Coaching Workshops in South West September/October 2013

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.

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.netdirectly with same. Your e-mail address is essential for future communications about the series. Further details herehttp://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=34786.

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.

JERRY FORDE ... Whelchair Athlete (Cork running Blog)

John Desmond has written a fine article on the great Jerry Forde in completing over 250 marathons since 1992.
Cork Running Blog Link: HERE

John has also put together a website on Jerry's achievements. Well worth the read.

The address is:  http://jerryforde.wordpress.com/

Charleville Half Marathon 2013...Results

"The 2013 edition of the Charleville Half-marathon, held on Sunday 22nd September, was a great success. Despite unexpected and unseasonably warm weather, most participants made the most of the event and enjoyed the atmosphere along with the chance to run a good race over the quick course. North Cork AC want to thank all those who helped and supported them in their work to provide a high quality event."

A total of 707 people took part in this hears Half-Marathon in Charleville, a jump of 11% on last years figure.

1 MO Sean Hehir Rathfarnham/WSAF AC 1:06:14
2 MO Ismail Ssenyange 1:08:49
3 MO Alan O'Shea Bantry AC 1:09:33
13 FO Claire Gibbons-McCarthy Leevale AC 1:16:05
30 FO Emma MURPHY EMMA MURPHY 1:20:45
42 F40 Angela McCann Clonmel AC 1:22:53

Well done to our following club members who took part in the race:

Aidan McCarthy  1:26:28

Caitriona Barry    1:33:46

Jason Kerins        1:41:01

Full Results: HERE

Castleisland 5K - Race 2...Results

Race 2 of the Castleisland 5K organised by An Riocht AC was held last Friday evening @7pm September 20th 2013. Their were 177 runners

Well done to Maria McCarthy finishing in 1st place.
Also taking part and improving their times each week were:
Aidan McCarthy  18:02
Verners Tess 18:36
David Kenny 19:26

Full Results: HERE

Top finishers:
1 John Barrett SM 16:25 
2 Robert Purcell M40 16:44 
3 Willie Reidy SM 16:53 
12 Maria McCarthy SW 18:26
19 Siobhan Daly SW 19:18
24 Lorna Davey-Fitzgerald SW 19:58 

Race 3 will be on Friday 27th Sept. @7pm

British Masters Track & Field C'Ships 2013

The British Masters Track & Field Championships were held in the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham last week-end, 14th - 15th September 2013.
These are always a very competitive Track & Field Championships.

Our very own Jim O'Shea participated  in the M70 Long Jump & High Jump. Jim took silver in both events with a long jump of 4.04m and a High jump of 1.30m.
Well Done!!
BMAF results and fixtures can be found on their website: http://www.bvaf.org.uk/index.asp

The Benelux Challenge Cup - Race Walk C'Ship 2013

Veenendaal, Utrecht, Netherlands
For the fourth time VAV (Veenendaalse Atletiek Vereniging) and the Benelux Young Race Walkers organised the international sprint triathlon in race walking on Saturday 14th Sept. 2013. The Benelux Challenge Cup is for the race walker who walks the best on the 3 following distances: 3000m, 1000m and 2000m.
They had a lot of rain in Veenendaal at the race walking sprinttriathlon. Nevertheless 5 track records were broken:

Well done to Niall Prendiville who won third spot in the event.
Results:
1st: Mirko Uradnik with 740,7 points (3000 m 12.31,6 - 1000 m 3.58,8 - 2000 m 8.22,8).

2nd: Andrej Andy Dolinský with 788 points (13.40,3 - 4.08,1 - 8.53,0)

3rd: Niall Prendiville with 807,9 points (14.17,5 - 4.06,7 - 9.10,7).

Cross Country Training & Fixtures 2013/14

The weather has started to break and you can now get the feeling that the cross country season is just around the corner. We had our first training session with the Juveniles last night and well done who showed up and lasted the pace.

Next weeks training will be on Thursday 19th Sept starting at 6pm in Farranfore.

The county will have their session also on Sunday @10:30am in Killarney Demense field (no charge)

Here are the current Cross Country Fixtures for the season:

Cross Country Fixtures 2013/14.
County:
6th October -Novice and Even Age Juvenile,Demense,Killarney
13th October -Intermediate, Masters and Uneven Age Juvenile, Firies
3rd November -Senior,Junior and Cross Country Relays,Cahirciveen.

