2013 Archive
December 22 - All Ireland Uneven Age Cross Country Championships in Waterford
on Sunday 15th December 2013
In the girls u11 Sarah Morrisson
St Nicholas AC rounded off a tremendous season by taking the gold medal. Sarah
came second in the u12 All Ireland some weeks back in Santry.
Meghan Carr- O Reilly St Catherines AC finished
fourth. Cork took gold in the team event and Bandon AC were silver medal
winners in the club event.
Caoimhe Harrington West Muskerry AC proved
too strong for the field in the girl’s u15 and was a worthy winner. Stephanie
Cotter West Muskerry AC was 9th. Cork were County team winners. In the girls u17 Louise Shanahan
Leevale AC finished fourth with Fiona Everard Bandon
AC ninth. Cork took bronze in the County team event. In the girls u19
Rachel O Shea West Muskerry AC was fourth with Niamh Cotter Bantry AC in eight.
In the boys u11 John O Flynn North Cork AC
was third with Diarmuid Healy Midleton
AC in fifth place. Both were part of the Cork team to take team bronze.
In the boys u13 Adam O Reilly Togher AC finished ninth and led Cork and Togher AC to team golds. In fact
all of the scoring Togher AC athletes finished in the
top twenty. In the boys u17 Fearghal curtin Youghal
AC finished eight with Cork team silver. Leevale AC were
third with their club team. In the boys u19 Cork took the team silver.
Well done to all who competed and best of
luck to all our Athletes in 2014. Full results can be seen at www.athleticsireland.com
December 10 – Further Success for Cork Juvenile Athletes in Beaufort, County
Kerry
The Munster B Juvenile Championships were
held on Sunday 1st December in Beaufort County Kerry. Cork won seven
of the eight County titles on offer and took the silver in the final one.
In the girls u9 Selena O Riordan Midleton AC finished second with Bandon AC winning the club
title with Doheny AC third. In the boys u9 Eric
Cunningham Midleton AC captured the title with Oran
Mc Carthy Doheny AC third
and leading Doheny AC to the club title. In the
girls u11 there was a 1-2 for Cork with Aoife O Neill
Doheny AC the victor from Helene Vahi
Midleton AC the runner-up. In the boys u11 John
Fitzgerald Carraig na Bhfear AC finished third
with Bandon gold in the club event with Carraig na BhfearAC second. In the
girls u13 Sophie Harrington West Muskerry AC finished
runner-up and Carraig na Bhfear AC second
club. In the boys u15 there was a clean sweep for Cork Athletes with
Michael O Flynn North Cork AC the winner from Conor O
Neill Doheny AC second and Seamus Ahern Carraig na Bhfear
AC third. In the girls u15 Carraig na Bhfear
AC were second club and West Muskerry AC second club
in the boys u15. In the girls u17 Sharon O Sullivan West Muskerry AC was third and in the boys u17 Billy Cronin West
Muskerry AC was the winner with Luke Devine North
Cork AC in third.
In the boys u19 there was great success for
Bandon AC with1-2-3, Ciaran Murphy the winner
from Adam Casey second and Killian Mc Sweeney third and Bandon AC taking the
club gold
Well done to all who competed, results on www.munsterathletics.com
December 7 – Bandon AC 5 mile RR
January 1st 2014
Bandon A.C hold the first race of 2014 when they
stage their annual 5 mile RR on New Years Day.
Full details about the race are available on the club website http://www.bandonac.org/
Road
race flyer
December 6 – Cork Teams for AAI
Novice Cross Country, Waterford IT, December 15th
The AAI novice cross country
will take place on the grounds of Waterford IT on Sunday December 15th. Anybody
named unable to take part is asked to contact Team Manager Noreen Murphy as
soon as possible on 085 7157810.
Women
Michelle Kenny Midleton
Margo Dinan St Finbarrs
Gillen Cotter
Alice Mc Nulty
Ann M Holland
Carol Finn Leevale
Rosaleen Mc Keown
Fionnuala Desmond
Orla Hayes
Men
Kevin O'Brien East Cork
Ronnie Barry
Bandon
Kenneth
Kelleher
Ronan Duggan
Mark
O'Sullivan
Tom Laffan
Kevin Wilmot
David Craig
Ben Tistlewood Leevale
Tim Twomey
Josh
O'Sullivan Hourihan
Cathal O'Donovan St
Finbarrs
Rory
O'Sullivan
Alex O'Shea
Eoin O'Keeffe
Michael
Corbett
December 6 – Cork Post Primary
Schools Cross Country Challenge
Find below results from the Post Primary Schools
Cross Country at Cork IT. Well done to all who took part. Don’t forget to check out the clubs link
page if anybody who took part today would like to join an athletic club. Clubs
December 4 – Belgooly 4 Mile RR, December 26th
The Dick Copithorne
Memorial Road Race will take place in Belgooly on St.
Stephen’s Day at 12 Noon. The race one of biggest in the county is being
promoted by Belgooly athletic club and of the €10.00
entry fee, €5.00 will be donated to the Bowel
Cancer Treatment Support Fund at Cork University Hospital.
Postal Entries are now being
accepted if you want to avoid the rush on the day. Entry form & Flyer
November 27 – Cork Masters Teams
For Munster X-Country in Beaufort, Co Kerry
The Munster Masters cross
country championships will take place in Beaufort, Co Kerry this Sunday
(December 1st) with Juvenile races off first.
Race start is down on forms as
13:45 but be wary enough as earlier races may be run
off quite quickly so arrive in plenty of time. Please let me know if you can’t
make it Sunday as I can replace you on team if your
not running – Allen Whitaker ( a.whitaker@ucc.ie /
0872248739 )
Please check in with Mary
Meagher on Race Day!
Ladies O/35 Cork Team updated
Rosaleen MacKeown Leevale AC
Helen
Leonard
Leevale AC
Annette Quaid
Leevale AC
Anna
Doris
Midleton AC
Helen
Gilroy
Midleton AC
Anne
Wolfe
St. Finbarrs AC
Gillian
Cotter
St. Finbarrs AC
Anna
O’Neill
Dohenys AC
Sharon
Woods
Mallow AC
Noreen
Harvey Mallow
AC
(4 to score)
Ladies O/45 Cork Team updated
Mary Murphy
St. Finbarrs AC
Angela McEvoy
St. Finbarrs AC
Mary
Sweeney
St. Finbarrs AC
Margo Dinan
St. Finbarrs AC
Fionnula Desmond Leevale AC
Ann
Moore
Leevale AC
Carmel
Parnell
Leevale AC
Kathleen
O'Brien
East Cork AC
Joan
Hough
Midleton AC
Clotilde Fitzgibbon Grange-Fermoy AC
Helen Gilroy
Midleton AC
Carmel
Crowley Bandon AC
(3 to score)
Mens O/35 Cork Team
Cillian O'Tuama
Leevale AC
Donal
Coffey
Leevale AC
Martin
McCarthy Leevale AC
Colm
Moore
Leevale AC
Michael Morgan
St. Finbarrs AC
Rory
O'Sullivan
St. Finbarrs AC
Trevor
Woods
St. Finbarrs AC
Alex
O'Shea
St. Finbarrs AC
Shane Simcox
Mallow AC
Roy Fahy
East Cork AC
Frank Hayes
East Cork AC
Michael Dullea
Skibbereen AC
(4 to score)
Mens O/50 Cork Team
Neilus Aherne
Midleton AC
Stanislaw Byczek
Midleton AC
Edmund O'Sullivan Midleton AC
Wille
Hayes
St. Finbarrs AC
Maurice
Tobin
Grange-Fermoy AC
Noel
Curtin
Youghal AC
Eamon McEvoy
St. Finbarrs AC
Mark Bickerdike
Leevale AC
Colm
Murphy
Leevale AC
John
Collins
Leevale AC
Pat Murphy
Eagle AC
Joe
Murphy
Eagle AC
(3 to score)
November 21 – Strong Performances
by Cork Athletes at AAI Juvenile Even Age Cross Country
The All Ireland Even Age Cross Country
Championships were held on Sunday 17th November in the Santry Demesne, Dublin in near perfect conditions with Cork
Athletes performing very well.
The girl’s u12 saw two Cork Athletes in the
first three with Sarah Morrison St Nicholas AC finishing second ahead of Meghan
Carr-O Reilly St Catherines AC in third. Cork were County team winners with Sarah and Meghan helping
Munster to Provincial gold.
In the girl’s u14 Cork were County silver medalists and two Cork Athletes helping Munster to team
gold. Bandon AC finished in the silver position in the inter club.
In the girls u16 Cork took second County
team and two Cork Athletes helped Munster to the Provincial gold
In the boys u12 Eoin
Redmond Riverstick – Kinsale
AC ran a great race to take the silver medal and led Cork to County team
bronze. Munster finished second province with four Cork Athletes on the team.
In the boys u14 Darragh
McElhinney Bantry AC made a
brave bid for glory but had to settle for third place. Munster took the
provincial gold helped by two Cork Athletes.
In the boys u16 Fearghal
Curtin Youghal AC ran a tremendous race to finish
second having being forced to take a wrong turn early on. Cork was second
County team and three Cork Athletes helped Munster to take the team silver.
In the boy’s u18 Cork were third County
team and two Cork Athletes were part of the Munster team that took team gold.
Leevale AC were bronze medal winners in the inter club competition.
Congratulations and well done to all who
competed and full results can be got on www.athleticsireland.com
November 20 – Secondary Schools
Invitational Cross Country
This event will be held on
Friday December 6th - Details
November 20 – Southwest Coaching
Update
- Munster Performance Squads (A reminder that any athlete selected
on the squads must register their place at this linkhttps://events.
