Kilmore welcomed athletes back to their scenic village as they hosted the Seafood Festival 5k on a very warm Saturday evening. 5 club athletes took part on the night on the 5 loop course. Roisín O'Reilly pushed hard and was rewarded as 1st lady home in the race. Paula Gondard and John Dier were together most of the race until John sprinted ahead in the latter part of the race yo finish just in front of Paula. Catherine O'Connor had a great run claiming the O55 ladies prize and Sharron Dier completed the club members competing on the night.
Well done guys n gals, thanks to our members who travelled to support and also to Kilmore AC for hosting.
At the Irish Life Health National Juvenile Championship 2 club athletes were competing over the weekend.
Oisín Carroll was competing in the U16 hammer and having won both the County and the Leinster golds threw really well finishing with a very creditable 6th place finish overall in his first National competition.
The multi event specialist Eimear Halpin who has been collecting medals all year was competing in 2 U19 events. In the 400m hurdles she claimed a well earned 4th position and in the discuss she threw well to cement an equally well earned 5th place. An experienced competitor in any event she enters.
These are fantastic results from both athletes and just to qualify for Nationals is an achievement but to go and perform really well is a credit to both athletes and their coaches. Well done to you both.
The final day of the Mr Oil County Track & Field took place last Wednesday evening. Another fine evening for a track meet. A very enjoyable evening saw athletes step out of their normal events and try events they wouldn't normally have considered. Lovely to see people have an interest in so many events. Our athletes performed well on the night competing with a smile ( and maybe a grimace or two).
Dave Nolan ran well to finish 4th in the 200m unfortunately tweaking his hamstring, speedy recovery to Dave.
His daughter Anoushka Nolan won gold in the u19 200m, silver in the u19 800m, bronze in the u19 javelin and bronze in the senior 100m.
Róisín O'Reilly won gold in the senior 1500m.
Shane O’Neill won silver in the senior 100m.
Ilze Bedrite won silver in the O35 200m and bronze in the O35 3,000m.
Paula Gondard won bronze in the O50 200m and bronze in the O50 3000m.
Mary Gaynor won silver in the O50 200m and bronze in the O50 800m.
Micheal Halpin won gold in the O35 javelin and and silver in the senior javelin.
Catherine O'Connor won gold in the O50 200m, gold in the O50 javelin, silver in the O50 800m and silver in the O50 3000m.
Finally our senior 4x100m relay team of Anoushka Nolan, Mary Gaynor Roisin O'Reilly & Ilze Bedrite won a silver medal. Great to see relay medals being won again by our athletes as it is an event we always promoted.
We had a lot of athletes taking on many different events some for the first time and all enjoyed the opportunity to try out and see congratulations to you all.
Martin Kelly recently travelled to Finland as part of the Irish Masters team competing in the World Masters Track & Field. He was doubling up on 800m and 1500m. He comfortably made the 800m final and ran well in the final. His preferred event was the 1500m and he made the final with an excellent last run made 9th place overall.
Congratulations Martin Kelly.
On July the 6th the Dublin Graded Meeting 6 took place and 2 club members travelled to compete in Tallaght. On the track at competition time there was a nice headwind facing athletes. Michael Deady hit the blocks for the 200m, his first for a while and was very happy with his 2nd in his heat.
Fresh from storming to a county gold 200m Clodagh Dunbar was back for another 200m and she was also very happy with her 2nd place in her heat.
Well done guys.
