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2005
News
December 23 –County Teams for
The
Louise Cavanagh of UCC who had an impressive
victory at the
county senior cross country championships leads the senior women’s team
which
also has included world master 10,000m champion Carmel Parnell of
Leevale and
Ballycotton 10 winner Claire Gibbons of Leevale.
The county junior, national under 18 cross country
champion
and European Youth Olympics medallist Ciaran O’Lionaird of Leevale
leads the
county junior team while the County Junior Champion Lorna Comyn of
Belgooly
leads the junior women’s team.
Also on in conjunction with the Munster senior and
junior
cross country championships will be the Munster juvenile cross country
relays
which start at 12.00pm on January 15th.
Anybody
named who is unable to travel is asked to contact County Team Manager
Joe
O’Flynn on 087 6483532.
Senior Women: Louise Cavanagh, Zara Murphy
(UCC),
Senior Men: Mark Hanrahan, Thomas
Maunsell, Ian
O’Donovan (Leevale), Sean McGrath, Eric Meade, Frank Hayes (East Cork),
Michael
Herlihy (North Cork), David Doherty, Kieran Hurley (Togher), Brian
McMahon
(Carraig na bhFear), Alan O’Shea (Bantry, Trevor Woods (St Finbarrs),
Wieslaw
Sosonowski (Eagle).
Junior Women: Joyce Curtin, Eadaoin
)’Neill
(Glenbower), Lorna Comyn (Belgooly), Michelle Finn, Michelle Twohig,
Carol
Finn, Miriam Cashman (Duhallow), Triona O’Neill (Ballincollig), Sally
McCarthy
(Grange Fermoy), Mary O’Brien (Youghal), Frances O’Shea (North Cork),
Lynda
O’Donovan (Bandon).
Junior Men: Ciaran O’Lionaird,
John Collins, Ross Kelly, Chris Horgan (Leevale), Kevin O’Brien, Joe
Fitzgerald, Nicky O’Donoghue, Mark Fitzgerald, Eanna Cantwell
(Glenbower), Joe
Warne (Dohenys), Shane Coffey, Peter Fennell, K. Hassett, Craig Murphy,
Eric
Murphy (Togher).
December 18 – Christmas Events
This weekend might
have been a quiet one for athletics but there will
be plenty of action over the Christmas period.
The annual Goal Mile in the CIT Track will take place in the CIT
Track
in Bishopstown, Cork on Christmas morning.
On St Stephen’s day the Belgooly Dick Copithorne Memorial 4 mile
road
race will take place starting at 12noon in Belgooly.
On December 31st Cork athletes will be travelling to
Nenagh, Co. Tipperary for the Munster Masters Indoor championships and
Juvenile
Combined Events. On New Years Day the
Bandon Donough Coughlan Memorial 5 mile road race will take place,
further
details are available on www.bandonathleticclub.com. Also on New Years day will be a junior cross
country competition in Midleton CBS grounds starting at 1.30pm. Competing at this event will be athletes on
a visit from high schools from the U.S. State of Washington. There will be individual and team prizes at
the event. On the following Sunday
(January 8th) the Mallow 10 mile Road Race incorporating the County 10
mile
championships will be held. The East
Cork Cross Country Championships will be on January 8th as
well with
trials for county juvenile cross country relays taking place afterwards
at
12.00pm in Carrignavar. The Munster
Senior & Junior indoor championships are also on this Sunday
starting at
11.00am in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.
Further details are available on www.corkathletics.org.
December 13 – Forum on Athletics
in
A forum on
athletics in Cork will be held on
Saturday December 17th from 10.30-12.30 in the SMA Hall in
Wilton. The forum is open to anybody
interested in athletics – coaches, athletes, parents.
The aim of the forum will be to improve athletics in Cork. Any motions or nominations for the County,
Munster or National AGMs arising from this meeting must be with the
County
board ([email protected])
by December 31st.
December 13 – Athletics Ireland
Novice
Cross Country Championships
The Athletics
Ireland novice Cross Country championships were held on
Sunday in Athlone IT. There were good
performances by many Cork athletes there.
Sean McGrath of East Cork had a good run finishing 7th
leading the county team to bronze. Also
running well in this race was John Shine of Leevale who finished an
impressive
21st. (other scorers for the
Cork team – James McCarthy East Cork 25th, Ian O’Leary St Finbarrs
33rd, Frank
Hayes East Cork 56th, East Cork 7th Club).
Maire Heffernan of Liscarroll fared well in the womens race
finishing 17th. (Martina
Carver Eagle 39th)
Well done to Aoife
Cooke of Youghal A.C. who finished 61st
at the European Junior Cross Country Championships in Tilburg in the
Netherlands. Her good performance helped
the Irish junior
team finish secure a very impressive 4th position. Well done to all the Irish competitors at
the event.
Ciaran O’Lionaird
of Leevale was a very comfortable winner of the under
18 boys race in the juvenile even age cross country, a n injection of
pace in
the second lap saw him open a gap on the others in the race and this
gap simply
grew as the race went on. Lorna Comyn
of Belgooly was 4th in the under 18 girls race with the County taking
silver. Full results see www.athleticsireland.ie. Well done to the Cork under 12 girls who
took gold with Riverstick Kinsale taking bronze in the club competition. Cork took silver in the under 14 girls race
with Riverstick Kinsale claiming another club bronze.
Both the Cork Under 12 and Under 14 boys teams won bronze in
their races
.
The next cross
country event
will be the Munster Senior & Junior Cross Country in Beauford, Co.
Kerry in
January.
December 10 – Athletics Ireland
Novice
Cross Country Championships
The athletics
Ireland novice Cross Country championships take place
this Sunday in Athlone Institute of Technology. Strong
county teams have been named and after the recent success
of County teams at the Munster and Inter County Cross Country
Championships it
is hoped that the county will do well again.
Anybody named who is unable to travel is asked to contact County
Team
Manager Joe O’Flynn on 087
6483532.
Men – Tony Kelleher
(Eagle), Thomas Maunsell, John Shine, Ian Donovan, Mark Hanrahan
(Leevale),
James McCarthy, Frank Hayes, Sean McGrath, Fergus Meade (East Cork),
Jamie
McCarthy (Riverstick Kinsale), Michael Herlihy (North Cork). Ian
O’Leary (St
Finbarrs) Subs: Tony O’Mahony (East Cork), Arijav Cragia,
Simon Doherty
(Togher)
Women – Maire
Heffernan (Liscarroll), Sharon McGarry, Catherine O’Rourke, Ann
Donnelly (St
Finbarrs), Jennifer Goggin (Leevale), A Cashman, Emma Legrand, Martina
Carver
(Eagle). Subs: Elaine Keaty (St
Finbarrs), Angie Amoeba, P. O’Brien (St Finbarrs).
Best of Luck to Aoife Cooke of
Youghal AC
who competes with the Irish junior womens Team at the European Junior
Cross
Country Championships in Tilburg in Holland on Sunday.
December 10 – County Board AGM
The County AGM will be held in Blarney on Saturday
January
21st. Motions and
Nominations must be sent in by December 31st to [email protected]
or by post to Padraig Kelly, Crioch, Ballyburdenmore, Ballincollig, Co.
Cork. Motions and Nominations will not
be accepted over the phone! Clubs are
asked to give careful consideration to motions they are submitting.
Clubs are
requested to notify individuals they are nominating for the various
positions. Nominations are invited for the
following positions: Chairman, Vice Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary,
PRO,
Competition Secretary, Registrar, Team Manager, Recorder, Starters,
Delegates
to Munster Council, Representative on Munster Masters Committee,
Representative
on Munster Juvenile Committee, Juvenile Committee – Chairman,
Vice
Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary, Competition Secretary, PRO. Notice of the AGM will be sent out to clubs
along with venue details in early January.
December 10 – International
Awards Night
The County International Awards
Night will take place on Friday January 27th.
Venue to be announced. The names of athletes
for the international awards night should be forwarded to [email protected] . It would be appreciated if a digital
photograph and a list of achievements could be forwarded along with the
athletes name.
December 4 – Munster Juvenile B
&
Masters Cross Country Championships
The Munster masters
Cross Country championships were held in Mungret
College in Limerick today. The course
and weather were fine but unfortunately heavy ran during the last few
days
resulted in very poor underfoot conditions.
Donnacha O’Mahoney of East Cork had a very easy win in the
masters race
finishing well ahead of second placed athlete Cathal O’Connell of St
Finbarrs. There were also impressive
performances by other athletes with Eamonn McEvoy of he Barrs winning
the over
50 race, Willie Neenan of Millstreet took gold in the over 70 category.
Carmel Parnell of
Leevale had a very impressive run to finish second
overall winning the over 50 category.
Margo Dinan of St Finbarrs won the over 35 category ahead of
Carmel
Crowley of Bandon. The over 45 category
was won by Anne Donnelly of the Barrs with her team-mate Joan Hough
second. Kathleen O’Brien of East Cork
won the over 60 category. Cork won the
over 50 Category.
Well done to St
Finbarrs who medalled in both the men’s ane women’s
competitions.
December 3 – AAI EGM
The AAI held an EGM
today in the Heritage Hotel in Portlaoise. The
EGM had been called to change the AAI
constitution. Cork had 24 delegates at
the egm, the biggest delegation of any county.
A number of amendments to the constitution were passed. The Egm went well, most of the proposals by
Cork were accepted while a few were not accepted. While
a lot of work was done getting the organisation to this
stage, it is in a sense the easy part.
Over the next few months ambitious plans relating to membership,
coaching
etc. will be unveiled. The
implementation of these plans will
require a huge amount of effort. With
fewer volunteers prepared to step forward to take officer positions at
either
county, provincial or national level; most positions are being filled
uncontested
or are not being filled. For these
plans of the association to be realised the next generation of officers
will
have to start appearing. Anybody who
wishes to take up a position at either county, provincial or national
level
should inform their club and county board as soon as possible as AGMS
will be
taking place in the next few months.
December 2 – Pictures From
County Senior
X-Country.
http://spaces.msn.com/members/corkaai/
November 30 – Successful
Athletics
Seminar held in the Blarney Park Hotel.
A well
attended athletics seminar was held this evening in the Blarney
Park Hotel. Speaking at the seminar
were Brother John Dooley and Dr John O’Riordan. Brother
Dooley gave a very simple and well received talk on
middle distance running. Dr John
O’Riordan spoke about sports medicine and generated a lot of interest
taking
questions from the audience for over half an hour.
It is hoped to organise another seminar on nutrition in the new
year. Feed back on this seminar to [email protected]
would be
appreciated. Funds raised by the mini
marathon were used to cover the cost of the seminar.
November 28 – Cooke on Irish
Junior Cross
Country Team.
Aoife
Cooke of Youghal athletic club who is having a fantastic season in
the states (see below) and recently took bronze in the Junior Inter
Counties
Cross Country in Sligo has been named on the Irish junior team for the
European
Cross Country Championships in Tillbourg in the Netherlands on December
11th. This is a fantastic achievement
for Aoife and everybody in Cork wishes her and the Irish teams the best
of luck
in the Netherlands!
November 27 – Silver for County
Teams at
All Ireland Inter Counties
The
All Ireland Inter County Cross Country Championships were held in in
Sligo Race Course today. A very tough
course certainly put it up to athletes.
There was good news for Cork athletes with Aoife Cooke of
Youghal
finishing a brilliant third leading the County Junior Women to silver. Ciaran O’Lionaird finished 7th in
the junior mens race leading the county team to silver here. The senior men were led home by Jamie
McCarthy in 13th to silver.
The senior womens were unlucky finishing 4th. Well done to all who took part.
November 27 – AAI EGM
The AAI will hold
an EGM on Saturday next in the Heritage Hotel in
Portlaoise. The EGM has been called to
change the AAI constitution. A copy of
the proposed changes was sent to clubs in October and in response to
this the
county board made a number of submissions which are available at the
following
link - Submissions
by Cork County re: Proposed Amendments to AAI constitution. The
proposed
changes and the county board submissions should be read in consultation
with
the AAI constitution. Careful
consideration must be given to the proposals.
A bus carrying the county board delegates will be departing
Patrick’s Quay
in Cork City @ 7am on Saturday stopping in Mitchelstown @ 7.45am.
November 27 – Athletics Seminar
An athletics
seminar will take place on Wednesday in the Blarney Park
hotel on Wednesday at 7.30pm in the Ingle Nook behind the Hotel. Speaking at this seminar will be Dr John
O’Riordan, a specialist in athletics injuries and Br. John Dooley, one
of the
top middle distance coaches in the country. Admission is Free and funds
raised
by the mini-marathon are covering the costs.
The seminar is aimed at senior and junior athletes, coaches and
parents.
November 27 – County Teams for
Munster
Masters Cross Country Championships
The Munster Masters
and Juvenile B Cross Country Championships will
take place on Sunday in Mungret College, Limerick.
Strong Over 40 men’s and over 45 women’s team have been
named. Best of Luck to all competing.
County Teams
for Munster Masters X-Country, December 4th, Limerick.
Men over 40 –
Donnacha O’Mahony, Denis McCarthy (East Cork), Cathal O’Connell, Eamonn
Carroll,
Christy Walsh, Michael Murphy, Paul Dinan (St Finbarrs), Noel Curtin
(Youghal),
John Hallahan (Leevale), John Roche, Pat Murphy, Tony Smyth (Eagle),
Joe
O’Sullivan (Bandon), Declan Coakley, Patrick O’Brien (Skibbereen).
Men over 50 – Eamonn
McEvoy, Michael Dunne, Dan Kennedy (St Finbarrs), Tommy Murphy
(Skibbereen),
Frank Cashman (East Cork), Joe Murphy, John Quigley (Eagle), John
O’Riordan,
Jimmy Murray (Rising Sun).
Women over 35 –
Margo Dinan, Angela McEvoy, Angie Amoeba, Elaine Keaty, Catherine
O’Rourke,
Mary Murphy (St Finbarrs), Maria Hurley (Bantry), Emma Legrand, Mary
Cotter
(Eagle), Grainne Caulfield, Carmel Crowley (Bandon), Benedicte Coleman
(Beara).
Women over 45 – Mary
Sweeney, Joan Hough, Marioan Lyons, Ann Donnelly, B Gallagher (St
Finbarrs),
Maura McCarthy (Bantry), Carmel Parnell (Leevale).
Anybody unable to take part is asked to
notify the
County Team Manager – Joe O’Flynn on 087 6483532.
November 20 – County Teams for
All
Ireland Inter Counties
The
County teams for the All Ireland Inter County Cross Country
Championships in Sligo Race Course on Sunday next.
Mark Hanrahan of Leevale leads the mens team and could be in
with
a shout of making the Irish senior men’s team for the European cross
country
championships in December. Also on the
team is Muntser intermediate Cross Country Champion Jamie McCarthy of
Riverstick Kinsale and Munster indoor 3000m champion Sean McGrath of
East
Cork. The womens team is led by county
champion Louise Cavanagh of UCC. Also
on the team is Ballycotton 10 winner Claire Gibbons of Leevale and
World
Masters 10000m champion Carmel Parnell of Leevale.
Ciaran O’Lionaird of Leevale who has been in scintillating form
this season leads the men’s team.
County champion Lorna Comyn of Belgooly leads the women’s team. She will be joined by Aoife Cooke of Youghal
who is having a fantastic season in the states. Senior Men: Mark
Hanrahan, Ian O’Donovan (Leevale), Jamie McCarthy (Riverstick Kinsale),
Sean
McGrath, Eric Meade (East Cork), Michael Herlihy (North Cork), David
Doherty,
Kieran Hurley (Togher), Brian McMahon (Carraig na bhFear), Trevor Woods
(St
Finbarrs), Desmond Casey (Millstreet). Subs: Thomas Maunsell
(Leevale),
Ian O’Leary (S Finbarrs).
Senior
Women: Louise Cavanagh (UCC),
Claire Gibbons, Carmel
Parnell, Jennifer Goggin, Angela Shine (Leevale), Ann Donnelly,
Catherine
O’Rourke (St Finbarrs), Ann-Marie Healy (Eagle). Subs:
Ailbhe Creedon (Leevale), Angie Amoeba (St Finbarrs)
Junior
Men: Ciaran O’Lioaird,
JohnShine, Chris Horgan (Leevale),
Kevin O’Brien, Joe Fitzgerald, Nicky O’Donoghue (Glenbower), Joe Warne
(Dohenys), Shane Coffey, Peter Fennell, Stephen Lynch, Mark Dineen,
Kevin
Hassett (Togher). Subs: Kieran McCarthy (Togher), Ross Kelly
(Leevale).
Junior
Women: Lorna Comyn, Christina
Broderick, Louise Finn,
Sarah Gayer (Belgooly), Joyce Curtin (Glenbower), Sally McCarthy
(Grange
Fermoy), Margaret McCarthy (Blarney Inniscarra), Aoife Cooke (Youghal). Subs: Eadaoin O’Neill (Glenbower),
Triona O’Neill (Ballincollig).
A bus
is traveling up on Saturday with accommodation organised
also. Anybody interested in traveling
on the bus should contact Noreen Murphy on 021 4884495 quickly!
As always anybody unable to take part is
asked to
notify the County Team Manager – Joe O’Flynn on 087 6483532.
November 20 – County Teams for
Munster
Masters & National Novice Cross Country Championships
County Teams
for Munster Masters X-Country, December 4th, Limerick.
Men over 40 –
Donnacha O’Mahony, Denis McCarthy (East Cork), Cathal O’Connell, Eamonn
Carroll, Christy Walsh, Michael Murphy, Paul Dinan (St Finbarrs), Noel
Curtin
(Youghal), John Hallahan (Leevale), John Roche, Pat Murphy, Tony Smyth
(Eagle),
Joe O’Sullivan (Bandon), Declan Coakley, Patrick O’Brien (Skibbereen).
Men over 50 – Eamonn
McEvoy, Michael Dunne, Dan Kennedy (St Finbarrs), Tommy Murphy
(Skibbereen),
Frank Cashman (East Cork), Joe Murphy, John Quigley (Eagle), John
O’Riordan,
Jimmy Murray (Rising Sun).
Women over 35 –
Margo Dinan, Angela McEvoy, Angie Amoeba, Elaine Keaty, Catherine
O’Rourke,
Mary Murphy (St Finbarrs), Maria Hurley (Bantry), Emma Legrand, Mary
Cotter
(Eagle), Grainne Caulfield, Carmel Crowley (Bandon), Benedicte Coleman
(Beara).
Women over 45 – Mary
Sweeney, Joan Hough, Marioan Lyons, Ann Donnelly, B Gallagher (St
Finbarrs),
Maura McCarthy (Bantry), Carmel Parnell (Leevale).
County Teams
for National Novice Cross Country, December 11th, Athlone
IT.
Men – Tony Kelleher
(Eagle), Thomas Maunsell, John Shine, Ian Donovan, Mark Hanrahan
(Leevale),
James McCarthy, Frank Hayes, Sean McGrath, Fergus Meade (East Cork),
Jamie
McCarthy (Riverstick Kinsale), Michael Herlihy (North Cork). Ian
O’Leary (St
Finbarrs) Subs: Tony O’Mahony (East Cork), Arijav Cragia,
Simon Doherty
(Togher)
Women – Maire
Heffernan (Liscarroll), Sharon McGarry, Catherine O’Rourke, Ann
Donnelly (St
Finbarrs), Jennifer Goggin (Leevale), A Cashman, Emma Legrand, Martina
Carver
(Eagle). Subs: Elaine Keaty (St
Finbarrs), Angie Amoeba, P. O’Brien (St Finbarrs).
