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Our gallant under 16 relay team 4th in Dublin championship’s.

There was a huge turnout for the first of the indoor Juveniles relays in Abbottstown last night.

First up were the under 12 girls. We had two teams entered. First team to run was Aimee Ryan, Aimee Corcoran, Erin Bryne and Jocelyn Hanks.

They ran a great race qualifying to the final and raced again in the final coming a fantastic 4^th place overall with a whopping  7 heats on the night.

Another impressive run came from the other under 12 team of Bianca Matache ,  oda Buivdyte,  Aoibhinn McAuley and Aoibhinn Byrne. They were third in their heat and just outside the qualifying time for the final. Well done to all the girls! This was their first time to run a 4×200 relay race and they all gained valuable running experience!

The u16 girls ( Antoinette, Keelin, Kacey and Antonia) ran a great heat qualifying for the final where they fought hard in the final with Antonia chasing 3^rd to the line. They finished a fine 4^th place!

Well done everyone!!

Our under 12 A&B relay teams at the Dublin indoors on Fri night. Both teams ran great with the A team narrowly missing out on a medal in 4th place in the final. Five of the girls were running their first race for the club. Well done girls.

Sat 2nd Feb Hole in the Wall 10am , all athletes born in 2004 and older including sprints group. Please note earlier time. AAI games on in Abbottstown. Supporters appreciated.

Sun 3rd Feb Hole in the Wall 11am everyone.

Tuesday 5th Feb. Bogies at 4 for anyone who’s free. Gym group 7pm. Everyone else DIT 7pm.

Wed 6th Feb high jump 6pm in school hall.

Thur 7th Feb National Indoor arena everyone. Dermott group check. Assemble at 7.45. bring 2 euro.

Schedule for Dublin indoors next weekend will be up on website on Monday.

Best of luck to our under 12 and 16 relay teams in Abbottstown tonight.

Great club news from Athlone today at the National junior and under 23 championships. First into action was Emily Corcoran in the junior high jump and she finished a fine third in a seasons best of 1m66 narrowly missing 1.69. Muireann meanwhile was having the best day of her pole vault life clearing a new pb of 2m 90cm and winning the under 23 title. On the track Luke McCann was in spectacular form easily winning the under 23 1500m in a new championship best time and Darragh Finn came 2nd in the same race. Alison Burke ran a seasons best in a very competitive 6Om hurdles coming 4th in a blanket finish. Well done to everyone on a very busy and successful weekend for the senior club.

 

There was delight all round in Athlone today as our senior women’s team managed to retain their National Indoor League title for the 3rd year in a row. This is also the first time a women’s team have managed a 3-in-a-row for the Indoor League so a great achievement by all!

The day was kicked off with Catherine winning the 200m comfortably in 24.84 and in a similar fashion, Emily won the high jump clearing 1.65m with ease.

Next up in the field events was Siobhan in the triple jump who secured a solid 6 points for the team. Jodie then coasted to an easy victory in the 1500m in a time of 4:36.11 followed by Claire in the guest 800m running a solid 2:18.62.

Catherine was back on the track again after a quick break and won the 400m in a steady 56.65. Caoimhe also guested in the 400m and improved on her performance from League 1 by getting 2nd in a time of 60.30

To round out a great days work, Chloe, Alison, Caoimhe and Catherine then dominated in the women’s 4x200m relay to secure the overall trophy.

A massive congrats to all our team and guest competitors today and of course all our team members who put in the ground work in League 1 two weeks ago.

Winning National Senior medals does not come easy, but it can certainly be made to feel easy when you have such a committed team of athletes, coaches and supporters behind you – well done & thanks to all!

Roll on Indoor League 2020!!