The Club would like to thank all the volunteers who helped out over the Saturday and Sunday when the club hosted the County Juvenile B Cross Country and Masters Championships in Shankil. Many thanks to landowner John Mulcahy who allowed his field to be invaded by enthusiastic runners and supporters. Similar to previous week-ends our Juveniles have been in action once more, this time a small group of athletes made the journey to a rain-swept and windswept Beaufort, County Kerry to participate in the Munsters. Congratulations to Leila O’Reilly (11th) girls U-11, Conor Hayes (63) Boys U-11, Meghan Carr
(4th) Girls U-13, Laura Hayes (4th) and Caoimhe Hayes (28th) Girls U-17.

Best of Luck

Best of luck to club members Kathleen O’Brien and Frank Hayes who will represent Cork in the 28th British and Irish Masters Cross Country in Dublin this Saturday 14th November.

Day 2 of the East Cork Uneven age, novice and Senior Championships takes place in Carraig na Bhfear this Sunday 15th November. First race is at 11.30. This event is open to all registered juvenile athletes

L-R: Ellie Barry, Cian Dunning, Nathan Sheehan, Conor Hayes, Daniel Harte. Front row : James Hayes Winners fro the recent Juvenile Championships at Shankil

Silverware success at Munsters

Last Sunday the club traveled to WIT to participate in the Munster Even age Cross Country. Conor Hayes and Charlie Nicholson ran in a large U-10 Field followed by Leila O’Reilly and Lucy Barry in the Girls U-12. Kevin Barry was our sole representative in the boys U-14 on this hilly course. The first of our silverware winners was Meghan Carr in the U-14 girls race who ran superbly to come home in second position and also the first Cork girl home. Our Girls U-16 team made up of Sara Barry, Laura Hayes, Caoimhe Hayes, Sarah Mulcahy and Natalie Nicholson retained their winning form by winning a team silver and following yet another determined second place finish for Laura Hayes.

Dublin City Marathon

Congratulations to 3 members of our adult club who ran in the Dublin City Marathon on Bank Holiday Monday, Mike Byrne (2:48), John Beecher (2:52) and Patricia Barry (4:31). Both Mike and John were in the Top 200 runners home in an international field of almost 13,000.

County B’s

Help needed this weekend as the Club hosts the County Juvenile B, Masters and Junior B at Shanakill just outside Conna on the Tallow Road. First race gets underway at 12pm on Sunday 1st November. Please contact Frank Hayes or Steve Dunning if free to help on the Sunday or help set up course on Saturday.

Location confirmed for the up coming County Masters XC on 1st Nov. You can find a map with the location of the event below or by clicking here. More to follow…

Carrigadrohid, Macroom, 12 noon, Sunday October 11th

                    Organised and hosted by West Muskerry AC

                            Venue: Carrigadrohid, Macroom

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Girls u16 team that won a team Gold at Cork Even Age Cross Country Championships 2015Left To Right: Sarah Mulcahy, Caoimhe Hayes, Laura Hayes( 1st), Sara Barry, Natalie Nicholson.

Enthusiastic Runners at recent schools cross country held in Conna.

Conor Hayes (St Catherines) receiving his medal at the recent East Cork Cross Country.

Bronze medal winning U12 team from last Sunday’s Cork Cross Country.

 St Catherines AC team at recent East Cork XC

First Day of the East Cork Cross Country took place last Sunday 20th September at Morley’s Cross in Ballynoe and was hosted by St. Catherine’s. Many thanks to land owners John and Bernadette Twomey for the use of the field on the day. Feedback from the athletes on the day was very positive.

Many thanks also to everyone who helped out on Saturday to set up the course and on Sunday to ensure the event ran smoothly for all participants. Individual medals on the day went to Conor Hayes (3rd in Boys U-10), Megan Carr (2nd in Girls U-14) and Laura Hayes (2nd in Girls U-16).

St. Catherine’s U-10 girls (Ally Mulkerrrins, Sarah O’Connell and Ellie Barry) won a team bronze. Our boys U-10 were unlucky to miss out on a team medal. (Cian Dunning, Conor Hayes, Donacha O’Donovan, Charlie Nicholson and Daniel Harte). 7 Athletes ran in the girls U-12 and took home a team silver (Lucy Barry, Karina Hartnett, Cliona Dunning, Doireann Hayes, Faelin Richards, Leila O’Reilly and Lucy Aherne). Nathan Sheehan was our only sole representative in the boys U-12 as was Ben O’Donovan in the boys U-16.

Team silvers were also won by our girls U-14 (Meghan Carr, Jodie O’Donovan and Hazel Sheehan) and our boys U-14 (Brian Barry, Kevin Barry, James Hayes, Tom Hartnett and Sam Dunning).

Adult races got underway promptly following the juvenile races. Congratulation to Catherine Clancy

3rd place in her category, also participating in the women’s 4K were Ger Sheehan and Patricia Barry. Shane Fitzgerald and Kevin Hayes came home 1st and 2nd respectively in the men’s over 35’s 6K which resulted in St. Catherine’s winning team gold (Alan Carr, Chris O’Connell and Aidan Barry). We also managed to fill our men’s over 45 category and were presented with a team bronze for their performance in the 6K (Steve Dunning, Kieran Harte, Bill O’Keefe, Mike Walsh and Batt Sheehan).

East Cork Schools Cross Country – Tomorrow Friday 25th September in Conna Community field.

Help is required tomorrow at Conna Community field from 10am until 1pm to ensure all children enjoy the races and get back to their respective schools safely

You can find a map with the location of the event below or by clicking here

Juvenile, Little Athletics and Senior Training

Following on from the summer break next week all training will be back in full swing in Conna Sports Field 7pm

• Mondays – Juvenile and Little Athletics
• Tuesdays – Senior Training 8 x 300-400s or 3k the first Tuesday of every month
• Wednesday – Fit 4 Life
• Thursdays – Juvenile

Coaching

Some information here for anyone interesting in coaching

Cork Athletics – Cross-Country Fixtures 2015-2016

Cork, Munster, National and International Cross Country fixtures for the coming season, including IMAA and ISAA fixtures are available here.

Run with Sonia

Sonia 5K Cobh in association with Euromedic Ireland takes place on Saturday 19th of September at 6pm to mark the 20th Anniversary of Irish athletics icon Sonia O’Sullivan’s historic victory in the 5,000 metres at the IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg in 1995 in her hometown.

Join the former World Champion and Olympic Silver Medallist in this Special Celebration event on a beautiful scenic route in the seaside town of Cobh the homeland of Sonia.

All finishers will receive a Unique Commemorative Medal – an exact replica of the World Championship Gold Medal won by Sonia when she became Ireland’s first-ever female Athletics World Champion.
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