November 20 – Cooke’s Good Form
continues
in the US
CHINO,
California - Arkansas Tech
Golden Suns sophomore cross
country runner Aoife Cooke (Youghal Athletic Club) made
history here
once again Saturday at the 2005 NCAA Division II National Championship
Meet
held at Prado Park and hosted by Cal Poly Pomona. Cooke,
who was Tech's first-ever NCAA regional champion in cross
country, became the school's first-ever All-American in cross country
as she
finished ninth at Saturday's national championship meet. Cooke ran a
time of
21: 35 over the 6,000meter course.
The 21: 35 time was Cooke's second fastest 6K
time on the season as she ran a season-best 21: 21 at the NCAA South
Regional
meet two weeks ago. "I am very
proud of Aoife and all she accomplished for only being a sophomore,"
Tech
Head Cross Country Coach Tom Aspel said. "It was a strong
field of
runners and she was right there throughout most of the race with the
top
finishers, but faded down the stretch."
Aspel
said the course conditions were tough for Saturday's race.
"The course was tight as the
competitors were bunched together, plus, it was sunny and warm
afternoon with
temperatures in the low 80’s," Aspel added. Grand
Valley State's Mandi Zemba won the NCAA women's individual
title as she ran the 6,000-meter course in 21:01.7, while Western
State's
Esther Komen ran a 21: 12.9 to finish in second place.
In addition to earning All-American honors this
season and winning the South Regional Meet and being named the South
Regional
Female Athlete of the Year, Cooke also became Tech's first-ever Gulf
South
Conference individual cross country champion, as she won the GSC
Championship
Meet in a school-record 5K time of 17 minutes and 10 seconds. .
On
the season, Cooke won five of the seven meets she competed in,
including
bettering the school-best mark five times. The only races she did not
win was
the Chile Pepper X-C Festival in Fayetteville and the NCAA D-II
Championships. Aoife Cooke will compete
with her Club, Youghal AC in next weekend’s National Inter-County
Championships
in Sligo (Ger Flanagan Youghal AC)
November 20 – County Novice B
Cross
Country Championships
The
County Novice B cross country championships were held today in Gour
near Castletownbere. This was the first time a county championship
event was
held on the Beara peninsula since 1969 when the BLE County Ladies Cross
Country
Championships were held. A special
thanks to Beara athletic club for organising the event and the O’Neill
family
for allowing their lands be used. The
course was flat and overall underfoot conditions were not bad. The weather was ideal with athletes and
spectators able to enjoy both the competition and wonderful scenery
around the
course.
Back
in 1969 Beara won the BLE Ladies Cross Country Championships and
today the Beara Ladies won another county title winning the Ladies
Novice B
team competition with a clean sweep of the individual medals. First home for Beara was Annette Dreher
followed by Benedicte Coleman in second and Sorcha Coleman third.
The
mens race was a close affair with Tom Laffan of Bandon and Denis
Coughlan of St Finbarrs battling it out for the title.
At the half way mark Laffan overtook the
lead from Coughlan. Laffan however was
never able to open up the gap between himself and Coughlan and coming
down the
home straight Laffan was overtaken by Coughlan. Despite
a brave effort by Laffan to retake the lead Coughlan held
out to win his first county title.
Laffan took silver with his club mate Joe O’Sullivan finishing
third. Bandon won the team competition.
There
was some impressive performances in the juvenile B races.
Youghal athletes made the long journey from
East Cork down and were rewarded with a number of individual and team
medals. It was encouraging to see the host
club and
Dohenys of Dunmanway winning a number of team medals. Well done to all
who took
part and best of Luck to the athletes who will go on to compete in the
Munster
B’s in Limerick in December. Results
November 13 – County Senior
Cross Country
Championships
The
County Junior and Senior Cross Country Championships were held today
near Riverstick. Host Club Rising Sun,
hosting their first county cross country championships, did an
excellent job
organising the event. Many thanks to Ruth and Jimmy Murray for allowing
their
lands be used for the event. The
weather was ideal with almost uninterrupted sunshine for the
competition. Underfoot conditions were
good for the most
part but parts of the course were pretty mucky after the recent heavy. A stiff climb in the course also put it up
to the athletes.
First
Race of the day was the junior womens race. Last year this race
was dominated by Duhallow athletes with Michelle Finn taking gold. This year Belgooly athlete Lorna Comyn
dominated. Lorna Comyn of Belgooly who
has only recently taken up the sport went into the lead early on and
was never
challenged. She took gold leading
Belgooly to their first county junior womens tile.
Lst year’s winner MichelleFinn of Duhallow took silver helping
her club finish 2nd. Joyce Curtin of Glenbower was third while
Ballincollig
took bronze in the team competition.
The
junior mens race was controlled throughout by defending champion
Ciaran O’Lionaird of Leevale. The
European youth olympics medallist came under some pressure from his
club mate
John Shine early on but held out to take gold.
John Shine was second ahead of Kevin O’Brien of Glenbower. Glenbower retained the team title while
Togher were second with Leevale third.
Louise
Cavanagh of UCC was a very impressive winner of the senior womens
race. She took the lead from the
whistle and was never seriously challenged, comfortably retaining her
title. The silver medal went to the
Ballycotton 10 winner Claire Gibbons of Leevale. Third
place went to the experienced Carmel Parnell of
Leevale. The world masters 10000m
champion ran a very good tactical race gradually moving up through the
field to
take third. Leevale won the senior
womens team competition with St Finbarrs second.
The
final event of the day was the Senior mens race. A
big field took part, which is very
encouraging for athletics within the county.
European
junior cross country medallist Mark Hanrahan of Leevale took an
early lead in the race. After the first
lap defending champion Brian McMahon of Carraig na bhFear mounted a
serious
challenge on Hanrahan moving up on his shoulder. An
injection of pace by Hanrahan saw him pull clear of McMahon
whose challenge faded. During the third
lap fellow European Junior Cross Country Medallist Jamie McCarthy of
Riverstick
Kinsale moved onto Hanrahan’s shoulder.
Hanrahan responded with an injection of pace opening a gap on
McCarthy
which was never closed. Hanrahan took
gold ahead of Munster Intermediate Champion Jamie McCarthy of
Riverstick
Kinsale with Sean McGrath of East Cork taking bronze.
McGrath and a good run by 2003 champion Donnacha O’Mahoney
helped
East Cork successfully retain their title for the third year running. Togher were second, led home by David
Doherty in 5th. Leevale were
third. St Finbarrs won the B section
ahead of Carraig na bhFear, competing for the first time, while Eagle
took
bronze. Well done to Denis McCarthy of
East Cork who was competing in his 25th consecutive County Senior Cross
Country
Championships today.
Many
athletes who finished in the top ten in their races today will be
named in the County teams for the national inter county cross country
championships in Sligo on Sunday, November 27th. Anybody unavailable is asked to contact the
county team manager, Joe O’Flynn on 087 6483532.
Senior Men:
1.
Mark
Hanrahan (Leevale), 2. Jamie McCarthy (Riverstick Kinsale), Sean
McGrath (East
Cork). Team: 1. East Cork, 2. Togher,
3. Leevale. Full Results
Senior Women:
1.
Louise
Cavanagh (UCC), 2. Claire Gibbons (Leevale), 3. Carmel Parnell
(Leevale). Team:
1.Leevale, 2 St Finbarrs. Full
Results
Junior Men:
1.
Ciaran
O’Lionaird (Leevale), 2. John Shine (Leevale), 3. Kevin O’Brien
(Glenbower).
Team: 1. Glenbower, 2. Togher, 3. Leevale. Full Results
Junior Women:
Lorna Comyn (Belgooly), 2.
Michelle
Finn (Duhallow), 3. Joyce Curtin (Glenbower). Team: 1. Belgooly, 2.
Duhallow,
3. Ballincollig. Full
Results
Next Sunday the
County Novice B and juvenile B cross country
championships will be held in near Casletownbere. The
Novice B race will take place at 12pm followed by the
juvenile races. Entries to Noreen
Murphy. The course is located on
the main road about 2 miles beyond the town itself.
November 7 – County Senior Cross
Country
Championships
Highlight
of the County Cross Country season, the County Junior and
Senior Cross country Championships will take place on Sunday near
Riverstick. The event is being hosted
by Rising Sun AC and starts at 1pm with the junior womens race. Last year the Championships were held in
Duhallow and spectators were treated to an exciting days competition. This year promises to be no different and
with a dry weekend forecasted all athletic supporters in the county
should make
an effort to support the event which will start at 1pm and be over by
~3pm.
To get to the race
take the road from Five-Mile Bridge to
Riverstick. Take the third turn on the
right about 2 miles from Five-Mile Bridge. There is a mechanics garage
just on
the turn off. About a half mile up this road on the right is where the
race
will be run. (Entrys to Noreen
Murphy)
November 7 – AAI EGM
Clubs should
receive in the next few days documents relating top the
AAI EGM on Saturday, December 3rd in Portlaoise. Any club that wants an electronic copy of
the documents can email [email protected]. The
Egm will be
discussed at the county board meeting on Wednesdday November 16th.
November 7 – Cooke on Form in
the US
DADE
CITY, Florida -
Arkansas Tech Golden Suns sophomore
cross
country runner Aoife Cooke of Youghal Athletic Club continued to set
records
and make history here Saturday at the NCAA South Regional Meet at the
Little
Everglades Ranch hosted by Florida Southern College and Saint Leo
University.
Cooke
made history as she became Tech's first-ever regional champion in cross
country
as she won the women's meet in a school-record time of 21 minutes and
21
seconds. She broke her own record of 21:41.4 which was set earlier this
season
at the Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville. Tampa's Allison Macsas
was right
behind Cooke, as she finished second after running a time of 21: 28. With her win on Saturday, Cooke becomes
Tech's first-ever runner to qualify for the NCAA Championship Meet in
school
history. This year's championship meet is scheduled for Saturday, Nov.
19 at
Pomona, Calif.
"I
am very proud of Aoife and all of her accomplishments this season,"
Tech
Head Cross Country Coach Tom Aspel said. "It was a tough race
for
her today and she really was pushed, especially near the end, but she
had
enough to hold on."
Prior
to Cooke's first-place finish Saturday's, the best previous finish by a
Tech
runner at NCAA Regionals was a 10th place finish by former Tech runner Siobhan
Lenihan at the 2000 NCAA South Regional at Jacksonville, Fla. It was the fifth time this season that Cooke
had broken a school-best mark as she broke the school's 5K mark three
times and
the school's 6K mark twice. At the
meet, the top four teams and top four individuals not from among the
top four
teams automatically qualify for the NCAA Championship Meet.
November 6 – PB for Fahy
Roy Fahy of East Cork and Ireland
was 44th in todays New York Marathon in a time of 2.33.
November 6 – Munster
Intermediate Cross
Country Championships
The Munster Intermediate cross country
championships in
Piltown, Co. Kilkenny today. The course
seemed to have either held up remarkably well or missed the recent
torrential
rain that has fallen in Cork. The
underfoot conditions were ideal and the sun was shining for most of the
competition.
The men’s intermediate race was first off. Jamie McCarthy of Riverstick Kinsale and
Sean McGrath of East Cork were among the leaders during the first lap. As the race progressed McGrath and McCarthy
emerged from the leading group to battle it out for first place. With two laps to go McCarthy started to move
away from McGrath and held on to win gold.
This is his second Munster medal this season having won silver
at the
Munster Under 23 cross country championships two weeks ago. McGrath took silver leading East Cork to
gold in the inter club competition. The
County team won gold.
The women’s race was dominated by the winner Orla
Power of
Carrick on Suir. Dawn Kelly of Belgooly
went into a early lead in the race but was overtaken after the first
lap. County Intermediate Champion Anne
Kelleher
of St Finbarrs had a very good run keeping up the pressure on Power
throughout
never letting her get comfortably in front.
Kelleher finished second leading her club and county to gold.
So far it has been almost a clean sweep for the
county at
the Munster cross country championships only missing out on gold in the
Womens
under 23 championships where no county fielded a team.
Well done and thanks to all who have lined
out for the county to date. The next
Munster Fixture is the Masters Cross Country which will take place in
Limerick
in December.
At the Juvenile race there once
again many impressive performances by Cork athletes.
Lorna Comyn of Belgooly, who only recently took up the sport was
a very comfortable winner of the under 18 girls race leading the county
to
silver. Duhallow took silver in the
inter-club competition. European Youth
Olympics medallist Ciaran O’Lionaird of Leevale continued his good
season
winning the under 18 boys race. The
county team took bronze here with Glenbower taking bronze in the team
competition. Results
October 31 – Munster
Intermediate Cross
Country Championships
The Cork teams for the upcoming Munster
Intermediate cross
country championships in Piltown, Co. Kilkenny on Sunday November 6th
have been
named. The teams will be led by County
Champions Ann Donnelly of St Finbarrs and Eoin O’Sullivan of
Donoughmore.
Men: Eamonn Carroll (St Finbarrs), Eoin
O’Sullivan
(Donoughmore), Tony Kelleher, Sean Whelan, Ger Dunlea (Eagle), Thomas
Maunsell (Leevale),
Arijav Cragia, Simon Doherty, Stephen Macklin (Togher), James McCarthy,
Frank
Hayes, Sean McGrath, Tim O’Mahoney (East Cork), Tommy Murphy
(Skibbereen),
Donal Vaughan (Rising Sun).
Women: Maire Heffernan (Liscarroll), Dawn
Kelly
(Belgooly), Maria Hurley (Bantry), Angela McEvoy, Angie Amoeba, Ann
Donnelly,
Sharon McGarry (St Finbarrs), Ann Cashman, Martina Carver, Emma
Legrand, Mary
Cotter (Eagle), Jennifer Goggin (Leevale).
As always anybody
unable to take part is asked to notify the County
Team Manager – Joe O’Flynn on 087 6483532.
Also on this day
will be the Munster Even Age Cross Country
championships, which will start at 12pm.
Best of Luck to all the Cork athletes in Action.
October 24 – Training Run
There will be a
training run on Saturday next (October 29) at 2pm in
Ballincollig Regional Park meeting in the car park. The run is targeted
at
Junior Girls and is hoped to give an opportunity to these girls to
train with
others their own age. The Park is
located on the western end of the town on the Banks of the Lee.
Approaching from
Cork Side – Drive straight through the town to the
second roundabout (West End Roundabout, near Super Valu & Maxol
Petrol
Station), take the Inniscarra exit (the park is also signposted). The
Park
located on the right before crossing bridge.
Approaching from
Macroom Side – Take first exit for Ballincollig. Drive
to roundabout (West End Roundabout) near the Maxol Petrol Station, take
the
Inniscarra exit (the park is also signposted). The Park located on the
right
before crossing bridge.
October 24 – Munster Novice
& Under
23 Cross Country Championships
The first round of
the Munster Cross Country Championships took place
in Ennis today. The course located in St Josephs Hurling Club was for
the most
part flat but incorporated a testing hill.
Thankfully they seemed to have got off very lightly compared to
Cork as
regards the rain that fell last week and underfoot conditions were very
good. The weather yesterday was good with
the
heavy rain only starting to fall during the last race of the day.
The Novice and
Under 23 races proved to be very successful for Cork
athletes. Mark Hanrahan of Leevale was
an impressive winner of the under 23 race.
He took the lead early on with Jamie McCarthy of Riverstick
Kinsale
following. McCarthy drifted back from
Hanrahan as the race progressed and Hanrahan enjoyed a comfortable
victory with
McCarthy taking silver and Thomas Maunsell of Leevale taking bronze. The county team won gold.
In the novice men’s race Sean McGrath of
East Cork finished third helping his club team to win silver and
leading the
county team to gold. In the womens
races Orla Drumm of UCC took silver in the under 23 race with Maire
Heffernan
of Liscarroll taking bronze. In the
Novice race the first athlete home for the County was county
intermediate
Champion Ann Kelleher of St Finbarrs in second leading the County to
gold in
this event. Results
In the juvenile
races there were impressive individual performances by
Lorna Comyn of Belgooly and Ciaran O’Lionaird who both comfortably won
their
under 19 races. A number of Cork teams
were among the medals. Well done to all
who took part. Results
October 24 – Success for Cooke
in US
Aoife Cooke of
Youghal athletic club and Arkansas Tech University ran a
new College record of 17.09 winning the Gulf South Championship 5K in
Memphis
recently. She ran 17.43 on the same course three weeks ago. She
finished 6
seconds ahead of the second placed athlete. She finished in 18th place
in a
time of 19.50 last year in this Championship. She competes in two weeks
time in
the South Regional 6K in Dade City, Florida.
October 20 – Munster Cross
Country Season
Starts
The first round of
the Munster Cross Country Championships takes place
in Ennis this Sunday. First off will be the Juvenile Uneven age races
followed
by the Novice & under 23 Cross Country championships.
Strong Cork Teams have been named, see
below. Best of Luck to all taking
part. The first race is @ 12pm. The course is on the Quin Road near St
Josephs GAA in Ennis.
October 18 – Special County
Board Meeting
A special county
board meeting will be held on Wednesday evening at 8pm
in the SMA Hall in Wilton. The purpose
of the meeting is to discuss the proposed AAI constitutional changes. To see the proposed changes click on the
following link. Proposed
AAI constitution Changes The
changes should be read in consultation with the current constitution.
The
county board must forward any changes it wants made at the end of this
week, so
the meeting must be held this week.
October 18 – New CEO appointed
It has been
announced that Brendan Hackett is to be the new AAI
CEO. Brendan has been involved in the
Irish Milers Club and has also coached Irish International athlete
James Nolan.
October 15 – Training Run
A training run
targeted at Junior Girls was held today in Ballincollig.
Those who attended enjoyed themselves and there will be a run again on
Saturday
October 29th.
October 14 – Bandon Launch Book
Bandon Athletic club launched a book tonight in
the Munster
Arms Hotel. A big crowd was in attendance
with many past and current members of the club coming to the launch. The book titled ‘A photographic jog through
the past, 1964-2004’ is available from club committee members, further
details
are available on www.bandonathleticclub.com.
October 14 – County Teams for
Novice
& Under 23 Cross Country
The Cork teams for the upcoming Munster Novice and
under 23
cross country championships in Ennis, Co. Clare on Sunday October 23rd
have
been named. The teams will be led by
County Novice and Under 23 Champions Kieran Ryan of St Finbarrs and
Maire
Heffernan of Liscarroll.
Under 23:
Men: Thomas Maunsell, Mark Hanrahan
(Leevale), Kieran
Ryan (St Finbarrs), James McCarthy, Fergus Meade (East Cork).
Women: Maire Heffernan (Liscarroll), Dawn
Kelly
(Belgooly), Nicole O’Regan (Togher), Vicki Hennessy (Bandon).
Novice:
Men: Kieran Ryan, Denis Coughlan (St
Finbarrs), Eoin
O’Sullivan (Donoughmore), Tony Kelleher, Donal Keohane, Padraig
McDonnell
(Eagle), Thomas Maunsell, John Shine (Leevale), Arijav Cragia, Simon
Doherty,
Pat Brown (Togher), James McCarthy, Frank Hayes, Sean McGrath, Tim
O’Mahoney
(East Cork).
Women: Maire Heffernan (Liscarroll), Dawn
Kelly
(Belgooly), Nicole O’Regan (Togher), Vicki Hennessy (Bandon), Maria
Hurley,
Fiona Begley, Maura McCarthy (Bantry), Elaine Keaty, Sharon McGarry,
Catherine
O’Rourke (St Finbarrs), Gail Mullaney (Eagle), Benedicte Coleman
(Beara).
As always anybody
unable to take part is asked to notify the County
Team Manager – Joe O’Flynn on 087 6483532.
