Kerryman Article 16/6/08
Tullamore was the venue on Saturday for the AAI National Team Competition
U 10-U12 and the AAI National U9-U12 Inter Club Relays competition. Clubs
from all over the country took part and Kerry athletes bought back 7 gold,
5 silver and 2 bronze medals in their team events and relays. A special
mention to all those athletes and the supporters who made the long journey
up to Offlay but didn’t make the medals this time well done to you all.
Girls
U10 300m Team event 2. Ciara Donegan LS
Sophie Lynch LS
U10 60m Team event 2. Aisling Mahony LS
Ciara Donegan LS
U10 Relay 1. Lios Tuathail (Aisling Mahony, Ciara Donegan, Sophie Lynch, Niamh Cullen, Subs Niamh Henry, Maria O’Neill)
U11 60m Team Event 2. Aoife O’Carroll TH
Aoibheann O’Brian TH
U12 80m Team event 1. Rebecca Daly GN
Evie Casey GN
U12 Long Jump Team event 3. Rebecca Daly GN
Evie Casey GN
U12 Relay 1. Gneeveguilla (Rebecca Daly, Evie Casey, Rebecca Curran, Amy Cronin)
Boys
U9 Relay 1. Gneeveguilla (Kian McCarthy, Gary Cronin, Cathal Collins, Brian Murphy)
3. St Brendans ( Seamus Leen, Fiachra Ennis Kavanagh,
Niall Marley, Dara Lowth)
U10 300m Team event 1. Eoin McElligott StBren
Dara Lowth StBren
U10 Long Jump Team event 1. Eoin McElligott StBren
Adrian Nolan StBren
U10 Relay 2. Gneeveguilla (Christopher O’Donaghue, Josh Currans, Patrick Warren, Daragh Moynihan)
U11 60m Team event 1. Iarla Courtney StBren
Eric Leen StBren
U11 Ball Throw team event 2. Christopher Heffernan StBren
Jesse Stafford Lacey StBren
Tullamore also held Round 2 of the National track and field league on
Sunday with Ríocht athletes finishing 2nd place in the points table with
109pts. Ciaran McCabe came 2nd in the long jump, and high jump and won the
400m while Phillip Kearney took the pole vault with a PB of 3m40cm, won
the 110m, and 400m hurdles. Tomas Griffin won the 200m and came 2nd in the
100m. Joe O Connor and Donal O'Callaghan represented Ríocht in the
distance events, first up for Joe was the 3000m steeple chase which he
easily won before moving on to claim a second place finish in the 800m.
Donal followed Joe's example by winning the 1500m and later placing second
in the 5000m. Their 4x400m relay team came third.
Athletics Ireland have announced their European Cup Team for the 21-22nd
June. The Women’s team will compete in Leiria, Portugal in the 1st League
Group A. Tralee’s own top athlete Claire Fitzgerald of Tralee Harriers
will compete in the Discus event, in a competition which will also see
Derval O’Rourke, Joanne Cuddihy , Roisin McGettigan , Fionnuala Britton
and Ireland’s top field eventer Eileen O’Keeffe, many of whom will be
competing in Beijing later on in the summer. Dennis Finnegan of Spa
Muckross will be competing in the mens event in the 2nd League Group A in
Tallin, Estonia that will see the likes of Paul Hession, David Gillick,
Thomas Chamney and David McCarthy also competing for qualification to
Beijing.
Athletics Ireland has also announced the team for Mannheim, Germany Junior
International on 21-22nd June.
The team has been selected to give athletes who either have or are very
close to World Junior Qualification standards the opportunity to compete
at a high international level. The team includes Gneeveguilla AC athlete
Eilish Fitzpatrick who will compete in the 100m relay. We wish them luck
in their endeavours.
The Grandon BHAA 5 mile road race took place in Glamire on Wednesday and
from the 375 finishers Donal O’Callaghan and Tim o’Connor both from An
Riocht were 2nd and 3rd respectively. Tralee Harriers held their open
sports on Wednesday last and although the weather was very wet and
miserable the turnout was good. St Brendans (see attached photo)won the
trophy for the best overall club with Eoin O’Carroll(see attached photo)
and Ciara Walsh both of Tralee Harriers picking up awards for best
athletes. At the University of Limerick against Dartmouth and Brown
universities of the US on Saturday, Claire Fitzgerald of Tralee Harriers
won the discus and Daniel Clifford of Farranfore/Maine Valley won a medal
in the shot.
June
Wed 18th An Riocht Open Sports Castleisland starts at 6pm
Sat 21st Munster U15-U19 T&F Championships Cork
Sun 22nd Munster U15-U19 T&F Championships Cork
Sat 28th Tailteann Games Inter Provincial Santry
Sun 29th AAI Junior & U23 T&F Championships TBD
July
Sat 5th AAI Juvenile T&F Championships Antrim Forum
Sun 6th AAI Juvenile T&F Championships Antrim Forum
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