Congratulations to Claire Brady who competed in Rimini this week and won gold in the 100m and 200m with a PB time.  Well done Claire.

Sandra Lawler took part in the National Junior (u20) championships in Tullamore and came 2nd in the 100m hurdles and 4th in the 100m.  Sandra now competes for Ireland in the World Junior Championships in Poland next week in the 100m hurdles and also the relay.  We wish her all the best, but first she has the u19 nationals in Antrim to win!!

Claire Brady ran magnificantly to take the silver medal in the 100m and 200m.  Claire is running great at the moment and travels to Rimini in Italy to compete next week.

Our u13 girls team of Shauna Minnock, Laura Smyth, Christine Campion and Michelle O’Dea took part in the Leinster team competition where all athletes had to compete in 2 events each and their combined score determined where they came.  The girls performed brilliantly and took home the silver medals.  Well done girls

Shauna Minnock was invited to compete in the Share the Dream in Greystones on Friday. She won the high jump and javelin and came second in 100m  Results are here

The Leinster championships took place in extreme conditions with high winds and pelting rain.  It was very difficult for the athletes to compete but as usual, they did us proud.  We took home 5 gold, 5 silver and 10 bronze medals.  We also took 5 4th places which also qualify for the all Ireland championships next weekend in Antrim. It was also great to see Siobhan Brady win our first ever medal in the Discus.
Our winners were u13, Christine Campion 1st 80m Hurdles, Shauna Minnock 3rd High Jump and 4th Javelin. u14 winners were Vivian Fleischer 3rd in Long Jump and Brian Moore 2nd in Javelin.  u15 winners were Siobhan Brady 3rd in Discus. u16 winners were Sinead Lawler, 2nd in Hurdles, Ronan Power, 1st in High Jump, 4th in 100m, Eoin Moore 3rd in Javelin, Oliver Clarke 3rd Shot putt  u17 winners were Aiden Moloney, 3rd 800m and 4th 1500m, Darragh McGee 4th Hurdles, David Campbell, 1st Walk, Bryan Bottrill, 2nd in Long Jump 3rd in High Jump. Our u18 winners werr Vincent Lam, 1st Long Jump, 3rd 100m and 4th in 200m.  Ken Shannon 2nd in Shot, Aoife Sheehy 1st in Walk and Karen Gernon 2nd in Walk.

We wish all these athletes good luck in the All Irelands in Antrim  Full results of Leinsters HERE

Last weekend saw two of our athletes compete in Spain and Germany.  Claire Brady competed in the 4 x 100m relay in Spain on the Irish team in which they came 5th.  Sandra Lawler competed in Mannheim in Germany in the 100m hurdles in which she achieved the amazing time of 14.14 which now qualifies her for the World Junior Championships in Poland next month.  This is a fantastic achievement for Sandra and we will all be watching the telly and cheering her on.  Congratulations Sandra and Claire

Last Saturday saw 4 teams travel to Tullamore to take part in the All Ireland team competition.  These teams had previously qualified at Leinster level.

Congratulations to Conor Comiskey and John Clarke u10 boys who took silver medals in the ball throw with a combined score of 57m50cm.  This was a great achievement to these two very dedicated boys.

Congratulations also to Alan Carroll and Lorcan Everard who took bronze medals in the u12 boys high jump with a combined height of 2m44 just 3 cm short of silver medals.  This was also a great achievement as these boys only took up high jump this year!

Robert Clarke and Ciaran O’Connor also competed in the boys u11 ball throw and Michelle O’Dea and Ciara O’Connell competed in the girls u12 high jump but both teams were just outside the medals.  Well done to all who competed. They have now set the standard for the older athletes who compete on Sunday!  Results here

The u13 - u19 Leinster Track & Field championships take place on Saturday & Sunday 21/22nd June in Tullamore.  Check timetable/ask coach for times.

The last T & F leg of the County League takes place in Newbridge on Wednesday 25th June @ 7pm Meet at 6.30pm.  (There will be one cross country part to the league but this will be held in September)  It is important that all athletes attend.  Club singlet and shorts to be worn and cost 2 euro per athlete.The following is the list of events.
Age–Girls—————-Boys
U8—60m, 150m———-150m , Ball Throw
U9—300m, Long Jump-  -300m, Long Jump
U10–300M, Ball Throw–   80m, 300m
U11–150M, Long Jump- –60m, 150m
U12–80M, 150m———- 80m, 150m
U13–200M, Shot Putt—-  200m, Long Jump
U14–200m, 300m———200m, 300m
U15–150m , 300m——–150m, 600m

The County ‘B’ Championships take place in Croosktown on 29th June @ 1.  This competition is open to any athlete u15 who did not win a track medal at the county championships.  Relay medals and field event medals do not count.

The Co. Kildare Hurdles and javelin competition took place at our track recently and the following are the results:

Hurdles

u13 girls - 1st Christine Campion, 2nd Laura Smyth, 3rd Amanda Flynn

u13 boys  - 1st Matthew Dwyer, 2nd Luke Comiskey, 3rd Alan Carroll
u15 boys - 3rd Brian Moore

u17 girls - 2nd Sinead Lawler, 3rd Niamh Sheehy

u17 boys - 1st Eoin Moore, 2nd Oliver Clarke

u19 girls - 2nd Emily Longworth

JAVELIN

u14 girls - 2nd Vivian Fleischer, 3rd Shauna Minnock

u14 boys - 2nd Brian Moore

u16 girls -Siobhan Brady
u16 boys - 1st Eoin Moore, 3rd Oliver Clarke

Senior Men - 3rd Brendan Clarke

Full results will be posted later

Congratulations to both John Molloy and Kieron Stout who took part in the Masters Championships in Tullamore yesterday.  John who is well experienced in these championships  took gold in the 200m and Long Jump and silver in the 100m M4 catagory.  Kieron who competed for the first time took gold in the weight, and gold in the discus with a new CBP of 32m30.  He also took silver in the hammer, shot putt and long jump in the M1 catagory.  This was a great medal haul for these two athletes who also help out with coaching within the club.  John looks after the senior athletes on a Tuesday while Kieron coaches the discus.