All-Ireland Junior & U23 Results

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At the All-Ireland Junior & U23 Track & Field Championships today in Tullamore a number of club members were among the medals.
In the Junior age group;
Laura McSweeney won Silver in the Shot Putt and placed 6th in the Discus and 7th in the Hammer.
Joan Healy won Silver in the 100m.
Patrick McSweeney won Bronze in the Weight for Distance and placed 4th in the Shot Putt and 7th in the Hammer.
David Reynolds was 4th in the Javelin.
While in the U23 age group;
Roisin Howard won Bronze in the High Jump and was 4th in the Hurdles.
Ronan Duggan was 5th in the 800m.

Tailteann results

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A number of club members were in action today on the Munster schools team at the Tailteann InterProvincial In Santry Stadium in Dublin.
Laura McSweeney won the Shot Putt and was second in the Hammer. Phil Healy was 2nd in the 100m and 5th in the 200m. Eric Stam was 3rd in the Long Jump.
Colin Kingston was 5th in the Shot Putt and 6th in the Discus.Robert OSullivan was 5th in the Javelin.Fiona Duggan was 8th in the Discus.

Busy weekend ahead!

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Busy weekend of athletics ahead for club members.
Some club members have been selected to be part of the Munster Schools team competing in the Tailteann InterProvincial Track & Field Championships in Santry on Sat.
Some of them plus other members will then be heading to Tullamore on Sun for the All-Ireland Junior & U23 T&F Championships.
While in the All-Ireland u9-u11 Team Championships in Templemore the club will be represented by the Boys U9 pair of Max Hallahan and Ruairi Harrington who will be competing in the Ball Throw and Girls U11 pair of Cora Ni Gallchoir and Niamh Sugrue who are also competing in the Ball Throw.
Other club members will be heading to Tracton Open Sports while a large number of road runners will be in action on Friday night at the Courtmacsherry 10k road race.
Wishing all those competing the best of luck.

Munster Juveniles

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A number of successes for club members in the u14-u19 Track & Field Championships in Castleisland over the weekend.
Strong wind on day 1 made all events difficult but Sun was a much more favourable for athlete and spectator alike!
As usual the majority of club medals were in the throwing events where there was a number of gold medal winning performances.
Medal winners over the 2 days included:
Laura McSweeney (2 Gold, 2 Silver), Patrick McSweeney (2 Gold, 1 Silver), Colin Kingston (1 Gold, 2 Silver) Erin Kingston (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze), Eric Stam (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze), Fintan O’Shaughnessy (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze), Lynn Bradfield (1 Gold, 1 Silver) ,Sally Smith (1 Gold), Phil Healy (1 Gold), Robert O’Sullivan (1 Gold), Ella Nicholson (1 Silver) Joey Henchy (1 Bronze), Shane Howard (1 Bronze), Fiona Duggan (1 Bronze), Bobby Smith (1 Bronze).

Dunmanway 10k Road Race

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Well done to Kevin Wilmot who was the first Bandon A.C athlete home when he finished in an excellent 3rd place in the Dunmanway 10K on Sun 19th. Tom Laffan wasn’t far behind Kevin and finished in 8th place
Liz Barry finished in 28th place overall and was the second women finisher.
Others who completed the race included Cora Kelly.

Summer Camp

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Once again the club will be running its very successful summer camp this year.
This has proved very popular over the last couple of years so the advice is get your place reserved fast before it fills up.
Dates are 11th to the 15th July and the venue will be the Bandon Grammar School. The camp will run from 10am-2pm each day.

Booking form

You can return booking forms and payment to club officials at club training times or via post to the address below, any cheques should be made payable to “Bandon Athletic Club”

Ann Gayson
Boulteen,
Enniskeane
Co.Cork