Wednesday, September 13, 2023

August 2023

 







In August the 2023 Track and Field season was coming to a close. David Kenny was competing in the world championships in Budapest on the 19th. Hopes were high he could improve on his performance from last years’ championships in America. Unfortunately, the race didn’t go his way and he was unable to finish. The race which was run in very testing conditions having been delayed for 2 hours due to thunderstorms.  This shouldn’t take away from what was a marvellous achievement it was to get selected to represent your country at the world championships. At 24 time is definitely on his side.

The following day at the regional community games in Ennis both Roisin Daly and Ryan Vickers won the 100m and 800m respectively to qualify for the Nationals championships the following weekend in Carlow.  

Cross country training started in the new location of the Mass rock in Killaclohane wood at the beginning of the month.

The National Community games were held on the 26th of the month. The club was well represented with 8 of our athletes representing Kerry. Conor McCarthy was part of the Ballymac u 16 relay team. Unfortunately despite running well they did not qualify for the final but Conor still has the consolation of having the medal in the Marathon from earlier in the year.

Fionn Hogan was part of the Tralee team in the 4 x 100 relay but again despite running well they were unable to qualify for the final. Thadg Mannix competed in the U12 ball throw and despite throwing very well just failed to make the final. Kevin O’Shea was in the U 14 Javelin. He was unlucky not to throw well under his best in the windy conditions but he still came home in 2nd position losing by a few centimetres.

Ryan Vickers was in the U 14 800 metres. He took the lead from the gun and maintained his lead to the finish line. This was a great achievement as he is underage again next year. Niamh O’Shea was in her final year in the community games competing in the U 16 Discus. In a close competition she saved her best for last winning in the final throw. Roisin Daly had a double success winning the girls u 16 100 metres and anchoring the Keel/Kiltallagh relay team to finish 2nd. Also on the team was Rachel Boyle. 3 golds and 2 silvers was a great return from the weekend.

Over the month we were well represented at the local parkrun

Fionn Hogan, Ethan and Amelia O’Sullivan also ran along with Sophie O’Brien in Tralee Junior Parkrun. Tomas Lynch and Liam and Matthew Smyth were regular competitors at the Killarney event

 

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