Bill Allen, Laura Hayes, Dan McCarthy, Meghan Carr, Sara Barry and Aoife Cooke

Kathleen O’Brien receiving her Achievement Award from East Cork Chairman Martin Drake

Last Friday 19^th February 3 of our Juvenile Athletes were presented with an Annual Achievement Award in recognition of their All Ireland Achievements during 2015. The Cermony took place in the Midleton Park Hotel. Those receiving awards were as follows:

Laura Hayes

Laura not only represents Cork on the GAA pitch but also has many achievements as an athlete representing her club St. Catherine’s and her county. Laura’s debut cross country outing in 2015 was Day 1 of the East Cork X Country hosted by St. Catherines where Laura finished in 2^ND place.  This was just a warm up for her as she came home in first position in the girls u16 County‘s in Carraig na Bhfear and 2^nd at the Munster’s in WIT.

Laura completed her 2015 X Country season with impressive runs at both even and uneven age GloHealth X Country Championships.

Meghan  Carr

Meghan is no stranger to awards and has been on the podium for both her T&F and X Country achievements in 2015. Gold in county 80m sprint, long jump and 600m middle distance. Meghan won a bronze medal in the 600m at the Munster T&F.

Meghan’s natural ability and determination is always evident at the various X Country events. 2^nd in girls U14 on day one of the East Cork X Country,  2^nd at the U14 county’s, 2^nd place at a windswept munsters in WIT in which she was first cork girl home on the day.

Meghan came home in 6^th place overall in Santry and 4^th in Dungarvan thus completing a double gold for Cork and Munster.

Sara Barry

Sara was a member of St. Catherine’s very successful U16 team in 2015. Together with her team mates St. Catherine’s won county gold, Munster silver and were the sole club from Cork at the GloHealth X Country Championships in Santry at U16 level. Sara was 5^th cork girl home at Santry , enabling Cork to win bronze.

Its that time of the year again. 2016 club membership is now due and needs be paid by the end of January. This year the club is hosting an open registration night at 8pm on Thursday 14th of January at Conna Community Hall where payments and membership forms will be collected. It will also be an opportunity to meet some of the coaches and other club members who will be there to answer any questions.

Its also possible to register at Little Athletics on Monday 11th.

The subscription fees for the 2016 season are:
Adult €20, Child €15 (€10 for 3rd,4th child in family)

The club registration form can be downloaded here

Membership includes full AAI registration

Happy New Year everyone.

There will be no club training in Conna Sports Field this week due to the recent heavy rainfall. We will look to recommence adult training next week with 400s (Tuesday 12th).

There are a number of runs happening over the holidays. Here are some of the events

• Sat 19th (12 noon)…Shanagarry 5k road race
• Sun 20th (10am)…Castlelyons 5k Turkey Trot fun run…Click here for the facebook page and registration
• Mon 21st (7:30pm )- Phil Terry 5k Fun Run raising funds for Damian Ahern. Starts near Youghal GAA pitch (Night run so bring a high vis vest)
• Fri 25th (11am-12pm) – Goal Mile Ballynoe GAA pitch
• Sat 26th (11am)…Tallow Community Council 5k fun run / walk..€5…
• Sat 26th (12 noon)…Belgooly 4 mile road race…€10…
• Sat 26th (12pm) – Clonmel 4mi Road Race…€10
• Sat 2nd – Ballynoe (knockakoe 5k trail run)

Click here for for info on cork running blog

Thanks to everyone who came along to support our annual 3k in what can only be described as brutal conditions everyone still braved the wind and rain to get around the course in one piece.

The 3K is the last event on the calendar for 2015. So on behalf of St Catherines AC we would like to wish everyone Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year. See you in 2016!

Results below

Charity Christmas 3k
 Our Annual Charity Christmas 3k will be held on Tuesday 15th December at 7pm in Conna Sports Field. Entry is 5 euro with proceeds going to St Vincent’s De Paul

AGM
The club’s AGM will be held in Conna Hall at 8:30pm on Fri 11th December.
We would encourage parents and members to attend the meeting to share their views
and opinions and help us guide the club through 2016.

End of Year Social
It has become a small tradition of ours to directly follow the AGM with a social night out.
This year we will go to the Big Tree, Aghern and hope to be there from 9:45 pm (a good
reason to keep our AGM short and to the point!) We welcome adult club members and parents
to come and join us.

Goal Mile
The Goal mile will be held in Ballynoe GAA pitch on Christmas day from 11am-Midday