Bandon AC athletes produced some fine performances at County Juvenile Uneven Age Cross Country Championships held in Conna on 10th Oct. Fiona Everard (U13) won a silver medal as did Gráinne Mulcahy (U11). Aisling Everard finished third U17. Carina Crowley finished fourth U13. The U15 girls took the team gold with the U13 and U11 teams both team winning silver medals. The girls U9 team narrowly lost out on the team bronze. Mark O’Sullivan (U19) and Gerard Crowley (U15) both had third place finishes. Brendan Twohig was fourth U9 and Mark Collins was 6th U9. The Bandon U9 boys won their team event. George Waugh won the County Novice Cross Country title. Tom Laffan finished 10th overall in the Masters Cross Country Championships and won bronze O40. Also competing were Fergus Wall, Liam Calnan, Declan O’Halloran and John Donegan. Carmel Crowley won silver in the masters women’s race. Margaret Callanan, Pauline Callan, Margaret Coughlan and Tracy Payne also competed well. The even age County Cross Country Championships were held in Carrig na bhFear on 2nd October. Conor Calnan won gold in the boys U12 race. Gerard Crowley (U16) won a bronze medal. Also winning bronze was Moira Barrett (U12). Laura Nicholson (U12) finished in fourth place as did Fiona Everard (U12). Carina Crowley finished in fifth place also U13. The girls U14 won the team gold and both boys and girls U12 won silver team medals.

George Waugh won the inaugural Rosscarbery Steam Engine 5K run held recently. The race is in honour of TJ O’Mahony of Rosscarbery who was a running champion in Ireland and the USA in the 1880s. A number of Club athletes competed in the Cork Half Marathon in Blarney. Tom Laffan finished in 15th place. Also competing were Tom Sheehan, David Craig, James Daly and Paddy Murphy.

Upcoming events include the Munster Novice & U23 Cross Country Championships which will be held in Newmarket on Fergus in Co Clare on Sunday 23rd October at 11.30am. Carrig na bhFear is the venue for the County B Juvenile Cross Country Championships on 30th October. Bandon will be holding the County Junior & Senior Cross County event on Sunday 6th November. Fit 4 Life continues every Tuesday meeting at Kelleher’s in Bandon at 8pm. Further information on all club activities on www.bandonac.org also check out Fit 4 Life on Facebook.