A large number of the club’s younger members will be in action this Sat and Sun at the Munster u9-u13 Track and Field Championships in the CIT. Would like to wish each and every one of them the best of luck and don’t forget to enjoy the experience.
This will be the first competition at this level for some of them and hopefully its an enjoyable experience and mean the first of many.

Order of events for both days is on the Munster Athletics site, please make sure you are aware of the sequence and listen to the PA announcement.

Well done to all the club members in action for their schools last Sat in Tullamore, results include;
Minor 4x100m Relay 2nd Bandon Grammar School
Junior 75m Hurdles 4th Aisling Cassidy Bandon GS
Junior 4x100m Relay 3rd Bandon Grammar School
Junior Pole Vault 1st Aisling Cassidy Bandon GS
Junior Triple Jump 5th Ciara McKeon CnT Bandon, 6th Alison Hathaway Bandon GS, 7th Eva Murphy Bandon GS
Intermediate SteepleChase 2nd Laura Nicholson Bandon GS
Intermediate High Jump 11th Laura Nicholson Bandon GS
Intermediate Long Jump 4th Ella Nicholson Bandon GS
Junior 1500m 11th Naoise O’Flaitheartaigh Hamilton HS Bandon
Triple Jump 5th Dylan O’Sullivan Bandon GS
Junior Boys Shot Putt 7th Cian Kingston Bandon GS
Junior Discus 3rd Cian Kingston Bandon GS
Boys Intermediate 4x100m Relay 4th Bandon Grammar School
Intermediate Shot 1st James French Bandon GS, 4th Colin Deane Bandon GS
Intermediate Hammer 3rd Travis Coomey Bandon GS
Senior 100m 3rd Scott Gibson Bandon GS
Senior 400m 1st Scott Gibson Bandon GS
Senior 200m 8th Joey Henchy Bandon GS
Senior 4x100m Relay 1st Bandon Grammar School
Senior Triple Jump 9th Simon Jeffers Bandon GS
Senior Shot Putt 8th Patrick Hurley St Brogans
Senior Boys Discus 8th Fiachra Harrington St Brogans Bandon
Senior Boys Javelin 3rd Bobby Smith Bandon GS

The All-Ireland Schools track & Field Championships in Tullamre on Sat is the highlight of the calendar this weekend, its one of the best days of athletics in Ireland so wishing all the club members who have qualified the best of luck on the day.
Timetable is available here

For those curious about other regions. results from Connacht are here (Craughwell AC club site)
Leinster day 2 and Leinster Day 2 & also the Ulster results from the Finn Valley AC site

Closer to home, the Cork County ‘B’ Championships is on in CIT on Sun and a number of athletes from the club will be in action, so wishing them all the best of luck.

Bank Holiday Monday, so no training in Bandon Grammar School on Monday, unless by prior agreement with your coach.

In the first round of the National League in Templemore last Sun Bandon were represented by a womens team in the Premier Division and in the men’s first division Bandon joined forces with Abbey Striders to form a combined team.
Both teams had a very youthful look and a number of athletes making their first appearance in this competition.
For the womens team some of the individual results were;
Laura McSweeney 1st in the Shot Putt and 2nd in the Hammer, Rachel Roche 1st in the Javelin
Kate Bernard 1st in the 200m, Carla Hicks 1st in the Pole Vault and 3rd in the Triple Jump, both relay team’s were 2nd, Fiona Everard 2nd in both the 1,500m and 800m, Fiona Duggan 2nd in the Discus, Eva Stack 3rd in the Long Jump and 3rd in the 100m.
When the points were added up, it leaves Bandon currently in 9th place and needing a good 2nd round if they are to make the final as only the top8 team will progress to the final.
For the mens team some of the individual results were;
Promise Okafor was 1st in the Triple Jump, 1st in the Long Jump and 6th in the 200m, Patrick McSweeney won the Hammer and the Shot Putt, Bobby Smith won the Javelin, Thomas McCarthy was 2nd in the 800m, Ronan Duggan was and 2nd in the SteepleChase and 3rd in the 1500m, Daniel Hathaway was 5th in the 100m. Conor MacAllan was 2nd in the Weight for Distance and 4th in the Discus.
The 4x400m team was 1st and the 4x100m 2nd
Diarmuid Clancy from Abbey Striders was 2nd in the 400m Hurdles, the High Jump and the 400m and also part of the relay teams.
These performances leave Bandon/Abbey Striders in 3rd place at the end of the 1st round and another similar performance should see the team progress to the final.

Well done to everyone involved.

Busy weekend for a number of Bandon athletes.
Munster u9-u19 relays in Ennis on Sat.
Courceys A.C are holding an Open Sports in Ballinaspittle, GAA Grounds on Sun and a number of club members and coaches will be heading to that.
In Templemore on Sat and Sun there is National Combined Events and Roisin Howard will be one of the favourites for the Senior Women’s title.
Also in Templemore on Sun is the 1st round of the National League. Bandon have a women’s team which will be competing in the Premier Division and Bandon have combined team with Abbey Striders which will be competing in the First Division.
Info on National League draw is on AAI site

Wishing all those in action over the weekend the best of luck.

Entries below for the upcoming Cork County B Track & Field Championships and the Munster u9-u19 Track & Field Championships.

Please check and if there are any mistakes please text the club phone as soon as possible. Names in red have not confirmed attendance/entries.
Any changes have to be texted before 9.30 tomorrow morning.

Munster U9-19 Entries

County B Entries

At the AAI Games in Morton Stadium on Sun 17th Ronan Duggan was the sole Bandon AC member and he placed 8th in a time of 2:03.05

Well done to all the Bandon AC athletes who competed over the last 3 Sundays, there were some great photo finishes and great PB’s. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this years Championships.
Full results are on County Board site

Well done to all the athletes who competed for their schools in the Munster Schools T&F Championships in CIT on Sat.
A large number of club members have now qualifed for the All-Ireland Schools in Tullamore at the end of the month, so wishing them the best of luck in their preparations for that.
Results for club members are here