Celbridge Athletic Club

: News; 07 October 2020

Kildare Cross Country Day 2, 11th October - Postponed

For your information, the Kildare Cross Country Day 2 races, scheduled for Sunday 11th October have been postponed.

: News; 07 October 2020

Kildare Cross Country Day 1, 2020

On what was a terrible morning in terms of weather, it was brightened up as our brilliant team of athletes flew the blue and white flag very high in the gusts of wind and rain this morning, Sunday 4th October.

The ladies were first up with a very strong showing once again. Sinead O’Connor ran a blinder finishing in 9th position overall leading home the ladies to a 4th place team result in the Novices group with Eavann, Laura and Claire.

Teresa, Sandra and Katie just missed out on team bronze in the masters group finishing 4th, while Michelle and Esther ran a great 13:45 and 13:48 respectively. Andrea and Bernie also ran PB’s on a ruthless morning of racing.

Next up was the men, and a strong outing from Garry, Ian and Barry proved the best Masters team performance of the day as the lads took home Gold.

A number of lads ran there first cross country race of there illustrious running careers as John, Derek T, Eoin and Colm broke there duck in the wind and rain, all claiming PB’s.

Derek G, Dave and James ran blinders breaking 15 mins, while Pedro, Frank and Tom once again proved why McConnon’s troops are amongst the strongest around.

Next up was the girls under 10s, and the 6 girls all ran under 4 mins for the 800m of torture leaving coach Derek G beaming with pride in the stands.

Zach was the loan ranger in the boys 10s finishing in a very respectable 22nd overall.

Andrea’s 5 heroes stepped up for the girls under 12s 1.5k and once again they didn’t disappoint, with Katie missing out on an individual bronze by 1 place finishing 4th, while her partners in crime all ran PB’s with Isabelle, Elba, Chloe and Holly all doing there coaches extremely proud.

The under 14 boys stepped up to the line in torrential rain with 7 boys taking on the 2.5k trip.

With the St Cocas and Naas athletes taking it on early doors, the Celbridge boys sat in behind and slowly picked athletes off during the final lap. Daniel and Adam were both involved in a thrilling finish taking 2nd and 4th overall, with Cillian and Luke running stormers to finish 11th and 12th helping the boys to team silver, with Noel, Evan and Jay not far behind them, a brilliant team performance from the lads.

On behalf of all of the coaches, well done to all athletes, driving it on in style

: News; 14 September 2020

Updated Training Times

Hi All

There has been lots of enquires recently regarding the training times for our different groups within the club, see below confirmation of times from September.

Little Athletics: Thursdays, 6:15pm start

Under 9-11s: Tuesday and Thursday, 6:15pm start

Under 12-13s: Tuesday and Thursday, 6:30pm start

Under 14-15s: Tuesday and Thursday, 6:15pm start

Under 16s -18s: Tuesday and Thursday, 7:30pm start

Race Walking: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 7pm start

Fit for Life: Monday and Wednesday 7pm start, coaches provide weekly plan

Junior & Senior Endurance: Tuesday and Thursday 7:30pm start, coaches provide weekly plan

For any newcomers to the club, and prior to training with the club, you must 1) complete the 2 week trial membership form on Clubforce via our website for insurance purposes and 2) read and complete the AI Covid formavailable on the AI site.

https://www.athleticsireland.ie/downloads/other/AAI_Club_Covid_questionnaire_050620.pdf

Once the 2 weeks is up, you can then register officially with Celbridge AC, and you can chat with coaches to get added to the groups WhatsApp group etc.

Thanks as always

Celbridge AC

: News; 06 July 2020

Club Training Resumes

We are delighted to confirm that training has now resumed for all groups within the club.

Please contact your coach before returning to training as each parent or athlete needs to have read all of the guidelines outlined by both the club and Athletics Ireland prior to returning to the track.

Update from Athletics Ireland below

https://www.athleticsireland.ie/news/coronavirus-covid-19-update

: News; 28 May 2020

#2kaday - Well Done

Congratulations to everyone who took part in our #2kaday initiative for Pieta House.

We had a fantastic 10 days with participation from every group within the club, with lots of pictures and videos being shared on social media.

We managed to raise in excess of €4,200 and as you'll see from the letter we posted on Fcebook from Pieta House, they were thrilled with the funds rasied.

It goes to show how fantstic our club is when we come togther for the right reasons, well done again, and thank you.

#2kaday #walk #jog #run

: News; 17 May 2020

Athletics Ireland Guidelines (Covid 19) - Please Read

https://www.athleticsireland.ie/news/coronavirus-covid-19-update/

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