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Gold Medal Win for Leanne Prout in All Ireland “B” Championship August 16th 2010

Leanne Prout U14, had a good start to the day, when she finished 2^nd in the Long Jump with a pb jump of 4m.07.  She then went onto win the 100m sprint in a time of 13.29. 

Cormac Fahy U16, also a fine race, when he finished 2^nd in the 100m U16 in a time of 12.19. 

Shauna Dunphy U15, running in her 1^st Championship race, was always up with the leaders in the 800m and she finished 2^nd in a great time of 2.38. 

Darren Prout U14, finished 4^th in his Multi-Events and Darragh Shelly competing for the 1^st time in a Multi-Events competition finished a great 7^th from a big field of competitors.

To bring the Track and Field Championship season to a closure at National, Shane O’Dwyer U18 was selected to compete on the Irish Celtic International Team, where he helped the Irish Team to victory with achieving 2^nd place in the HJ with a fine clearance of 1.84. 

Aoife Bartley Wins Double Gold Medals at the All Irelands Track & Field Championship in Tullamore

The 3^rd and 4^th Leg of the All Ireland Juvenile Championship was held in Tullamore last weekend. 26th July 2010

On Saturday Aoife Bartley, U.19 competing in her last individual juvenile events  won Double Gold Titles in impressive style when she won the Long Jump with a Personal Best Performance jump of 5.47m and she also won the Triple Jump with a fine jump of 11.12m well ahead of the next competitor.

Shane O’Dwyer, U.18 won his  High Jump with a jump of 1.83m in a very exciting competition where three of the athletes cleared 1.80m.  Going into the last round Shane was only in 3^rd  position having had a fault at 1.80m

But was a clear winner at the 1.83m height with plenty to spare.  Shane will now be selected to compete on the Irish Celtic Team for the Celtic International which will be held in Ireland in Athlone this year on August 7^th.

Under 15 Girls

Eimear Bartley was always up with the top competitors in the Shot Putt  U.15 final and finished 4^th with a throw of  9.86m.

Emily Walsh  who was competing in her first All Ireland final was 8^th in the Javelin final with a throw 24.72m. Sinead Curry, the first race walker from our club to ever compete in an All Ireland Final finished 10^th with a Personal Best Performance of 12minutes, 53.82s.

U.19 Boys Shane Prout competing in his final juvenile event was 5^th in the Long Jump with a fine jump of  6.05m.  Shane won the Triple Jump on Day 2 of the All Ireland Championships.

On Sunday the All Ireland Club & County Relay Finals were held.  We had three Club Teams competing each

Team qualified for their finals where each of them finished 5^th. This was great experience as all of the U.15

Teams are very young. The Girls U.15  team were  Hannah Dalton, Clodagh Fitzgerald, Sinead Cosgrave and Leanne Prout; Boys Under 15  team of Conor Shelly, Darren Prout, Michael Dineen and Darragh Shelly and

Girls Under 19 team of Grainne Power, Yvonne Maher, Aoife Bartley and Hannah Trehy.

County Relay Teams

Competing on the County Tipperary Teams we had a great start to the day with our Girls U.13 team winning Gold with Rebecca Kelly running a great 1^st leg handing the baton over to Amy White, Nenagh Oly. Other members of the team were Sharlene Mauldsley, Newport and Phoebe Murphy, Clonmel who ran a superb Finished leg for a convincing win. 

Darren Prout ran a great 3^rd leg as a member of the Boys U.15 Relay Team to win Bronze.  Other members were Damon Gregory and Liam Finn, Nenagh Oly and Conor Lynch, Newport.

Girls U.19 finished their juvenile Relay careers in a blaze of glory winning Gold.  Hannah Trehy was a Member of the team along with Chloe Fahy of Nenagh, Lorraine Healy, Moyne and Eimear Lynch of Newport.

Boys U.19 also had a great won to win Gold.  Shane O’Dwyer and Shane Prout were members of that team along with Daniel Maher, Tipp Town and Jaco Oosthuysen, Clonmel.  Three of the boys Shane O’Dwyer, Daniel Maher And Jaco Oosthuysen will all be able to compete U.19 again in 2011.

Clodagh Fitzgerald ran the race of her life for the County Girls Team U.15 along with Hannah Dalton, Leanne Prout and Aisling O’Donnell, Nenagh Oly but finished just outside the medal.

