The Juvenile Kildare Indoor championships take place this coming Sunday in Athlone with the day commencing at 10am, we have a big gang travelling to Athlone and we wish them all well.
KILDARE ROAD RACE NOTIFICATION:
Race dates have been confirmed:
Novice : 17th February 2019
Inter/ masters : 24th February 2019
Senior: 7th April 2019
Venues of the above races still to be decided
Yesterday in Athlone we had a number of Athletes commpeting in the National Junior and under 23 Indoor Championships, and our athletes done us proud once again. John Grant ran a blinding heat to fly in to the final of the Junior Men 200m sprint and he took a fantastic bronze medal home with him in what was a very hot final.
Our Race walkers once again proved they are ready for an action packed season taking home Gold in the Junior women 3k walk thanks to Niamh O'Connor and Anna Bourke came home in 5th place. Niamh's sister Sinead took home bronze is the Under 23 3k walk, brilliant once again girls.
Laura Quigley jumped 4.64m to take home silver in the Under 23 womens log jump, fantastic Laura.
Our FFL and senior athletes were out in force over the weekend at the Raheny 5 miler and the Charlie Curran Memorial, with lots of fantastic performances including a standout run from Stephen Conroy winning the Charlie Curran in 26.11. WOW
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The Club A.G.M will take place on Wednesday 12th at 8.30pm in the Celbridge Manor Hotel.
The A.G.M is an important date in the club and all members are encouraged to attend and help guide the club going forward.
If you have any Proposed amendments or nominations please submit these to the club e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or to our club secretary Sophia O'Hara Russell by Sunday 2nd December.
Many thanks for your assistance
Michael Tynan Chairperson
Cross Country Day 2
Once again our athletes represented us brilliantly today. The under 9s were very brave in their 500m and they all battled up the hill to the end and were a credit to all coaches and parents. The under 11s 1200m produced some stunning runs, with Daniel and Jack pushing each other all the way up the hill to lead the team home with top 10 finishes each. The under 13 teams both performed strongly with the boys picking up 3rd place in the team event with Adam Daniel Ben and Aidan driving the team up the hill, and the girls in the running for top 3/4 finishes with Ciara and Laura producing top 10 finishes. Full results to follow soon hopefully, well done all!!
Seniors
Yesterday was Day 2 of the Kildare Cross Country Championships. Great performances put in from all our athletes.
We had the winning teams in the U19 girls, men’s and women’s intermediates
Official results due mid week
Ian Mc Manus was second home at the Donadee 10k on Saturday. Fantastic running from Ian in stormy weather conditions and on a very challenging route.
Well done to all who raced over the weekend
The Leinster high performance development squad has been named for 2019. Athletics ireland select the athletes for this squad and it is an acknowledgement that these athletes are at a top level in their respective disciplines when they are selected.
The following athletes have been selected from Celbridge AC Anna Bourke, Hannah Aspell, John Grant, Robyn Donovan John Healy, Leah Murphy, Niamh O Connor, Rebecca Carroll, Ruth Dwyer, Steven Oyinlola
Big Congratulations to all the athletes selected for the squad, the dates for the squad have been published on the Athletics Ireland Facebook page, Coaches will talk to you about registering.
Juveniles Day 1, October 7th
Well done to all of our kids who competed this morning at the even ages cross country in Kilcock. In difficult conditions, each and very one of them put in 100% and done themselves and the club proud. Once again there was some silverware coming home to Celbridge, Jack Gilmartin ran a blinder in the under 10 boys 800m staying on great to take home a bronze medal, Adam Bradley was pipped for the gold and settled for silver in the under 12 boys 1.5k, and Meabh McDonagh produced a brilliant performance to take home silver running up an age group in the girls Under 14 2.5k. More results to follow, well done everyone, running in conditions like this morning will stand to you later in the season.
Seniors
Another busyweekend for our Seniors again..
Shane McCarthy came 4th overall & 1st in his age category at the Tarmonbarry 3/4 marathon.
The Kildare XC Championship (novice & masters) took place today in Larchill Arcadian Gardens, Kilcock. Results will be due out during the week, but our team did us proud in very tough and testing conditions.
The Longwood 3/4 marathon was also held today. This is fantastic preparation for the Dublin marathon, which is only a few weeks away.
Updated
Day 1 of Kildare XC.
Results for Novice & Masters
Team results:
Men came 1st 🥇 in the novice team results
( George Lowen Michael Comer Liam King & Christy Maloney )
The ladies came 3rd in the Novice ( Niamh O’Connor Aisling Byrne Máire Diggin Emma Thompson)
The ladies also came 2nd in the Masters ( Niamh Stein Esther Bayón Leonardo & Roisin Ryan )
In the top 3 of their relevant age categories were, Pedro Entrialgo Peter Donohoe Michelle McCabe Caitríona Flynn Niamh Stein, Ester Bayon Leonardo, David Clancy, Finola Moore Deirdre Orourke, Deirdre Crooke )
Great running from all those who attended from Celbridge AC
Well done to everyone who raced over the weekend, it’s fantastic to see so many club singlets