October 11 – Training Run
There will be a
training run on Saturday next (October 15) at 2pm in
Ballincollig Regional Park meeting in the car park. The run is targeted
at
Junior Girls and is hoped to give an opportunity to these girls to
train with
others their own age. The Park is
located on the western end of the town on the Banks of the Lee.
Approaching from
Cork Side – Drive straight through the town to the
second roundabout (West End Roundabout, near Super Valu & Maxol
Petrol
Station), take the Inniscarra exit (the park is also signposted). The
Park
located on the right before crossing bridge.
Approaching from
Macroom Side – Take first exit for Ballincollig. Drive
to roundabout (West End Roundabout) near the Maxol Petrol Station, take
the
Inniscarra exit (the park is also signposted). The Park located on the
right
before crossing bridge.
October 11 – Academy Meeting on
Sunday
October 16th.
The athletics
association of Ireland academy is holding a meeting on
Sunday in Dublin. The County Board has
organised a bus to transport up Cork athletes.
The Bus will be leaving Bandon at 6.00am, stopping on St
Patricks Quay
behind the Metropole at 6.45am and the Square in Mitchelstown at 7.30am. Athletes who want to travel on the bus
should contact Noreen Murphy on 021 4884495.
If the bus is not supported, there will be no more buses.
October 11 – Proposed AAI
Constitution
Changes
See Link - Proposed
AAI constitution Changes
October 9 – Avondhu Cross
Country
Championships.
Great Day in
Millstreet see Results from this Competition held on Sept
25th. Results
October 10 – Press Release from
Bothar
about Mini Marathon.
Presentation to Cork County
Board AAI
Evening Echo Cork City Women’s
Mini
Marathon marked by Bóthar.
The Cork County
Chairman of the
Athletics Association of Ireland (AAI), Mrs Noreen Murphy, was the
recipient of
a presentation from Bóthar, the Irish Development Aid organisation at a
function in Cork last week. Speaking at
an evening for all their participants in the recent Cork City Mini
Marathon,
Jeremy Meehan, Bóthar’s Director of Education, paid tribute to the work
of the
AAI and its volunteers on the Cork County Board. “But
for the enormous amount of voluntary effort put in by
committee members and others throughout the year, and especially in the
weeks
preceding the event, the Marathon simply could not happen,” he said. “When you consider that this year over 8,500
participants entered, virtually all supporting some worthy cause or
charity, it
gives some idea of the scale of the undertaking and the benefits that
accrue to
so many people thanks to the work of the AAI.
This was Bóthar’s first year to organise a team, and we wish to
acknowledge the great support and guidance shown to us along the way,
both by
the AAI and the Evening Echo. Over 220
runners participated and the feedback has been very positive.” Mrs Noreen Murphy said that she was delighted
to accept the presentation on behalf of all of her colleagues and
stressed that
it was very much a team effort. “This
was the 24th event and the biggest yet.
Hopefully next year will be bigger again. I
would also urge all parents to consider
the value of athletics to young people today.
It is a great way of keeping fit and being involved in your
community,
but also a great way to meet other people of a similar age in a
positive
environment. We are also delighted that
this particular event is of assistance to many charities and caring
groups.”
Further
information: Jeremy Meehan, Director of
Education, Bóthar, [email protected]
October 9 – County Intermediate
and
Masters Cross Country Championships
The second round of
the County Cross Country Championships was held today near Macroom on
the lands
of Cillian & Margaret Lynch. West
Muskerry athletic club did a fantastic job hosting the event. The course was testing but fair and there
was a strong wind blowing but thankfully there was no rain. A number of very exciting races took
place. First Race of the day was the
womens intermediate and masters race.
Ann Kelleher of St Finbarrs won the intermediate race. Anne Cashman & Emma Legrand of Eagle
were in second and third in the intermediate race leading their club
team to
gold ahead of St Finbarrs. Mary Sweeney
of St Finbarrs went into the lead at the start and held on comfortably
throughout to win the masters race. St
Finbarrs athletes won all the masters categories - Margo Dinan won the
O35,
Angela McEvoy the O40, Mary Sweeney the O45 and Marion Lyons the O50. St Finbarrs won the team competition. Full Results
The men’s
intermediate race was a very exciting affair with Eoin O’Sullivan of
Donoughmore, Frank Hayes of East Cork and Stephen Macklin battling it
out for
first place. By the last lap O’Sullivan
looked to be safe in the lead with Macklin well back in second and
Hayes in
third. Over this last lap thought, the
gap between first and second closed with Macklin of Togher on
O’Sullivans
shoulder with a hundred metres to go.
O’Sullivan dug deep to draw away from Macklin to hold out and
take gold
winning Donoughmore’s first individual senior title.
Togher won the team competition ahead of Eagle A.C. and Rising
sun. Donnacha O’Mahony of East Cork was
an impressive winner of the Masters race.
This was his first county masters cross country championships
and he
looked very impressive, perhaps a man to watch in the upcoming Munster
and All
Ireland Masters Cross Country Championships.
Michael Murphy and Eamonn McEvoy of St Finbarrs won the O45 and
O50
categories. Frank Hayes of East Cork won the O55 category, while George
Webb of
Rising Sun and Willie Neenan of Rising Sun won the O60 and O70
categories. The team competition was won
by St Finbarrs
with Rising Sun second. Full Results
Craig Murphy of
Togher won the U18 boys race today coming under a lot
of pressure from Mark Fitzgerald of Glenbower in the closing stages of
the
race. Glenbower won the team competition here.
Michelle Twohig of Duhallow won the U18 girls race coming late
to pass
Sally McCarthy of Grange Fermoy who finished second.
The next county
cross country event will be the county senior and
junior cross country championships which will take place on Sunday
November 13
near Riverstick. The event is being
hosted by Rising Sun athletic club with the first race starting at 1pm.
October 2 – County Cross Country
Championships Season Begins
The first round of
the County Cross Country Championships was held
today in Carrignavar on the lands of Teddy O’Sullivan.
Carraig na bhFear athletic club who have a
long history of holding cross country events once again did a fantastic
job. There were some great races today.
This year was the first time that the under 23 County Cross Country
Championships
were held and the winner of the men’s race was Kieran Ryan of St
Finbarrs while
the women’s race was won by Maire Heffernan of Liscarroll.
The juvenile
championships saw a number of athletes impress see Results
September 27 – Cross Country
The first leg of
the County Cross Country Championships will take place
this Sunday in Carrignavar where the County Novice A and County
Juvenile Uneven
Age cross country championships will take place. Last
year the county novice A race was won by Thomas Maunsell of
Leevale with Orla Touhy of Grange Fermoy winning the womens title. The Novice race on Sunday will be held at
12pm with the women on first. The
juveniles will be on after the men’s race.
September 18 – Mini Marathon
The 2005 Evening
Echo Cork Womens Mini Marathon was held today in Cork
City. A record entry of well over 8000 took part in this years race
making it
the biggest yet. Winner of the race was
international athlete Rosemary Ryan of Limerick who only last week won
the St
Finbarrs Blarney half marathon. Second
was local athlete Claire Gibbons of Leevale who won the Ballycotton 10
earlier
on this year. In third place was Cork
Born athlete Niamh O’Sullivan who runs for Riocht.
In 4th place was Carmel Parnell of Leevale, who just over a
month
ago won gold in the 10,000m at the world masters T&F championships.
Well
done to all who registered and took part.
Unfortunately a lot of unregistered athletes took part again,
this
continuing abuse of the race by these people will ultimately result in
the race
being cancelled. This year it is estimated that over €3 million was
raised by
charities. A special thanks to all the
volunteers who helped on the day, there were people still busy at 9pm
this
evening tidying up after the race. Without the selfless efforts of
these people
there would be no marathon.
September 16 – Mini Marathon
Update
The number of entries for the 2005
marathon stood at 7986 last evening after a special opening in Roches
Stores.
This means this years race will be
the biggest yet so it is very important that we have plenty of help on
Sunday.
Help will be needed at the Start,
meeting on Copley Street at 11.00am
Stewards are asked to assemble on
Copley street at 12.45pm.
Helpers at the finish need to be
in
place by 2pm.
Approximately 100 people are
needed
to organise the race on the day. It is
essential that every club does it’s bit to ensure the race is a success. The weather looks fine so once we have
enough help everything should go alright.
Anybody without a number is asked
to call the College of Commerce well before the Race on Sunday. Runners are to go up the front of the race
and the race will start at 2pm.
Wheelcahirs will start at 1.55pm.
September 14 – Cross Country
Update
The County Cross Country Season will get underway
in
October. On Sunday, October 2nd
Carraig na bhFear Athletic Club will host the County Novice A and
County
Juvenile Uneven Age Cross Country Championships starting at 12pm. On Sunday, October 9th, West Muskerry will
host the County Intermediate & Masters as well as the County
Juvenile Even
Age Cross Country Championships starting at 12pm. The
County Junior and Senior Cross Country Championships will be
held on Sunday November 13th. Last year
the County had a very successful cross country season with big numbers
taking
part in the county competitions and many Cork athletes and clubs going
forward
to do well at both Munster and National Competitions.
On Sunday September 25th, the divisional cross country
championships are taking place with the Avondhu, East Cork and West
Cork boards
all holding their cross country championships.
County
Novice & U23, Intermediate & Masters Entry Forms
September 14 – T&F Coaching
Days
Munster
Juvenile Coaching Programme
Introduction to Athletics
Events:
Hurdles, High Jump, Long Jump,
Shot
Saturday October 8th 2005, Cork I.T., 11am to 1.15pm
Registration
Fee: €2 per athlete.
Recommended ages 10-14 yrs.
This is
an introduction session aimed at
introducing young athletes to a number of athletics events. All
athletes will
get the opportunity to try out the four events. There will be a half
hour
introductory coaching session at each event. Participants will be shown
the
basics of the event in a fun session, and will be encouraged to try all
four
events.
This is
an ideal opportunity for clubs to
introduce some of the technical events to their young athletes.
Top
athletic coaches will present the
events.
Further information: Brid
Golden 087 6889330
There will be a Level One Coaching Course
in the next few months, interested coaches and clubs are asked to
contact
County Coaching Coordinator Finbarr McCarthy (086 0712403)
September 12 – All go in Avondhu
Athletics (by
Seamus Fox)
The Avondhu
Track and Field club league competition held over the Summer months in
Mourneabbey, Fermoy and Banteer was hailed as an inaugural
success.
1st
Grange Fermoy 444
points
2nd
Liscarroll 400 points
3rd
Fanahan McSweeney 380
points
4th
Abbey Striders 172
points
5th
Millstreet 134
points
6th
Donoughmore 98
points
7th
Duhallow
22 points
The
Jim Barry Shield, Fanahan McSweeney Cup and Jerry Healy
Cup to be presented to the first 3
clubs.
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Avondhu
Cross Country Championships is set for Millstreet Town Park on
Sunday Sept
25th at 11 am.
Programme
Under 9
Born 97 400 metres
Under 13
Born 93 1000 m (girls), 1200m ( boys)
Under 15
Born 91 1500 m (girls), 2000m ( boys)
Under 17
Born 89 2000 m (girls), 4000m ( boys)
Junior :
Under 19 Born 87 3000 m (ladies), 5000m ( men)
Senior :
Over 19 3000 m (ladies), 5000m ( men) .
The
event offers club athletes an excellent programme in preparation
for the
county juvenile championships on October 2nd and 9 th .
Avondhu
Meeting on Friday
September 30th in
the Hibernian Hotel, Mallow at 7 pm .
September 12 – Mini Marathon
Update
Over 7000 entries have been
received
for the Mini Marathon, which takes place next Sunday starting at 2pm on
the
Grand Parade. Such has been the demand
for entries that the mini marathon office will open again on Thursday
from
5.30-8pm in Roches Stores!
Anybody available to help on the
day is asked to contact county Chairperson Noreen Murphy on 021 4884495. Stewards are to reports to Copley street at
12.30pm. Help will also be needed from
11.00am to set up the start and finish!
September 12 – Gold for
Sosonowski of
Eagle
The Blarney Half Marathon promoted by St Finbarrs AC took place yesterday. This popular race, which attracts big numbers and now incorporates both the Munster and County Half Marathon Championships once again was a success. Victory in the mens race went to the 2004 County Road Champion Wieslaw Sosnowski of Eagle who also took the county and Munster titles. Sosnowski’s victory helped Eagble take silver in the team competition with St Finbarrs taking 3rd. Rosemary Ryan of Bilboa who has entered next weeks mini marathon won the womens race leading her team to gold. St Finbarrs took silver here with last years winner Mary Sweeney leading the team home in 6th place. Mary was the first Cork athlete over the line and reclaimed her County title.
Results, also see www.stfinbarrsac.com.
September 12 – Gold for Cooke in
the
States
County 3000m champion Aoife Cooke of Youghal won her first race of the season on Saturday Night in Memphis under the lights. Competing for Arkansas Tech University in the BROOKS Memphis Twilight XC Classic Women 3 Mile Run CC COLLEGIATE, she took gold in a time of 16:55.32.
September 4 – Busy Weekend Ahead
The Cross Country season continues this Sunday
also with
Riverstick Kinsale holding their annual Open Cross Country. The venue is opposite Kinsale Rugby grounds
on the main Cork Kinsale Road. The
first race is on at 1pm and there will be a team competition. The event will be over in time for the big
Match in Croke Park.
The St Finbarrs half marathon also
takes place this Sunday (September 11th) in Blarney. This event has established itself as one of
the most popular road races in the county with many participants using
the race
as preparation for the Dublin City Marathon.
The race now also incorporates the Cork County and Munster Half
Marathon
Championships. Last year the race was won by Roy Fahy of East Cork with
Mary
Sweeney of St Finbarrs winning the womens race. Entries
will be taken up to 10.30am and the race will start at
11.00am. Race headquarters is at
Blarney GAA. Further details are available on www.stfinbarrsac.com.
September 4 – County Board
Meeting
Wednesday 7.30pm
There will be a county board
meeting on Wednesday night in the SMA Hall in Wilton.
This will be an important meeting. Transfers,
cross country dates and venues as well as preparations
for the upcoming mini marathon will be dealt with at this meeting which
starts
at 7.30pm.
September 4 – Midleton Open
Cross Country
The Cross Country season got underway last Sunday
in
Midleton with the local club hosting it’s annual Open Cross Country. It has been a busy month for Midleton A.C.
who only three weeks ago held their very successful open sports. This popular cross country event once again
attracted athletes from all over the county and beyond. There was a
fine course
but unfortunately the weather was not great.
Luckily the weather was not too bad for the early races, which
were for
younger athletes. The were big numbers
taking part here with many athletes running in their first cross
country
race. Host club Midleton fared well her
with many of their athletes finished in medal positions.
The weather took a turn for the worse during
the under 15 girls race when heavy rain started falling making
conditions
difficult for athletes. Orla Finn of
Riverstick Kinsale came through strongly in this race to take gold. Eric Curran of Leevale who had a very
successful track season won the under 15 boys race very impressively. His club mate John Collins won the under 17
race. The junior womens race was won by
Lorna Cowen who took the lead early in her race. Collette
O’Riordan of West Muskerry won the senior womens race.
Bantry athlete Maura McCarthy won the
masters womens race. The reigning
County intermediate champion Sean McGrath of East Cork had a
comfortable
victory in the senior mens race.
The Cross Country season continues
this Sunday also with Riverstick Kinsale holding their annual Open
Cross
Country. The venue is opposite Kinsale
Rugby grounds on the main Cork Kinsale Road.
The first race is on at 1pm and there will be a team competition. The event will be over in time for the big
Match in Croke Park.
August 31 – Midleton Open Cross
Country
The Cross Country season gets
underway in the next while (September 4th) when Midleton
athletics
club hold their annual open cross country.
The events will be held in the same venue as last year on the
Midleton
Fermoy Road adjacent to East Cork Oil.
There is an impressive programme of races with races for
juveniles,
juniors, seniors and masters. There are
prizes for the first 10 in the juvenile races.
Competition gets underway at 2pm.
August 31 – Top Coach heads for
Ireland
One of the world’s top hurdles
coaches, Loren Seagrave, is coming to Ireland to hold a seminar on
Saturday
September 24th 10am - 7pm.
Anybody interested in going is asked to contact the county board
on this
email address – [email protected]
August 31 – Gold for Parnell at
World
Masters
One of the great stalwarts of
Womens Athletics in Cork, Carmel Parnell of Leevale, had a very
impressive
performances at the world masters Track and Field Championships in
Spain taking
gold in the O50 10,000m and silver in the O50 5000m in a time of 18.09. Carmel is a great club and county athlete
and has won medals with numerous county teams.
August 24 – Mini Marathon
Thanks to all who helped pack the
goody
bags on Monday and Tuesday for the Womens Mini Marathon.
There was a big effort on Tuesday to pack
the bags and between 7 and 9pm over 3000 bags were packed (25 bags a
minute).
The mini marathon office opens next Monday from 10-4pm in Roches Stores
Patrick
Street!
August 21 – National League
T&F
League Final
Congratulations to the Bandon who
topped division 1. This is a great
achievement for the clubs involved taking part for the first time this
year in
this competition.
August 21 – Great Performances
in Turkey
There were some exceptional
performances by Cork athletes at the World University Games in Turkey. Ailis McSweeney who may have been
disappointed by her performance in the 100m final at the national
senior T&F
championships had an exceptional run in the 100m final taking silver. Derval O’Rourke also did well taking silver
in the 100m hurdles. Both athletes ran
for the Irish team in the 4x100m relay in which Ireland took silver. A number of other Irish athletes won medals
so well done to all on the Irish team.
See www.leevale.org for
more on
Derval and Ailish.
August 13 – Triangular Match
For the last few years a Munster
team has been travelling to Wales to take part in an athletics match
against
West Wales. This year for the first
time West Wales travelled to Ireland to take on Munster.
The match took place in Kilkenny and for the
first time Leinster also took part.
West Wales established an early lead doing well in the sprints,
this
lead was never seriously challenged and Wales had a comfortable victory. Munster had a narrow lead over leinster for
most of the match with the Munster picking up a number of valuable
points in
the middle distance races. Leinster
victories
I n the relays meant there was an anxious wait for the final results
but
Munster held out to finish second overall.
A number of cork athletes were on the Munster team and all
acquitted
themselves quite well. This match was
for athletes who had not yet competed internationally so this strong
performance by Munster was encouraging.
International
in
Kilkenny Results
August 13 – Mini Marathon Bag
Packing
Goody bags for the mini marathon
will be packed on Tuesday August 23 near Carrigtwohill.
10,000 bags need to be filled so lots of
help is needed. Anybody available to
help is asked to contact Padraig Kelly on 086 8689599.
Even helping for just an hour will be
appreciated.
August 12 – World T&F
Championships
Well done to Derval O’Rouke of
Leevale who performed well in the World T&F championships in
Helsinki. She qualified from her heat
impressively on
a wet Tuesday in Helsinki. On Wednesday
she performed well to finish a respectable 7th in the semi final. She is off now to the World Student games in
Turkey where conditions should be a bit drier and more suitable for
hurdling. Best of Luck also to Ailis
McSweeney of Leevale who is a member of the Irish Relay team there.
August 9 – Midleton Open Sports
Midleton athletic club hold their
open sports this Sunday in Midleton CBS grounds starting at 2pm. The sports which is one of the last of the
year boasts an excellent programme with events for all.
On Saturday there is an international
competition taking place in Kilkenny where a Munster team will be in
action,
competitions starts at 12.00pm.
