60th YEAR

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Today marks 60 years since ‘Bandon Athletic Club’ was formed in the boys club on North Main St were 30 men gathered to form what was then called St Patrick’s Athletics Club, it wasn’t until 1967 that the club officially changed names to ‘Bandon Athletic Club’.
The first committee members were:
President: George Bennett
Vice President: Liam Ahern & William Good SNR
Chairman: John Desmond
Vice Chairman: Jim Kearney
Secretary: John Byrne & Denis Galvin
Treasurer: Eddie Culloty & John Lynch
PRO: Richard McSweeney
 Other 1st members as founding members include
Donough Coughlan, Billy Good, Sean Pierce, Sean Hyde, JJ Kearney, Tim Quill, Dommie O’Brien, Diarmuid O’Donoghue, Michael Kearney, John Dromey, Willie Creedon, Peter Harrington, Liam Deasy, Sean O’Reilly, Eric Good, Michael Lawton, Anthony McCarthy.
Many of these first members have passed but as a club we are indebted to there vision of an athletic Club in Bandon which has succeeded and grown in the last 60 years with just over 600 registered members in 2023, being the third largest club in Ireland, and currently 520 registered so far in 2024.
2014 in the clubs 50th year saw some members including Billy Good & Catherine Duggan having a vision for a place where Bandon AC could call home, that place which we will call home 🏡 is in the middle of development with the hopes of it being at a standard to train on by the end of this year. Unfortunately Billy & Catherine won’t be here to celebrate that day with us, but as a club we are grateful for their vision. Having this home will give generations of young people a chance to achieve their dreams in the athletic world 🌍 and what a day for the lights on the track to be switched on 💡
Here’s to another 60 years!!
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NATIONAL COMBINED & AAI GAMES

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There was plenty of action of the weekend. Lauren McCourt competed at the AI Games at the NIA, running 24.86secs in the 200m for a new indoor PB ⭐️ Gavin Kenny finished an overall 18th in the senior men’s 3000m in a large field of 32 athletes.
Eoin O’Callaghan contested over two days for the U18 Heptathlon with events of 60m, high jump, shot put, 60mh, pole vault & 1000m finishing 1st in 6 out of 7 events to give him an overall score of 4602 to take home the gold 🥇 and a new NATIONAL record previous held by Diarmuid O’Connor and Michael Kent DMP AC and 4 new PBs!
Lily Anna Clover competed well in the U14 pentathlon to finish 5th overall with a total score of 2317. Lily had a pb in the shot put of 10.87m. Ruby Cummins & Aoife Callan are also in action in the U18 heptathlon, Ruby finished 2nd 🥈 with an overall score of 3256 and Aoife finished finished close behind in 4th with a total score of 3020.
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CORK ATHLETICS AWARDS

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There will be 9 members of Bandon AC receive awards in the upcoming Cork Athletics Awards, based on their achievements in 2023.

ASPIRIING YOUNG ATHLETE

Eoin O’Callaghan – Multi events

Aoife Tuthill – walks

Aoife Callan – throws

Lucy O’Flynn – distance

Olive O’Flynn – distance

Daniel Dollard – Cross Country

 

INTERNATIONAL 

Phil Healy  – Sprints

Fiona Everard – Distance

Simon Nolan – Marathon

CHRISTMAS

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The last training session of 2023 took place on December 18th. There was plenty of treats and hot chocolate provided for everyone. The club would like to wish all our members, friends and family and very Merry Christmas and will see you all in January!

 

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