At the Mr. Oil County U14/15/16 Championships we had a crew of athletes competing in Enniscorthy on Friday evening the 9th July.
Abbie Bolger competed at U14 100m, long jump & Shot putt.
Isabella Gondard competed at U14 long jump, 100m & Shot putt.
Holly Byrne competed at U14 long jump & 100m.
Jack Halpin claimed 3rd & bronze in the U16 Shot putt 🥉
Ciaran Meyler was busy collecting bronze over 100m, bronze over 800m and then showing his versatility collecting another bronze in long jump 🥉🥉🥉
Emmet Cousins wearing a club vest for the first time competed in long jump & took home a silver medal from the high jump competition 🥈
Well done to all our athletes and also thanks to the County Board for getting yet another competition complete under covid guidlines.
The Leinster Senior/Junior & Masters took place in the fantastic facilities of Carlow IT. Again our athletes did not disappoint as they all put their training to good use and performed to the best of their abilities on the day.
Shane O'Neill was an excellent 1st in 16.26 over hurdles. Aaron Tierney-Smith ran the Senior hurdles in 15.48 claiming 1st place on the podium and then ran 400m in 54.07 claiming 5th place.
Martin Kelly shows no sign of slowing as he claimed M65 gold over 1500m & also showing no signs of slowing was Catherine O'Connor who also claimed gold in W55 1500m.
Roisín O'Reilly was on a mission and led from start to finish taking gold in 3000m steeplechase (a tough energy draining event) with a PB of 10.59
Dedication to his training paid off for Michael Deady over 100m as he clocked 11.28 to qualify for the final, then smashed his PB clocking 11.19 taking a well earned 6th place.
Clodagh Dunbar ran a fine 400m race with a PB of 1:01 to claim 3rd place & Katie Lillis in her first Leinsters (and first run for the club) was 7th in 1:12 also over 400m.
Triini Jurisoo was back throwing and in Junior Shot threw 7.54 grabbing 3rd place and also in Weight for Distance took another 3rd with 5.80.
Ailbhe White was competing over Junior 400m and ran an great 1:04 in her race.
Adam Leahy was unlucky as he had to pull out on the day due to a muscle strain during the warm up, hard decision but the correct one.
Day 2 saw more action from club members. Eimear Halpin was 1st up and claimed 1st place over 400m hurdles in 1:09.78 in the junior race also competed in Junior Discus with an excellent 26.43. Clodagh Dunbar showing great form on the back of her training was 4th over 200m in a PB of 27.15 . Martin Kelly was back to run 800m and 2:45.42 got him 3rd in his heat and resulted in gold medal in M65.
Day 2 of the County Track Field Championships were held on Friday evening in Enniscorthy Sports Hub. A small crew of 3 Menapians were in action. Laragh Walsh showing hard work pays off won her under 13 600m race and took silver in the High jump. Stephen Conlon who has trained consistently well did well in the under 13 long jump while Rory Henderson showed his versatility by setting himself a new personal best in the under 12 high jump.
Well done to our 3 athletes and thanks to our coaches for getting athletes competition ready.
The evening of 30th June saw the first round of the Mr Oil Wexford County Championships in the DMP grounds.
Oisin Carroll won the under 15 hammer in his first ever hammer competition.
Jack Halpin took gold in the under 16 hammer and also gold in discus.
Ailbhe White won silver in the under 17 high jump and silver in long jump and finished with a bronze in the junior high jump.
Eimear Halpin won silver in the under 18 high jump, silver in hammer and silver in discus and finished with a bronze in the long jump.
Triini Jurisoo took gold in the under 18 hammer.
Fantastic results from these young athletes who worked hard on their training every chance they got. Thanks to their coaches for their efforts in preparing for this event and thanks to the County Board for organising this covid compliant event.
*Irish Life National Senior Championships*
A full weekend of athletics took place as the Irish Life National Senior Championships took place. On Friday evening Clodagh Dunbar stepped up to the 400m in Heat 3 finishing 7th clocking 1:04.40 showing her improvements in form after lockdown.
Saturday was a busier day for club members. Conor Wilson ran Heat 3 finishing 5th in 11.37 & Michael Deady ran Heat 4 also 5th in 11.40 over 100m. Roisín O'Reilly took to the start line in a very competitive 3000m steeplechase and finished in 11:05.60 posting a PB for herself.