August 8 – Meeting in Silver
Springs
There was a meeting
tonight in the Silver Springs. At the
meeting current AAI CEO Gary Owens
gave an outline of the proposed changes to the AAI and plans to develop
athletics in the future.
August
8 – 2005 MINI MARATHON
The Cork Women’s Mini Marathon will take place on
Sunday
September 18th. The mini
marathon is a very important fundraiser for athletic in Cork. Money raised by last years mini marathon has
been used to fund coaching and clubs will be written to in the near
future
about equipment grants.
There is a considerable amount of work involved in
preparing
for the mini marathon and each club is asked to play its part in
helping
prepare for the race.
Filling Goody Bags:
10,000 Goody bags need to be filled.
Goody Bags will be filled on Tuesday and
Wednesday (August 23 & 24) in Carrigtwohill. Anybody
who can help even if only for an hour is asked to contact
- Pádraig Kelly on 086 8689599.
Mini Marathon Office:
The mini marathon office will be open in Roches
Stores,
Merchants Quay. Help is needed at the
following times:
Monday – Saturday:
10am
to 4pm (August 29th –
September 3rd)
Monday – Wednesday:
10am
to 4pm (September 5th –
September 7th)
Thursday & Friday:
10am
– 9pm (September 8th & 9th)
Saturday:
10am-4pm
(September 10th)
Sunday:
2pm-6pm
(September 11th)
Any help during the above hours would be greatly
appreciated. Anybody who can help is
asked to contact Ina Killeen on 021 4342193.
Race Day:
Approximately 150 people are needed on race day. Each club is asked to provide at least 3
volunteers to help on the day. Anybody
available to help is asked to contact Noreen Murphy on 021 4884495. Further details will be available at the
next county board meeting on September 7th.
Regards
Padraig Kelly
Mini Marathon Committee
August 8 – Busy Weekend
The weekend just
passed was a very busy weekend for athletics. On
Saturday there were some excellent
performances by Cork athletes at the national masters T&F
championships in
Tullamore. A number of athletes impressed winning a number of gold
medals. Rising Sun ac was the best overall
Cork club
with athletes Brendan Dennehy, Conn Donovan and Sean O’Sullivan won a
number of
medals both on the track and in the jumping events.
Mary Sweeney of St Finbarrs recorded an impressive middle
distance treble winning the 800m, 1500m and 3000m.
Kath O’Brien of East Cork took gold in her category in the 1500m
and 3000m. Liz Coomey of Bandon took
gold in the high jump and hammer.
Maggie Dunne and Mary Barry of Grange Fermoy did well on the
track
winning medals in the sprint events. C.
Coughlan of Skibbereen had a sprint double winning the 100m and 200m. Len Braham was very impressive in the
throwing events winning the weight for distance, shot and discus.
Well done to all
the Cork athletes who were in action at the Celtic
Games in Wales also on Saturday.
At the national
league in Tullamore Leevale won their pool in the
women’s premier while Belgooly were second here. The
Leevale men’s team found the going tough finishing last in
their pool in the premier men. There
was a big crowd at Liscarroll open sports with all having a good day. At the World T&F Championships in Helsinki
there was disappointment for Irish walkers Robert Heffernan of Togher
and Cork
based Olive Loughnane both of who were disqualified in their events.
August 4 – Liscarroll Open Sports
Liscarroll athletic club hold
their
annual open sports this Sunday in Liscarroll GAA starting at 1pm. The sports which is one of the most popular in
the county boasts an excellent programme and with events for all ages
it will
be a sports well worth attending.
August 4 – Action Packed Weekend
Best of Luck to the Cork athletes
on the Irish team who will be competing in Wales on Saturday in the
Celtic
Games. Also best of luck to the county
masters athletes who will be in action at the athletics Ireland masters
track
and field championships in Tullamore.
On Sunday the second round of the Mazda League takes place. Cork teams Leevale and Belgooly go in the
premier womens, Leevale in the premier mens, Togher, Imokilly &
Avondhu in
the division 1 men while Bandon go in division 1 women.
Best of Luck to all who are in action.
Also watch out for the World track
and field championships, which take place in Helsinki – best of luck to
Cork
athletes Robert Heffernan and Derval O’Rourke who are on the Irish team.
August 4 – Code of Ethics
The AAI is committed to Child
protection. The below link is to a
template document which will help clubs draft their Code of Ethics
Document. Code of Ethics
Template. Clubs can modify the
document so it suits
them. This document was carefully
drafted so there should only be minor modifications necessary (ie
insertion of clubs
name).
August 4 – Avondhu T&F League
The league was completed recently,
results and
report
form Seamus Fox
July 29 – Development Plan
Presentation
The athletics Ireland CEO Gary Owens will give a
presentation on the proposed strategic development plan for athletics
on Monday
August 8th at 6.45pm in the Silver Springs Hotel in Cork. Apologies for the timing but this is to
facilitate Gary who wishes to travel home on the Monday evening.
The AAI have advertised the positions of CEO and
financial
accountant, details are on the AAI website www.athleticsireland.ie.
July 26 – Rising Sun Open Sports
Rising Sun athletic club hold
their
annual open sports on Bank Holiday Monday starting at 1.30pm in the CIT
Track
in Bishopstown. This very popular
sports once again has an excellent programme which is available online
for
viewing at www.risingsunac.com.
July 26 – Woodies National
Senior T&F
Championships
The national senior track and
field
championships were held last weekend. A
number of Cork athletes were in action.
In the senior womens long jump Donna Hosford of Leevale took
gold. This was an unexpected resulted but
a top
quality jump of 5.63m by Hosford in the last round secured gold. On the track her club mate Derval O’Rourke
took gold in the hurdles and came very close to taking gold in the 100m
also. Ailis McSweeney of Leevale was
third in the 200m and 4th in the 100m.
Jer O’Donoghue of Leevale was second in the men’s 100m behind
the
experienced Gary Ryan of Nenagh. Ciaran
O’Lionaird of Leevale recently returned from the World Youths
Championships on
Morocco won the junior 3000m in 8.42.
Robert Heffernan of Togher won the mens 10K walk. Dawn Kelly of
Belgooly
was 3rd in the senior 400m hurdles. Her
club mates Christopher Crowley and Christina Broderick both took bronze
in the
high and triple jump competitions. Full
results are available on www.athleticsireland.ie.
Congratulations to Derval O’Rourke
of Leevale and Robert Heffernan of Togher both of who were named on the
Irish
team for the World T&F Championships in Helsinki in August.
O’Rourke had
her season upset by illness last year is in good form will be hoping to
do well
in the sprint hurdles. Robert Heffernan
goes in the Walk and is probably one of Ireland best hopes of a medal. Best of Luck to both athletes.
July 20 – Open Sports
A number of open sports will take place over the
next few
weeks. After an exciting month of championship athletics that has
brought Cork
athletes all over the country, August will see local athletics action
resume
with a number of clubs holding Open Sports over the next few weeks. On the August Bank Holiday Rising Sun hold
their annual opens sports in the CIT Track in Bishopstown, Cork. There is an impressive programme of events
with competition starting at 1.30pm.
The programme is available on the Rinsing Sun AC website www.risingsunac.com. On Sunday August 7th one of the
County’s biggest open sports, Liscarroll Open Sports will take place in
Liscarroll GAA starting at 1pm. This
popular sports will attract athletes from all over Munster and will be
a sports
well worth attending.
On Sunday August 15th East Cork Club
Midleton
will hold their Open Sports in the Midleton CBS grounds starting at 2pm. The club are having a very good season this
year with a number of their athletes impressing at the recent All
Ireland
Juvenile Championships. Further details
about these sports are available on www.corkathletics.org.
Best of Luck to all the athletes in action at the
National
senior Track and Field Championships this Weekend.
July 17 – Results
AAI National League,
CIT Track Cork. See Results
July 15 – Araglin
Sports
See programme
– a great evening in prospect.
July 15 – Long
Journey for
Cork Athletes
The second leg of
the national juvenile T&F Championships take place
this weekend in the new Track in Sligo.
A big number of Cork athletes are making the journey up and we
wish them
the very best of luck. Best of Luck also to the Cork teams in the
national
track and field league which takes place in the CIT Track on Sunday
starting at
11.30am.
July 15 – Athletics
Ireland
EGM
The EGM of the
Athletics Association of Ireland was held on Wednesday
in Portlaoise. Despite the awkward time
Cork was well represented at the EGM
having one of the biggest contingents on the night.
The EGM was called to discuss the strategic
development was up for discussion. A
summary of what happened at the meeting can be found in todays Irish
Independent. The AAI interim CEO Gary Owens gave a presentation on the
proposed
development plan. It is hoped that Gary
will come to Cork in August and give this presentation again.
July 12 – Relay
Trials
Trials for the
County Relay teams for the All Ireland Inter County
Relays will take place in the CIT Track on Tuesday July 19th at 7.30pm. Only athletes available to compete on Sunday
July 31st in Tullamore should take part!
There will be trials for U9,11, 13, 15, 17, 19 athletes. Thanks to Leevale, Belgooly and Eagle for
facilitating these trials.
July 12 – Bronze for
Ciaran
Congratulations to
Ciaran O Lionaird of Leevale who won bronze at the
European Youth Olympics in the 1500m.
This is a great achievement for Ciaran who is one of Cork’s
brightest
middle distance prospects. He was
welcomed in Cork airport by Friends, Family, coaches and club mates on
Saturday. We would like to wish Ciaran
the best of luck in the future. See www.leevale.org
July 12 – All
Ireland Juvenile
T&F Championships
There were some
fantastic performances by Cork’s young athletes at the
All Ireland Juvenile Track and Field championship sponsored by
Lucozade. Gold
medals were won by Joan Healy, Sarah Bradfield (Bandon), Philip Burns,
Christina Broderick, Tom Cross and Harriet Cross (Belgooly), Derek
Duff, Maura
Fitzgerald (Leevale), Timmy Harrington (Courcies) and Linda & Anne
Marie
Cronin (Old Abbey). Full results will
be available on www.athleticsireland.ie.
July 4th – Throws Coaching
There will be
coaching (discus and hammer only) for any Cork athletes
who have qualified for the National juvenile track and field
championships on
Wednesday evening in the CIT Track between 8 and 9pm.
The session is being organised by County Coaching Coordinator
Finbarr McCarthy.
July 4th – National Junior and
Under 23
Track and Field Championships
The national junior
and under 23 track and field championships were
held in the CIT Track yesterday in the CIT Track in Cork.
There was plenty of help and the fixture
went off very well. A special thanks to
all the Cork people who helped out in the run up and on the day. Unfortunately the weather was not ideal with
a swirling wind meaning some athletes missed out on setting legal
times.
A number of Cork
athletes impressed on the track. Ailis
McSweeney of Leevale won the under 23
100m. Dawn Kelly of Belgooly won both
the under 23 400m hurdles and 400m flat.
Orla Drumm of UCC took silver in the under 23 800m while Niamh
Cremin of
Leevale took bronze in the sprint hurdles.
Also taking bronze in the sprint hurdles was Mera O’Connor of
Leevale
who was 3rd in the junior sprint hurdles.
Christina Broderick took silver in the junior sprint hurdles
while Aoife
Cooke of Youghal was 2nd in the junior 5000m.
Harriet Cross of Belgooly took bronze in the 200m.
Derek Duff of Leevale took gold in the
junior 200m and bronze in the 100m.
Liam O’Brien of Togher was 3rd in the junior 400m. Ronan Foolkes
took
bronze in the under 23 400m hurdles.
Christopher Crowley
was the most impressive Cork athletes in the jumps
competitions winning both the junior long and high jump competitions. Stephen Noonan of Carraig na bhFear won
silver in the junior pole vault. Conor
Sheehy of Togher won silver in the junior triple jump while Thomas
McKenna of
Ballincollig won silver in the under 23 long jump.
Imelda Morrison of Youghal was 2nd in the junior long jump with
Donna Hosford of Youghal taking bronze.
Christina Broderick of Belgooly won the junior triple jump. In the throwing events Sarah Bradfield of
Bandon won the junior discus competition.
Anne Marie Cronin of old Abbey was second in the junior hammer
while
Maura Fitzgerald of Leevale was third in the junior shot.
Thomas McKenna of Ballincollig took gold in
the under 23 javelin.
Cork Results: National Junior and U23
track and
field championships, CIT Track, Bishopstown, Cork
U23 Men 400m Hurdles: 3 R. Foolkes (Togher) 57.84. Long Jump: 2
T.
McKenna (Ballincollig) 4.37. Javelin: 1 T. McKenna (Ballincollig)
32.92.
Junior Men 100m: 3 D. Duff (Leevale) 10.87.
200m: 1 D. Duff (Leevale) 21.79; 400m: 3 L. O’Brien (Togher AC)
50.42. High Jump: 1 C. Crowley (Belgooly)1.90; Long Jump: 1 C. Crowley
(Belgooly) 6.72; Triple Jump: 2. C Sheehy (Togher). Pole Vault: 2 S.
Noonan
(Carrig Na bhFearr) 3.60;
U23 Women 100m: 1 A. McSweeney (Leevale) 11.64; 200m: 2 A.
McSweeney
(Leevale) 23.92; 400m: 1 D. Kelly (Belgooly) 57.75; 800m: 2 O. Drumm
(UCC)
2:14.98; 100m Hurdles: 2 N. Cremin (Leevale) 15.51;
Junior Women 200m: 3 H. Cross (Belgooly)
25.16.
5,000m: 2 A. Cooke (Youghal AC) 17:24.2; 100m Hurdles: 3 M. O’Connor
(Leevale)
16.54. 400m Hurdles: 2. C Broderick (Belgooly). Long Jump: 2 I.
Morrison
(Youghal) 5.38; 3 D. Hosford (Leevale) 5.15. Triple Jump: 1 C.
Broderick (Belgooly)
10.78; Shot Putt: 3 M. Fitzgerald (Leevale) 10.58. Discus: 1 S.
Bradfield
(Bandon) 32.62; Hammer: 2 A. M. Cronin (Old Abbey) 47.24.
Full Results see www.athleticsireland.ie.
July 3rd – Training Session with
Sonia
O’Sullivan
Earlier this year
Sonia O’Sullivan made an offer to help with coaching
young Irish athletes. This morning in
the the Mardyke track a number of Cork’s junior athletes were put
through their
paces by Sonia O’Sullivan who did a light training session with
athletes and
gave them some advice and encouragement.
A special thanks to Sonia O’Sullivan for taking time out of her
schedule
to help out and also to the County Chairman Noreen Murphy who did a lot
of work
to make sure Sonia’s offer of help was taken up. Hopefully
Corks junior athletes will get a chance to train with
Sonia again in the future.
June 20th – Getting Ready
for the Junior and Under 23 T&F Championships!
Cork’s young
athletes will be in action at the Munster U14-U19 T&F
championships in the Riocht Track in Kerry next weekend.
Many will be hoping to take part in the
National Junior and Under 23 Track and Field Championships which take
place in
the CIT Track on Sunday July 3rd. This
is the first national championships event to be staged in the CIT since
the
track was redeveloped. It is hoped
there will be a big local entry and that clubs and athletes will make a
special
effort to support the event. Entry
forms are available on www.athleticsireland.ie.
A reminder that the Cork City Sports will take place on Saturday July
2nd in
the Mardyke track in Corkstarting at 2pm and not 4pm as is on their
posters. The change of time is to
facilitate
live TV coverage on RTE between 4 and 5 pm.
See www.corksitysports.ie.
June 19th – International
News!
A number of Cork
athletes were in action at the Europa Cup over the
weekend. Ailis McSweeney was a member
of the 4x100m relay team that set a new national record.
Derval O’Rourke was 2nd in the
100m hurdles in a time of 13.12. Conor
Sheey of Togher was involved in the triple jump while Jer O’Donoghue
was on the
men’s 4x100m relay team. Report see www.athleticsireland.ie. Well done to Ciaran O’Lionaird of Leevale
who ran a new personal best in the 1500m in a junior international in
Germany. He ran a time of 3.50.41.
June 19th - Munster Senior T&F Results
The Munster senior
Track and Field Championships were held today in the
CIT Track. The weather was fantastic
with athletes and spectators enjoying uninterrupted sunshine for the
day. There were some very close finishes
in the
races on the track. County 1500m
champions Brian McMahon of Carraig na bhFear and Catherine Keohane of
Leevale
both won their Munster 1500m races. In
the 5000m American based athletes
Michelle Scott of Carraig na bhFear and Aoife Cooke of Youghal took
gold and
silver. County 5000m champion Sean
McGrath of East Cork finished in second his race with Alan O’Shea of
Bantry
taking bronze. East Cork took gold in the 5000m team competition. Dave Doherty of Togher took silver in the
800m as did Aisling Maunsell of Leevale in the womens 800m. Dawn Kelly of Belgooly won the 400m hurdles
in a personal best time of just over 62 second. She
also took gold in the 200m.
Paddy O’Gorman of Leevale won the men’s 400m.
His club mate Derek Duff had a double winning the 100m and
200m. Stephen Lynch of Togher won the
steeplechase race.
In the field events
Cork athletes picked up a number of medals. The
Cronin sisters, Anne Marie and Linda
from Old Abbey AC took silver and bronze in the hammer.
Christopher Crowley of Belgooly won the high
jump with a clearance of 1.90 metres. Pat Moore of Leevale won the
javelin
while Andrea Lazzlo of Old Abbey won the 56lb over the bar. Imelda Morrison of Youghal won the womens
long jump.
June 17th – County Junior &
Masters
T&F!
The last County
T&F Championships event of the year was held this
evening in the CIT Track. Conditions on
the evening were good and there were healthy numbers in many of the
events.
Brendan Dennehy of
Rising Sun took gold in the over 55 200m and high
jump. Garrett Barry took gold in the
over 40 3000m and was 3rd in the senior open mile.
Denis Howard of Rising Sun and Len Braham did well in the
throwing events. In the junior events
Emer O’Connell of Blarney Inniscarra took gold in a competitive 800m
while
Stephen Lynch of Togher won the junior mens 800m. Andrew
Kenneally of Old Abbey took gold in the hammer and 35lb
for distance event.
County Juniors & Masters
T&F
Results Day 2
June 13th – Packed weekend ahead!
There will be plenty
of Athletics action this coming weekend.
On Friday the second leg of the County Junior and Masters Track
and
Field Championships takes place in the CIT Track at 7pm.
On Saturday the Cork Community Games
Athletics Finals take place. On Sunday
the Munster Senior Track and Field Championships take place in the CIT
Track
while over in the Mardyke Track the Munster Special Olympics will be
taking
place.
June 13th – Special Olympics
This
Weekend!
Cork
Companies join forces with Special Olympics Munster to host Mardyke
Athletics
Event
HUNDREDS
of top athletes and their coaches from across the country are limbering
up to
host the Munster Athletics Finals in Cork this month.
And almost 100 volunteers from Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd, at
Little
Island,
and Depuy Ireland Ltd, in Ringaskiddy, together with their families and
friends, have teamed up with Special Olympics Munster, to host these
finals at
the Mardyke Arena next Saturday and Sunday (June 18
and
19).
More
than 300 athletes as well as their coaches from 22 teams from all of
the
Munster counties will be taking part in track and field events over the
two
days. This competition is especially important for the athletes as it
is
the
first step in the qualification process for the Irish team for the 2007
Special
Olympics World Summer Games in China.
The
Mardyke event is organised by the Special Achievers Club -- a volunteer
initiative by staff from the Johnson & Johnson family of companies
in
support of Special Olympics Munster. The J&J Special Achievers Club
features volunteers from Alza Ireland Ltd (Cashel, Tipperary); DePuy
Ireland
Ltd (Ringaskiddy, Cork); Janssen
Pharmaceutical
Ireland Ltd (Little Island, Cork); and Vistakon Ireland Ltd (Limerick)
who have
also enlisted their families and friends in this initiative.
