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Just a quick note to let members know some results from the Curragh today. In the under 15 girls race Alison Armstrong ran a great race to finish in 15th position. Aoife Corr and Ellen Byrne ran great races to finish 28th and 30th and all 3 girls made the scoring team for Dublin in the Inter County and Inter Provincial team races. In the under 15 boys race Pierre was straight in to the leading bunch from early on and going into the big lap about half way was among the top three who had pulled away from the rest of the field. Club members and supporters were running wildly to every corner of the course to cheer Pierre on. These 3 fought a huge battle over the big lap and with 600m to go were locked together with any one of the three looking capable of winning. With 200m to go the Sligo athlete McBride and Gibbons from Letterkenny(last years winner) pulled away and Pierre finished a fantastic 3rd in a tough and exciting race .   Pierre also led the Dublin team to gold medals in the Inter County team race. In the girls under 17yrs, Cliona Carthy ran a fine race to finish 22nd and was a scoring member on the gold medal winning Dublin team in the Inter County and Inter Provincial event. In the girls under 19 race Heather Lougheed glided through the field to finish a brilliant 5th in her best ever cross-country result at Nationals. Olwyn kennedy finished a very fine 23rd in her best ever result by a huge margin in a National Cross-Country. Sinead Cronin ran in the women’s novice race and at time of printing we have not seen the results. See also ‘Recent Photos’

Competition

Our last Competition for 2011 will be on Sunday next in the Curragh with the Uneven age groups All –Irelands  and the National Novice Championships.

Anyone travelling to the Curragh is to meet at the Breffini Inn Carpark at 9.45 and we will set off as soon after as possible.

Training 

This week most of the schools are closed on Thursday 8th and Friday 9th of December.  We will have training on Thursday morning at 11a.m- meeting at the Hole in the Wall.  The St Dominics Hall group will have training at 11a.m  as well in the Hall. There will be NO evening  training for smallies on Thursday. The 3^rd level group will organise amongst themselves for training on Thursday evening.

Thur 8^th Dec:- 11am Hole in the Wall;  Dermot and Brians group- St Dominics at 11

 Sat 10^th Dec:- Hole in the Wall group to Santry to start at 10.30 sharp.

Sun 11^th Dec:- Curragh All-Irelands, see note above.

Sun 11^th Dec:- Hole in the Wall at 11 for everyone else.

Tue. 13th and Thur. 15th Dec:- As usual 7pm at the Hut at the back of the Church and in Dominic’s Hall.

Sat 17^th Dec:- Hole in the Wall gang plus  all Dermot and Brians group out to Santry for 10.30 sharp, hammer workshop for beginners in Santry at 11.30.

Sun 18^th Dec:- Hole in the Wall, everyone, 11am.

Tue. 20th and Thurs. 22nd Dec.:-As usual 7pm at the hut at the back of the church and Dominic’s Hall

New- Sat 24^th Dec:- Senior Sprinters meet at Hole in the Wall at 10.30 to go to ‘sprint hills’ at the usual location.

Sunday 25^th Dec:- Usual Christmas Day trot meet at the Hole in the Wall at 9.30 a.m

Mon 26^th Dec:– Usual St Stephens Day walk with the Dogs, feed the ducks  and picnic after at the Hole in the Wall. Meet at 11.30am

 Week off !! hurrah. All Meet again Tuesday 3^rd January at 11am at the Hole in the Wall.

 For club updates and information check website http://www.celticdch.com

Check startfitness.com for spikes/runners and tights. Very good prices.

Now is the time to get spikes for the new track season so watch the sales in Elverys, Arnotts, Lifestyle ETC.  

Registration forms for 2012 are now updated on the website.

 Have a lovely Christmas and a great new Year. 

Day  2 of the Dublin Cross Country Championships were held in Marley Park  last Sunday. First off was little Keelan Gogarty in the girls under 9. Keelan is only seven but she ran a great race and finished in 7^th place. In  the Boys under 9 we had Liam Burke who also ran a great race to finish 4^th. We will have to find teams for these little people next year so start chatting up your little friends and bring them along.

The girls under 11 were next off and were led in by Emily Corcoran in a fine 10^th place, ( not too bad for a girl who didn’t run all last week because of a heavy cold and was up till 2.30 the night before dancing her legs off at a family wedding). Beat that!  Emily led her team of Dora, Hannah Butler Lynch, Laura May, Alice, and Hannah  Foley Browne to a well deserved  3^rd place in the team event.  These little girls showed no fear on Sunday, they just got out there and got on with it. 1500m of tough hills wasn’t going to put them off.  All the girls ran their hearts out and have showed great improvement over the last few races.  Thomas and Oliver found the going tough in the boys race and hopefully by next year we will have a team put together for them.

The boys under 13 were off next and after disappointing runs last weekend the lads were out to do themselves justice. Jamie, Luke and Conall got stuck in early on and ran very well to all finish in the top 12 with Sean Harper running his best race so far, close behind. The lads got a well deserved 3^rd team with the two Oscars and Evan making up the team.

The girls under 15 were led in by Alison in 5^th place with a much improved run by Ellen and Aoife, close behind. Maia found the going tough but did enough to help the girls secure bronze medals and a place in the Nationals.

Our star of the day was Pierre in the under 15 boys race. Right from the off Pierre was at the business end of the race, never out of the leading pack. With about a mile to go he hit the front and with supreme confidence pulled away to win by a huge margin to massive applause at the finish. Great credit is due to this unassuming young man for the manner he has come through over the last 18 months. For a long time he was at the back of every race. But consistent training with the club and keeping up his team sports as well have turned him into the fine athlete he is today. He is a real smart racer who is a pleasure to watch.  A big thank you to Ian, Fiona, Susie, Sean and Rory for the help they have given this young lad.   Pierre also made club history on Sunday in that he the first boy from the club to win a Dublin Cross-Country title.

The girls under 17 were next off and after her fine run in the under 16s the previous week Cliona Carthy found the under 17 a tough outing. In the under 19 Siobhan had one of her better runs with Catherine and a VERY brave Bridget running to qualify the team for the Nationals in the Curragh.

Bronze team medals were won the previous week by our under 16 girls team with a fine run by Cliona Carthy, Alison Armstrong, Cliona Murphy(on her club debut) and Maia Ryan.  Silver medal winners were our under 18 girls team of Siobhan McGinley, Clare Brennan, Heather Lougheed, Olwyn Kennedy and Catherine Conroy.

Well done to everyone who turned out to support the young athletes on Sunday. Four sets of bronze team medals wasn’t a bad day at the office. Cross country is very tough but an hour in the playground after the races seems to do wonders for tired little legs.

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