Kerry AAI Article 31/3/08

This weekend saw the annual Plassey 10km road race at the University of 
Limerick, which last year saw a field of over 500 competitors. This year
the course was a little short at 9.4km but this did not hinder the Kerry
competitors with Donal O’Callaghan (An Ríocht) finishing with a fantastic
time of 30.42 mins. It was great to see Cian Murphy (Iveragh)  back on
form after a severe bout of flu that has had him out of action for a
couple of weeks, he finished 2nd with a time of 30.57 mins. An Ríocht
runners were out in force with Eoin McKenna finishing in third place with
a time of 32.00 mins and Tom Shanahan finishing 9th in 33.57mins, well
done to them all.

Next weekend and the weekend after sees the Woodies DIY National Juvenile
Indoor Championships in Nenagh, County Tipperary. Saturday next will see
the U12-U19 boys and girls compete in the 60m, 300m, 400m heats and finals
and also the 600m and 1500m heats with the finals taking place on the
Sunday (6th)when the 60m hurdles will also be decided. The Triple Jump,
Long Jump, High Jump and Shot Putt will take place over the two weekends.
The following Saturday (12th) will see distances of 200m, 800m, 1000m and
1500m determined and on Sunday (13th) all the relays for the age groups
will be held. Good luck to the Kerry athletes travelling to the
competition, I hope to have good news of medal winners in the next two
weeks

Events coming up
April
Sun 13th AAI Road Relays Raheny
Sat/Sun 19th/20th IUA Track & Field Championships TBD
Sun 20th County Road Championships, Gneeveguilla
Sun 20th Farranfore Maine Valley open sports
Sun 20th AAI 10K Road Race Championships Galway
Sat/Sun 26th/27th AAI Congress
May
Sun 4th,11th, 18th County Juvenile Championships, Castleisland
Mon 5th Munster Master, Juniors & U23 T&F Championships Cork
Sun 11th Spar Mile Challenge TBC
Sat 17th Munster Schools T&F Championships Limerick