Friday, February 15, 2013

Dunboyne AC active on all fronts


AAI All Ireland Master Indoor Championships – Saturday 9th February
A huge congratulations to Michael Cornyn (see picture attached), our newly elected Chairman, for a achieveing a PB of 60sec flat in the M50 400m, coming 2nd in this All Ireland event! Michael topped his PB of 62sec from the Leinster Indoor Championships last weekend. A fantastic result for Michael and the club. A great run also by Phelim Glynn, who finished 1st in the O45 800m and ran as well in the 1500m in a time of 4.30 to finish 6th. Well done to both Michael and Phelim on these excellent performances at national level.
Michael also finished 4th in the O50 800m. Well done Michael.
In the 1500m, good performaces were had by Luke Ford, Lorcan Campion and Dave Galbraith. Well done to everyone.


Enniscorthy 10K – Sunday 10th February
Well done to Noel Duffy, who finished this 10K in a time of 1.02. Great running Noel.

Annacurra, IMRA Winter League – Saturday 9th February
Another good performance from Eddie Reid who came 2nd O60 again in the 3rd IMRA Winter League Mountain Race. Well done Eddie.


All Ireland Masters Cross Country, Derry – 3rd February
Well done to Emilia Dan (see piecture attached) on an excellent performance, coming 9th overall in this All Ireland event! The event was won by olympian Pauline Curley.
Emilia climbed 4 places in the last mile, and 2 places in the last few meters. She also finished 5th in her age category, and was first home for the Meath team. Well done Emilia! The Meath team finished 5th team overall.


Meet & Train, Lucan – Sunday 3rd February
Well done to Aoiffe Kerrigan, Anne Gorman and Claire Keegan who ran in the final Meet & Train cross country 2 mile. Meet & Train road race coming up soon.


Couch to 5K
A special congratulations to all our Couch to 5K-ers (see picture attached) who completed their first 3K yesterday - after just 4 weeks training.
Well done to you all, you are all just flying. Here's to your 5K in just a few weeks' time!

Ras na hEireann



2013 Date: February 17, 2013.
This year races will be held at the historic

Battle of the Boyne Site, Oldbridge,between Slane and Drogheda.


GroupTimeAgeDistancePrizes
Combined11:45Special Olympics Category Race300M1st 6 individuals plus top 3 Teams.
Girls12:00Under 9 Born 2005 or After500M1st 6 individuals plus top 3 Teams.
Boys Under 9 Born 2005 or After500M1st 6 individuals plus top 3 Teams.
Girls12:10Under 11 Born 2003 or 2004800M1st 6 individuals plus top 3 Teams.
Boys Under 11 Born 2003 or 2004800M1st 6 individuals plus top 3 Teams.
Girls12:20Under 13 Born 2001 or 20021500M1st 6 individuals plus top 3 Teams.
Boys Under 13 Born 2001 or 20021500M1st 6 individuals plus top 3 Teams.
Girls12:35Under 15 Born 1999 or 20002500M1st 6 individuals plus top 3 Teams.
Boys Under 15 Born 1999 or 20002500M1st 6 individuals plus top 3 Teams.
Girls13:00Under 17 Born 1997 or 19983000M1st 6 individuals plus top 3 Teams.
Boys Under 17 Born 1997 or 19984000M1st 6 individuals plus top 3 Teams.
Ladies13:30Senior International, Junior (U20) and Masters4000M1st 10 seniors, 1st three Juniors, 1st 3 O-40, 45, 50 & 55 Masters: 1st 3 club teams (teams to include any combination of Senior, Junior or Master athletes), Also first three international teams
Men14:00Senior International, Junior (U20) and Masters6000M1st 10 seniors, 1st three Juniors, 1st 3 O-40, 45, 50 & 55 Masters: 1st 3 club teams (teams to include any combination of Senior, Junior or Master athletes), Also first three international teams
Men and Women14:30Larry McGuill 3K3000MAwards TBA

