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We got the sad news on Saturday of the death of Elsie Nagle, Dermots mother at the great age of 99. All the older athletes and parents will know the great work that Dermot does for our club athletes and we extend our sympathies to him and his family at this sad time. Her funeral mass will be at 10am on Tuesday morning in Aughrim St Church.

At the National Junior and under 23s at the weekend we had mixed results. Catherine Mc Manus was our medal winner coming 2nd in the hurdles under 23 and 4th in a very competitive 60m sprint final. Pierre Murchan ran well in the junior 1500m and finished 6th in a time of 4.16.17 just four days after winning the West Leinster schools cross country. Alison Armstrong and Cliona Murphy missed their better event the 1500m and ran in the 800m with both of them running close to their best times. At the Welsh Indoor games Steffi Creaner had a very good run to win the 200m and came 5th in the final of the 60m. Well done to all.

Sat 25th Sprints group and older middle distance only Santry 10.30

Sat 25th Hole in the Wall 10.30 anyone else whos free

Sun 26th Jan Hole in the Wall 11am -everyone
Best of luck to all who are competing in National junior and Under 23 in Athlone today.

Tue 28th Jan Navan Rd school Hall 7pm-everyone
Bogies 4pm for Primary schools

Wed 20th Jan Bridgets high jump group 6pm school Hall

Thur 30th Jan Navan Rd school Hall -7pm everyone

At the West Leinster in the Phoenix Park we had 2 fine winners in the boys races with Finn Burke Power and Pierre Murchan both running very impressively, with Finn winning the junior race and Pierre the senior. . Ben Quinn came 9th in his first race after a long lay off with injury in a very solid run in the inter boys race, Christopher Clarke came 15th which was a good result for him. Annraoi finished 35th in the inter race.   We also had Michael Hanley, Danny Byrne Crowley and Evan in action and they all ran well. Well done and best wishes to the qualifers for the Leinsters in 2 weeks time.

A big well done to Alison Armstrong who has been selected to receive the Robyn Sykes award for outstanding performance in 2013 by Athletics Ireland. This award is being made to Alison based on her outstanding performance at the Celtic International in August where she won the steeplechase for under 18 girls. The race had to be run twice on the day as they ran a lap short the first time and a re run was decided on by the track referee. This didnt faze Alison and she won both races.

The awards night will be Sat 8th Feb in the Tullamore Court hotel.

The following athletes are entered for the above event this on Sunday next. Please check updated timetable on athletics Ireland website.

Catherine Mc Manus 60m and 60m hurdles under 23
Cliona Murphy junior 1500m
Alison Armstrong junior 1500m
Pierre Murchan junior 1500m
Sinead Cronin under 23 1500m
Clare Brennan under 23 1500m

If possible organise car pooling. Make sure to bring water as it gets very warm in the arena and it will be very busy this weekend as there is a huge entry. Best of luck everyone.