Kelly's golden week end in Santry
Many athletes from Ferrybank AC and West Waterford AC competed in
Santry Stadium on Saturday and Sunday last at the Woodies DIY All
Ireland Senior Track and Field Championships.and Ferrybank AC won six
individual and two relay titles and for one athlete it was a memorable
week end. Kelly Proper Ferrybank was chosen as athlete of the meeting
after she won three individual gold medals as well as a relay gold. On
Saturday she recorded an individual double as she won the long jump
title for a seventh time with a leap of 6.25 metres and then went on
to win the 200 metres for a third time in 23.64 seconds.On top of this
she anchored the Ferrybank 4x100 metres relay team to victory the
other members being Niamh Whelan, Jessie Barr and Niamh Mc Nicol.
Kelly now has seven long jump titles the same as Terri Horgan
Mallow.Sister and brother Jessie and Thomas Barr both won 400 metres
hurdle titles for the third successive year. Jessie won her race
convincingly in 57.48 seconds while Thomas was given a great race by
Jason Harvey Crusaders who led at the final hurdle but Thomas put in a
power packed finish to snatch it with a time of 49.78 seconds
equalling his personal best time and Ben Kiley also ran well to finish
third in 52.65 . Cara Kennedy retained her hammer title with a throw
of 51.94 metres.and again this was three in a row for her. Niamh
Whelan had good results also as she took the silver medal behind Kelly
in the 200 metres in 24.01 and the bronze behind her in the 100 metres
in 12.00. Niall Tuohy ran a blinder in the 800 metres final just
failing narrowly finishing a very close second in 1.50. 03, Sean
Archer was third in the triple jump with 13.98 metres and Neasa Murphy
was also third in the high jump with 1.65 metres. The Ferrybank AC
men's 4x 400 metres relay team also won the squad being Paul Murphy,
Ben Kiely., NiallTuohy and Thomas Barr. Other Ferrybank athletes
placings were; Sorcha Murphy 4 th in high jump with 1.60 metres,
Shane O'Dwyer 5th high jump 1.95 metres and Michael Dowling 6 th in
1500 metres in 3.48.86. For West Waterford AC there were two silver
medals, David Mc Carthy just missing out on the gold in the 1500
metres as Eoin Everard Kilkenny won in 3.44.58 and Mc Carthy was timed
at 3.44.73 Thomas Houliihan had a fine pole vault competition to
finish second with 4.55 metres the event was won with 4.65 metres, his
sister Lisa with a season's best was fourth in the Pole Vault with
3.10 metres and Kate Hickey was 5th in the Discus with 36.12 metres.
Overall a magnificent week end for Waterford athletics, its very few
sports in the county come home from a National Senior Championship
with six individual winners.
Kelly wins in Loughboro
On Tuesday July 23 rd in Loughboro in England three athletes from
Ferrybank AC competed in a fixture and all three had good results.
Kelly Proper had a personal best in winning the 200 metres in 23.58
seconds and in third place behind her Niamh Whelan had a season's best
of 23.94, she also finished 5 th in a 100 metres in 12.05. Jessie Barr
was second in the 400 metres hurdles in 58.59.
!8 th Annual Ballymacarbry 5 miles
140 competed in the above race on Friday last and Ravis Zakis West
Waterford was first home in 26 minutes and 4 seconds, Bryan Murphy
Carrick on Suir was second in 26.39 and Michael Lyons Grange Fermoy
third in 27.39. First lady home was Nollaig O'Neill Leevale in 31.36,
Corina Walsh West Waterford was second in 33.29, Aine Roche Clonmel
was third in 33..11 and Kate Nolan Waterford AC was fourth in 33.20.
The following were the category winners; Men o 40 Paudie O'Keeffe
Clonmel, o 45 Johnny O'Connor West Waterford, o 50 Walter Keane
Waterford, o 55 Sean Mc Gowan do. Women: o 35 Ann Marie Hayes St
Catherine's, o 40 Diane Behan Waterford, o 45 Ann Dunford West
Waterford, o50 Gabriel Blair Waterford. (140 competed ) The event was
race 9 of the Ger Wyley Sports Skins Series.
Mary Ashe Honoured.
Congratulations to Mary Ashe West Waterford AC juvenile athletic club
secretary who has been elected chairman of the Schools International
Athletics Board. Mary has given many years of dedicated service to
Irish schools athletics and has served as chairman of that
organisation also.
Three on Celtic Team
Ireland will compete in the Celtic Games in Wales next Saturday and
three athletes from Waterford are included on the Irish team in the
under 18 age group. The three are Paul Murphy in the 400 metres and
relay, Niamh Mc Nicol 100 metres and relay both Ferrybank AC.and
Seamie Fennell West Waterford in the pole vault
Final Road Race in Series
This Friday August 2 nd the final race in the Outfield Sports Three
County Challenge will be held in Piltown Co Kilkenny at 7.30 pm. Its
the Morris Oil 10 km and entries in Piltown from 6.30 pm on the
evening.
August Track and Field fixtures
Saturday 3 rd Celtic Games u 16 and u 18 Wales, Saturday 10 th to
Sunday 18 th World Championships Moscow, Sat 10th Woodie's DIY AAI
Combined Events Championships Tullamore, Sun 11th Woodie's DIY AAI
Combined Events Championships also Juvenile Combined Events Tullamore,
Sat 17th Woodie's AAI Masters T & F Championships Tullamore, Sun 18t h
Woodie's AAI National League Final
Road Races
Friday August 9 th Ardmore 5 miles 7.30 pm( Ger Wyley Sports Series
Final Race ) Sunday August 11 th Island 5km Run 1 pm Waterford
Castle, Friday August 16 th Second Annual Lis Hayes Memorial 5 miles
in Ballyduff Lower 7 pm, Friday August 23 rd Annual Alan Everett 5
miles in Woodstown at 7.00 pm
Ferrybank Athletic Club's rolling News and Results Blog, in conjunction with the Club Website at www.ferrybankathleticclub.org and the Club Facebook page and Twitter feed @ Ferrybank Athletic Club
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Monday 29 July 2013
National Senior Championships 2013 - Record Medal Haul!