A
club spokesman said: "The Club was formed in Janssen after the World
games
in 2003 to ensure that the spirit of the Special Olympics continues to
grow and
develop in the Munster region."
Everything
from the opening and closing ceremonies, to the presentation of prizes
and
awards, as well as accommodation, transport, entertainment, signs,
decorations,
catering, security and the event budgets, will be covered by the
volunteers
from the J&J family of companies
June 13th – Cork City Sports
The Bupa Cork City
Sports was launched recently. The sports
this year will attract a host of
top international athletes with Sonia O’Sullivan and double Olympic
gold
medallist Kelly Holmes already confirmed for the sports.
The sports will enjoy live TV coverage this
year between 4 and 5pm. To facilitate
this the sports will start at 2pm and not 4pm as had been
advertised. Officials must be in
place
by 12.30pm. Further details see the
Evening
Echo and www.corkcitysports.ie.
June 13th – Munster Juvenile
T&F
The first round of
the Munster Juvenile Track and field Championships were held over the
weekend
in the CIT Track in Bishopstown. Athletes
from all over Munster came to take part in these championships hoping
to
qualify for the All Ireland Juvenile Track and Field Championships,
which will
take place in July in Sligo.
Glorious weather
brought out the best in athletes and there were some very impressive
performances by athletes at this competition.
In the under 9
competitions Eirne Ni Dheasmhunaigh of Leevale had a good day winning
the long
jump competition and taking silver in the sprint.
A number of Leevale athletes impressed at this competition with
Rebecca Corbett winning a thrilling under 13 60 metre sprint. Her club mate Jennifer Murphy took gold in
the under 13 high jump with a jump of 1.44 metres.
Leevale’s Denis O’Sullivan won three medals in the under 12 boys
competitions winning silver in the under 12 sprint and bronze in the
long jump
and six hundred metre race.
Another Cork club to
impress was Riverstick Kinsale athletic club.
Their athletes benefited from their recent club sports. Ciara Fenton won the under 12 long jump
competition and finished third in the under 12 high jump competition. Her training partner
at the Riverstick club Jessica Sheehan also impressed
taking silver in the under 12 long jump.
Orla Nash of Riverstick Kinsale won silver in the under 13 long
jump. Bandon athletic club who are
having a very
good track and field season continued their good season with a number
of
athletes winning medals in their events.
Great Okafor won the under 12 sprint and finished second in the
long
jump. Lynn Bradfield won the under 12
shot competition while Claire Sexton of Bandon took silver in the under
10
girls sprint.
East Cork athletes
won a number of medals with Michael McSweeney of Midleton winning the
under 13
shot and Ball Throw. Robyn Jenkinson
Butler of Carrigtohill won the under 10 girls long jump.
Shane Howard of Grange Fermoy won the under
12 boys sprint and took silver in the long jump. Youghal’s
Shauna Launders was 3rd in the under 12 ball
throw. John Kennedy of Sonia
O’Sullivan’s club Ballymore Cobh took bronze in the under 10 long jump.
Anthony O’Neill of
Liscarroll won the under 11 600 metres with his club mate Andrew
Farrell taking
bronze in the 60 metres. David Cussen of Old Abbey athletic club took
silver in
the under 10 long jump and bronze in the sprint.
All these athletes
will be in action again at the All Irelands in Sligo in July. The runners up in these competitions will
now be training for the Munster Juvenile B Track and Field
Championships which
take place in July.
June 4th – Munster Juvenile
T&F
The first leg of
the Munster Juvenile Track and Field Championships will
take place this weekend in the CIT Track in Cork. After
a busy June bank holiday weekend of open sports many young
Cork athletes will be looking forward to these championships. Events start at 11.00am on both Saturday and
Sunday.
June 4th – EGM
An EGM to discuss
the strategic development plan for athletics will take
place on Wednesday July 13th at 5pm in Portlaoise. Any registered member of a club (over 18)
who wishes to travel to this meeting as a county board delegate is
asked to
contact the county board ([email protected]).
May 29th – Munster Masters
T&F
The Munster Masters
T&F Championships were held today in Castleisland
Co. Kerry. Despite a worrying forecast
the day stayed dry. Cork athletes again
impressed with many winning their events.
The next outing for the Cork masters athletes will be the second
leg of
the county masters track and field championships on Friday June 17th. Skibbereen athletes Declan Coakley, Patrick
O’Brien,
May 27th - County Junior T&F
The first leg of
the County Junior Track and Field Championships was held
this evening in the CIT Track.
Weatherwise it was a disappointing evening with drizzle making
life
uncomfortable for all at the Track. The
evening began with a special presentation to Paddy Olden of the CIT who
will be
retiring shortly. Paddy has taken great
care of the track during his time at the CIT and will be missed when he
retires.
The weather took
it’s toll on the numbers competing with small numbers in
many races. One of the best supported
events of the evening was the junior womens 1500m which was one by
Aoife Cooke
of Youghal in a time of 4.54. Last
Sunday Aoife won the senior 3000m.
Craig Murphy of Togher won the junior men’s 1500m.
Ciaran McCarthy of Togher won the
steeplechase ahead of Ronan Duggan of Bandon.
In the sprints there was a Leevale double with Thomas O’Sullivan
winning
the men’s race and Katie Fitzgerald winning the women’s race. Katey Byrd of Leevale won the 100m
hurdles. Andrea Bickerdyke of Blarney
Inniscarra won the wom’s 400m while John Shine of Leevale won the men’s
race. Blarney Inniscarra dominated the
men’s
throwing events while Rachel Roche of Bandon had a double winning the
discus
and shot competitions. In the jumps Stephen Noonan of Carraig na bhFear
won the
Pole Vault while David Quilligan of Leevale won the long jump.
The second leg of
the junior T&F Championships will be held on Friday
June 17th in the CIT Track.
May 26th – Tracton Open Sports
Tracton Athletic
Club will hold their annual open sports on Sunday June 5th. There is an exciting programme of events for
all ages so this will be a sports well worth attending. Programme.
May 24th – Busy Weekend Ahead
This weekend will be a busy
weekend
for athletics in Cork. On Friday night
the first leg of the County Junior Track and Field Championships takes
place in
the CIT Track in Cork starting at 7pm. Programme On Sunday the Munster Masters Track and
Field Champions and the Munster Juvenile Combined Events will take
place in the
Riocht Track, Castleisland, Co. Kerry starting at 11.00am.
Courceys Annual Open sports will also take
place on Sunday starting at 1pm in Ballinspittle GAA.
May 22nd – County Senior Track
and Field
Championships
The premier track
and field event of the County athletics calendar was
held today in the CIT Track. Numbers
were down on last year on the track but there was an increase in the
numbers
taking part in the throwing events. Ian
Tivy of Togher won a very close 800 metres, his club mate Kevin Walsh
broke the
50 second barrier to claim gold in the 400 metres.
The womens 800m was won by Aisling Maunsell of Leevale. Margaret McCarthy of Blarney Inniscarra won
the womens 400m while Claire McSweeney of Leevale took gold in the 200m. Cit Sports Bursary recipient Carl McNamara
of Leevale won the 200m. Sean
McGrath
of East Cork took gold in the 5000 metres while Aoife Cooke of Youghal
Athletic
Club won the 3000m in a personal best time of 10minutes 10 seconds. In the field events Brendan Dennehy of
Rising Sun took gold in the high and long jump competitions. Joe Nagle of Leevale won the men’s shot
while Stephen Noonan of Carraig na bhFear won the Pole Vault. Sarah Bradfield of Bandon Athletic Club had
a double winning the shot and discus while the Cronin sisters of Old
Abbey had
a 1, 2 in the hammer competition. A
special thanks to all the guests who took part and all who participated
and
helped in the championships, County
Senior T&F Pictures, Results
May
22nd - AVONDHU
LEAGUE OFF WITH A BANG
See results
May 18th – County Senior Track
and Field
Championships
The Cork County Senior Track and
Field Championships will take place in the CIT Track in Cork on Sunday
May 22nd. This event last year
witnessed some very impressive
performances last year with Jer O’Donoghue of Leevale running 10.53 in
the 100m
and many more athletes making the Irish ranking lists with their
performances
at these meet. Full Electronic timing
will again will be used and guest competitors are welcome to take part. This will be a great opportunity for
athletes to compete on the CIT Track which will be the venue for the
AAI Junior
and Under 23 Track and Field Championships in July.
Programme
for County Senior T&F
May 15th
County
Juvenile T&F Results Day 2
May 13th – County Masters
T&F
The
first leg of the county masters T&F championships were held this
evening in the CIT Track. A strong wind
made it a cold evening. The numbers
taking part were encouraging. The
masters 1500m race was an exciting affair with Michael Murphy of the
Barrs
battling it out with Denis McCarthy of East Cork to be first over the
line. There was an equally thrilling
women’s race with Margo Dinan of the Barrs finishing just ahead of
Claire
O’Brien of East Cork again. Frank Stam
of Leevale impressed winning the discus with a throw of over 30 metres. Liz Coomey dominated the O35 events winning
the shot 100m, discus and long jump.
May 11th – Avondhu T&F League
Day 1-
Wednesday May 11 @ Mourneabbey
GAA grounds at 6.30 pm.
U 8 80 m
; U 9 Relay mixed; U 10 80 m ,
300 m , Ball Throw; U 11 Relay mixed; U 12 100 m, 300 m, High Jump; U
13 Relay
mixed; U 14 100 m , 600 m , Shot Putt; U 15 Relay mixed; U 16 100
m, 600 m
High Jump.
IT IS
PROPOSED TO HAVE DAY 2 ON WEDNESDAY
JUNE 22 AT COLAISTE CRAOIMHIN FERMOY @ 6.30 pm AND DAY 3 ON WEDNESDAY
JULY 13
at BANTEER GAA PITCH @ 6.30 pm. SPECIAL MEDALS PRESENTED TO COMPETITORS
WHO
ATTEND all 3 days. A special guest will be present at the AWARD
CEREMONY.
Competing clubs are Abbey
Striders , Donoughmore, Fanahan McSweeney , Grange Fermoy,
Liscarroll, Duhallow , Mallow, Millstreet and North Cork.
May 9th – County Masters T&F
The County Masters
T &F season gets underway on Friday next in the
CIT Track. There is an exciting
programme of events for masters and there are also a number of open
senior
events. Programme Entries for the masters events must be with the
County competition secretary by tomorrow while entry for the open
senior events
is on the night.
Next Saturday the
second round of the Evening South Munster Schools
T&F Championships takes place in the CIT Track while on Sunday the
second
leg of the County juvenile T&F takes place.
May 8th - County Juvenile T&F Results
The Cork County
juvenile Track and Field Championships were held today
in the CIT Track in Cork. There were
big numbers in a lot of the races so the programme took a bit longer to
run
than expected. Thankfully the weather
was very good with plenty of sunshine.
A special thanks to everybody who helped on the day and well
done to all
the athletes who took part. The second
leg of these championships will take place on Sunday next.
May 2nd – Busy Week &
Weekend Ahead
The next week will
be very busy. On Wednesday night there is a road race
in Midleton. There is also a coaching
day on from 4-6pm and there will be a County Board meeting at 7.30pm in
the SMA
Hall in Wilton starting at 7.30pm. On
Thursday Night there will be a straight mile near Ballinhassig
organised by
Rising Sun Athletic Club. This race
will be in aids of the Lavanagh Centre.
The race starts at 8pm, Entry
(Donantion) minimum €5. On Saturday the
Evening Echo South Munster Schools T&F takes place in the CIT
starting at
1pm while on Sunday the first round of the County Juvenile T&F
championships take place in the CIT Track with the first event off at
10.30am
sharp.
May 1st – Riverstick Kinsale
Open Sports
Cancelled
Riverstick Kinsale
Open sports which were due to be hled tomorrow have
been called off due to a waterlogged pitch.
It is hoped to reschedule the sports.
May 1st – Munster Junior &
Under 23
Track and Field
The Munster Junior
and Under 23 T&F Championships were held today in
the CIT Track. Blustery winds
frustrated many athletes in their attempts to get good legal times but
there were
some thrilling races. The junior mens
100m was a very close affair with Greg O’Leary of Leevale edging out
his club
mate Derek Duff only by a thin whisker.
The places were reversed in the 200m.
Kieran Weir of Togher won the 400m.
In the field events Chris Crowley of Belgooly had a double
winning the
long and high jump. His club mate Tom
Cross took gold in the junior javelin.
The junior girls events were equally exciting with Christina
Broderick
winning both the 400m hurdles and triple jump.
Claire McSweeney of Leevale won the 400m flat while Rachel Roche
of
Bandon won the javelin. The Cronin
sisters of Old Abbey had a 1, 2 in the hammer with Anne Marie taking
gold and
Lind Silver. Ronan Foolkes of Togher
won a very close under 23 400m hurdles while his club mate Kevin Walsh
won the
400m flat. Thomas Maunsell had a good
win the in the under 23 1500m and took silver in the 800m.
John Dilworth of Blarney Inniscarra won the
under 23 hammer while Batt McHugh of East Cork won the 35lb for
distance. Orla
Drumm of UCC recorded an impressive middle distance double winning the
under 23
800m and 1500m. Dawn Kelly of Belgooly
successfully retained her 400m hurdles title and also won the 200m. The Munster Council tahnks all who helped
out on the day.
Munster
Junior & Under 23 T&F Results
April 28th –
The first meeting
of the 2005 athletics
academy was held recently in
Christopher Crowley
of Belgooly flew from the academy meeting in
April 24th – Busy weekend ahead!
The big athletics event this May Bank Holiday
weekend will
be the Munster Junior and under 23 Track and Field Championships which
take
place in the CIT Track in Bishopstown, Cork on Sunday.
There were some very encouraging
performances by
On the May Bank Holiday Monday Riverstick Kinsale
Open
Sports takes place in Riverstick GAA starting at 1pm and with the
County
championships only a week away this will be an event well worth
attending. Also on Monday the Mallow 10 KM
Road Race
takes place starting in Mallow at
April 24th – County Junior and
Masters
T&F Championships
The dates for the
first legs of the County Junior and Masters Track and
Field Championships have been set. Due
to a very busy calendar for junior athletes it is no longer possible to
hold
the junior and Masters together. As a
result of this the
County Junior
T&F Friday May 27th, Programme.
There are a number
of open senior events are being held with these
championships. Any reasonable request
for any extra senior events these will be considered.
Email [email protected].
April 24th – Avondhu T&F
Championships
April 19th –
A county board
meeting was held tonight to discuss the Strategic
Development plan for the AAI in the SMA Hall in
April 17th –
There will be a
county board meeting on Tuesday to discuss the Strategic
Development plan for the AAI, it will start at
April 17th – Leevale Sports
Leevale sports were
held today.
Anybody who thought the sports were going to be cancelled given
the
appalling weather early Sunday morning could be forgiven and this did
have an
effect on the crowd which was smaller than expected. The
weather may not great but the competition on the track more
than made up for this. The junior and
senior events were particularly exciting.
The host club had a double in the senior 100m with Darren
O’Donovan and
Ailis McSweeney taking gold. The junior
800m was won by Margaret McCarthy of Blarney Inniscarra while the
junior men’s
1500m was won by Ciaran O’Lionaird. The
junior and under 23 1500m was run together and it was a thrilling race
dominated by
The next open
sports in
April 17th – Avondhu T&F
Championships
The
Avondhu Track & Field
Championships go on at Liscarroll GAA pitch on Sunday
April 24
th
at
The
programme for Gals and Guys:
U 6
: 50
m
U 8
: 80 m Relay
U
9: 80 m 300
m
U
10: 80 m 300 m Ball
Throw Relay
U
11: 80 m 300 m Long
Jump
U 12: 100
m 600 m High
Jump Relay
U 13: 100
m 600 m Shot
Putt
U 14:
100 m 900 m Long
Jump Relay
U 15: 100
m 900 m High
Jump
U 16: 100
m 900 m Shot
Putt Relay
Senior:
100 m 1500m High
Jump Long Jump, Mixed Relay
April 10th – Exciting Weekend of
Athletics Ahead
The coming weekend
will be a busy and exciting weekend for athletics in
On Sunday Leevale Athletic Club
hold their annual open sports. This is
the third year of their sports, which have become one of the biggest
sports in
April 10th – County Junior &
Masters
Tack and Field
The County Junior
and masters Track and Field Championships which were
scheduled for the Friday (April 15th) have had to be postponed due to
the
unavailability of the CIT Track. It is
proposed to now have the first leg of the County Masters Track and
Field
Championships on Friday May 13th and the Juniors and Friday May 27th. Clubs will be notified when these dates are
confirmed.
April 10th –
The
Margo Dina of St
Finbarrs came to the fore early in the women’s race
and held on to take gold in the novice race and the over 40 category. In second place in the novice race was
Martina Carver of Eagle with Margaret McCarthy of Blarney Inniscarra
third. Best Club were Blarney Inniscarra
with
Millstreet second. Results, Full
Results.
April 7th –
At a county board
meeting last night it was proposed
to send a bus to the next athletics academy meeting on Saturday April
16th. The bus would be leaving St
Patrick's Quay at
If clubs are
interested in travelling on the bus could they please inform
Noreen Murphy on 021 4884495 before Sunday.
April 4th –
Congratulations to
St Finbarrs athletic club who had a very successful
day at the All Ireland Road Relay Championships in
April 4th – All
April 1st –
The
April 1st – County Junior &
Masters
Track & Field Championships
The County Junior
& Masters Track & Field Championships will take
place on Friday April 15th and Friday June 17th. The Programme for the
First
Day is available - Day
1. Entries
for the first day of these championships must
be with Pat Buckley (5A
April 1st – Coaching Conference
The Cork County
Local Sports Partnership have organised a conference for
Saturday April 16th. The conference is
on in the Great Southern Hotel starting at
March 31st – Coaching Day
A development day
was held yesterday in the CIT Track almost 140 athletes
took part. Further coaching Days are
planned see Coaching.
March 27th – Coaching Day
Wednesday see Coaching
March 27th –
The Munster Novice and Senior Road Championships
were held
today in Castlelisland, Co. Kerry. A
tough course put it up to competitors but it stayed dry throughout
despite
there being some rain near the county bounds.
Race Headquarters was the new Riocht Club House which is very
impressive.
First race of the day was the men’s race. After the first half mile Cork athletes
Brian McMahon of Carraig na bhFear, Cathal O’Connell of St Finbarrs,
Wieslaw
Sosnowski of Eagle and Roy Fahy of East Cork were all in the leading
bunch. Brian McMahon stayed in touch with
the leaders through the race and crossed the line to take bronze in the
senior
race with Roy Fahy of
Collette O’Riordan of
Well done to
March 21st –
The Munster Novice and Senior Road Championships
take place
in Castleisland, Co. Kerry this Easter Sunday at
Novice Men: Wieslaw
Sosnowski, Ger Dunlea, Tony Kelleher, P McDonnell (Eagle), Philip
Withers
(Duhallow), James McCarthy, Sean McGrath, Fergus Meade, Denis McCarthy
(East
Cork), Billy O’Brien, Damien Twohig (Skibbereen), Pat Brown, Timmy
Murphy,
Kieran Hurley (Togher), Thomas Maunsell (Leevale).
