At the All Ireland juvenile Track & Field Championships in Tullamore over the weekend there was a number of impressive performances from club members.
Laura McSweeney had an impressive sequence of throws with all 6 of her throws over 13m and a best of 13.67m and a new championships record to win gold in the u18 shot, she also won Gold in the Hammer and finished 4th in the Discus.
In the sprints, Phil Healy had an comprehensive win the u19 100m and Kate Bernard recorded a fast time to win bronze in the u14 80m. In the jumps, Fintan O’Shaughnessy won Silver in the U17 Triple Jump and also placed 6th in the Long Jump. Eric Stam won the U19 Pole Vault and also finished 6th in the 400m Hurdles. Helena Murphy won Bronze in the u18 Pole Vault and Ciaran O’Sullivan won Silver in the U16 Pole Vault.
There was also another couple of medals in the throws as Sally Smith won Gold in the U15 Discus while Lyn Bradfield won Bronze in the U19 Shot Put and also finished 6th in the Discus.
A number of other club members put in good performances but finished outside the medals on this occasion included;
Erin Kingston (u15 who despite an injury put in great performances to finish 4th in the Hammer and Shot Put, missing out on a medal in the shot by just 1cm)
Thomas McCarthy (9th u18 SteepleChase), Fiona Duggan (u17 narrowly outside the medals in the discus in 4th place and 10th in the Shot), Cian Kingston (u14 8th Shot Put), Robert O’Sullivan (u18 5th Javelin), Bobby Smith (U17 6th Triple Jump), Carla Hicks (u14 10th Long Jump), Ella Nicholson (u15 5th Long Jump, 6th 250m Hurdles), Emma Young (u16 5th High Jump), Aisling Cassidy (u12 10th Long Jump), Joseph Edmead (u12 4th Ball Throw and 7th Long Jump), Ella Stack (u12 7th High Jump), Jake Inglis (u18 6th 400m Hurdles)

Full details on AAI site.

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Best of luck to all the athletes heading to Tullamore at the weekend for the All-Ireland Juvenile Track & Field Championships.

Timetables are available on AAI site. Please note, some changes from earlier versions.
Day 1
Day 2

3 club members in action on day of the National Senior T&F Championships in Santry.
Joan and Phil Healy were in action in the 100m sprint where they both qualified for the finals where they finished just outside the medals, Joan finishing in 4th (in 11.97) with Phil in 5th place (in 11.98)
Roisin Howard contested the High Jump where she finished in 6th place with a height of 1.55m

Well done girls.

Roisin Howard finished 6th place in the Senior Women’s Long Jump today at the National Senior T&F Championships in a sunny Morton Stadium.

Patrick McSweeney was contesting the Junior Weight for Height which was held alongside the Senior events. He successfully retained the title he won last year adding it to the Weight for Distance title he won at the National Juniors a couple of weeks ago.

Roisin will be back in action tomorrow in the High Jump and the 110m Hurdles while sisters Joan and Phil Healy will be contesting the 100m.

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Some impressive performances from Bandon athletes over the two days of the Munster Juvenile T&F Championships.
Among the medalists:
Laura McSweeney Gold Shot Put, Gold Hammer (both with a new Championship best),Silver in the Javelin Bronze in the Discus.
Shane Howard Gold High Jump, Gold Long Jump
Fintan O’Shaughnessy Gold Triple Jump, Bronze Long Jump
Bobby Smith Gold Javelin, Silver Triple Jump, Silver Discus
Robert O’Sullivan Silver Javelin, Silver Shot Put, Bronze Discus
Eric Stam Silver High Jump, Bronze Pole Vault, Silver 400m Hurdles, Silver Long Jump
Travis Coomey Gold Discus
Kate Bernard Silver 80m, Silver 200m
Fiona Duggan Bronze Hammer. Bronze Discus
Lyn Bradfield Silver Shot Put, Silver Discus
Erin Kingston Gold Shot Put, Bronze Javelin
Colin Kingston Gold Shot Put
Sally Smith Gold Discus
Phil Healy Silver 100m sprint
Cathal O’Sullivan Bronze Triple Jump
Thomas McCarthy Silver SteepleCases
Girls U14 relay team bronze
Girls U16 relay team bronze
Ciaran O’Sullivan Silver Pole Vault
Ella Nicholson Silver 250mHurdles
Carla Hicks Silver Long Jump
Jake Inglis Silver 400m Hurdles
matthew Draper Silver 200m

Just outside the individual medal placing were Bella Sherlock, Emma Young, Emma Nicholson, Amy Crowley, Fiacra Harrington, Lisa Lovell, Emma O’Brien, Joey Henchy, Casandra O’Sullivan

Well done to all who competed over the two days.

Full results on Munster site

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Its the turn of the u13-19’s to contest the Munster Juvenile T&F Championships at the weekend in CIT.
Timetable for weekends events
Please note change in Timetable for Sunday 1st July.
The time of the 1500m events have been moved to an earlier time than was given in the timetable originally.

There is a West Cork Summer League on Fri night in Skibbereen at 7pm in the Soccer grounds on the Baltimore road just outside of town on the right. Age groups will be u10, u12, u14 and u16.
there will be a sprint, long race and 1 field event per age group with mixed relays to finish the night.

Courtmacsherry-Timoleague 10k road race is also on Friday night.
Entry info is available on runireland web site

Not many club members in action today at the National Junior & U23 T&F Championships but there was a number of medals won.
In the Junior events;
Phil Healy had an impressive double in the sprints winning Gold in both the 100m and 200m.
Laura McSweeney won Gold the Shot Put, Bronze in the Hammer and also placed 6th in the Discus.
Patrick McSweeney won Gold in the 35lb Weight throw, Bronze in the Shot Put and placed 6th in the Hammer.

In the U23 events;
Roisin Howard had an impressive haul, winning Gold in the Hurdles, High Jump and Long Jump.
Joan Healy finished just outside the medals in 4th place in the 100m and 200m sprints.

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