What an amazing weekend in Santry at the National Senior Championships where we returned with eight gold, two silver and four bronze medals along with several other finalists.
- Kelly Proper - Gold 100m, 200m, long jump
- Thomas Barr - Gold 400m hurdles
- Jessie Barr - Gold 400m hurdles
- Cara Kennedy - Gold Hammer
- Ladies 4 X 100m - Gold
- Men's 4 X 400m - Gold
- Niamh Whelan 200m - Silver
- Niall Tuohy 800m - Silver
- Ben Kiely - 400m hurdles Bronze
- Sean Archer - Triple Jump - Bronze
- Niamh Whelan 100m Bronze
- Neasa Murphy High Jump Bronze
- Sorcha Murphy - High jump 4th
- Shane O Dwyer - High Jump 5th
- Michael Dowling - 1500m 6th
We were best club at the championships for the second year! Kelly Proper was named athlete of the meet! Well done to everyone!
Tuesday 23 July 2013
Fintan Walsh's weekly blog
European Youth Olympic Relay Gold for Niamh Mc Nicol.
In Utrecht in Holland last week the 12th European Youth Olympic's
Festival was held with many sports included including athletics, the
event is for those in the 14 to 18 years age group. Waterford had one
representative on the Irish Athletic team Niamh Mc Nicol from
Ferrybank AC running on the 4 x 100 metres relay team which scored a
spectacular win in Friday's final. On Thursday the team won their semi
final in a time of 46.22 seconds in front of Belgium and Ukraine and
easily went in to Fridays final with the best time of the two semi
finals. In that final they won comfortably in 46.58 from Ukraine timed
at 46.81 with Belgium third on 46.89, Niamh ran the second leg in both
the semi final and final and contributed handsomely to the great team
effort. Niamh a native of Tramore has spent most of her athletic
career with Tramore AC having joined them as a very young girl and was
transferred to Ferrybank earlier this year, recently she won the All
Ireland under 17 100 and 200 metres titles She now becomes the sixth
athlete from Waterford to win a medal at the European Youth Olympics
the others being David Mc Carthy silver 800 metres 2005, Niamh Whelan
bronze 100 metres 2007, Shane Quinn silver 3000 metres 2009, Ben Kiely
gold 400 metres hurdles 2011 his twin sister Megan bronze 400 metres
hurdles 2011
Ben Kiely's great efforts at European Junior Championships.
Last week at the European Junior Championships in Rieti in Italy Ben
Kiely a native of Dunhill and a member of Ferrybank AC put in three
brilliant runs in the 400 metres hurdles on three successive days in
the heat,semi final and final of the 400 metres hurdles.Going into the
Championships Ben had a best seasonal time of 53.35 seconds and this
would not have been sufficient to get him out of the heats. However in
his heat on Friday he ran a super race to finish second in a big
personal best time of 52.10 seconds and easily make Friday's semi
final. Again in the semi final he came up with another huge personal
best of 51.65 in third place and automatically qualified for Sundays
final. In this final he had the joint fourth fastest time from the
semi finals but was drawn in the dreaded lane 8 on the outside. Two
Russians who had run below 50 seconds this year were expected to
dominate the final and so they did Chalvy winning in a time of 49.23
seconds the second fastest time ever by a European junior and
Skorobogatko was second in 50.13 with Jacob Paul Great Britain third
in 50.71 a personal best -Ben had beaten Paul into second place in the
European Youth Olympic final in 2011- Ben's final time was 51.98.
Overall a very good championship for Ben and the future looks bright.
Two wins at Morton Games
On Wednesday evening last at the Morton Games International meeting in
Santry Stadium in Dublin two athletes from Ferrybank AC had excellent
victories. In the 400 metres hurdles Thomas Barr- back in action after
his exploits the previous week at the European Under 23
Championships- won the event in 50.04 seconds his third best time and
Kelly Proper ran her best and fastest race for some time in winning
the 100 metres in 11.75 seconds not far away from her best ever of
11.60, in that race Niamh Whelan Ferrybank was 6th in 12.14..David Mc
Carthy West Waterford AC was 7 th in the famous Morton Mile in 3
minutes 57.85 seconds, Niall Tuohy Ferrybank AC was 9 th in the 800
metres in a personal best time of 1.49.01 and Barry Upton from
Waterford who runs with Menapian's Wexford was 6 th in the 400 metres
hurdles behind Thomas Barr in 53.35 .
Four All Ireland Juvenile winners.
Ferrybank AC had four winners at the All Ireland Juvenile Track and
Field Championships in Tullamore on Sunday last.These were Neasa
Murphy high jump with a personal best of 1.70 metres, Orlaith O'Brien
in the under 15 javelin with 36.25 metres, Paul Murphy in the 200
metres u 18 in 22.45 seconds and Niamh Mc Nicol back from Holland
after her win with the Irish relay team at the European Youth Olympics
on Friday won the 200 metres u 17 in 25.52 seconds. On Saturday the
All Ireland Juvenile Relays were also in Tullamore and Tramore AC boys
under 14 did best of the Waterford clubs as they finished third the
team being Ian and Mark Hartery, Shane Monagle and Jamie Stone and
Waterford AC boys under 12 team finished 4 th missing out very
narrowly for the bronze medals. At the Schools International in
Santry on Saturday last none of the athletes from Waterford schools on
the Irish team got a podium placing, Neasa Murphy Stella Maris in the
high jump and Seamie Fennell St Augustine's in the pole vault were
both fourth.
