Our new track will be officially opened by Ronnie Delany on Monday next @ 12.00.  Fun, games and races for all ages!  Everyone welcome but  anyone who has helped out with the club over the years is especially welcome to attend.  This is a fantastic facility for the people of Celbridge and we hope to see lots of people in attendance.  There is a 2 euro charge per athlete.

The first round of the Co. Track and Field championships takes place in Newbridge on Sunday next @ 12.00.  Meet at 11.20 for warm up and number.  There is no charge for these races.  Competition is from u9 - Masters.  Check with your coach re. events for your particular age group.  Directions as always in directions file on right. PLEASE NOTE THAT ROAD FROM CLANE TO SALLINS IS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC.  SO BEST TO USE MOTORWAY  ROUTE.  JOIN MOTORWAY AT KILL OR NEWCASTLE AND TAKE EXIT FOR NEWBRIDGE.  Everyone must have singlet and shorts and must be a registered club member to take part.

The 2nd leg of the County League will take place on Sunday next in Kilcock at 5.00 p.m.  Meet at 4.30 p.m. for sticker and warm up.  Cost 2 euro per athlete.  The results are in for the first leg and we are in 3rd place not very far behind Naas and St. Coca’s.  So we really need everyone out in force for this leg and try to move up a place at least.

Last Sunday saw the first T & F outing for this year.  It was a very cold day and the competition was very tough with clubs from Carlow, Offaly, North Laois, Meath, Wexford  and Kildare attending.  However, our athletes did us proud as usual.  Medal winners were Rian Quinn 2nd 100m, Ronan Power 3rd 100m,  Vincent 1st 100m, Sinead Lawler 1st 100m, Eoin Moore 2nd 800m, Sinead O’Connor 3rd 600m, Shauna Minnock 3rd, Long Jump, Luke Comiskey 2nd, Ball throw,  Matthew Dwyer, 3rd Ball Throw.  Our girls u12 relay won the u13 relay, Michelle O’Dea, Shauna Minnock, Laura Smyth and Christine Campion. The boys u12 team of Daniel Cahill, Lorcan Everard, Matthew Dwyer and Alan Carroll won the boys u12 relay.   Ronan Power, Eoin Moore, Niamh Sheehy and Sinead Lawler got 2nd in  the boys u16 relay (mixed team).

Congratulations to Sandra O’Connor, Breda Comiskey, Steffen Fleischer and Shane O’Dea who have completed their level 1 coaching course.  This course was run over 4 days.  It is great to see the enthusiasm with the coaches and this in turn is passed onto the athletes.  We hope to see the benefits of this training over the next months.

Crookstown open sports take place this Sunday at 1.00 p.m.  Directions can be found on directions site on right!  All athletes must wear singlet and shorts.   Programme is listed on athletics leinster web site click here and then on Crookstown programme!

It was a pleasure to watch all the athletes compete at Newbridge especially all our new athletes who have been training hard over the winter months and this was their first ever competition.  Well done to everyone who competed you did great and got us valuable points for the club competition.  Results of this will be posted out to us soon.  The 2nd leg of the league will take place in Kilcock on April 27th @ 4.30p.m.  See you all there  NOTE:  Please make sure that all athletes competing has a singlet and shorts.   These are available from Una Campion at the track on Thursdays.

Due to injuries and unavailability of athletes we were unable to send the full squad that qualified.  However, Karen Gernon did great in her walk and came in 4th place.  David Campbell and Paul Brady also competed in the walk and 200m respectively but were outside the medals.

We were only able to field two teams for the relays and due to hard luck in the race our boys u17 just missed out on a place in the final.  It was a strange race with people falling and teams being disqualified.  However, Bryan Bottrill, David Campbell, Ronan Power and Darrage McGee did very well under the circumstances.  Our girls u13 team also just missed out on a place in the final.  They were Christine Campion, Shauna Minnock, Laura Smyth and Michelle O’Dea.

Una Campion will be in attendance at the track on Thursday nights to sort out any person who needs to purchase the above.  All athletes competing for Celbridge AC must have Singlet and shorts and must be registered.

It was decided at the County Board Meeting last night (Wed) to go ahead and stage the first leg of the league this Sunday in Newbridge @ 2.30 p.m., even though we have athletes representing their club, county and provience at National level on the same day!.  Meet at Newbridge at 2.00 p.m. to sort out stickers etc.  Don’t forget to wear singlet and shorts.  Some singlets will be available on the day for new athletes. 2 euro entry fee per child.   Directions to Newbridge