Munster Even-age cross country Report by Susan McCourt.
\nSun Oct 23rd, Carrig na bhFear, Cork.
\nA sunny day yet again but cold with quite a strong wind. The conditions underfoot were dry and
\noverall quite good. The course itself at first glance looked ok but on walking it, it soon became
\napparent that it was tough enough. An uphill pull at the start, turning left into a narrow part of the
\ncourse, widening out then before turning left again to traverse the field into a strong headwind. The
\nu10s & 12s continued on straight here, before turning left to go up the long uphill drag again, with
\nthe 10s turning left into the finish, the 12s continuing on to do the loop again.The 14s and older
\ntook a right on the traverse into a 500m loop before joining back in to continue as the 12s did, up
\nthe long pull on to their 2nd loop. The club\u2019s new purchase made it\u2019s debut yesterday & it was most
\nwelcome, sheltering us all from the strong wind. Thank you to all the parents who helped with
\nputting it up and taking it down.
\nThe u10 girls had a great day out and their team took bronze. A fantastic result. Layla O
\nNeill, Natalia Dawidowcz, Doireann Kelly, Orla Ryan, Orlaith Deasy Jenny Flemming, Sarah
\nBurrows & Aoife Callan all had a terrific race with Aoife 11th & Sarah 12th winning individual
\nmedals and scoring with the Cork team to get Gold county medals. The boys u10 team of Sean
\nHales, Harry Good, Daniel Dollard, Daniel Coughlan, Eoin O Callaghan, Jack Twomey, Diarmuid
\nBrady, Jack Coomey, Dylan Looney & Cormac O Flynn all ran very well in a race with one of the
\nlargest number of entries on the day, 157. Their team finished 6th, well done boys.
\nThe boys u12; Joseph Buttimer, Dara McCarthy, Sean Deasy, Danny Crowley, Dara Ryan &
\nCiaran Brady also ran superbly on the day and they finished 6th. The u12 girls team of Molly O
\nCallaghan, Ciara O Sullivan, Niamh Quinn, Ciara White Ella Collins & Amy McCarthy were 5th on
\nthe day with Ella 10th & Amy 2nd winning individual medals and scoring for Cork, winning gold
\ncounty medals. They both will now represent Munster in the All-Irelands. Well done girls!
\nThe girls u14 team of Ellen Murphy, Kate O Neill, Clare Flynn, Emillie Good, Nicola Tuthill &
\nJane Buckley were the first to try out the longer loop. All ran very well and the team finished 4th
\nwith Jane coming in 4th place and scoring for the Cork team, winning a gold county medal. The
\nboys u14 team of Jack Cullen, Gavin Kelleher, Callum McCourt & Ruairi Harrington also ran very
\nstrongly with Jack & Gavin scoring for the Cork team and winning silver county medals. They will
\nnow represent Cork in the All-Irelands, and Jane will represent Munster. Super stuff!
\nThe club had some individual entries on the day too. Olivia Tuthill, Katie Murphy(u16) and
\nJohn Muckian, Naoise O Flaitheartaigh(u18). All four ran extremely well with Olivia scoring for the
\nCork team winning a bronze county medal, and John and Naoise also scoring for the Cork team
\nwinning a silver county medal. These three also qualify for the All-Irelands. Well done to all the
\nathletes on the day, who put in a tremendous effort and really gave everything for their teams. And
\nalso a big thanks to all the parents and coaches, without which none of it would be possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Munster Even-age cross country Report by Susan McCourt. Sun Oct 23rd, Carrig na bhFear, Cork. A sunny day yet again but cold with quite a strong wind. The conditions underfoot were dry and overall quite good. The course itself at first glance looked ok but on walking it, it soon became apparent that it was …<\/p>\n