- Road Running/Endurance Workshop Thursday 28th November at LIT Tipperary, Thurles. This workshop is open to all athletes and coaches aged 16+ and
cost is €5 payable on the night at registration 6.45-7pm. The following topics will be
covered:
- Various types of Endurance Training
- Training for 5km/10km/Half Marathon/Marathon
- Heart Rate Training
- Tempo/Threshold Training
- Q&A Session
- Munster Performance Squad Day 1 Saturday 30th November Cork IT 10am-1pm (Further details to follow next week)
- Hurdles Workshop Sunday 1st December Athlone IT http://www.athleticsireland.
- Cork Secondary Schools Invitational XC
Event Friday 6th December Cork IT (Details
to be e mailed to schools on Monday)
- Open Indoor T&F Competition for
u9-u12 athletes Saturday 7th December Nenagh http://www.tipperaryathletics.
- National Jumps Squad Training Saturday 14th December Nenagh http://www.athleticsireland.
- National Throws Squad Training Saturday 14th December Tullamore http://www.athleticsireland.
- The calendar of coaching courses and
workshops for Jan-May 2014 is being put together and will be
available in early December. If any counties or clubs wish to have a particular
course or workshop put on please let me know.
Kind Regards,
Steven Macklin
November 17 – Bronze for Senior
Teams at AAI Intercounty Cross Country Championships
Well done to the County senior
teams that won bronze at the AAI intercounty Cross
Country Championships today in Santry. Leevale
athletes Mark Hanrahan and Claire McCarthy led the teams home. Also in action today were many county
juvenile and junior teams who all performed bravely.
Full
results on www.athleticsireland.ie.
November 12 – Great performances
at Munster Cross Country Championships
The Munster Uneven Age Juvenile
Cross Country Championships were hosted by St Nicholas AC in Castlelyons on Sunday 10th November. The
Championships were run at an excellently prepared and well marshalled venue.
Once again Cork Juvenile Athletes were to the fore winning five of the
individual titles and taking County team gold in eight of the twelve age groups
with silver in the other four.
In the girls u9 Youghal AC had to settle for club team silver having missed
out narrowly on gold by just one point. Cork won the silver medals in the
County team event.
In the boys u9 James O Neill
West Muskerry AC finished runner-up with Cathal Barry Riverstick-Kinsale
AC in third place. Bandon AC was second club team with Cork taking County gold.
In the girls u11 there was a
clean sweep for Cork Athletes with Sarah Morrison St Nicholas AC making the
most of home soil advantage taking the gold from Megan Carr O Reilly St Catherines AC in second with Mallaidh
O Neill Skibebereen AC the bronze. West Muskerry AC took team gold with Bandon AC third. Cork won
the County team gold.
In the boys u11 John O Flynn
North Cork AC took the title with Diarmuid Healy Midleton AC the silver medal. Cork won the silver team
prize.
Ursula Bluett
North Cork AC was victorious in the girl’s u13 with Jennifer Cotter West Muskerry AC in second place. West Muskerry
AC took the club team silver and Cork the County team gold.
Adam O Reilly Togher AC showed great tenacity on the run in to win the
boys u13 title and leading TogherAC to club team gold
and Cork won the County team gold.
In the girls u15 Caoimhe Harrington West Muskerry
AC finished runner up with Bandon AC the club team bronze and Cork gold.
In the boys u15 Cork took silver
behind a strong Clare team.
In the girls u17 Louise
Shanahan Leevale AC used her superior track speed in the home straight to take
the title, where Bandon AC second team and Togher AC
third. Cork captured the silver medals.
In the boys u17 David Fox
Leevale AC took silver and led Leevale AC to team gold. Ferghal
Curtin Youghal AC captured the bronze with Cork the
team gold.
Rachel O Shea West Muskerry AC took silver in the girl’s u19, Carraig na
Bhfear AC the team gold and Cork team gold.
In the boys u19 Leevale AC won
team gold with Carraig na Bhfear AC the silver.
Cork won the team gold.
Well done to all who competed
and results can be found at www.munsterathletics.com
November 11 – Cork Team for
Juvenile Uneven Age Cross Country
Well done to all who took part
yesterday in the Munster Cross Country Championships in Castlelyons.
Results are available on www.corkathletics.org.
Teams for the AAI Juvenile
Uneven age Cross Country in Waterford IT on December 15th have been named. Anybody named unable to take part is
asked to contact Mary Meagher ASAP, more names for the Under 19 Girls team ! Teams
Best of
Luck to all in action on Sunday at the AAI Cross Country Championships in Santry on Sunday.
November 7 - Cork Teams for AAI
Inter County Cross Championships in Santry, November
17th updated 8th Nov 2013
Below are the Cork Team for the
upcoming Athletics Ireland Inter Country Cross Country Championships on Sunday
November 17th in Santry. Anybody
named unable to take part is asked to contact Team Manager Noreen Murphy as
soon as possible on 085 7157810. Additional
names are needed to strengthen the Senior Womens
Team, U23 Mens Team and Junior Teams, please let
Noreen know as soon as possible.
Senior Men
Alan O’Shea (Bantry)
Cillian
O’Leary (Raheny)
Mark Hanrahan
(Leevale)
Michael O’Herlihy
(North Cork)
Brian McMahon (Clonliffe)
Thomas Maunsell
(Leevale)
Eric Curran (Leevale, Under 23)
Colm Sheahan (Leevale)
Ben Thistlewood
(Leevale)
Tim Twomey
(Leevale)
Elton Heffernan (Togher)
Gavin Sweeney (Togher)
Diarmaid
Collins (East Cork)
Sean McGrath (East Cork)
James McCarthy (East Cork)
Tim O’Donoghue
(East Cork)
Josh O’Sullivan Hourihan (Leevale, Under 23)
Mark O’Sullivan (Bandon, Under
23)
Rory O’Connor (North Cork,
Under 23)
Shane Rahilly
(North Cork, Under 23)
Peter Hanrahan
(Togher, Under 23)
Senior Women
Lizzie Lee (Leevale)
Claire McCarthy (Leevale)
Sinead O’Connor (Leevale)
Aisling Moran
(Leevale)
Niamh Walsh
(Leevale)
Carol Finn (Leevale)
Maro Dinan (St Finbarrs)
Carmel Crowley (Bandon)
Michelle Kenny (Midleton)
Fiona Santry
(East Cork)
Junior Men
Chris Mintern
(Leevale)
Conor
Walters (Leevale)
Philip Crowley (Leevale)
TJ Hogan (Leevale)
Brandon Malone (Leevale)
Jamie Buckley (Carraig na
bhFear)
Rory Myers (Carraig
na bhFear)
Luke Myers (Carraig
na bhFear)
Steven Maher (Blarney Inniscarra)
Billy Cronin (West Muskerry)
Seamus Gallagher (West Muskerry)
Thomas McCarthy (Bandon)
Junior Women
Rachel O’Shea (West Muskerry)
Niamh Moore
(UCC)
Louisa Keane (Bandon)
Aisling Cotter
(Togher)
Alison Donnelly (Togher)
Margaret O’Brien (Clonakilty RR)
Sharon O’Sullivan (West Muskerry)
Laura Gowen
(Carraig na
bhFear)
November 7 – Munster Intermediate
Cross Country
This event will be held in Castlelyons on Sunday @ 11.30am, hosted by St Nicholas AC.
Directions
November 6 – Coaching Update
Day 4 of the Winter Coaching
League takes place this Saturday at CIT.
Sign in from 9.30am.
Teas/Coffees available.
Intro at 10am.
Sessions commence at 10.05 through to 12.00noon approx.
Series Analyses and
Presentations at 12.00 through to 13.00.
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The Munster Performance Squad Dates
& Venues for 2013/2014 season have been confirmed as follows:
- Sat 30th Nov Cork IT 10am-2pm
- Sat 1st Feb Nenagh 10am-2pm
- Sun 9th March UL Track 10am-2pm
- Sun 13th April Cork IT 10am-2pm
Full details will be posted on the Athletics Ireland and Munster
Athletics websites next week and a letter & e mail with those selected will
be sent to all clubs. Athletes will then confirm their place on the online
registration form by Friday 22nd November.It is
open to all those selected from u15-u21 in 2013 age groups so those born 1999-1993
and also open to any athlete who has been at a major championship in the past
couple of years e.g Euro
Youth Olympics, Euro Juniors or World Juniors.
The Head Coaches are as follows:
- Noelle Morrissey Short Hurdles
- Brid Golden 400m/400m H
- Drew Harrison 100m/200m
- Eamon Flanagan PV
- Steve Fleming LJ/TJ
- Chris Regan HJ
- Dave Sweeney Shot
- Jerry Horgan Discus
- John Sheehan Javelin
- TBC Hammer
- Frank Lynch Walks
- Steven Macklin MD
- Denis Finnerty Multi Events
The selection criteria for all athletes is
below in the following order:
- An athlete that has represented Ireland at Schools or Clubs
competition in 2013
- An athlete that has finished in the top 3 at an All Ireland
Outdoor Schools or Clubs championships in 2013
- An athlete that has finished in the top 5 at an All Ireland
Outdoor Schools or Clubs championships or top 3 at an All Ireland Indoor
Championships in 2013.
- An athlete that has been injured or has shown tremendous
potential in an event
Those not selected on the Performance Squads are encouraged to
attend the Winter Coaching Series days along with their personal coaches.
Details re dates will be available soon for 2014 with the last date for 2013 on Saturday 9th November. Contact Chris
Regan for further details on the Winter Coaching Series chrisregan@eircom.net.
November 3 - County Jnr
& Snr Cross Country Championships, Sunday
November 3rd, Riverstick Results
October 31 - Novice B & Masters
Cross Country Results
October 28 – County Junior &
Senior Cross Country Championships
The County Junior & Senior
Cross Country championships take place this Sunday in Riverstick
starting @ 1pm with the junior race. The race this year is taking place
in a venue that is owned by the county board, purchased with the proceeds of
the Cork Womens Mini Marathon. This will be the
first competition to be held at the venue which will, in years to come, become
the home of athletics in Cork. Fantastic work has been done by the
committee charged with developing the venue.
