• At the Saturday morning Racecourse Parkrun the following club members took part : Dermot Foley 20.44, Finbarr Bradley 21.17, Gavin Hayes 21.50, Martin Kelly 24.19, John Dier 24.30, Fran Power 25.08, Orla Redmond 28.59, Sinead Ryan 32.23, and a welcome return for Samantha Donegan 49.54. Well done to everyone.
• Liam Bohan, Jack Halpin, Ciara Dolan and Roisín O'Reilly took part in the South Leinsters Schools Cross Country on Thursday last. Roisín & Ciara have qualified to progress onto Leinster Schools Cross Country.
• At the Leinsters in Athlone on Saturday we had a number of athletes competing. Ailbhe White took an impressive U16 Silver over 400m. Jack Halpin tackling the 1k walk (a tough technical event) taking home U15 Bronze. Eimear Halpin ran U17 400m and finished strongly in 5th place in the final.. Ciara Dolan put in a strong performance finishing in 8th place in the U18 1500m posting a new PB . Kara Morrissey competed over 60m U13 just missing out on a place in the final but happy to claim a PB. Trinii Jurisoo jumped really well to finished in 5th place with a PB in the U17 Long Jump. April Keeling took a brilliant Silver over 60m in the U19.
• On Sunday at the Leinsters in Athlone we were again well represented. Ailbhe White took on 200m finishing in an excellent 4th place. Eimear Halpin ran U17 200m and was very unlucky not to progress. Kara Morrissey made the final of the U14 Long Jump, jumping superbly to finish in 5th place claiming a PB in the process. Ruby Reynolds stormed her heat over 60m hurdles reaching the final whereas close finish saw her finish an excellent 4th place.
Thanks to our coaches and officials who gave their time.e freely this weekend.
• After all the impressive performances we can announce that April, Ailbhe, Jack & Ruby are through to All Irelands so congratulations to all athletes.