The 2010 Bandon Athletic Club Annual Awards Ceremony was held recently at the Bandon GAA Club. Awards are presented every year to athletes who have excelled during the previous year and are presented to the best in Track & Field and Cross County athletes across the various age categories. Receiving Track & Field awards were …
Bandon Athletic Club is holding a fundraising concert on Saturday April 23rd at the Town Hall with an 8pm start. The concert was originally scheduled for December but had to be cancelled due to the inclement weather around that time. It will be a variety type show with a large selection of local acts performing. …
A Bandon brother and sister are celebrating All Ireland success this week as National Indoor Shot Putt Champions. Patrick and Laura McSweeney had impressive performances at the recent Woodies DIY All Ireland Juvenile Indoor Championships in Nenagh on April 2nd. Patrick at U19 level had a comfortable lead from the start with his best throw …
The annual West Cork Road Races took place in brilliant sunshine in Dunmanway on March 20th. The event attracted juvenile and senior athletes from clubs across West Cork. For the first time this year the numbers of those competing at Senior level had their numbers swelled by Fit 4 Life runners from both Bantry and …
Bandon athletes produced some impressive performances at the Munster Juvenile U14-U19 Indoor Championships last weekend bringing back a number of gold medals. Eric Stam won gold in the U18 long jump and hurdles. Injury affected his performance in the shot putt, but despite this, he still managed to capture the silver medal. Phil Healy won …
Nutrition and hydration are both essential elements in the training schedule of anybody involved in sport. With this in mind, Bandon Athletic Club has invited a dietician from Lucozade Sports to give a talk on the subject to all sports minded people. It will take place at The Bandon Grammar School on Tuesday 1st March …
The West Cork Athletic Board held their AGM on 8th February at the Parkway Hotel in Dunmanway. Delegates from Dohenys, West Muskerry, Skibbereen and Bandon Athletic Clubs attended the meeting. Liam Fleming, Chairman for a number of years stepped down from his post. The position remains vacant as there were no nominations on the night. …
Carmel Crowley ran a top class race to finish in second place at the Woodies DIY AAI Masters Cross Country Championships in Dublin on 6th February. Carmel finished the 4K course in a time of 17.42 beating Beijing Marathon Olympian Pauline Curley of Tullamore Harriers into third position. Conditions on the day were fairly muddy …
The Woodies DIY AAI Juvenile Uneven Cross Country Championships were finally held last Sunday16th January in Tullamore. The event had to be cancelled in December due to poor weather. This time however, the day was perfect and the event ran smoothly without any of the controversy that marred the event last year in Coleraine. Aisling …
