Among the Bandon A.C runners who competed in Clonakility on Sat included Tom Laffan who finished 12th in full marathon and Thomas Sheehan who finished 60th.
In the Half Marathon, Kevin Wilmot was the first club member home finishing in an impressive 4th place just ahead of Shane O’Rourke. No less impressive was Carmel McCarthy who finished in 11th place and was second woman home. Louise Cavanagh finished in 61st place.
Also competing were John Donegan, Pauline & Emmett Callan, John O’Sullivan and Pat O’Sullivan
While in the 10k race, Eamonn O’Donovan had an excellent win.
Well done to all club members who took part.
Discus and Javelin Workshop
Thanks to Dave Sweeney who gave a couple of excellent workshops on Discus and Javelin on Sat.
A large number of athletes attended the sessions with a number of coaches also in attendance, so hopefully club members will put what they learned into practice and will see rewards next year.
All-Ireland Cross Country
A number of club members will be making the trip to the Curragh for the All-Ireland Cross Country on Sun so wishing them all the best and a safe journey.
PRO Report 5th Dec
National throwing coach Dave Sweeney will be a guest of Bandon AC on Saturday 10th November where he will present a discus and javelin workshop. The venue is Bandon Grammar School and registration is at 9.45am with a cost of €10 for both sessions or €5 for one session. Anybody interested should contact Catherine Duggan at 086 2399665 or catherinew.duggan@gmail.com. Eric Stam was part of the Irish Schools U18 team which finished in second place at the Schools International Pentathlon Championship held in Glasgow on 3rd December. Kevin Wilmot competed at the Cork County Intermediate Cross Country Championships in Watergrasshill on 4th December where he won the silver medal over an 8K course.
Membership for 2012
At the recent AGM, the club agreed to hold membership fee’s the same same at level as current for 2012.
The club with hold 2 registration nights in the Bandon Grammar School at training times on Mon 12th and Wed 14th Dec. (click for reg form)
All members should try and pay the membership fee’s that night. In particular any athletes who will be competing in early 2012 should make sure their membership is paid in a timely manner otherwise they may not be entered in competitions.
No athletes will be entered in competitions unless registration fee is received.
Discus/Javelin Workshop
Bandon AC are holding a discus and javelin workshop in Bandon Grammar school on Saturday December 10th with National Coach Dave Sweeney.
Registration will be at 9.45am in the P.E. hall for discus
Lunch break from 12-1pm
Javelin registration at 12.45
Finish at 15.00
10 euros for both sessions or 5 euros for 1 session
If interested contact
Catherine at 0862399665 or catherinew.duggan@gmail.com
County Intermediate XC
Kevin Wilmot was the only club competitor in the Cork County Intermediate Cross Country Championships on Sun 4th.
Kevin finished in an excellent 2nd place in the 8km race.
Schools International Result
Well done to Eric Stam who helped the Irish Schools U18 team finish in second place in the Schools International Pentathlon in Kelvin Hall, Glasgow yesterday.
Eric finished in 7th place overall with a points total of 3318 which was just 54points away for 3rd place.
Schools International
Best of luck to Eric Stam who will be on the Irish Schools Combined Events team for an International in Scotland next weekend. Eric is of course one of the top multi eventers in the country and has previously been a member of a number of Irish squads.
Preview on AAI Site