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Cork Athletics - Events Week Ending Sunday February 24th 2019

Registered Cork Athletics Races & Events for Week Ending Sunday February 24th 2019

Cork

Friday February 22nd, 8pm, Kingsley Hotel - Cork Athletics Annual International Awards Night	Sunday February 24th, 12 noon, Kinsale - Kinsale 10 Mile Road Race

Munster

This Week - Summary: 
Cork - International Awards Night, Munster U12-U19 Indoor Championships & Kinsale 10 Mile Road Race

Cork Athletics Race Calendar

Comprehensive Calendar of Registered Athletics Ireland events in Cork

Results of Athletics Ireland Registered Events - April 2014 - May 2016 (on Old Cork Athletics website)

Results of Athletics Ireland Registered Events - May 2016 to date

Cork Events This Week

Friday February 22nd, 8pm, Kingsley Hotel - Cork Athletics Annual International Awards Night

Sunday February 24th, 12 noon, Kinsale - Kinsale 10 Mile Road Race

Munster Events

Saturday February 23rd, 10;30am, Nenagh - Munster U12-U19 Indoor Championships

Sunday February 24th, 11am, Nenagh - Munster U12-U19 Indoor Championships

Online Registrations

The Following Upcoming Races currently have Online Entry or Online Registration open:
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Kinsale 10 mile Road Race 2019, Sunday February 24th

Crosshaven 5k/10k Road Race, Sunday March 10th

Duhallow 10 Mile Road Race 2019, Newmarket, Sunday March 10th

Mallow 10 Mile Road Race, Sunday March 24th

Sonia O'Sullivan Great Island 10, Cobh, Sunday 7th April

Dromina 10, Sunday April 14th

Karen Fenton Memorial 5k, Ballinora, Sunday April 14th

Locha Lua Half-Marathon, Ballingeary, Saturday April 20th

The Great Railway Run 10k & 25k Road Races, Sunday April 29th

Bweeng 5k, Sunday 12th May


Cork City Marathon, Sunday 2nd June

Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month January 2019 - Alex Wright

Alex Wright is Cork City Sports Athletes of the Month for January 2019

River Lee Hotel

Tuesday February 19th 2019

Alex Wright Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month for January 2019

The award was presented to Alex at a function at the River Lee hotel, on Tuesday February 19th 2019


This is Alex Wright's third Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month award, having previously received it in July 2014 and January 2017

The Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month Award is sponsored by 96FM/C103FM, The Evening Echo, The River Lee, Cork Crystal and Leisureworld

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The Cork City Sports Athlete for the Month of January 2019 is Alex Wright (Leevale AC)

Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month - January 2019 - Award Citation

Alex Wright (Leevale AC) is the Cork City Sports Athlete for the month of January. Alex won two international walk titles during the month. In the middle of the month, he won the Andalusia 10k Walk Championship. He followed this up, the following week, with another victory in the Elan Indoor 5000m walk in Bratislava.

Subsequently Alex broke the Irish 3000m walk record at the AAI Indoor Games, at the National Indoor Arena in Dublin.

Last weekend, Alex broke his own Irish Indoor 5000m Race Walk record, at the National Indoor Championships, when winning the National Indoor 5000m Race Walk, in a time of 18:50.70

Alex Wright with his wife Lauren, and Canice Kennedy

Photos

Alex Wright with Cork City Sports and sponsor representatives: River Lee, 96/103FM, and Cork Crystal

22 Photos on Cork Athletics Flickr! Account

Videos

Alex Wright Interviewed by John Walshe & John Quigley

Liam O'Brien, Technical Director, Cork City Sports reading the Award Citation

Alex Wright Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month January 2019 Award Citation from Webmaster - Cork Athletics on Vimeo.

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Cork Athletics Registration Figures - February 13th 2019

Cork Athletics Registration Figures - February 13th 2018

On February 13th, Cork Athletics Registrations totalled 4,797, compared to 4,609 on February 12th 2018 and 4,734 on February 14th 2017.

To date, fifty (50) of Cork's fifty six (56) registered clubs have registered athletes, leaving six clubs yet to register an athlete. Some clubs have registered the club itself, but no club members.   

