Tracey Bradfield was in superb form at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast last weekend winning an All Ireland silver medal in the Senior Women’s shot putt at the Woodies DIY AAI Senior Indoor Championships.

This is Tracey’s first individual Senior All Ireland medal.  Liz Coomey finished fifth in the same competition.  Joan Healy came in fourth in the 60m sprint. In her route to the final, she ran personal best times in the heat, semi final and final. Róisín Howard finished 5th in the high jump and also competed in the 400m.  Ronan Duggan competed in the Senior Men 800m.

Liz Coomey was also in action at the AAI Masters Indoor Championships in Nenagh on 24^th January where she won gold in her high jump and had three fourth place finishes in 60m, shot and long jump.  Pat Mulcahy came fourth in the 60m.

A number of athletes from the club made the trip to Nenagh for the Munster Juvenile Indoor Championships. Travis Coomey won silver in the boys U12 shot.  Erin Kingston won a bronze medal in the girls U13 shot.  Fionn Harrington competed in the long jump and 300m.  Fiachra Harrington and Gráinne Mulcahy also competed in the shot and 60m respectively.

Aisling Everard representing Mary Immaculata College in Dunmanway was the winner of the Junior Girls 1500m race at the South Munster Schools cross country event held in CIT on 29^th January.

On the road, Tom Laffan finished in tenth place in the Mallow 10 mile road race on February 7^th. Louise Cavanagh won the F40 category.  Tim Lucey and Tom Sheehan also competed.

Carmel Crowley was the recipient of another award at the Cork County Board International Awards night.  The awards were presented at a function in Jury’s Hotel on January 22^nd last.  Carmel finished second at the Munster Senior Cross Country Championships in Carrig na bhFear recently and was part of the gold medal winning Cork team.  She finished second in her category at the British and Irish Master International Cross Country in Birmingham leading the Irish team to silver in the F40 section.

Upcoming events include the Bantry10 mile road race on Sunday 14^th February.  The Scottish Juvenile Indoors takes place in Kelvin Hall, Glasgow on February 13^th and 14^th.  The AGM of the West Cork Athletic Board takes place on Monday 15^th February at 8.00pm in the Parkway Hotel in Dunmanway.  All club members should have submitted their membership fees for the coming year, in order to be registered with the AAI.  Club members are required to be registered both to train with and compete for the Club.