Best of luck to any club athletes who will be action for their colleges in the Inter Varsities in Belfast on Fri and Sat.
The first leg of the West Cork Track and Field Championships is on in CIT on Sun with a 12noon start. Hoping for a good turnout from Bandon as this event is the perfect season opener for athletes. There will be events for u9, u11, u13, u15 plus a number of events for adults also.
Order of events is here
now on the West Cork site
Well done to Bobby Smith who took 2nd place in the Javelin today in the AAI Spring Throws in Athlone.
The Mallow 10 mile race took place on Sunday March the 22th .With well over 1000 athletes taking to the start line it is now a huge event. First over the line was Martin Fagan of Mullingar Harriers in a time of 48.28 with Mark Hanrahan in second place in a time of 49.53 and Alan O’Shea of Bantry 3th in a time of 51.13.In the female race it was Michelle Finn first over the line in a very fast time of 56.26 winning by over six minutes with Laoise Ní Thuama and Nollaigh O Neill 2nd and 3th in times of 62.50 and 63.28. Bandon AC was well represented with athletes in both the male and female sections. David Craig Bandon AC 0:59:31, Darren Casey Bandon AC 01:08:21, Geraldine Corcoran Bandon 01:14:42, Michelle Lynch Bandon AC 01:15:17, Pauline Callan Bandon AC 01:16:35, Finbarr Harrington Bandon AC 01:17:21. well done to all. Full list of results and photos can be found on the running in cork blog.
A look ahead
With the time changing in a few days and the longer evening getting closer the 2015 road race summer season is about to kick off. In Cork, the tradition has been that the Ballintotis 4 mile is first off and this year its being held on Thursday the 16th of April at 8pm. Entry fee for this race is 10 euro with all proceeds going to Ballintotis community center. More info about this race and most other road races in Munster can be found on running in Cork running blog.
Report by Kevin Wilmot
West Cork races today in Dunmanway saw some fine performances from Bandon AC athletes.
Results to follow, photos below from Kate Coveney West Cork PRO
At the first day of the All-Ireland Juvenile Championships in Athlone on Sat there was 3 medals for Bandon athletes.
In the U15 Pole Vault, Aisling Cassidy was 1st and Ella Stack was 3rd. In the U16 High Jump Laura Nicholson was 3rd.
On Sun Jack Cullen was 3rd in the u12 Shot Putt and Scott Gibson won Gold in the u19 400m.
Well done to all who took part.
Full results on Athletics Ireland site
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(Photo from Evelyn Murphy)
A number of club members in action in Athlone at the All-Ireland Juvenile Indoor Championships, wishing them all the best of luck.
Event will be streamed live online, info on that and preview of the event on Athletics Ireland site
Closer to home…
West Cork Athletics are holding a series of races in Dunmanway. There is a change this year from the usual format, as u15 and younger will run entirely within the Showgrounds area, u17, u20 and Senior will be partly inside the Showgrounds area and partly on the road. Trophy or Plaque to top 3 in all races, medals for all finishers.
Info on West Cork site
For anyone who hasn’t been to this venue previous, the location is on the map available here
Twelve of Bandon Athletic Club’s youngest juveniles were in action over the weekend of March 7th and 8th for the U9-U12 Munster Indoor Championships in Nenagh. Again this year the competition was extremely high with several of the championship records broken across all ages. Dara Walsh, Adam Barry, Coen Crowley, Laura Sheehy, Amy McCarthy and Maia McCourt competed in the U10 60m, 500m and long jump. All competed very well, with Laura Sheehy just missing out on a medal in the 60m, finishing in 4 place. In the U12 age group, Lucy T McCarthy, Lucy Callanan, Niamh O’Donovan, Callum McCourt, Henry Obialor and Jack Cullen competed in the 600m, 60m, long jump and shot putt. Again, all were very competitive with Callum finishing 5 in the 600m final and Lucy Callanan and Jack achieving PBs. Lucy jumped 3.95m taking a bronze medal in the long jump and Jack threw 7.92m in the shot putt earning him silver. Both athletes will now compete in the All Ireland Indoor Championships on Sunday March 22nd. Well done to all and best of luck to Lucy and Jack! Special thanks to Karen Callanan and Helen O’Donovan for helping out on the day.
Report by Susan McCourt
Well done to Mark O’Sullivan (CIT) who placed 5th in the colleges Intervarsity Cross Country over the weekend.
(full results on IUAA site )
in the Schools All-Ireland Cross Country a number of club members in action, some of the results include
Niamh Callnan (35th Junior Girls CNaT), Naoise O’FlaitthEeartaigh (33rd Junior Boys HHS), Laura Nicholson (27th Intermediate Girls BGS), Fiona Everard (19th Intermediate Girls, MICC)
(full results on AAI site )
Munster Indoors in Nenagh saw a number of club members in action.
Medal winner were Lucy Callanan 3rd u12 Long Jump and Jack Cullen 2nd u12 Shot Putt.
Full results on Munster site