These clubs, and their athletes, are reminded that the insurance dispensation, whereby the 2018 insurance cover continued until the latter weeks of January, is no longer in force - unregistered athletes, coaches, officials and other club members are NOT covered by Athletics Ireland insurance for any purpose whatsoever, leaving those athletes and clubs in a precarious position. 

With respect to registrations, some clubs have been very quick 'out of the starting blocks', while others are still just 'getting out of bed'

Some clubs have had problems with their Registration access or may only very recently have received their new Registration Log-in details. If your club is still experiencing login issues, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 01-8869933 ASAP

 

Any athlete, coach, official, or any member acting in any capacity, who remains unregistered is NOT covered by Athletics Irelands insurance, for ANY purpose whatsoever, including training and/or competition.

Clubs are urged to register their athletes without further delay.

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Cork Athletics Registration Figures - February 12th 2018

Record Cork Athletics Registration Figures - February 14th 2017

 



As can be seen from the image above, more information is now readily available via the Registration Data than previously. This information was always there to be 'gleaned', it's just easier to analyse now. Of particular interest include Renewal and New membership rates

Membership Renewals

As at February 13th, 46.7% of the 2018 members have been re-registered. This seems quite low, given that Unregistered members are NOT covered by Athletics Ireland insurance, for any purpose. Of course, there will have been drop-outs, with members moving, not-yet-registered, moving on to other sports, or simply not participating any more. Drop-out in the early teens is a recognised, ongoing, and worrying part of every sport in Ireland.

New Members

There are 811 new members on the list, representing almost 17% of the current total, with 292 new adult registrations, and 519 Juveniles.

Overall Registrations

Total Registrations are up 4.07% on the same date last year.  It's early days yet, but, hopefully, this trend will continue through 2019

Overall Registrations as at February 13th 2019

As per previous years, Bandon AC and Leevale AC head the list, as usual, by a distance, while four more clubs, Midleton AC, West Muskerry AC, St Catherine's AC and Togher AC have over 200 registrations, and a further eleven clubs exceeding 100 registered members.  Three clubs have less than the minimum required registered membership numbers to constitute an Athletics Ireland Registered Club. A further six clubs have yet to register to register a single member - As above, If your club is still experiencing login issues, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 01-8869933 ASAP.

Note: As of today, Friday February 15th, 51 clubs are now registered, Milstreet AC now have 35 registered members, and the Total Registrations stand at 4925 registered members.

NB: If your club has not fulled the requirements of having at least 10 registered members, along with the club itself being registered, then your club will NOT have Race Permit applications approved, as this is a Permit requirement.

Registrations for Leading 25 Cork Clubs, February 13th 2019

 Registrations for (26th to 50th) Cork Clubs, February 13th 2019

Categories Explained
NB: These Registration categories do not, in some cases, coincide with competition categories

Juvenile/Junior Registrations as at February 13th 2019

Bandon AC stand clear of the other clubs, with Leevale AC following up, while West Muskerry AC also stand out.

Adult Registrations as at February 13th 2019

Mallow AC maintain their momentum of recent years, with 151 Registered Adults, followed by Midleton AC , on 133, with Eagle AC, Leevale AC and Watergrasshill AC all topping the 100 mark.

Senior/Master Registrations as at February 13th 2019

 Leevale AC are the strongest senior club, with 41, while Togher AC stand out with 21. The others in the standings pretty much all have approx. a dozen or less Seniors

Mallow AC top the list, with 140 adult registrations, followed by Midleton AC, on 120, with Eagle AC on 103

Track & Field News from Ireland and USA - February 10th 2019

Cork Athletes Strutting their Stuff Around the Globe - Feb 10th 2019

Cork T&F athletes have been busy all over the place, from Nenagh to the USA.

Grace McKenzie - Belgooly AC & McNeese State University

Grace McKenzie, Belgooly AC & McNeese State University

Grace McKenzie, Belgooly AC & McNeese State University, ran 2:13.21 in the Women's 800m and the Meyo Invitational, in Notre Dame, Indiana, last weekend. Grace also went in the 60mH, running 8.79 secs.

