Sunday, April 29, 2018

Club Notes Week Ending 29th April 2018

Leevale Juvenile Open Sports
Isaac & Ryan Vickers, along with Cian Spillane were in Cork on April 24th for the Leevale Juvenile Meet.
Ryan Vickers in his 1st ever track meet ran in the U9 60m and was 3rd in his heat and was an excellent 6th in the final. 
Isaac Vickers competed in the U10 60m, after a good showing in the heat and semi final he was a very close 3rd in the final. He backed that up only 25 minutes later in the 300m final and placed 3rd against very strong opposition. 
Finally Cian Spillane ran in the U15 800m, after starting very wide he made great headway to be in the first 3 for the first lap. On the last lap he stayed with the leader and ran a very strong 2nd.

The County Senior, Masters & Junior Track & Field Championships will be held on Sunday May 6th in An Riocht Track, Castleisland. List of Events here:kerryathletics.com/junsenmastt.pdf

The County Juvenile Track & Field Championships will be held on May 12th & 13th. We kindly ask all parents to let the club know if your kids are participating and in what events. Fixtures list can be found on Kerry athletics website. We need to pre-register before 7th May. List of Events here: kerryathletics.com/juvenilett.pdf

There will be an ‘Assistant Coaching Course’ on the 20th of May down in An Riocht. This course will go through the fundamentals of coaching and will apply a practical demonstrations of events such as sprinting, long jump, shot putt. This is one of the first steps of the coaching ladder which certifies and protects our coaches.The club will refund course fee on completion. Full details on Athletics Ireland website: events.athleticsireland.ie/ps/event/AssistantCoachCourseCastelisland

Club Training:.
Juvenile training on Tuesday 6pm to 6:45pm at Farranfore GAA Grounds. This will be in preparation for the County Track & Field scheduled for 12th & 13th May. This is for children born 2010 (7/8yrs) to 2004 (14yrs). €2 per session. New comers always welcome. 

Secondary School & Senior training on every Thursday will be at An Riocht Track, Castleisland from 7:45pm to 8:45pm.  This is endurance / distance training & Field events. €2 club member, €4 non club member. 

Athletic's Fixtures
Tue 1st May: County Schools T&F, Castleisland
Sun 6th May: County Junior, Senior and Masters T&F C'ships, Castleisland
Sun 6th May: Munster Half & Marathon C'Ships, Limerick
Wed 9th May:  South Munster Schools Track & Field - Girls, CIT
Fri 11th May:  South Munster Schools Track & Field - Boys, CIT 
Sat 12th / Sun13th May: County Juvenile T&F C'ships, Castleisland
Sat 19th May: Munster Schools Track & Field, Castleisland
Fri 25th - Sun 27th May: National Community Games WK1, University of Limerick
Sat 2nd June: National Schools  Track & Field, Tullamore 
Sat 2nd / Sun 3rd June: Munster U9 to U13 T&F, Lees Road Ennis @11am
Sat 9th June: Munster U9 to U11 Team Games T&F, Castleisland
Sun 10th June: Munster Senior & Masters T&F, Castleisland
Fri 22nd June: Primary School Sports, Castleisland  

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.