All-Ireland Bs Cross Country Championships, Sun 24th Jan 2016, Dudalk IT.
\nBandon AC had 5 teams and 2 individuals make the long journey to Dundalk to compete in the All-Ireland Bs at the the end of January. It’s been a long season for these kids and most were rewarded with a medal or two on the day but ALL of them gave a mighty effort resulting in great performances all round and doing the club proud.
\nOur u11 teams got the show on the road. The girls team of Ciara O Sullivan, Ciara White, Niamh Quinn, Molly O Callaghan & Aoibheann Cotter secured Silver in the team medals and the boys team of Dara Ryan, Dara McCarthy, Joseph Buttimer, Sean Deasy & Ciaran Brady secured Gold. Joseph Buttimer & Niamh Quinn placed 2nd overall earning themselves an individual medal, along with Sean Deasy, 11th and Ciara O Sullivan 10th. Joseph, Sean, Niamh & Ciara also scored with the Cork team winning Bronze.
\nNext up was the u13 boys & girls. Again we had a team in each. Amy O Donoghue, Ellen Murphy, Lucy T McCarthy and Saoirse O Neill made up the girls team with Brid Desmond who unfortunately was sick and couldn’t travel. Keelan Crowley, Gavin Kelleher, Tim McCarthy, Ruairi Harrington, Rory Desmond & Sean M Kiely were our u13 boys team. \u00a0Both teams competed very well, even though at times the going got quite rough, especially in the boys race! Although, we didn’t come away with medals, the teams gave solid performances and can hold their heads high.
\nWe had just one girl u15 and that was Katie Murphy. Katie ran out of age on the day and gave a great performance, placing 25th and coming away with a bronze Cork medal. Niall Desmond, Fionn Harrington, Peter Ronan & Gavin Kenny made up our u15 boys team. These boys ran a superb team race, packed well, placed 14,18,21 & 25 and earned a well deserved gold team medal for themselves. Fionn, Niall, Gavin also got gold with the Cork team, with Peter just missing out. In the u17 race, we again just had one individual and that was John Muckian. John finished off the day for Bandon AC and didn’t disappoint. He too put in a solid performance and a great effort to earn an individual medal, placing 12th. Well done to all the athletes and their parents. It was great to finish off the XC season on such a high note. <\/p>\n
Report by Susan McCourt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
All-Ireland Bs Cross Country Championships, Sun 24th Jan 2016, Dudalk IT. Bandon AC had 5 teams and 2 individuals make the long journey to Dundalk to compete in the All-Ireland Bs at the the end of January. It’s been a long season for these kids and most were rewarded with a medal or two on …<\/p>\n