Sunday, September 24, 2017

Club Weekly Notes Sept 2017

The 4th annual Killarney 10mile road race took place on Saturday 23rd of September. The race was a major success with a great atmosphere throughout. Well done to club member Dermot Dineen who completed the 10 mile challenging course in a time of 63 mins, finishing in fourth place overall. See Munster Running Blog for full results: HERE

CROSS COUNTRY FIXTURES
Sunday 1st October: Juvenile Even Age, Novice and U23 Championships. Venue is Killarney Demesne opposite the cathedral. Hosted by Gneeveguilla AC. First race, women's Novice, U23 & U18's is at 11am sharp. Juvenile races start straight afterwards with U10's. The men's Novice, U23 & U18 will be the final race of the day. Please be at the venue for 10:30am so as to collect numbers and singlets.
Please familiarize yourself with the Munster Juvenile XC Rules Booklet 2017/18: HERE

Athletics Ireland are hosting some coach education courses in the Limerick/ Kerry region this September and October. Athletics Leader, Assistant Coach and Level 1 coaching courses are all upcoming fixtures in the Southwest region. The list of courses are available on Athletics Ireland website. On Saturday October 7th – Assistant Coach Course- An Riocht, Castleisland, Co.Kerry. Pre-registration required.

Club Training:
Juvenile Training is on every Tuesday 6pm and Thursdays 6:30pm in Farranfore GAA grounds. Open to all registered juveniles aged 8yrs (Born 2007) and upwards. This will be in preparation for the Cross Country Championships  €2 per session.

Maria's Strength, Endurance & Flexibility Exercise Classes every Tuesday starting @ 7pm at the Sports Hall in Farranfore. €5 per class

Secondary School/Junior / Senior training on every Thursday at 6:30pm in GAA grounds Farranfore. This is endurance training for cross country preparation. €2 club member, €4 non club member.

Athletic's Fixtures
Sunday 1st October: County Juvenile Even Age, Novice and U23 Cross Country Championships, Killarney Demesne @11am.
Sunday 8th October: County Juvenile Uneven Age, Intermediate and Masters Cross Country Championships, Currow @11am.
Sunday 15th October: County Juvenile Cross Country Relays, Senior and Junior Cross Country Championships. Killorglin @11am
Sunday 22nd October: Munster Juvenile Even Age, Novice & U/23 Cross Country Championships, in Clarecastle, Co.Clare @ 11:30am .
Sunday 22nd October: : Autumn Open Cross Country Festival, Sport Ireland, National Sports Campus.
Sunday 29th Oct.: AAI National Marathon Championships, Dublin
Sunday 12th November : Munster Juvenile Uneven Age & Senior Cross Country Championships, in Tipperary (venue tbc).
Saturday 18th Nov.: British & Irish Masters Cross Country Championships, Derry
Sunday 19th November: Munster Masters & Juvenile Inter-Club Cross Country Championships, Sunday 19th November in Cork (venue tbc).
Sunday 26th Nov.: AAI Senior, Junior & Juvenile Even Age Cross Country Championships, Abbottstown
Sunday 3rd December: Munster Juvenile "B", Junior & Intermediate Cross Country Championships,  in Kerry (venue tbc).


See Kerry & Munster Athletics website for full fixture lists & timetable for events.