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Anyone who’s free meet at 11 at hole in the wall on Sunday 16th August 😊.

The National seniors finished off the track season for our older athletes last weekend. We had 3 athletes in action. Catherine Mc Manus qualfied on Saturday for the final of the 100m on Sunday. She finished 7th in the final. Forty mins later she lined up for the final of the 100m hurdles where she took off too fast and was too close to the first hurdle to clear it and bombed out of the race!. One thing Catherine doesnt lack is guts, she got up, dusted herself down and went back to the warm up area to prepare for the 200m half an hour later. She lined up for the 200m probably ranked 4th going in and ran a great race finishing 3rd and bagged her first senior outdoor National medal. Well done Catherine!Niamh Donnelly and Claire Brennan ran in the 1500m. Claire was tired from the gun and found it really tough but Niamh gave the race everything and came very close to her personal best in her final track race of the season. Well done to all three girls. Its been a long season and they will now have a well deserved rest.

A big thank you to the young athletes who helped with the gear baskets. You did a great job!

Could all the children who are working in Santry at the weekend please meet Saturday at 12.45. Please have food before you come out and you will get a lunch pack later on in the day. Sunday crew need to be out there for 11.30. Everyone should wear black or navy bottoms. Dont forget to support Niamh Donnelly, Claire Brennan and Catherine Mc Manus at the weekend.

A huge thank you to all the parents and children and teenagers who came early this morning to work at the Water stations for the half marathon. Thank you for giving up your August Bank holiday Sunday lie in, even though it felt more like October Bank Holiday weekend! Well done to all the’young entertainers’ who really got into the spirit of rock n roll and sent the runners by with a smile on their faces. Hopefully the blisters will heal up soon 😠 Enjoy the next few weeks break. We will be looking for helpers for the baskets at the Nationals next weekend and will be in touch during the week. You are a great bunch. ☺.

The website Her.ie did a nice write up on our senior sprinters Steph and Catherine! You can read it here!

We had some great runs at the Dublin Graded on Wednesday the 29th July. Niamh Donnelly placed 3rd in the 800m with a PB of 2.13.21. In the same race, Claire Brennan placed a close 6th, also with a PB of 2.15.78! Both knocked roughly 3 seconds off their previous times – great running! Aoife Ni Bhrion also put in a strong performance in the A race and finished in a time of 2.27.16. There was also a great battle down the home straight in the Women’s 800 B race – Sinead Cronin placed joint first on the line in a time of 2.25.76 with Aislinn Moorhouse placing a tight 4th in 2.26.28.

On the mens side, Richie Lombard placed an excellent 4th in the Mens A 800m in 2.01.20, despite felling unwell with a flu on the day. In a very tight Mens B2 800m, Ben Quinn ran a time of 2.06.72 to finish strongly in a big field.

To finish off the Graded series, we entered our first DCH Mixed DMR (Distance Medley Relay) into the competition. Leading off we had Ben Quinn who ran the 800m leg, passing into Catherine McManus who made her 400m debut on the second leg. Claire Brennan battled it out over the 1200m leg – being the only woman out of all teams to do so! Richie Lombard brought the team home in 10th place running the 1600m leg. Great running and team spirit shown by the team and supporters!

Well done all!