Well done to club member Sarah Dullea who had a number of successes during the 2013 year.
Below is a photo of Sarah and her Trophies received for Athletics “CPSI + IWA Sport Grand Prix Awards 2013″ where she placed first in Section B for Shot Put also 1st in Section B for Discus and these performances resulted in her winning the Best Newcommer Junior Female 2013.
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Sarah in action at Santry Stadium in Dublin during the year.
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Well done to the Bandon athletes who have been selected for the Munster Performance Squad.
All selected athletes need to confirm their place, so see Athletics Ireland web site for more info on this
The first session is on Sat 30th Nov in CIT at 10am
Selected Bandon A.C athletes and event:
Joey Henchy 100m/200m
Kate Bernard 100m/200m
Colin Kingston Discus
Fiona Duggan Discus
Sally Smith Discus
Bobby Smith Javelin
Conor Robinson Javelin
Robert O Sullivan Javelin
Ella Nicholson LJ/TJ
Fintan Shaughnessy LJ/TJ
Promise Okafor LJ/TJ
Roisin Howard LJ/TJ
Shane Howard LJ/TJ
Fiona Everard MD
Emily Palmer Multi Events
Moira Barret Multi Events
Erin Kingston Shot
James French Shot
Laura McSweeney Shot
Report by Tom Laffan.
The Munster UnEven age cross country championships took place in Castlelyons, North Cork on November 10th 2013. The championship which was hosted by St Nicholas AC in conjunction with the Cork Country Board was very well organised providing a fair but challenging cross country course for all athletes. This course which was new to most of us was split across 3 different fields providing a 750m, 1000m and 1500m loops. All races started from the same place with a challenging incline for the first 300m. We knew when leaving Bandon that the weather was likely to be wet and we weren’t wrong as shortly before the first race the rain made its appearance and remained with us for the duration. Regardless of the conditions our club athletes all competed very well and they all deserve the strongest of praise their excellent performances today.
The day started with the U9 competitions and for all this would have been their first Munster championship. The move up from County to Munster is significant and can be very testing for these young athletes. The Girls U9 were the first off and the team of Ciara White, Kate O’Connor, Aisling O’Connor, Erika Crowley, Maeve Kelly and Aoibheann Cotter all ran very well and just finished outside the team medal places finishing in 4th place. Ciara White won an individual medal by finishing in 8th place and also scored on the Cork team helping the County win the silver place. The boys U9 team of Eoghan Cassidy, Ciaran Hoey, John Munday, Hugh O’Mahony, Cian Walsh, David O’Donoghue, Joseph Buttimer, Conor Payne, Ronan Crowley, Luke O’Sullivan and Eoin Guinane following on from their County Championship win this team ran very well to claim the prize of 2nd club team in Munster. Their first taste of Munster XC medals was well deserved. Eoghan Cassidy also won an individual medal by finishing in 9th place and also scored on the Cork team helping the county win Gold.
The U11 age group were next up and they were the first group to cover 1 loop of the 3 field course. The Girls U11 team of Jane Buckley, Ellen Murphy, Nicola McKeon, Nicola Tuthill, Deirdre Brown, Clare Flynn, Lilly Munday, Orla O’Sullivan, and Amy O’Donoghue all ran very strongly to earn themselves 3rd club team prize. The Boys U11 team of Keelan Crowley, Mark Collins, Luke Quinlan, Callum McCourt, Ruairi Harringtion, Max Hallahan and Jacob O’Driscoll ran very well today and were very unlucky to finish outside the medal places. Keelan Crowley who finished in 19th place scored on the Cork team helping the county win the silver place.
The Girls U13 were well represented by Michelle O’Donovan, Olivia Tuthill, Grainne Mulcahy, KatieMurphy and Andrea O’Brien also ran very well but finished outside the medal placings. Grainne finished in 14th place and scored on the Gold winning Cork team. Brian Hoey, Fionn Harringtion and Andrew O’Leary ran in the Boys U13 race and all 3 finished very strong today and were unfortunate not to have a full team running today.
