Author: CelticDCH Athletic Club

Sat 7th Feb Everyone to Santry for 11am. No training at Hole in the Wall Sat

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

Tue 10th Feb Hole in the Wall 7pm-everyone
Bogies at 4pm for anyone whos free

Wed 11th Feb Leinster schools cross country Santry at 12
High jump in the Hall at 6

Thur 12th Feb. Brians group gym at 7
Everyone else school Hall at 7

Fri 13th Feb Dublin Championships in Santry under 16/17/18/19 1500m at 7
high jump/Long jump/shot/ triplejump at 7 details later.

ps all registration forms to be handed in asap.

Our senior women had a busy time competing in Athlone this weekend!

On Saturday Catherine McManus ran a rare 200m indoor when she won the guest race in 25.06 at the 2nd round of the GloHealth Indoor League. On Sunday Catherine went on to win both the 60m flat (7.57) and the 60m hurdles (8.50) at the AAI games. On Saturday Aislinn Moorehouse ran a very good 1500m finishing 2nd, with good racing from Sinead Cronin and Heather Lougheed in the same event. Steffi Creaner finished 4th in the 60m (7.65) and 2nd in the 200m (24.41) both at the AAI games on Sunday. Niamh Donnelly ran strongly in the 1500m on Sunday and Clare Brennan ran a personal best of 4.44. Aoife Ni Bhroin did a personal best indoor (2:23.47) for the 800m on Sunday. Well done to all. Next weekend some of the women will be competing at the Intervarsity championships on Friday in AIT.

Sat 31st Jan Brians group to Santry 11am Everyone else (including Brians group) who cant make Santry Hole in the Wall 10.30

Sun 1st Feb Hole in the Wall 11am

Tue 3rd Feb Hole in the Wall 7pm -everyone
Bogies at 4pm for everyone whos free

Wed 4th Feb High jump in the Hall 6pm

Thur 5th Feb Brians Group gym at 7.
Everyone else School Hall at 7pm

Best of luck to our senior girls who are racing indoor this weekend in Athlone.

At the National Junior Indoors in Athlone Cliona Murphy and Pierre Murchan ran really smart races when they both came 3rd in the 1500m event. Great to see both of them medalling indoors after racing in the schools cross country earlier in the week( and studying hard for their leaving cert mocks!) Well done to both. Cliona Carthy was carrying a niggle and dropped out of the 1500m and Alison Armstrong found the pace too much on the day and she finished 8th. Eoin Kavanagh also had a day off from mocks studying today and he had a great run in his first indoor 400m just missing out on a place in the final by one hundredth of a second! In the 800m events Finn Burke Power was in a great position looking like qualifying for the final when he tripped on the kerb of the track, lost balance and pace and unfortunately finished down the field. Ben and Evan found the pace a bit fast in their heats but will benefit from the experience. Good to see Siobhan Mc Ginley returning to racing after a long lay off when she competed in the 400m under 23 where she finished 4th.

At the Welsh indoors in Cardiff Catherine Mc Manus came 4th in the 60m final on Saturday and won the 60m hurdles on Sunday. Great running Catherine!

Sat 24th Jan Hole in the Wall 10.30-Dermots group and those who cant make Santry Santry at 12NOON for all the smallies and Brians group.

Sun 25th National Junior and Under 23 in Athlone- see earlier post
Everyone else Hole in the Wall 11am

Tue 27th Jan Hole in the Wall 7pm-everyone
Bogies at 4pm for anyone whos free

Wed 28th Jan High jump in the Hall 6pm

Thur 29th Jan Brian group gym at 7pm
Everyone else School Hall at 7pm

Please note its still very cold in the evenings, wear tracksuits to training, take them off when you are warmed up. Wear hats as cold ears are a lot more painful than hat hair! Reminder that club membership forms should be handed in asap.

Ella Mae Cromie continued her fine form with an impressive win in the minor girls race in ALSAA, Libby Peppard was a very good 6th, with Ada Vasic running her first race in a long time finishing in a very good 11th place. Ella Mae led her team from Mt Temple to a narrow victory over St Dominics Cabra. In the Junior race Emily Murphy ran a very gutsy race finishing 6th, leading her team of Katie Hanna and Abbey Corr with another great run to 4th place just missing on a leinster qualifer. Oscar Moloney Daly had a very good run in the inter boys finishing in the top 15. The senior girls race was a battle between Cliona Murphy and Niamh Corry from Malahide with Cliona eventually coming a very good 2nd. Cliona led her team from St Dominics to first place with Ellen Byrne, Aoife Corr and a very impressive Aoife Donaghy (In her first cross country race). Well done to all:)