1st
200m Caoimhe Lynam 1st
Mile Daire Finn 1st

Junior
High Jump Emily Corcoran 1st New pb 1m55

1500m Emily Murphy 7th
800m Katie Hanna 5th
Minor
1100m Ella Mae Cromie 2nd
100m Chloe Corcoran 2nd
500m Chloe Corcoran 1st

Well done to everyone. You certainly kept us busy for the week.

Sat 25th April Hole in the Wall 10.30 – everyone. No Santry today as track booked.

Sun 26th April Portmarnock races for younger athletes at 11am. Be on the road at 10. Lifts to be organised on Saturday night. See earlier post for directions and distances.

Sun 26th April Samsung Night run , see earlier post for details.

Sun 25th April Training for everyone else and Brians group 11am at Hole in the wall

Tue 27th April Hole in the Wall 7pm -everyone
Bogies at 4 for those who are free

Wed 28th April High jump in the Hall 6pm

Thur 29th April Hole in the Wall 7pm -everyone

We have had a very busy week and successful in Santry. After Fridays competition we will have a report on the 4 days of the schools and the graded on Wednesday.

Venue for the races in Portmarnock is the GAA pitches directly opposite Portmarnock sports and leisure center. Take the Malahide exit from the M50 . At the Hilton hotel take a left. At the next set of traffic lights turn right passing the entrance to Balgriffen cemetery. Take the next left and after you go under the railway bridge there is a signposted site road to the right. At the top of the hill Portmarnock sports and leisure club will be on your right but you take the next left through the housing estate. Distances are as follows and we start at 11am

under 7 300m
under 9 400m
under 11 500m
under 13 600m
under 15 800m

This was a great event last year, very relaxed and an ideal event for all our younger athletes. We expect everyone to go to Portmarnock if possible except those who competed for their secondary schools this week in Santry. Competition will be over in an hour.

We have been asked to provide officials to do the medals and water station at the finish line for the Samsung Night race on Sunday night in town. We plan to meet at Easons in O;Connell st at 7pm. Race will be over at 10.20. Please let Mary know if you are free.