Stephanie Cotter, West Muskerry AC & Adams State University

Stephanie Cotter, West Muskerry AC & Adams State University

Also in action last weekend was Stephanie Cotter, West Muskerry AC & Adams State University, who ran 2:12.99, to finish 9th, in the Women's 800m at the Colorado Invitational, in Boulder, Colorado.

Stephanie was back on the boards this weekend, again in the Women's 800m, at Husky Classic at Washington-Dempsey Indoor, in Seattle, Washington, running 2:09.49, finishing in 10th place.

Charlie O'Donovan, Villanova University and Leevale AC

 Charlie O'Donovan. Villanova University and Leevale AC

 At David Hemery Valentine Invitational, Boston, on Saturday February 9th 2019, Charlie O'Donovan, Villanova University and Leevale AC, ran 4:03.81, to win Race 5 (of 23 x 1 Mile races), finishing as Villanova's second fastest Miler of the Meet.

Fearghal Curtin Runs 13:52 PB at Iowa State Classic

 Fearghal Curtin, Youghal AC and Arizona State University - Photo: Sam Barnes / Sportsfile

Fearghal Curtin, Youghal AC and Arizona State University, had a massive 5,000m PB, of 13:52.26, knocking a whopping 10.8 seconds off his previous PB. This time brings Fearghal to 4th on the Arizona State University records, and catapults him to 9th on the All-Time Irish Indoor 5,000m standings, with the fastest Irish indoor time since 2001. It also consolidates his qualification for the European under-23 Championships, in Gävle, Sweden from 11-14 July. With two sub 14:15 times, Fearghal now has two qualifying times, within the qualification period.

Phil Healy Bandon AC

Phil Healy, Bandon AC

Bandon AC's Phil Healy ran 53.72, to finish second to USA's Jaide Stepter, 53.25, in the Cheryl Toussaint Women's 400m, at the prestigious Millrose Games, in New York, last night.

Munster Indoors, Nenagh

Saturday February 9th 2019

Michelle Finn, Leevale AC, took top honours, with a Championship Best performance,at yesterday's opening day of the Munster Indoor Championships in Nenagh. Michelle set the new mark with a 9:32.30 run.

Michelle Finn, Leevale AC

Awaiting Sunday's Results

CYDI and Winter Coaching Series Update January 2019

CYDI and Winter Coaching Series Update - January 2019

Report by Colette Kelly

At the December CYDI & Winter Coaching Series Meet, there was strong interest expressed that the series should continue in the New Year, so training resumed on Saturday January 12th, when, between the two sessions, 67 athletes took part, over a range of events.

The distance group also joined the CIT group, for a track session, in preparation for the indoor season.

The focus of the session was on preparation for indoor competition for the sprints, hurdles, jumps and shot put groups. The distance group had an easy track session, as many athletes were coming down off their cross country season. The javelin, discus and hammer groups continued their technique work, with their competition season still a little way off.

The next CYDI and Winter Coaching session will be on Saturday February 16th. As February and March are busy months in terms of competition, free dates are extremely hard to come by. Although the February 16th date clashes with the National Senior Indoor Championships, it was decided to go ahead with the CYDI / Winter Coaching session, as the target group are not of senior competition age.

However, there will be limited coaching events on the day, as several coaches will be attending the National Seniors.

The CYDI and Winter Coaching Series events that will proceed on February 16th are: Sprints, Hurdles, Javelin, Discus and Hammer.

Check-in for the CYDI group is from 12:45, with the session running from 1pm to 2:30pm, while check-in  for the Winter Coaching group will be from 2:15pm, with the session running from 2:30 to 4:00pm.

The Distance Running group will also hold a session, in CIT, on February 16th, from 1:30pm to 3pm, with check-in at 1:15pm. This session will provide a great opportunity for athletes to get quality track time, before the Munster U12-U19 Indoor Championships, in Nenagh, on February 23 & 24th.

There will be no CYDI and Winter Coaching Series sessions during March, however we hope to organise more sessions during April, in the run up to the start of the outdoor Track & Field season.