Senior Men: Brian
McMahon (Carraig na bhFear), Cillian Ó Tuama, Thomas Maunsell
(Leevale), Stephen
Macklin, Josh Palmer (Togher), James McCarthy, , Fergus Meade, Eric
Meade (
Novice Women:
Angela McEvoy, Angie Amoeba, Elaine Keaty (St Finbarrs), M. Brickley
(Donoughmore), Frances O’Regan (Skibbereen), Dawn Kelly (Belgooly),
Maire
Heffernan (Liscarroll), Liz Henderson, Niamh Rowe (Eagle), Barbara
Harte
(Bandon).
Senior Women:
Anne Marie Healy, Martina Carver (Eagle), Joan Hough (St Finbarrs),
Orla Touhy
(Grange Fermoy), Claire Gibbons, Jennifer Goggin, Catherine Keohane
(Leevale),
Maria Hurley (Bantry).
March 20th – European Masters
Indoor
& Cross Country Championships
The European Masters Indoor
Championships and Masters Cross Country Championships in
March 20th –
The first meeting
of the 2005 athletics
March 20th –
The provisional
dates for the County
Junior, Masters and Senior championships have been set for April 15th,
May 22nd
and June 17th. The County Junior and
Masters Track and Field Championships will take place on Friday April
15th and
June 17th. starting at
March 20th –
The Munster Masters
Road Championships were held in
Mary Sweeney of St
Finbarrs won the over 40 race with her club mate Mary
Murphy taking bronze here. Carmel
Parnell of Leevale won the over 45 category ahead of Joan Hough of the
Barrs. Marion Lyons of St Finbarrs took
bronze in the over 50 competition. The
County teams took gold in both the over 35 and over 45 competition. Bantry won silver in the over 35 interclub
while the St Finbarrs won the over 45 club competition.
Well done to all concerned.
(there are gaps in the men’s
results - over 55 & over 60, please
email [email protected]
if
you know any of the missing
March 21st – Juvenile Indoor
Championships
The first round of
the national juvenile Indoor Championships was held in
Nenagh over the weekend. The weather on
Saturday was very good making the day more suitable for T&F than
indoor
athletics. Hopefully this good weather
will be around in May & June for the T&F.
There were a number
of medals won by
As is traditional
no results appeared on the Examiner on Monday or as of
yet on the athletics
March 17th – Paddy Desmond 5km
The first running
of the Paddy Desmond memorial road race took place
today near Ballinhassig. The event
organized by Rising Sun athletic Club attracting almost 80 participants. Ciaran O’Lionaird of Leevale was an impressive
winner of the race in a time of 15.50. His training partner and club
mate John
Shine was 2nd in a time of 16.08 while Con Marshall of the Barrs was
third. Best men’s club was Eagle. Margo Dinan of the Barrs won the women’s
race with Collette O’Riordan of West Muskerry in second and Jennifer De
Col of
St Finbarrs third. Best club was
Midleton. Full results are available on
www.risingsunac.com.
March 17th – Market Tavern 60m
Dash
The annual St
Patrick’s Day 60m Dash was held today in Cork. The
event sponsored by the Market Tavern saw
the county’s top sprinters in action.
Darren O’Donovan of Leevale was the surprise winner of the men’s
race
beating the defending champion Jer O’Donoghue who finished second. Jessika Zebo of Leevale was an impressive
winner of the Ladies womens dash.
March 13th – Paddy Desmond
Memorial Road
Race
The first running of the Paddy Desmond Memorial
5Km Road
Race will take place on St Patrick’s Day.
The event is being organised by Rising Sun Athletic Club. The course is situated on the back of the
Cork-Kinsale
Road near Bawnleigh House and the Rising Sun Bar which is near
Ballinhassig. Entry Fee is €6 and the
race will start at 11.30am. Further
details are available from Jimmy Murray on 021 4771723.
Also on St Patricks Day is the St Patrick’s
Day 60m dash
sponsored by the Market Tavern. The
race will take place on Patrick Street starting at 12.00noon.
March
13th – Hectic Weekend ahead
The coming weekend
will be an exciting one for many of Cork’s juvenile athletes who are
taking part
in the All Ireland Juvenile Indoor Championships in Nenagh. Events get
underway
at 10.00am both days. Best of Luck to
all the athletes taking part.
The County Teams have been named for the Munster
Masters
Road Championships on Sunday. As always
anybody named unable to compete is asked to contact the county team
manager Joe
O’Flynn on 087 6483532 or
email [email protected]. Joe will have numbers and jerseys for those
named on the day of the competition.
Cork Teams for Munster Masters
Road Championships, Waterford RSC,
Sunday March 20th:
Men Over 40:
Michael Murphy, Willie Hayes, Cathal O’Connell, Eamonn Carroll. Paul
Dinan, T.
O’Flynn (St Finbarrs), Denis McCarthy, D O’Sullivan (East Cork), Noel
Curtin
(Youghal), Joe Sullivan (Bandon), Pat Murphy, Joe Murphy (Eagle),
Patrick
O’Brien (Skibbereen), T Smyth (Eagle).
Men Over 50:
Eamonn McEvoy, Liam O’Leary, Michael Dunne (St Finbarrs), Tommy Murphy
(Skibbereen), Maurice Tobin (Grange Fermoy), Finbarr Long (West
Muskerry),
Frank Cashman, John Walshe (East Cork), John Quigley (Eagle), John
O’Leary
(Leevale).
Women Over 35:
Mary Sweeney, Margo Dinan, Catherine O’Rourke, Angela McEvoy, Eileen
Buckley,
Angie Amoeba (St Finbarrs), Carmel Crowley, Grainne Caulfield (Bandon),
Fiona
Begley, Maria Hurley (Bantry), Frances O’Regan (Skibbereen).
Women Over 45:
Joan Hough, Marion Lyons (St Finbarrs), Maura McCarthy (Bantry),
Geraldine
Curtin (Youghal), Carmel Parnell (Leevale), Maggie Dunne (Grange
Fermoy),
Kathleen O’Brien (East Cork).
March
13th – National Junior Indoor Championships & Indoor
Relays
The national indoor
championships were held yesterday in Nenagh.
A number of Cork athletes were in action and there were a number
of very
impressive performances. Derek Duff of
Leevale was an impressive winner of the junior 60m sprint in a time of
7.16. His club mate Greg O’Leary
finished second in the 200m in a time of 23.23 seconds.
Liam O’Brien of Togher finished in the
bronze position in the 400m clocking a final time of just over 53
seconds.
Conor Sheehy of Togher jumped 13.87m to win gold in the triple jump. Joyce Curtin of Glenbower finished
second
in the 3000m in a time of 11.15 while Margaret McCarthy of Blarney
Inniscarra
was 4th in this event. Christina
Broderick of Belgooly was 3rd in the 200m running a time of 26.16. Full results will be available on www.athleticsireland.ie.
Today the national
indoor relays were held in Nenagh. A
number of Cork clubs fielded teams in this competition.
The Belgooly pair of Marianne Krabbe and
Christina Broderick took gold in the
triple jump and bronze in the long jump and high jump.
The Youghal pair of Deirdre Cronin and
Caitriona de Paor finished 3rd in the triple jump and 5th in the long
jump. Tom Cross and Christopher Crowley
of Belgooly combined to take bronze in both the long jump and triple
jump. On the track the Ballincollig 800m
team of
Edel Murphy, Triona O’Neill and Katie Fitzgerald won silver in an
exciting 800m
relay.
March 12th – Another Successful
Coaching
Day
The second county
coaching day was held today
in the CIT Track. Once again the
weather was very good and over 50 athletes enjoyed attention from
Cork’s top
athletics coaches. Feedback from athletes
who took part would be appreciated - comments can be emailed to [email protected].
There will be a
development day on Wednesday
March 30th in the CIT Track for athletes under 12 or older starting at
11.00am
and finishing at 1pm. There will be a
€2 registration fee. The events to be
covered will be sprints, sprint hurdles, long jump, high jump, shot and
middle
distance.
March 11th – St Patrick’s Day
60m Dash
The St Patrick’s
Day 60m Dash was launched tonight in the Market
Tavern. This event now in its 36th year
attracts some of the county and country’s top sprinters.
Last year Ailis McSweeney and Jer O’Donoghue
of Leevale were the fastest woman and man in Cork at this event. Since last year both athletes have been in
fantastic form both setting new indoor 60m records this season and
competing in
the European Indoor Championships in Madrid recently and both will be
defending
their titles on St Patricks Day.
Present at the
launch were members of the Cork City Sports committee,
members of the County Board, representatives of the Cork Junior Chamber
and
media representatives. Lord Mayor Sean
Martin launching the event lauded the effort in organising both the
sprint and
Bupa Cork City Sports. He also stated
that more investment in sports grassroots would pay huge dividends.
The event this year
is once again been sponsored by the Market
Tavern. This is their eleventh year
sponsoring this event. Their
generous
sponsorship means that there will be cash prizes for the sprinters in
the
final. Any sprinters interested in
taking part are asked to contact John Sheehan IMMEDIATELY: 086 8548428 or 021 4500530.
The sprint will
take place on Patrick Street starting at 12.00noon on
St Patricks Day.
March 9th – Cork Teams for
Munster Road
Championships
The County Teams have been named for the upcoming
Munster
Road Championships. As always anybody
named unable to compete is asked to contact the county team manager Joe
O’Flynn
on 087 6483532 or email [email protected]. Joe will have numbers and jerseys for those
named on the day of the competition.
Cork Teams for
Munster Masters Road Championships, Waterford RSC, Sunday March 20th:
Men Over 40:
Michael Murphy, Willie Hayes, Cathal O’Connell, Eamonn Carroll. Paul
Dinan, T.
O’Flynn (St Finbarrs), Denis McCarthy, D O’Sullivan (East Cork), Noel
Curtin
(Youghal), Joe Sullivan (Bandon), Pat Murphy, Joe Murphy (Eagle),
Patrick
O’Brien (Skibbereen), T Smyth (Eagle).
Men Over 50:
Eamonn McEvoy, Liam O’Leary, Michael Dunne (St Finbarrs), Tommy Murphy
(Skibbereen), Maurice Tobin (Grange Fermoy), Finbarr Long (West
Muskerry),
Frank Cashman, John Walshe (East Cork), John Quigley (Eagle), John
O’Leary
(Leevale).
Women Over 35:
Mary Sweeney, Margo Dinan, Catherine O’Rourke, Angela McEvoy, Eileen
Buckley,
Angie Amoeba (St Finbarrs), Carmel Crowley, Grainne Caulfield (Bandon),
Fiona
Begley, Maria Hurley (Bantry), Frances O’Regan (Skibbereen).
Women Over 45:
Joan Hough, Marion Lyons (St Finbarrs), Maura McCarthy (Bantry),
Geraldine
Curtin (Youghal), Carmel Parnell (Leevale), Maggie Dunne (Grange
Fermoy).
Cork Teams for
Munster Novice & Senior Road Championships, Castleisland Track, Co.
Kerry,
Sunday March 27th (Easter Sunday):
Novice Men: Wieslaw
Sosnowski, Ger Dunl;ea, Tony Kelleher, P McDonnell (Eagle), Philip
Withers
(Duhallow), James McCarthy, Sean McGrath, Fergus Meade, Denis McCarthy
(East
Cork), Billy O’Brien, Damien Twohig (Skibbereen), Pat Brown, Timmy
Murphy,
Kieran Hurley (Togher), Thomas Maunsell (Leevale).
Senior Men: Brian
McMahon (Carraig na bhFear), Cillian Ó Tuama (Leevale), Stephen
Macklin, Josh
Palmer (Togher), Eric Meade (East Cork).
Novice Women:
Angela McEvoy, Angie Amoeba, Elaine Keaty (St Finbarrs), M. Brickley
(Donoughmore), Frances O’Regan (Skibbereen), Dawn Kelly (Belgooly),
Maire
Heffernan (Liscarroll), Liz Henderson, Niamh Rowe (Eagle), Barbara
Harte
(Bandon).
Senior Women:
Anne Marie Healy, Martina Carver (Eagle), Joan Hough (St Finbarrs),
Orla Touhy
(Grange Fermoy), Claire Gibbons, Jennifer Goggin, Catherine Keohane
(Leevale),
Maria Hurley (Bantry).
March 6th – Coaching Day
A coaching day will
take place on Saturday March 12th see Coaching.
Best of Luck to Cork athletes
competing in the All Ireland Indoor Junior Championships and AAI Games
this
weekend.
(The date coaching day was set in
January before the date for the juniors was set, hence the unfortunate
clash)
March 6th – Great European
Indoor
Championships for Ireland
Well done to all
the Irish athletes who took part in the European
Indoor Championships. It was a great
weekend for Irish athletics with David Gillick and Alistair Cragg
winning gold
medals in the 400m and 3000m. Derval
O’Rourke of Leevale set a new national record in the 60m hurdles. Mark Carroll was 9th in the 3000m
final. Derval O’Rourke set a new
national record in the 60m hurdles and was unlucky not to qualify for
the
final. Ciara Sheehy and Paul Hession
were very impressive in the 200m. Jer
O’Donoghue and Ailis McSweeny of Leevale competed in their first major
world
championships and will no doubt benefit from the experience. It was disappointing that our mens 4x400m
team was not there considering the great Irish talent in the 400m at
present,
something even the BBC commentators mentioned before the 4x400m final
unfortunately only the top five teams in Europe were selected along
with Spain
so Ireland missed out.
With the track
& field season beginning in April clubs should start
recruiting on the back of these successful championships so we will
have big
fields at our sports. If any club
requires assistance doing this they should contact the county board – [email protected].
It would also be no
harm for the fact to be highlighted that these
successes came about despite there being only one dedicated indoor
track in the
island. Sean Naughton and Nenagh
Olympic AC deserve a lot of credit for the recent Irish indoor
successes
particularly in the sprints. These
successes may not have happened but for the track in Nenagh. There is little doubt that if the existing
facility in Nenagh was developed along with at least one more indoor
track that
Ireland could enjoy a lot more success internationally.
Perhaps clubs and individuals should remind
the Minister of Sport with a letter about the lack of indoor athletic
facilities in the country and ask what happened the proposed Indoor
Stadium for
Santry.
March 6th – Ballycotton 10
The Ballycotton 10
was held today.
The race had a record entry of over 2800 and just over 2000
athletes
from all over took part in the race.
The weather was ideal.
The race started at
1.30pm sharp.
Seamus Power took an early lead after the first mile, which was
run in
4.13. By the second mile Power had a
narrow lead over last years winner Charles Kiplagat of Kenya and his
compatriot
Jackson Kip. Dave Mitchinson of Newham
& Essex Beagles AC joined the leading group at mile 4.
For the next three miles the lead constantly
changed. On more than one occasion
Power dropped back from the leading group and looked like his challenge
was finished
but on ech occasion he responded putting himself back in contention. The pace was upped with 3 miles to go and
the defending champion Kiplagat drifted away from the leaders. A great battle ensued over the last two
miles and viewers were treated to a sprint finish through Ballycotton
village. Mitchinson held out to take first
in a time
of 48.26, Kipnetuny was second in 48.30 and Power was third in 48.36. Last years winner Charles Kiplagat was 4th
in 49.32. First Cork man home was
County Senior Cross Country Silver medallist Tim Hartley of North Cork
in
seventh. County Half Marathon Champion
Roy Fahy of East Cork was 10th while Wieslaw Sosnowski of Eagle was14th. Claire Gibbons of Leevale who won the
Carrigaline 5 last Sunday won her first Ballycotton 10 in a time of
57.52. Gladys Daniels of DSD was second
woman
home. Previous winner Valarie Vaughan
of Blarney Inniscarra was fourth. Results
Well done to
everyone who took part and all who helped in the
organisation of the event, which once again was a fantastic success.
For the latest news
about the Ballycotton 10 and the Ballycotton 5 mile
road races see Ballycotton Running Promotions
March 5th – Kit Kat All Ireland
Schools
Cross Country
The Kit Kat All
Ireland Schools Cross Country Championships were held
today in Dungarvan. Conditions despite a strong enough breeze were very
good. Underfoot conditions were ideal
with a good running surface for the entire course.
The day was also blessed with almost uninterrupted sunshine. The event as usual was well organised and
went off on time and to plan.
Cork had a number
of school teams and individuals in action. The
best Cork performance was that of John
Shine of Colaiste an Spiorad Naoimh in Bishopstown who finished third
in the
senior boys race. Sean Smith of the
North Mon was 4th while Timmy O’Donoghue of Midleton CBS was 5th. Midleton CBS had reason to celebrate in this
race as they successfully retained their team title in this race. They finished on equal points with a Dublin
School but won on count back illustrating how important it is for each
member
of a cross country team to finish as high up in the race as they can. Great credit must go the Midleton CBS and
their Coach Liam O’Brien for this fantastic feat. Well
done to all the Cork athletes who took part. Results
will be available on www.isaa.ie.
March 5th – Gold for Gillick and
Cragg
Today was a great
day for Irish athletics.
Derval O’Rourke of
Leevale got the evening off to a good start
finishing second in her 60m hurdles in a time of 8.02.
This is a new national record but more
significantly she finished ahead of the current British number one and
the
current European number one who were third and fourth in this heat. Best of Luck to Derval tomorrow in her semi
final and hopefully we will see her in the final tomorrow evening.
(coverage on
RTE 2 from 8.35pm tomorrow)
Things only got
better as the evening went on. David
Gillick had a tough run in the
400m. He was third after the athletes
cut in but was in second place by the time they were starting the
second
lap. Over the last 50m the leader,
David Canal of Spain started to fade and Gillick, still only 21, ran
past him
to take gold in a time of 46.30. This
is the first time for many in living memory that an Irish athlete has
won gold
in a sprint event at a major world championships.
To top the evening
off there was a terrific performance by Alistair
Cragg in the 3000m. Corkman Mark
Carroll of Leevale shared the lead with Cragg for the first 1000m but
Carroll
drifted back after this. Cragg then
took the lead and set a modest pace for a few laps.
He then injected the pace leaving the home favourite Reyes
behind. For the last 1000 metres Cragg
ran about 50 metres ahead of the field and was so comfortable he could
indulge
in a bit of a well earned celebration during the last lap.
Mark Carroll finished in 9th place.
Well done to both
David and Alistair who have given us a great night to
remember.
March 4th – Carroll through to
3000m
Final
Mark Carroll of
Leevale qualified comfortably for the European Indoor
Championships 3000m final earlier today.
The experienced Carroll finished 4th in his heat in a time of
7.55.18. He will be joined in the final
by another Irish man the impressive Alistair Cragg who will be the
favourite to
take the title. Best of Luck to both
athletes. The final will be televised
live on RTE 2 at 7.15pm tomorrow (coverage starts at 6.15pm). It will be good to see some live athletics
on RTE.
Also running today
were Ailis McSweeney and Jer O’Donoghue of Leevale
in the 60m sprint. Both failed to
qualify from their heats. Their times
were slightly slower than the personal bests they have set this season. This is the first time these two athletes
have competed at a major world championships, they are both still young
and
very talented and will no doubt benefit from their experience in Madrid.
Derval O’Rourke
competes in the sprint hurdles tomorrow. We
wish her the best of luck. Also best of
Luck to David Gillick in the
400m tomorrow. He ran a personal best
of 46.17 in the 400m this evening.
TV Coverage: RTE 2
from 6.15pm (also Eurosport and BBC)
Useful Websites: www.european-athletics.org,
www.madrid2005.org, www.eurosport.com and www.athleticsireland.ie.
March 2nd – St Patrick’s Day 60m
Dash
A 60m dash will be
held on St Patrick’s Day before the Parade in Cork
City. The sprint will take place in
front of Brown Thomas. There will be
cash prizes, which are being kindly sponsored by the Market Tavern. Anbody interested in entering this senior
competition is asked to contact John Sheehan of Leevale IMMEDIATELY: 086 8548428
or 021
4500530. Heats will
be held if necessary. A launch will be
held in the next week.