All Ireland Senior this week end.
All of Ireland's top athletes will be in action this week end on
Saturday and Sunday at the Woodies DIY All Ireland Senior track and
field championships in Morton Stadium in Santry, Dublin. Four
Ferrybank AC athletes will be defending their titles and these are
Thomas Barr 400 metres hurdles his sister Jessie in the same event
both going for three titles in a row, Cara Kennedy hammer again going
for her third title in a row and Kelly Proper in the long jump seeking
her seventh All Ireland title in that event.Several others will also
be hoping to figure in the honours list and these include Niamh Whelan
sprints, Niamh McNichol do, Sorcha, Murphy, Neasa Murphy and Shane O'
Dwyer, high jumps Ben Kiely and Megan Kiely 400 metres hurdles, Sean
Archer triple jump, Andrew Connick 5000 metres, Niall Tuohy 800
metres, Brian Dowling 1500 metres, ladies 4 x 100m relay, men's and
women's 4x 400 metres relay For West Waterford David Mc Carthy is
entered inn the 1500 and 5000 metres, Kate Hickey discus, Thomas and
Lisa Houlihan pole vaults and Ciara Scanlon Hammer
National League
After two rounds of the National League Ferrybank women's team in the
premier division are through to the final which is in Tullamore on
Sunday August 18 th, they finished in 4 th spot. On Saturday August
17th the All Ireland Masters Championships are in Tullamore also and
entries online on Athletics Ireland Website as well as full timetable.
18th Annual Doocey’s Bar Ballymacarbry 5 Miles
The Annual Ballymacarbry 5 miles road race event is on this Friiday
July 26 th at 7.30 pm. It held over a very exciting road and wood mix
course in a scenic part of the County Waterford. The prize categories
include men's, ladies and juniors. Its the second last race in the Ger
Wyley Sports Skins Series Race entries will be taken at the
Ballymacarbry Community Hall from 6.15 pm and the entry fee is €5 and
the presentation of prizes will take place at Doocey’s Bar. The venue
is on the main Dungarvan to Clonmel road approx eight miles from
Clonmel
More Road Race Fixtures in Waterford..
Friday August 9 th Ardmore 5 miles 7.30 pm ( Ger Wyley Sports Series
Final Race ) Sunday August 11 th The Island Run, promoted by Balance
fitness at 1pm at Waterford Castle. 5 km race, family fun day, music
and BBQ. Enter online at runireland.com or at Balancefitness. Friday
August 16 th Second Annual Lis Hayes Memorial 5 miles in Ballyduff
Lower 7 pm, walk at 6.30 pm Friday August 23 rd Annual Alan Everett 5
miles in Woodstown at 7.00 pm again preceded by a walk at 6.30 pm..
Late Joe Grinsell.
All in the road running scene around the South East were shocked and
saddened to hear of the tragic death on Saturday last due to drowning
while out swimming of Joe Grinsell Clonmel AC. Deceased competed in
races all over Munster including here in Waterford in the masters
class and was most popular, only last Friday evening he ran in the
Clerihan race. Sympathy is extended to his family from all his fellow
athletes all over the South East and indeed from all who promote
races..
In Utrecht in Holland last week the 12th European Youth Olympic's
Festival was held with many sports included including athletics, the
event is for those in the 14 to 18 years age group. Waterford had one
representative on the Irish Athletic team Niamh Mc Nicol from
Ferrybank AC running on the 4 x 100 metres relay team which scored a
spectacular win in Friday's final. On Thursday the team won their semi
final in a time of 46.22 seconds in front of Belgium and Ukraine and
easily went in to Fridays final with the best time of the two semi
finals. In that final they won comfortably in 46.58 from Ukraine timed
at 46.81 with Belgium third on 46.89, Niamh ran the second leg in both
the semi final and final and contributed handsomely to the great team
effort. Niamh a native of Tramore has spent most of her athletic
career with Tramore AC having joined them as a very young girl and was
transferred to Ferrybank earlier this year, recently she won the All
Ireland under 17 100 and 200 metres titles She now becomes the sixth
athlete from Waterford to win a medal at the European Youth Olympics
the others being David Mc Carthy silver 800 metres 2005, Niamh Whelan
bronze 100 metres 2007, Shane Quinn silver 3000 metres 2009, Ben Kiely
gold 400 metres hurdles 2011 his twin sister Megan bronze 400 metres
hurdles 2011
Ben Kiely's great efforts at European Junior Championships.
Last week at the European Junior Championships in Rieti in Italy Ben
Kiely a native of Dunhill and a member of Ferrybank AC put in three
brilliant runs in the 400 metres hurdles on three successive days in
the heat,semi final and final of the 400 metres hurdles.Going into the
Championships Ben had a best seasonal time of 53.35 seconds and this
would not have been sufficient to get him out of the heats. However in
his heat on Friday he ran a super race to finish second in a big
personal best time of 52.10 seconds and easily make Friday's semi
final. Again in the semi final he came up with another huge personal
best of 51.65 in third place and automatically qualified for Sundays
final. In this final he had the joint fourth fastest time from the
semi finals but was drawn in the dreaded lane 8 on the outside. Two
Russians who had run below 50 seconds this year were expected to
dominate the final and so they did Chalvy winning in a time of 49.23
seconds the second fastest time ever by a European junior and
Skorobogatko was second in 50.13 with Jacob Paul Great Britain third
in 50.71 a personal best -Ben had beaten Paul into second place in the
European Youth Olympic final in 2011- Ben's final time was 51.98.
