County Novice / U23 & Juv. Even Ages XC
Selection of photos on our Facebook Page:
Full results will be posted on Kerry Athletics website.HERE
The first Cross Country Championship for the season took place in Killarney on Sunday 29th Sept. The morning started out wet and miserable for the County Novice & Juvenile Even ages. Just before the first race, the skies began to clear and the sun burst through which was a great welcome for runners and spectators. First up was the Novice Women's 4K which also included the U23's & U18 categories. The field of 17 runners had just over four laps to complete.
Emer Bevan, which was her very first championship race ran very well to finish in second place Novice.
Siobhan O'Keeffe sixth, Grainne Tierney eight and Catherine Riordan, also running her fist race was tenth. They were second team finishers. Well done all.
In the Mens 6K Novice race they were 27 runners. The first lap went out very quickly and a big gap opened up with two runners pushing out the pace hard.
The first Juvenile race was Girls U10, 1000m. Leah McCarthy ran very well to take the lead after 400m's and held on to take individual Gold. Her team mate and first timer Katie Bell, completed the distance with a smile on her face.
Ryan Vickers won the U10 Boys 1000m with his team mates Fionain Sexton & Tomas Lynch finishing in 9th & 11th respectively.
Rhian McCarthy took podium in the U12 Girls 2000m with Grainne Costello in 14th and first timer, Aoife O'Sullivan in 21st also running out of age.
The U12 Boys race was a very competitive race with the top 12 runners bunched up well for most of the 2000m distance. Tiarnan Lynch ran very well to finish in second place, John Sexton was hot on his heels in third, Isaac Vickers was fifth, Kevin O'Shea 20th and Jack Teahan 27th. Their efforts earned them gold team spot.
In the U14 3K, our sprint hurdler Eabha McCarthy was 13th, out of age Laura Bradley did well to finish in 19th and Sadbh Teahan was 21st.
In the boys we had Diarmuid Kirwan who finished in 8th place.
In the U16 4K, Shauna McCarthy dominated the girls race to win very comfortably.
Cian Spillane equally ran well to win the boys race with Malachy Kirwan in second place. Great effort by both who just started to train just a few weeks ago.
Well done to all, most especially our new members, who came out ran and did very well. The club is proud.
Next up is the County Intermediate and Juvenile UnEven ages (U9,U1,..U19), next Sunady 6th October in Lisavageen, Killarney starting at 11am.
Table Quiz Fundraiser
On October 10th our club will be hosting a Table Quiz Fundraiser in Sherwoods Bar & Restaurant Farranfore from 8pm. Four per table with cost per table of €30. Contact club to reserve table. Further information on our Facebook & website.
Club Training:
Juvenile U8 to U16 Tuesdays from 6-7pm at GAA Grounds Farranfore. €2.
Maria's Strength, Endurance & Flexibility Exercise Classes from 7pm at the Sports Hall in Farranfore. Class is designed for all abilities from secondary school upwards. €5 per class.
New Members welcome to participate in training.
Maria's Strength, Endurance & Flexibility Exercise Classes from 7pm at the Sports Hall in Farranfore. Class is designed for all abilities from secondary school upwards. €5 per class.
New Members welcome to participate in training.
Athletic's Fixtures
Sun 6th Oct: County Intermediate & Juv. Uneven Ages, Venue Lisavageen Killarney
Sun 13th Oct: County Senior, Junior & Juv Relays, FiriesSun 20th Oct: Munster Juvenile Even Age, Novice & U/23, Limerick Racecourse
Sun 20th Oct: Autumn Open Cross Country, Abbottstown Dublin
Sun 3rd Nov.: County Masters & Juv. "B" XC , Beaufort
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