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October 20th 2008 Kelly-Ann Doyle qualifies for Munster Cross Country Team

The 1^st Leg of the Munster Cross Country Championship was held at the Turnpike, Littleton last Sunday.  Big fields of about 150 competitors were the order of each race.

In the Girls U.10 Eimear Long got off to a great start to finish 23^rd ,  Cora Maher was 36^th and both girls scored on the Tipperary team to win Bronze Medals. Aoife Doyle and Shauna Twomey finished in the bunch. 

Kelly-Ann DoyleU.12 had a great run to finish 8^th and qualify for the Munster team to compete at the All Ireland which will be held in Tramore on November 23^rd.   She was also a scoring member of the Tipperary Team to win Gold.  Sinead Cosgrove and Naoimi Ryan also ran well.

Aaron Fogarty  U.12 and competing out of age, ran another good race to finish 14^th and was the 2^nd scoring member of the Tipperary team to win Bronze.  Other members of the team running well were Owen and Darragh  Kelly and Edward Carroll.

U.14 Boys Liam Landy running well from the start and was always up with the leaders finished 13^th to score for the Tipperary team to win Bronze.

October 12th 2008 Great Win for Aaron Fogarty in Boys U.11 Cross Country

Last Sunday we travelled to Littleton for the 2^nd leg of the Tipperary Juvenile Cross Country.  In the 1^st race Aoife Doyle was our only competitor U.9.  Aoife got a great start but unfortunately had a fall but was brave enough to recover quickly and finished a fantastic  4^th.

Next race we had a team in the boys U.9 all running well, with Oran Brophy coming home in 7^th place, Aidan Keane 16^th, Cian Kinsella 19^th, Cathal Kelly, 27^th and Aaron Kinsella running out of his age finished a great 36^th for a 4^th placed team.

Kelly-Ann Doyle U.13 was always up with the leaders and ran a very positive race to finish 6^th  out of age.

In the Boys U.11 here we had great excitement and encouragement for Aaron Fogarty who was always in control, running with the leaders from the gun and finishing with a Sprint finish for a commanding win, leading his Team to a Bronze Medal win.  He was well supported by Brandon O’Sullivan 14^th, Mark Kehoe 17^th, Oisin Brophy 21^st and Andrew Long and Darra Kelly finishing in the bunch.

In the Boys U.15 we had one competitor Liam Landy running another great race to finish 9^th out of his age and gaining more experience for next weeks Munster Championship U.14.

Next Sunday we travel back to Littleton for the 1^st leg of the Munster Cross Country Championship for Even Ages. We will have teams in Girls U.10 & U.12 and Boys U.12 and competitors at U.10 & U.14 Boys.

Sunday 5th October 2008 Juvenile Even Age Cross Country Dunkerrin 

We travelled to North Tipperary for the 1^st leg of the Juvenile Cross Country held in Dunkerrin.  Our Girls under 10 were the 1^st competitors of the day with Emer Long leading from start running a fantastic race to finish 4^th.  Emer was well supported by Aoife Doyle in 7^th place, Cora Maher 11^th, Shauna Twomey 14^th  with  Caithlin Twomey finishing in the bunch. These places were enough to win the gold medals with 36 points.

Our Girls under 12 were lead home by Kelly-Ann Doyle in 4^th place, Sinead Cosgrove 13^th, Naomi Ryan 20^th & Jessica Dawson 29^th to win bronze medals.

In the Boys under 12 Aaron Fogarty running in his 1^st competitive race had a fantastic run to finish 7^th out of his age.  Others to run well were Mark Kehoe 21^st, Darragh Kelly 33^rd & Miceal Dunne 36^th.

In the Boys under 14 we had one competitor Liam Landy running in his 1^st competitive race. Liam was always up with the leaders this was indeed a great competitive start for him to finish 3^rd. Next Sunday we travel to Littleton for the un-even ages Cross Country. 

  We would be delighted for new members to join us to get fit.  Our training days are Tuesday, Wednesdays & Fridays at 4 pm. So there is a choice of day for everybody. Cidona Primary Schools Competition will be held on Wednesday 22^nd October in the Marlfield GAA Centre Clonmel.  

Results:- Juvenile Even Age Cross Country Dunkerrin, Sunday 5th October

TIPPERARYS CELTIC ATHLETIC TEAM MEMBERS L TO R Jaco Oosthuysen Clonmel was 2nd in the Javelin U16 with a throw of 45.63.  Dara Kervick Carrick on Suir was 3rd in the 200m U18 in a time of 22.78.  Shane O Dwyer Carrick on Suir was 4th in the High Jump with a pb jump of 1m71.  Shane Prout Coolquill was 2nd in the Triple Jump with a pb jump of 13m57.  FRONT ROW Chloe Fahy Nenagh Oly was 4th in the 75mh U16 and ran a great 2nd leg for the Irish 4 x 100 Relay Team which finished 3rd.  Aoife Bartley Carrick on Suir was 3rd in the Triple Jump U18 with a jump of 11m25.