Well done to Carmel Crowley who was 4th in the Munster Senior Cross Country yesterday in Kerry.
Carmel was the first Cork runner home and helped Cork to win Gold in the Inter County competition.

The Woodies DIY National Masters Championships was held in Nenagh on Sun and the club had just 2 members competing.
In the Women’s O40 age group, Liz Coomey won Gold in the High Jump and Silver in the Shot Putt and finished 4th in the 60m
Kathleen Hayes won Silver in each of the 60m, the Long Jump and Shot Putt in the Women’s O50 age group.
Well done to Liz and Kathleen.

More pics of the road race.
Thanks Sharron!

Some successes today for club members in the Munster Junior Indoor Championships in Nenagh.
Gold for Phil Healy in the 60m, Gold for Eric Stam in the Long Jump, Gold for Patrick McSweeney in the Shot Putt, Silver for Laura McSweeney in the Shot Putt, Silver for Eric Stam in the Shot Putt, Silver for Patrick McSweeney in the Weight for Distance, Silver for Phil Healy in the 60m and Bronze for Duncan Lou in the Weight for Distance.
Sinead Mulcahy was contesting the Senior events where she finished 1st in the 60m and 2nd in the 200m.

Pat Mulcahy, Frank Stam, Liz Commey and Kathleen Hayes were in action in the Masters events where a number of medals were also won.

Full results now in results section

The indoor season kicks of for a number of club members with the usual trip to Nenagh, the center of the Irish athletics world at this time of the year!
This weekend is the Munster Junior/Senior and Masters Indoor Championships. A number of Master athletes will be in action hoping to fine tune their preparation for the National Masters the following week.
There is a number of athletes competing in the Junior (u20) age group and hopefully we will see a number of impressive performance and maybe a number of club records will be broken.

Wishing all competitors the best of luck and safe traveling.

Below is a listing of the age groups for AAI/club athletic competitions in 2014

Age categories calculated from 31st December in the year of competition.

Age group u9 Born 2006
Age group u10 Born 2005
Age group u11 Born 2004
Age group u12 Born 2003
Age group u13 Born 2002
Age group u14 Born 2001
Age group u15 Born 2000
Age group u16 Born 1999
Age group u17 Born 1998
Age group u18 Born 1997
Age group u19 Born 1996

Junior is u20, but you can also compete in this age group if you are u17, u18 or u19.
So in 2014 to compete in Junior age group for clubs competitions you need to be born 1995, 1996, 1997 or 1998.
Senior Athletes must be 16 years or over on 31 December in the year of Competition, so u17 or older with no upper limit. Only restriction is that for men’s shot, discus, hammer and weight for distance, you have to be 18 or over on the day of the competition.
Under 23 in 2014 is athletes born in 1994, 1993, 1992.
Masters is over35 on the day of competition.

For schools competitions the age groups are different.
School Age Limits:

Minor – Under 14 on 1st July 2014
Junior – Under 15 on 1st July 2014
Inter – Under 17 on 1st July 2014
Senior – Under 19 on 1st January 2014

Tailteann/Schools International – Under 17 on 1st Sept 2014
Athletes are selected for Munster team to compete in Tailteann (typically 2 athletes per track events run in lanes, 3 all other events) based on performances in Munster and All-Ireland Schools competitions. Junior athletes can be selected for Tailteann.
Athletes are selected for Schools International team (2 per event) based on performances in Tailteann and All-Ireland Schools

A number of club members will be honored at the upcoming Munster Star Awards.
Roisin Howard will receive the Under 23 Women Award as a result of her being the top female U23 at last years Munster Indoor and Outdoor Championships/
Carmel Crowley will receive the Senior Women Cross Country Award as a result of her winning the Munster Senior Cross Country title back in Feb.
The Awards will be held in the Auburn Lodge Hotel, Ennis, on Saturday 28th January 2012.

Well done to Roisin and Carmel on these well deserved awards

Thankfully the Donough Coughlan Memorial 5 mile road race was held in mostly bright and dry conditions. A large number of runners took part with 278 finishers and the leader almost from the gun was Tim Twomey of Leevale who emerged victorious in a time of 26.26 to win the Donough Coughlan Memorial Cup which was later presented to him by Mrs Nora Coughlan. In 2nd place was Ian O’Leary of DSD with Danny Smith of Ballynonty in 3rd place. Lizzie Lee of Leevale won the womens race with Bandon’s Carmel Crowley finishing in 2nd with Jill Hodgin’s in 3rd place. Other local man athletes who figured included Kevin Wilmot (4th), Eamon O’Donovan (8th), Paddy Murphy, Tom Sheehan, Matthew Geedon, Sean Murphy, Joe O’Sullivan, Tim Lucey, Pat O’Sullivan, Pat Mulcahy, Donal McCarthy, Phil Murphy, Liam Murphy, Cillian Burke, Robert Merrick, Ben Gaffney, Ronan Kelleher, Emmet Callan, Paul Kingston, Ivan Buttimer and Daire Harrington. The ladies were well represented also withMargaret Callnan, Pauline Callnan, Cora Kelly and Tracey Payne being among the finishers.
Matthew Ahern won the leading male junior.

Full Results

Additional photo albums

A gallery of over 700 photos by Gearoid O’Laoi HERE

First indoor championships of 2013 are on Sunday with the Munster Junior/U23/Senior and Master Championships in Nenagh.
A number of club members will be in action so best of luck to them all.

Timetable for the day isavailable here