Celtic DCH

The following athletes are entered for the Leinster Indoor championships in Abbottstown next Sunday and will be the final indoor competition for our senior and Junior athletes. Our older juveniles have their Nationals later on.

Alison Burke JuniorHurdles and 60m
Emily Corcoran Junior high jump
Chloe Corcoran Junior 60m and 200m
Caoimhe Lynam Junior 200
Evan Mc Millan junior 800
Daire Finn junior 800
Emily Murphy and Dora Medgyesy junior 1500m
Aoife Corr and Aoife Ni Bhroin, Susan Mc Manus senior 800
Niamh Donnelly, Alison Armstrong, Clare Brennan, Cliona Murphy Senior 1500m
The timetable will be on the Athletics Leinster website and please check for updates or changes. Best of luck everyone.

On Saturday Daire Finn got his first taste of senior racing in his heat of the 800m. After a lot of chopping and bumping he did very well to stay at the races and ran a time just outside his personal best and just missed out on a place in the final. Emily Corcoran hit 1m60cm again but felt her run up was off in the high jump. Catherine McManus qualified for the 200m final. On Sunday Catherine ran in the final of the sprint hurdles and came 2nd. Later on she finished 4th in the 200m. In the 1500m Clare Brennan, Niamh Donnelly and Alison Armstrong all ran personal bests indoors and Alisons time was a personal best overall. Muireann McGinley did her first senior pole vault and jumped well.
A big thank you to the children who did the baskets for the weekend. You did a great job.

We will need to get to Abbottstown as soon as possible after 12 noon tomorrow. Short training session at 10.30 for the basket crew.

Sat 18th Feb meeting at main road of the Phoenix Park , operation Transformation helpers. Anyone whos up and free please make yourself available. Finished by 10.15 in time for training at 10.30.

Sat 18th Feb Training at Hole in the Wall 10.30-everyone

Sun 19th Feb No formal training today. National seniors in Abbottstown . Please support our older athletes on Sat and Sunday at the Nationals. Best of luck to Catherine, Aoife, Alison, Daire, Clare, Niamh, Muireann and Emily. Timetables on earlier post or on AAI website.

Tue 21st Feb Training in Abbottstown at 10am, Be there for 9.45. Bring 2 euro plus drinking water. We will be there for an hour. Dermots group check

Thur 23rd Feb Hole in the Wall 10.30 -everyone

Last weekend some of our older athletes were in action in Athlone at the National InterVarsity championships. Catherine Mc Manus had a busy day in her last indoor competition for DCU. She started off with a win in the 400m heat with a big PB of 55.57 followed by a win in her heat and final of the 60m hurdles. Later on she ran the fastest time in the final of the 400m to get top points for DCU. Clare Brennan was also racing for the last time for DCU in the 1500m and she ran very well with Cliona Murphy also competing strongly for Trinity college in the same race. Well done girls!

You can re-watch the full event on Youtube here

Thur 16 th Feb gym group 7 pm Everyone else John bosco hall 7 pm. Please note foyer of hall only. No access to main hall as there is a play on at 8 pm.