Medal winners on Sunday will
receive a special commemorative medal in light of this being the first
competition to be held at the venue.
Last years
championships, held in Carrignavar were dominated by
Leevale and Togher athletic clubs with Togher winning both junior team titles and Leevale winning
both senior titles. Defending Junior Womens
Champion Rachel O’Shea of West Muskerry recently won
the county under 19 cross country. There will be a new junior mens champion as last years
Junior Mens Champion Cullen Lynch of Togher, who was 3rd in the Munster Under 23
cross country, is now over age. Lizzie Lee and Mark Hanrahan
of Leevale, who have dominated the senior races for the last few years look set
to retain their titles but will they lead Leevale to another senior club double
? East Cork, St Finbarrs and Togher will be out to do their best to prevent this.
A very exciting days competition lies ahead!
Entries are still being
accepted - Cover
Letter / Junior &
Senior Entry Form (excel) / Junior
& Senior Entry Form (pdf)
Course Directions – Take the
main Cork-Kinsale Road, first Left on Entering Riverstick!
October 27 – Cork Teams for AAI
Juvenile Even Age Cross Country Championships in Santry,
Co Dublin, Sunday November 17th
The Cork teams have been named
for the upcoming AAI Juvenile Even Age Cross Country Championships in Santry, Co. Dublin, on Sunday November 17th.
The county qualified teams
(Boys & Girls) in the U12, U14, U16 and U18 age groups. Anybody named
on a team but unable to compete is asked to contact Mary Meagher (corkaaicompsec@gmail.com) as
soon as possible
Cork Teams for AAI Juvenile Even
Age X-Country
October 27 – Munster Juvenile Even
Age Cross Country Championships, Limerick
It was a
tremendous day for our Cork Juvenile Athletes in Limerick Racecourse on Sunday
winning no less than seven of the ten individual titles on offer. Aniela Borkowski-Hogan North Cork AC set the ball rolling by
winning the girls u10, with Cork winning team gold. Youghal
AC was a deserving winner of the club team gold and North Cork AC the bronze.
Diarmuid Healy Midleton
AC won the boys u10 title and led Midleton AC to the
club team gold with Cork finishing second county team. Sarah Morrisson St. Nicholas AC finished strongly to win the
girls u12 title and helped Cork to team gold. West Muskerry
AC won the club team gold in the boy’s u12 with Leevale AC the bronze. Cork were worthy winners of the boy’s u12 team prize.
Bandon AC were club team winners of the girl’s u14 title with Cork
second team.
Darragh Mc Elhinney
Bantry AC led from start to finish first in the boys
u14 race and led Cork to team silver.
Caoimhe Harrington West Muskerry AC proved too strong for the rest of the field in
the girl’s u16, winning the gold and helped Cork to a team bronze.
Fearghal Curtin Youghal AC was an impressive winner of the boy’s u16 title
and helped Cork win team gold. There was a 1-2 for Cork club teams in the boy’s
u16 with Togher AC taking gold and Leevale AC the
silver.
Niamh Cotter Bantry AC showed great tenacity to win the girls u18 title,
leading the Cork team to silver. Togher AC won the
club team silver. Cork won the county team gold in the boy’s u18, with
Leevale AC the club team silver and Togher AC the
bronze.
Cork Juvenile
athletes won a total of 44 individual medals on Sunday. We would like to wish
our athletes the very best of luck in the next leg of the Munster Championships
in Castlelyons on Sunday10th November and in the All
Ireland Championships to follow.
Full results – www.munsterathletics.com
October 27 - Juvenile
Report, Cork County Juvenile B Cross Country Championships, Conna
The County Juvenile B Championships took
place on Sunday 20th October in ideal conditions in Conna. It was a great opportunity for our juvenile athletes
to gain confidence in the cross country field. There was not as many
competitors as previous Sundays but none the less the races were very
competitive and the standard very high. The champions to emerge from Sunday
were Ciara Morrison St. Luas
AC (girl’s u9),Maeve O Flynn Grange-Fermoy AC (girls
u11), Eva Lankford Grange – Fermoy AC (girls u13),
Anna Leamy Grange – Fermoy
AC (girls u15), Stephanie O Sullivan West Muskerry AC
(girls u17),Cody Kok North Cork AC (boys u9), Sean
Palmer Grange Fermoy AC (boys u11), Conor O Neil Doheny AC (boys
u13), Adrian Leahy Midleton AC (boys u15) and Sean Mc
Carthy Skibbereen AC (boys
u17). Team medals were won by West Muskerry AC, Carrig na
Bhfear AC, Millstreet AC, Midleton AC, Riverstick-Kinsale
AC, Skibbereen AC, Youghal
AC North Cork AC, St. Catherines AC, Grange-Fermoy AC, Bandon AC and Ballincollig AC.
Results
- County Juvenile B
Cross Country Championships
Overall it was a very successful day and we
would like to wish our athletes the best for the rest of the season.
October 22 – Juvenile
Report, Cork County Juvenile Uneven Cross Country Championships, West Muskerry
The uneven age juvenile cross country
championships were hosted recently by West Muskerry
AC and once again the course and organisation was superb. Avril
Mellerick Youghal AC was a
good winner of the girl’s u9 race with Grace Coyle Riverstick-Kinsale
AC in second and Ciara White Bandon AC third. Youghal AC won team gold from Bandon AC in silver with Riverstick-Kinsale AC taking the bronze. Sarah Morrison St,
Nicholas Ac having won the u12 title the previous week duly captured the u11
title form a very competitive field.Meghan Carr O
Reilly St. Catherines Ac was second with Mallaidh O Neill Skibbereen AC in
third. Bandon AC took team gold followed by West Muskerry
AC and North Cork AC. Kaitlyn Coffey Leevale AC
captured the girls u13 title from West Muskerry AC clubmates Jennifer Cotter and Sarah Kelleher. West Muskerry AC won team gold followed by Carrig
na Bhfear AC and leevale AC. Caoimhe Harrington
West Muskerry AC was a ready winner of the
girls u15 Laura Hayes St Catherines AC second and
Laura Nicholson Bandon AC third. Bandon AC won team gold with Carrig na
Bhfear AC silver and Midleton
AC bronze. Louise Shanahan Leevale AC having finished second the previous week
in the girls u18, captured girls u17 title from Fiona Everard
of Bandon AC with Caoilinn Hickey Midleton
AC third. Togher AC took team gold. Rachel O Shea
West Muskeryy AC won the girls u19 race from Niamh Cotter Bantry AC with Aisling Cotter Togher AC 3rd
.Carrig na
Bhfear Ac captured the team gold
Conor Frawley North Cork AC captured the
boys u9 title with Kyle Ettoh Grange Fermoy Ac second and Eric Cunningham Midleton
AC third. Bandon AC won the team gold from Riverstick-Kinsale
AC in second and Carrig na Bhfear AC third. John O Flyn North Cork AC won the boys u11 title from Colin Roche Courcies AC in second with Keelan
Crowley Bandon AC tird. The team competition was
close with Bandon AC coming out on top, Carrig na Bhfear
AC second and Leevale AC third. Adam O Reilly Togher
AC was the winner of the boys u13 with Jake Mc Carthy
Youghal AC second and Connor O Neill West Muskerry AC third. Togher AC won
team gold with Carrig na Bhfear Ac silver and Midleton AC the bronze. Charlie O Donovan Leevale Ac
improved on his placing the previouc week to win the
boys u15 title from Liam Cotter Bantry AC who had won
the boys u14 the previous week. Conor O Driscoll
Leevale AC finished third. Leevale AC were comfortable winners of the team gold
West Muskerry AC the silver. Reigning boys u15All
Ireland Cross Country Champion Fearghal Curtin Youghal AC won the boys u17 title from David Fox Leevale Ac
with Cathal Mc Carthy Doheny AC third. Leevale AC won team gold with West Muskerry AC silver and Togher AC
bronze. Jamie Buckley Carrig na Bhfear AC captured the
boys u19 title from Conor Walter Leevale AC with
Thomas Mc Carthy Bandon AC third.Leevale
AC won team gold with Bandon AC in silver medal position.
We would like to wish all our Cork Juvenile
Athletes the best of luck in the forthcoming Munster Cross Country
Championships
October 20 – Cork Teams for
Munster Novice & Under 23 Championships
The following have been nominated for the Novice & U23 Cork
Teams for the upcoming Munster Championships in Limerick Race Course next
Sunday.
Novice teams consist of the first 12 from the recent county
championships in Carrignavar. Anybody named unable to take
part, please contact team Manager Noreen Murphy ASAP – 085 7157810. More names are also need so we can field under 23 teams!
Novice Men
1 Dennis Testellwood
(Leevale), 2 Chris Mentern (Leevale), 3 Joeseph O'Sullivan-Hourihan , 4 Michael Dullea (Skibbreen), 5 Allax O’Shea (St.Finbarrs), 6 Colum Moore (Leevale). 7 Rory O’Connor (N.Cork), 8 Culian Lynch (Togher), 9 Daran Cavanagh (Leevale), 10 Brian Karr (Leevale), 11 Michael
Harrington (West Muskerry), 12 Geof
Casey (Togher), 13 Mark O’Sullivan (Bandon)
Novice Women
1 Michelle Kenny (Midleton), 2
Maura Regan (Eagle), 3 Karan Grant (Midleton), 4
Fiona Santry (East Cork), 5 Lorna Davy-FitzGerald
(Mallow), 6 Aoifa Carroll (Mallow), 7 Ronnie Barry
(Bandon), 8 Margaret Dempsey (Tracton), 9 Fiona Greay (N.Cork), 10 Sharon Woods
(Mallow), 11 Sinead Buckley (N.Cork), 12 Mairead Mulcahy (Mallow), 13 Orlagh Farmer (Midleton)
Under 23 Men
Mark O’Sullivan (Bandon)
Under 23 Women
Orlagh
Farmer (Midleton)
October 20 – Defibrillator
In the past 6 years, defibrillators have been used at least twice in life saving situations, in Cork AAI permitted
events. In both cases the athletes recovered,
thanks both to the availability of Defibrillators and also trained operators.
