On the June bank holiday weekend Kevin and Niamh O’Shea
competed in the All-Ireland school’s championships. Both did very well with
Kevin finishing 3rd in the junior discus and 6th in the
Javelin. Niamh O’Shea finished 6th in the Intermediate girl’s
discus. On the bank holiday Monday the Munster championships were held in
Templemore in the extreme heat. Michael O Connor won the 5K walk in a very fast
32.43. Sean O Shea won the Discus and Dermot Dineen came 3rd in the
800m in 2.18. Natasha Myers came 4th in the 200 metres and 6th
in the long jump.
Castleisland
was the venue for the Munster U9-U-13 Munster Championships on the 10th
and 11th . The crowds were up on last year with many events having
over 60 competitors. We had 4 athletes competing. Most were competing at this
level for the first time where they all did the club proud. Hazel Culloty
competed in the girls U10 long jump and sprint recording an new personal best
in the sprint.
Mollie O
Connor did exceptionally well to come second in her heat. Unfortunately, this
wasn’t enough for a medal in a competition that had 70 competitors. Fionn Hogan
was hoping to improve on his 5th place last year. He came 4th
adding 2 metres on to his PB from the county championships ending up in 4th
just place 70 cm off a medal. He did however qualify for the National
Championships in July. Fionn also ran in a very high quality 600m.
Star of the
show has to be Roisin Hogan who came 3rd in the U9 Turbo Javelin out of a very large
field. Congratulations to Roisin on this massive achievement from all in the
club !
The Munster
U 14-U19 championships were also on in Templemore on the 17th and !8th.
We had 5 athletes competing. Ryan Vickers was the first athlete in action in
the 800M. In a great race he came 2nd finishing 2 seconds inside the exiting
Munster record.
Shortly
afterwards Kevin O Shea came second the U 15 Javelin with very consistent
throwing of just under 40 metres. Afterwards he lined up in the discus and with
a big throw in the 3rd round won the competition with a throw of 37
metres. Finally, Ryan Vickers lined up in the 200 metres where he won his heat.
Again he came 2nd in another
really quick time of 25 seconds.
On Sunday
Niamh O’Shea came 2nd in the
discus missing out on gold by just 15 centimetres. Ryan Vickers ran the 80
metres and for the 3rd time he brought home silver. This time just
losing out by just 3/100ths of a second. Roisin Daly won her heat of the 100 metres
and came 4th in the final just missing out on a medal. However she
still qualifies for the National Championships next month. Conor McCarthy was
competing in the 1500 metres. Conditions were tough by he still managed to come
close to his seasons best.
The final
weekend of the month saw Fionn Hogan representing the club in Templemore at the
Munster B championships. Fionn competed in the U 12 Javelin and 600 metres.
After coming 4th in the A championships, Fionn hoped to medal this time. In an
exceptionally close contest he came 3rd with less than 30 cm covering the top 3
athletes. He also added in a PB in the 600m for good measures finishing in 7th
position. Niamh O'Shea competed for Munster in the Tailteann Games in Carlow on
the 24th . Niamh added 2 metres on to her personal best where she
finished 5th just over 1 metre outside the medals. We also had many athletes competing
in Castleisland on the same weekend where many won medals and will now go on to
represent Kerry at Munster and All-Ireland level. Over the month we were well
represented in the local parkruns.
Ethan and Amelia O Sullivan are regulars in the Tralee junior Parkrun along
with Sophie O Brien and Roisin and Fionn Hogan. Tiernan and Jessie Lynch run in
the Inch Parkrun, Michael O Connor and the Vickers brothers run the Killarney
Parkrun