Indoor action for Trim athletes


 Moira Peppard finished 2nd in the national masters W3 200m in a time of 30.89s. at Athlone IT indoor track. Moira had a recent successes at the Leinster championships in the 60m and 200m. David Tobin travelled to Austrian and Hungary with Waterford Institute of Technology. He finished 4th in the long jump at the ASVO Gala at the Ernst Heppel arena in Vienna.
Athlone IT indoor arena has been very busy since it opened in January and the new facility is bringing out the very best in many athletes.Even at this early stage it appears that standards and records will show a marked improvement as it develops. Harry Purcell put in a great effort to finish 4th in the AAI Junior 800m He recorded a very good time of 1m57. The young Trim athlete who had an impressive debut season last year is shaping up well for the two lap event this year. Shane Aston who has had a great few weekends in combined events competitions finished 7th with a throw of 10.53m in the junior mens shot putt. at the Athlone arena. Seven of our young athletes travelled to Morton Stadium in Santry last Saturday to take part in the Athletics Leinster development squad day. 
On Saturday 16 Feb and Sunday 17 Feb the national senior indoor championships will take place in Athlone. Shane Aston and David Tobin are two of our members who are looking forward to taking part. shane will most likely be involved in the high jump and hurdles while David is lined up for the long jump and 60m. On Saturday night Shane Aston will be presented with the Athletics Ireland award for the best senior athlete in Meath during 2012 at a presentation ceremony in Tullamore. 

Whats coming up



 
1) 16-02-13 SLOT is hosting an Open Juvenile T&F Meet for U/8 to U/12, commencing at 11.00am. Same is followed by a TurboJav clinic ran by Louis Wildenboer. See link for more details: http://www.carlowathletics.ie/node/227
 
2) 28-02-13 Applications to be in for volunteer positions for the European Athletics Team Championships 1st League. See link for details: http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=29460
 
3) 10-03-13 Run 4 Life 5k & 10k Fun Run in Aid of Special Olympics Carlow & SLOT, commencing 2.00pm.
 
4) 17-03-13 Streets of Portlaoise 5k Road Race, hosted by Portlaoise AC, commencing at 11.30am.
 
5) 18-05-13 Track & Field Event, hosted by Letterkenny AC, commencing at 3.00pm.

Community games cross country


Please see the below link to Google Maps, giving directions from Loughcrew down to St Brigid's GFC and Athletic Club Grounds, Ballinacree where this year's Meath Community Games Cross Country Finals will be held.
 
Please also see attached order of events & note start time is 11.00am on Sunday the 17th of February 2013, with a €2.00 Entry Fee for all athletes.
 
I would be grateful if you could please circulate same to all on your colleagues and point out that while these are County Finals, no pre-qualification is required and soeveryone within a Meath Community Games Area is welcome to participate.
 
 

Monday, February 4, 2013

TARA AC club info 2013


Tara AC
Tara Sports Grounds,
Ross Cross,
Tara,
Co. Meath.

Chairperson: Sean O Regan
Tel No: 0868145169

Secretary: Caroline Giles,
Tel No: 0870564367

Registrar Lisa O Dowd
PRO: Tel No: 0851416041

Childrens Mary Byrne
Officer: Tel No: 0861687813

Treasurer: Seamus O Kane
Tel no: 0857027957

Meet’n’Train: Fiona Monaghan
Tel No: 0879903238

Training Times:

Little Athletes:
Thursday 6.30pm Scoil Cholmcille, Skryne. Contact Caroline Giles: 0870564367

Juvenile Training:
Thursdays 7pm Tara Sports Grounds. Contact Lisa O Dowd 0851416041
Sundays 11am Hill of Tara. Contact Andy Murphy 0872657031

Adult MeetnTrain:
Thursdays 8.15pm Tara Sports Grounds: Contact Fiona Monaghan 0879903238
Sundays 10am Hill of Tara