It's worth noting that in each case, the defibrillators were supplied by third
parties. Many clubs now have their own defibrillators, but others do
not.
*Yes
Defibrillators are relatively expensive, but if required, they are
absolutely priceless. *
Someday, a Defibrillator will again be required at one of our events
Will we be ready?
Location of
nearest Defibrillator in CIT Track – please share this information
October 20 – Cork County Country
Results
Cork
AAI Cross Country Championships, October 20th, Conna
Novice
B Championships - Men 1 Michael Dulea (Skibbreen),
2 Michael Harrington (West Muskerry)
3 Michael Corbett (St Finbars). Club 1 St Finbarrs (Corbett, P.Penny, J’O
Reilly, R.O’Mahony) 35, 2 Clonakilty
Road Runners 71, 3 Midleton
82. Women 1 Fiona Santry (East
Cork), 2 Ronnie Barry (Bandon), 3 Amy Wolfe (Leevale), Club
1 Carrig Na bhFear (J.Forest, M.Whooley, S.Walsh, L.Nudgent) 42, 3 St.Finbars 43, 3 Leevale,
Masters Men 1 Alex O’Shea (St Finbars), 2 Shane Simcox
(Mallow), 3 Donal Cofffey
(Leevale) Club 1
Leevale.
Masters Women 1 Maura O’Regan
(Eagle Track Club), 2 Anna O’Neill (Dohenys), 3 Rhona Lynch (Eagle Track Club) Club 1 St Finbarrs.
Juvenile B results - County Juvenile B Cross Country
Championships
Well done to all! Best of
Luck next week at the Munster championships in Limerick!
October 20 - Coaching Calendar
Update
A few changes to the calendar include:
- The Sports Psychology Workshop due to be held in Clonmel on Wed 13th Nov is now taking place on Thur 14th
November
- The Road Running/Endurance Workshop
due to be held in Thurles on Wed 27th Nov is
now taking place on Thur
28th November
- Road Running/Endurance Workshop added in Mallow Co Cork on Thursday 24th October 7pm (Details below)
A reminder below of some up coming workshops:
Wednesday 23rd October Sports Psychology Workshop at Cork IT (Upstairs in red brick
building next to the track stand) 7-9pmrun
by Canice Kennedy. Open to all athletes and coaches
aged 14+ and cost is €5 payable on the night at registration 6.45-7pm. The workshop is
entitled "Concentration for Competition" and aims to assist
athletes & coaches prepare for big competitions by developing routines to
reduce distractions and focus completely on the task in hand, thereby
delivering consistent performances.
Thursday 24th October Road Running/Endurance Workshop at the Hibernian Hotel,
Mallow, Co Cork 7-9pm. Open to all athletes and coaches aged 16+ and
cost is €5 payable on the night at registration 6.45-7pm. The workshop will focus on training for
5km-Marathon with emphasis on tempo/threshold training also and sample training
ideas.
October 14 – County Juvenile
Uneven Age Cross Country
Full results - County Juvenile
Uneven Age Cross Country Championships
October 14 – Race Walking Coaching
There will be a special race walking workshop for coaches only
being held in conjunction with the winter coaching series at Cork IT track this Saturday Oct 19th at 10am sharp. This workshop will be led by
Munster Performance Squad Frank Lynch and is open to all coaches who wish to
find out more about coaching the race walking event. No previous experience
required and the workshop is free of charge. There may also be a special guest
in attendance!!!
Please pass this on to any coaches/parents in your club that may
be interested.
October 14 -
Run in the Dark
Details attached above for the run in the dark
fundraiser event. They are looking for support from athletics people who would
be in a position to act as Marshals on the night. Caroline
can be contacted by mobile on 087 352 1588 or e mail carolinemccarthy1@hotmail.co.
October 13 – County Intermediate
Cross Country
Intermediate Men 1 Elton Heffernon (Togher), 2 Colum Moore (Leevale,,3
Tim Twomey
(Leevale)
Club 1 Leevale (Moore, Twomey,
David Comber, Brian Carr) 20; 2 Mallow 47; 3 St.Finbarrs 66.
Intermediate Women 1 Michelle Kenny (Midleton),2 Ashling Moran
(Leevale),3 Gillian Cotter (St.Finbarrs),
Club 1 Mallow (Lorna Davy-Fitzgerald, Aoifa Carroll. Sharon Woods, Ann Borkollska)
29 ;2 Riverstick –Kinsale70.
Intermediate
Cross Country Results
October 8 – Juvenile B
Championships
This event takes place on
Sunday October 20th in Conna @ 1pm.
Closing date for Entries October 14th!
October 8 – Cork County Cross
Country Championships
Well done to all who took part
in the first round of the county cross country championships today in Carrignavar.
Juvenile Report - The Cork County Juvenile Even Age Cross Country Championships
were held on Sunday 6th October in Carraig
na Bhfear
with over 500 athletes competing. The championships were run over an
excellently prepared course and there were some very impressive performances by
our athletes. Maeve O Neill Dohenys AC (girls u10), Diarmuid Healy Midleton AC (boys
u10), Sarah Morrison St. Nicholas AC (girls u12), Eoin
Redmond Riverstick-Kinsale (boys u12), Laura
Nicholson Bandon AC (girls u14), Liam Cotter Bantry
AC (boys u14), Fiona Everard Bandon AC (girls u16), Ferghal Curtin Youghal AC (boys
u16), Niamh Cotter Bantry
AC (girls u18), and Jamie O Connell Togher AC (boys
u18) emerged as worthy champions in their respective age groups. The team
prizes were distributed between Youghal AC, North
Cork AC, Doheny AC, Midleton
AC, Bandon AC, Leevale AC, West Muskerry AC, Carraig na
bhfear AC and Togher AC.It was wonderful to see many happy athletes and proud
parents after competing on Sunday and it’s safe to say the future for Cork
juvenile athletes is a bright one.
Results - County Juvenile Even Age
Cross Country Championships
Novice & U23
Novice
Men 1 Dennis Thistlewood (Leevale), 2 Chris
Mintern (Leevale), 3 Joseph O’Sullivan-Horihan
(Leevale)
club
- 1 Leevale (Thistlewood, Mintern,
O’Sullivan, Horgan, Moore) 12 ;2. St
Finbarrs 53; 3. Togher
64
Novice
Women 1 Michelle Kenny (Midleton), 2. Maura
Regan (Eagle), 3 Karan Grant (Midleton)
club - 1 Mallow (E.Davy-FitzGerald, A.Carroll, S.Woods, M Mulcahy) 33; 2. Midleton 61; 3
North Cork
66
U23 Men 1. Chris Mintern
(Leevale), 2 Joseph O’Sullivan-Horhihan (Leevale), 3.
Rory O’Conor (N.Cork).
U23 Women 1. Sharon Woods (Mallow)
More cross country action next
weekend as West Muskerry host the second round of the
county cross country championships (intermediate @ 12pm followed by juvenile
uneven age)
October 3 – Winter Coaching Series
Track & Field Technical
Coaching and Recorded Meets
October
3 – Day 2 Winter Coaching Series
Day 2 of the Winter Coaching Series takes place this coming Saturday in
Cork I.T. with registration at 9.30am & session start at10am. At the end of the session from 12 noon to 1pm,
there will be a talk by Dr. John Bradley, Coaching Ireland (as part of the Lucozade Sports Programme) on Nutrition &
Hydration. This presentation is for aged 15 and over so all adults and
athletes can attend.
Those who have registered on day 1 are asked to just sign in
while all new arrivals are asked to register from 09.30am - 10.00amupstairs
in the Red Building.
An Appeal to all Coaches to avail of the great opportunity to
get involved or to just come and be a part of the sessions to gain some valuable
knowledge so lets hope that you can be there.
Facebook Link,- https://www.facebook.com/#!/
Registration Link,- https://www.surveymonkey.com/
October 2 – South West Coaching
Calendar Update
Please find
below a link the most up to date calendar as of this morning. Please can you
make sure this is changed on the relevant websites and that you share with all
athletes/coaches/parents in your clubs.
2013 Autumn Coaching Calendar
-updated
A few
changes to the calendar include:
- Wed 9th Oct Road Running Workshop UL POSTPONED
- Sat 9th Nov Munster XC Squad Day POSTPONED due to clash now with Munster Clubs XC
the following day
- Sat 5th Oct and Sat 19th Oct Winter Coaching Series dates added
A
reminder below of some up coming workshops:
Wednesday
2nd October Sprints/Hurdles Workshop at Castleisland
Track Co Kerry 7-9pm. Open to all athletes
and coaches aged 10+ and cost is €5 payable on the night at registration 6.45-7pm. Lead coaches on the night will
be Ger Moynihan AAI Level 3 Sprints Coach and Michael Godley AAI Level 3
Sprints/Hurdles Coach.
Saturday 5th October The Winter Coaching
Series 2nd session at Cork IT Track 10am start. Please ensure that you have either
submitted an e-mail address with your on-line registration or e-mailed Chris
Regan chrisregan@eircom.net directly with same. Your e-mail address
is essential for future communications about the series. Further details here http://www.athleticsireland.
Tuesday 8th October Strength & Conditioning Workshop at Cork IT 7-9pm upstairs
in the red brick building next to the track stand. It has never been more important for both athletes and
particularly coaches to have a clear understanding of Conditioning for Young
Athletes. Scientific and empirical evidence underlines the need to have
strength training, flexibility, and mobility(ROM)
integrated into an athletic programme. Appropriate functional movement and
specific training is necessary for specific events and must also be tailored to
individual athletes. This takes into account the biological and chronological age along with peak height velocity (PHV) and
environmental considerations. Liam O Reilly B.ED. SSPE (Hons)
Physical Education & Sports Studies will present a workshop outlining the
principles and practical elements on the subject matter. Open to all
athletes and coaches aged 12+ and cost is €5 payable on the night at
registration 6.45-7pm.
