Weekend Results

Well done to all the athletes who competed for their schools in the Munster Schools Track & Field Championships in CIT on Sat.
A number of athletes have now qualified for the All-Ireland Schools in Tullamore at the end of the month.

Full munster schools results
Also, for anyone looking for results from other regions
Ulster
Connaught
Leinster.. here and here

A small team of athletes competed in the 1st Round of the National League in Waterford.
When all the points were added up, the club finds itself in 10th place after round 1 so needs to make up a bit of ground in round 2 in a bid to finish in the top8 and make the final.
Performances on the day included; Phil Healy (1st in 100m and 200m) Roisin Howard (2nd High Jump, 3rd Hurdles, 3rd Long Jump), Laura McSweeney (1st Shot, 3rd Hammer), Rachel Roche (1st Javelin) Erin Kingston (2nd Discus) and Fiona Everard (5th 1500m)

Recent T&F results

Well done to all the athletes in action last Sun in the second day of the County Juvenile Track & Field Championships in the CIT.
Full listing of Bandon medalists is on results page

Well done also to club members who were in action for their schools in the recent South Munster Schools T&F Championships, a large number of them have now qualified for the the Munster finals on Sat.
Full results on South Munster site

Timetable for Munster Schools

County Juveniles

Best of luck to all the athletes and coaches who will be heading to CIT again on Sunday for the 2nd leg of the County Juvenile T&F Championships.
Forecast is for some sunshine and showers, so suncream and umbrella’s at the ready! Better pack the snowshoes and thermals just in case!

Timetable is available on Cork site

Also, best of luck to anyone competing for their school in the South Munster Championships today and Monday.

Bandon medal winners from Day 1 of the County Juveniles are listed on the results page

Munster u20/u23 T&F and Juv CE results

Well done to all the athletes who competed in the Munster Junior and U23 Championsips in Waterford.
Among the medals were; James French won the Junior Shot and the Weight for Distance, Colin Kingston won the Discus, Bobby Smith won the Javelin, David Jenning won Bronze in the Weight for Distance. Joey Henchy won Bronze in the 100m and also finished 4th in the 200m. Shane Howard won the U23 Long Jump.
Provisional results are available on Munster site

Munster Juvenile Combined events were also on in Waterford with a number of Bandon athletes among the medals Callum McCourt (Gold) Aisling Cassisdy (Bronze) Laura Nicholson (Silver) Moira Barrett (Bronze) with a number of other athletes also performing well. Results are on Munster site

Busy times ahead

Busy weekend ahead for most of the club members.
On Saturday there is the Half Marathon and 10K road races. (Registration info etc
On Sun, the Cork County Juvenile Track & Field Championships is on in CIT. (click for timetable
On Mon, the Munster Junior/U23 Track & Field Championships as well as ther Juvenile Combined Events is being held in Waterford. (click for timetable

Best of luck to everyone involved in any or all of the above!

Recent Road Races

Ballintotis 4 mile, Clonakilty 4 mile and 10, Stryker 4 mile April 2014

The 2014 summer road races are off to a flying start with amazing 1,010 runners turned out for this year’s Ballintotis 4 mile road race in East Cork on Wed 16th April. 3 Bandon ac runners ran Tom Laffan, 22.50, David Craig 23.05 and Ronnie Barry 26.10.
Easter Monday saw the inaugural Clonakilty 4 mile and 10 mile road race. The 10 mile was won by Carmel Crowley 63.52 and Kevin Wilmot 60.34 with Dolores Gibbons running well to get a time of 85.29.In the 4 mile Ronnie Barry finished 3rd in a time of 26.10.
Bandon runners also represented their firms in the BHAA Stryker 4 mile road race on April the 22th.
A full list of results and photos for all races can be found on the running in cork blog.

Report by Kevin Wilmot