The Munster Indoor Championship U.15 to U.19 was held recently at Nenagh.

 U.16 Boys Shane O’Dwyer won the High Jump with a jump of 1.60m, he was 2^nd in the 200m with a time 25.05, 3rd in the Long Jump with a jump of  5.03m and

4^th in the 60m with a time of  7.88.

 U.17 Boys David Roberts was 2^nd in the Long Jump with a jump of 6.11 and 3^rd in the

60mH with a time of 9.06.

 U.18 Boys  Darra Kervick won the 200m with a time of  23.75 and the 400m with a time of 53.69, he was 4^th in the 60m with a time of 7.46.  Keith Smith was 1^st in the 60mH with a time of 9.19 and he was 3^rd in the Long Jump with a jump of 5.77m.

Our Boys U.18 Relay team was 1^st with a time of  1.39.4.

 U.16 Girls 60mH Tara Fogarty was 2^nd with a time of 9.80, 3^rd in the High Jump with a jump of 1.46m and 3^rd in the Long Jump with a jump of 4.91m.

 U.17 Girls 60mH Aoife Bartley was 2^nd with a time of 9.91, 2^nd in the High Jump with a jump of 1.48m and 2^nd in the Long Jump with a jump of 5.05m and Hannah Trehy was also 3^rd  in theLong Jump with a jump of 4.62m.  Our Girls Relay team was 2^nd with a time of 1.52.9.

Aoife Bartley, Carrick-on-Suir was 2^nd in the Treble Jump with a jump of 10.47m,

Aoife was 3^rd in the 60m Hurdles in a time of 9.88 and 3^rd in the Long Jump with a jump

of  5m.Hannah Trehy also Carrick-on-Suir was 4^th in the Long Jump with a jump of 4.90m.

 Next Saturday, January 26^th, the County Indoor Championships will be held in Nenagh Starting time 11:30am.

 

 At the All Ireland Cross Country Championship held recently  Kelly-Ann Doyle had a great run when finishing 21^st in U.11 Girls and was a scoring member of the Tipperary Team to win Silver Medals.  In the Junior Womens’ Final Sylwia Bien finished 24^th  and was a scoring member of the TipperaryTeam also to win Silver Medals.

The first leg of the Munster Indoor Championship was held in Nenagh last weekend.

David Roberts won the Boys U.17 with a Personal Best Performance of 3,621pts he had a PB in the 60mH of 8.9 and he cleared 1.56 in the High Jump, he jumped 5.59m in the Long Jump, threw 10.09m in the Shot Putt and ran 2.22 in the 800m.

  Aoife Bartley was 2^nd in the Girls U.17 with 2,750pts and she ran 10secs in the 60mH, she cleared 1.50m in the HJ.  Aoife jumped 4.88 in the Long Jump and her Shot Putt throw was 9.03m and ran 2.49 in the 800m. 

Hannah Trehy was 3^rd in the Girls U.17 with 2,483pts.  Hannah ran 9.8secs in the 60mH, cleared 1.44m in the High Jump;  jumped 4.75m in the Long Jump and her Shot Putt throw was 7.75m and she ran 3mins in the 800m.

          

  Last weekend we travelled to Nenagh for the County Tipperary Indoor Championship.

Our athletes had a great day with some fine performances. 

David Roberts won 4 Titles when he won the U.17 60mH, 60mSprint, 800m and HighJump.  Aoife Bartley won 3 Titles also U.17 when she won the 60mH, High Jump and Long Jump.  Eimear Bartley won Double Titles U.13 when she won the Long Jump & Shot Putt.   Kelly-Ann Doyle won the Girls U.12 Long Jump and Clodagh Fitzgerald won the U.13 60mH. Colleen Kennedy won the  U.15 60mH and Shane O’Dwyer  won the U.17 in High Jump.

Girls U.12 Kelly-Ann Doyle won the Long Jump with a jump of 3.66, she was 2^nd in the High Jump with a jump of 1.20 and 3^rd in the 60m Sprints.

Girls U.13 Eimear Bartley won her Long Jump with a jump of 3.91 and Shot Putt with a P.B.throw of 8.78m, she was 2^nd in the 60mHurdles, 2^nd in the High Jump with a jump of  1.24. Clodagh Fitzgerald won the 60mHurdles, and she came 3rd in the 60mSprints. Robyn O’Dwyer was 2nd in the 60mSprints, 3^rd in the 60mHs and 3^rd in the Long Jump with a  Jump of 3.74.  Girls U.13 Relay team had a convincing win with a team of Eimear Bartley, Clodagh Fitzgerald, Robyn O’Dwyer and  Kelly-Ann Doyle.

