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Woodie’s DIY All Ireland Cross Country Championships 2013

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Over the last few months our juvenile athletes have trained relentlessly. They have competed in local cross country events at East Cork, County Events, and at Munster Level, with great success. As a club we were delighted to have three of our Juvenile athletes competing at National Level last Sunday.

The big attendance at today’s Woodie’s DIY cross country championships at Santry Demesne in Dublin added very much to the atmosphere. The weather remained mild and the rain never materialized, much to the delight of everyone. Laura Hayes, Ciaran O Brien and Meghan Carr Reilly not only competed in the Even-age All Ireland  these three little musketeers brought home the silverware too!

Meghan was first up on the day and represented both county and province in the u12 Girls. This little pocket rocket was in the lead group from the start and maintained her position throughout to finish 3rd and was rewarded with an individual Bronze All Ireland Medal, and All Ireland Inter- provincial and County Team gold medals.

Minutes Later, Ciarán, representing both Munster and Cork took up position to start in the U12 Boys. As always with this young athlete, he put everything he had into the race and as a result was well rewarded with an All Ireland Inter-provincial Team Silver Medal and a Bronze All Ireland Inter County Team Medal. Whilst out of individual placing he finished 8th in Munster and 5th in Cork.

Laura Hayes had an exciting start in the U14 Girls. This unwavering young lady was determined to get ahead. Representing both County and Province Laura ran an excellent race and was hot on the heels of the winner throughout. Finishing 5th Laura received an individual All Ireland Medal as well as an Inter-Provincial Gold and a Silver Inter-County Team medal.

It was also very heartening to see so many of the juvenile athletes stay for the junior and senior races, and they were surely delighted to witness some marvelous races. The performance of Fionnuala Britton (Kilcoole AC) was one of the most enthralling sights to be witnessed by our Juvenille athletes. Some of whom may even have broken their own personal bests flying around the course in pursuit of her!

Well done to you all. Your achievements are not only a testament of your own skill and determination but also a sign of a club that is going from strength to strength. Special thanks to our coaches and trainers who have worked so hard with our athletes all season. Thanks also to the loyal supporters who took to the road in the early hours of Sunday morning to support all who ran.

Adult training:

  • Interval Training: Tuesday @ 7pm
  • Fit 4 life continues on Wednesdays @7pm  +/- 8km road run.
  • Woodland run every Saturday Morning- Knockakeo Woods 10am SHARP.

Juvenile Training:

  • AGE 7+ Mondays and Thursdays, Conna Pitch @ 7pm.
  • AGE 5-7 Little Athletics- Mondays @7pm Conna Hall.

Uneven age Munster Championships 2013 – Castlelyons

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Another successful week for St. Catherine’s Club. On Sunday, 10th Nov we had 12 Juvenile athletes competing at the Uneven championships in neighbouring Castlelyons. As a neighbouring club we would like to thank St. Nicholas for hosting the Championships. It was a pleasure to arrive at such a well organised event, with a true cross country course, demanding but fair.

U9 girls were very well represented by Lelia O’Reilly, Lucy Aherne, Karina Hartnett and Lucy Barry who achieved overall 11th team placing. Lelia O’ Reilly gave a sign of things to come, winning her first Munster Medal. Placed 7th individually, Lelia also received a Munster, County Medal. In a blistering race, Meghan Carr O’ Reilly (U11 girls) won her second Munster Medal in as many weeks. Meghan and Sarah Morrison (Castlelyons AC) battled for position throughout. Sarah was triumphant and won Gold, with Meghan close on her heels to receive second place individually as well as another County team medal. Tom Hartnett and Gearoid O’ Brien (U11 Boys) ran a very strong race and are both continuing to improve throughout the season. Sarah Barry (U13 Girls), showed great determination and strength in what was a very competitive race. Kevin Barry, James Hayes and Ciaran O Brien lined up for the U13 Boys, all boys showed a great performance throughout. Laura Hayes also received a Munster Medal in the U15 girls, another club member receiving a second Munster Medal in as many weeks. Well done to all who competed last Sunday.

Intermediate Championships

Well done to Ann-Marie and Kevin Hayes who ran in the intermediate section. In what was a very fast paced race Annie ran a fantastic race and was unfortunate to finish just outside medal placing.

National Championships

Best of Luck to Laura Hayes, Meghan Carr O’ Reilly and Ciarán O’ Brien who are travelling to Santry Demesne, Dublin, next weekend to represent our Club, County and Province in the Woodie’s DIY AAI Inter-County & Juvenile Even Age Cross Country Championships.

Adult training:

Interval Training: Tuesday @ 7pm

Fit 4 life continues on Wednesdays @7pm  +/- 8km road run.

Woodland run every Saturday Morning- Knockakeo Woods 10am SHARP.