Munster:
27th  October -Novice and Even Age,Limerick Racecourse
10th  November -Intermediate and Uneven Age,Castlelyons, Fermoy.
1st    December -Masters and Munster B,Beaufort, Kerry
12th  January 2014 -Senior,Junior and Juvenile Cross Country Relays,Tipperary Venue.

National:
24th November - Woodie's DIY Inter County & Juvenile Even Age XC Championships - TBC
15th December - Woodie's DIY Novice & Juvenile Uneven Age XC Championships - TBC

Juvenile Cross Country Training 2013

We will start off our Juvenile training for all club members on Wednesday 11th Sept. @ 6:30pm at the Community Center in Farranfore.

All new comers and those interested in taking part in this years cross country series are welcome to attend.
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The County Athletics Board have also arranged for further cross country training for Juveniles over the next few weeks on Sunday's @ 10:30am in Killarney. The training will be in the Demense field just beside the childrens playground.





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Also organised is County Cross-Country squad session on Saturday's in Tralee Sports Complex starting at 10.30am, registration at 10.15.

This session is for U14 upwards in the 2013 season, cost is 5Euro.

Niamh O Sullivan will be the coach and clubs should encourage there athletes to attend, it will be good preperation for the season.

Any further details can be obtained from the undersigned. 

Brendan Cullen:  087 2874184.       

Niamh O'Sullivan:  087 7842973. 

Dingle Half & Full Marathon 2013 - Results

The Dingle Half  / Full & Ultra Marathon took place on Saturday 7th Sept. 2013

"The half marathon heads off in the direction of Ventry to Slea head and finishes near Dunquin. It is a challenging half marathon with a lot of hills, twists and turns.
The full marathon has all the half has to offer but much more. After continuing on from Dunquin, you are through the village of Ballyferriter. An extremely tough part of the course lies ahead, with a number of gruelling up hills."

We had a number of athletes competing in the Half Marathon race with 1,382 finishers. Well done to all who competed.

POS.      NAME             NET TIME

32     Ger Ladden                1:28:26

45      Aidan McCarthy       1:30:10

58      Caitriona Barry          1:32:14
??       Jason Kerins              1:43:33

Full Results: http://www.dinglemarathon.ie/results.html

Castleisland 5k Race Series 2013...Race 1 Results

Race 1 of the Castleisland 5K road race series took place on Friday Sept. 6th 2013. This Autumn race series is organised by AN RIOCHT Athletics Club. The first race took off to a great start with over 200 runners competing.

Top Finishers:
1 Ed Murphy 145 SM 15:48.1 
2 Arthur Fitzgerald FFMV Men 287 SM 16:09.6 
3 Robert Purcell 184 M40 16:47.8 

8 Niamh O'Sullivan 40 SW 18:19.2
12 Maria McCarthy 200 SW 18:32.2 
19 Siobhan Daly 112 SW 19:27.9 

Well done to Arthur Fitzgerald in finishing 2nd place and Maria McCarthy also taking 2nd spot in the senior womens category. Also taking part were: Verners Tess 18:19 & David Kenny 19:19,
Full Results: RACE 1
Race 2 of this series is on Friday night Sept 20th @ 7pm. Registration at An Riocht AC Track

Coaching / Development Calendar South West Sep-Dec 2013

Coaching / Development Calendar for Cork/Kerry/Limerick/Tipperary for Sep-Dec 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 October. 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 Macklin

Regional Development Officer (Cork/Kerry/Limerick/Tipperary)

Athletics Ireland

E-mail: stevenmacklin@athleticsireland.ie

Tel: 0876335565

County Cross Country Squad Session .. Sept 7th 2013

There will be a County Cross-Country squad session on Saturday 7th Sept. 2013 in Tralee Sports Complex starting at 10.30, registration at 10.15.

This session is for U14 upwards in the 2013 season, cost is 5Euro.

Niamh O Sullivan will be the coach and clubs should encourage there athletes to attend, it will be good preperation for the season.

Please contact club secretary Mary Kennedy or Jerome crowley if you wish to attend.

Any further details can be obtained from the undersigned. 

Hope to see you all there.

Brendan Cullen:  087 2874184.       

Niamh O'Sullivan:  087 7842973.