Sunday, January 21, 2018

Club Weekly Notes January 2018

Hi,
Below are this week's notes. Thank you for your continued support.

Kerry Schools Cross Country
The Kerry Schools Cross Country Championships was held on Thursday 18th Jan. in Killarney. We had many past & present juvenile club members competing for their schools. 
Well done to Shauna McCarthy (KCC) who won the Minor girls race. 
Cian Spillane (Milltown Pres.) equally did well to win the boys Minor race. 
Conal O'Mahony (ISK) was in fifth place & Malachy Kirwan (DCB) in 8th. Liam Palmer won the Junior Boys race.
Killian Kerins was the winner of the Senior Boys race. 
Well done to all who competed. Best of luck to those who qualified to represent their schools in the South Munster XC Championships to be held on Friday 26th Jan. in Tramore Valley park, Cork. Full details in Munster Schools website. http://www.munsterschoolsathletics.org/
Kerry Athletics board will be holding their AGM on Monday 12th February at the Rose Hotel Tralee at 8pm. George Maybury will be giving a talk about safety statement. All club members are welcome to attend. If you have any motions or nominations can you e-mail to us before end January farranforemv@gmail.com.

Juvenile Indoor training will commence on Tuesday 30th January from 6pm to 6:45pm at Farranfore Community Sports Hall. This is for children born 2010 (7/8yrs) to 2006 (12yrs). Please note all kids need to be registered with the club in order to take part in training. We will be taking registrations on the night.

CLUB MEMBERSHIP 2018:
Membership for 2018 can now be made. This can be done through our website paypal link or alternatively you can give membership fee to our committee member.
Membership annual fees are available on our website. You need to be registered before you can compete in any athletics competitions in 2018. Newcomers welcome to join.

Club Training:.
Juvenile Indoor training will commence on Tuesday 30th January from 6pm to 6:45pm at Farranfore Community Sports Hall. This is for children born 2010 (7/8yrs) to 2006 (12yrs).

Maria's Strength, Endurance & Flexibility Exercise Class every Tuesday from 7pm to 8pm in Farranfore Community Hall. €5 per session.

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

Athletic's Fixtures
Fri 26th Jan: South Munster Schools XC, Tramore Valley Park, Cork
Sun 28th Jan: National Junior & U/23 Indoor Championships, AIT Arena, Athlone
Sun 4t hFeb: Irish Life Health AAI Indoor Games, Indoor Arena Abbotstown.
Sat/Sun 10th/11th Feb.: Munster U/9 to U12 Indoor Championships, Nenagh
Sun 11th Feb.: National Intermediate, Masters, Juvenile B & Juvenile XC Relays., Galway
Sat/Sun 17th/18th Feb: National Senior Indoors Championships, AIT Arena, Athlone
Fri 23rd Feb: Munster Schools XC, WIT
Sat/Sun 24th/25th Feb: Munster U13 - U19 Indoor Championships
Sun 4th March: National Masters Indoors, AIT Arena
Sat 10th March: National Schools XC, WIT
Sun 11th March: National Juvenile Indoor Championships Day 1, AIT Arena
Sun 18th March: National Juvenile Indoor Championships Day 2, AIT Arena
Sun 25th March: National Juvenile Indoor Championships Day 3, AIT Arena

Please contact club secretary, Mary, 085-1909509 to register for competitions in advance
See Kerry & Munster Athletics website for full fixture lists & timetable for events.