March 2nd – County Board Meeting
A county board
meeting was held tonight in the SMA Hall in Wilton.
A number of fixtures were approved at the
meeting see fixtures. A number of transfers were also
approved. Any athlete who wishes to
transfer clubs must ensure that their transfer form is lodged with the
County
Registrar before the end of the month (John Copithorne, Belgooly, Co.
Cork). Esther Fitzpatrick thanked all
those who helped at the recent Munster Indoor championships, Chair
Noreen
Murphy also thanked Esther for her hard work during the recent indoors. The Munster Road Championships will be held
on March 20th (Masters- Waterford) and March 27th (Novice & Senior-
Castleisland), any club who is entering athletes is asked to contact
County
Team Manager Joe O’Flynn, 087 6483532, so that county teams can
be
picked. The County Novice and Masters
Road Championships have been set for April 3rd in Banteer starting at
1pm. Entries to Pat Buckley, 5A Ashgrove
Park,
Bishopstown, Cork by Wednesday March 30th.
The finance committee set up at the February meeting will meet
on
Tuesday March 15th at 8pm.
A 60m dash will be
held on St Patrick’s Day before the Parade in Cork
City. The sprint will take place in
front of Brown Thomas. There will be
cash prizes, which are being sponsored by the Market Tavern. Further Details to follow.
Concern was
expressed at the meeting about the selection criteria for
the Irish Womens team for the upcoming World Cross Country
Championships. The fact that the team for
the short course
was selected before the National short Course Cross Country
championships was
questioned. It was also pointed out at
the meeting that contrary to media reports, Breeda Dennehy Willis of
Bandon
Athletic Club was available for selection for the World Cross Country
Championships. Disappointment was also
expressed at the meeting that Breeda is still owed expenses by
Athletics
Ireland. These expenses have been owed
for over two years. The county
secretary was requested to write to Athletics Ireland about these
matters. There was also a suggestion that
the junior
womens distance be shortened at the national inter club championships
to
encourage participation. Duhallow
athletic club was congratulated on finishing 4th at the recent National
Junior
Women’s inter club championships.
The county board
extends it’s best wishes to Ailis McSweeney, Jer
O’Donoghue, Derval O’Rourke and Mark Carroll of Leevale who will
compete in the
European Indoor championships at the weekend.
Best wishes also to Cork born Niamh O’Sullivan of Riocht who
competes in
the World Cross Country Championships.
The next County
Board meeting will take place on Wednesday April
6th. There will be a juvenile meeting
first so the meeting will start at 7.30pm.
February 28th – Very Busy
Weekend Ahead
Next weekend will be a very busy weekend for
athletics. Locally the big event will be
the
Ballycotton 10 mile Road Race which this year has an entry of nearly
2800. The race will be held on Sunday
starting at
1.30pm. There will be a great
atmosphere in Ballycotton on Sunday so it will be well worth a visit. Entries closed before Christmas and since
then the local committee has been working very hard to get everything
ready. Assistance is needed to form a
human chain near
the end of the race finish. The job
entails reporting for duty at the marquee (school yard) just after the
start of
the race (1:45pm). You are then required to take up position just after
the
leaders have passed into the finish i.e. 2:30pm. and remain there until
3:30pm
approx. Niall O’Keeffe from the
organising committee is coordinating this area of the race
organisation. Anyone
intending to help out should let Niall know of your availability as
soon as
possible. He can be contacted as
follows: Mobile: 087-9909758. Email: [email protected]. Best
of Luck to all taking part.
The European Indoor Championships also take place
next
weekend in Madrid starting on Friday.
Cork has four athletes in action.
Leevale’s Jer O’Donoghue and Ailis McSweeney go in the 60m
sprints while
Ailis McSweeney takes part in the 60m hurdles.
Mark Carroll of Leevale is one of the best hopes of a medal
based on
recent form. He goes in the 3000m. A full programme is available on www.madrid2005.org and it will
be
televised on BBC and Eurosport.
Highlights will also be shown on RTE.
Further details are also available on www.athleticsireland.ie. Best of Luck to all the Cork and Irish
athletes competing in Madrid.
The Kit Kat All Ireland Schools Cross Country
Championships
take place on Saturday in Dungarvan. A
number of Cork athletes will be in action.
In the senior boys race watch out for John Shine of Colaiste an
Spioraid
Naoimh and Timmy O’Donoghue of Midleton CBS who were 2nd and 3rd at the
Munster
Schools Cross Country. Joyce Curtin of
Colaiste Eoin in Youghal after finishing second in the Munster Schools
will be
hoping to do well in the Senior Girls race.
Best of Luck to all the Cork athletes taking part.
Also on Saturday there is a schools regional
squad coaching day in the CIT starting at 11.00am.
There
is a County Board meeting on Wednesday at 8pm in the SMA Hall in Wilton.
February 28th – Corks Young
Athletes
impress at the Munster Indoors
The Munster U11
–U14 indoor championships were held over the weekend in
Nenagh. Once again Cork athletes
impressed. The Midleton U11 Girls won
the 2x300m competition. Lynn Bradfield
of Bandon won the under 12 shot competition.
Rebecca Corbett of Leevale won the under 13 60 meters while Orla
Nash of
Riverstick Kinsale won the under 13 long jump.
Other Cork girls to impress were Jennifer Mullins of Bantry and
the
Grange Fermoy under 11 girls relay team.
Liscarroll won the
under 11 boys 2x300m competition while Belgooly won
the under 11 2xLong Jump competition.
Great Okafor won the under 12 sprint while Daniel O’Callaghan of
Abbey
Striders won the under 12 high jump.
Daire Walsh of Leevale won the under 12 shot, a competition in
which
Leevale had a clean sweep winning all three medals.
The Leevale under 12 boys won their 4x100m relay.
Denis Killeen of Leevale won the under 14 60
meter sprint. Other Cork athletes to
impress were Gearoid Finn of Riverstick Kinsale, Gary Minihane of
Courceys,
Michael Sweeney of Carraig na bhFear, Patrick Maher of Liscarroll and
Daniel
Colbert of Midleton.
February 28th – Teams for World
Cross
Country Championships
Athletics Ireland
recently announced the Irish teams for the World
Cross Country Championships, which take place in France on March 19/20. Sadly no athletes registered with a Cork
club have been named. Cork born Niamh
O’Sullivan of Riocht is named on the Senior Women’s long Course team. Mary Margaret Meade of North Belfast is also
named on the team, she competed with UCC in the recent past. Hopefully Cork will be better represented on
Irish Cross Country teams in the future, coaching days to help ensure
this long
term have been organised see Coaching.
February 28th – Eagle
‘Carrigaline 5’
The Carrigaline 5
was held yesterday.
There were 173 competitors. The
race had a very close finish with Josh Palmer of Togher fnishing only
four
seconds ahead of the Wieslaw Sosnowski of the host Club.
Cathal O’Connell of St Finbarrs was
third. Claire Gibbons of Leevale won
the ladies race in a course record. Her club mate Carmel Parnell second
and
Mary Sweeney of St Finbarrs third. The race raised €400 for Carrigaline
Meals
on Wheels. Results (For full and detailed results see www.eagleac.net)
February 26th – Ballycotton 10
– Appeal for Assistance!
The Ballycotton 10 takes place this year on Sunday
March
6th (1:30pm start). In spite of the
early entry cut off date of mid December another record number of
finishers
(2000 approx) is expected. As in former years the small local
organising
committee have pre-race preparations well in hand.
On race day many extra helpers are required to deal with all the
chores that go with organising a race of this magnitude. The response
from the
local community (and the many regular outside helpers) as always is
tremendous.
But with such a small population to from which to draw help there is
always a
shortfall in volunteers.
This year (like last year) it is proposed to form
a human
chain from the finish to the changing area, a distance of 1 kilometre.
The
purpose is to ensure that the earlier finishers stay to the left hand
side of
the road as they return to the school. This will give the later
finishers a
clear run to the finish line.
The organising
committee are appealing for
assistance from athletic clubs and organisations in this regard. If
there are
any willing helpers free on the day it would be very much appreciated
if they
could please make themselves available.
The job entails reporting for duty at the marquee
(school
yard) just after the start of the race (1:45pm). You are then required
to take
up position just after the leaders have passed into the finish i.e.
2:30pm. and
remain there until 3:30pm approx.
Niall O’Keeffe from the
organising
committee is coordinating this area of the race organisation. Anyone
intending
to help out should let Niall know of your availability as soon as
possible. He can be contacted as
follows:
Mobile:
087-9909758
Email: [email protected]
Regards,
Ballycotton Running Promotions
February 21st – Four Cork
athletes on
Irish Team for European Indoors in Madrid
The Athletics
Association of Ireland announced it’s team for the European
indoor Championships which will take place in Madrid in March in just
over a
week. There are four Cork athletes on
the team. Ailis McSweeney and Derval
O’Rourke of Leevale who recently set new Irish records in the 60m and
sprint
hurdles have been selected. Another
Leevale sprinter on the way to Madrid is Jer O’Donoghue who set a new
stadium
record in the 60m in Nenagh earlier this month. The
experienced Mark Carroll of Leevale competes in the 3000m at
the European Indoors. He has won the
3000m at these championships before and has been in good form at recent
indoor
meetings in the states. Well Done and
Best of Luck to all the Cork athletes traveling to Madrid.
The European indoor championships will be
held on March 4-6th. (for further details see www.athleticsireland.ie and
www.madrid2005.org).
February 20th – Busy Weekend
Ahead
There is more indoor action this
weekend with the second round of the Munster Juvenile Indoor
Championships
taking place in the Nenagh indoor arena.
It will be the under 11 to under 14 athletes who will be in
action at
these championships which start at 11.00am on both days.
Eagle Athletic Club host the Carrigaline 5 mile Road Race on Sunday (Feb 27).
The race which will start at 11.00am is one of the most popular
road
races in the county with many using the race as preparation for the
Ballycotton
10. Race headquarters are in
Carrigaline community centre. Entry fee
is €8 with €2 of event entry going to Carrigaline Meals on Wheels. The race is being sponsored by Carrigaline
Physiotherapy and Sports injury
clinic. Results will be available by
12.30pm after the race. For further details see the Eagle AC Website.
February 20th - Munster U15-U19 Indoor
Championships
The Munster Indoor Championships were held this
weekend in
Nenagh Indoor Arena in Co. Tipperary. These
Championships proved to be very successful from a Cork point of view
with a
large number of medals being won by Cork athletes.
Christina Broderick of Belgooly won four gold
medals in the
under 19 competitions winning the sprints, triple jump and high jump. Triona O’Neill of Ballincollig took gold in
the under 19 400m and 800m. Eleanor
O’Gorman of Fanahan McSweeney won the under 19 long jump.
Leevale’s Kathleen Fitzgerald and Mera
O’Connor won the under 19 shot and hurdles.
Rachel Roche of Bandon won the under 18 shot while Maura
Fitzgerald won
the under 17 shot. Francis O’Shea of
North Cork had a very impressive middle distance double winning the
under 16
800m and 1500m. Stacey O’Sullivan of
Bantry won the under 15 high jump while Leevale’s Aoife Joyce won the
under 15
long jump.
Christopher Crowley of Belgooly had a very good
day taking
gold in the under 19 sprint hurdles, high, long and triple jump
competitions. Derek Duff of Leevale taking
gold in the 60 meters finished ahead of his club mate Carl McNamara in
the
under 19 event, the places were reversed for the 200m race. Joe Warne of Dohenys took silver in both the
under 19 800m and 1500m. Sean
Crowley
of Belgooly won the under 18 high jump.
His club mate Tom Cross won the under 18 triple jump while Brian
McGowan
of Skibbereen won the long jump. Gerard
O’Connell of Liscarroll successfully retained his under 18 sprint
hurdles
title. Brendan O’Connor of Beara won
the under 17 sprint, shot, 200 metres and long jump competitions. Daniel McAulliffe of the Blarney Inniscarra
won the sprint hurdles and helped his relay team win gold in a
thrilling
race. William Heffernan of Liscarroll
and David Quilligan of Leevale won the under 16 high and long jump
competitions. Timmy Harrrington of
Courcies won the under 15 long jump.
Gerard Minihane won the under 15 sprint.
Leevale took gold in a very exciting under 15 relay race.
Other athletes to impress were Jonathon Murphy of
Carraig na
bhFear, Ray Flanagan of Youghal, Adrian Stanley of Riverstick Kinsale,
the
Carrigtohill under 15 girls relay team, Niall Griffin of Glenbower.
There is more indoor action next
weekend with the second round of the Munster Juvenile Indoor
Championships taking
place.
February 20th – National Interclub Cross
Country
Championships
The national
interclub cross country championships were held yesterday
in Santry, Co. Dublin. A number of Cork
athletes were in action at the event.
In the senior men’s race first Cork athletes home was Brian
McMahon of
Carraig na bhFear in 22 nd position.
Fergus Meade of East Cork was 27th and was first home for the
East Cork
team (Donnacha O’Mahony 41st, Roy Fahy 42nd, Eric Meade 62nd, Denis
McCarthy
68th) which finished 7th overall.
Breeda Dennehy
Willis of Bandon was 6th in the senior womens race with
Munster Senior Cross Country champion Louise Cavanagh of UCC in 10th.
Timmy O’Donoghue of
Glenbower finished in 9th in the junior men’s
race. His clubmates Kevin O’Brien
(34th), Ronan McCarthy (45th) and Eanna Cantwell (47th) ran well to
help the
club finish 7th overall. Munster Junior
womens club champions Duhallow continue to improve finishing 4th in
their race. The scorers for the Duhallow
team were
County Junior Cross Country Champion Michelle Finn (15th), Michelle
Twohig
(18th), Carol Finn (29th) and Rose Twohig (26th). Joyce
Curtin of Glenbower was 21st in this race.
Full Results see www.athleticsireland.ie.
February 17th – Coaching Day a
Great
Success
The Coaching Day held on Tuesday last was a great
success. The weather could not have been
any better with brilliant sunshine throughout, hopefully we will enjoy
similar
weather in May. Over 60 athletes
attended the coaching day with athletes benefiting from coaching in the
jumps,
hurdles, middle distance, sprints and hurdles.
Athletes who were part of the middle distance
group received
coaching advice from former international athlete Liam O’Brien, Bother
Dooley
who has coached many of the country’s top middle distance runners and
Stephen
Macklin who has played a big role in the recent successes of Douglas
Community
School and Togher athletic club. They
were assisted by Jamie McCarthy of Riverstick Kinsale who recently won
a
European Junior Cross Country medal with the Irish team.
The middle distance athletes were divided
into two groups: 800m & 1500m and 3000m & Cross Country
athletes. Both groups did a training
session. It is hoped that the advice
received, the
training done and meeting with other middle distance athletes outside
of
competition will help middle distance running in Cork.
In general athletes who took part in the event
were very
happy with the day. Feedback from
athletes about the event is important and comments good or bad can be
emailed
to [email protected].
Another coaching day will take place again on
Saturday March
12th in the CIT Track. Athletes who
have attained the following standards in their events are welcome to
attend -
High jump: athletes who have cleared 1.20m or higher.
Long jump: athletes who have jumped at least 3.50m (girls), 4m
(boys). Shot: athletes who competed in
shot at last years County Championships.
Hurdles: (Long
and sprint), athletes who competed in County Championships last
year. Sprints: athletes who finished in
top 5 in sprints at county championships last year.
Middle Distance: athletes who won individual medals in either
T&F or Cross Country. Registration
will be from 10.30-10.45am, coaching sessions will run from 11.00am
–3pm with a
break from 1.00-1.30pm. Registration
fee €5. This initiative is being
subsidised by the County Board using funds raised by the Womens Mini
Marathon.
February 14th – Forthcoming
Events
There will be a
coaching day tomorrow in the CIT Track see Coaching for more details. This event is
being subsidised by Funds raised by the Cork Ladies
Mini Marathon.
On Saturday the
National Inter Club Cross Country Championships take
place in Santry see www.athleticsireland.ie
for more details.
The first round of
the Munster Juvenile Indoor Championships take place
in Nenagh this weekend. Events begin at
11.00am both days.
February 14th – New National
Records for
Ailis McSweeney & Derval O’Rourke
There was a
sensational performance by Ailis McSweeney of Leevale on
Sunday at the Norwich Union
European Trials & AAA Championships in
Sheffield in the UK. Ailis
recently qualified for the European Indoor Championships running a time
of 7.39
in a meeting in Budapest in Hungary just over a week ago.
Ailis running in the 60m sprint final in
Sheffield finished third in a time of 7.37 which is a new national
record (old
record 7.38). Derval O’Rourke finished
third in the sprint hurdles in a time of 8.06 which eclipsed the old
Irish
Record. This is a fantastic achievement for Ailis, Derval and their
club
Leevale, and we wish them all the best in their preparations for the
European
Indoors which are in Madrid on March 4-6th.
Brian Murphy of UCC
ran a personal best in the 400m (47.83) at the AAA
Championships reaching the semi-finals of the 400m.
His training partner Paddy O’Gorman of Leevale ran a time of
49.46 in the first round of the 400m.
February 12th – Kit Kat Munster
Schools
Cross Country Championships
The Kit Kat Munster
Schools Cross Country championships were held today
in Dungarvan. Underfoot conditions were
good but a strong gale certainly tested the athletes taking part. Thankfully though I stayed dry during the
races.
In the minor girls
race, Emma O’Neill of Mount Mercy was 5th while
Christ the King finished 3rd in the team competition.
B Corbell of Youghal CBS won the minor boys race while Youghal
CBS finished 2nd. T Dineen of De La
Salle in Macroom was 4th in this race.
In the junior girls race Frances O’Shea of St Marys in
Charleville was
5th. Michael O’Sullivan of McEgan
College Macroom was 4th in the boys race with Douglas Community School
finishing 3 rd in the team competition.
In the intermediate girls race Colaiste Treasa athletes Michelle
Finn and Michelle Twohig were 3rd and 4th with Sinead Power of Youghal
5th. Colaiste Treasa (Kanturk) was 3rd
in team competition. Craig Murphy of
Douglas CS was 6th in the intermediate boys race with his schools
finishing 2nd
in the team competition. Joyce Curtin
of Colaiste Eoin in Youghal was 2nd in the Senior girls race with
Louise Finn
of Ballincollig Community school claiming 6th place.
In the senior boys race John Shine of Colaiste an Spioraid Naomh
was 2nd with Timmy O’Donoghue of Midleton CBS finishing 3rd ahead of
Sean Smyth
of the North Mon in 4th and William Hughes of the North Mon in 6th. Midleton CBS won the team title with Douglas
CS taking bronze. Cork Results
Douglas Community
School was the best overall boys school. Great
credit here must go to Stephen Macklin
of Togher who has played a big role in the success that has been
enjoyed by
both Togher and Douglas Community School in the last few year.
February 6th - Munster Schools
Cross
Country
The Munster Schools Cross Country
Championships take place on Saturday in Dungarvan. There were
some
exciting races at last weekend's South Munster Schools Cross Country
Championships in Carrignavar see Results. Best of
Luck to
all the Cork athletes taking part.
Also on next weekend is the
Munster
AAI Council AGM, which takes place in
the Riocht club house in Castleisland on Sunday starting at 2pm.
