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The following athletes are competing in Athlone this weekend.

Sat 12th March

Finn Burke Power check in by 9.30 for 400m heats

Dora check in by 9.30 for 1500m heats if required
Daire and Evan also check in by 9.30 for 1500m heats if required

At 2pm finals of 400/1500 will take place

Chloe Corcoran and Alison Burke check in for 60m heats by 1.30

Finals will follow

Sun 13th March

Check in for 200m closes at 9.15
Chloe Corcoran and Alison Burke

Check in for 800m closes at 10am
Daire Finn and Evan

1.45 200m finals
2pm 800m finals if not run as finals at the heat time

Hurdles check in closes at 1.15
Alison Burke

High jump for Emily Corcoran is at 12noon on Sunday. Be there at 11.

A big thank you to all the helpers who got up bright and early on Saturday to work at the race in the Park. You all did a great job and your help was much appreciated by Athletics Ireland.

Sean is all Ireland schools minor boys champion!

Well done to Sean Donoghue who became the first boy from the club to win an Irish schools title when he won the minor boys race in Sligo today. He had been an impressive winner of the Leinster title three weeks ago but had been floored by a bad head cold for the following week. With plenty of rest and light training for the past week he recovered well and even though it was tough out there today he ran a great race , sat back for the first kilometer and then gradually made his way to the front to pull away for a great win. A brilliant achievement for Sean and proud day for his mam, dad, brother and especially his grandad who never misses a race. St Declans college should be very proud of this young man who is following in the footsteps of another Declans man Pierre who ran a great race to finish 5th over 8k in the men’s intervarsity race, his first time over that distance.
Cliona Murphy ran really well in the women’s intervarsity finishing 17th and Alison Armstrong came 19th in the senior girls schools race. Chloe Corcoran ran in the junior girls race and as a sprinter found the distance a bit tough.
Cross country season officially finished today😊

Watch the live stream here or below on Saturday 5th March from 12pm.

Sat 5th Mar All Ireland schools and Inter-Varsity championships in Sligo. Best of luck to Sean in the minor boys race, Alison in the senior girls , Cliona and Pierre in the Intervarsities. All the races will be live streamed and you can check out the link on this website later.

Sat 5th March The Lust for life 5k/10k will be on in the Phoenix Park on Saturday morning. We have been asked for help by AAI . Help needed from 8.30 but if you are available anytime up till 11 please go over to the usual place on the main road and you will find our gang.Wrap up well.

Sat 5th March no general training today. Small group ( they know who they are) going to Santry for 12noon.

Sun 6th Mar Hole in the Wall 11am -everyone

Tue 8th Mar Hole in the Wall 7pm -everyone
Bogies at 4pm for anyone who can make it
Thur 10th Mar Gym group 7pm
St John Bosco school Hall everyone else 7pm

We had a huge turnout at the annual Parkside schools cross country today in the Bogies. The weather could have been kinder but the children didnt seem to notice. A few hours off school is always good!First trophy winners of the day for Celtic were Shona Gogarty (MHOC) and Lily Farrell (D7ET) who battled it out for first and second in the under 10 girls race. In the under 11 girls race Aoife Corocran (Scoil Bhride Blanchardstown)came 4th with Niamh O Connor (MHOC) just behind in 5th place. Finn Mc Auley (D7ET) ran a great race finishing 6th in the boys under 11.  In the girls under 12 race Keelin Collins (D7ET) had a very impressive win with Emily Harrold (MHOC) in 6th place. James Mc Manus (St John Bosco) was a fine winner of the boys under 12 race. In the girls under 13 race Antonia Shodiya (MHOC)led her sister Antoinette for a fine 1, 2 with Kacey Tully (St Catherines) close behind in 4th place and Alex Corr (MHOC) in 6th place.
In the final girls race Aoibh Collins (D7ET) was as impressive as her sister Keelin with a runaway win in her race with Kate Harrold (MHOC) equally impressive in 2nd place. It was brilliant to see all our young athletes doing so well and it shows that regular, consistant training makes such a difference to their fitness. Well done to all who competed and a big thank you to all the parents and friends who helped make the day a success.