In the interests of safely due to the expected storm, there will be no training tonight.
Unless your coach has made alternative arrangements with you.

Stay safe

Great credit to Frank Stam for updating the club indoor records, this is a huge amount of work but serves as interesting reading.

All indoor records and ranking are available on the Club Statistics page

Bandon Men’s team contested the 1st Round of the National Indoor League last weekend in Athlone.
Among the high lights were Joey Henchy finishing 2nd in the 60m and Promise Okafor finishing in 4th place in a very competitive long jump competition.
Ronan Duggan finished 8th in the 800m and also contested the Shot Putt.

There was no womens’ team, but Phil Healy did compete as a guest and ran in two 60m races, clocking times of 7.44 and 7.51 for good solid times at this early stage of the indoor season.

Report on AAI site

Well done to Mark O’Sullivan who has been selected on Men’s u23 team for next Sunday’s Celtic Cross-Country, in Dunboyne, Co. Meath.
This will be Mark’s first time wearing the green vest but having been close to selection on a number of occasions previously this is long overdue and well deserved.
Wishing Mark the best of luck on the day.

(Athletics Ireland preview)

Some club members may be interested in the two Open Indoor competitions which are being held by Nenagh Olympic A.C. in Nenagh later this month.
The first competition takes place this Sunday, 11th January for athletes U/13 to Junior & the second competition is on Saturday 31st January for athletes U/9 to U/12.

Full details for the competitions can be found at Nenagh Club website

Also on Sun is the 1st round of the National Indoor League and a number of club members will be making the trip to Athlone for this.

While on the Cross Country front, the Munster Senior and Junior Cross Country will be taking place in Waterford IT also on Sun.

Best of luck to any club members who will be taking part in any of these events over the weekend.

Great start for Bandon athletes in the 2015 Indoor athletics season
Five Bandon AC athletes competed successfully in the Munster Juvenile Indoor Combined Event Championships on January 4th in Nenagh. They all came home happy with many personal bests after a very long day. In the girls under 16 Ciara McKeon and Moira Barrett battled it out over 5 events and finished in 2nd and 3rd place respectively. Ciara broke the club record in the 60m hurdles by almost a second (9.91) and also Moira (10.39) went under the old record by almost half a second. In the high jump both girls also improved on the existing club record with Ciara jumping 1.50m and Moira 1.44m. In the concluding 800m Moira set the pace and tried to beat the club record, but missed it by only 0.79 second. With very good allround performances both girls also broke the existing pentathlon record with Ciara scoring 2637 points and Moira 2516 points. In the girls under 15 a similar rivalry went on between Aisling Cassidy and Ella Stack and they also both got into the medals with Aisling coming 2nd and Ella 3rd. This was the first time for them running a higher and wider spaced hurdle spec and they both did very well with Aisling equalling the club record from Carla Hicks with 10.14s. She also had a good long jump with 4.62m just 12cm short of the club record. Ella excelled in the high jump with 1.50m and also had a good shot put (9.40m) with the heavier shot. The 800m was a tense affair with the threat of a strong middle distance runner in 4th place trying to push one of the girls out of their medal positions. But the hill training payed off and both girls managed to keep the gap small enough to hold on to their medals. As an extra reward they both also improved on the pentathlon record which Moira (2371 points) had set last year: Aisling with 2471 points and Ella with 2379 points. In the under 11 boys Eoghan Cassidy was competing, this involved 3 events: 60m, long jump and 600m. The format was different from last year, so we can’t compare scores, but Eoghan had a great long jump and broke Callum McCourt’s record by 7 cm (3.39m). Next up the National Juvenile Indoor Combined Events Championships in Athlone on 17 January, best of luck!

Munster Juvenile Combined Events, Nenagh 5th Jan 2015

Well done to Phil Healy who got the 2015 season off to a flying start. She opened her indoor season last weekend with a win in the womens 60m race in Manchester. Her winning time of 7.46 seconds, just outside her PB of 7.36.
Phil will be presented with an award at the Munster Star Awards at the end of the month in recognition of her part in the National Record set by the Irish Women’s 4x100m relay team last summer.

As we’re heading into the start of the new track and field season, below is a listing of the age groups for AAI/club athletic competitions in 2018

AAI Age categories calculated from 31st December in the year of competition.

Age group u9 Born 2010
Age group u10 Born 2009
Age group u11 Born 2008
Age group u12 Born 2007
Age group u13 Born 2006
Age group u14 Born 2005
Age group u15 Born 2004
Age group u16 Born 2003
Age group u17 Born 2002
Age group u18 Born 2001
Age group u19 Born 2000

Junior is u20, but you can also compete in this age group if you are u17, u18 or u19.
So in 2018 to compete in Junior age group for clubs competitions you need to be born  1999 or 2000 or 2001, or 2002
Senior Athletes must be 16 years or over on 31 December in the year of Competition, so u17 or older with no upper limit. Only restriction is that for men’s shot, discus, hammer and weight for distance, you have to be 18 or over on the day of the competition.
Under 23 in 2018 is athletes born in 1996 or 1997 or 1998
Masters is over35 on the day of competition and you move up an age band on the birthday.

For schools competitions the age groups are different.
School Age Limits:

Minor – Under 14 on 1st July 2018
Junior – Under 15 on 1st July 2018
Inter – Under 17 on 1st July 2018
Senior – Under 19 on 1st January 2018

Tailteann/Schools International – Under 17 on 1st Sept 2018
Athletes are selected for Munster team to compete in Tailteann (typically 2 athletes per track events run in lanes, 3 all other events) based on performances in Munster and All-Ireland Schools competitions. Junior athletes can be selected for Tailteann.
Athletes are selected for Schools International team (2 per event) based on performances in Tailteann and All-Ireland Schools

Just 3 competitors from Bandon A.C. took part in Munster u20/u23 indoor Championship in Nenagh on Sunday. All 3 took part in the Shot Putt and all 3 won Gold medals.
Laura McSweeney won the u23 Women’s Shot Putt, Gavin Hicks won the u20 Men’s Shot Putt and Patrick McSweeney won the u23 Men’s Shot Putt.
Well done to Laura, Gavin and Patrick.