In the Irish Universities Indoor Championships in Nenagh recently Roisin Howard representing U.L. won the Combined Events and also placed 3rd in the High Jump,3rd in the Shot Putt, 6th in the Long Jump and 6th in the Weight for Distance.
Timmy Harrington (C.I.T.) was 2nd in the Long Jump and Rachel Roche (U.L) was 6th in the Shot Putt and 8th in the Weight for Distance.
PRO Report 7th Feb
Carmel Crowley ran a top class race to finish in second place at the Woodies DIY AAI Masters Cross Country Championships in Dublin on 6th February. Carmel finished the 4K course in a time of 17.42 beating Beijing Marathon Olympian Pauline Curley of Tullamore Harriers into third position. Conditions on the day were fairly muddy given the heavy rain in preceding days.
Timmy Harrington and Joan Healy were presented with awards for their achievements in 2010 at the recent Cork County Board Athletic Awards. Carmel Crowley was the recipient of the International Award. Phil Healy won the Munster Senior Indoors Award for her Indoor performance in 2010 at the Munster Athletics Awards ceremony held in Cahir.
Eric Stam won the Boys U18 AAI Indoor Combined Events Championships in Nenagh on 29th January. He competed as a guest the following day in the Leinster Junior Championships where competing in the Pole vault he cleared 2.08m. This equalled the vault of the Leinster winner and was a new championship best. Joan Healy won the 60m sprint at the AAI Games and Combined Events in Nenagh in on 23rd January. Róisín Howard won silver in Shot Putt and finished fifth in Long Jump. She also finished third in the Senior Women’s Combined Events. Ronan Duggan finished fourth in the Senior Men’s 1,000m and Phil Healy came second in the 200m B final.
Registration for the coming year is taking place and all athletes are required to pay their membership as soon as possible. Forms can be downloaded from the Club’s website www.bandonac.org. Fit 4 Life continues every Tuesday evening, meeting at Kelleher’s in Bandon at 8pm for walking, jogging and running.
All-Ireland Masters Cross Country
Well done to Carmel Crowley who was second in the All-Ireland Masters Cross Country Championships today in Dublin.
Combined Events Champion
Well done to Eric Stam who won the Boys U18 All-Ireland Combined events Championships in Nenagh on Sat 29th.
Eric was back in Nenagh on Sun 30th, where he took part as a guest in the Leinster Junior Championships, competing in the Pole Vault, he cleared 2.80m which was the same height as the Leinster winner which incidentally is a new championships best.
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AAI Games & Combined Events
Joan Healy had a great win in the 60m at the AAI Games in Nenagh on Sat, beating Niamh Whelan from Ferrybank into second place. Roisin Howard was 2nd in the Shot Putt and 5th in the Long Jump. Phil Healy was 2nd in the ‘B’ final of the 200m. Ronan Duggan was 4th in the Men’s 1,000m.
Roisin Howard was also 3rd in the Senior Women’s Combined Events
PRO Report 17th Jan
The Woodies DIY AAI Juvenile Uneven Cross Country Championships were finally held last Sunday16th January in Tullamore. The event had to be cancelled in December due to poor weather. This time however, the day was perfect and the event ran smoothly without any of the controversy that marred the event last year in Coleraine. Aisling Everard finished in 17th place over 3.5k at U15 level. She won team gold medals as part of the Munster and Cork teams. Conor Calnan won a Munster gold medal at U11 level. He finished in 25th place out of a total of 141 runners and also took home a silver medal as part of the Cork team. Also running well in the same race were Christian Buttimer, Aaron Draper, Michal Laffan and Cian Kingston. Moira Barrett competing in her first All Ireland Championships won a gold medal as part of the Cork team in the U11 race. She finished in 20th place followed by Laura Nicholson in 25th position. Also running were Ciara McKeon, Niamh Calnan and Ella Stack. Competing over 2.5k at U13 level were Fiona Everard, Mari Dineen, Ingrid Burns and Ava Stack. Well done to these athletes on their achievement particularly as it was the first taste of All Ireland competition for all of the athletes excepting Aisling Everard and Conor Calnan.
Joan Healy had an impressive win in the 60m sprint in a time of 7.71at the All Ireland Junior Indoor Championships in Nenagh on 15th January. The McSweeney family went home with two silver medals and one bronze. Laura came second in the Shot Putt with a throw of 10.96m. Patrick took silver in the Weight for Distance throwing 7.61m and came third in the Shot Putt. Also competing on the day but with finishes outside the medal positions were Phil Healy (200m) and Tracy and Lynn Bradfield (Shot Putt).
Membership registration for 2011 is taking place during January and all those wishing to train and/or compete with the club are required to register for the year. Membership remains the same at €40 for adults, €30 for juveniles and €100 for a family. Application forms are available on training nights.
Bandon Half Marathon
January is always a time for new starts, new aims and forward planning. The winter solstice has passed and there is that extra chink of light in the skies in the evening. This January your resolution can be to be fast, to be fit, to be focussed for the coming year. Bandon Athletic Club in a joint venture with Bandon Rugby Club is hosting the first ever Half Marathon to be staged in Bandon. Saturday May 14th is the date for your diary.
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All-Ireland Junior Indoors
The club had just 6 athletes in action in the All-Ireland Junior Indoor championships.
Joan Healy had a convincing win the 60m sprint.
Patrick McSweeney was 2nd in the Weight for Distance and 3rd in the Shot Putt.
Laura McSweeney was 2nd in the Shot Putt.
Phil Healy finished in 3rd place in the 200m ‘B’ final.
Tracy and Lynn Bradfield also completed in the Shot but finished outside the medals.
Bandon Half Marathon
Plans are ongoing trying to finalize details of the course for the Bandon Half Marathon on the 14th May and should have more info in the next week or so.
A 10k race will also take place, so there will be something for everyone on the day.