Best of luck to the Bandon athletes who are heading to Ennis for the Munster B Track and Field Championships on Sunday.

Timetable on Munster site

Entry list on Munster Site

The club will have just members in action at the National Masters Track & Field Championships in Tullamore on Sun.
Frank Stam will be competing in the Weight for Distance, the Shot Putt and the Discus, while Carmel Crowley will contest the 800m, 1500m and 3,000m.
Wishing Frank and Carmel the best of luck.

Well done to Kate Bernard who has been selected as part of the U18 4x100m relay team for the Celtic International in Scotland on the August Bank Holiday weekend.

Bandon had a men’s and women’s team in action in the 2nd round of the National League in Athlone on Sunday.
The men were contesting the first division and paired up with Abbey Striders to form Bandon Striders. After a good 1st round, the team were in a great position and consolidated that with some more great results and qualified comfortably for the final which will be held in Tullamore on the Aug bank holiday weekend.
The women’s team were contesting the Premier division and needed to pull out all the stops to make the final. Some great performances and some athletes taking on events they wouldn’t normally do resulted in a good points total, but it appears as if the women will narrowly miss out on a final spot but the experience will stand them well and will be back stronger next year.
Best of luck to the men’s team in the final.

Performances on the day included:
The mens’s team:
Patrick McSweeney won the Shot Putt and the Hammer, Bobby Smith won the Javelin, Shane Howard won the High Jump and also placed 5th in the Discus.
Promise Okafor won the Long Jump and was 2nd in the Triple Jump. Danny Allen was 2nd in the 200m and 3rd in the 400m.
Joey Henchy was 4th in the 100m. Mark O’Sullivan was 3rd in the 1500m. Ronan Duggan was 4th in the 800m. Both the 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams were 2nd.
Damien Hickey from Abbey Striders was 3rd in the 400m Hurdles while Saran Malangalashthira was 2nd in the Pole Vault.

The womens team;
Phil Healy won the 100m. Laura McSweeney was 2nd in the Shot and in the Hammer. Rachel Roche was 2nd in the Javelin. Fiona Everard was 3rd in the 1500m and 4th in the 800m.
Kate Bernard was 4th in the 200m and 5th in the High Jump. Carmel Crowley was 3rd in the 3000m. Fiona Duggan was 3rd in the Discus. Carla Hicks was 3rd in the Pole Vault. Eva Stack was 5th in the Long Jump and in the 400m. Amy Crowley was 4th in the 400m Hurdles and 6th in the Triple Jump. The 4x100m team were 5th.

Well done to everyone who competed in Tullamore on Sat at the All-Ireland B Track and Field or the interclub relays.

Some photos from Sat

At the European Junior’s the Irish men’s 4x100m relay team which included Scott Gibson made the final after they finished fourth in their semi-final in 40.97 seconds. They finished seventh in the final in 41.09.

Well done to Scott and the rest of the team.

Well done to Scott Gibson who put in a brave performance in the semi-final of the 400m in the European Track and Field Championships, he finished in 8th place in his semi so while he may be disappointed in not making the final, being placed in the top 16 in europe is a fantastic achievement and he has done himself, his club, his school and his country proud with with his performances.

Scott will be part of the men’s 4x100m relay team tomorrow who have high hope of making the final and being in the shake up when the medals are being handed out. The heats start at 10.10am GMT and the Irish team are in heat 2 which is scheduled to start at 10.25am. First 3 in each heat and the next 2 fastest will progress to the final which is scheduled for 5.10pm GMT
So wishing Scott and the rest of the team the best of luck.

You can follow the action on the European Athletics site

Well done to Scott Gibson who has qualified for the 400m semi-final in the European T&F Championships. Fantastic achievement.

Report on AAI page