Athletics

“Athletics

Athletics is a great place to meet new friends, exercise and have lots of fun.
At Athletics you can do javelin, sprinting, jogging, long jump, relays and lots of fun games.

I Love Athletics.
By Lucy A”

Preparations underway for Conna 5k

This year the village of Conna will host a 5k road race on Thursday 1st August at 8pm. The race kicks off an action packed bank holiday weekend in the parish with a number of events organised as part of the Conna gathering.

Conna Village

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Cork City Marathon

The Cork City Marathon is one of the most inclusive running events in Munster with the Youth Team Relay, Team Relay, Half and Full Marathon there is something for everyone. This year St Catherines AC had participants in all of these events. Well done to everybody who ran and congratulations to John Beecher who ran a fantastic time of 2:59:10 placing 39th in the Marathon.

Streets of Fermoy 5k

Congratulations to Ann-Marie Hayes, the first women home in last Thursday’s Streets of Fermoy 5k and overall winner of the Women’s league.

Monday mile continues

The club Monday mile continues every Monday at 8:15pm. Everyone is welcome to come along and give it a go.

Photos from CIT 26 May 2013

Here is some photos of our athletes at the County track and field on Sunday 26th May. Well done everybody!!!

St Catherines participants at County T&F 12 May 2013

Well done to all of our athletes who participated in the County track and field. Here are some pictures from the 12th.

The Gathering 5k

Great news! We are going to hold a 5k road race on the 1st of August as part of the Conna gathering. More to follow…
Start your training for “The Gathering 5K” by doing the Monday Mile.
Run it or walk a bit run a bit.
Every monday, 8.15pm Conna community field.
All welcome

St Catherines participants at County T&F 5 May 2013

Well done to all of the St Catherines participants at the County track and field. Here are some pictures from the 5th.

Club take second in Ballynoe

On Thursday 25th April the East Cork Championships were held in Ballynoe.
A lovely spring evening brought good numbers to the race with plenty support for the runners taking part.
Our mens team performed well over the challenging 5 mile course winning medals for placing second in the team prizes.
Mens Team
Well done also to our womens team who put in a great effort in the 2k race.
Thanks to all the organisers and volunteers for putting on a great event.

Monday mile begins as winter training ends

The 2012/2013 senior winter training season finished on the 2nd of April. There was a great effort put in by all over the winter months under the watchful eye of Frank Hayes. A big thank you to Frank for his support and advise to all of the athletes. We are already seeing promising results in some recent races. Best of luck to everyone as the summer road race season gets underway. 

The Monday Mile started on the 22nd of April at 8pm in Conna Community Field. It will run weekly for the new few months. This is a timed mile (4 laps) of the pitch and everybody is welcome to come along and give it a go. 

John and Kevin on the final lap

John and Kevin on the Monday mile (final lap)

Photos from Midleton T&F – 14 April 2013

Here are some pictures from Sunday. Well done to all of our athletes who took part…