Saturday 19th
October The Winter Coaching Series 3rd session at Cork
IT Track 10am start. Please ensure that you have either
submitted an e-mail address with your on-line registration or e-mailed Chris
Regan chrisregan@eircom.net directly with same. Your e-mail
address is essential for future communications about the series. Further
details herehttp://www.athleticsireland.
Wednesday
23rd October Sports Psychology Workshop
at Cork IT 7-9pm run by Canice Kennedy. Open to all
athletes and coaches aged 14+ and cost is €5 payable on the night at
registration 6.45-7pm. Further
details to follow soon.
October 2 – ArdField
5K & 10K Run
5K and 10K run in Ardfield, Clonakilty on Sun
13th October
September 26 – Upcoming Workshops
Please find details below of some up coming workshops in the south west in September/October.
For all workshops simply come along on the night and pay €5, no need to book a
place. Please let all athletes/coaches in your club know of the details.
Friday 27th September Jumps Workshop at Cork IT Track 7-9pm. Open to all athletes and coaches
aged 10+ and cost is €5 payable on the night at registration 6.45-7pm. Coaches on the night will
be Stephen Fleming (Long/Triple Jump), Chris Regan (High Jump) and Eamon Flanagan (Pole Vault).
Wednesday 2nd October Sprints/Hurdles Workshop at Castleisland
Track Co Kerry 7-9pm. Open to all athletes
and coaches aged 10+ and cost is €5 payable on the night at registration 6.45-7pm. Lead coach on the night will
be National Sprints Coordinator and coach to several
Irish International athletes Hayley Harrison.
Saturday 5th October The Winter Coaching Series 2nd session at Cork
IT Track 10am start. Please ensure that you have either
submitted an e-mail address with your on-line registration or e-mailed Chris
Regan chrisregan@eircom.net directly with same. Your e-mail
address is essential for future communications about the series. Further
details here http://www.athleticsireland.
Tuesday 8th October Strength & Conditioning Workshop at Cork IT 7-9pm upstairs
in the red brick building next to the track stand. It has never been more important for
both athletes and particularly coaches to have a clear understanding of
Conditioning for Young Athletes. Scientific and empirical evidence underlines
the need to have strength training, flexibility, and mobility(ROM)
integrated into an athletic programme. Appropriate functional movement and
specific training is necessary for specific events and must also be tailored to
individual athletes. This takes into account the biological and chronological age along with peak height velocity (PHV) and
environmental considerations. Liam O Reilly B.ED. SSPE (Hons)
Physical Education & Sports Studies will present a workshop outlining the
principles and practical elements on the subject matter. Open to all
athletes and coaches aged 12+ and cost is €5 payable on the night at registration 6.45-7pm.
Wednesday 9th October Road Running/Endurance Workshop at UL Sports Arena 7-9pm. Open to all athletes and coaches
aged 14+ and cost is €5 payable on the night at registration 6.45-7pm. Further
details to follow soon.
Wednesday 23rd October Sports Psychology Workshop at Cork IT 7-9pm run by Canice Kennedy. Open to all
athletes and coaches aged 14+ and cost is €5 payable on the night at
registration 6.45-7pm. Further
details to follow soon.
September 26 – Winter Coaching
Series
Don't forget our online registration link for new athletes that
wish to attend our next session on Saturday 5th October.
Winter Coaching Series Online Registration
September 20 – Juvenile Cross
Country Championships
Entry Forms (excel)
Juvenile Uneven Age
Entry Form
For postal entries, please email corkathletics@gmail.com
September 20 – Adult Cross Country
Championships
Entry Forms (excel)
Postal Entry Forms
September
11 – St Finbarrs
Half Marathon Results.
Well done to all who took part in
the event last Sunday week.
September 11 – Charleville
International Half-Marathon
Preparations for the upcoming Charleville
International Half-Marathon are well under way, the event which takes place on
Sunday September 22nd has attracted a big entry in the past few
years and a great race & day can be expected, for further details see www.CharlevilleHalf.com
September 11 – Coaching Update, winter
coaching series
INVITATION TO ALL COACHES TO JOIN THE COACH
TEAMS
Calling all you coaches out there, are you coming to Cork to the
Winter Coaching Series, why not join the Team?
Be part of a great series of coaching days with some of our top performance
coaches, find out how they succeed,
how athletes develop, contribute to the Teamwork and take the
knowledge back to your groups.
Register to join the team by email to mailto:chrisregan@eircom.net
See our facebook page here www.facebook.com/pages/Winter-
Winter Coaching Series
A Winter Coaching Series is starting up for 4 sessions in Cork
I.T. starting on Saturday 21st September
from 10.30am to 1.30pm. Next two sessions are Saturday 5th & Saturday 19th October with the 4th session tbc
at a later date.
The series
will consist of technical coaching & recorded meetings covering sprints,
hurdles, walks, jumps & throws for athletes aged 12 up to 99 years. All
further information is contained in the attachment above. Athletes can register
online for the series at this link:- https://www.surveymonkey.com/
September 7 – Cork Mini Marathon
Online entry @ www.eecho.ie closes tomorrow Sunday September 8th!
September 7 – Durrus
5 Mile RR
The Durrus 5 mile road race takes place next Saturday, 14th
Sept, @ 2:30 pm. AAI permit
granted and accurately measured course!
All Cash Prizes -
Overall Male & Overall Female (1st, 2nd & 3rd each), 1st &
2nd O.40, O.45 & 0.50 male & female & bonus cash prize for 1st male
& 1st female to break course record. Post race refreshments &
prize giving.
More info
on www.durrus5.blogspot.ie.
Enquiries Michael Harrington 086 856 7179.
September 7 – Juvenile Cross
Country Dates
6th Oct Ck na var
closing date 28th Sept
13th Oct West Muskerry closing date 5th Oct
20th Oct Conna
B's closing date 14th Oct
Entry forms will be posted in the coming days
Gold for
Robert Heffernan in 50KM Walk at the World T&F Championships in Russia
The athletics community in Cork and Ireland had something
very special to celebrate this morning when news came through that Robert
Heffernan, a proud Corkman and proud member of Togher AC, won the 50KM walk.
This was a more than well deserved medal for Rob who last year
finished an agonising 4th in this event at the London
Olympics. Rob has been a wonderful supporter of local athletics in Cork
participating in local events and helping out with local events. All who know
him and have followed his career are thrilled that he has won this
medal!
Well done to Rob, his wife Marian, family, friends, support team
and fans!
August 18 – League Results
The last round of the 2013 John
Buckley Sports County Track & Field League was held on Thursday August 8th.
Well down to all who took part in the league this year and all who helped out
organising the League.
League results – May 15, May 20, June 7, June 18, June 26, July 8, July 18, August 8.
August 15 –John Buckley Sports St Finbarr’s AC
Cork Half Marathon 2013
St Finbarr’s AC are pleased to
announce that this year’s John Buckley Sports St Finbarr’s
AC Cork Half Marathon will take place on Sunday the 8th September 2013.
The race also incorporates the Cork and Munster Half Marathon
Championships, entry into which is included in the entry fee. The race
headquarters will be the Blarney GAA club house, and the race will commence at 11.00.
Further details, course route etc. are available at www.stfinbarrsac.com
Cost: You can pre-enter at a cost of €20 or enter on the morning of the
race for €25
On Line Entry is available at www.stfinbarrsac.com
Postal Entry: You can print off the entry form (www.stfinbarrsac.com) and post (or drop in) completed entry forms including a cheque
for €20 made out to St Finbarr’s AC to John Buckley
Sports, 9 Mulgrave Road, Cork City.
August 12 – 5 mile RR in Coachford this
Friday (Aug 16th)
Broomhill Vintage Club 5 mile RR, Coachford,
7.30pm, Runners
can book online at www.eventmaster.ie
August 7 – County Championship
Results
This year the county junior &
senior T&F championships were held in conjunction with the John Buckley
Sports T&F League – results to date.
Last leg of the League is this
Thursday @ 7.30pm in the CIT Track.
August 7 – Route to Crook 5 Mile
RR Flyer
August 3 – Important Notice
Regarding Transfers & Regrading
Transfer applications for consideration at
the September county board meeting must be with the county registrar John Copithorne (Belgooly, Co Cork) by
August 23rd.
Transfer Applications received after this
date will not be processed until 2014!
Applications for regrading
will be considered at the September County Board meeting, applications are to
be made through the county secretary.
July 25 – Kinsale
Regatta 5 Mile RR
The annual Kinsale Regatta 5 mile RR will take place on Friday, August
2nd @ 7.30pm. The race will
be held in aid of the Kinsale Youth Development
Fund. Race entries will be accepted up
to 7.15pm, race HQ is in Kinsale GAA. Flyer
July 25 – Coaching Calendar for
Southern Region
Please
find attached above the Provisional Coaching/Development Calendar for
Cork/Kerry/Limerick/Tipperary for Sep-Dec 2013. Please can you
also pass on the details to all coaches/parents etc planning on attending coach
education courses and workshops in Cork/Kerry/Limerick/Tipperary in 2013. There may be additional workshops etc added so for the
most up to date calendar check here always http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?page_id=25369.
Coach Education courses
taking place in Cork/Kerry/Limerick/Tipperary region, will
be available on the AAI online application system in the next 2 weeks. All
course applicants must apply online and courses close 7
days before
course start date however courses may fill fast so please apply early to avoid
disappointment. To ensure a place on a course please make sure all coaches
register online at least 3 weeks before a course
start date. Please also make sure you fill in all information requested and
provide a valid e-mail address. This e-mail address will be use to send exact
course details to you 3-4 days before the start date. The link for
applying online is herehttp://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?page_id=25369.
All workshops will run as per usual with
payment taken on the night €5 and taken up to 5 mins
before workshop start time. The online payment system is for Coach Education
courses only not workshops.
