Mr Oil County B Championships
The Sports Hub in Enniscorthy was again full of the counties young athletes proudly wearing club colours competing across sprints, long jump , turbo javelin, longer distance and finishing with the fun of relay races.
*Piper Farrell was competing in U10 securing Silver in the 500m while also competing in turbo javelin and 60m sprints.
*Saoirse Cleary was also competing U10 as she took on long jump, turbo javelin and 60m sprints
*Chloe Carroll was competing U12 taking Gold in shot putt and also taking on 60m sprints.
*Fionn Murphy was competing at U13 and he made the 80m final, ran the 600m and also took on long jump claimg Bronze and turbo javelin.
Congratulations to all 4 on showing great commitment and determination on the night and this the last competition for these young athletes as they now head in to Summer break.
Thanks to our coach on the night Liam Carroll and our official Siobhan Doyle.
IMRA Blackstairs Mountains
Our 2 tough athletes Sharon Martin and Jen Kehoe were at it again in the IMRA series as they tackled the 7 km route over tough terrain. This time it was in the Blackstairs Mountains.Well done ladies.
U12-U19 Juvenile Leinster Track & Field Championships
Tullamore County Offaly was filled with the Provinces athletes as they all chased medals, glory, personal bests and qualification to the Nationals.
Representing the club proudly were Lucas Page Redmond, Elijah Page Redmond, Josh Nolan, Fiachra Mehigan and Alex Lonergan. Over 2 days of action these 5 athletes gave it everything they had with fantastic results making everyone in the club proud of their achievements.
Lucas (U19) won Silver in 100m. In long jump he won Gold. He qualified for the Nationals in 100m and long jump.
Elijah (U17) ran 100m finishing 3rd in his heat. He won Gold in Javelin and also ran in the 200m heats. He qualified for Nationals in javelin and 200m.
Josh (U17) won Silver in javelin and qualified for Nationals.
Alex (U17) won Gold in the hammer throw and qualified for Nationals
Fiachra (U16) was in action over 3000m for the first time and posted a super time of 10:26.51 for 5th place. Lots more to come from this young man.
We had Lucas, Josh and Elijah running on County relay teams with Josh and Elijah helping the U17 team to Bronze and Lucas helping the U19 team to Gold.
Congratulations to all five and a big thanks to Catherine, Tracey and Padraig
Friends of Fatima 5k
Our adult members were up at Wexford Racecourse supporting the Lady of Fatima School fundraising 5k run on Saturday.
Brian had a super run finishing in 4th place. Well done folks, good to support local fundraisers
Brian Smyth 20:29
John Hyland 21:40
John Dier 24:55
Gareth Lloyd 30:13
Samantha Donegan 32:38
Tony Harpur 33:57
Bridie McGuire 38:47
Sharron Dier 40:06
Paul Harpur 50:05
parkrun
The threat of rain did not materialise until after the run was complete luckily for thise in attendance A very warm morning as runners got the best of the days weather before the unsettled weather turned up later in the day.
Enda O'Sullivan ran the Knockancree Cloughjordan parkrun.
Ryan Ellard ran in the Gorey parkrun.
Dermot Foley, Dave Midwinter, Brian Smyth, John Hyland, Martin Kelly, John Dier, Geoff Hoffheinz, Hazel Doyle, Rob Mehigan, Ollie Stack, Sarah Bermingham, Anne Thomas, Helen Burrell, Rob Casey, Darren O'Grady, Helen Wallace, Michael Murphy, Sinead Ryan, Bridie McGuire, Sharron Dier & Gareth Lloyd all ran the Wexford Racecourse parkrun.