Mixed fortunes today for sisters Phil and Joan Healy in the AAI Games in Athlone.
Phil was first and second in her 60m races but Joan unfortutunately pulled up with an injury in her second race of the day. With the InterVarsities and the National Seniors coming up in the next two weeks this injury really comes at a bad time for Joan so wishing her a speedy recovery.
Also in action today was Rosin Howard who was 3rd in the Shot Put and in the the 60m Hurdles, she also contested the High Jump where she was 4th.
Dungarvan 10 mile
John Treacy Dungarvan 10 mile road race 26/01/2014
1600 athletes took to the start line on what now is a very popular 10 mile race. Heavy rain, high winds, sleet, snow and a 15 minute delay did not make the first half enjoyable however the sun came out and the second half was much better. Attracting all the big names including the current Dublin city marathon winner it was always going to be a fast race despite the weather with the first 2 lads under 50 minutes and the first 3 females under 60 minutes .Four runners from Bandon AC went to post. Paddy Murphy and David Craig running big PBs with times of 58.56 and 60.58. Kevin Wilmot and Fergus Wall also ran finishing 56.03 and 59.28.
Full results and photos now on the West Waterford ac web site
Report by Kevin Wilmot
TV3 local Legends Competition
Collette O Riordan of West Muskerry A.C has been selected for one of the last 9 places in TV3 local Legends Competition on Ireland AM.
She is not only representing West Muskerry A.C, Muskerry Special Olympics but Cork athletics and West Cork !!.
So it is down to a public vote from here on in.
TEXT Local Cork to 53131.
Voting will run until Wednesday evening.
More info here
Munster Combined Events
Well done to the twenty Bandon AC athletes who represented the club very well in the Munster Indoor Combined Events Championships held Nenagh on Saturday, January 18th.
Congratulations to the three athletes who brought Munster medals home:
Aisling Cassidy (silver, U14), Moira Barrett (silver, U15) and Ciara McKeon (bronze, U15).
The following athletes also competed very well and finished just outside
the medals in fourth: Henry Obialor, Mark Collins, Lucy Calnan, Ella Stack and Laura Nicholson.
New club records set on the day were as follows: BU11 Henri Obialor (60m/
shot putt/ triathlon), Callum McCourt (long jump); BU12 Mark Collins
(Pentathlon), Keelan Crowley (800m); BU13 Andrew O’Leary (Pentathlon), Fionn Harrington (800m). GU11 Lucy Calnan (60m/shot putt/triathlon); GU15 Moira Barrett (pentathlon).
Well done to all.
Report by Evelyn Murphy
Junior & U23 results
Some good performances from club members at the All-Ireland Junior & U23 Indoor Championships in Athlone on Sunday.
It was an early start for a number of club members involved in the sprints. Joan Healy and Phil Healy both won their heats in the u23 60m to progress to the final. Joey Henchy finished 3rd in his heat, but unfortunately his time was not good enough to progress to the final. In the final of the sprints later in the day, Phil Healy won Gold with Joan Healy winning Bronze.
In the Pole Vault, Davide Mazzali equaled his outdoor personal best with a vault of 3.80m to win Gold. In the Junior Men Long Jump Fintan O’Shaughnessy won Bronze in a very competitive event.
in the U23 Men’s Shot Patrick McSweeney won Silver and followed that later in the day in the Weight for Distance by winning Gold.
In the Junior Womens Shot Putt Laura McSweeney continued her recent good form with another personal best with a throw of 13.10m to win Gold, while in the same competition Erin Kingston also had a new personal best with a throw of 10.44m to finish in 4th place.
In the 200m races Joey Henchy won his heat, but unfortunately his time was not fast enough to make the final.
Well done to all competitors.
National Junior & u23 Indoors
The National Junior and u23 Indoor Championships is on Sun in Athlone and the following members are scheduled to compete, wishing them all the best of luck on the day.
In the Junior (under 20) Fintan O’Shaughness, Joey Henchy, Scott Gibson, Laura McSweeney, Erin Kingston and David Mazzali.
While in the u23 age group there is Patrick McSweeney,Joan Healy and Phil Healy.
Schools XC
Best of luck to all the athletes who will be action representing their schools in the upcoming South Munster Schools Cross Country.
Please note, that the venue has changed.
January 19 – Schools Cross Country Venue Change to the Munster Agricultural Society (MAS) grounds at Curraheen. More info and directions on the Cork County site
Bandon Half Marathon and 10k
Bandon Half Marathon and 10k road races will take place on Sat 3rd May with the usual venue of the Bandon Rugby Club being the race headquarters.
Registration is now open and additional info now on the HalfMarathon site
Hoping for a good turnout of club members on the day.
Munster Junior/u23/Senior
At the Munster Junior/u23 and Senior Indoor Championships in Nenagh on Sun there was a number of impressive performances by club members.
In the Senior age group Joan Healy won the Women’s 60m sprint and Ronan Duggan placed 4th in the Men’s 1,500m.
In the u23 age group Patrick McSweeney retained the Shot Putt and Weight for Distance titles he won last year.
Laura McSweeney celebrated her birthday in fine style by winning the Junior Women’s Shot Putt with a new Personal Best of 12.24m with Erin Kingston in 3rd place also with a new PB of 9.98m
Fintan O’Shaughnessy was 2nd in the Junior Men’s 60m sprint and 3rd in the Long Jump. Promise Okafor was 4th in the Long Jump. Joey Henchy was 5th in the 60m sprint and Scott Gibson was 5th in the 400m.
In the Pole Vault David Mazzali had a great win with a vault of 3.40m.
Well done to all