Juvenile Training:

AGE 7+ Mondays and Thursdays, Conna Pitch @ 7pm.

AGE 5-7 Little Athletics- Mondays @7pm Conna Hall.

 

ST CATHERINE’S ATHLETIC CLUB MOURN THE LOSS OF A KEY MEMBER.

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It was with great sadness that members of our club assembled outside the church in Conna to form a Guard of Honour for the late Catherine Leahy Dingivan, last Friday evening. Following a brief illness borne with incredible strength and dignity this beautiful person who touched all of our hearts was heartbreakingly on her journey to being laid to rest.

Catherine was a true treasure of our club and a key committee member both at Juvenile and Senior Level. St. Catherine’s AC began to develop about five years ago, since then Catherine played a central with our junior members, her bright positive spirit was always to the fore namely in the form of her fabulous smile and her sharp wit not to mention all the unassuming work she carried out which some of us know little about. At senior level Catherine always and unselfishly made herself available to record results, clock time trials as well as attending county board meetings once a month. The loss to us and our community is palpable however at this time our deepest sympathy and thoughts are with Catherine’s family.

“Catherine may you rest in peace our thoughts will always be with you”.

 

On Sunday (27th Oct) some of our club members travelled to Limerick Race Course for the Munster Juvenille Even age Cross Country Championships. Leila Carr was first to the start line for the club (U10 Girls). In what was a very demanding course Leila showed great potential and finished well. Next out was Leyla’s sister Meghan (U12 girls) who powered home with the club’s first medal of the day winning an individual Munster silver as well as Gold for team placing. James Hayes and  Ciarán O Brien (U12 boys) both showed true strength and determination. James ran a very strong race and has continued to improve all season. Ciarán gave everything he had finished 11th , received an individual Munster medal as well as gold for team placing. Caoimhe and Laura Hayes (U14 girls) both ran a wonderful race. Caoimhe showed consistency and strength throughout. Laura blistered into the chute winning and individual bronze as well as a silver medal for team placing. Laura, Ciarán and Meghan will now represent Munster at the All Ireland’s on Nov 17th in Dublin. To all our competitors on the day well done! Well done also to two of our club members who competed in the Dublin City Marathon, Mike and John- hope the lactic acid is subsiding!

Adult training:

Interval Training: Tuesday @ 7pm

Fit 4 life continues on Wednesdays @7pm  +/- 8km road run.

Woodland run every Saturday Morning- Knockakeo Woods 10am SHARP.

Juvenile Training:

AGE 7+ Mondays and Thursdays, Conna Pitch @ 7pm.

AGE 5-7 Little Athletics- Mondays @7pm Conna Hall.

Challenging Course at West Muskerry

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The picturesque setting of Carrigadrohid was the venue for the Cork County Cross Country Championship (uneven) hosted by West Muskerry last Sunday. Weather conditions were excellent which certainly helped athletes compete in a very challenging course.. For St. Catherine’s it wasn’t all about the quantity of athletes but the quality of the athletes and quality was obvious on the day with 4 of our 12 athletes taking home medals. In the juvenile categories there were individual medals for Laeila O’Reilly who finished 5th in the girls U-9, 750 metre race, followed by her sister Megan who took silver in the girls U-11, 1500 metre race. A silver medal by Laura Hays in the girls U-15, 3,500 metres, completed the medals tally for St. Catherine’s in the juvenile section. Anmhuire Hayes took fourth place in the Intermediate women’s race run over a distance of 5km.

Sara Barry, Laura Hayes, Caoimhe Hayes, Lucy Barry & Cliona Dunning at West Muskerry

Sara Barry, Laura Hayes, Caoimhe Hayes, Lucy Barry & Cliona Dunning at West Muskerry

On Sunday 20th October sees St. Catherine’s hosting the County B’s Cross Country Championships in Conna on the land of Frank Hayes. Any help with the preparation and running of this event would be greatly appreciated. Juvenile training continues Mondays and Thursday at 7pm in Conna pitch. Little Athletics in Conna Hall every Monday at 7pm.

Cork County Cross Country Championships 2013

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Last Sunday saw the club attend the Cork County Cross Country championships, hosted again by Carrignavar AC. Our novice ladies were first out on the course for the 4km event and were pleased with their individual performances. For some it was their first cross country outing, so well done to all. St. Catherine’s were well represented in the men’s novice 6km run also. 1pm sharp saw the start of the juvenile races in which St. Catherine’s had a total of 15 participants. Running conditions were favourable on the day that saw Megan Carr O’Reilly take silver in the U12, well done Megan as you were the only St. Catherine’s runner in a very big field of runners. Next to finish in the medals was Ciaran O’Brien in the U12 category, who along with his fellow under 12 team members ran a 2km race. Next to the start line were our 3 under 14 girls, with Laura Hayes winning bronze in a tight finish, Sara Barry and Caoimhe Hayes also did very well and finished the race strongly. James Clancy and Joanna Leahy-Dingivan represented the club in the boys U-14 and girls U-16 respectively. So all in all Well done to all the athletes who participates and represented both their families and club over the weekend.
Juvenile training continues Monday and Thursday evening at 7pm in Conna pitch. New members always welcome. Next Sunday 13th October see the club travel to West Muskerry AC who are hosting the Cork County intermediate and Juvenile Uneven Age Cross Country Championships.