Girls U.14 Aoife Cooney was 3^rd in the 60mH.

Girls U.15 Colleen Kennedy had a convincing win in the 60mH and Sarah Dowley was 3^rd in the 60mH and 3^rd in the 800m with a time of 2.48.

Girls U.17 Aoife Bartley had a fine championship when she won the 60mH in a time of 8.78, High Jump with a jump of 1.50m and  Long Jump with a jump of  4.89m and she was 3^rd in the Shot Putt with a throw of 8.99m. Hannah Trehy was 2^nd in the 60mH

with a time of 9.15; 2^nd in the Long Jump with a fine jump of 4.82 and 3^rd in  High Jump with a jump of 1.40.  In the Relay which was one of the most exciting races of the day our girls finished 2^nd to Nenagh with a team of Hannah Trehy, Yvonne Maher, Aoife Bartley, Tara Fogarty.

Boys U.17 David Roberts won the 60m Sprints in a time of 7.43, 800m and Long jump with a jump of 6.08m, he was2nd in the High jump with a jump of 1.65m and

 3^rd in the Shot Putt with a throw of 10.35m. Shane O’Dwyer was in fine form in the High Jump winning  with a P.B. jump of 1.65m and was  2^nd in the 60m Sprints, and 3^rd in the Long Jump with a jump of 5.09m. Shane had to compete a year out of age. In the U.17 and Junior Men’s Relay our team of Shane O’Dwyer, David Roberts, Conor O’Sullivan and Shane Prout of Coolquill guested in both races and had convincing wins.

Congratulations to Shane O’Dwyer on winning the 2007 Munster Sports Star Award for

Tipperary for his fine performances at the Munster Championships.  The award will be  presented in Lawlors Hotel, Dungarvan on Saturday, February 9^th.

Some of our athletes will also be travelling to Kelvin Hall, Glasgow to compete in the Scottish Indoor Championship, we wish them every success and a safe journey.

The Munster Indoor Championship will be held on 23^rd and 24^th February for U.10s to U.14 and 1^st and 2^nd  March for U.15s to U.19.  Entries have to be submitted this week for anyone wishing to compete.

 

Fourteen year old Shane O’Dwyer was indeed a worthy winner of the Munster Star Award for Tipperary in 2007.  Shane excels in all events and can compete with the best from the 100m to 800m, he also competes in all field events but his favourite discipline is the High Jump, an event he excels in.  Shane was presented with the award by Michael Heery, President of Athletics Ireland at the Star Award Banquet in Dungarvan Recently.

 Last weekend our young athletes travelled to Glasgow for the Scottish Indoor Championship.  Our first competitor was Eimear Bartley U.13  in the Shot Putt on

Saturday morning,  Eimear led the competition until the last round where she won a Silver Medal with a throw of 7.49m.  Clodagh Fitzgerald U.13 was in fine form when She finished 3^rd in the 60mHurdles having had fine performances in all three rounds.

Robyn O’Dwyer was our best competitor in the Long Jump with a P.B. Jump of 3.95m.

Emma O’Gorman had a fine series of runs in the 60mHurdles U.15 where she finished 5^th in the final.

Aoife Bartley U.17 put a great series of Jumps together in the Treble Jump to win a Silver Medal with a jump of 10.44m.

David Roberts excelled in the three rounds of the 60mHurdles to win a Bronze medal, he also had a good Long Jump competition where he finished 4^th.  In the 1^st round of the competition he had the longest jump was unlucky to have a small break. 

All our competitors enjoyed the trip and competed well.  The experience and travel will stand to them for the future.

The 1^st Leg of the Munster Indoor Championship for U.10-U.14’s will be held on 23^rd & 24^th of February and March 1^st and 2^nd will be Munster Championship for U.15 to U.19, all are being held in Nenagh. 

All our younger athletes should return to training for their Indoor Competition on Sunday 30^th March in Nenagh and the Track & Field Championship in May.

We have new equipment for fun games and fitness.  Training on Tuesday, or Wednesday and  Fridays at 4pm in the Sean Kelly Sports Centre Field.

At the Munster Indoor Championship U.10 to U.14  which was held recently in Nenagh.

Clodagh Fitzgerald had a fine Championship Best Performance when she won the Girls U.13 60mHurdles with a fine time of 10.45.  Eimear Bartley was 2^nd with a time of 11.03.    Eimear was also 2^nd in the High Jump with a jump of 1.30 and 2^nd in the Shot Putt U.13 with a throw of 8.92.  Robyn O’Dwyer was 3^rd in the U.13 Long Jump with a jump Of 4.07.  In the Girls U.11 Kelly-Ann Doyle was in her usual good form when she won the Long Jump with a jump of 3.95.