Don’t forget the annual club awards night wil be held in the Bandon Grammar School at 7.30pm on Friday night. Venue will be the McCutcheon hall, all athletes and all parents of athletes are invited to attend.

Please review the list of Bandon AC entries for the upcoming County Juvenile Championships.
If there are any changes then to please talk to coach OR text club phone BEFORE 12 noon tomorrow.
Entries for County Juveniles

The Opinion/Bandon Co-Op Awards ceremony was held in the Munster Arms Hotel Bandon last Friday night.
Bandon AC members have been very successful in these awards over the years and 2015 was no exception. Laura McSweeeny won the Sportstar of the Year for 2014 award, this award was in recent year won by club members Phil Healy for her achievements in 2013 and by Joan Healy for 2009.
Team of the year Award for 2014 went to the Bandon Grammar Intermediate Boys team who won the All-Ireland Schools relay in a new record time. This included club members, Scott Gibson, Joey Henchy, Matthew Draper, Daniel Hathaway, James Dwyer.
Well done also to ex club member Claire Sexton who got a Youth Award.

The order of events for West Cork’s on Sat has seen a few changes.
Latest one is on West Cork site

A long Jump has been added for U10 and the sequence of some other events has changed also.

A number of club members in action at the Leevale Senior Sports on Sat.
Patrick McSweeney was 2nd in the Hammer, 2nd in the Shot Putt, 3rd in the Weight for Distance 5th in the Discus.
Laura McSweeney was 2nd in the Shot, 3rd in the Hammer, 3rd in the Discus and 2nd in the Weight for Distance.
Scott Gibson was 2nd in the 400m,
Shane Howard was 2nd in the Long Jump with Promise Okafor 4th
in the 100m final Joey Henchy placed 5th with Shane Howard 8th.
In the 1500m Mark O’Sullivan placed 3rd.
in the Javelin Bobby Smith placed 3rd with a throw of over 50m which is a great season opener.

In the relays, the team of Scott, Joey, Daniel Hathaway and Mathew Draper came in 2nd place and gave the National Junior team a real run for their money with less than half a second separating the teams.

Well done to all.

Well done to all the athletes in action yesterday at the West Cork T&F. There was a huge turnout of Bandon members and it was great to see the yellow singlet feature so prominently in most events.
The day finished off with the relays which saw an incredible 15 Bandon teams in the medals including a clean sweep in the Girls u13, truly a remarkable achievement.

Full results have now been posted to West Cork site

Well done to Phil Healy in Jacksonville who has achieved the qualifing time in the 100m in 11.74 for the European U23 which will held Estonia.
Also Carmel Crowley who came 10th in the national 10k in the Phoenix Park today.

A number of club members were in action in the fantastic Mary Peters Track in Belfast recently.
Patrick McSweeney (UCC) was 2nd in the Weight for Distance and 3rd in the Shot Putt and 7th in the Hammer. Laura McSweeney (UCC) was 3rd in the Shot Putt.
Rosin Howard (UL) was 4th in the Weight for Distance, 4th in the Shot Putt, 7th in the Discus, 7th in the Javelin, 8th in the Hammer
Shane Howard (UL) was 2nd in the Triple Jump, 4th in the Shot Putt, 5th in the Weight for Distance, 6th in the Pole Vault, 6th in the Shot Putt.
Thomas McCarthy (IT Carlow) was 7th in the SteepleChase and he also contested the 800m, finishing 4th in the semi-final and just missing out on a place in the final

Well done to all.

Timetables for the Cork County Juvenile Track & Field on May 3rd and 17th are now available on the County Board web site

Any athlete who wishes to compete in the County Championships should let their coach know. Pre-entries are needed for County Championships, so you can’t just turn up on the day.