At the National League 3 members were entered as guests at the weekend in Templemore. Not a great day weatherwise for athletics but nothing we can do about that. Damp and breezy all day.
Conor Wilson was in great form running 11.39 into the wind over 100m winning his heat then stepping up to run the 200m in 23.30.
Clodagh ran the 200m but there was an issue with the timing equipment so no time but she finished 4th.
She ran the 100m into a strong headwind finishing 4th place.
Michael Deady ran 12.03 for the 100m finishing 5th in his heat.
Great stuff from our 3 athletes, still more to come from you all.
Our next crew of coaches competed the AAI coaching hosted by Colin Byrne on Sunday the 22nd of May in Rosslare Strand.
Well done to our Ollie, Fran, Chris, Paul Tracey, Tadhg & Liam and looking forward to the sessions in the future.
On Saturday he 21st of May, the venue was Santry for the Leinster Schools and Ailbhe White & Eimear Halpin headed up the now familiar N11 to compete.
Eimear was competing at Senior discus and Senior 400 hurdles claiming a well earned 4th over the hurdles in a competitive field.
Ailbhe was competing over 400m and finished strong also in a very competitive field coming home in 6th place.
Great work from both girls who still have another year in this event next year.
Well done to you both.
Mr. Oil Juvenile County Championships Day 3
Sunday the 15th of May saw the third day of the 2022 Mr. Oil Juvenile County Championships. With a large crowd gathering from 10am to participate and support the athletes, it was certain to be a great day for clubs across the county. As always, Menapian’s AC was represented in great numbers with 17 athletes turning out across the various age groups.
Cuan Monaghan, Oisín Moran and Chloe Carroll performed very well in the under 9s age group with Cuan qualifying for the semi final in his 60m sprint. Oisín and Chloe also did very well in this event and all three participated in the turbo javelin and middle distance which was 300
metres for under 9s. A great effort by our three youngest competing athletes, well done Cuan, Oisín and Chloe.
Our sole athlete in Under 10s this week was Callum Redmond who qualified for the final in his 60m sprint. Well done Callum.
We had four athletes competing in under 11s. Training pals Nico Losak, Elijah Donegan and Max Gilhooley took part in the 60m sprint, high jump and turbo javelin with Max making the sprint semi final. Kelly Cousins also competed in the sprint. Great performances by all, well done.
Rory Henderson and Lily Siggins represented the club in Under 13s. Lily did very well to make the finals in the 60m hurdles and just missed out on a medal coming 4th in high jump. Lily also
competed in the sprint and javelin events. Meanwhile Rory took a silver medal in the 60m hurdles and bronze in high jump as well as making the final in the 80m sprint.
Menapians five under 14s athletes competed in an incredible 16 events between them. Josh Nolan qualified for the final in the 75m hurdles, Josh also took part in long jump and the sprint.
Orla Dolan took Silver in the 75m hurdles while club mate Meabh McCormack took Bronze in the same event. Orla and Meabh also did long jump, 80m sprint and 200m sprint together.
Lorcan Carroll participated in the 80m sprint and 75m hurdles. And Elijah Page-Redmond took good medals in Hurdles, Long Jump and the 200m sprint.
Abigail Quinn competed admirably in the hurdles despite an injury she incurred during the race which brought a premature end to her participation for the day. We wish Abigail a speedy recovery.
In under 16s, Lucas Page-Redmond took a gold medal in the 200m sprint and silver for high jump.
Well done to all our athletes for competing again today. Thanks also to our officials Padraig, Helen, Siobhan and Catherine, and also to the club's coaches and helpers in attendance on the day: Ellen, Liam, Sinead, Tracey, Louise & Tadhg. Well done to the County Board for running another great event.
The Mr. Oil Senior Road Race took place in Enniscorthy on Friday evening the 13th. A warm but a nice evening for racing. Our ladies were first up at 6.30pm as Sinead Cleary, Elaine McMahon, Mary Gaynor, Ilze Bedrite, Sharron Dier & Louise Henderson all put in terrific performances in the 5k loop, all finishing strong and very happy with their efforts.
The Men's race took place a little after 7pm after the ladies race was complete and they faced 2 loops of the race route to complete their 10 distance. Great efforts from our 2 men Gavin Hayes & John Dier who dug deep to find their inner strength.
Congratulations to our 6 ladies & 2 men who took to the start line and represented the club so well. Thanks to the County Board , the marshals, our supporters on the night and host club Slaney Olympic for another well run county race.
At day 2 of the South Leinster Schools track & field event today again in the fantastic facility at Carlow IT our athletes travelled to represent their schools.
Liam Berry representing CBS Wexford ran an excellent race finishing 6th in the senior 400m.
Representing Loreto Wexford were Eimear Halpin & Ruby Reynolds.