Cormac Fahey was a member of the Boys U.17 County Relay Team and ran a great 3^rd leg. And Colleen Kennedy ran the finishing leg for the Girls U.17.  Both were unlucky to finish just outside the medals.

Next weekend we are back to Tullamore for the final championship, Multi Events and B Championship.

All Ireland Track & Field Titles for Oran Brophy & Cian Kinsella in the U.11  Team Ball Throw and Shane Prout  in the U.19 Triple Jump 11th July 2010

The All Ireland Team Competition was held in Templemore there was  a great win in the 2 x Ball Throw U.11 for Oran Brophy with a throw of 32.50m and Cian Kinsella with a throw of 30.36m giving a total throw of 62.86m.  Our boys led from the start with the wind blowing into the throws it was difficult to have a perfect throw.  This was Oran’s 2^nd All Ireland Gold, he won the title last year partnered by Craig Cooke.

Our Girls U.11 Team of  Alice Browning and Aoife Doyle finished 4^th   in the Ball Throw with throws of 28.84m and 23.80m totalling 52.64m.  Aoife Doyle was partnered by Ciara Flaherty in the U.11 60m Sprint to finish a creditable 6^th in 19.25secs.

In the individual All Ireland Championship  Shane Prout U.19 Boys Won the Triple Jump with a jump of 13m well ahead of the other competitors in the competition. 

Girls U.19 Aoife Bartley was 4^th in the High Jump with a clearance of 1.50m and she was 5^th in the 100m Hurdles.

Girls U.15 Clodagh Fitzgerald had a great competition in the 200m Hurdles where she finished 2^nd in the Heat and 3^rd in the finals with a time of 39.23s in very bad weather conditions.

Boys U.14 Darren Prout was 4^th in his Long Jump with a jump of 4.91m and Darragh Shelly finished 7^th in the Long Jump with a jump of 4.64m.  In the 75mH Darragh was 5^th in the final and Darren was unlucky to have fallen when leading the final.

Girls U.14 Kelly Ann Doyle had a good run in the hurdles when she finished 4^th in the Heat.

Girls U.12 Shauna Twomey was 5^th in the final of the Long Jump with a P.B. Jump of 4.10m.

Treble Titles for Keith Smith and Double Titles for Aoife Bartley  in the Senior Men’s and Women’s County Track & Field Championship  In Templemore

June 28^th 2010

Keith Smith had a great competition at his first County Senior Track & Field Championship when he won Treble Titles in the Javelin with a throw of 41.56m. He won  the Long Jump with a jump of 6.23m and  the High Jump with a clearance of 1.70m.  Aoife Bartley won Double Titles the Senior Ladies High Jump with a clearance of 1.55m and the Long Jump with a jump of 4.73m.

Double Titles for Caitlin Twomey U.10; Martin Kehoe U.11 and Conor Shelly U.14 At the County “B” Track & Field Championship June 28^th 2010

God was on our side at The County B Track and Field Championship when the sun shone last Monday in Templemore.  It was a great championship for our Club with Caitlin Twomey

U.10 winning the 60m Sprint and Long Jump with a P.B. jump of 3.22m.

Martin Kehoe U.11 was a convincing winner of the 60m Sprint and the 500m.  Conor

Shelly was in great form when he won the U.14 60m Sprint and Long Jump with a

P.B. jump of 3.83m.  Well done to all our athletes who were medal winners and all

our athletes who competed and enjoyed a great competition most of whom won medals

either individually or in the fun Relays.

Girls U.9   Jodie McCauley was 3^rd in the Long Jump with a jump of 2.42m.

Girls U.10 Caitlin Twomey won Double Golds when she won the 60m sprint and the

Long Jump with a jump of 3.22m, our Carrick athletes succeeded in winning all the

Medals in the U.10 Long Jump, Miriam Daly was 2^nd in the Long jump with a jump of 3.13 and Rachel Walsh was 3^rd with a jump of 3m. Roseanne Fitzgerald was 2^nd in the 60m Sprint

and Laura Whelan was 3^rd.  Grace Roche was 3^rd in the Ball Throw with a throw of 16.14m.

Girls U.11  Lauren McCauley won the Ball Throw with a fine throw of 19.58m and Ciara Butler was 2^nd with a throw of 17.60m.

