CHRISTMAS

The last training session of 2023 took place on December 18th. There was plenty of treats and hot chocolate provided for everyone. The club would like to wish all our members, friends and family and very Merry Christmas and will see you all in January!

 

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EUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY

Fiona Everard competed on December 10th in Brussels, Belgium at the European Cross Country Championships. Fiona was selected based on her impressive win at the National Senior Cross Country Championships in Gowran. Fiona competed in what was a very difficult course over  9km to finish an impressive 34th place, she was the third irish athlete across the line. The Irish team finishing 6th.

On December 18th Fiona was awarded for all her sucess in the Cross Country season for 2023 at the West Cork Sports person monthly awards in the Celtic Ross Hotel.

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NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY

10 Bandon members will represent the club on the Cork teams at the weekend at the National Cross Country Championships in Navan, Co Meath.

Laoise NiConchuir – U11

Cormac Murphy – U11

Liam O’Keeffe –  U11

Aoife Harte – U13

Isla Wilson – U13

Shane Winters – U13

Caoimhe O’Regan – U15

Daniel Dollard – U17

Ella Collins – U19

Lucy O’Flynn – U19

 

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MUNSTER ‘B’ CROSS COUNTRY

Well done to all athletes who competed at the Munster ‘B’ Cross Country in Riverstick.

Medal winners include

Michael Collins 1st BU11

Liam O’Keeffe 8th BU11

Caoimhlin Duggan 10th GU15

Isla Wilson 8th GU13

Ellen Dollard 10th GU13

TEAMS –

GU13 – 2nd

BU11 – 3rd

Michael, Liam, Isla & Caoimhlinn all were part of the Cork teams for their ages placing 1st in the BU11, GU13 & GU15.

 

AGM NOVEMBER 17TH 2023

Elected members of the executive committee for 2024 

President – Brendan Crowley

Chairperson – Adrian O’Flynn

Vice Chairperson – Patrick McSweeney SNR

Secretary – Laura McSweeney

Competition Registrar – Patrick McSweeney JNR

PRO – Evelyn O’Reilly

Head Coach – Susan McCourt

Club Captain – Catriona O’Leary

Treasurer – Carmel Lucey

Child Officers – Darren Crowley & Susan McCourt

Social Media – Laura McSweeney

2 Delegates to the West Cork Board – Laura McSweeney & Deirdre Donovan

2 Delegates to the County Board – Patrick McSweeney SNR & Brendan Crowley

7 members to the executive

Deirdre Donovan, Pauline Callan, David O’Keeffe, Darren Casey, Orla Ward, Padraig Duggan, Denise Harrington

Grounds, Fundraising & Development committees and others

Deirdre Donovan, Denise Harrington, Richard O’Flynn, Leo Flynn, Darren Crowley, Kevin Wilmot, John O’Donovan, Ann Kelly, Jim Clover, Una Hutchinson, Michael Weldon, Michael McKeown, Paul Kingston, Tom Laffan, Frank Stam, Stephan Lindenfeld, Ger Tobin & Don Coughlan.