Training: Monday and Wednesday night in sports hall in Bandon Grammar School. 7pm-8pm for younger ages and 8-9pm for older ages. No training on Bank Holidays. There is a charge of €1 per night for training. You need to be a fully paid up member to attend training. (Click here for reg form)
C.I.T Track is also used for training. More info on CIT
Upcoming Events Include
Bandon athletes have had a number of successes recently at the various indoor championships. Eric Stam won the U19 All Ireland Combined Events Indoor Championships held in Nenagh on 28th January. Also competing well but outside medal positions were Kate Bernard, Rachel O’Donovan and Carla Hicks all U14 and Ella Nicholson (U15). Joey Henchy made the trip to Kelvin Hall in Glasgow the previous weekend to compete at the Scottish Indoor Open Championships where he won both his 60m and 200m races. Bandon AC athletes had some stellar performances at National level at the National Junior Indoor Championships in Nenagh on 22nd January with Phil Healy having an impressive double win in both the 60m sprint and the 200m. Patrick McSweeney won the shot and finished third in the 36lb Weight for Distance. Laura McSweeney and Eric Stam both won bronze in Shot with Eric finishing fifth in Long Jump.
On the Cross Country circuit a number of club athletes represented their schools at the South Munster Schools Cross Country Championships held at CIT on 27th January. Fiona Everard won the Minor Girls race. Ingrid Burns won silver in Junior Girls with Aisling Everard taking the silver in the Intermediate Girls race. Gearoid Crowley won bronze at Junior Boys level. Mark O’Sullivan finished 9th in the Senior Boys race. Also competing well were Ella Nicholson, Eva Stack, Ciara Houston, David Laffan and Thomas McCarthy. The Club will hold its Annual Awards Night at the GAA Pavilion in Bandon on Friday 17th February. The West Cork Athletic Board holds its Annual General Meeting on Monday 6th February at 8pm in the Parkway Hotel in Dunmanway. Finally, the second Bandon Half Marathon and 10K Road Races will take place on Saturday 12th May. Online entries are open on the website www,bandonhalfmarathon.com. Full details will be announced soon.
By Kate Coveney PRO West Cork Athletics Board
The Annual General Meeting of the West Cork Athletics Board will be held at 8pm on Monday 6th February at the Parkway Hotel in Dunmanway. All Clubs in the West Cork area are requested to send delegates. In the past year, the Board organised the West Cork Track and Field Championships, a Cross Country Championships and also the West Cork Schools Cross Country along with a number of Summer Leagues. In a new move, the Board launched the inaugural West Cork Race Series. Athletes registered with West Cork Clubs were invited to compete in various road races culminating in the West Cork Cross Country Championships. It is hoped to expand on the series in the coming year. Clubs affiliated to the Board include Bandon, Bantry, Clonakility, Courceys AC, Doheny AC, Skibbereen and West Muskerry.
Well done to George Waugh which finished in 10th place in the Dungarvan 10m road race over the weekend.
Online registration for the Bandon Half Marathon and 10k on the 12th May is now open. More info on the race web site.
Click on logo below for registration
Congratulations to Eric Stam who had a comfortable win in the u19 age group at the All-Ireland Combined Events Indoor Championships in Nenagh today.
Other club members in action included Kate Bernard (12th u14), Carla Hicks (13th u14), Rachel O’Donovan (18th u14), Ella Nicholson (7th u15).
Well done to all.
Some impressive performance from some club members at the South Munster Schools Cross Country on Friday at CIT
Results included: Fiona Everard who won the Minor Girls race, Ella Nicholson was 9th and Eva Stack 12th in the same race.
In the Junior Girls race, Ingrid Burns was 2nd and Ciara Houston 5th.
Aisling Everard was 2nd in the Intermediate Girls race.
In the Junior Boys race Gearoid Crowley was 3rd.
In the Intermediate boys race David Laffan was 61st.
Mark O’Sullivan was 9th in the Senior Boys race with Thomas McCarthy 32nd.
Subject to official confirmation by West Cork Board but it appears that the dates for the West Cork Track & Field Championships will be
Sun April 22nd
Sun April 29th
Both legs will be held in CIT track.
Program to be confirmed later.
Best of luck to the club members who are making the trip to Nenagh this weekend to compete in the All-Ireland Indoor Juvenile Combined Events.
Well done to Joey Henchy who competed in the Scotish Indoor Open in Kelvin Hall last weekend.
He won both his race’s in the 60m and in the 200m.
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