Girls U.12  Rhian Lowndes won the Ball Throw with a throw of 27.11m.  Zara Galvin was 3^rd in the 80m and 600m.

Girls U.13  Rebecca Kelly was 2^nd in the 80m Sprint and 3^rd in the Long Jump with a Jump of 3.40m.

Girls U.14  Leanne Prout won the 80m Sprint and she was 3^rd in the Long Jump with a

Jump of 3.76m.

Boys U.9  Daniel Murphy was 2^nd in the Long Jump with a jump of 2.75m.

Boys U.10  Barry Kehoe was 3^rd in the Ball Throw with a throw of 21.40m.

Boys U.11  Martin Kehoe won Double Titles when he won the 600m sprint and the 500m.

Boys U.14  Connor Shelly won Double Titles when he won the 80m Sprint and the Long Jump with a jump of 3.83m.  Paddy Bartley was 2^nd in the 80m Sprint and 3^rd in the Long Jump with a jump of 3.66m.

Dara Kervick Wins All Ireland T&F Junior 400m and Northern Ireland & Leinster Senior T&F 400m Championship June 20^th 2010

Dara Kervick is in the form of his life winning his first All Ireland Junior Title when he won the 400m in 48.55 which was run in very windy conditions in Tullamore last Sunday.  He also won The Leinster Senior 400m Championship in Tullamore in a time of 48.52s.   He won the  400m Title at The Northern Ireland Senior Championship in Antrim Forum Track in a time of 48.43s.  This week Dara will Travel to Belgium and some other

European Countries to compete in their Track & Field Championships.  We wish him the Best of Luck!

Munster Track & Field ChampionshipTitles for Oisin Brophy and Aoife Bartley

June 20th 2010

The final leg of the Munster Track & Field Championship was held in Cork.

Girls U.19  Aoife Bartley completed her Juvenile championships with a win in the Long Jump with a jump of 5.15m.

Girls U.12 Shauna Twomey was 5^th in the Long Jump with a PB jump of 4.02m. 

Boys U.13 Oisin Brophy won his first Munster Title when he won the Javelin with a throw of 22.54m, Aaron Fogarty was 4^th and Mark Kehoe was 6^th. 

Boys U.18 Shane O’Dwyer was 2^nd in the High Jump with clearance of 1.70m,

4^th in the Long Jump with a jump of  5.80m and 4^th in the 200m in a time of 23.63.  Unfortunately Shane was injured and not able to compete to his ability, hopefully he will have recovered for his All Ireland Championship on July 25^th. 

Double Gold for Darren Prout in the 75mH and Long Jump and Gold for Cian Kinsella and Oran Brophy in the U.11 Team Ball Throw at Munster Track & Field Championship June 2010

The U.14, U.15 along with the U.9.10 and 11 Munster T& F Championships were held in Castle Island last Sunday.

U.14 Boys - Darren Prout  won Double Gold in the 75m Hurdles in a time of 11.73s in a new record time and he also won the Long Jump with a jump of 5.07m and he was 2^nd in the 200m Heats and 4^th in the 200m Final.

Darragh Shelly was 3^rd in the Long Jump with a P.B. jump of 4.76m and he was 4^th in the75m Hurdles in a time of 13.05s. Edward Carroll was 5^th in the Javelin with a throw of 22.60m. The  Boys U.14 Relay 4 x 100m Team  were 4^th with a team of  Conor and Darragh Shelly, Michael Dinneen and Darren Prout.

U.14 Girls - Kelly Ann Doyle was 2^nd in the 75mH in a time of 12.29s. Leanne Prout was 3^rd in the 200m Heats in a time of 28.45s  Our Girls U.14 Relay Team of Kelly Ann Doyle, Leanne Prout, Rebecca Kelly and Sinead Cosgrave finished 4^th to qualify for the All Ireland Championships on 26^th June.

U.15 Girls – In the 250mH Clodagh Fitzgerald ran in her first race of that distance and was a Silver Medal winner running a great race to finish 2^nd . Clodagh was 4^th in the 80mHurdle Heats and 5^th in the 80m Hurdle Finals in a time of 13.53s and she was 5^th in the Javelin. Sinead Curry was 3^rd in the 2000m Walk in her first Munster Competition.  Eimear Bartley was 2^nd in the  Shot Putt with a throw of 9.68m and 6^th in Javelin. Emily Walsh finished 4^th in the Javelin.