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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

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 )

Please find below the CAC Code of Conduct updated for 2018

Coaches and Officials Code

Sport should be safe, fun and conducted in a spirit of fair play
All coaches, officials and volunteers in Celbridge Athletic Club should:

• Consider the wellbeing and safety of participants before the development of performance.
• Develop an appropriate working relationship with participants, based on mutual trust and respect.
• Make sure all activities are appropriate to the age, ability and the experience of those taking part.
• Promote the positive aspects of the sport (e.g. fair play)
• Display consistently high standards of behaviour.
• Follow all guidelines laid down by the national governing body and the club.
• Hold appropriate qualifications and insurance cover.
• Never exert undue influence over participants to gain personal benefit or reward.
• Never condone rule violations, rough play or the use of prohibited substances.
• Encourage participants to value their performances and not just results.

Code of Conduct for Children and Young Athletes in Celbridge Athletic Club

Sport should be safe, fun and conducted in a spirit of fair play.

As a young person you are entitled to the best possible environment to participate in sport.

You deserve to be given enjoyable, safe sporting opportunities, free from abuse of any kind.

You have rights, which must be respected, and responsibilities that you must accept.

You should always treat other athletes and team leaders with fairness and respect.

You are entitled to:

• Be safe and to feel safe
• Be listened to
• Be believed
• Be treated with dignity, sensitivity, and respect
• Have your voice heard in your sport
• Participate on an equal and non-discriminatory  basis
• Have fun and enjoy your sport
• Experience competition at a level at which you are happy
• Make complaints and have them dealt with
• Get help against those who bully
• Say No
• To protect your body
• Privacy and confidentiality

You should always:

• Treat all group or team members and your Sports Leaders with respect
• Act fairly and responsibly at all times, do your best
• Respect other group or team members
• Respect opponents and be gracious in defeat
• Abide by the rules as set out by the group or team you are with
• Support and assist where appropriate with the running of your group

You should never:

• Cheat or seek to gain an unfair advantage
• Intimidate, use violence or physical contact that is not welcome
• Shout at or argue with another person unreasonably
• Cause harm to or damage property
• Bully or threaten another person online or offline
• Take banned substances or consume alcohol or recreational drugs
• Spread or circulate rumours online or offline about another person
• Tell lies

• Encourage and guide participants to accept responsibility for their own performance and behaviour.
• Never use foul or inappropriate language.
• Never engage in any form of sexual relations with anyone under the age of 18, or vulnerable adults.
• Read, understand and put into practice all club policies and procedures.

Coaches and leaders should never place themselves in a compromising position by texting or communicating via social media sites with juvenile athletes. All such communications regarding athletics should be sent via the parents or guardians of the athlete.
The following should apply when communicating with juvenile athletes:
• Do use a club group text or email system for communicating with parents/guardians of athletes.
• Do not communicate individually by text or email with juvenile athletes.
• Do not engage in communications with underage athletes via personal social network sites.
• Always use official club group text or social media sites to communicate with juvenile athletes.

WOW - What an evening...

Firstly, I'd like to thank Aisling Byrne, Frank McDonald, John Dixon, Caitriona Flynn and the rest of the CAC committee for putting so much hard work in to ensuring that this years club 5k was a great success.

Last Thursday evening saw near 500 people descend on our track to enjoy a wonderful evenings running , with over 300 runners taking part in our annual 5k run supported by a fantastic crowd cheering them on. This years race was won by Mitchell Byrne of Rathfarnham AC in a time 14 minutes 56 seconds, superb running and well done Mitchell. The race didn't go without incident as Mitchell took a fall entering the track with 600m to go only for fellow runner Eric Keogh of Donor Harriers pausing for a second to ensure his compatriot was ok, and they both battled it out for 600m in what was a fantastic finish, well done Eric who finished 2nd in 14 minutes 59 seconds.

Celbridge AC had 3 runners is the top 10 with Stephen Conroy taking 4th place, with Ian McManus and Gary Cribbin taking 8th and 9th respectively.

Even more amazing news was that Mitchell broke the course record while Laura Shaughnessy also broke the womens course record, fantastic achievements from both. Paul Moran of Rathfarnham AC ran 16:33 to break the Irish Master M55s National Record, WOW.

Once again, thanks to everyone involved, and most importantly a huge thank you goes to all of our sponsors who supported our run once again, without you none of this would have been possible. You can see the full results at the link below

https://www.popupraces.ie/celbridge-ac-5k-2018/#0_67F2D5