Overall a very good championship for Ben and the future looks bright.
Two wins at Morton Games
On Wednesday evening last at the Morton Games International meeting in
Santry Stadium in Dublin two athletes from Ferrybank AC had excellent
victories. In the 400 metres hurdles Thomas Barr- back in action after
his exploits the previous week at the European Under 23
Championships- won the event in 50.04 seconds his third best time and
Kelly Proper ran her best and fastest race for some time in winning
the 100 metres in 11.75 seconds not far away from her best ever of
11.60, in that race Niamh Whelan Ferrybank was 6th in 12.14..David Mc
Carthy West Waterford AC was 7 th in the famous Morton Mile in 3
minutes 57.85 seconds, Niall Tuohy Ferrybank AC was 9 th in the 800
metres in a personal best time of 1.49.01 and Barry Upton from
Waterford who runs with Menapian's Wexford was 6 th in the 400 metres
hurdles behind Thomas Barr in 53.35 .
Four All Ireland Juvenile winners.
Ferrybank AC had four winners at the All Ireland Juvenile Track and
Field Championships in Tullamore on Sunday last.These were Neasa
Murphy high jump with a personal best of 1.70 metres, Orlaith O'Brien
in the under 15 javelin with 36.25 metres, Paul Murphy in the 200
metres u 18 in 22.45 seconds and Niamh Mc Nicol back from Holland
after her win with the Irish relay team at the European Youth Olympics
on Friday won the 200 metres u 17 in 25.52 seconds. On Saturday the
All Ireland Juvenile Relays were also in Tullamore and Tramore AC boys
under 14 did best of the Waterford clubs as they finished third the
team being Ian and Mark Hartery, Shane Monagle and Jamie Stone and
Waterford AC boys under 12 team finished 4 th missing out very
narrowly for the bronze medals. At the Schools International in
Santry on Saturday last none of the athletes from Waterford schools on
the Irish team got a podium placing, Neasa Murphy Stella Maris in the
high jump and Seamie Fennell St Augustine's in the pole vault were
both fourth.
All Ireland Senior this week end.
All of Ireland's top athletes will be in action this week end on
Saturday and Sunday at the Woodies DIY All Ireland Senior track and
field championships in Morton Stadium in Santry, Dublin. Four
Ferrybank AC athletes will be defending their titles and these are
Thomas Barr 400 metres hurdles his sister Jessie in the same event
both going for three titles in a row, Cara Kennedy hammer again going
for her third title in a row and Kelly Proper in the long jump seeking
her seventh All Ireland title in that event.Several others will also
be hoping to figure in the honours list and these include Niamh Whelan
sprints, Niamh McNichol do, Sorcha, Murphy, Neasa Murphy and Shane O'
Dwyer, high jumps Ben Kiely and Megan Kiely 400 metres hurdles, Sean
Archer triple jump, Andrew Connick 5000 metres, Niall Tuohy 800
metres, Brian Dowling 1500 metres, ladies 4 x 100m relay, men's and
women's 4x 400 metres relay For West Waterford David Mc Carthy is
entered inn the 1500 and 5000 metres, Kate Hickey discus, Thomas and
Lisa Houlihan pole vaults and Ciara Scanlon Hammer
National League
After two rounds of the National League Ferrybank women's team in the
premier division are through to the final which is in Tullamore on
Sunday August 18 th, they finished in 4 th spot. On Saturday August
17th the All Ireland Masters Championships are in Tullamore also and
entries online on Athletics Ireland Website as well as full timetable.
18th Annual Doocey’s Bar Ballymacarbry 5 Miles
The Annual Ballymacarbry 5 miles road race event is on this Friiday
July 26 th at 7.30 pm. It held over a very exciting road and wood mix
course in a scenic part of the County Waterford. The prize categories
include men's, ladies and juniors. Its the second last race in the Ger
Wyley Sports Skins Series Race entries will be taken at the
Ballymacarbry Community Hall from 6.15 pm and the entry fee is €5 and
the presentation of prizes will take place at Doocey’s Bar. The venue
is on the main Dungarvan to Clonmel road approx eight miles from
Clonmel
More Road Race Fixtures in Waterford..
Friday August 9 th Ardmore 5 miles 7.30 pm ( Ger Wyley Sports Series
Final Race ) Sunday August 11 th The Island Run, promoted by Balance
fitness at 1pm at Waterford Castle. 5 km race, family fun day, music
and BBQ. Enter online at runireland.com or at Balancefitness. Friday
August 16 th Second Annual Lis Hayes Memorial 5 miles in Ballyduff
Lower 7 pm, walk at 6.30 pm Friday August 23 rd Annual Alan Everett 5
miles in Woodstown at 7.00 pm again preceded by a walk at 6.30 pm..
Late Joe Grinsell.
All in the road running scene around the South East were shocked and
saddened to hear of the tragic death on Saturday last due to drowning
while out swimming of Joe Grinsell Clonmel AC. Deceased competed in
races all over Munster including here in Waterford in the masters
class and was most popular, only last Friday evening he ran in the
Clerihan race. Sympathy is extended to his family from all his fellow
athletes all over the South East and indeed from all who promote
races..
Kelly & Niamh - top class 200m in Loughborough
Very good running from Kelly Proper and Niamh Whelan in Loughborough tonight. They were both in the A race...Kelly placed first 23.59 pb and Niamh third 23.94 . Great running into a -1 headwind!
Sunday 21 July 2013
Gold for Niamh McNichol in European Youth Olympics!
A huge well done to Niamh McNichol who anchored the Irish Girls 4 X 100m to victory at the European Youth Olympics in Utrecht on Friday. On Thursday the team set a new Irish Youths record in their heat. Amazing running!
