All Ireland juvenile indoors

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Eight athletes from Bandon AC attended Athlone last weekend for the (U12-U19) National Juvenile Indoors having qualified by virtue of their medal-winning performances at the Munster championships  in Nenagh three weeks earlier. Athlone IT indoor stadium is a great venue to compete in.
There were three Bandon AC competitors on the track.  Aisling Cassidy (U14) ran a big PB (9.54sec) to finish 4th in the 60m Hurdles final missing out on a medal by 0.01 sec.  In the U18 boys 400m, Scott Gibson ran a bronze medal- winning 52.07 sec. Fintan O’ Shaughnessy (U19) ran 7.21 sec to make the final of the 60m indoor sprint for the first time.
There were six Bandon AC competitors in the field events.  Ella Stack (u14) continued her good form to finish 7th in the HJ (clearing 1.38m). In the girls U15 Moira Barrett finished 7th in the Shot (9.04m), having qualified for her first All-Ireland individual Shot competition. Erin Kingston ( U17) threw a great PB in the Shot to win silver (12.27m) and  Gavin Hicks (U18) threw the 5kg Shot 11.22m for 7th place.  In her final year as a juvenile, Fiona Duggan (U19) won her first All-Ireland indoor medal in the Shot with a throw of 8.52m for 3rd place. Also in his final year,  Fintan O’Shaughnessy (U19) jumped 6.65m for bronze in the Long Jump.
Congratulations to all.

Report by Evelyn Murphy.

Weekend results

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Well done to the athletics in action in the All-Ireland Indoor Championships in Athlone. There was medals for Erin Kingston, Fiona Duggan and Fintan O’Shaughnessy.
Full results and details on AAI Site

Also, well done to Fiona Everard and Laura Nicholson who were part of the Irish Schools Cross Country team who completed in England.
Full report on AAI Site

Club Information

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Some club members have second hand spikes for sale, photos are on new For Sale page
If you wish to purchase any, txt the club phone and you can arrange to collect and pay for at training.

Also….don’t forget to check the lost&found if you missing any items after training.

Some info for parents about training and competitions is also available here.

Additional info on competitions etc is available here

Ballinhassig 4 mile road race

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Ballinhassig 4 mile road race 17/03/2014

A total of 184 turned out for this year’s 4 mile road race ran on st Patrick’s day. The standard at the top seemed to be higher this year with a lot of fast times being recorded in both the men’s and woman’s race. Alan O’Shea, of Bantry AC was 1st over the line in a time of 19.59. Claire Gibbons-McCarthy of leevale won the woman’s race in a time of 21.59 on home ground and finished 8th overall. Bandon ac had a number of runners there on the day with Ronnie Barry finishing 3rd in a time of 26.08 .Tom Sheehan kept his good form going to win the over 50 for the 2nd time since he turned 50 just 3 weeks ago. Tom laffan also won the over 45s in a time of 22.42.
Also running good times were Derek Driscoll, John and Pat O’Sullivan, Emmet Callan, Dolores Gibbons, Mari Burke, Siobhan O’Regan and Oonagh Sheehan.
Well done to all

Report by Kevin Wilmot

Upcoming events

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The best of luck to Fiona Everard (MICC Dunmanway) and Laura Nicholson (Bandon Grammar) who will represent Ireland in the SIAB Schools International Cross Country in Bolton, England on Saturday the 22nd March.

Closer to home, a number of athletes will be in action in the All-Ireland Juvenile Indoor Championships in Athlone, so wishing all those the best of luck also.