Juvenile PRO Report on Munster Juvenile Even Age Championships, Turnpike, Two Mile Borris, Co. Tipperary, Sunday October 26th 2014


Over 797 juvenile athletes competed, on Sunday 26th October, in the Munster Juvenile even age Championships in Two Mile Borris, Co Tipperary. Our Cork Juveniles competed very well winning no less than 6 of the 10 individual titles on offer with the County team taking 6 titles and 4 runners up positions. Cork clubs were also to the fore in the inter club team prizes, securing 9 prizes. The event was well organised and the absence of hills led to some very quick races.

In the girls u10 there was a great performance by Avril Millerick Youghal AC to take the silver medal in a competitive field and in doing so helped Youghal to team silver. Cork took the County silver.

In the boys u10 James O'Neill West Muskerry had to settle for the silver medal in a race which had one of the largest number of competitors on the day. Midleton secured the team bronze and Cork the County team silver.

In the girls u12 there was a second and third for our Cork Juveniles with Sarah Morrison St. Nicholas the silver and Mallaidh O’Neill Skibbereen the bronze. Bandon won team silver with Cork the County team gold.

John O’Flynn North Cork ran a great race to capture Corks first individual title of the day in the boy’s u12 and Cork secured team silver.

In the girls u14 there was a good result for North Cork AC athletes with Ursula Bluett the gold and club mate Grainne Egan the bronze. West Muskerry won the team bronze and Cork the team gold.

In the boys u14 Christopher O’Reilly Togher took bronze, West Muskerry the team silver and Cork the team gold.

Caoimhe Harrington Bantry produced a great front running performance to win the girls u16 title and helped Cork to team silver.

Darragh McElhinney Bantry made every post a winning one and was not for catching in the boy’s u16 race with Charlie O Donovan Leevale chasing him home in third place. Cork with 4 athletes in the first 8 secured the team gold with Leevale runners up in the club team event.

There was a Leevale clean sweep in the girl’s u18 race with Rhonda Pierce the winner from Louise Shanahan the silver and Maeve Ahern the bronze. Leevale were comfortable winners of the club team title and Cork the team gold.

Fearghal Curtin Youghal was a good winner of the boy’s u18 title with Evan Byrne Togher taking the bronze medal and both were members of the victorious Cork team.

Well done to all our Cork athletes who competed on the day with some excellent performances and the best of luck in the All Ireland series ahead.

Full results can be seen on www.munsterathletics.com  A summary of Cork results can be found here, on the Cork Athletics website.