Bandon athletes produced some super gold medal winning performances in Nenagh recently at the Munster Juvenile Indoor Championships.

Held over two days on March 6th and 7th, the competition was for U14-19s and U9-13s. Colin Kingston had a championship best in the boys U15 shot with a superb throw of 14.72m winning him a Munster gold medal. To compare, the silver medal winner in the competition had a throw of 10.88m. Eric Stam won two gold medals in the boys U17 hurdles, shot and long jump. He was second in the high jump to Shane Howard who took the gold medal. Shane won silver in the long jump. Patrick McSweeney won the boys U18 shot and Joan Healy won the girls U19 200m in a time of 26.37. Laura McSweeney continues her winning streak in the shot taking the girls U16 title. Phil Healy won a silver medal in the girls U17 60m. Fiona Duggan won bronze in the girls U15 shot.
In the U9-U13 competition, Travis Coomey won silver in the boys U12 shot with Erin Kingston finishing third in the girls U13 shot. Fionn Harrington competed in the boys U9 300m and long jump. Also competing for the club were Joey Henchy, David Laffan, Aoibheann Harte, Sinead Mulcahy, Ciara Huston, Scott Gibson and Gavin Hicks. The boys U14 relay team came fifth.
Joan Healy was the only athlete from the club to compete at the Indoor British Triple As in Birmingham held on 27th and 28th February. She finished fifth in the 60m U20. This competition is the UK equivalent of the AAI All Ireland Championships.
On the road the same weekend, Louise Cavanagh was third woman home in the BHAA Jannsen 4 mile road race in Little Island. The previous weekend on Sunday 28th February, Tim Lucey finished in 12th place over all at the Eagle AC 5 mile road race in Carrigaline and was second O-45. Declan O’Halloran came 5th O45 and finished in 44th position overall. Coming up on the road is the Rising Sun 4 mile on St Patrick’s Day. The Club will march in the St Patrick’s Day parade in Bandon. Club members should assemble in the Church Carpark from 12 noon.