Full details of this years Munster Squads will be available in September.
For all development news please refer to the development section on the AAI
website as everything will be up to date here and may not be on some other
websites. The development section is available here http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?cat=98.
Kind Regards,
Steven
Steven
Macklin
Regional
Development Officer (Cork/Kerry/Limerick/Tipperary)
Athletics
Ireland
July 21 – Gold for Louise Shanahan
Well done to Louise
Shanahan of Leevale who won gold at the European Youth Olympics in Utrecht in
the 800m race. Report - see www.leevale.org
July 21 – Final Round of T&F
League
The final round of the
2013 John Buckley Sport T&F League will take place on Thursday August 8th
@ 7.30pm in the CIT. Well done to all
who have taken part and helped out with the league this year.
July 15 – Cork Master T&F
Results
Well done to all
who took part - Results
July 15 – Upcoming Road Races
This is just a quick reminder that The Cork City Series 10km run is taking place on Sunday 21st July (this Sunday).
It's great to hear that Cork County Athletics
Board is interested in the run. Don't forget that we have a special discount
code set up for your club runners - CorkClubs (code
is case sensitive). Entering this code at http://www.fitmagazine.ie will mean it will only cost €15 (instead of
the normal price of €25)
Race Details -> http://bit.ly/12Bvc8B
The run is starting at 1pm from
the Centre Park Road / Marina area in the city where it will also finish.
We’re delighted to be teaming up with Athletics Ireland and
Breast Cancer Ireland as our charity partner for the event.
We will be making a donation for each participant towards supporting a
designated Breast Research
Nurse based at Cork University Hospital.
We’ll be jam-packing our goody bag again and there’ll be spot prizes on the day and €3000 in prizes for the top 3 males
and females.
We're really looking forward to the event and we hope to see you
all there!
Liscarroll 10K
On Friday august 30th,
Liscarroll AC will host their annual 10K RR, race
starts @ 7pm, Flyer
June 22 – Schools T&F coverage
on YouTube
The Aviva All-Ireland
Schools Track and Field Championships highlights programme that was broadcast
on Setanta Ireland is now on YouTube. The programme is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikhTid2e9fg&list=PLjEIzFBr5jfjRT-pGPqdWO5sWwJZoNDn6
June 12 – County Masters T&F
This will take
place on Saturday July 13th, Entry Form excel format, Programme. Entries
to Liam Fleming, Ballinascarthy, Bandon, Co. Cork.
June 8 – Old Abbey 5K
Old Abbey AC
celebrating it’s 60th
anniversary this year will hold a 5K road race on Sunday June 30th with
registration from 5.30pm from O’Shea’s Bar in
Waterfall. Race starts @ 7pm Flyer
June 7 – Race in Doneraile Park
The above event
scheduled for tonight on the fixtures page is not taking place. Please email any fixture corrections /
updates to corkathletics@gmail.com.
June 7 – Inniscarra
4 Mile RR, Friday June 14th
The 4 mile Murphy
Memorial RR in aid of the Inniscarra Community Centre
will take place on Friday next!
June 7 – Courtmacsherry
& Timoleague 10K
This event will
take place on Friday, June 28th.
See flyer for details
June 7 – Irish Schools T&F
The first two broadcast times for the Aviva Schools Athletics Championships on Setanta
Ireland -
7:00pm - Thursday, June 13
4:30pm - Saturday, June 15
The programme will run for an hour. Most of the track
races and many field events will be covered.
May 30 – Riverstick
Kinsale Open Sports – Thursday June 20th
Riverstick / Kinsale Annual Open
Sports has be rescheduled for Thursday, June 20th
@ 6.45pm in Riverstick GAA.
Riverstick Kinsale Open Sports, 6.45pm, Riverstick
GAA
May 30 – County Juvenile T&F
There were over 1600 entries for the Cork County Juvenile
Track & Field Championships held at CIT on Sunday 5th May and
Sunday 12th May. The Championships were run efficiently and this was
helped by the wonderful preparation of our athletes by the various club coaches
and officials who give of their time voluntarily. Also the board members and
club officials who helped at the various disciplines over the two days were
vital in the efficient running of the events.
This year saw the introduction of the turbo javelin instead
of the ball throw for our younger athletes and the windy conditions did not
deter them from enjoying the competition.
There was some
tremendous competition over the two days in all age groups and congratulations to
everyone who took part, those lucky enough to secure County Medals and best of
luck to all our Cork Juvenile Athletes in the forthcoming Munster
Championships.
May 29 - County Relays &
B Championships
May 29 – County Championships Results from Round 2 of
League, Round
2 full Results
May 16 – Successful Start to 2013
John Buckley Sports County Graded T&F
Well done too all
who took part last night in the first round of the league. A sincere thanks to
all who helped out. More action next
Monday @ 7.30 in the CIT for Round 2 – 200m, 800m, 3000m, sprint hurdles,
triple jump, discus, hammer & 4x400m relay
League results – May 15, County Championship Results
May 14 – John Buckley Sports
County Graded T&F League starts Wednesday!
The Cork County Graded
T&F League sponsored by John Buckley Sports gets underway this Wednesday
(May 15th) @ 7.30pm in the CIT Track. This year the league will incorporate both
the county Junior and Senior T&F Championships. Events in green on the programme are county championship
events. All participants must be
registered with Athletics Ireland.
Guests from clubs outside of the county are welcome to take part.
Track events for
this Wednesday are the 100m, 400m, 1 Mile & 4 x 100m Relay, Field events –
Long Jump, Javelin & Shot Putt.
Your help and
support on the night would be much appreciated!
Best of Luck to all
taking part!
John Buckley Sports Graded T&F League 2013
May 14 – County Juvenile Relays
& B Championships
The County Juvenile
Relays & B Championships will be held on Sunday May 26th. Closing Date for Entries is May 22nd.
Refer to the AAI
competition booklet for the rules regarding age eligibility for relays (pages
29/30)
Only athletes who
did not win a medal at the Championships on May 5th and 12th
are eligible for the B Championships.
No Late Entries or
Entry Changes after the Entry Closing Date May 22nd.
All athletes taking
part must be registered.
May 12 – County Juvenile T&F
Results for Day 2
County Juvenile T&F 2013 Day 2
May 10 – County Juvenile T&F
Results for Day 1
County Juvenile T&F 2013 Day 1
May 10 – Report on Munster Juvenile Combined events
The Munster Juvenile Combined Events were held in CIT on
Sunday 28th April. Cork Juveniles performed very well and secured
many Munster medals. Hollie McCarthy Liscarroll AC was the winner of the girl’s u11 event. In
the girls u13 Aisling Cassidy Bandon AC took silver
and Aishat Olatunji Midleton AC the bronze. Vickie Cusack Liscarroll
AC was a convincing winner of the girls u14 title followed in second place by
Moira Barrett Bandon AC. Avril Braham Carrig na bhfear
AC captured the gold in the girls u15 and Jayne Pennefather(
individual )was the winner of the girls 17-18.
There was a 1-2 for Cork athletes in the boy’s u11 with
Mark Collins Bandon AC the winner from Mel Deasy Old
Abbey AC in second place. In the boys u14 Padraig Nash
Belgooly AC took the silver. Sean Broderick Youghal AC finished second in the boys u15 event with Diarmuid Clancy Abbey Striders AC in third place. There was
a clean sweep for Cork athletes in the boy’s u16 with Tom Deasy,
Belgooly AC the winner from Caolan
O Brien of Midleton AC in the runner up position and Conor Sexton Abbey Striders AC in third place
Congratulations and well done to all who competed and
full results can be seen on www.munsterathletics.com
May 4 – Courceys
Athletic Club Sports, Sunday May 19th, Ballinspittle
GAA, 2pm
Courceys AC have confirmed
the programme for their upcoming open sports, the programme is action packed
with running, jumping, throwing and relay events! The sports is taking
place in Ballinspittle GAA starting @ 2pm on Sunday
May 19th – spread the message!
April 28 – U17-U19 County
T&F Relay Entry Forms
Closing Date May 1st!
April 22 – Riverstick
Kinsale AC Open Sports POSTPONED
Riverstick Kinsale AC Open Sports
which was scheduled for this Sunday (April 28th) has unfortunately
had to be postponed due to the recent bad weather which has resulted
the venue being unavailable. It is hoped
to confirm a new date for the Sports in the near future!
April 22 – Fota
Cheetah Run hosted by Eagle AC
The Cheetah Run takes place in Fota
Wildlife Park - one of only a handful of races in the world that run through a
zoo - at 8pm on Thursday May 16th.
Entries open on http://precisiontiming.net/ at
10:00am on Thursday week, May 2nd. Limited to 850
places. This race sold out in 34 hours last year.
No Late entries, no transfers. 16 and
over only. Pass the word,
don't have your club's athletes miss out in the rush for place
Regards,
John
Eagle AC
April 22 – South West Development
Calendar Updates
Please
find details below of some recent updates:
- Friday
26th April Sprints/Hurdles Workshop at Cork IT Track 7-9pm. It will be run
by Munster Performance Squad Coach Drew Harrison and AAI Level 3 Coaches Ger
Moynihan and Liz Coomey. It takes place from 7-9pm
and is open to all athletes and coaches aged 9+. Cost is €5 payable on the
night.
- The
final Munster Performance Squad session of the year takes place at
Cork IT Track on Saturday 27th April 10am-1pm for all event groups.
Athletes and their personal coaches are asked to be at Cork IT Track for 9.45am
sharp. Head event group coaches will be in touch with their own groups re plans
for the day. lease
pass on these details to any athletes in your club on the performance squad.
-
Details of workshops and courses available in the South East here http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=31596
- Please find attached above the most up
to date development calendar for the South West. Some
workshop dates in Tipperary were changed so please can you pass on this
calendar to all athletes/coaches in your clubs and post on relevant websites.
