Sunday, January 20, 2019

Club Notes Week Ending 20th Jan 2019

Schools Cross Country Championships 
This years Post Primary Schools Cross Country Championships kicked off with the County Schools on Jan 17th last. Held in Killarney Demesne, surface conditions were favorable following the good weather we have had over the last month. 
Cian Spillane (Milltown Pres.) won the Junior 2500m race with Conall O'Mahony (ISK) in third. Shauna McCarthy (KCC) was second in the Intermediate Girls 2500m race. 
Ellen Kelliher (Milltown Pres.) was sixth in the Minor girls 1500m race. 
Also well done to Elaine McMahon & Natasha Myers who also represented their schools. 
Next up is the South Munster Schools on Friday Feb. 1st in Riverstick Co. Cork.
Juvenile Indoors: Day 1
The Indoors competitions kicked off this weekend in Nenagh with the Munster Juvenile Relays, Jumps & Throws. Well done to Siofra Foley who was third in the U18 Shot.

Best of luck to David Kenny who will be competing in the 5k Indoor Race walk at the 4th Annual Elan Indoor Games in the Slovak capital, Bratislava on 10th Feb.

Coaching Courses:
Athletics Ireland has organised coaching courses for the Munster region over the month of March. If you are interested in any of the courses sign up now! Our club is always looking for parents to get involved in training as it only helps to further develop our juveniles and you also learn valuable skills which can be passed onto your own children as well as yourself.
We have built up a good level of coaches within the club, but we see that we need to follow through with coaching & developing our older juveniles. For this to continue its important we get more coaches to help out with the younger age groups. If you are interested please come and talk to us. The club will cover costs for the courses. See athletic Ireland website for full details
  • 2nd Feb- Athletics Leader Course- CIT, Cork
  • 10th Feb.- Assistant Coach Course- Scoil Pol, Kilfinane, Limerick
  • 17th Feb. – Endurance Course- Westlodge Hotel, Bantry, Cork
  • 1st, 2nd, 8th and 9th of March- Level 1- Tralee Harriers AC, Tralee.
Club Training:
  • Juvenile Indoors commences on Tuesday in the Sports Hall Farranfore from 6pm to 6:45pm. Open to all registered juveniles aged 8yrs (Born 2011) to 12yrs (Born 2006). €2 per session.
  • Secondary School / Senior training on Thursday's at 6:30pm in GAA grounds Farranfore. This is endurance build training. €2 club member, €4 non club member . 
  • Maria's Strength, Endurance & Flexibility Exercise Classes commences on Tuesday 15th Jan. @ 7pm at the Sports Hall in Farranfore. €5 per class
We welcome new member to come along to training and try it out. If you are happy you can register after two sessions. See our website for full details. 

Athletic's Fixtures
  • Sat 26th Jan: AAI National Indoor League - Round 2, AIT Indoor Arena
  • Sun 27th Jan: National Junior & U/23 Indoor Championships , AIT Indoor Arena
  • Fri 1st Feb: South Munster Schools XC Championships, TBC
  • Sat 2nd Feb: National Indoor Games, Indoor Arena Abbottstown
  • Sun 3rd Feb: National Inter/Master/Juv "B" & Relays XC, Dundalk
  • Sat 9th Feb: Munster U/9 to U/11 Indoors & Women's & Men's Walks & Men's 3km, Nenagh Indoor Stadium
  • Sat 9th Feb: Valentines 5K (Gneeveguilla AC), Killarney 11:30am
  • Sun 10th Feb: Munster Junior, Senior & Masters Indoor C'Ships, Nenagh Indoor Stadium
  • Fri 15th Feb: Munster Schools XC, Waterford Sports Campus, Carrignaore.
  • Sat / Sun 16th/17th Feb: National Senior Indoors, Indoor Arena Abbottstown
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.