The Club’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday 26th November at 8pm sharp at the Brogan Inn, Bandon. All adult club members should endeavour to attend as well as parents of juvenile athletes.
There were some stellar performances by Bandon athletes at the recent Munster Uneven Age Cross Country Championships held in Charleville on 7th November.
Bandon Athletic Club
Annual General Meeting
will be held on
Friday 26th November 2010
at 8.00pm sharp
The Brogan Inn, Bandon
A number of Bandon AC Juvenile athletes have qualified to compete at the All Ireland Even Age Cross Country Championships to be held in Derry on November 28th. The squad includes Carina Crowley, Eamon O’Sullivan, Victor Lovell & Conor Calnan (U12). Gerard Crowley, Ciara Houston, Louisa Keane & Sinead Caulfield (U14). Aisling Everard (U16), Mark O’Sullivan (U18). Well done to all those athletes and best of luck.
Carmel Crowley won a silver medal at the recent County Senior Cross Country Championships held in Cloyne on October 31st. Kevin Wilmot competed in the Senior Men’s race finishing in 19th position.
There were some fine performances by Bandon Athletes at the recent Munster Juvenile Even Age Cross Country Championships held in Carrigadroichead in Macroom on 17th October. U10 athlete Gráinne Mulcahy had a superb gold medal winning run which led the Cork team to victory. Also running were Ella Stack, Fionnuala Murphy, Cora Ní Ghallchoir, Niamh Sugrue, Katie Collins and Saoirse McCarthy. The Bandon team were place fifth. Carina Crowley ran at U12 level finishing in 33rd position. Also competing were Eva Stack, Ciara McKeon, Aoife Riordan, Rebecca Earley and Elsa Harte. U12 boys Eamon O’Sullivan and Conor Calnan finished 25th and 26th respectively. Also running well were Victor Lovell, Conor Reynolds, Michael Laffan. The Bandon team finished fifth and Eamon was part of the bronze medal winning Cork Team. At U14 level Ciara Houston finished in 18th position with Sinead Caulfield coming in 21st and Louisa Keane following right behind in 22nd place. Fiona Everard, Ingrid Burns, Mari Dineen and Lisa Lovell also competed. The Bandon team were fourth. Ciara Houston was part of the Cork team which won gold. Gerard Crowley finished in 20th place in the U14 boys race. Aisling Everard was 10th at U16 level and was part of the Cork team who were second winning her a Munster team medal. Mark O’Sullivan ran at U18 level finishing in fifteenth position.
Upcoming events include the Munster Intermediate and Uneven Age Cross Country Championships which will be held in Charleville on 7th November. The County B Juvenile and Intermediate Championships will take place the following weekend November 14th in Carrig na bhFear. Dungarvan is the venue for the Munster Masters and Juvenile B Cross Country Championships on 21st November.
Just 2 Bandon A.C athletes in action in the Cork County Senior/Junior Cross Country Championships in Cloyne on 31st Oct.
In the Senior Men’s race Kevin Wilmot finished in 19th place, while in the Senior Women’s race Carmel McCarthy continued her great run of results in the this race and finished in 2nd place.
Carmel’s previous positions in the race in recent years were 5th, 1st, 4th and 3rd.
Full results from the recent and highly successful Bandon 10k Road Race are now available
As a result of performances in the Munster Cross Country the following Bandon A.C athletes have been selected to be part of Cork teams for the upcoming evenage group All-Ireland Cross County in Derry on the 28th Nov.
Aisling Everard, Carina Crowley, Eamonn O’Sullivan, Conor Calnan, Victor Lovell, Ciara Houston, Sinead Caulfield, Louisa Keane, Mark O’Sullivan, Gerard Crowley.
Well done to all on this selection.
Anyone not able to make the trip should make sure they let their coaches know.
The club had a number of medal winners in the EvenAge Munster cross country in Macroom last Sunday.
Grainne Mulcahy (1st u10 and also part of Cork team which won gold), Eamonn O’Sullivan (u12 part of Cork team which won Bronze), Ciara Houston (u14 part of Cork team which won Gold), Aisling Everard (10th u16 and part of Cork team which won Silver).
There were a number of other impressive performances also with some teams just narrowly outside the medals.
Full results on Munster site.
There was some very competitive finishes at the recent uneven age County Juvenile Cross Country Championships held in Carrig na bhFear on Sunday 10th October. The course was naturally sloping with a few testing hills, but with a fine downhill finish Continue reading ‘Pro Report: 12th Oct’ »