The dates are now as follows:
Wed
15th May High Jump
Workshop Clonmel 7-9pm
Tue
21st May Long Jump
& Triple Jump Workshop Templemore 7-9pm
Mon 6th
May Throws Workshop Templemore
(10.30am-12.30pm Shot Putt & Hammer, 1pm-3pm Discus & Javelin)
Kind
Regards,
Steven
April 14 – Sonia O’Sullivan
Athletics Track
The Mardyke track was officially reopened and renamed yesterday
at a ceremony in the UCC MArdyke Area. Photo (Michal B. Murphy [UCC President], Sonia
O’Sullivan, Mary Meagher [Cork County Athletics Board])
April 14 – Munster
Performance Squad session
The final Munster Performance Squad session of the year takes
place at Cork IT Track on Saturday 27th April 10am-1pm for all event groups. Athletes and
their personal coaches are asked to be at Cork IT Track for 9.45am
sharp. Head event group coaches will be in touch with their own groups re
plans for the day.
April 12 – T&F Season
Underway!
Best of Luck to all in action in the first major T&F competition of
the 2013 season, the IUAA T&F championships, being held in the Mardyke Track this weekend. It’s non-stop T&F action now
until August with competition on every weekend and some weekday evenings! Leevale host their annual open sports next
weekend (April 20/21) in the CIT track, see www.leevale.org for details, online entries for junr & snr events are now being accepted @ www.leevale.org. The programme for the Riverstick
Kinsale Open Sports on Sunday 28th is now
available Riverstick Kinsale
Open Sports, Riverstick GAA, 1pm, also on this date
is the Munster Junior & Under 23 T&F Championships being held in the
CIT Track, see www.munsterathletics.com for details.
The first round of
the County Juvenile T&F Championships (entry forms & programmes below)
is being held on Sunday May 5th on the May bank holiday weekend with
the second round being held on Sunday 12th! Also on around this time are the South
Munster Schools T&F Championships!
Note championship competitions
are pre-entry, ensure your club/school has your entry
with the competition secretary by the closing date!
April 9 – Coaching
Workshops in April in South West
Details of upcoming workshops in April are below:
- Friday 12th April Throws Workshop at Cork IT Track 7-9pm. It will be run
by Brian Hayes (Javelin) and Jerry Horgan
(Shot/Discus). It takes place from 7-9pm and is open to all athletes and
coaches aged 10+. Cost is €5 payable on the night.
- Thursday 11th April Fit4Life Workshop in Clonmel
Co Tipperary from 7-9pm. This workshop is free.
- Thursday 18th April Sprints/Hurdles Workshop at UL Track 7-9pm. It will be run
by National Sprints Coach Hayley Harrison and Drew Harrison. It takes place
from 7-9pm and is open to all athletes and coaches aged 9+. Cost is €5 payable
on the night.
- Friday
26th April Sprints/Hurdles Workshop at Cork IT Track 7-9pm. It
will be run by Munster Performance Squad Coach Drew Harrison and AAI Level 3
Coaches Ger Moynihan and Liz Coomey. It takes place
from 7-9pm and is open to all athletes and coaches aged 9+. Cost is €5 payable
on the night.
Please pass on these details to all athletes and coaches in your
clubs. For further workshops to be run in the future,
there needs be be good support for these workshops.
For further information please contact RDO Steven Macklin at
0876335565 or e-mail steven@athleticsireland.ie.
April 9 – Reports on Juvenile All Ireland Indoors, Athlone
Weekend 1
A very successful
championships for Cork Athletes who won a total of 34 All Ireland medals
consisting of 10 gold, 16 silver and 8 bronze.
In the boys u12 Daniel
Hurley Old Abbey AC won the 60m title and followed this up with bronze in the
long jump and high jump. Colin Doyle Leevale AC took the silver in the boys u13 60m. The boys u14 60m
resulted in a bronze for Robert Cregan Leevale AC. Padraig Nash Belgooly AC had to
produce a PB to secure the boys u14 high jump title. He was followed closely in
second place by Abbey Striders AC athlete Tommie Downes
and Youghal’s Ben Donovan. Jack Hallahan
of Midleton AC took bronze in the boys u14 shot. In
the boys u15 1500m Conor O Driscoll Leevale AC
captured the gold medal. His clubmate Luke Ring won
silver in the boys u16 60m and 200m. Jack Murphy
Leevale AC had great wins in the boys u16 high jump
and long jump and capped a great weekend with silver medal in the 60m hurdles.
Tom Deasy Belgooly AC was
successful in attaining the bronze medal in the boys
u16 high jump. The boys u18 long jump resulted in Cork Athletes filling the
first three places with David Cussen Old Abbey AC
first, Sam Healy Belgooly AC second and Fintan O Shaughnessy Bandon AC
third. David Cussen went on to finish second in the
60 m hurdles. Brendan Corrigan Blarney Iniscarra AC captured the boys u19
60m hurdles title and Conor Walter Leevale AC
finished runner up in the boys u19 800m.
In the girls u12 shot putt Ciara Sheehy Liscarroll
AC finished runner up. In the girls u13 high jump there was a silver medal for
Erica Deasy Belgooly AC.
Vickie Cusack Liscarroll AC finished runner up in the
girls u14 60m hurdles and Vickie took bronze in the
shot putt. Louise Shanahan Leevale AC captured the
girls u17 800m title. In the girls u18 60m hurdles Jane Pennyfather
Belgooly AC took the bronze medal. In the girls u18
shot putt Aideen Hallahan Midleton AC took the silver medal. The girls u19 shot putt
was dominated by Laura Mc Sweeney Bandon AC who won gold. Kate Waterman Leevale
AC finished runner up in the girls u19 200m. Rachel O
Shea West Muskerry AC captured the girls
u19 800m title and narrowly missed out in the 1500m title winning silver.
Congratulations and well
done to all who competed. Full results
on www.athleticsireland.ie
Weekend 2
There was tremendous end of season success for Cork
Juvenile Athletes at the Woodies DIY Juvenile Indoor
Relays. Leevale AC was to the fore capturing three national titles. The club
took gold in the boys u13 4x100m, girls u13 4x100m and boys u16 4x200m. Another
Cork Club, Midleton AC took bronze in the boy’s u13
4x100m race. A limited number of National field events took place also in Athlone and there was further success for Bandon AC with
James French taking the boys u16 shot putt title. In the girls u16 shot putt
Erin Kingston Bandon AC finished second.
Full results www.athleticsireland.ie.
Congratulations and well done to all who competed.
Munster Juvenile Indoors U14-U19 Report
April 5 – 2013 County Juvenile
T&F Championships
Entry Forms (excel
1997-2003 format)
Any difficulty with
entry forms email corkathletics@gmail.com
April 3 – Cork Schools Little
Athletics Coaching Scheme
Cover Letter Programme Registration Form
April 3 – 2013 John Buckley Sports
Graded T&F League
The dates for the 2013 league have
been confirmed, the league this year will incorporate the county senior T&F
championships.
It is hoped to have electronic
timing at all league meetings, however, this is only possible if we have
sufficient trained operators to run the electronic timing. Operation of the electronic timing system is
quiet straight forward and of benefit to sprint coaches and athletes, anybody
interested please email corkathletics@gmail.com so training can be
organised.
April 3 – Safety Course &
County Juvenile T&F Championships
Can all clubs please submit names
of people who are willing to help out at the County Championships on the 5th and
12th of May next to ensure the program runs as smoothly as last year.
Also all helpers should attend the Health and Safety night on Monday April 8th, at 7pm in CIT. This
is a new rule that County, Munster and National officials and
helpers must abide by.
Names to county
secretary Anne Murray as soon as possible!
April 3 – European Team
Championships
Dear Club/County/Regional Secretary &
Chairman,
As part of an overwhelming desire to have the maximum number of spectators
present in Santry for the European Team Championships
in June we are enclosing this information
letter and poster for your perusal.
We strongly encourage you to distribute this information to as
many of your members as possible and we look forward to seeing you in Santry in June for two special days of world class
athletics right on our doorstep.
Athletics Ireland
April 3 – Upcoming Open Sports
April 6 – Awbeg
Valley, Doneraile GAA, 2pm (Doneraile
Park 5K RR @ 11am, entry €5, race HQ Doneraile
Community Centre)
April 20/21 – Leevale Open Sports, CIT, www.leevale.org
April 28 – Riverstick
Kinsale Open Sports, Riverstick
GAA, 1pm
May 19 – Courceys
Open Sports, Ballinspittle GAA, 2pm
April 3 – Road Race Update
April 6 – North Cork AC host Doneraile
Park 5K, 11am
April 14 – Ballincollig Regional Park 5K, 11.15am Flyer
July 5 – Willie Neenan
Memorial 10 K RR, Millstreet
March 3 – Bronze for Ciarán Ó Lionáird in the 3000m at
the European Indoor Championships
There was wonderful news from Sweden
yesterday where the European Indoor Championships are being held. A wonderful performance by Ciarán Ó Lionáird of Leevale in
the 3000m was rewarded with a bronze medal.
There was heartache for Derval
O’Rourke of Leevale on Friday in the 60m hurdles final who finished 4th
clocking a season’s best time of 7.96 seconds, only 0.1 seconds behind the
silver and bronze medallists.
For reports on these races see www.leevale.org and www.athleticsireland.ie.
Well done also to European Cross Country
Champion Fionnuala Britton of Kilcoole
AC in Wicklow who won Ireland’s second Bronze medal of the championships
finishing 3rd in another exciting 3000m final
February 28 – FINAL CALL FOR
NOMINATIONS FOR COUNTY TEAMS
The Munster Road
championships will be held on Sunday March 10th in Newtownshandrum, Cork.
County Team Managers are making a final call for nominations so full county teams, and in some cases just a team, can be
fielded. The course is impressive, for details
see the county facebook page. The event starts at 1pm sharp and race HQ is
in Newtownshandrum GAA!
