All Ireland Juv Results

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Just 2 medals but a number of other impressive performances also.
Phil Healy won silver in the u18 100m in avery tight finish, she just missed out on the gold by 2 hundreds of a second.
Patrick McSweeney won bronze in the u19 discus.
Other impressive performances came from Bobby Smith, Erin Kimgston, Kate Bernard, Shane Howard, Carla Hicks, Cian Kingston.

A number of club members including both medalist are back in action tomorrow so wishing everyone the best of luck.

Full details on AAI site.

County Senior T&F Results

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Only a small number of Bandon athletes in action at the County Senior T&F Championships in CIT tonight and strangely, all Bandon competitors were only competing in the throwing events!
Laura McSweeney won Gold in the Shot, Silver in the Discus and Bronze in the Hammer.
Rachel Roche won Silver in the Javelin and Bronze in the Shot and also placed 4th in the Discus.
Priscialla O’Sullivan won Silver in both the Hammer and the Shot Putt.
So a clean sweep for the Bandon ladies in the Shot Putt!

David Reynolds won Gold in the Javelin and Silver in both the Discus and Shot Putt.

West Cork Summer League

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The West Cork Athletic Summer season kicks of the with the first of a series of leagues which will be held at Skibbereen Athletic Club ground on this coming Friday 8th July with a 7pm start. Further leagues are planned for other West Cork venues throughout the season. These leagues are essentially a fun introduction to athletics. There will be a number of events for all the Juvenile age categories, sprints, distance, throwing events and long jump finishing as usual with relay races. The leagues are open to all juvenile athletes in the West Cork area. The Skibbereen Athletic Club ground is located on the Baltimore Road near the Soccer Club and everyone is welcome.

Munster Junior/Senior & U23 Results

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In the Munster Junior & U23 T&F Championships held in glorious sunshine in CIT there was a number of successes for club members.

In the 400mHurdles Daire Walsh won Gold.
Patrick McSweeney won Gold in the Weight for Distance and Weight for Height and Silver in Shot Putt and Hammer. The weight for distance was a new event for him, but he put in a flawless performance to clear at first attempt every height up to and including 3.90m before he decided to call it a day.
Laura McSweeney won Silver in the Hammer and Shot and Bronze in the Discus.
Phil Healy won Gold with an impressive performance in the 200m and Silver in the 100m.
Joan Healy won the 100m.
David Reynolds won Bronze in the Shot Putt and Silver in the javelin.

In the U23 age group, Rachel Roche won Gold in the Javelin. Roisin Howard won the 100m Hurdles, the High Jump, the Shot Putt, javelin and won Silver in the Long Jump.

In the Senior events, Priscialla O’Sullivan won Bronze in the Hammer.

Full Bandon Details

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Cork City Sports

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Some club members will be in action at the Cork City Sports on Sat.
Joan Healy with be in the Womens 100m and Laura McSweeney will compete in the Womens Hammer event.
Mark O’Sullivan will be in the Junior Men’s 1,500m.

There will also be a number of younger members taking part in some of the juvenile 300m races.

International Selection

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Two club members have been selected to be part of the Irish Schools U17 team for a trip to Cardiff in July. These selections are as the result of performances at the recent All-Ireland Schools T&F Championships and the Tailteann InterProvincal T&F Championships.
Laura McSweeney has been selected to compete in both the Shot Putt and the Hammer, while Phil Healy will complete in the 100m and in the 4*100m relay.
The Irish team will compete against teams from England, Scotland and Wales.
Well done to Laura and Phil on this achievement

PRO Report: June 28th

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The Bandon AC annual Summer Camp will be held this year from July 11th to 15th. The camp which offers a wide variety of sporting activity and fun will be held at the Bandon Grammar School with the indoor hall being used in the event of rain. The camp costs €65 per child and runs from 10am to 2pm daily. Contact Ann Gayson as soon as possible on 086- 2597 961 to secure a place. The camp is open to all children from six to 12 years and is guaranteed to please!

A number of club members were in action in Tullamore at the AAI Junior and U23 Track and Field Championships on 26th June. Laura McSweeney won a silver medal in Junior Shot Putt and finished in 6th and 7th places in Discus and Hammer. Also winning a junior silver medal was Joan Healy in the 100m. Patrick McSweeney finished third in Weight for Distance, fourth in Shot and 7th in the Hammer competition. David Reynolds was placed fourth in the Junior Javelin. In the U23 competitions, Róisín Howard won bronze in High Jump and finished fourth in Hurdles and Ronan Duggan finished fifth in the 800m.

Laura McSweeney was also in action at the Munster Schools Tailteann Interprovincial Championships recently in Santry Stadium, Dublin where she won the Shot Putt and was second in Hammer. Phil Healy won silver in the 100m and fifth in the 200m and was also part of a medal winning relay team. Eric Stam won bronze in Long Jump. Also competing but outside the medal positions on this occasion were Colin Kingston (Shot & Discus), Robert O’’Sullivan (Javelin) and Fiona Duggan (Discus).

Juvenile club members were successful at the AAI U9-U11 Team Competitions in Templemore recently. Ruairí Harrington and Max Hallahan won silver in the U9 Ball throw and Niamh Sugrue and Cora Ní Gallchoir also won silver for U10 Ball Throw.

The Ballinascarthy 10k Road Race will be held at 8pm in Ballinascarthy on July 1st . The Munster Junior, Senior & U23 Track and Field Championships will take place at CIT on Sunday 3rd July. Training continues every Monday and Wednesday at the Town Park at 7pm. Fit 4 Life takes place on Tuesdays at 8pm meeting at Kellehers in Bandon

No Training on Wed

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There will be no training on Wed 29th.
Instead the club will be heading to Riverstick-Kinsale Open Sports in Riverstick. The bus will be leaving from Kellehers at 6pm sharp.
Bus will be €5 (this is only for the bus and does not cover entry to sports)

The program of events is available here
These sports are always a very enjoyable day out, so I’d urge all club members to attend.

For anyone travelling by car, the sports are on in Riverstick G.A.A grounds, when you get to Riverstick, at the Babbling Brook Pub, go over the bridge and up the hill, the pitch is about half a mile up on the left.