Johnny Murphy, Liscarroll AC, National Boys Under-14 Indoor Combined Events Champion 2019

Hannah Falvey, Belgooly AC, National Girls Under-14 Indoor Combined Events Champion 2019, with Okwu Backari, Leevale AC, Bronze Medalist

National Juvenile Combined Events Championships

Cork athletes reap the reward at the Athletics Ireland National Juvenile Indoor Combined Events Championships for all their hard training, Hannah Falvey, winner of the Girls Under-14 Combined Events Championships, while Okwu Backari, Leevale AC, took Bronze in the same event, and Johnny Murphy, Liscarroll AC won the Boys Under-14 Combined Events Championships.

All three athletes attended the Cork CYDI and Winter Coaching Series training sessions over the last couple of months.

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Sport Ireland Announces National Governing Body and Athlete International Carding Funding - February 2019

 Five Cork Athletes to Receive Sport Ireland Funding 2019-2020

Funding under the International Carding Scheme has increased from €1.9M in 2018, to €1.934M in 2019

Awards for 2019 under the International Carding Scheme will be awarded as a two year
Scheme, therefore will continue through 2020. This means that athletes who are awarded Carding in 2019 will be funded until
December 2020, subject to terms and conditions.

The Scheme will remain open to new entrants in 2020 who will be eligible to receive a one year award. The most important benefit from this change is to allow athletes to fully focus on Olympic & Paralympic qualification and performance, and reduce the negative pressures
associated with chasing funding criteria.

• Funding represents significant increase on 2018

• €12.84 million for core activity of 58 National Governing Bodies

• €7.29 million to support work of 29 Local Sports Partnerships

• €8.46 million to support High Performance programmes

• €1.93 million in direct athlete investment

 

A total of five Cork Athletes; Phil Healy (Bandon AC), Noelle Lenihan (North Cork AC), Niamh McCarthy (formerly of Eagle AC), Orla Barry (formerly of Leevale AC) and Alex Wright (Leevale AC), are to receive allocations under Sport Irelands funding, announced today, Wednesday February 6th 2019

Athletics Ireland International Carding Allocations

Two Cork athletes, Phil Healy, Bandon AC, and Alex Wright, Leevale AC are among ten Irish athletes, along with the Irish Women's 4x100m Relay Squad, to receive financial backing, under Sport ireland's International Carding scheme. The Cork duo are to receive €12,000 each, under the International bracket. Five athletes, Ciara Mageean, Fionnuala McCormack, Leon Reid, Brian Gregan and Mark English, are classed as World Class, and will receive either €20,000 or €16,000 each, while Thomas Barr, the sole Athletics Ireland athlete classed as Podium standard, is set to receive the maximum allocation of €40,000.


Paralympics Ireland

Three Cork Athletes feature on the Paralympics Ireland allocations, all of whom receive the maximum €40,000, as Podium standard athletes. The three are North Cork AC's Noelle Linehan, Niamh McCarthy, formerly of Eagle AC, but now based in Dublin, and East Cork resident, Orla Barry, formerly of Leevale AC completes the trio.

Sport Ireland Sport Investment 2019 (PDF File)

International Carding Allocations 2019-2020 (PDF File)

"Sport Ireland EvaluationThe recently launched Irish National Sports Policy 2018-2027 has set out a target of having 50% of the adult population (16+) regularly playing sport by 2027.  Critical to bringing this vision to life is the capacity of Sport Ireland to make strong evidence based decisions, underpinned by robust evaluation systems. Sport Ireland is committed to the development and implementation of such evaluation systems and thereby ensuring that investment decisions are informed by strong evidence.

Significant progress was made in 2018 to this effect with Sport Ireland releasing its first evaluation report of a Dormant Accounts funded project- the Community Sports and Physical Activity Hubs. The report found that overall, Community Sports and Physical Activity Hubs are perceived as being positive additions to communities. In spite of the uniqueness of every Hub, there were some key success factors that were found to be consistent across them all, such as - having a face of the Hub, creating community leadership and ownership, the presence of professional expertise and overcoming lack of confidence and vulnerability. The findings from this evaluation successfully fed into the development of revised Dormant Account application forms and associated funding decisions in the latter half of 2018.

