Colin Kington was the only medal winner from the club in the InterProvincal T&F Championships in Santry on Sat.
Colin won a Silver medal in the Shot Put and a bronze in the Discus and can now look forward being part of the Irish Schools team for the SIAB Schools International T&F in July. Congratulation Colin.
Others from the club who contested well but finished outside the medals included; Fintan O’Shaughnessy (4th Triple Jump), Robert O’Sullivan (6th Javelin), Bobby Smith (5th Javelin), Fiona Duggan (8th Shot Putt)

Best of luck to all the athletes in action on the track over the weekend.

On Sat there is the All-Ireland Team event and there are number of pairing qualified for that.
Also on Sat there is the Tailteann Interprovincial Track & Field in Santry and a number of club members have been selected for the Munster team. Full team here

and on Sun, the National Junior and U23 Championships will be on in Tullamore.

Best of luck to all athletes involved.

Phil Healy had an impressive win in the 100m at the Munster Senior T&F Championships in Templemore, her time of 12.11 equaled the existing championship record. Her sister Joan won Silver in the same race.
Roisin Howard had a busy day winning Gold in the 100m Hurdles, Gold in the High Jump, Silver in the Long Jump, as well as placing 4th in Shot Putt, 5th 200m and 4th in Javelin.

The Munster Masters were on the same venue and Liz Coomey, Priscilla O’Sullivan and Kathleen Hayes were all multiple medal winners.

Full details on the Munster site.

The first of the West Cork Summer Leagues will be held Friday 29th June in Skibbereen at 7pm.
The venue is the soccer pitch and athletics ground on the Baltimore road.
Age groups will be u10, u12, u14, u16

The other dates/venues are

These Leagues are a great opportunity for athletes to compete in a relaxed environment and have fun.
There is a sprint and long race plus 1 field event for each age group on the night.
The relays at the end of the night are mixed among the clubs.

Some club members were out and about at activities other than athletics recently!.
Thanks Sharon for the pics.

In the Munster U12-u13 Championships, medal winners included;
Ella Stack (Bronze u12 High Jump), Joseph Edmead (Gold u12 Ball throw, Silver u12 Long Jump)

In the u9-u11 team event there was a number of success story particularly in the ball throw.
in the u10 ball throw, the paring of Max Hallahan and Ruairi Harrington won Gold with Luke Quinlan and Mark Collins winning Silver.
In the u11 Ball throw, Niamh Sugrue and Cora Ni Gallachoir won Gold.
In the u9 300m, Jack Callanan and Callum McCourt were 3rd

There was also a large number of impressive performance and an number of other athletes were just outside the medals, so well done to all who took part.
Full results on the Munster site

Thanks to Finbarr for the photos.

A long day yesterday and an early start for a number of athletes who were on the Men’s and Womens team in the National League yesterday.
The womens team were contesting a tough pool in the Premier Division but performed well and are in a good position after the day and have good expectation of another solid performance in day 2 being enough to make the final in August.
The only win on the day came in the Shot Putt from Laura McSweeney who also finished 4th in the Hammer. One of the busiest athletes on the day was Roisin Howard who finished 2nd in Long Jump and 100m Hurdles and 4th in the High Jump and was also part of the 4*100m relay team. Other good performances from Phil Healy who was 2nd in the 100m & 4th in the 200m, Carmel McCarthy in the 1,500m and 3,000m, Grainne Moynihan (Guesting) in the 400m Hurdles and 400m, Rachel Roche (2nd Javelin), Fiona Duggan (3rd Discus), Priscilla O’Sullivan (Walk), Tracey Bradfield (Triple Jump), Aisling Everard (800m and 1,500 SteepleChase)
Also, there was some guest performances, Priscilla (Hammer and Discus), Tracey (Discus), Laura (Discus)

The men in the First Division had a slightly easier day partly due to the non arrival of some teams in their section and performed really well.
Highlight of the men’s team was a number of younger members bravely tacking events which would not have been their first choice and putting in some good performances.
Team included; Eric Stam (High Jump, Pole Vault, 110m Hurdles), Colin Kingston (100m, 200m), Jake Inglis (400m Hurdles and 800m), David Reynolds (Shot, Javelin, 400m), Ronan Duggan (1500m and 3000m SteepleChase), Robert O’Sullivan (Walk), Fintan O’Shaughnessy (Long Jump and Triple Jump) Frank Stam (Hammer, Discus), Patrick McSweeney (56lb).
Relay teams:
4×100: Eric, Fintan, Colin, Ronan
4×400: Jake, Shane Howard, Ronan, Eric
Also, there was some guest performances, Robert (Javelin), Shane (High Jump)

Full results later

Points info after Round 1
Pool B
Division 1 Men Points
Bandon A.C. 122
An Riocht A.C 113
Kilkenny City Harriers A.C 103
Craughwell A.C. 36

Premier Women Points
DSD 112
Leevale A.C 90
Ferrybank A.C 87
Kerry Athletics 88
Bandon A.C. 85
Galway County 80
Kilkenny City Harriers A.C 76
Borrisokane A.C 61

The successful Bandon A.C. summer camp will run this year from 2nd to 6th of July.
Venue will again be the Bandon Grammar School and times will be 10am – 2pm.

For more info see the attached:

Flyer

Application Form

Places will be limited so ensure you book places before the camp is full.

Bandon’s Mens and Womens teams wil be in action in the first round of the National League in Tullamore on Sun.
The womens team finished 2nd in the Premier final last year and this year will also fielding a strong team with hope to making the final again and as we saw last year…in the final anything can happen!

This is the first time in a few years than Bandon had fielded a mens team and it will be a mainly youthful looking team as they contest the First Division but that doesn’t mean it won’t be packed with experienced athletes as they look to emerge from the pool stages and make the final.

Best of luck to both teams.

Closer to home, the cream of Bandon’s young athletes will be heading to CIT to contest the Munster u9-u13 T&F Championships so best of luck to all the athletes in action on Sat & Sun.