The Girls U15 of Laura Nicholson, Aoibh Cassidy, Niamh Munday, Caoimhe Ni Suilleabhain, Alice Symington and Moira Barrett covered their 3500m course with great courage today as conditions worsened and the ground became more challenging. The team ran very well earning themselves a well deserved 3rd club team place. Laura Nicholson competing out of age won an individual medal also by finishing in 7th place. Laura and Moira also scored on the County team helping Cork win gold.
When it came to the County Eneven championships Fiona Everard was our sole competitor in the Girls U17 race but today we were delighted when she led a team of 4 to claim 2nd club team in Munster. The team of Fiona Everard, Sinead Caulfield, Lulu Keane and Bethany Haigue all ran very well today and were well rewarded with silver medal placings. Fiona and Bethany also won individual medals finishing in 4th and 12th place respectively. Fiona, Bethany and Lulu also scored on the Cork team helping the county win the silver place.
David Laffan ran a strong race in Boys U17 race over a 5000m course while Thomas McCarthy competing in the Boys U19 race also ran well finishing just outside the individual medal placings.
All our competitors should be very happy with their performances at Munster level today. Thanks to all who helped and supported the athletes today.
Best of luck to the athletes who will be competing in the Munster Cross Country Championships which take place next Sunday, 10 November in Castlelyons. Castlelyons is a few miles east of Rathcormac off the old Cork-Dublin road.
Directions to course are on Munster Athletics site
The juvenile uneven age races get underway at 11:30 sharp, so athletes should be at the course in plenty time to allow a proper warm up and to get familiar with the course layout.
Well done and best of luck to Phil Healy who is one of the athletes nominated for the “Junior Athlete of the Year” in the upcoming AAI National Athletics Awards on Wednesday 20th of November.
Phil’s achievements in 2013 included a 4th place in the 100m final at the European Junior Championships and being a member of the Irish women’s relays team at the Europa League.
Well done to Priscilla O’ Sullivan who appears to have been the only member in action in the Dublin City marathon over the weekend.
She completed the course under the 4 hour mark, coming home in a time of 3hours 59mins 05 seconds
Athletics legend Sonia O’Sullivan forwarded a photo of her daughter Sophie wearing her favorite hoodie at training recently.
Sonia and Sophie bumped into a number of officials and athletes from Bandon during the summer and Sophie was presented with the hoodie as a memento of the time.
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Don’t forget the club’s annual Donough Coughlan Memorial 5 Mile road race will take place on Wed 1st Jan at 1pm
Start will be in the usual place on the bypass with the finish down by the mart. Registration will be available in the Bandon GAA pavilion on the morning of the race.
There will also be a non competitive walk will be starting at 12.30pm and cover the same course.
Refreshments afterwards in the Bandon GAA pavilion where the prizes will be presented.
Today 20th October we had the County Juvenile B, Masters & Novice ‘B’ Cross Country in Conna. We had 6 athletes competing today. We have been very fortunate to have such great weather this late in the year up to the county A’s last weekend. We started our journey with torrential rain when we got to the venue the condition of the ground was soft and with every race the ground was being cut up. We had 3 races for the club. To start with we had Aishling McKeogh running solo above her age in the under 11 girls. She ran a great race to come 23rd, it was all the more impressive that she ran on her own with none of her team mates present which is very brave. Next was the under 13’s which we had Fionn Harrington, Andrew O’ Leary, Paul Hartnett and Noel Brady. They all ran a great race, digging in and producing the goods with Fionn coming in with an impressive 8th position, it followed on with Andrew coming 14th as always putting in maximum effort. Noel was next with a 16th placing with Paul Coming in just after him in 17th. They totalled 55 points. This was good enough for Bandon AC to come first, this was well ahead of the next team Carrignafar. It was impressive to watch each athlete in this race put in maximum effort. Last but not least we have our last runner Ronnie Barry running in the women’s novice race. She started well with being in front at the start. Unfortunately she was passed by a north cork athlete stretching a 100mtre lead. Ronnie battled throughout the race to make up this distance but was unable to do so. These athletes lead the race from start to finish! It was a great race to watch. All athletes today represented the club well.
