Some upcoming courses in CIT Cork listed below.
If any existing coach would like to do the level 1 course, then please let Catherine know.
If any parent would be interested in doing the Leader or Assistant coach course, please talk to Catherine for more info.

– Athletic Leader Sat 27th Feb 9.00am CIT Cork
– Assistant Coach Sat 20th Feb 9.00am CIT Cork
– Level 1 Course 11/12th March 9.00am CIT Cork

Further information:

http://www.corkathletics.org/Coaching/Cork-Athletics-Coach-Education-Courses-February-2016.html

https://events.athleticsireland.ie/ps/event/listings?view=OTHER

It certainly was a special day on Sat for the Healy family.
Contesting the guest 60m in the National League Phil Healy recorded her fastest time ever indoor of 7.35sec’s and set a new National u23 60m Indoor record. Finishing just behind her was her sister Joan who was making a comeback after missing most of the last 2 years with injuries. Joan clocked a fast 7.41 seconds.
Phil and Joan are now ranked 5th and 9th in the Irish All-time 60m indoor listing, which is an incredible achievement.

At the AAI Indoor Games in Athlone on Sunday, Phil Healy won the 200m and placed 2nd in the 60m.
Joan Healy was 3rd in the 60m heats.
Mark O’Sullivan finished 11th in the 3,000m

On Sunday the AAI Indoor Games will be held in Athlone with a number of club members in action.
Phil Healy will contest the 60m, the 200m and the 400m, Joan Healy will contest the 60m.
Mark O’Sullivan will contest the 3,000m while Ronan Duggan will contest the 800m.

Preview and entry list on AAI site

Wishing them all the best of luck.

The Munster Juvenile Inter-County Cross Country Relays takes place this Sunday the 7th February in Enniskeane at the same venue used for the West Cork XC Championships in Sept.

A number of Juvenile members are on Cork teams. Full listing on Cork Site

Wishing all club members in action the best of luck.

Phil Healy recorded an impressive double at the 60m and 200m at the u23 National Indoor Championships in Athlone today.
Shane Howard won Silver in the U23 Long Jump, Shane also placed 4th in the 60m final and Promise Okafor won Bronze in the U23 Triple Jump and also placed 4th in the Long Jump.

In the Junior age group Gavin Hicks won Gold in the Weight for Distance and also placed 5th in the Shot Putt with a new Personal Best. Lukas Ross won Silver in the Weight for Distance and placed 6th in his heat of the 400m. Joey Henchy finished 6th in the 60m final and Scott Gibson finished 3rd in his 400m heat and qualified for the final, but was unable to take part due to illness and Daniel Hathaway was 2nd in his 200m heat

Well done to all

Full results on Athletics Ireland site

A number of club members will be in action for their schools in the South Munster Schools Cross Country in Munster Showgrounds in Curraheen on Friday. This bunch have been training hard and some good performances are expected on the day.
On Friday night the Cork County Awards night is on in the Imperial Hotel and a number of club members will be receiving awards.
On Sunday some members will be making the trip to Athlone for the All-Ireland Junior and U23 Indoor Championships.

Wishing everyone the best of luck.

Upcoming road race which club members might be interested in attending.

At the Intermediate and Masters Cross County on Sunday in Dundalk there was 2 club members in action.
In the Intermediate Men’s race Mark O’Sullivan finished in an excellent 16th placing in a very competitive race.
In the Masters Women race, Ronnie Barry was 49th past the finish line and placed 19th in the O40 age category.
In the All-Ireland ‘b’ Cross Country in Dundalk there was some impressive results.
Boys U11, 2nd Joseph Buttimer, 11th Sean Deasy, 13th Dara McCarthy, 52nd Ciaran Brady, 84th Dara Ryan. Team was 1st and Joseph, Sean and Dara all part of Cork team who finished 3rd
Girls u11, 2nd Niamh Quinn, 10th Ciara O’Sullivan, 47th Molly O’Callaghan, 56th Ciara White, 87th Aoibheann Cotter. Team was 2nd and Niamh and Ciara were part of Cork team which finished 3rd
Boys U13, 18th Keelan Crowley, 27th Gavin Kelleher, 39th Ruairi Harrington, 48th Rory Desmond, 58th Sean Kiely. Team were 6th.
Girls U13 45th Ellen Murphy, 48th Amy O’Donoghue, 80th Saoirse O’Neill, 82nd Lucy T McCarthy. Team were 9th
Boys U15, 14th Fionn Harrington, 18th Niall Desmond, 21st Gavin Kenny, 25th Peter Ronan. Team were 1st and Fionn, Niall and Gavin were all part of Cork team which finished 1st.
Girls U15 25th Katie Murphy. Team was part of Cork team which finished 3rd
Boys U17 12th John Muckian,

In Athlone, Aisling Cassidy was 2nd in the U16 All-Ireland Combined Events, with Ciara McKeown placed 4th in the U18 age group.

Well done to all involved

Wishing everyone in action over the weekend the best of luck.
In Nenagh on Sunday, there is the Munster Juvenile Indoor relays which see’s a number of teams taking part, full start lists on Munster site

Timetable is also on Munster site

While on the same day Aisling Cassidy will be the sole club member in action in the Pole Vault.
Aisling will also be in action on Saturday at the National Combined events where she will be joined by Ciara McKeown. Preview of Combined events on AAI site

The All-Ireland Intermediate and Masters Cross Country is taking place also on Sunday in Dundalk IT and club members in action here will be Mark O’Sullivan, Ronnie Barry and Carmel Crowley.
Timetable and info for the day is on the AAI site.

Preview on AAI site