On Sunday Conor Wilson was 3rd in Heat 5 23.06 over 200m & Leon Reid ran Heat 2 finishing 1st in 20.94, then in the final Leon ran 20.79 to claim a gold medal. In the 110m hurdles Aaron Tierney Smith was 5th in the final in 15.27.
Congratulations to all our athletes, they are showing great dedication to their training and showing excellent progress. Keep at it and thanks to all the coaches who work away in the background ensuring athletes are ready for competition.
Thursday evening saw our young athletes take part in our Summer Olympics event with some experiencing the track for the first time. Great to see all the young crew enjoying their athletics
National Junior/U23 Chamionships
At the National Junior/U23 Championships in Santry over the weekend our athletes again did themselves proud across a variety of events.
On Day 1 Eimear Halpin took on the Junior 400m hurdles finish a very good 5th place running a time of 1:09.38 dipping under her previous PB.
The Junior Weight for Distance event saw 3 entries from the club. Rachel Grace threw 3m52cm to finish 6th in her first ever competition, Sarah Louise Carr threw 4m79cm to finish 4th in her first ever competition & Tr9iini Jurisoo threw 4m98cm to claim bronze in 3rd place.
On Day 2 Shane O'Neill had a good 16.36 Junior 110m hurdles finishing 5th while in the same event at U23 Aaron Tierney Smith took silver in 15.54.
In the Junior 3000m SC we had 2 athletes competing. Both ran excellent races with Ciara Dolan finishing 6th place in 13:46.98 and Roisin O Reilly claiming a silver finishing in 2nd place in 11:46.72
Ailbhe White had a great run in her first Juniors with a 7th place finish in her 400m heat clocking 1:04.07.
Eimear Halpin was back for Day 2 and threw in the Junior discus with a best of 28.18m.
Congratulations to each athlete on their performance at over the weekend and a special mention to their coaches for their efforts during these Covid times ensuring everyone was ready for competition.
County Novice RR
Friday evening saw a welcome return to County Road Races in Wexford. Enniscorthy was the venue and host club Slaney Olympic & the County Board did a fantastic job organising the County Novice RR under the current Covid guidlines. A warm and sunny evening awaited the 34 ladies who lined up to run and 6 of those were Menapians. Sharron Dier made a welcome return to finish in 34th, Louise Henderson ran well in 33rd, Elaine McMahon also made a welcome return to racing grabbing 30th, Mary Gaynor pushed hard and claimed 14th, Paula Gondard ran hard from the start to grab 9th place & Sinead Morris in her first County Race showed her training is paying off finishing it 6th place. Fantastic to have so many lady club members racing.
Next up the Men's race started and the pace was hot from the whistle. 53 men had entered and 8 members stepped up meaning we had 2 mens teams competing. Ollie Stack ran brave to finish 52nd, Darren O'Grady and John Dier finished tied in 50th with Micheál Kinsella in 47th competing the 2nd team. Fran Power showing continued improvement was 46th, Paul Donovan found a good pace to claim 42nd, Gavin Hayes dug deep in 40th and Donal Grant pushed himself hard for 36th place competing our 1st team. Again fantastic to see so many club vests in the race.
A huge well done to everyone who raced and thanks to our support team on the night. Again thanks to Slaney Olympic and the County Board for organising the event. Next week sees the Intermediate RR take place at thd same venue so gets your names to John to enter.
Super achievement and all for a great cause by Shane McCormack……
Surreal experience cycling to Shercock today 29th September leaving at 4.30am in the dark and fog and arriving in sunny Cavan at 330pm!! Delighted to play my part to help raise funds for Craig’s club but also take myself waaaaaaaaay out of my comfort zone especially when I had some very fast company over the last 75km. Truly humbling experience being welcomed by so many people in shercock and great to have Jack cycle the last 12k from kingscourt to shercock. Thanks to Amy Ní Coitir, Ann Lynch, Joanna Walker and all Craig’s family and friends for their hospitality and my support crew my dad, Paddy Donovan and Mick Pender And Melissa McCormack and Annie for coming to the finish also ❤️. Cycled a few angry km for those stuck in lockdown who would love nothing more than to be there today and tomorrow to see out their own challenges. Thanks to everyone who supported the go fund me page. https://www.gofundme.com/f/craig-lynch-for-life-challenge We go again.