February 6th - National Indoor
Championships
The national senior indoor
championships were held in Nenagh this weekend. Jer O'Donoughue
of
Leevale clocked a very impressive personal best of 6.76 to win the 60m
agonisingly close to the qualifying time of 6.75 for the European
Indoors. Ailis McSweeney completed a Leevale double in the sprint
taking
gold in the women's 60m. Derval O'Rourke of Leevale successfully
retained
her hurdles title. Jer, Ailis and Derval all set new stadium
records with
their performances. Derek Duiff of
Leevale took silver in the 200m B final. Mark Hanrahan of Leevale
won the
senior 3000m in a time of 8.40. His club mate Ciaran O'Lionaird
who
recently qualified for the European youth olympics took silver in the
1500m. Orla Drumm of UCC finished second in the 1500m in a time
of
4.54.09. Olympian Robert Heffernan won
the mens 5K walk title in a time under 20 minutes. In the 400m
Brian
Murphy of UCC won silver with Kevin Walsh of Togher taking bronze while
Dawn
Kelly of Belgooly also won bronze in the women's 400m. Deirdre
Murphy of
Leevale who won a Munster award recently took bronze in the shot while
Deirdre
Cronin of Youghal took bronze in the long jump. Ray Flanagan of
Youghal
won silver in the junior pole vault. Cork based Shane Cullinane
of Nenagh
Olympic and Denis Finnegan of Spa Muckross won silver in the long jump
and
triple jump competitions. Well done
also to Fiona O’Riordan of Blarney Inniscarra and Conor Sheehy of
Togher who
finished fourth in the 800m and triple jump competitions.
February 2nd - County Board Meeting
There was a county
board meeting recently in the SMA Hall in
Wilton. A number of items were
discussed. A request to support
coaching days in February and March was made, the board agreed to
support this
initiative with funds raised by the mini marathon see coaching page for
details. Clubs are being notified about
these coaching days.
The board heard at
the meeting that the proposed development of a stand
at the CIT Track seems to have fallen through.
This is a big disappointment for athletics in Cork as the CIT
Track is
the best track in the country. In order
to make this the premier athletics facility in the country it does need
some
shelter for athletes and spectators as well as some extra accommodation
for
officials.
The following dates
have been set for the County Championships – May 8
& 15th for the County Juvenile T&F championships, May 22nd for
the
County Senior Track and Field Championships.
Suggestions to [email protected]
for suitable dates for the County masters and junior T&F
championships would
be welcome. A number of fixtures were
also approved, see fixtures. No date has been set for the
The motions for the
upcoming Munster AGM were discussed. Delegates
for this AGM were nominated. A finance
committee was also created at this
meeting. The committee (Pat Walsh,
Noreen Murphy, John Hayes, Mary Murphy, Padraig Kelly, Pat Buckley,
Mary
Meagher, Ina Killeen) will meet on Wednesday February 23rd at 8pm in
the SMA
Hall in Wilton.
The next County
Board meeting will be held on Wednesday March 2nd at
8pm in the SMA Hall in Wilton.
January 31st – County Board
Meeting
There will be a
County Board meeting on Wednesday at 8pm in the SMA
Hall in Wilton.
There is a funding
seminar in Coláiste Choilm, Ballincollig on
Wednesday February 9th from 7-9pm. This
will be of interest to any clubs who are considering seeking funding or
are in
the process of applying for funding.
January 31st – National Indoor
Championships
The national indoor
championships will be held this weekend in Nenagh,
Co.
January 31st – International News
A number of
January 31st – National
intermediate and
Masters Cross Country Championships
The national
intermediate and masters cross country championships were
held in Tinryland, Co Carlow yesterday.
This event traditionally a good event for the county once again
proved
to be good. The County won silver in
the intermediate men’s. First home for
the county was Sean McGrath of Midleton.
Also scoring for the team were Tim Murphy & Kieran Hurley
(Togher),
Thomas Maunsell & Cillian Ó Tuama (Leevale) and James McCarthy (
Cathal O’Connell of
St Finbarrs in 5th led the County Masters Team to
bronze. The other scoring members of
the team were Denis McCarthy of
January 31st –
The Munster Athletics Star Awards
were held on Saturday night in the Cahir House Hotel, Cahir, Co.
Two
A number of clubs
also received presentations –
January 26th – Ciarán set for
European
Youth Olympics
Ciaran O’Lionaird
of Leevale had a very impressive run in Cardiff
Indoor junior 1500m. He ran a new
personal best time of 3.50 which is inside the qualifying time for the
European
Youth Olympics and faster than he has ever ran outdoors in this event.
Also performing
well at this event was Leevale’s Ailis McSweeney who
ran 7.50 to finish second in the 60m.
Derval O’Rourke of Leevale won the sprint hurdles in 8.24. Jer O’Donoghue of Leevale was 3rd in the
senior 60m in a time of 8.24. Derek
Duff of Leevale won bronze in the junior 60m, his time 7.2, his club
mate and
CIT sports bursary recipient Carl McNamara took bronze in the 200m in a
time of
23. 17.
January 26th – All Ireland B
Cross
Country
The All Ireland B
Cross Country championships were held in Athlone
Institute of Technology last Sunday. Conditions
for running were ideal with the sun clearing away the overnight frost. The course itself despite being on the
Institiute Campus was a fine course with a hill, woodland and a decent
flat
stretch.
County teams fared
well with the County winning gold in the under 15
boys, under 11 boys and under 13 girls competitions, silver in the
under 13 and
under 17 boys competitions and bronze in the under 17 girls competition. Midleton, Duhallow, West Muskerry and
Glenbower
athletic clubs won medals in the club competition.
In the intercounty
cross country relays the Cork under 12 boys and
under 12 and 14 girls teams all ran well but finished outside the
medals. The under 14 boys team did the
county proud
winning silver in their race. Patrick
Maher of Liscarroll ran the first leg of the relay getting the county
into a
good position. Taking the baton from Patrick was Michael O’Sullivan of
West
Muskerry who ran a fantastic consolidating the hard work done by
Patrick. Carraig na bhFear athletes Colin
O’Sullivan
and Thomas Allen ran the last two legs of the relay both doing their
best for
the County Team. Thomas running the last leg for the County team
crossed the
line in the silver position.
Pictures
from Juvenile Cross Country Relays
January 24th – All Ireland
Intermediate
and Masters Cross Country Championships
The National
Intermediate and Masters Cross Country championships take
place on Sunday January 30th in Tinryland, Co. Carlow.
Cork athletes fared well at this event last
year when it was held in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.
Orla Drumm of UCC was 2nd in the women's intermediate race. The County team won bronze in this race.
Alan O'Shea of Bantry finished 3rd in the men's intermediate race
leading the
County won to gold here. In the masters
races Cathal O'Connell of St Finbarrs and Carmel Parnell of Leevale led
their
County teams to silver.
This years county
teams include many of the County top athletes. Sean
McGrath who won the Munster Indoor 3000m
recently leads the men's team while County & Munster Intermediate
Cross
Country Champion Orla Touhy of Grange Fermoy leads the women's team. A bus has been hired to transport athletes
to the event. The bus will leave St
Patrick’s Quay, Cork City Centre at 8am on the day.
Any athlete named who is unable to travel is asked to contact
County Team Manager Joe O’Flynn on 087 6483532.
Intermediate Men: Sean McGrath (Midleton), Frank
Hayes (East
Cork), Tim Murphy, Stephen Macklin, Pat Browne, Kieran Hurley (Togher),
Tony
Kelleher, Sean Whelan, Ger Dunlea (Eagle), Thomas Maunsell (Leevale),
Kieran
Ryan (St Finbarrs), Billy Flaherty (Skibbereen). Subs:
Billy O’Brien, Damien Twohig (Skibbereen), Derek O’Leary
(St Finbarrs).
Intermediate
Women:
Orla Touhy (Grange Fermoy), Jennifer Goggin (UCC), Liz Henderson,
Martina
Carver, Niamh Rowe (Eagle), Maire Heffernan (Liscarroll), Angie Amoeda,
Denise
Twohig (St Finbarrs). Subs: Marjorie
Lynch (Togher), Mary Cotter (Eagle), Elaine Keaty (St Finbarrs).
Masters Men: Michael
Murphy, Willie Hayes, Cathal O’Connell, Eamonn Carroll, Paul Dinan,
Eamonn
McEvoy (St Finbarrs), Tommy Murphy (Skibbereen), Denis McCarthy (East
Cork),
Joe O’Sullivan (Bandon), Noel Curtin (Youghal), Pat Murphy, Joe Murphy
(Eagle). Subs: Patrick O’Brien
(Skibbereen), Liam
O’Leary (St Finbarrs), John O’Riordan (Rising Sun).
Masters Women: Mary
Sweeney, Joan Hough, Margo Dinan, Catherine O’Rourke, Angela McEvoy,
Mary
Murphy (St Finbarrs),
January 21st – Exciting Weekend
ahead.
This weekend will
be an exciting weekend for athletics in
There are a number
of
January 19th – Run for
The
organising committee were delighted with the event in which close on
one
thousand took part. Already over
€10,000 has been raised by the event with more money still coming in. The organising committee extend their
sincere thanks to all who made the event possible and 96 &103fm,
Redfm and
the Echo for the publicity they gave the event. Participants
in last night’s event can download participation
certificates from www.runforasia.com. Redfm had a reporter at the event so listen
out for interviews tomorrow.
The moneys
raised by the event will be shared between the following charities
Concern,
Goal, Hope Foundation, Oxfam, Red Cross and Trocaire.
Thanks to
the City Council, the Gardaí Síochána,
Civil Defence, Red Cross Ambulances and the Imperial Hotel who made the
event
possible on the night. A special thanks
to all the volunteers who helped. In
the run up to the event it was a huge relief from an organising point
of view
to be confident that there would be plenty of good help available on
the
night. People took time off work to
help at the office during the afternoon and early evening, people
travelled from
all over the county to take part and to help out with the stewarding
and no
doubt many dinners were eaten late last night or were done without.
January 16th – Run for
January 16th – Good News from
Clare
There was good news
from Clare today where the Munster Senior and Junior
Cross Country Championships were held.
A challenging course put it up to athletes but
Donnacha O’Mahony
of
Louise Cavanagh of
UCC finished 2nd in the senior ladies race leading her
club UCC and County to Gold in this event.
The County Junior mens team missed out on the medals with
Glenbower
winning bronze in the inter club competition.
The County Junior women had a good day.
County Junior Cross Country Champion Michelle Finn finished in
the
silver position in her race with her club mate Michelle Twohig winning
bronze. These performance helped the
County win gold and Duhallow win their first Munster Junior Womens Club
title. Results
At the AAI Indoor
Games in Nenagh
there some good performance by
Ailis McSweeney of
Leevale won the 60m beating Ciara Sheehy of DCH into
2nd. The places were reversed in the
200m held later in the day. Christina
Broderick of Belgooly won the 200m C final.
Dawn Kelly and Louise Finn of Belgooly won medals in the 400m
races. Kathleen Fitzgerald of Leevale
won bronze in the Shot.
Danny McAuliffe of
Blarney Inniscarra won the under 17 high jump with Ray
Flanagan of Youghal taking silver. Tom
Cross of Belgooly took bronze in the long jump. Timmy
Harrington won silver in the under 15 60m while Christopher
Murnan of Leevale won the under 15 200m.
Harriet Cross of Belgooly won the under 15 200m with Caitriona
O’Callagahan of Grange Fermoy winning bronze in this event. Cross won the 200m while O’Callagahan took
silver in this race. Cork
Results,
Full Results see www.athleticsireland.ie.
January 16th – National
Intermediate and
Masters Cross Country Championships, Co. Carlow
The County teams
for these upcoming championships have been named. Any
athletes named who is unable to travel
is asked to contact County Team Manager Joe O’Flynn on 087 6483532. A bus has been hired to transport athletes
to the event. Th ebus will leave St
Patrick’s Quay at
Intermediate Men: Sean McGrath (Midleton), Frank
Hayes (East
Cork), Tim Murphy, Stephen Macklin, Pat Browne, Kieran Hurley (Togher),
Tony
Kelleher, Sean Whelan, Ger Dunlea (Eagle), Thomas Maunsell (Leevale),
Kieran Ryan
(St Finbarrs), Billy Flaherty (Skibbereen).
Subs: Billy O’Brien, Damien Twohig (Skibbereen), Derek O’Leary
(St
Finbarrs).
Intermediate
Women:
Orla Touhy (Grange Fermoy), Jennifer Goggin (UCC), Liz Henderson,
Martina
Carver, Niamh Rowe (Eagle), Maire Heffernan (Liscarroll), Angie Amoeda,
Denise
Twohig (St Finbarrs). Subs: Marjorie
Lynch (Togher), Mary Cotter (Eagle), Elaine Keaty (St Finbarrs).
Masters Men: Michael
Murphy, Willie Hayes, Cathal O’Connell, Eamonn Carroll, Paul Dinan,
Eamonn
McEvoy (St Finbarrs), Tommy Murphy (Skibbereen), Denis McCarthy (East
Cork),
Joe O’Sullivan (Bandon), Noel Curtin (Youghal), Pat Murphy, Joe Murphy
(Eagle). Subs: Patrick O’Brien
(Skibbereen), Liam O’Leary (St Finbarrs), John O’Riordan (Rising Sun).
Masters Women: Mary
Sweeney, Joan Hough, Margo Dinan, Catherine O’Rourke, Angela McEvoy,
Mary
Murphy (St Finbarrs),
January 15th –
The
Cork County Athletics Association of Ireland AGM was held today in
Bishopstown
GAA. A special thanks to host club
Leevale, in particular Ina Killeen for organising the venue and
refreshments. The meeting began with
a minute silence for
the late Robert Holohan of Midleton, the victims in
Noreen
Murphy in the Chairman’s address mentioned a number of successes in the
county
during the year – the county senior T&F championships, the coaching
day in
the CIT, the mini marathon and Fleming Construction sponsoring the
All of last
years officers were re-elected.
Tributes were paid to outgoing Chair of the Juvenile Committee
Tim
Fitzpatrick. Tom Houlihan of Midleton
was elected new chairman of the Juvenile Committee with Ina Killeen of
Leevale
being nominated new vice chairman and PRO of the committee.
A
number of motions and recommendations were passed at the AGM and some
of these will be discussed at the next
Officers
Cork County Board 2005: Chair: Noreen Murphy (Carraig na
bhFear), Vice Chair: Dan McCarthy (
January 15th – Fleming
Construction
Sponsorship of
Fleming
Construction are sponsoring the
January 14th – Busy Weekend Ahead
Tomorrow the Cork
AAI AGM takes place in Bishopstown GAA starting at
Numbers for Cork’s
Run for Asia on Wednesday January 19th will be
available at the following venues this weekend – Wilton Shopping
Centre,
January 12th – Run for
Numbers for
Anybody who is
available to help at these offices should contact Padraig
Kelly on 086 8689599, even an hour would be a big help.
January 10th –
The Munster Senior
and Indoor Championships were held yesterday in
Nenagh. Performance of the day was that
off Jer O’Donoghue of Leevale who set a new stadium record in the 60m
sprint,
his winning time was 6.79. More can be
read about Jer’s performance in the Examiner Sports Section today, www.examiner.ie.
In the junior
events
January 10th – Code of Ethics
Training
Course
There will be a Code of Ethics training course in
the
Ballincollig GAA meeting rooms on Wednesday January 19th at
January 10th – Mallow 10
Mile RR
The Mallow 10 mile
road race was held yesterday. The Irish
Sugar sponsored event was a big
success with over 300 participants taking part despite the very
challenging
conditions. The winner of the race
Gerry Ryan of GCH won the race running an impressive sub 50 minute
time,
Munster Intermediate Cross Country Champion Sandis Bralitis of
Ballynonty was
2nd while Cathal O’Connell of St Finbarrs was third and regains the
County
title he narrowly missed out on last year.
Orla Touhy of Grange Fermoy successfully defended her County
title
coming first in a time of just under 63 minutes. Mary
Sweeney of St Finbarrs was 2nd while Teresa Touhy of Bilboa
was 3rd.
January 10th-
The Cork County AAI
AGM will take place on
Saturday January 15th starting at
January 6th: Run For
Anybody
who has watched, seen or read
the news over the last week will be aware of the disaster in
Cork
County Athletics Association of Ireland is
supporting this event, which was launched by the Lord Mayor Sean Martin
in City
Hall this Evening. In attendance were
some of
January 2nd:
Busy Weekend Ahead
Sunday
January 9th will be an exceptionally busy day for athletics in
The Munster
Junior and Senior Indoor Championships take place in Nenagh on Sunday
as
well. This event promises to be very
exciting with a number of athletes hoping to make the qualifying
standards for
the upcoming European Indoor Championships in March.
Competition gets underway at
Also
on Sunday are the East Cork Cross Country Championships, which are
taking place in Carrignavar. Afterwards
there will be trials for the All Ireland Juvenile Cross Country Relays,
which
will take place in Athlone, Co. Westmeath on Sunday January 23rd. First five in each trial
will make up the team. There will be
trials for Boys and Girls born in 1991/1992 and
1993/1994.
January
2nd:
The Munster Senior
and Junior Cross Country Championships will take
place on Sunday January 16th in Sixmile Bridge, Co. Clare. The
following have
been named on the
Senior Men: Brian
McMahon (Carraig na bhFear), Donnacha O’Mahoney, Fergus Meade, Eric
Meade, Roy Fahy
(East Cork), Cathal O’Connell, Trevor Woods, Derek O’Leary (St
Finbarrs), Des
Casey (Millstreet), Cillian O Tuama, Thomas Maunsell (Leevale), Alan
O’Shea
(Bantry), Gavin Sweeney, (Togher), Eddie Coughlan (Clonliffe Harriers).
Junior Men: Alex
Daunt (Leevale), Timmy O’Donoghue, C Murphy, Mark Fitzgerald, Joe
Fitzgerald
(Glenbower), Michael Minehane, Martin Hickey (Carraig na bhFear).
Senior Women: Louise
Cavanagh, Rhona Lynch Murphy (UCC), Carmel Parnell (Leevale), Orla
Touhy
(Grange Fermoy), Collette O’Riordan (West Muskerry), Anne Marie Healy,
Martina
Carver (Eagle), Joan Hough, Margaret Dinan, Sharon McGarry, Blaithin
Hannon (St
Finbarrs), Claire O’Brien (East Cork).
Junior Women:
Michelle Finn, Michelle Twohig, Rose Twohig, Carol Finn (Duhallow),
Joyce
Curtin, Eileen Cleary, Michelle Aherne, Aoife McCarthy (North Cork),
Margaret
McCarthy (Blarney Inniscarra), Sinead O’Brien, Maire O’Brien
(Skibbereen).
January
2nd: Athletics Action from Yesterday.
New Years Day was a
busy day for athletes. The Munster Masters
Indoor championships were held yesterday in
Nenagh. A number of
The
Munster
Masters
Indoor Championships Results
Also held in
conjunction with this competition were the Munster
Juvenile Combined Events. Bantry
athletes Myra O’Sullivan (Under 15), Ricky Peters (Under 15) and Paula
McCarthy
(Under 18) won their competitions.
Belgooly athletes Harriet Cross(Under 16), Christina Broderick
(Under
19) and Tom Cross (Under 18) won their competitions.
Daniel McAuliffe of Blarney Inniscarra won the under 17
competition while Ross Kelly of Leevale won the under 19 competition.
The Bandon 5 mile
Road Race sponsored by Bandon Tyre Centre was held yesterday. 119 took part in the race.
The race was won by Mark Hanrahan of Leevale
in a time of 25.37 while first lady home was Mary Sweeney of St
Finbarrs who
was just back from injury in a time of 30.15.
further details see www.bandonathleticclub.com. Results