There were two road races held on the 9th of February.
The Mealagh Valley 10 mile race was held near Bantry in West Cork and organised by Bantry AC. There were 77 finishers. This is a challenging 10 mile race and Tom Laffan of Bandon AC ran well to finish in 3rd in a time of 1:03:05. Eddie Wilmot was 24th in 1:14:39 and Steve Young was 51st in 1:27:19.
The Cork BHAA Jansen 4 mile road race was held on the Little Island circuit.
A large crowd of 405 runners took part. Carmel Crowley was 2nd female home in 23:56 while Tom Sheehan was 3rd over 45 finishing in 23:57.
Full results of both races available on cork running blog
Report by David Craig
National Seniors
Well done to all the Bandon athletes in action in the National Senior Indoor Championships in Athlone.
Laura McSweeney who won a bronze medal in the shot putt on day one. Roisin Howard was also competing on day one and she placed in 4th place in the high jump and 6th place in the shot putt.
Day 2 saw Phil Healy winning Silver in the 60m sprint in a time of 7.37 just outside the qualifying time for the world indoors.
Rosin Howard was back in action again on day two and finished 6th in the 60m Hurdles.
Fintan O’Shaughnessy was 8th in the Long Jump.
National Seniors
Best of luck and safe travelling to the club members who are competing in the National Senior Indoors in Athlone over the weekend.
There will be some of the action live on RTE on Sunday afternoon,
So…….
So………what do throwers do to relax when not throwing heavy objects around the place?
Well some of them lift even heavier objects!
At the Irish Drug Free Powerlifting Association national championships in Dublin last weekend there was 2 prominent throwers from the club in action as members of UCC Powerlifting Club
Laura McSweeney won her category in both the Bench Press and the Deadlift competitions, her lifts were both new National Records and qualified her for the World Championships in June.
Although it wasn’t possible to set World records at the event, both her lifts were better than the current World records for her category, so will head to World Championships as a real contender in both events.
Patrick McSweeney placed 3rd in his category in the Squat and 4th in both Bench Press and Deadlift events.
Well done to both.
Munster results
Well done to the Bandon athletes who competed in the Munster Juvenile Championships in Nenagh last weekend, full results now on Munster site
Munster Entries
Best of luck to all the athletes who will be competing in the Munster U14-u19 Indoor Championships in Nenagh on the 1st and 2nd of March
A list of the entries is here ** Updated** , please check and verify you are entered in the correct events, any issues please let your coaches know asap.
Club Anniversary
The club celebrated its 50th Anniversary on the 30th of January and the club marked the occasion with a celebration in the Lodge Bar.
A number of original and current members started the night with a brief moment of reflection at the site of the original meeting which was in the old Boys Club venue on North Main Street, they then progressed to the Lodge Bar where a large number of people joined in the celebrations.
Chairman Tom Laffan acted as master of ceremonies for the brief formalities introducing Mayor Of Bandon Deirdre Lane and Bill Allen who was representing both West Cork Athletics board as Chairman and also the Cork County Board in his position as Vice Chairman. Then Billy Good who was one of the original founding members and still very much involved in club activities on a daily basis reflected on the events which lead to the founding of the club and various key dates in the club history.
Billy was then joined by a number of other founding members to join in the cutting of the cake.
A great night was had by all who attended.
A book detailing the first 50 years of the club is currently in the final stages and will be published later in the summer.
Inter Varsities
Well done to Phil Healy who was competiting for UCC in the InterVarsities in Athlone today, Phil won the 60m in a fast time of 7.36 which is an new IUAA indoor record and also a new National Indoor U23 record. Phil was also a member of UCC relay team which won Silver.
Also competing for UCC was Patrick McSweeney who won Silver in the Weight for Distance and Bronze in the Shot Putt. Laura McSweeney (UCC) won Gold in the Weight For Distance and then contested the Shot Put as a guest and placed 3rd.
Roisin Howard was competing for UL and she won Bronze in the Combined Events and also placed 4th in the Long Jump and Hurdles, 5th in the Shot Putt, 8th in High Jump.
Mark OSullivan finished 7th in the 3,000m and set a new CIT record.
Weekend events
Best of luck to all the athletes in action in the coming days.
On Friday, the Irish Universities Indoor Championships is being held in Athlone and a number of club members will be in action in their college colours.
On Sat and Sun, the Munster u9-u13 Indoor Championships is being in Nenagh with a large number of members in actions.
Start lists and timetables as well as some important info for this championships are now on the Munster site