St. Catherine’s A.C. attend the East Cork Cross-Country

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East Cork 2013

Sunday 22nd Sept

With the Track & Field season behind us and the recent inaugural 5km Conna road race complete, it has been a busy year for St. Catherine’s A.C.
But, never short of things to do, we have spent the last several weeks training and preparing for the cross country races which now lie before us.
The summer has been extended by the warm and dry weather we have been experiencing, and so on Sunday, standing in the grounds of Youghal A.C.
with a warm and gentle breeze in our faces, we found ourselves peeling off the layers of clothes instead of the usual practice of piling them on.

EAST CORK CROSS COUNTRY.
This was the East Cork Juvenile Even-Age and Adult cross country, and as always, Youghal A.C. had a wonderful and testing cross course laid out
and waiting. Juvenile athletics has seen a growth in participation over recent years, with club numbers swelling and new clubs starting up around
the country. And so it was in Youghal, with the bigger clubs of Midleton, Youghal and Carrignavar fielding large teams. Although an altogether
smaller club, St. Catherine’s had 21 juveniles and 6 adults representing the parish. The races started with the U10 girls where we had a team of
six determined young ladies racing over 1000m. With four finishers in the top 25, the girls came away with team bronze, a fine achievement considering
many of them had never run a cross country before. In the boys U10 race we had two more athletes making thier debut and both ran very well. In the girls U12 we had two more athletes with Megan winning silver here. A short while later our four boys in the U12 category, Ciaran won the gold and the team bronze,demonstrating that cross country really is a team event where even the runners lower down in the field can make a difference to the outcome.
The U14 girls were up next, all three ran a great race wiyh Laura winning silver but unfortunatly bieng short one to make up a team no team prize.The U16 boys team were not prepared to be left out and ran a magnificent race finishing with Patrick winning silver and Cormac the Bronze, Eoin made up the team to win the team gold. This was especially pleasing to see as the boys have improved steadily over the last few years and deserve their spot in the limelight. The ladies masters won a team bronze.

The medals apart, all of our athletes competed to the best of their ability and represented their parish extremely well. The day had good individual
and team spirit as seen when many of our athletes spread themselves around the course to eagerly cheer on their friends. Thanks to everyone for
a good day and congratulations to everyone who took part.

EAST CORK SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY.
On Friday last we hosted the East Cork Schools Cross Country. The weather was kind to us and a huge crowd started gathering in Conna Community Field before the off at 11am. With big numbers in every race some very exciting compitition was had. Well done to all who competed. The refreshing flavoured milk supplied by Glanbia was enjoyed by the compititors at the end of each race. To host this event takes alot of help and goodwill. We wish to thank anyone that helped on the day and the neighbouring land-owners that provided parking facilities.

On Sunday next Cork Co. Cross Country Championships begin in Carrignavar. We are looking forward to a large club turnout on the day. For club information and training schedule check us out on stcatherines.org.

From Frank Hayes, St Catherines AC 0876192070

Cross Country Dates

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1. Cross Country Dates

The following are provisional dates and venues for the forthcoming cross country season:

September 22nd – East Cork X-Country, Youghal (Juvenile, Novice, Masters, Junior)

October 6th – County , Carraig na bhFear AC (Juvenile Even Age, Novice)

October 13th – County, West Muskerry AC (Juvenile Un-Even Age, Intermediate )

October 20th – County, St. Catherine’s AC (Masters, Juvenile-B, Novice-B)

October 27th – Munster, Limerick race Course (Juvenile Even Age, Novice)

November 3rd – County, Riverstick (Senior, Junoir)

November 10th – Munster, Castlelyons (Juvenile Uneven Age, Intermediate)

November 17th – AAI Nationals, (Juvenile Even Age, Inter County)

December 1st – East Cork X-Country, Carraig na bhFear (Juvenile, Senior)

December 15th – AAI Nationals, (Juvenile Uneven Age, Novice)

2. Schools Cross Country

Friday 27th September has been set as the date for the East Cork Schools Cross Country.

St. Catherine’s A.C. will once again host the event at the Conna Community Pitch.

We will be asking our volunteers to help us organise and stage this event, as they so kindly have done in recent years.