Nominations for the
Novice team to Michael Herlihy – corkathleticspro@gmail.com / 086 316 8954
Nominations for the
Senior team to Noreen Murphy – 085 7157810
February 26 – Cork Athletes
Impress at Munster U9-U13 Indoor Championships
Cork Juvenile PRO Report
The Munster Juvenile u9 to
u13 Indoor Championships were held recently in Nenagh
and there was a tremendous turnout of Cork athletes, this augurs well for the
season ahead.
In the boys u9 60m A final Cathal Heffernan Leevale
AC took the bronze medal and things got better because he followed it up with
silver in the boys u9 300m and added to his medal haul with gold in the long
jump. In the boys u9 60m B final Sean Lombard Old Abbey AC took gold and was
followed home by Conor Dowling North Cork AC in the
silver medal position.
In the boys u10 60m A final Danny Kelly Belgooly AC
took the bronze medal and added to his tally with gold in the u10 long jump. In
the boys u10 500m Diarmuid Healy Midleton
AC finished second to secure his Munster silver medal. Ross Corkery,
Belgooly AC took bronze in the u10 long jump.
Eoghan
Nash Belgooly AC ran a good race to finish second in
the boys u11 600m.In the boys u11 long jump Mel Deasy
Old Abbey AC won the gold medal.
Daniel Hurley Old Abbey AC
had a successful weekend when he won the u12boys 60m final and followed it up
with gold in the long jump and silver in the high jump.In
the boy’s u12 60m Robert Dillon Midleton AC took the
silver medal and was followed home in third place by Eoghan
Heaney Leevale AC. Robert Dillon Middleton AC also took silver medal in the
boys u12 high jump.
In the boys u13 60m final
Colin Doyle Leevale AC came home in first place. Leevale AC filled the first
two places in the boys u13 600m with Jamie O Sullivan
taking gold from Thomas White.
In the girls u9 60m B final Siofra O Brien Midleton AC took
the bronze medal and also won silver in the long jump.
In the girls u10 60mA final
Laura Frawley North Cork AC led
home a Cork 1-2-3 with Lucy-Mai Sleeman Leevale AC
taking silver and Caitlin Hennessy Leevale AC in third place. Caitlin Hennessy
also won the girls u10 long jump from a large field of athletes with Ella Scott
Leevale AC in second place. In the girls
u10 60m B final Maeve O Neill Dohenys AC had a good
win.
In the girls u11 60m A final Hollie McCarthy Liscarroll AC won the gold medal. while
Megan Carr St Catherines AC took the silver in the
girls u11 60m B final.
In the girls u12 high jump Lia O Brien Midleton AC had a
good win and Ciara Sheehy Liscarroll AC took the silver medal in the girls u12 shot.
In the girls u13 60m hurdles
Chloe Boyd O Mahony Leevale Ac finished third. Laura
O Leary Liscarroll AC had a good weekend in the girls u13 events with gold in in
the 60m final and 2nd in the long jump. Sarah Reidy
Liscarroll AC took the silver medal in the girls u13 600m and Aisling Cassidy
Bandon Ac performed well in the girls u13 long jump in taking the bronze
medal. Erica Deasy
of Belgooly AC took bronze in the girls
u13 high jump.
Congratulations
and well done to everyone who competed. Full results available on www.munsterathletics.com
February 25 – Clonakilty
10K RR, April 1st
Clonakilty Road Runners
will hold a 10K road race on Monday April 1st in aid of the Cope
Foundation, online registration is now open!
Details
February 25 – Champions Past &
Present
The Book “Champions Past and Present” (A
brief sporting and political history of cork athletics) by Liam Fleming was
launched last Friday night by Robert Heffernan in Bandon. The book will be available in local book
shops in the coming weeks and can also be purchased from the author Liam
Fleming – fleming.liam1@gmail.com
February
24 – Ballincollig 5K Run
Ballincollig will hold a 5K race in Ballincollig Regional
Park on Sunday April 14th starting @ 11.15am. Online registration and further details are
available on www.ballincolligathleticclub.com.
February
12 – Launch of Book about History of Athletics in Cork
The Book “Champions Past and Present” (A
brief sporting and political history of cork athletics) by Liam Fleming will be
launched by Olympian Robert Heffernan at the Munster Arms Hotel in Bandon on
Friday February 22nd at 8.00 pm Book Cover
February 12
– Munster Road Championships
The Munster Senior Road Championships will be held in Newtownshandrum,
Co. Cork on Sunday March 10th.
Anybody interested in competing on the Cork teams is asked to contact
Noreen Murphy 085 7157810 as soon as possible.
For course details, see the cork county athletics board facebook page.
Also,
anybody interested in competing for the Cork Novice teams for the
Munster Road Championships also on March 10th, please email
nominations to Michael Herlihy on corkathleticspro@gmail.com
or phone 086 316 8954
February 7
– Munster Schools Cross
Country Results
February 7
– Fixtures Page Updated
January 29
– AAI Combined Events
National
Juvenile Combined Events Championships AIT Arena, Athlone,
Saturday 26th January 2013
The first competitive
juvenile events of the indoor track season took place on Saturday 26th
January, 2013 at the magnificent AIT Arena. Cork athletes performed very well
in the Woodies DIY AAI juvenile Combined Events. In
the under 14 girls Vickie Cusack of Liscarroll AC
took gold with a total of 2990 points which was over 500 points ahead of her
nearest competitor. In the boys under 14 Padraig
Nash, Belgooly AC took the silver medal and when all
the events points were added up, he only missed out on gold by 1 point. In the
girls under 15 Molly Healy Belgooly AC performed
well. In the girls under 16 Laura Cussen of Old Abbey
AC put up a good showing. In the Youth Girls Grace McKenzie Belgooly
AC started off 2013 by taking the gold medal with a total of 3253 points. Her
club mate Jane Pennefather of Belgooly
AC narrowly missed out on a medal and finished 4th with 2810 points.
In the Youth Boys Sam Healy of Belgooly AC was beaten
on a count back for the title. He accumulated the same points as the winner
3630 but had to settle for the silver medal. In the Junior Men Eric Stam of Bandon AC took a tremendous silver medal in a
competitive event with 3133 points.
Congratulations
and well done to everyone, full results available on www.athleticsireland.ie
January 27
– South Munster Schools Cross Country
·
South Munster Schools
Cross Country Results
Well done to all who
took part in this event in unfortunately dreadful conditions! Anybody who took part who would like to join
an athletic club, find details about your local club at this link - Clubs
January 22
– Celtic International Cross Country
Cork athletes Fearghal Curtin and Luke
Horgan win Gold team medals on Irish U17
Team.
Fearghal Curtin
(Youghal AC) and Luke Horgan
(Leevale AC) competed on the U17 Irish team at the Celtic International Cross
Country race in Cardiff on Sunday 20th January. Thankfully the flight departed
with both the U17 Girls and Boys teams from Dublin on Saturday morning with
only a minor delay despite severe weather conditions in Wales. A snow
covered ground greeted them on arrival much to the delight of the athletes. The
race was held at Blackweir Fields, Cardiff right
across the road from their hotel. The venue resembled a ski resort on Sunday
as there had been very heavy snowfall. This made it heavy going for the
lads as they had a gruelling 5,650m run a lot of which was through woodland
with underfoot conditions difficult and very chilly. However all the
athletes gave a great account of themselves and won
the team event beating Scotland by two points; Wales and Ulster also had
teams. First in were Kevin Mulcaire (Ennis
Track) 3rd, Pierre Murchan (Celtic DSD) 4th both
given a time of 19.47 as they were so close; next in was Fearghal
Curtin of Youghal AC 6th 20.07 and Luke Horgan of Leevale 10th 20.46. This was a brilliant
achievement for this team and especially for the Cork athletes Fearghal and Luke. Well done also to the girls team which
were also victorious and to Siofra O’ Flaherty who
won the race; her team included Eimear Fitzpatrick , Isobel Odlum
and Aoife Mulroy.
Unfortunately Aoife Hamilton of West Waterford who
also qualified could not compete on the day. Many
thanks to team managers John McGrath and Evelyn O’ Reilly for looking after
lads so well.
Photos on www.munsterathletics.com
January 13
– County T&F League Review
The committee responsible for the John Buckley Sports sponsored County
T&F League is conducting a review of the 2012 league. It would be much appreciated if
athletes/coaches/interested parties would take time to fill out the
questionnaire and return it Fergus O’Donovan c/o corkathletics@gmail.com, Questionnaire
PDF / Excel.
Analysis of 2011 & 2012 League, compiled by
Fergus O’Donovan
Participation breakdown – 2011 / 2012
Athletes per Event – 2011 / 2012
January 13
– County T&F League Review
Dear Athletes/Coaches/Club Secretaries,
All-Ireland Intermediate Cross Country is to be
held on Sunday 3rd February in Derry along with the All-Ireland Juvenile
Development XC and the Masters XC.
I'm starting early in looking for nominations as
entries will be required two weeks beforehand and buses will need to be booked
for the trip up if required.
Please email me
list of nominations even if they are only provisional as soon as you can and I
can work with that list. CorkAthleticsPRO@gmail.com is the email which can be
used for now.
Kind Regards,
Michael Herlihy
0863168954
January 3
– Munster Junior & Senior Cross Country Championships
Any athletes who would like to be considered
for the Cork Teams at the Munster Championships in Limerick on Sunday 13th
please send names to the Competition Sec. Mary Meagher no later than Monday 7th
January 2013, corkaaicompsec@gmail.com
January 3
– Cork AAI AGM, Saturday January 12th & International Awards
Night
Dear Secretary,
Our international
awards night will be held on 18th January 2013. The venue for
this event will be the River Lee Hotel, Cork .at
8p.m. Clubs who have athletes who
represented Ireland at Junior, Senior or Masters in 2012 are
asked to submit names and achievements to the Secretary by January 10th 2013. These may be
sent by e-mail. The presence of the athlete at
this event would be very much appreciated.
Anne Murray,
Secretary,
Cork County Board
