Category: Uncategorized

All Ireland Schools Cross Country, Galway

Club Athletes Compete for their Schools

Best of luck to all the girls taking part in the All Ireland schools this weekend in Galway. In the junior girls race we have Alison Armstrong, Aoife Corr and Ellen Byrne in action. In the senior girls race Heather Lougheed, Eva Redmond, Cliona Murphy, Olwyn Kennedy and Catherine Conroy are running. This will be the last schools cross country race for Olywn and Heather. Enjoy it girls!

Also, best of luck to Sinead, Susan, Grace and Ashling who will be competing in the Inter-varsities Cross Country on Saturday for their respective Colleges.

There will be no training at the Hole in the Wall on Saturday. For the Santry Group training will be as usual, with warm up at 10.30 sharp.
Eric, Alison, Ciara, Finn are to go to Santry on Saturday. Danny, Eoin, Liam, Clare, Cliona Carthy, Pierre  all go to Santry. Dermot will have details of what you have to do.

General training for everyone 11am at the Hole in the Wall on Sunday. We may have training for a small group on Monday night in santry at 7. Individual texts will be sent on Saturday evening if this is on.

Club Athletes who have qualified for National Indoor Championships

Well done to all club athletes who have qualified for the National Indoor Championships in Nenagh on the 24th/25th March and the 31st/1st April. The following are the qualifying athletes. Please note when your competition is scheduled.

Under 19

Catherine Conroy  800m, Sat. 31st Mar, check in closes at 11am

Olwyn Kennedy 1500m, Sat. 24th March, check in closes at 1.30pm

Relay team 4 x 200m, Sun. 1st April check in at 9.30

Under 18

Danny Byrne Crowley  800m, Sat 31st March, check in closes at 11am

Under 17

Aisling Moore 60m, Sat 24th Mar., check in closes at 9.30am; 200m, Sat. 31st March check in closes 9.30am

Sarah Curran, high jump,  Sat 31st March, starts at 10.30

Alex Ceteras high jump, Sat 31st March, starts at 10.30am

Cliona Murphy 1500m, Sat 24th March, check in closes at 1.30pm

Cliona Carthy 800m, Sat 31st March, check in closes at 11am;  1500m  Sat 24th March, check in closes at 1.30pm.

Under 16

Alison Armstrong high jump, Sat 24th March, be there 12 noon; 1500m Sat 24th March, check in closes 1.30pm

Pierre Murchan 1500m, Sat 24th March, check in closes 1.30pm.

Hazel English high jump,  Sat 24th March 1pm.

 Under 14

Grainne Fitzgerald shot, Sun 25th Mar, 10.30am

Under 13

Alison Burke 60m, Sat 24th March, check in closes 9.30am

Under 12

Emily Corcoran High jump, be there 12 noon.

There is no specific time given for the high jumps except the under 17 girls and boys. The under 12 and 16  events will start when the hurdles and sprints are finished, so its best to be there at  12 noon to keep an eye on how the time is going. There will be further updates if necessary closer to the dates.  Best of luck to all

Dublin Indoors

Next Sunday the Dublin Indoor sprints and hurdles will be held in Tallaght starting at y11am. The weather is to be nasty so be warned!  Athletes taking part will be advised of the approx time of their event on Saturday

The following have been entered for the 60m  flat.

Ellen  Ahearne, Aislinn Moore, Eric Duffy, Ciara Hanly, Finn Burke Power (hurdles as well as sprint), Alison Burke, Liam Burke

All the above should be in Santry at 10.30 sharp on Saturday for final block session before the races.

Parkside Cross Country

We had a big gang in action today (Wednesday) at the Parkside primary schools cross-country races in the Bogies  and some very impressive runs from our athletes. In the under 10 race Clare Murphy was a very fine winner in the girls race and sister Gillian was an impressve 3rd. In the boys under 10 Liam Burke finished very well in 2nd place.  In the girls race under 11 Anna Petit ran a great race finishing 3rd.  Girls under 12 were next off and Ella Mae Cromie won in great style from Emily Corcoran with Gaby Couch 3rd. Alison Burke ran away with the girls under 12 race, with cousin Zoe Couch finishing a fine 2nd in the under 13 girls race. Last race of the day saw a great run from Jamie Kennedy fighting off a St Bridgets lad to win the boys under 13 race. A great turnout from club members and parents and a job well done by all. Some Photos Here