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Day 2 of the National seniors got off to a start for the club with Edel and Lauren in the women’s 5k. Conditions were very unseasonal for good times but Lauren ran a personal best and unfortunately Edel had an injury which forced her to drop out. In the men’s 5k Pierre was also forced out with a painful achilles. Hard luck to both.

Catherine headed into the final of the 400m not having much expectations beyond 4th or 5th but she proved yet again that she can’t be written off with a gallant 3rd place finish.

Nadia has been concentrating on 800m all year but turned her attention to the 1500 national and finished a fine 2nd. Sean didn’t have the best of days in the men’s 1500m final but will benefit from the experience of running with the big boys! Craig was certainly up against the big boys in the long jump with most of the competitors towering over him! He finished 10th overall, not bad against experienced senior athletes. Well done everyone.

Catherine competes tomorrow in the 200m, heats at 11 and final at 14.10. Will be live-streamed on athletics Ireland YouTube. Best of luck Catherine.

The heats of the 400, 800 and 1500m were held in Santry tonight. Performance of the night was the massive pb by Joe Fogarty in the 800m heats, knocking over 5 seconds off his previous best set two weeks ago. A great breakthrough for him with a time of 1.58.88 on top of his pb in the 1500m last night in Tallaght. Nice to see the solid training over the last few weeks paying off. Well done Joe!Catherine Mcmanus had a very nice run in the 400 as did Sean Donoghue and Nadia Power in the 1500m with all three qualifying for their finals tomorrow.

Sinead Cronin, Aislinn Moorehouse, Aoife Ni Bhroin, Ellen Byrne and Aoife Corr all competed well in their very competitive heats but won’t progress to the finals tomorrow. Well done to everyone.

Fri 25th June National seniors day 1 in Santry. Best of luck to Joe(800m), Sean (1500m, Catherine (400m), Nadia (800m), Aoife niBhroin (1500), Aoife Corr (800m), Aislinn (1500), Sinead (1500) all running in their heats tonight.

Sat 26th June athletes born 2009 and older plus sprints group Hole in the wall 10.30

Best of luck to Craig (long jump),Pierre, Edel and Lauren in the 5k in Nationals day 2. Rte sport will be covering the event this afternoon.

Sun 27th June Training for everyone at 11am meeting at the HITW. Best of luck to Catherine in the 200m on day 3 of Nationals in Santry

Tue 29th June HITW 10.30 for anyone who’s free. 4pm for younger athletes who are free and 7pm for everyone else.

Thur 1st July 10.30 at the HITW secondary school athletes who are free. Everyone else HITW at 7pm

We had our 1500m runners under 17/18/19 out in Tallaght for their Dublin championships last night. First off was Cliodhna Ryan who was returning after an injury and found the first race back a shock to the system but will benefit from the experience. Next off was Clare, Jana and Aisling in the under 18 race. Clare had run in the graded 2 weeks ago and clearly has the benefit of a race in her legs improving over 20 secs on the previous outing and running a pb. Jana and Aisling both ran strongly on their first race since the first lockdown. Christopher had a very good run in his 1500m running a very good 4m 49 which has to be a best time ever. Joe was in the first heat of the 1500m which headed off at a very strong pace and Joe hung in very well with the pace finishing 2nd and improving by 4 secs on his previous best from the National Junior the week before. Well done to all.

Please find below Results for 11^th, 13^th and 18^th June.

Due to the restricted numbers it has been decided that U12 – U14 athletes can only contest a total of 3 events and U14-U19 athletes ONLY 4 events.

ALL Parents MUST wear a face covering and ALL athletes U14-U19 MUST do likewise when not competing.

STRICTLY ONLY 1 parent/guardian to attend. Please advise your athletes and the 1 parent/guardian attending not to arrive before 8pm this evening and not to park on roadway or yellow lines as they will be clamped. 

IMPORTANT REMINDER

·         On all competition days, athletes MUST NOT arrive any earlier than the Arrival time highlighted in yellow on the timetables and leave immediately after the event. This is to comply as best we can with the restricted numbers we are allowed at any one time in the competition area. PLEASE COMMUNICATE THIS TO YOUR ATHLETES and PARENT/GUARDIAN attending.

·         ONLY 1 parent/guardian can accompany an athlete to any venue

·         I understand athletes U17/18/129 can enter the Leinster Championships but please be advised entry for Nationals is through the Dublin Championships  and only 3 qualify through the Regional (Dublin) Championships in each event. Due to the restrictive numbers, there will be no direct entry into Nationals for U17/18/19’s this year.

·         Athletes, parents and officials MUST complete the online health questionnaire no earlier than the evening before or on the morning of each and every competition day through the link below

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7Ll_cmbg2_pnGoTn8yenyGkZhJLfFwwpztJimbt8xdl2gag/viewform?usp=sf_link Please circulate to your members  the attached guidelines which everyone MUST adhere to.

Tallaght Parking

·         NO parking beyond the entrance gates.

·         Officials are permitted to park in spaces near the track.

·         Parking available in the school, to the right of the entrance gate or in the nearby industrial estate off the Greenhills Road which is 5/6 minutes walk from the track. Please exit the car park after the event.

·         Do NOT park on the road or footpaths