Ruby raced perfectly to take an excellent Gold, 1st place in the intermediate 80m hurdles.
Eimear showing her versatility this week taking a fantastic silver, 2nd in the senior discus throw.
Representing Presentation Wexford were Ciara Dolan & Ailbhe White.
Ailbhe claimed an excellent silver, 2nd in Senior 400m.
Ciara was part of the 4 x 300m relay team who took a brilliant 2nd place taking home a silver medal.
In St Peters College colours was Jack Halpin. First time throwing 1.5kg discus with a well earned intermediate 7th place & also first time throwing 4kg shot taking a very good 6th place also intermediate.
Well done to Ciara, Eimear, Ruby, Liam, Ailbhe & Jack who represented their schools so well.
The Dublin Graded Meet took place at Morton Stadium last night.
The weather was breezy and damp as Clodagh Dunbar was stepping up to race 200m.
An impressive 27.53 was on the clock, well done Clodagh and hope you enjoyed the Supermac's on the way home. :)
On Wednesday the 4th, two of our athletes were racing in their school colours in the wonderful location in Co Carlow. The South Leinster Schools competition was held and Eimear Halpin & Ciara Dolan were competing, Eimear for Loreto Wexford and Ciara for Presentation Wexford.
Ciara was competing in the steeplechase and ran a superb race claiming 2nd place to bring home a silver medal.
Eimear was racing over the 400m hurdles and and superb race claiming 2nd and also bringing home a silver medal.
Congratulations to both girls and their coaches and best of luck in Day 2.
Mr Oil County Championships Day 2, 2022
On a sunny Sunday in May, the cream of Wexford juvenile athletes gathered in Enniscorthy for the first day of the track and field Mr. Oil county juvenile championships 2022. Menapians showed up in great numbers to take part in the various events, with a big support crew to bask in the sunshine and soak up the atmosphere of the day while doing the club proud shouting for the club’s competitors.
Kicking off in the field events was Under 9’s Conor Donovan with a brilliant first competitive event in the Long Jump. Another great First for Lilly Rowe Steele (Under 10) for the Turbo Javelin. Lily also competed admirably in the 100m sprint and the 500m Middle Distance.
In Under 11s, both Amy Conde and Abbie Donovan ran super races in the 100m sprint, well done girls.
The club’s sole Under 12s representative, Zaira May Healy, competed very well in the 100m sprint coming 4th in her heat to make the final, which also booked her a place in the County Relay trials. Zaira scooped bronze in the High Jump also.
Our Under 13s athletes completed nine events in total amongst the three club representatives. Jack Kinsella ran very well in the 100m sprint, as well as the Long Jump and Javelin. Rory Henderson booked himself a place in the final having come third in his heat in the 100m sprint, Rory also participated in Javelin, Long Jump and the 600m Middle Distance race. Lily Siggins got through to the 100m semi final having come 3rd in her heat, and competed well in shot put and 600m Middle distance.
The Menapians Under 14s crew turned out in great numbers on the day. Josh Nolan started with a fourth place finish in the 100m sprint, then went on to win bronze in the Javelin, before taking part in the High Jump. Training pals Orla Dolan and Maebh McCormack competed in the 100m sprint where Maebh made the final, High Jump with Maebh winning bronze, and Javelin. Maeve White also ran well to make the 100m final and competed in the Javelin.
Also in Under 14s, Elijah Paige-Redmond brought home a stash of gold medals with wins in the 100m sprint, Javelin, Shot Put and High Jump, while his brother Lucas, under 16, also scooped gold in his 100m sprint race, silver in Javelin and silver in Long Jump, making seven county medals travelling home in the one car!
Consistent training in the full spectrum of events is really paying off for the Menapians Juvenile athletes.
Thanks to the club’s officials on the day – Catherine, Padraig, Helen and Sinead. Also thanks to coaches Ellen, Tracey, Louise, Tadhg for helping on the day, and to all the other coaches for their work through the year to get the athletes to the start line.
Next Sunday sees day 3 of the Mr Oil county juvenile championships, let’s see if we can turn out in numbers again!
The CBS held their fundraiser for the hard working autism unit in the school in glorious weather this morning. Starting and finishing just outside the unit 11 Menapian’s took to the start line.
Dermot Foley 19.50 was the first member home in 8th place overall with Gavin Hayes next over the line in 20.40. John Dier 23.06 was next with Paula Gondard 2nd lady overall in 23.07 followed shortly by Mary Gaynor 3rd lady overall in 23.54. Fran Power in 25.57, Elaine McMahon in 26.16 beating her hubby on the process (guess who has to cook dinner ), Gráinne Hayes in 32.14, Ollie Stack in 32.15 , Sharron Dier in 33.27 & Bridie McGuire in 53.37 completed the club interest in the event.
Well done to everyone and great to support a worthy cause.