Girls u 12 - fifth in Nationals
Well done to Kylie Heinan, Praise Owoeye, Kevwe Ojoh and Ejiro Ojoh who finished in an excellent fifth position at the National Juvenile relays on Saturday!
Ben Kiely sixth in the European Junior 400m hurdles
Ben Kiely had a terrific European Junior Championships in Rieti , Italy this week. He finisihed third in his heat on Thursday in a new pb 52.10 qualifying for the semi - final. On Friday he placed third in his semi in a fantastic new pb of 51.65s and today in the final from the difficult lane eight he battled all the way to finish sixth overall in 51.98.s. Three races in three days and his three best ever times....wonderful running!
National Juveniles Day 4 - Four Gold!
We had a superb final day at the National Juvenile Championships in Tullamore day winning four gold medals. Neasa Murphy jumped a pb of 1.70 to win the u 17 high jump, Orla O Brien won a really exciting u 15 javelin, Paul Murphy battled all the way to win the 200m u 18 and Niamh McNichol returned to Irish soil after sensational relay exploits in EYOF to win the u 17 200m. Niamh Giles Doran just missed a medal finishing fourth inthe u 18 long jump and there was excellent top eight placings for Sean Whittle in the high and long jumps, Eoin Browne in the 1500m, Cormac McCann in the 200m and Kellie Meade in the high jump.
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Thomas & Kelly win in Morton International Meet
Two international wins for Ferrybank AC athletes in the Morton Games! Well done to Thomas Barr who had an easy win in 50.04 tonight and to Kelly Proper who won the ladies 100m in 11.84s. Congratulations also to Niall Tuohy who was third Irishman when he finished 9th in a top class 800m in a new pb 1.49.01! Niamh Whelan had a good run also to finish in 6th position in the 100m. Overall....a superb night!
Tuesday 16 July 2013
Fintan Walsh's weekly blog
Four Waterford athletes impress at Major Championships
Last week at the European under 23 Championships in Finland and the
World University Games in Russia.four athletes from Ferrybank AC
competed, two at each fixture and all performed very well. In Tampere
in Finland Shane Quinn and Thomas Barr competed at the European under
23 Championships. Running in the 10000 metres final on Thursday
evening Shane Quinn ran a superb race all through and was always in
the leading pack. At the bell four athletes were in contention
including Shane, the European junior champion of 2011 in both the 5000
and 10000 metres Gabriel Navarro from Spain then hit the front and
went on to record the victory in 29 minutes 43.22 seconds, Nicole
Soare Roumania was second in 29.43.76 and Abdi Ulad Denmark was third
in 29.44.78. .Shane who could not respond to the finishing kick of the
others ran on gamely to take fourth place in 29.29.43. This
performance was very positive for Shane despite him losing out on a
medal by just one place and he can look forward in confidence to his
future career.Thomas Barr finished first in his heat of the 400 metres
hurdles on Thursday in 50.11 to easily make Fridays semi final and in
this semi final he had a personal best time of 49.78 seconds in
finishing third and making it to Saturday's final. His time was a new
Irish under 23 record and the fastest time ever run by an Irish born
athlete-the Irish senior record of 49.73 is held by Tom Mc Gurk an
Irish American. Barr was drawn in lane eight for Saturdays final and
despite a battling performance he didn’t quite have it in his legs
after three tough races in three days and finished eighth in 50.41. It
was quite an achievement for Thomas to make the final when you
consider he has had to deal with injury problems over the last couple
of months. Barr broke new territory at these championships by dipping
under the 50 second barrier for the first time with his 49.78 run in
the semi-final. The future looks bright for Barr as he will surely go
from strength to strength following these championships.
World University Games
At World University Games in Kazan in Russia Jessie Barr and Niamh
Whelan both ran.and again both impressed in top class competition.
Jessie Barr ran her heat of the 400 metres hurdles from lane 8 on
Monday week in torrential rain as well as thunder and lightning and
she ran a super race to finish a close up second to the reigning
champion from Ukraine who clocked 57.45 while Jessie's time was 57.91.
In the final on Tuesday she was again drawn in lane 8 and was up
against four athletes who had made the semi final in the Olympics in
London. She was fighting an uphill battle from the start and finished
6 th in 57.65 but a final place in such a prestigious competition was
a very good result. On Tuesday in the heats of the 200 metres Niamh
Whelan finished third on 24.15 seconds and so was automatically
through to Wednesdays semi final. In that semi final she ran a
brilliant race from lane seven and finished strongly to take the
fourth place inn 23.68.She lost out on a final place very narrowly as
a time of 23.63 would have seen her through, it was that close.
National League
Ferrybank AC ladies were third in their pool in the Premier Leaguein
Cork on Sunday last and are through to the final in August but their
men's team did not progress.
Course record in Rathgormack
In sweltering conditions on Friday evening last 100 competed in the
Annual Autopower 5 miles road race in Rathgormack and in keeping with
the conditions Sergei Ciobanu from Clonliffe Hrs burned up the roads
coming home in a record winning time of 24 minutes 57 seconds, Ravis
Zakis West Waterford was second in 26.07 and Brian Murphy Carrick on
Suir third in 26.43. Angela Mc Cann Clonmel won the ladies section in
31.71, Martina O'Dwyer Carrick on Suir was second in 31.35 and Sally
Forristal St Joseph's third in 34 59. It was race 4 of the Outfield
Sports Three County Challenge and organised very well by Carrick on
Suir Road Runners
Ben Kiely at European Junior Championships.
