TRAINING

 

Training for our younger groups ie 5-6pm & 6-7pm sessions, has now finished for the summer. We hope all our young athletes enjoyed the final night's games & the goodies afterwards & we look forward to seeing you all back in Sept. A huge 'Thank You' to our coaches and an appeal for more help in Sept. please. Have a great summer everyone.

 

 

Training for the 7-8.30pm groups continues through July as many of our athletes are still competing up to the first weekend in August. Most will take a short break then and return on the first Tues of Sept. However our Junior Girls, who are off to compete in Europe in Sept., will continue to train throughout the summer, by arrangement with coaches.

 

Athletes from all groups, who have not attended for a number of weeks, need to contact us right away if they intend to return in Sept. Otherwise places will be given to those on our waiting list and we will not be able to accommodate them in Sept.

 

OUTSTANDING DEBTS

 

A number of athletes regularly forget to bring their weekly €2 track fee and some owe for several weeks, built up over a period of time. Our check-in crew regularly remind athletes of outstanding fees owed, often to no avail, and so we are now asking that all money owed to the club should be paid off before we take our summer break. We can then start back in Sept. with a clean slate. We know it is easy to forget, but it is unfair that some athletes run up debts while others always pay their fees. If you are unsure whether you owe money, just ask at check-in.

 

We remind you also that while the club covers all entry fees for it's juvenile members, athletes who don't show up for events they have entered are then liable for these fees. Further entries cannot be accepted for these athletes until said fees are paid.

 

UPCOMING EVENTS (Still lots happening)

 

1. National B Championships Sat 9^th July in Tullamore

2. National Relays Sat 9^th July in Tullamore

3. Day 1 National Juvenile Championships in Tullamore on Sun. 10^th July

4. 4 Counties Event in Leixlip on Sat 16^th July ( U14 – U17) This is an Inter-County event and athletes interested in being selected for the teams should fill in the form on our website. Closing Fri 8^th July. The programme of events is on the sidebar of our website.

5. Round 2 National League in Cork on Sun. 17^th July

6. Day 2 National Juvenile Championships in Tullamore on Sat. 23^rd July

7. Day 3 National Juvenile Championships in Tullamore on Sun. 24^th July

8. Celtic Games Sat. 6^th Aug in Wales

9. National League Final in Tullamore on Sun. 7^th Aug.

10. National Masters Championships in Tullamore on Sun. 21^st Aug.

 

CONGRATULATIONS

 

Well done to all of our club athletes who competed in the Leinster Championships this year. We had some great performances and some top results once again.

 

 

 

 

U13: Jack McGlone Gold in the LJ & Bronze in the sprint.

 

U14: Joe Prendergast Gold in the LJ & 5^th in the 1500m, Michael O'Shea 4^th in the 80m, Ellen McNally Bronze in the LJ & 6^th in the 75mH, Emma Quirk 5^th in the LJ & 5^th in the 75mH, Enya Conroy 6^th in the 75mH, James Nicholson 6^th in the 800m

 

 

U15: Ronan Dempsey Bronze in the 80mH & 250mH, Aodhan Daly Bronze in the 200m & the 100m & 4^th in the LJ, Isobel Radford Dodd 5^th in the 1500m

 

 

U16: Ben Jones Gold in the 800m & Silver in the 1500m, Sarah O'Connor Silver in the 1500m & 5^th in the 800m, Josh Pyper Gold in the 100m, Ben Mooney Bronze in the 200m, Alex Campbell Gold in the TJ, Katie Lawless 5^th in the 250mH & 80mH.

 

 

U17: Niamh Conroy Silver in the 400m & 5^th in the 200m, Rachel Casey Bronze in the 3K Walk

 

U18: Richael Browne Gold in the 800m, the 1500m & the HJ, Alannah O'Carroll 4^th in the 400m & 5^th in the 200m.

 

 

The Bray Invitational Event saw another great night of athletics in Greystones. Disappointing that a number of selected athletes didn't bother to show up, especially as places were so limited and they were denying others a chance to compete. Those who did show up put on another great performance and GAC once again won the Bourke Cup for top club & the Medley Relay Shield.

 

The Invitational Mile saw Richael Browne take the honours in the women's event, with Carol Costello 2^nd and Cillian Browne take 3^rd in the men's event. Well done to all!

 

Great results again at the National Juniors/U23's on Sat 2^nd July.

 

 

U23: Claire Foley Gold in the 100m & Bronze in the 200m, Aoife Conroy Bronze in the 400mH.

 

 

Junior: Gold for our relay team Alannah O'Carroll, Alana Ryan, Katy Conroy, Richael Browne.

 

The National Combined Events on Sun 3^rd saw Ellen McNally & Emma Quirk produce several PB's throughout the day leaving them in 4^th & 5^th position going in to the final 800m where they finished a creditable 8^th & 10^th.

 

 

Great performance also from our Slí Cualann teams in R1 of the National League, with the

girls team lying 3^rd overall going into R2 on July 17^th and looking good for a place in the final. A depleted Men's team struggled a bit for points, but with a bigger team going to Cork, we hope for a better showing in R2.

 

 

Congratulations to all the medal winners and qualifiers for the All Irelands!

 

 

Best of Luck to all those who are competing in the many events listed over the next couple of weeks!