Author: CelticDCH Athletic Club

We had 5 winners at the first session of the Dublin indoors. Alison Burke won the under 15 long jump and was 4th in the high jump, Darragh Finn won the under 16 boys 1500m, Pierre won the under 18 boys, Alison Armstrong won the under 18 girls and Cliona Murphy won the under 19 girls. James Scanlon was 2nd in the long jump under 16 and Aoife Corr was 3rd in the high jump under 17. Annraoi Campbell had a very good run in his 1500m, Ben Quinn and Christopher Clarke were very tired after the cross country on Wednesday but they battled well.

Sat 15th Feb Races in Santry -details already circulated

Sat 15th Feb Anyone not involved in Santry Hole in the Wall 10.30

Sun 16th Feb Hole in the Wall 11am -athletes over 14 only. No training for younger athletes today as Hilary is in Santry.

Check out live coverage on RTE 1 Today starting around 3pm of National senior championships from Athlone. We have Niamh Donnelly going in the 1500m and Catherine McManus in the 60m and 60m hurdles.

Tue 18th Feb Hole in the Wall 10.30 -everyone. Dermots group check

Wed 19th Feb High jump in the Hall 6pm

Thur 20th Feb Hole in the Wall 10.30 -everyone

Next Sunday 23rd Feb in Santry all the high jumps, long
jumps and shot putt competitions for under 10/11/12/13/14 take place and we will do the entries on Wednesday. If anyone is away please let Hilary or Mary know.

Nasty underfoot conditions were the dominant factor at the above event in Santry. First off for Celtic was Ella Mae Cromie who ran in the minor girls race. A combination of reduced training and missing out on the north Leinsters meant that she struggled a bit but still finished in the top 20. In the junior girls event we had athletes representing St Dominics College. The girls battled well through the mud and finished 5th team overall. Alison and Zoe were both suffering from heavy colds but along with Katie Hanna, Emily Corocran and Aoife Corr they gave it their best shot. Finn Burke Power ran well for the first lap but faded a little on the second in the junior boys race, Ben Quinn and Chris Clarke battled hard in the inter boys race. In the senior girls race Cliona Murphy led her team of Aoife Corr, Ellen Byrne and Laragh Hoey from St Dominics to third place overall and qualification for All Ireland schools in March. In the final race of the day Pierre had a great run in his first year as a senior when he finished 5th in a very high standard race. Well done to all.

We don’t have full official results until tomorrow but Catherine Mc Manus had a great day at the above championships coming 2nd in the 60m flat and the 60m hurdles both in personal best times. She was also a member of the winning DCU relay team. Niamh Donnelly had a tough day running in the heats and final of the 800m running around 2mins 24 for both. Sinead Cronin had her first outing on the boards running 5mins 7 secs for the 1500m. Well done to all.

Sat 8th Feb Older cross country group Hole in the Wall 10.30
Dermots group and ALL sprints group Santry 10.30
Any of Hilarys group who cant make Santry come to Hole in the Wall 10.30

We train whatever the weather, Bring a change of clothes for travelling home from Santry or the Hole in the Wall.

Sun 9th Feb Hole in the Wall 11am-everyone

Tue 11th Feb Bogies 4pm for Primary schools children
Navan rd school 7pm -everyone

Wed 12th Feb Leinster schools cross country in Santry 12noon Best of luck to all our athletes who are representing their schools. Wellies and raingear will be needed!

Wed 12th Feb High Jump in the Hall 6pm

Thur 13th Feb Navan rd schools Hall 7pm -everyone

Fri 14th Feb First night of Dublin in door championships, keep an eye on this site for information regarding the weekend competitions

The North Leinster schools cross country were held in surprisingly nice conditions at the army barracks in Mullingar today. Club athletes were representing St Dominics College Cabra and supposed to be representing Mount Temple. In the junior girls event Alison Burke led her St Dominics team to 3rd place overall finishing in 9th place, Katie Hanna 12th, Zoe Couch 16th, Emily Corocran 25th and Abbey Corr 32nd. In the inter girls event Aoife Corr and Ellen Byrne were on the Dominics team which finished 4th just one point off qualifying for Leinsters. Hard luck girls. The star performer of the day was Cliona Murphy who looked very strong coming 2nd in the senior girls race and led her team to victory. Well done to all.
The only negative was the failure of Mount temple school to bring their athletes to the event which was such a pity because some more of our athletes would have surely qualified for the Leinsters.