County Intermediate, Masters & Juvenile Uneven Age XC
Another very successful County Cross Country Championship,Hosted by Iveragh A.C., held in Caherciveen on a dry but blustery Sunday.First Race was Womens Intermediate, Masters & U19's 4000m. Athletes had over 4 laps of a challenging course with sharp up hill and downhill to contend with. Maria McKenna had a battle on her hands competing for the Intermediate title. It was tit for tat right against An Riocht athlete for podium, unfortunately Maria had to settle for silver, it was an exciting race to watch. Maria also took silver Intermediate team medal with teammates Grace Crowley & Julie Deane.
Mary Daly, who took the intermediate title last year, equally had an exciting Masters race where she finished second overall and won her age category. Maria McKenna took silver in masters O40, where Caitriona Barry ran extremely well to take gold in her age category and third overall. Their combined efforts earned them gold in the Masters +35 team.
In the Mens Masters 7000m race we had two athletes competing. George McCarthy ran a very solid race where he comfortably won the O45 category and finishing 4th overall. Aidan McCarthy continues to improve with every race where he was placed 8th overall and 5th in his age category.
Our juveniles did very well today, those chocolate brownies baked by the McCarthy sisters are doing the trick!!.
In the U9 750m Leah McCarthy was 4th in Girls and Ryan Vickers was third in Boys race.
It was one-two in the U11 1500m Girls race. Jessie Lynch took gold and Rhian McCarthy won silver.
Our U11 Boys did very well, Tiarnan Lynch 2nd, Isaac Vickers 5th, John Sexton 7th. With the combined efforts of team mates, Kevin O'Shea, Rory O'Connor, Jack Teahan & Conor Foley they won gold in the team event.
We had six girls competing in the U13 2500m race. They did very well over a tough course, Eabha McCarthy was our only individual medal winner in this race finishing in 6th place, not far behind was Doireann O'Shea, Tessa McGuigan who was competing in her first year of xc, Sadhbh Teahan, Niamh O'Shea & Clodagh O'Connor. They finished fourth team overall just missing out by two points. Diarmuid Kirwan was our only U13 Boy who finished very strong.
Shauna McCarthy had a comfortable win in the U15 3500m Girls race. Cian Spillane first and Malachy Kirwan second, who ran a great race to finish strong. A credit to you all as you can see that your hard training is paying dividends.
Next XC Race is on Sunday 14th October in Firies. Hosted by our club. First race will be Women's Senior & Junior, followed by Men's Senior & Junior. This will be followed by Juvenile Relays (U10, U12, U14 & U16). We ask all juveniles to be there for 10:45am to register and warm-up.
Refreshments will be provided on the day to help raise funds for the club. Thanks to those who are providing some lovely food for the stall. We would like if anyone is available to give some time helping out on the day, it would be greatly appreciated.
The Munster Novice & Juvenile Evenages XC entry is now due. This event will be held in Beaufort on Sunday 21st October. If interested in competing please contact club Secretary, Mary, by end of week, Oct 14th to ensure you are entered on time. Full details on Munster Athletics website.
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.
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's @ 7pm at the Sports Hall in Farranfore. €5 per class
New Members also welcome.
Athletic's Fixtures
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.