The vision for Sport Ireland evaluation for 2019 is an ambitious one. Projects scheduled for evaluation in 2019 include Community Coaching, Get Ireland Running, Get Ireland Swimming and Get Ireland Cycling, Urban Outdoor Adventure Initiatives and the Community Sports Development Officers (CSDO) programme to name a few. In parallel, Sport Ireland will pilot the implementation of consistent evaluation templates across the Local Sports Partnerships network to generate valuable quantitative and qualitative data. This evaluation ecosystem will form the basis for decisions relating to not only programme design but also strategic investment and funding streams."

Local Sports Partnership (LSP) Funding 2019

Cork Local Sports Partnership is set to receive a total allocation of €361,779 which will go towards supporting the core work of the LSP Network; including the delivery of National Programmes, Education & Training initiatives, Strategic Development, Community Sports Development Officers (CSDO), the Sports Inclusion Disability programme, Women in Sport Programmes and general participation programmes.

Munster Cross-Country of 1989 – Guest Article by John Walshe

Munster Cross-Country of 1989 Recalled

Guest Article by John Walshe

 This article, by John Walshe appeared in the Evening Echo, on February 16th 2019

 
John Lenihan, An Riocht AC, on his way to winning the Munster Inter-Club Senior title, in Killeagh, 1989 - Photo credit: Des Barry/Cork Examiner

Thirty years ago, Cork athletes were to the fore when winning seven of the nine individual and team titles at the Munster Cross-Country championships held at Killeagh.

The fixture, known at the time as the Southern Region championships, took place on the lands of Pat Lynch at Aghadoe, just past Glenbower Wood on the outskirts of the village. Fr Liam Kelleher, then a curate at nearby Inch, was the driving force behind the promotion and he had secured sponsorship from Cork & Limerick Savings Bank (senior men), Imokilly Co-Op (senior women) and Hibernian Life (junior men) for the three races.

On an ideal early-spring day, a large crowd turned out to witness three exciting contests on a course that contained a number of strength-sapping hills and extreme descents. First off was the junior men and the name on everyone’s lips was that of John Murray from the North Cork club.

The Dromina youngster carried an unbeaten streak of 10 victories – including the BLOE U16 and U17 titles and the youths international in Scotland – into the race and he didn’t disappoint, leading from start to finish of the 7500m to defeat national junior champion Paul Logan from Limerick by eight seconds in a time of 23:16.

The late Jer Twomey finished fourth and with 15-year-old George Murray (brother of the winner, John Murray) sixth and Frank Egan 10th, North Cork were easy team winners, and also assured Cork of the county award.

Interestingly, Leevale, winners of the county junior and national BLOE U17 titles in the lead-up to the race, didn’t enter a team. In his preview in the Cork Examiner, Brendan Mooney stated: “The field, however, will be without the Leevale stars who helped the club to the county junior title earlier this month.

“The standard at junior level in Munster, and especially in Cork, is particularly high, and it is felt it would be unfair to expect them to sustain so many high class races. Leevale have decided that their athletes should be allowed to give total commitment to their respective colleges, over the coming weeks.”  

The women’s race saw an easy victory for one of Cork’s outstanding athletes of the period, Valerie O’Mahony-Collins. Having won the Inter-Counties C-C in 1985 and 1986, she also numbered the Evening Echo Mini-Marathon amongst her many victories. Later that year, the Togher athlete added a national track title when winning the 1500m in a time of 4:24.20.

At Killeagh, she finished 11 seconds clear of Eileen Prunty (East Cork) with Veronica Colleran (Shannon) in third. Cork were easy county winners, Susan Jenkins (Leevale) in fourth and Joan Hough (St Finbarr’s) in sixth providing the back-up to the first two individuals.

The Leevale team of Susan Jenkins (fourth), Carmel Parnell (seventh), Brid Murphy (17th) and Niamh O’Sullivan (21st) were first team ahead of Waterford and Togher.

It’s to their credit that Parnell (who would go on to win World Masters titles on the track and over the country), Hough and O’Sullivan are still successfully competing three decades later, with the latter two mixing it with the best at the recent National Masters at Dundalk.

The senior men’s race was tailor-made for John Lenihan from the Riocht club. Showing the ability that would see him crowned World Hill Running champion two year later in Switzerland, the Kerryman relished the four circuits, which incorporated a steep hill, followed by a long, energy sapping drag, and a sharp descent, including two sharp bends.

