Monthly Archives: July 2022

Cathal O'Reilly had a good run in the Junior 5000m at the AAI Games in Tullamore today. Clocking 14.55.14 for the event he took the gold. Well done. Cliodhna Manning had a competitive run in the 400m to take second in 53.06. Jack Manning with sixth in his 400m heat exited the competition in 49.20. Aaron Barron continuing his return to form won heat 3 with a PB of 51.22. James Ledingham finished 10th in his 1500m in 4.07.08. Good to see a number of our athletes competing in The Games.

The re-fixed county 10K, hosted by St Joseph's A.C., was held at the Pink Rock today. KCH ladies were very competitive with Claire Dermody finishing in second place to lead the team to silver medals on 32 points - just one point behind winners St Senan's. St Josephs were 3rd on 40 points. The other team members were Kate Millea 8th, Kate Sugrue 9th and Ann Marie Shortall 13th. Thanks to Kate Millea for getting the team together. Our men failed to muster a team on this occasion. Andrew Smyth  was our first man home in 5th place followed by [...]

Another busy weekend. BELFAST The Schools International were held in Belfast on Saturday and our representative there was Alex Cullen doing the Long Jump. Alex gained selection for this event when he placed second and had a PB of 6.40 at the Tailteann Games on the 24th June.   In Belfast he placed 6th while extending his PB to 6.44. BELGIUM Cliodhna Manning was in Belgium for the 400m at the Flanders Cup meet. Fresh from setting a new PB at the Cork City Sports earlier in the month she like Alex had another PB on Saturday. Finishing second she clocked 52.60 [...]

This was another great weekend for our juvenile athletes. The weather was hot and the cauldron that is Tullamore on day's like this can sap the energy. All the more to cherish the performances with most of our athletes achieving ~PBs. Under 14 - Here we had the top performer of the weekend with Matias Quaglia taking gold and silver. The silver came in the 80m sprint (10.07) on Saturday and then a clas performance in the 200m on Sunday won the gold with a PB of 24.31. Kate Maher was also going well. 10.97 for the 80m on Saturday [...]

This evening's Cork City Sports proved a memorable one for Cliodhna Manning. Plagued with injuries at various times in her career to date she now seems to have put those bebind her and getting under 53 seconds (2nd 52.76) will be a great boost to her further development. James Ledingham was 7th in the 3000 in 8.40.33. It was a good night also for Eamonn O'Connor. Eamonn was in the same race as James and finished 19th but his time of 8.58.12 is a big improvement on time achieved earlier this year.  

Two of our athletes were in Santry Stadium for tonight's Morton mile event. Cathal O'Reilly won the junior mile in 4.20.67 and Cliodhna Manning placed second in the 400m in 53.77. 

Despite some (of the younger ) nationals happening yesterday today is referred to by Athletics Ireland as Day 1. So be it and for Ellen Daly it was her second national medal - bronze in the u13 60m hurdles (9.80) to go with her sprint medal from yesterday. Under 17 athlete Alex Cullen was impressive with gold in the long jump (6.34) and bronze in 100m hurdles (14.94). Other under 17s to feature were Paddy Kelly 5th in 2000m steeplechase (6.53) and Liam Thompson 7th in Long Jump. Pia Langton having got boxed in a couple of times made a [...]

With all the Leinsters over the nationals for juveniles go full steam ahead over this and next weekend. Saturday 2nd was very much about the childrens games- "the Pairs" and relays for u9, u10 and u11. We had five sets of pairs qualified from the Leinsters - three under 10 and two under 11. The under 10 pair of Julia Daly and Ellen Ryan won bronze in the 500m and the under 11 pair of Aoibhinn Lacey and Vivienne Lepeskaite also won bronze in the 60m sprint. The other finalists were Mealla Crowley and Ella o'Flaherty in U10 Long Jump, [...]