Celtic DCH

We had athletes involved in four events at Day 1 of the Nationals. First into action was Sarah Curran in the under 17 girls hurdles which was a straight final and Sarah surprised all of us and especially herself by finishing a fine 3rd winning her first medal at National on the track. Next we had Siobhan McGinley in the 3k steeplechase and despite not having done any hurdling this year Siobhan battled through and won her third National steeplechase gold in a row in a new championship best time. Alison Burke was next to race and she qualified well for her 80m final coming 2nd in her heat. In the final she was up against much stronger, bigger girls and finished in sixth place. Sarah Curran competed in the heats of the 100m under 17 and didnt make the final.

Training updates from Sat 14 July

Training updates for next week have been posted on the training update page

We had a mixed weekend at the Nationals in Santry. On Saturday Steffi Creaner had a great run to finish 3rd in the womens 200m but on Sunday Steffi was very unlucky to pull a hamstring in the heat of the 100m. Catherine Mc Manus dearly wanted to compete in the 100m but she too was having hamstring problems and was advised not to risk racing. Hard luck on both girls. Otherwise we had a group of helpers out there for the weekend doing the baskets at the start lines and we had Celine, Sara Byrne. and Sara Dwyer and Ciara Hanley doing a great job at the presentations. Well done and thank you to all.

Trip To Curracloe

We are in the process of organising our annual beach trip. The date will be Sat September 1st leaving the Breffini Inn about 8.30 in the morning and returning on Sunday 2nd September around 6pm. Anyone born in the year 2000 or before will be able to come this year. the cost will be 25 euro. We will have an application form on the website by next weekend.

New Training Updates posted on Training Update page

Club Outing to Donore Family Evening of Athletics

Some photos of athletes in action at the Donore Track. Many thanks to Sean Power for the photos.

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New Training Updates  posted on Training Updates Page for Thursday 28th June onwards

National Junior/ Under 23 in Tullamore
On Sunday Steffi Creaner won the womens 200m in a new personal best time off 24.22. She also finished 2nd in the 100m in a personal best of 12.03secs. Catherine Conroy competed in the 400m but didnt progress to the final.

Donore Harriers Competition -Thursday night
All the smallies are expected to compete in the above competition. Programmes will be handed out at training during the week. This is a great opportunity for some of our new athletes to have a go at racing.