Monthly Archives: June 2026

Our under 11 girls gave a good account of themselves in the final of the national relays in Tullamore today. In a competitiion f 16 teams they placed 5th. Team - Holly Quinn, Mayar Elfaedy, Molly Costello, Ava Ledingham and Amenze Victor.  Amenze and Florence O'Donoghue were in the final of the 60m PAIRS. Their combined time for the event was 18.99 seconds. Roisin Hyland took part in the under 12 high jump and placed 5th with a clearance of 1.25. Well done girls.

This year's Tailteann Games were held in SETU, Carlow. Leinster placed second with two KCH athletes helping out. Victor Lamph was 2nd in 400m (48.99) and Patrick Wall came third in the 400 hurdles (57.82). Both were part of the 4x400 relay which placed 2nd. Both athletes will now be part of the Ireland team in the SIAB in Belfast on the 18th July. Athletics Ireland held relay girls 4x100 and 4x400 relay trials for the world juniors. In the 4x400 the A team achieved the standard. Kate Maher ran on the B team. Ellen Daly was on the 4x100 [...]

The mild weather this evening helped to add to the competition and the enjoyment at the county B's hosted by Thomastown AC. In a more relaxed atmosphere than the A's the athletes can mingle and develop friendships that help in motivating a love of the sport. This evenings results:-  Under 8 - Fionn Quinn 1/80, 1/300. Under 9 - Ruby foster 3/ 80, 3/Turbo Javelin;FeidhelmNorry 1/80, 1/300; Matthew Healy 1/80, 2/Turbo. Under 10 - Cara Walsh 2/80, 3/300; Peter Gleeson 3/80, 1/long jump; Olivia Foster 2/Turbo. 2nd in Girls relay. Under 11 - Maise Victoe 1/80, Molly Costello 2/80, 1/300; [...]

Tullamore track was a busy place this weekend for the holding of the Leinster Juvenile track and field. KCH had large numbers entered and there were some excellent results for those who made the trip. In all our athletes qualified for 40 individual events at national winning 8 gold, 9 silver, 13 bronze and ten 4th place finishes and many more acquiring PBs. Among the many superb results there were two which stand out - Under 15 Daniel Greene (Gold in 300, 800 and 1500) and under 18 Kate Maher (gold in 200 - PB 24.87, silver in 400 and [...]

Another busy weekend for our young athletes. It started with the County Walks on Friday evening where Cillian Maher continued his race walk development with first place  in the U14 Walk. RELAYS Saturday then it was on to Carlow for the Leinster Relays. The younger age groups had multiple teams and faced serious competition from across the province. The club had fewer podium appearances than had been the norm in the past. However with the younger ones coming along the future looks good. Today there was just one gold and four silver - U16 girls gold; U11 girls, U13 boys [...]