For the European Junior Championships in Rieti in Italy from this
Friday July 18 to Sunday July 21 st Ben Kiely Ferrybank is chosen to
compete for Ireland in the 400 metres hurdles. The first round is
scheduled for Friday morning, semi final is on Saturday and final on
Sunday. Ben won the European Youth Olympic title in the 400 metres
hurdles in 2011. Also on this week are the European Youth Olympics in
Utrecht in Holland and Niamh McNichol Ferrybank is on the Irish Relay
team that competes on Thursday afternoon.
All Ireland Juvenile in Tullamore
Another two sections of the All Ireland Juvenile Track and Field
Championships go ahead in Tullamore on Saturday and Sunday next and
many athletes from Waterford clubs will be competing over the two
days. On Saturday its an all relay meeting inter club and county and
the programme begins both days at 10 am full timetable on Athletic
Ireland wesbsite. On Saturday next July 20 th the AVIVA SIAB Schools
International is in Morton Stadium at 11.30 am On the Irish team are
Seamie Fennell, Juris Kanass, Megan O'Connor and Megan Dunford all
from St Augustine's College in pole vaults, Neasa Murphy Stella Maris
Tramore is in the high jump and Orlaith O'Brien Ursuline in the
javelin.On Saturday and Sunday week July 27 th and 28 th the All
Ireland Senior Championships are in Morton Stadium
Morton Games
The 2013 Morton Games takes place in the Morton Stadium, Santry,
Dublin on this Wednesday July 17.A whole evening of international
track and field athletics, the 2013 Morton Games highlights include
the classic Morton Mile and a Ladies Mile in a total of 26
events.Waterford athletes will compete at this fixtures.
More Road Race Fixtures in Waterford..
Friday August 9 th Ardmore 5 miles 7.30 pm ( Ger Wyley Sports Series
Final Race ) The Island Run, promoted by Balance fitness, takes place
on Sunday, August 11th at 1pm at Waterford Castle. 5km race, family
fun day,music and BBQ. Enter online at runireland.com or at Balance
fitness. Friday August 16 th Second Annual Lis Hayes Memorial 5
miles in Ballyduff Lower 7 pm, Friday August 23 rd Annual Alan Everett
5 miles in Woodstown at 7.00 pm.
Last week at the European under 23 Championships in Finland and the
World University Games in Russia.four athletes from Ferrybank AC
competed, two at each fixture and all performed very well. In Tampere
in Finland Shane Quinn and Thomas Barr competed at the European under
23 Championships. Running in the 10000 metres final on Thursday
evening Shane Quinn ran a superb race all through and was always in
the leading pack. At the bell four athletes were in contention
including Shane, the European junior champion of 2011 in both the 5000
and 10000 metres Gabriel Navarro from Spain then hit the front and
went on to record the victory in 29 minutes 43.22 seconds, Nicole
Soare Roumania was second in 29.43.76 and Abdi Ulad Denmark was third
in 29.44.78. .Shane who could not respond to the finishing kick of the
others ran on gamely to take fourth place in 29.29.43. This
performance was very positive for Shane despite him losing out on a
medal by just one place and he can look forward in confidence to his
future career.Thomas Barr finished first in his heat of the 400 metres
hurdles on Thursday in 50.11 to easily make Fridays semi final and in
this semi final he had a personal best time of 49.78 seconds in
finishing third and making it to Saturday's final. His time was a new
Irish under 23 record and the fastest time ever run by an Irish born
athlete-the Irish senior record of 49.73 is held by Tom Mc Gurk an
Irish American. Barr was drawn in lane eight for Saturdays final and
despite a battling performance he didn’t quite have it in his legs
after three tough races in three days and finished eighth in 50.41. It
was quite an achievement for Thomas to make the final when you
consider he has had to deal with injury problems over the last couple
of months. Barr broke new territory at these championships by dipping
under the 50 second barrier for the first time with his 49.78 run in
the semi-final. The future looks bright for Barr as he will surely go
from strength to strength following these championships.
World University Games
At World University Games in Kazan in Russia Jessie Barr and Niamh
Whelan both ran.and again both impressed in top class competition.
Jessie Barr ran her heat of the 400 metres hurdles from lane 8 on
Monday week in torrential rain as well as thunder and lightning and
she ran a super race to finish a close up second to the reigning
champion from Ukraine who clocked 57.45 while Jessie's time was 57.91.
In the final on Tuesday she was again drawn in lane 8 and was up
against four athletes who had made the semi final in the Olympics in
London. She was fighting an uphill battle from the start and finished
6 th in 57.65 but a final place in such a prestigious competition was
a very good result. On Tuesday in the heats of the 200 metres Niamh
Whelan finished third on 24.15 seconds and so was automatically
through to Wednesdays semi final. In that semi final she ran a
brilliant race from lane seven and finished strongly to take the
fourth place inn 23.68.She lost out on a final place very narrowly as
a time of 23.63 would have seen her through, it was that close.
National League
Ferrybank AC ladies were third in their pool in the Premier Leaguein
Cork on Sunday last and are through to the final in August but their
men's team did not progress.
Course record in Rathgormack
In sweltering conditions on Friday evening last 100 competed in the
Annual Autopower 5 miles road race in Rathgormack and in keeping with
the conditions Sergei Ciobanu from Clonliffe Hrs burned up the roads
coming home in a record winning time of 24 minutes 57 seconds, Ravis
Zakis West Waterford was second in 26.07 and Brian Murphy Carrick on
Suir third in 26.43. Angela Mc Cann Clonmel won the ladies section in
31.71, Martina O'Dwyer Carrick on Suir was second in 31.35 and Sally
Forristal St Joseph's third in 34 59. It was race 4 of the Outfield
Sports Three County Challenge and organised very well by Carrick on
Suir Road Runners
Ben Kiely at European Junior Championships.
