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Sun 23rd Dec Hole in the wall 11am -everyone

Wed 26th Dec Hole in the Wall 11.30 Walk the dogs, children and visitors in the Park, Feed the ducks and picnic after. Bring goodies! and Duck food. Should be done and dusted by 1.30

Younger athletes (under 14) will be on a break this week and will resume training on Thur 3rd Jan at 10.30 at the Hole in the Wall.

Thur 27th Dec Dermots group, all cross country gang and Brians group go to Hole in the Wall at 10.30.

Sat 29th Dec All Dermots group and Brians group to Santry for 10.30 sharp.

Sun 30th Dec Dermots group to Hole in the Wall 10.30.
Older cross country gang to Hole in the Wall 11am
Brians group to Hole in the Wall 11am sharp
Tue 1st Jan Road race in the Park, Some of Dermots group racing.
Brians group check site later
Thur 3rd Jan Hole in the wall 10.30 everyone Back today.

Have a great Christmas everyone!

If anyone missed the superb performance of Fionnula Britton and the Irish womens team in the recent European Cross Country championships you should go to the RTE PLAYER where the complete race is shown. You can fast forward through all the chat before the race. Truly inspirational for any ambitious young athlete!

Sat 15th Dec Brians group, Dermots Group to Santry at usual times.
Older cross country group to Santry for 10.30. No hole in the Wall training this Saturday.

Sun 16th Dec Hole in the Wall 11am -everyone

Tue 18th Dec Dermots and Brians gang to Dominics at 7pm
Everyone else to Hut at the back of the church 7pm

Wed 19th Dec High jump for older group only in Hall at 6pm

Thur 20th Dec Brians Gang to Dominics at 7pm
Everyone else to School Hall at 7pm

Sat 22nd Dec as last Saturday.

Sun 23rd Dec Hole in the wall 11am -everyone

Wed 26th Dec Annual walk to feed the ducks with picnic after at the Hole in the wall. Meet at Hole in the Wall carpark at 11.30. Bring wellies, dogs, Goodies and Food for the ducks.

All the gang under 15 and younger are off training from today for our Christmas break. Everyone meets at Hole in the Wall on Thursday the 3rd of January at 11am.

The results are finally up for the races in Wexford last weekend. Cliona Carthy was 13th, Cliona Murphy 16th and Alison Armstrong 33rd in the under 17 race. The two Clionas made the gold medal winning team for Dublin in the inter county and inter provincial events and Alison made the inter pro team. Confirmation of the under 19 race and our girls are 2nd. Its worth noting that Clare Brennan and Olwyn Kennedy were on our under 13 girls team which won the National inter club six years ago and Heather came on board the year after. Five of that six are still active in the club which is a great tribute to all of them despite many trials and tribulations along the way! Well done girls, we are all very proud of you.

We had two teams in action at Day 2 of the Nationals in Wexford today. As there was a problem with the chip result system we dont have definite results yet but we are fairly sure that our gallant under 19 girls got 2nd team. They were led in by Claire Brennan in 10th place, a brilliant run for Claire who has battled breathing problems for the last 3 to 4 years but has never given up the faith! Well done Claire. Olwyn Kennedy had probably her best run ever finishing 14th with Heather just behind. Eva Redmond found the going tough but battled right to the end.

In the under 17 event Cliona Carthy had a great run finishing 13th with Cliona Murphy running her usual strong race finishing 17th. Alison Armstrong drifted back on the last lap and Caoimhe Jamesion found the going very tough but managed to finish. The two Clionas should get on the Dublin scoring teams.

Aoife Corr finished 43rd in the under 15 race.

The course in Adamstown was old style cross country in a farmers field with a little bit of cows manure sprinkled about but a very good course for cross country.

Sat 8th Dec Brians group to Santry 11am sharp
Dermots group to Santry check time
Anyone who cant make Santry go to Hole in the Wall 10.30

Sun 9th Dec Uneven age champs in Wexford. under 17/19 girls and Aoife Corr. Meet at Breffini at 8.30
Everyone else go to Hole in the Wall at 11. As most children dont do even the minimum exercise reccommended by Health experts it is important not to miss training in December. If you miss a lot of days in December, January will be a very tough month!
Dermots group check.
Tue 11th Dec Brian and Dermots group to St Dominics
Everyone else to Hut at the back of the church at 7

Wed 12th Dec High jump in the Hall at 6pm for Big kids only, under 15 and older.

Thur 12th Dec Brians group to St Dominics at 7pm
Everyone else to Boscos at 7pm

St Declans and St Dominics teams in Dunboyne
We had a Group of athletes in action at the Dunboyne Colleges races on Wednesday last. In the minor girls race Alison Burke finished 4th and led her team from St Dominics to 3rd place. Zoe Couch, Abbey Corr and Ciara Hanley made up the team. Finn Burke Power finished 2nd in the Boys race and with Luke Hanley helped the Declans lads to 2nd team.
Cliona Murphy ran very well to win the inter girls race and led her team of Aoife Corr, Ellen Byrne and Maia Ryan to first place. Well done everyone.