Making his break at the end of the third lap, Lenihan increased his lead over Robert Costelloe – the Limerick man who had ran 48:05 for 10 miles at Ballycotton three years before – to cross the line a half-minute to the good, in a time of 29:46 for the 10km.

First 6 Senior Men: John Lenihan, Robert Costelloe, John Fitzgerald, Gerry Deegan, Noel Richardson and Liam O'Brien - Photo: Liam O'Brien

John Fitzgerald (Clonmel) was third, Gerry Deegan (Waterford), fourth, Noel Richardson (Limerick), fifth, and Liam O’Brien (East Cork), sixth. O’Brien was backed up by clubmate Donnacha O’Mahony, in seventh, Tony O’Leary (Leevale), eighth, Cormac O’Connor (Bandon), ninth, Bryan Meade (East Cork), 14th and Leonard O’Regan (Leevale), 15th, to give Cork victory, by a margin of eight points, over Limerick, with Tipperary in third.

Despite having three in the first 14, East Cork were pipped by Limerick (42 to 45 points) for the team award. Looking back to that day at Killeagh three decades ago, Liam O’Brien recalls: “it wasn’t the fairest of courses, Costelloe was head and shoulders ahead of Linehan at the time and if the race was held anywhere else, he would have won it.

“Linehan just cut loose on the downhill and that was that.”

Other Guest Articles by John Walshe

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Aidan Hogan - Ultra-Athlete – Guest Article by John Walshe

RUNNING FOR BETTER – Guest Article by John Walshe

Cork to Cobh 40 Years Ago - Guest Article by John Walshe

Unique National Double for McGraths - Guest Article by John Walshe

Dick Hooper Speaks at St Finbarrs AC Function - Guest Article by John Walshe

Phil Healy Selected for 16 Strong Irish Squad for European Indoor Championships 2019

Phil Healy, Bandon AC, Sole Cork Athlete on Irish Euro Indoors Team

Glasgow, Scotland

March 1st-3rd 2019

Phil Healy, Bandon AC, in action during last weekend's Athletics Ireland National Indoor Championships - Photo: Sam Barnes / Sportsfile

Bandon AC's Phil Healy, currently rated Number 4 on the European Women's 400m Standings, is the only Cork athlete to be selected on the Irish team for Glasgow, early in March

Athletics Ireland Release

Strong Irish team selected for European Indoors

A strong Irish team of 16 athletes has been selected for the European Indoor Athletics Championships, in Glasgow, from March 1st to 3rd next.

The team will be led by a strong quartet of Phil Healy (Bandon), Ciara Mageean (UCD), Mark English (UCD), and Thomas Barr (Ferrybank). There is also a strong blend of youth and championship debutants.

Phil Healy is ranked 4th in the women’s 400m, with Mageean and English (1500m and 800m) both ranked 5th on the European Indoor lists.

Mark English was a European indoor Silver medallist, in Prague, in 2015, and has been in excellent form, winning his 6th national indoor title yesterday.

There are senior debuts, on the women’s side, for Molly Scott (SLOT) and Lauren Roy (City of Lisburn), in the 60m, Sophie Becker (St Joseph’s) in the 400m, and Sommer Lecky (Finn Valley), in the high jump.

It’s a good step up for the U20 athletes, with three members of the women’s world 4x100m silver medal-winning team running in the 60m, with Ciara Neville (Emerald) also competing as an individual qualifier. Also stepping up is world U20 high jump silver medallist Sommer Lecky.

On the men’s side, Cillin Greene (Galway City Harriers), in the 400m, Sean Tobin (Clonmel) in the 3,000m, Joseph Ojewumi (Tallaght) in the 60m, Conall Kirk (Annadale Striders) in the 800m, make International track debuts.

High Performance Director Paul McNamara said:

“This is a strong Irish team that is primed to put in a performance at this championship.  Our more high profile athletes have had stellar seasons to date with Ciara, Phil, Mark, Siofra and Thomas very well placed on the European ranking lists.

“This event will provide an excellent transitioning opportunity for our talented crop of 2018 U20s, such as Molly, Ciara, Lauren and Sommer, while emerging athletes like Joseph Ojewumi, Cillin Greene and Sophie Becker have shown exciting form this season to earn their spots. This will be a good championships for Irish athletics.”

