The All Ireland Even Age Cross Country championships took place in Santry Demense November 22nd 2015. There were 16 juvenile club athletes who made the journey from Bandon to Cork to compete as follows:- Callum McCourt – Boys U10 race running on the Cork team. Boys U14 team of Niall Desmond, Rory Desmond, Peter Ronan, …
Robbie Howard, younger brother of club members Shane and Roisin, traveled to Milan over the weekend to take part with his team mates from the Owenabue Special Olympics Gymnastics club to compete in the World Rhythmic and Artistic Gymnastics championships. Robbie won got gold in the pommel and 2nd in the parallel bars. As a …
On Sunday November 8th the Munster Uneven Age Cross country championships were held in the very scenic setting of Beaufort, Co. Kerry. The McGillycuddy reeks provided a lovely setting for this venue but unfortunately for the first half of the day the athletes and supporters didn’t get much sight of the mountains as the rain …
National Schools Combined Event Championships A few of our athletes travelled to IT Athlone to compete in this highly contested competition with the best 4 in each category getting selected for an international competition between England, Scotland and Wales next month. As expected some wonderful performances and battles were on display, which makes you wonder why …
Mark O Sullivan was a superb 29th in the elite senior men’s race at the Lottocrosscup International XC in Mol Belgium last Sunday. He was the 6th u23 athlete across the line. He continues his preparations towards the National Inter Club XC Championships on Nov 22nd running for his college Cork IT at the IUAA …
Great performances in Munster Schools Combined Events – Report by Frank Stam At this time of year most athletes have their focus on cross country running, but a few others tried to be at their best to qualify for the National Indoor Schools Combined Events in Athlone on 7 November. In the Junior girls event …
Some photos from last Sundays Cross Country.
The Juvenile Even age and Novice Cross Country County championships took place in Carraig-na-bhFear AC, at White’s Cross Carraig-na-bhFear on October 4th 2015. The championships which were hosted by St Carraig-na-bhFear AC on the excellent grounds of Rhona and Thomas Buckley . The course was split over two fields on what would be classed as …
Bandon Athletic club hosted a primary schools cross county event on Friday September 25th on the Bandon Rugby club grounds. The rugby club is an ideal venue for this competition with the course run over 4 very well maintained pitches. The club started this event around 6 years ago to provide an opportunity for the …
