Club Notes Week Ending 19th Sept. 2018

An Riocht AC 5K race two took place in Castleisland on Friday 7th Sept. Numbers were well up from race one with close to two hundred taking part. Arthur Fitzgerald was placed seventh with a time of 17:12. Aidan McCarthy was 12th overall in a time of 18:11. Cian Spillane was first junior in first U16 (18:31), Brendan Lynch 20th (18:53), Caitriona Barry was third overall in ladies category with a finish time of 20:23. Final race in the series will be on Friday 14th Sept. with a start time of 7pm.

The County Cross Country Fixtures have been set for this year. Changes to note is that the Women's race starts at 11am immediately followed by the men's race. Juveniles will follow with an estimated start time of 12noon. This is to allow more volunteers to support the juvenile races. Events will be on three consecutive weeks starting from Sept. 30th. See fixtures for further details.

Jumps Workshop:

Full Jumps Workshop for Long Jump (Pat Power), High Jump (Barry Pender), Triple Jump (David Murphy) & Pole Vault (Eamon Flanagan) on Sunday 23rd September in Templemore Track @ 11am. For athletes aged 12+ years, all are welcome, 5 euro per athlete. Please contact Pat Power at jumps@athleticsireland.ie to register.

Munster Schools Combined Events Championships, Wednesday 3rd October in Nenagh Indoor Stadium @ 11am. Details have gone out to all Munster Schools today (3rd September). Timetable here. Rules here. Closing date for entries is Friday 28th September. 

Club Training:
Juvenile Training: Sundays @11am in Killaclohane Wood and Thursdays @ 6pm in Farranfore GAA grounds. Open to all registered juveniles aged 8yrs (Born 2010) and upwards. This will be in preparation for the Cross Country Championships €2 per session.
Secondary School / 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

Maria's Strength, Endurance & Flexibility Exercise Classes commences on Tuesday September 26th starting @ 7pm at the Sports Hall in Farranfore. €5 per class
New Members also welcome.

Athletic's Fixtures
Fri. 14th Sept: An Riocht 5K Race 3of3, Castleisland @7pm
Sun. 30th Sept: County Novice & Juv. Even Ages XC, Killarney @11am
Sun. 7th Oct: County Intermediate, Masters & Juv. Uneven ages XC, Cahirsiveen, @ 11am
Sun 14th Oct: County Senior & Juv. Firies @ 11am
Sun. 21st Oct: Munster Juvenile Even Age, Novice & U/23 XC, Beaufort, Kerry
Sun. 21st Oct: Autumn Open XC, Abbottstown, Dublin
Sun 28th Oct: National Marathon, Dublin
Sun 11th Nov.: Munster Juvenile Uneven Age & Senior XC, Waterford
Sat 17th Nov.: British & Irish Masters XC, Swansea
Sun 18th Nov.: Munster Masters & Juv. Inter-Club XC, Clarecastle, Co.Clare

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.