European Athletics Lead Indoor Listings

Irish Team for European Indoor Championships 2019

Athletics Ireland European Indoor Championships 2019 Selection Policy - PDF File

Cork Athletics - Events Week Ending Sunday February 17th 2019

Registered Cork Athletics Races & Events for Week Ending Sunday February 17th 2019

Cork

Saturday February 16th, 1pm, CIT - Cork Youth Development Initiative (CYDI)	Saturday February 16th, 1:30pm, CIT - CYDI Endurance Session	Saturday February 16th, 2:30pm, CIT - Winter Coaching Session	Sunday February 17th, 9:30am -  Cloyne Commons 4k Road Race Series - Race 4	Sunday February 17th, 10am, Bantry - Endurance Course	Sunday February 17th, 11am - Eagle AC Tommy Ryan Memorial Carrigaline 5 Mile

This Week - Summary: 
Cork - Coaching (CYDI, Winter Coaching Session & Endurance),  and Cloyne Commons 4k & Eagle 5 Mile

Munster, National & International - AIT Indoor Grand Prix, Armagh International 5k, Munster Schools XC, National Senior Indoor Chps, Muller Indoor Grand Prix Birmingham & Ras na hEireann

Cork Athletics Race Calendar

Comprehensive Calendar of Registered Athletics Ireland events in Cork

Results of Athletics Ireland Registered Events - April 2014 - May 2016 (on Old Cork Athletics website)

Results of Athletics Ireland Registered Events - May 2016 to date

Cork Events This Week

Saturday February 16th, 1pm, CIT - Cork Youth Development Initiative (CYDI)

Saturday February 16th, 1:30pm, CIT - CYDI Endurance Session

 Saturday February 16th, 2:30pm, CIT - Winter Coaching Session

Sunday February 17th, 9:30am, Cloyne - Cloyne Commons 4k Road Race Series - Race 4

Sunday February 17th, 10am, Bantry - Endurance Course Bantry

Sunday February 17th, 11am, Carrigaline - Eagle AC Tommy Ryan Memorial Carrigaline 5 Mile

Munster Events

Friday February 15th, 12:30pm, WIT, Carriganore - GloHealth Munster Schools' Cross Country Championships

National Events

Wednesday February 13th, 6:30pm, AIT Athlone - AIT Indoor Grand Prix

Live on TG4

Thursday February 14th, 8pm, Armagh - Armagh International 5k Road Races

Saturday February 16th, 10am, Abbotstown, Dublin  - National Senior Indoor Championships - Day 1

 Sunday February 17th, 10am, Abbotstown, Dublin  - GloHealth National Senior Indoor Championships - Day  2

Sunday February 17th, 12pm, Dunleer, Co. Louth  - Ras na hEireann

International Events

Saturday February 16th, 11am, Birmingham  - Muller Indoor Grand Prix Birmingham

Online Registrations

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Eagle AC 31st Annual Tommy Ryan Memorial Carrigaline 5, Sunday February 17th

Kinsale 10 mile Road Race 2019, Sunday February 24th

Crosshaven 5k/10k Road Race, Sunday March 10th

Duhallow 10 Mile Road Race 2019, Newmarket, Sunday March 10th

Mallow 10 Mile Road Race, Sunday March 24th

Sonia O'Sullivan Great Island 10, Cobh, Sunday 7th April

Dromina 10, Sunday April 14th

Locha Lua Half-Marathon, Ballingeary, Saturday April 20th

The Great Railway Run 10k & 25k Road Races, Sunday April 29th

Bweeng 5k, Sunday 12th May


Cork City Marathon, Sunday 2nd June

Sub-14 for Fearghal Curtin at Iowa State Classic 2019

Fearghal Curtin Runs 13:52 PB at Iowa State Classic

Aimes, Iowa, USA

Friday February 8th 2019

Fearghal Curtin, on right, with Arizona State collegemate, John Reniewicki, who won Heat 2 of the 5,000m, in  14:07.76

Video of (some of) 5,000m

Fearghal Curtin Arizona State Wins Iowa State Classic Mens 5000m 2019 from Webmaster - Cork Athletics on Vimeo.

