The National Masters Championships took place in Tullamore,on Sunday 18th August.
Jerome Foley (M55) was third in the 400m & 800m distances.
Sean O'Shea (M50) was third in Shot.
Aldi National Community Games Athletics
Athletic's Fixtures
Fri 30th Aug: An Riocht 5K Series Race 1, Castleisland @7:15pm
Fri 6th Sept: An Riocht 5K Series Race 2, Castleisland @7:15pm
Fri 13th Sept: An Riocht 5K Series Race 3, Castleisland @7:15pm
Sun 29th Sept.: County Novice, U23 & Juvenile Even Ages XC, Killarney
The Aldi Community Games was held over two days in University of Limerick. The atmosphere was overwhelming with many competitive and entertaining races to be seen. We had a eight athletes who made it through to represent Kerry. Each and everyone did very well over their individual events. Mairead Walsh had an outstanding U12 600m where she fought hard over the last 80m to come from fourth place to win silver. This is added to the silver team medal when she competed in the XC Relays back in May.
Ellen Kelliher advanced through all her heats in the U14 100m sprint to reach the Final. Here she got everything right to finish in fourth place.
Eabha McCarthy competing in the U14 80m Hurdles had a busy weekend where she too qualified for the Finals. Again under strong competition Eabha hurdled very well to finish fourth place.
Doireann O'Shea did very well in the U14 Javelin where she was placed in 6th position with some fine throwing.
Shauna McCarthy reached the final of the U16 1500m distance race. She gave it her all and finished in 6th place. This was Shauna's final race competing in the Community Games. She has bee involved since the age of eight and has competed at national level on 4 occasions, most recently winning the 7K Marathon back in May. Well done.
Liath Lenihan was unfortunate to compete in the U16 High Jump due to injury. Like Shauna, Liath represented Kerry in many occasions over the years. We all wish her a speedy recovery and look forward to seeing her back doing what she loves best.
Others who competed on the day were Katie Doe in the Long Puck and Simon O'Leary in the U14 Shot Putt.
A special recognition must go to Maria McCarthy who was coaching four of these athletes over the last few months.
Juvenile Open Sports Day
The Club will be hosting their Annual Juvenile Open Sports Day on Sunday 22nd September. This year it will have be a combined events Sports Day. As we are close to Cross Country Season we will also have changes in the middle distances. Full information will be posted next week.
Club Training:
Autumn / Winter training in preparation for Cross Country Season will start with Juveniles (age 8 to 15) on Tuesday 27th August GAA Grounds Farranfore, starting at 6pm. All training sessions are €2 each. New Members welcome to participate in training.
Athletic's Fixtures
Fri 6th Sept: An Riocht 5K Series Race 2, Castleisland @7:15pm
Fri 13th Sept: An Riocht 5K Series Race 3, Castleisland @7:15pm
Sun 29th Sept.: County Novice, U23 & Juvenile Even Ages XC, Killarney
Sun 6th Oct: County Intermediate & Juv. Uneven Ages, Venue TBD
Please contact club secretary, Mary, 085-1909509 to register for competitions in advance
See Kerry & Munster Athletics website for full fixture lists & timetable for event