Author: CelticDCH Athletic Club

The Juvenile Uneven Age & U19/Junior & Senior Cross Country Championships are being held in Santry Demesne on Sunday 2nd November.

Timetable

Map

Sat 1st Nov Hole in the Wall 10.30 everyone ie, Dermots group, Brians group and everyone else not racing in Santry tomorrow.

Sun 2nd Nov Dublin champs in Santry.. see earlier post , best of luck to all

Training for Dermot and Brians groups Hole in the wall 11am

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

Tue 4th Nov Bogies at 4pm anyone whos free (Primary Schools). Now that the evenings are really dark as many as possible should come to this session.

Thur 6th Nov Navan road school Hall 7pm everyone except Dermot and Brians group who go to the gym.

Long sleeve tshirts under a short sleeve essential for winter training. Hats if its really cold. Check out aldi and lidl for flashing lights for arms and shoes. We need everyone to be visible and safe in the dark.

On Sunday 9th Nov we have been asked to do the registration for the Rememberance Run in the Phoenix Park. We will need to meet at the Hole in the Wall at 8.30 in the am and go over together to the start area on the main road.

Next Sunday in Santry we will have teams competing in the 2nd day of the Dublin championships. The following athletes have been entered and should try to get a run or two in this week if you are away. Otherwise training will be at 10.30 on Tues and Thurs morning, meeting at the Hole in the Wall.

under 9
Aoife, Niamh, Oisin

under 11
Antonia, Antoniette, Alex, Clare, Kacey, Keelin, Julianne, Scott

under 13
Ada, Anna, Libby, Clare, Sara, Kate, Aobh, Alannah, Laura May, Cliodhna, Sean , Finn, Emer, Celine, Faolain,

under 17
Ben, Daire, Annraoi, Evan, Oscar, Michael,

Junior
Cliona C, Cliona M, Alison, Eva, Pierre, Christopher,

Under 9/11/13 should be out in Santry for 10.15 to get parking and to have time to walk the course. Older age groups be out for 11.15. Watch the weather forecast and dress accordingly. Best of luck to all.

Avondale House near Rathdrum in the garden county hosted the Leinster Novice Championship today. Underfoot conditions were excellent on this undulating twisting 4 lap course of 1Km each.

Some 60 athletes lined up at the uphill start including Niamh, Aislinn, Claire, Sinead and Aoife. Niamh, Aislinn and Sinead were prominent in the leading group after the first lap with Claire beginning her run through the field and Aoife not too far behind. Niamh was in the leading group of three after lap two with Aislinn close at hand, Sinead had drifted back a little with Claire and Aoife continuing their progress.

Going in to the final lap the leading group was down to two with Niamh looking really good, Aislinn was dicing for third, Claire had moved into the top ten and Sinead was recovering having lost a few places with Aoife running strongly well inside the top twenty.

Niamh (14.21) entered the uphill finishing straight marginally behind but had plenty in reserve to open a seven second gap to second place, Aislinn (14.36) just lost out on an individual medal while finishing a close fourth, Claire (14.55)  closed in with seventh place in her first race in over a year following injury, Sinead (14.57) battled to eight with a blistering last 300 Mts, while Aoife (15.16) came home in fourteenth place.

With a very low score of 20 points our team had 60 points to spare over Tullamore with Dunleer in third place. Aoife was non scoring on this occasion  but would have been a leading scoring member on any other team. The Inter County result was not available at the time of departure but as we had the leading five Dublin athletes,  another medal should be winging our way pretty soon.

Great running from the whole team and we are so proud of all of them! Next outing for the girls will be the Leinster intermediate in Adamstown, Co Wexfors on the 9th of November.

Best of luck to our Novice womens team of Aoife, Aislinn, Niamh, Clare and Sinead who are competing in the Leinster Novice cross country in Avondale tomorrow. The girls won the Dublin Novice earlier this month and hope to do well in the Leinsters.

Sat 25th Oct Hole in the Wall 10.30 -everyone

Sun 26th Oct Hole in the Wall 11am -everyone

Tue 27th Oct Hole in the Wall 10.30 am -everyone
Dermots group check

Thur 29th Oct Hole in the Wall 10.30am-everyone
Dermots group check

Sat 1st Nov Hole in the Wall 10.30 everyone not competing on Sun 2nd Nov in Santry
Sun 2nd Nov Dublin uneven age champs in Santry. List will be on website by Tuesday.

There will be no evening training for Mary, Hilary or Brians group this week.