Preparations are well underway for the Half Marathon and 10k Road races and the plan is to make the day even better this year so make a date in your diary for May 11th and see you there!
Road Race photos
More photos from the New Years Day road race and the presentations have been uploaded now.
See below for links. Thanks to Finbarr and Sharon for the photos.
Indoor Results from weekend
A number of successes for club members in Nenagh at the Munster Junior/u23/Senior & Masters indoor Championships on Sun 6th.
In the Junior age group Laura McSweeney won Silver in the Shot Putt, Shane Howard finished 5th in the Long Jump, Joey Henchy finished 7th in both the 60m and the 200m. Scott Gibson finished 11th in the 200m.
In the U23 age group Patrick McSweeney won Gold in both the Shot Putt and the Weight for Distance. Mark O’Sullivan won Bronze in the 1500m.
In the Senior age group Ronan Duggan won Silver in the 1500m.
In the Masters categories there was also a number of medals won.
In the Women’s Over40 Liz Coomey won Bronze in the 60m, Silver in each of the Long Jump, High Jump and Shot Putt
Kathleen Hayes in the Over 50’s won Gold in each of the 60m, High Jump, Long Jump and Shot Putt.
Further afield in the English Senior Combined Events Indoor Championships in Sheffield on the 5th Jan, Roisin Howard put in some performances amid tough competition to finish in 14th place overall.
Well done to all competitors
Indoor championships
Best of luck to the Bandon athletes in action in Nenagh on Sun in the Munster Junior/U23/Senior and Master Championships.
Also wishing Roisin Howard the best of luck as she travels to Sheffield for the English Indoor Combined Events Championship.
Road Race Results
Well done to everyone who took part in the Donough Coughlan Memorial 5 Mile Road Race today with 277 runners finishing the race
First athlete home was Alan O’Shea of Bantry A.C in a time of 24.44 just outside his own course record, he was closely followed by Chris Harrington of Leevale and Sean McGrath of East Cork. Chris Mintern of Leevale was 4th past the line and winner of the 1st Male Junior. Cathal O’Connell finished 7th and was 1st in the Men O45 category.
Michelle Finn of Leevale was winner of the Women’s race in the time of 28.42. Ann-Marie Holland was 2nd woman home.
Carmel McCarthy of Bandon was 3rd woman and winner of the O45 category. Margaret O’Brien of Clonakility was the winner of the Junior Women.
Jerry Forde of Blarney Iniscarra A.C was the winner of the Wheelchair race.
Full list of finishers available here (some minor updates from original list)
Summary of results available here (lists top 6 in each category, not of all of whom would have been a prizewinner, all prize winners were announced on the day. Anyone who was not present to collect will have it forwarded to them as soon as possible)
Listing of all Bandon A.C finishers
Gearoid O’Laoi has a great gallery of photos from the day here
Some photos’ available here with more to follow
Happy New Year
Happy new year to all members, wishing you all a happy 2013.
5 Mile Road Race
Tues Jan 1st……..Start the year with a 5 mile road race and enjoy the refreshments afterwards!
Bandon A.C. 5 mile road race incorporating the Donough Coughlan Memorial Cup is being held on 1st Jan 2013.
Race starts at 1pm with registration taken on the morning in the Bandon GAA pavilion (click for directions) with registration opening at 11am
There is also a non competitive walk. The walk sets off at 12.30pm and the run at 1pm.
Entry is €10 for the run and €5 for the walk.
There is a large prize fund of over €1,000 with prizes across a range of categories. Also this year, there is a €100 prize for a new course record!
The current course records are:
24:36 by Alan O’Shea (Bantry A.C) on Sunday 31 December 2006
27:53 by Lizzie Lee (Leevale A.C.) on Mon 2nd Jan 2012
Both the run and walk start on the bypass, go through the town and out the Kilbrittain Road looping around to finish at the Old Still Bar near the Mart. Prizes will be presented at the GAA Pavilion afterwards where there will also be a draw for spot prizes for the walkers.
Refreshments will also be served.
Click here to view Race flyer
View the course on MapMyRun here
Club Newsletter & AGM report
Dec version of the club’s newletter is now available here
Also some important info for parents is contained in the AGM report here
All-Ireland Cross Country Results
Report and Pic’s from Tom Laffan
The Juvenile UnEven age National Championships took place on Sunday December 9th in Adamstown, Co. Wexford. The event was being hosted by Adamstown Athletic club and the Wexford County Board and they had obviously worked very hard in conjunction with the local community to provide everyone with excellent facilities and a very warm welcome. The course was very well laid out and the underfoot conditions were perfect which provided for very fast competitive running.
We had 18 club athletes representing their Club, County and Province at this National Championships and they should all be very happy with their achievements. The Girls U13 team of Ciara McKeon, Laura Nicholson, Moira Barrett, Grainne Mulcahy, Aisling Cassidy and Niamh Calnan were our first team in action and they were competing in race of 132 athletes. All the girls ran very well and with a great team effort they won 2nd club team place which is an excellent result for them. Moira led the team home earning herself an individual medal by finishing in 12th place. Laura finished in 23rd place, Grainne 40th, Niamh 43rd, Ciara 93rd and Aisling 109th. The Cork team also took sliver place and 4 of our team (Moira, Laura, Grainne and Niamh) scored for the Cork. Munster also took silver with Moira scoring on that team also.
Conor Calnan was competing in the Boys U13 race having qualified as part of the Cork team. He ran in a competitive race to finish in a strong 87th place. The Girls U15 team were next up and we were very well represented by Fiona Everard, Eva Stack, Mari Dineen, Aoibh Cassidy, Carina Crowley and Bethany Hague. The team finished in 5th place and they were led home by Fiona Everard who finished in 10th place earning herself an individual medal. The rest of the team all ran very competitive races with Carina finishing in 42nd, Bethany 45th, Aoibh 62nd, Mari Dineen 72nd and Eva Stack 100th . The Cork team finished in 3rd place with Fiona, Carina and Bethany all scoring on the team. Fiona also scored on the Munster team who won gold.
It was great to see our Girls 17 team of Aisling Everard, Bella Sherlock, Mary Teresa Murphy and Sarah Stack competing in a very strong field of 81 runners. It’s been sometime since we have had a U17 team qualify for an all Ireland Cross Country event and the whole team showed great determination and resolve to finish in 9th place. Aisling Everard finishing in 19th place and helped the Cork team win bronze and she also scored on the Munster team to help them to win silver.
Thomas McCarthy was competing out of age on the Cork team in the Boys U19 race and he finished strongly in 40th place. This experience will no doubt stand to him when he competes next year. The official results were late being published by Athletics Ireland but it was worth the wait as the club had some excellent results.
Well done to all who competed and also to those who helped and supported the athletes over the weekend.
Photos from Adamstown