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First off today were the under 9 girls and our little girls did us all proud by taking 3rd team. Great running by Keelin Gogarty in 2nd place, followed closely by Alex, Clare, Julieanne and Aimee. our under 11 girls were next off and our team finished in 2nd place with Clare Murphy leading the way, followed by fine runs form Anna, Ada, Alice, Sophie, Gillian and Laura May. Caoimhe was doing very well but had to drop out due to a stitch. Better luck next time Caoimhe. In the boys under 11 Jaeden and Conor were very impressive, tom and Finn found the going tough.

In the girls under 13 and Boys under 13 we had some athletes who didn’t turn up for the races and our teams were a little thin as a result. Alison had a great run in the girls race with Katie, Emily and Dora all having fine runs as well but weren’t strong enough to qualify for the Nationals. Billy had a great run in the under 13 boys race but the team was missing vital people and despite the best efforts of Evan, Ben and Oliver the failed to qualify for Nationals. in the under 15 boys race all the lads acquitted themselves well but as most were running up an age group getting through to National was never going to be easy. in the girls under 15 race Aoife Corr had a great race to finish 9th, Ellen wasnt well over the last 2 weeks and found the going tough and Ciara did very well to finish a very tough course.
The girls under 17 finished 2nd team with Cliona Carthy, Alison Armstrong, Cliona Murphy, Caoimhe and Maia all running well.

For the second week in a row Pierre Murchan was our outstanding athlete when he powered his way to win the under 17 championship beating the under 18 champion on the way! This was a fine performance and should give Pierre confidence as he tackles the National under 16 race in 2 weeks time. In the girls under 19 race Heather and Eva finished in the top 12. Unfortunately Olwyn hurt her leg and had to drop out.

Well done to all who came out to represent the club over the two weekends, thank you to the parents who brought you all and who helped out as well. It’s disappointing for the teams who didn’t make the Nationals due to the non-appearance of some athletes, especially if they had turned up qualification would have been certainly possible. We train the athletes, mind them on the dark nights etc and the least we expect is that they represent the club and support their fellow athletes by competing in the championships.

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Sat 10th Nov Brians Group go to Hole in the Wall 10.30

All the cross country gang are off to Marley Park for the Dublins Day 2!

Sun 11th Nov Brians group to Hole in the Wall 11am- No smallie training today
Sun11th Nov Helpers needed for 5k Rememberance run on the Park. Meet at hole in the Wall 10am and shoul be finished by 12noon.

Tue 13th Brians group to Dominics for 7pm
Dermots group check
Everyone else to St John Boscos for 7pm

Thur 15th Nov As Tuesday

The list of athletes and the details for the Dublin Uneven age groups are here

 

This Thursday Lidl will have rain proof bottoms for kids on sale for 7.99 a pair. Well worth getting for cross country season and can be useful on a cold or wet track day as well. They also have rain jackets. Check it out.

New: Results of  Dublin ‘Even Age’ Cross Country here; Map of  Marley course next week can be found here

Lots of rain and muck greeted us in Santry for day 1 of the Dublin Cross-country championships. Luckily we were all well wrapped up and many took the advice and wore the wellies. First off were the under 10 girls and Clare Murphy had a great race finishing 4th and led her team of Keelin,Gillian , Alex and Clare to 2nd team and silver medals. Keelan, Alex and Clare were runn ing up an age group! In the under 10 boys Jordan finished 4th and also led his team of Liam,Tom, Conor, and Gowsie to 2nd place. In the under 12 girls race over 2000m Ella Mae ran a brave race finishing a fine 4th, with Emily Murphy having her best race ever not far behind, Dora and a very impressive Anna (running up an age group) leading the under 12 girls to team silver, fine runs too from Sophie, Ada, Sara, Emily Corcoran in her first race back after injury, This was a very tough race for little girls but we have a fine bunch of hardy girls who gave their all on the day. Well done! Billy led the under 12 boys and looked like he had the winning of the race but was pipped at the line and finished a very close 2nd in the under 12 boys. Getting a silver medal in the Dublin championships is a great achievement and Billy should be very proud of his performance. The other under 12 boys Oliver, Ben Thomas, Jordon and Finn found the going tough and finished outside the medals.

In the under 14 boys race the team finished 3rd.9 The under 16 girls team finished 3rd with Alison leading the girls in a fine 4th, Aoife Corr had a great race up an age group with Caoimhe and a much improved Maia making up the team. Pierre had the stand out win of the day in the Boys under 16 race winning by over 100m in a fine display of cross country running. Pierre led his team of Eoin, Ben and a special well done to Michael to 2nd team and a place in the Nationals.

In the women’s Junior race Clare Brennan, Heather , Cliona and Olwyn came 2nd team behind DSD. It was great to see Clare and Heather back in action after a long lay off and hopefully this team will work off this performance in future races.

Next Sat we are all off to Marley Park for day 2 of the championships. details later

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We need everyone out this Sunday to represent the Club at the Dublin Championships in Santry. This is the qualifers for National and we need all hands on deck. Best of luck to everyone!