For the European Junior Championships in Rieti in Italy from this
Friday July 18 to Sunday July 21 st Ben Kiely Ferrybank is chosen to
compete for Ireland in the 400 metres hurdles. The first round is
scheduled for Friday morning, semi final is on Saturday and final on
Sunday. Ben won the European Youth Olympic title in the 400 metres
hurdles in 2011. Also on this week are the European Youth Olympics in
Utrecht in Holland and Niamh McNichol Ferrybank is on the Irish Relay
team that competes on Thursday afternoon.
All Ireland Juvenile in Tullamore
Another two sections of the All Ireland Juvenile Track and Field
Championships go ahead in Tullamore on Saturday and Sunday next and
many athletes from Waterford clubs will be competing over the two
days. On Saturday its an all relay meeting inter club and county and
the programme begins both days at 10 am full timetable on Athletic
Ireland wesbsite. On Saturday next July 20 th the AVIVA SIAB Schools
International is in Morton Stadium at 11.30 am On the Irish team are
Seamie Fennell, Juris Kanass, Megan O'Connor and Megan Dunford all
from St Augustine's College in pole vaults, Neasa Murphy Stella Maris
Tramore is in the high jump and Orlaith O'Brien Ursuline in the
javelin.On Saturday and Sunday week July 27 th and 28 th the All
Ireland Senior Championships are in Morton Stadium
Morton Games
The 2013 Morton Games takes place in the Morton Stadium, Santry,
Dublin on this Wednesday July 17.A whole evening of international
track and field athletics, the 2013 Morton Games highlights include
the classic Morton Mile and a Ladies Mile in a total of 26
events.Waterford athletes will compete at this fixtures.
More Road Race Fixtures in Waterford..
Friday August 9 th Ardmore 5 miles 7.30 pm ( Ger Wyley Sports Series
Final Race ) The Island Run, promoted by Balance fitness, takes place
on Sunday, August 11th at 1pm at Waterford Castle. 5km race, family
fun day,music and BBQ. Enter online at runireland.com or at Balance
fitness. Friday August 16 th Second Annual Lis Hayes Memorial 5
miles in Ballyduff Lower 7 pm, Friday August 23 rd Annual Alan Everett
5 miles in Woodstown at 7.00 pm.
Monday 15 July 2013
Aoife wins turbo javelin
Well done to Aoife Keena who won the u 10 turbo javelin at the Munster development games in Castleisland on Sunday.
European u 23 Championships - Tampere, finland.
It was a superb championships for club members Thomas Barr and Shane Quinn. Shane contested the gruelling 10,000m event and performed brilliantly finishing in fourth place in a time of 29.49.43 just a fraction away form a medal. Thomas Barr won his 400m hurdle heat in 50.11 and produced an amazing semi final performance of 49.78 for third and earned his place in the final. This time is just .04 off the national senior record and is a new u 23 record. He finished 8th in the final in 50.14. A tremendous championship for both athletes. Well done lads!
World University Games , Kazan russia
Our two representatives on the Irish team for the prestigious World University Games held in Kazan, Russia last week did Ireland proud! Jessie Barr had to contend with monsoon conditions for her heat of the 400m hurldles but did so with ease qualifying for the final on Wednesday. Drawn in the difficult lane 8 , Jessie gave her all and finished in 8th position in the final, a superb achievement. Niamh Whelan again qualified easily from her heat in the 200m on Tuesday and on Wednesday produced a superb run in the semi final running 23.68s and just missed the final by .04. Congratulations to both girls on performing so well in a global championships.
Tuesday 9 July 2013
Fintan Walsh's weekly blog
Major International fixtures coming up.
At the European under 23 Championships in Tampere in Finland from
this Thursday July 11 th to Sunday 14 th Thomas Barr runs in the 400
metres hurdles and Shane Quinn is entered in the 5000 and 10000
metres both Ferrybank AC. Barr goes in the heats of the hurdles on
Thursday around lunch time the semi final is on Friday afternoon and
the final on Saturday again in the afternoon. If Quinn decides to run
in both the 10000 metres and 5000 metres his 10000 metres is on
Thursday evening and the 5000 metres on Saturday evening. For the
European Youth Olympics in Holland from July 14 to 19 th Niamh Mc
Nichol is on the Irish relay team. This week the World University
Games are in Kazan in Russia and both Jessie Barr and Niamh Whelan
were competing.
National League on Sunday
The second round of the National Senior League will be held in Sligo
and Cork on Sunday next and Ferrybank women in the Premier Division
are second behind Clonliffe Hrs going into the second round and should
easily qualify for the final but there men's team is not in
contention. The Munster Development Gamesare in Castleisland, Co.
Kerry on Sunday next also at 11 am. Under 9 to u 16 athletes who did
not win medals at Munster A Championships are eligible as are newly
registered athletes. See Munster Athletics Website
Three County Challenge Race.
The 4 th road race in the Outfield Sports Three County Challenge
Series takes place on Friday next July 12 th in Ratgormack County
Waterford at 7.30 pm Its the Autopower Ratgormack 5 miles and entries
in Rathgormack from 6.30 pm.
Cork City Sports
One of the stars of the Cork City International Sports on Tuesday July
5 th was Thomas Barr Ferrybank AC in the 400 metres hurdles. Thomas
ran a tremendous race all through and disputed the lead with the race
favourite Cornell Fredericks of South Africa and was upsides with him
at the final hurdle where Thomas hit it but still went on to finish
strongly to record a personal best time of 50.00 seconds beating his
old Irish under 23 record of 50.06, the South African was just in
front of him clocking 49.86 seconds.Thomas was only back in full
training a few weeks after injury and can now look forward to a very
good season. Kelly Proper was third in the long jump with 6.01 metres,
David McCarthy was 6 th in a top class mile in 3 minutes 57.85 and
Neasa Murphy was also 6 th in the high jump.with 1.65 metres while
Shane Quinn was 7 th in the 3000 metres in 8 minutes 4.8 seconds
All Ireland Juvenile titles won.
