Author: CelticDCH Athletic Club

A big thank you to all the hellpers who came out on Sunday to do the registration for the rememberance run in the Phoenix Park last Sunday. Your support is very much appreciated.

A great description of today’s achievements by Dermot below!

We didn’t know until today that the Irish for Adamstown is “Maigh Arnaighe” or “The plain of the Berries”. One would assume it was called after an ancient family or perhaps the first homo sapien to roam the earth but as far as we are concerned we were in Evestown as our women’s cross country team continued their winning ways in the Leinster Intermediate Cross Country Championship today.

Due to a variety of circumstances we had only four runners today, and added to the fact that we were going up a class from Novice there was no room from error in our quest to add this title to the years haul.  The winter green grass of this challenging course which comprised of one lap of 1000M and two of 1500M  took a full cross country spike. While the course had dried out after recent rain there were some sticky muddy patches to be negotiated together with a 300m hill on each lap, with a smaller hill within the squiggle on the two large laps.

The field of 52 athletes started on time in this well organised event and Niamh joined a breakaway group of three early in the race. Aislinn was prominent in 9th place with Sinead in 11^th and Aoife running a well thought out race in 22^nd position.  After the first lap we scored 44 points against a tight packing Liffey Valleys 42, but one was confident we had a bit in hand.  At the end of lap two Niamh was in 3^rd, Aislinn in 8^th, Sinead in 11^th and Aoife running strongly was inside the first 20. Our score was now in the high 30’s but Liffey Valley with runners drifting back had lost the team lead.

On the final lap Niamh consolidated her 3^rd position while with great determination Aislinn, Sinead and Aoife picked off runners all the way round to finish in 7^th, 8^th and 12^th respectively yielding a winning score of 30 points against Liffey Valley’s 56 and Kilmore’s 81. Our first three finishers also scored on the Dublin team for the inter county section with Aoife, despite her best ever cross country run just missing out on a second gold medal.

Another great day for our women’s team and its full steam ahead to the Dublin Intermediate on November 30^thwhere we hope to have the full team available.

Another great day for our older girls who were running in the Leinster intermediate championship in Adamstown, Co Wexford. Our gallant girls won first team gold with Niamh Donnelly 3rd, Aislinn Moorehouse 7th ( despite being out at the DCU ball last night), Sinead Cronin 8th and Aoife Ni Bhroin 12th, a fantastic achievement for the team and their dedicated mentors Dermot and Ian!

Sat 8th Nov Hole in the Wall 10.30 am everyone. We will have limited training on Sunday so we need as many as possible out on Saturday morning. ( older gang bring spikes)

Sat 8th Nov Brians group to Santry 11am sharp. ( spikes and Dry t shirt to wear home)

Sun 9th Nov Rememberance run helpers meet at hole in the Wall 8.30. Race starts at 11am.
Anyone whos training on Sunday meet at the Hole in the Wall at 11.
Best of luck to our team in the Leinster intermediate in Adamstown.

Tue 11th Nov Hole in the Wall 7pm -everyone
Bogies group meet at 4pm

Thur 13th Nov Navan Rd school Hall 7pm
Dermot and Brians group gym at 7

Club athletes won 2 silver team medals on Sunday , under 11 girls, under 13 girls and under 19 girls. The under 11 team were led in by Antonia in a fine 3rd place , followed by Alex in 7th, Keelin 19th, Antoninette 2th, Kacey 35th, Julianne39th and Clare 45th. The under 13 girls were led in by Ada in her best race ever finishing 8th, Anna an impressive 12th, backed up by Libby in 16th, Sara Byrne in a great race to finish 26th, Katie in 31st, Laura May in 36th, Celine 39th and Alannah in 45th place.

The under 19 girls were led to silver medals by Cliona Murphy in 3rd place, Alison in 5th and Cliona Carthy (running her first race in over a year) in 9th place. The same three girls combined with Eva Redmond to get bronze medals in the Junior womens championship.

In the under 9 girls race Niamh O Connor ran her best race yet to finish 20th with Aoife Corocoran not far behind in 25th. Oisin finished 28th in the boys under 9. Scott ran his usual strong race to finish 19th in the boys under 11. In the boys under 13 Sean Donoghue came through very strongly on the last lap to finish 3rd. In the boys under 17 Ben Quinn finished a fine 12th with Oscar running very well finishing 16th overall.
Pierre stayed with the group for the first 3 of his 4 laps and going into the last lap pulled away easily and won by a very big margin at the end of his race. Everyone who is training regularly is coming along very nicely. Keep it up and well done to all. REMEMBER WRAP UP AND LIGHT UP FOR THE DARK NIGHTS>

Some results from today, still waiting for more.

Under 11 girls team were 2nd

Under 13 girls team were 2nd

Junior womens team 3rd

Antonia 3rd under 11, Sean 3rd under 13, Ada. Anna and Ben top 15

Pierre 1st Junior and Under 19 boys, Clliona Murphy, Alison and Cliona Carthy all got individual medals in Under 19 girls race but as they were mixed with Juniors we do not have exact places yet. Eva Redmond was also on junior team with the 3 girls Under 19. Very disappointing that we didnt have our under 17 boys team out as they would have got a bronze team medal and qualified for Nationals. Well done to all who turned out to represent the club. Full report to follow