St Catherines AC annual Christmas Charity 3km saw 48 runners brave the elements to take part in what was another successful event in aid of St Vincent De Paul. Many thanks to all involved for both organising and taking part this year. The event raised over €600 for SVP. Well done everyone!

Dan McCarthy (Honorary Club President) and Mike Byrne (Club Chairman) present a cheque to Ger O’Mahony (SVP)

Reminder: AGM tomorrow 16th December 8pm in Conna Community Hall. All registered athletes & parents of registered juveniles asked to attend.

The following are the results of the St Catherines AC Charity Christmas 3km cross country run. Well done to all who took part:

St Catherines AC AGM takes place next Friday 16th December at 8pm in Conna Community Hall. All registered senior athletes and parents of registered juvenile athletes are asked to attend.

This year’s St Catherines Christmas Charity 3km Fun Run in aid of SVP will take place on Tuesday 13th December at 7pm in Conna sports field. €5 or donation welcome. Come along and walk, jog or run with all the family.

Our couch to 5k runners had an early start last Saturday as 14 of our members ran in the Ballincollig Park 5k run with a 9:30 start. Running conditions were ideal for this event on a relatively flat course. Here’s to the first of many for these runners.

Across the pond in Scotland on the same day was Kathleen O’Brien representing both Cork and Ireland in the British and Ireland Masters. Kathleen won an individual Bronze and a team Bronze, super performance.

Sunday was far from a day of rest for our Juvenile athletes as they travelled to Limerick Racecourse to compete in the Munster Uneven-age cross country (The going was soft to ‘muddy’). Large numbers from the province competed in all races, with spikes securely fastened. Charlie Nicholson and Conor Hayes were the first of our Juveniles to sample the course, followed by Naoise Whelan in the girls U-13. Meghan Carr was the first of the Club’s medal winners with a strong performance  in the Girls U-15, Meghan came home in 7th position overall winning an individual and county medal. Our U-17 Girls retained their team silver position with pints to spare due to all 5 of them training hard and putting in a great effort on the day. The Jet lag seemed to have a positive impact on Laura Hayes who won an individual silver. This U-17 team of Laura Hayes, Caoimhe Hayes, Natalie Nicholson, Sara Barry and Sarah Mulcahy will represent their club and county at the Nationals in Dundalk on the 11th December.

Good luck to members of our Adult Club that run next Sunday in the masters in Dungarvan.

St. Catherine’s Athletes with their support at Last Sunday’s Munster Cross Country at Limerick Racecourse

Well done to all in the Fit for Life group who ran the Ballincollig Parkrun 5km today in Ballincollig Gunpowder Mills.

There was a great turn out from the club, and great running by all.

Well done to all who took part!

Fit for Life at Ballincollig Parkrun

The very best of luck to Kathleen O’Brien of St Catherines AC who will be representing Ireland in the British and Irish Masters Cross Country Championships today.

Good luck, Kathleen!

Please see below for information on the East Cork Cross Country Championships taking place this weekend in Carrignabfhear.