The Uneven All-Ireland CC came to Kilkenny thanks to host club Gowran and Kilkenny Athletics County Board. The Covid pandemic unfortunately played a part resulting in a number of our athletes not being able to be involved. The weather was cold but bright and made for good running conditions. All of our athletes performed welll. The day started with the U11 girls where we had two scoring on the county team. A fantastic run by Amelia O’Brien (94) saw her the second finisher for the team and Emma Kelly (138) the sixth scorer. Our U11 boys, the only age group where we had a team competing, finished 8th team. Three of them scored on the county team – Daire O’Flaherty (16), Darragh O’Callaghan (64) and Peter Quinn (90) – fabulous running by all five, the other two being Emmet Murphy (104) and Aidan Malone (151). Daire collected a bronze All-Ireland medal as a scorer on the Leinster Provincial team. Well done. These under 11 athletes have great potential. Keep up the training.
We had two competing U13. Paul Millea (42) and Kyrell Mtinsi (109). Both acquitted themselves with good running with Paul fourth scorer on the county team.
It was a similar story for our under 15s – just two competitors – Hannah Quinn (107) and Evelyn McEvoy (134) – with Hannah scoring on the county team.
For the under 17s we also had two athletes – Ruairi McEvoy (64) and Paddy Kelly (70) – and both scored on the county team which placed fourth.
And two more athletes represented the club at U19 – Maebhdh Richardson (10) and Pia O’Grady (52) – Maebhdh was second scorer on the third placed county team.
We had three competing at Novice level. In the men’s race we had Eamon O’Connor (115) scoring on the county team and for the ladies we had Maeve Maher (94) and Ciara Maher (132) with Maeve scoring for the county team. Well done all. You are the future of the club. We look forward to seeing you all progress and enjoy the sport. Best wishes to Cathal O’Reilly (U20) and Aoibhe Richardson (Senior) in next Sunday’s European Cross Country in Dublin.