Club Weekly Notes Week end 30th Sept 2018

Novice & Juvenile Even Ages XC

Conditions were ideal for the first Cross Country Competition of the season. The Novice & Juvenile even ages

was held in Killarney on Sunday 30th and hosted by Killarney Valley AC. 

The first race of the morning was the Womens Novice. Three of our athletes competed and did extremely well.

The start of the day was Marie McKenna who led for the whistle to comfortably win the Novice Women Championship. Not far behind was  Grace Crowley in 5th and Pierrette Scroope in 6th. They won club team silver.

In the Mens Novice we had Aidan McCarthy in 7th and Brendan Lynch 9th. Not enough competitors to make up a team..

Next up was the U10 Girls 1000m. Well done to Jessie Lynch who won the race with Rachel Boyle 15th & Leah McCarthy 22nd. 

U10 Boys Isaac Vickers was 2nd, his brother Ryan was 7th. The rest of the team members who got club silver was Kevin O'Shea, Jack Teahan, Peter Herlihy & Evan Spillane. 

The U12 Girls 2000m was a very competitive and exciting race with a fierce battle on for the top six positions. Mairead Walsh was 4th, Rhian McCarthy 6th. They helped by the following to win gold in club team. Grainne Costello 9th, Tessa McGuigan, Meabh Dineen & Niamh O'Shea. 

U12 Boys Tiarnan Lynch was 5th and John Sexton 7th. 

U14 Girls 3000m had a very exciting finish when Eabha McCarthy was placed in 7th place with 200m's to go and kicked with a very impressive sprint to finish in 2nd place overall. Her club mates Doireann O'Shea and Sadhbh Teahan made up the club team to take silver. 

Cormac Costello was our only Boys U14 where he finished in 8th place. 

 In the U16 Girls 4000m, Shauna McCarthy did well to win the race comfortably. Natasha Myers also ran and was placed 9th. 

Cian Spillane had a great race in the U16 boys where he was part of the lead group for most part of the race and into the last lap he opened up a good gap to win gold. Malachy Kirwan equally had a great race to pick off two positions towards the end to finish in 5th place and Conall O'Mahony was 7th. They won gold for the club team. Well done to all, especially all our new athletes competing for the first time.

Next XC Race is on Sunday 7th October in Caherciveen. First race will be Women Intermediate & Masters, followed by Mens Intermediate & Masters. This will be followed by U9's, U11's,.. U19. We ask all juveniles to be there for 10:45am to register and warm-up.  Directions to Venue..When entering the town from Killorglin side continue on until you come to old library at cross roads. Turn right onto Bridge Street, continue on the Castlequinn Road. Follow this road over the bridge and you will see the football field on left. This is the venue, about 800m from turnoff. Co-Ordinates: 51.953496,-10.230227

XC Fixtures Link: xc-fixtures 2018/19

Recycling Racing Shoes:

Anyone who has cross country or track spikes which are no longer required could you give into committee member during training. We can recycle to other athletes.

Club Training:

Juvenile Training: Tuesdays & 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 October 2nd starting @ 7pm at the Sports Hall in Farranfore. €5 per class. Suitable for all levels from secondary school upwards.

New Members also welcome.

Athletic's Fixtures

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.