18. January 2010

Greystones AC News

It was a great start to the new year for our junior athletes, as they started their indoor season in Nenagh, on Saturday. We had 3 girls in the 800m and Ellie Hartnett had a great race to finish 2^nd with Niamh Kearney 4^th and Aisling McGee 5^th. Caoimhe Basquille high jumped her way to a bronze medal and finished 7^th in the 60mH where Laura Boylan just missed out on a bronze by 100^th of a second. In the 60m Isabel Malley finished 9^th in the girls race, while Patrick Costello, just back from illness, finished 10^th in the boys, and Ferdia Kenny took the bronze medal in the 200m. Sunday saw Caoimhe back in Nenagh, this time in a Senior competition, where once again she produced some fine jumps.

Congratulations to the following athletes who were selected to represent Leinster at the Scottish Indoors in Glasgow on 14^th Feb. Caoimhe Basquille, Laura Boylan, Patrick Costello, Claire Fox, Ellie Hartnett, Amy Howard, Niamh Kearney, Ferdia Kenny, Isabel Malley and Aisling McGee.

Leinster Star Awards

In between competitions, Caoimhe went to Carlow on Sat night to receive the Leinster Senior Star Award for 2009. Ferdia Kenny was also in Carlow to receive the Juvenile boys award. They were supported by family and friends on the night.

We would like to congratulate Caoimhe and Ferdia on their Awards.

Wicklow Star Awards

On this Fri 22^nd Jan. our club will be hosting the County Star Awards. This event will be held in the function room of the Horse & Hound in Delgany, which is kindly being donated by the Boylan family. We will need sandwiches and cakes for this, so if you are in a position to help out, please contact Theresa asap on 0868635797.

Once again Greystones has done very well, with Caoimhe Basquille taking the Girls U16-19 award, Niamh Kearney and Patrick Costello taking the Junior awards and Sean Ryder receiving an achievement award for winning the Celtic Games Javelin competition. Greystones AC will also receive the overall award for Track & Field for 2009. Athletes who were members of the junior/U23 team, that won the Leinster’s, will also receive awards on the night. The event begins at 8pm and we hope to see lots of you there supporting the athletes. As we will all be going to the awards, training on Fri will be in the hall, from 6-7pm, for all groups.

Up-coming events

· The Leinster indoor relays will be held in Nenagh on sun 31^st Jan. Entries are overdue, so anyone interested in taking part needs to text Theresa after training tonight Tues 19^th.

· The juvenile indoors will be held on Sat/Sun 27^th/28^th Feb. Traditionally we take a group down by bus and stay for the weekend. Anyone who wants to be included in this should give their names to Theresa, as we need to book the accommodation. You can make your own travel arrangements if you prefer. Both events are open to athletes from U12 up, so give your name in asap if you are going. No late entries accepted.

· The ‘B’ cross country will be held in Roscommon on Sun.21^stFeb. Teams from U11 up and it’s last years age groups. Names at training please.

Registration

Registration and Insurance is now due for 2110. To keep up with rising costs, we will be increasing the fees to €25 for one , €45 for two and €65 for three or more family members.

The weekly contribution of €2 will remain the same. Registrations will be taken before training each night, next week. We will be asking everyone to fill out a new form as we want to update contact nos. and e-mail address in order to improve communication. All registrations need to be done before the end of Jan to renew our insurance cover.

Don’t forget we have a club shop on the first Tues of every month.

Keep checking the website. www.greystonesac.com