Fearghal Curtin, Youghal AC and Arizona State University, had a massive 5,000m PB, of 13:52.26, knocking a whopping 10.8 seconds off his previous PB. This time brings Fearghal to 4th on the Arizona State University records, and catapults him to 9th on the All-Time Irish Indoor 5,000m standings, with the fastest Irish indoor time since 2001. It also consolidates his qualification for the European under-23 Championships, in Gävle, Sweden from 11-14 July. With two sub 14:15 times, Fearghal now has two qualifying times, within the qualification period.

 Iowa State Classic - Mens 5,000m Results

 

Fearghal Curtin's 5,000m Splits

Athletics Ireland All-Time Indoor 5,000m Standings

Fearghal's 13:52.26 propels him right up the table, into 9th place, behind Brendan Quinn

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Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland

Saturday February 2nd 2019

Zoe Conway and Hannah Falvey at Scottish Age-Group Indoor Championships 2019

Report, Photos & Video: Pat Falvey & Colette Kelly

On Saturday February 2nd, two Belgooly AC athletes, Hannah Falvey and Zoe Conway, were part of a small group of Irish athletes who travelled to Scotland, to take part in the Scottish Age-Group Indoor Championships, at the Emirates Arena, Glasgow.

Both athletes performed very well, with Zoe finishing 6th, in the 800m, in a new PB of 2:30.57. She won her 200m Heat, in 29.06 sec, and placed third in her 200m semi-final, with another PB of 29.03 sec.

Zoe Conway winning 200m Heat

Hannah competed in the 60m and 200m. In the 60m, she won her Heat, Semi-Final, and the final, setting a new PB and CBP (Championship Best Performance) of 8.03s in the process.

Hannah also ran in the 200m, again winning her Heat (26.59 sec), Semi-Final (26.11 sec) and Final, improving the old CBP in every round. Hannah won the final with a run of 25.77 sec, to set a new CBP by over a second, from the old mark of 26.83 sec. It is noteworthy that this was Hannah's first ever 200m in competition!

Hannah Falvey Finishing 200m

Well done to both girls on what was their first international trip.

Videos

Hannah Falvey 60m

Zoe Conway's 200m Heat

Zoe came 3rd in the 200m Heat, in a time of 29.04 sec, in the Girls Under-13, at the FPSG Scottish National Indoor Championships 2019

 Hannah Falvey's 200m

Hannah Falvey wins Girls U13 Scottish National Indoor Championhip 2019

Cork Athletics - Events Week Ending Sunday February 10th 2019

Registered Cork Athletics Races & Events for Week Ending Sunday February 10th 2019

 

This Week:  County Board Meeting, IUAA Indoor Championships, Munster U9-U11 Indoor Championships, Munster Junior, Senior & Masters Indoor Championships

Cork Athletics Race Calendar

Comprehensive Calendar of Registered Athletics Ireland events in Cork

Results of Athletics Ireland Registered Events - April 2014 - May 2016 (on Old Cork Athletics website)

Results of Athletics Ireland Registered Events - May 2016 to date

Cork Events This Week

Wednesday February 6th, 8pm, CIT - County Board Meeting

Munster Events

Saturday February 9th, Nenagh - Munster U9-U11 Indoor Championships

Sunday February 10th, Nenagh - Munster Junior, Senior & Masters Indoor Championships

 NB Some Senior/Masters Events are scheduled for Saturday

National Events

Friday February 8th, AIT Athlone - IUAA Indoor Championships

Online Registrations

The Following Upcoming Races currently have Online Entry or Online Registration open:
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Eagle AC 31st Annual Tommy Ryan Memorial Carrigaline 5, Sunday February 17th

Kinsale 10 mile Road Race 2019, Sunday February 24th

Crosshaven 5k/10k Road Race, Sunday March 10th

Duhallow 10 Mile Road Race 2019, Newmarket, Sunday March 10th

Mallow 10 Mile Road Race, Sunday March 24th

Sonia O'Sullivan Great Island 10, Cobh, Sunday 7th April

Dromina 10, Sunday April 14th

The Great Railway Run 10k & 25k Road Races, Sunday April 29th

Bweeng 5k, Sunday 12th May


Cork City Marathon, Sunday 2nd June