Eight athletes from Bandon AC attended Athlone last weekend for the (U12-U19) National Juvenile Indoors having qualified by virtue of their medal-winning performances at the Munster championships  in Nenagh three weeks earlier. Athlone IT indoor stadium is a great venue to compete in.
There were three Bandon AC competitors on the track.  Aisling Cassidy (U14) ran a big PB (9.54sec) to finish 4th in the 60m Hurdles final missing out on a medal by 0.01 sec.  In the U18 boys 400m, Scott Gibson ran a bronze medal- winning 52.07 sec. Fintan O’ Shaughnessy (U19) ran 7.21 sec to make the final of the 60m indoor sprint for the first time.
There were six Bandon AC competitors in the field events.  Ella Stack (u14) continued her good form to finish 7th in the HJ (clearing 1.38m). In the girls U15 Moira Barrett finished 7th in the Shot (9.04m), having qualified for her first All-Ireland individual Shot competition. Erin Kingston ( U17) threw a great PB in the Shot to win silver (12.27m) and  Gavin Hicks (U18) threw the 5kg Shot 11.22m for 7th place.  In her final year as a juvenile, Fiona Duggan (U19) won her first All-Ireland indoor medal in the Shot with a throw of 8.52m for 3rd place. Also in his final year,  Fintan O’Shaughnessy (U19) jumped 6.65m for bronze in the Long Jump.
Congratulations to all.

Report by Evelyn Murphy.