In Tullamore on Saturday and Sunday last at the Woodies DIY All
Ireland Juvenile Track and Field Championships there were five wins by
athletes from Waterford clubs with Ferrybank AC taking four of them.
For Ferrybank Paul Murphy was in fine form as he set a new
championship best performance in winning the 400 metres u 18 in 49.10
seconds, the other winners were Niamh Mc Nichol in the under 17 100
metres, in 12.47 Orlaith O'Brien in the u 15 Shot Putt with 11.33
metres and Tom Gallagher u 13 High Jump with 1.50 metres, West
Waterford AC had a win with Seamie Fennell in the pole Vault u 17 with
3.50 metres and silver medals went too Kate Hickey u 19 discus, Megan
O'Connor u 18 pole vault and Jurig Kanass in the pole vault u 17,
Waterford AC had two silver medal winners James Murphy u 14 high jump
and Shane Cawley in u 12 shot putt and James Murphy was also third in
the long jump u 14. Shane Monagle Tramore Ac was third in the hurdles
u 14 and Ciaran O'Meoileoin An Ghaeltacht/Ard Mhor was third in the
discus u 15.
Ben Kiely selected on Irish Junior team.
For the European Junior Championships in Rieti in Italy from July 18
to 21 st Ben Kiely Ferrybank is chosen to compete for Ireland in the
400 metres hurdles.
National events to come in July
Sat 20th / Sun 21 st Woodie’s DIY AAI Juvenile Championships second
section Tullamore, Sat 27 th / 28th Woodie’s DIY AAI Senior Track &
Field Championships , Morton Stadium, Saturday 20 th AVIVA SIAB
Schools Track & Field International Morton Stadium 11.30am
Morton Games
The 2013 Morton Games takes place in the Morton Stadium, Santry,
Dublin on Wednesday July 17.A whole evening of international track and
field athletics, the 2013 Morton Games highlights include the classic
Morton Mile and a Ladies Mile in a total of 26 events.Waterford
athletes will compete at this fixtures.
More Road Race Fixtures in Waterford..
Friday July 26 th 18 th Annual Doocey’s Bar Ballymacarbry 5 Miles (
Ger Wyley Sports Series ) Friday August 9 th Ardmore 5 miles 7.30 pm
( Ger Wyley Sports Series Final Race ) Friday August 16 th Second
Annual Lis Hayes Memorial 5 miles in Ballyduff Lower 7 pm, Friday
August 23 rd Annual Alan Everett 5 miles in Woodstown at 7.00 pm
At the European under 23 Championships in Tampere in Finland from
this Thursday July 11 th to Sunday 14 th Thomas Barr runs in the 400
metres hurdles and Shane Quinn is entered in the 5000 and 10000
metres both Ferrybank AC. Barr goes in the heats of the hurdles on
Thursday around lunch time the semi final is on Friday afternoon and
the final on Saturday again in the afternoon. If Quinn decides to run
in both the 10000 metres and 5000 metres his 10000 metres is on
Thursday evening and the 5000 metres on Saturday evening. For the
European Youth Olympics in Holland from July 14 to 19 th Niamh Mc
Nichol is on the Irish relay team. This week the World University
Games are in Kazan in Russia and both Jessie Barr and Niamh Whelan
were competing.
National League on Sunday
The second round of the National Senior League will be held in Sligo
and Cork on Sunday next and Ferrybank women in the Premier Division
are second behind Clonliffe Hrs going into the second round and should
easily qualify for the final but there men's team is not in
contention. The Munster Development Gamesare in Castleisland, Co.
Kerry on Sunday next also at 11 am. Under 9 to u 16 athletes who did
not win medals at Munster A Championships are eligible as are newly
registered athletes. See Munster Athletics Website
Three County Challenge Race.
The 4 th road race in the Outfield Sports Three County Challenge
Series takes place on Friday next July 12 th in Ratgormack County
Waterford at 7.30 pm Its the Autopower Ratgormack 5 miles and entries
in Rathgormack from 6.30 pm.
Cork City Sports
One of the stars of the Cork City International Sports on Tuesday July
5 th was Thomas Barr Ferrybank AC in the 400 metres hurdles. Thomas
ran a tremendous race all through and disputed the lead with the race
favourite Cornell Fredericks of South Africa and was upsides with him
at the final hurdle where Thomas hit it but still went on to finish
strongly to record a personal best time of 50.00 seconds beating his
old Irish under 23 record of 50.06, the South African was just in
front of him clocking 49.86 seconds.Thomas was only back in full
training a few weeks after injury and can now look forward to a very
good season. Kelly Proper was third in the long jump with 6.01 metres,
David McCarthy was 6 th in a top class mile in 3 minutes 57.85 and
Neasa Murphy was also 6 th in the high jump.with 1.65 metres while
Shane Quinn was 7 th in the 3000 metres in 8 minutes 4.8 seconds
All Ireland Juvenile titles won.
In Tullamore on Saturday and Sunday last at the Woodies DIY All
Ireland Juvenile Track and Field Championships there were five wins by
athletes from Waterford clubs with Ferrybank AC taking four of them.
For Ferrybank Paul Murphy was in fine form as he set a new
championship best performance in winning the 400 metres u 18 in 49.10
seconds, the other winners were Niamh Mc Nichol in the under 17 100
metres, in 12.47 Orlaith O'Brien in the u 15 Shot Putt with 11.33
metres and Tom Gallagher u 13 High Jump with 1.50 metres, West
Waterford AC had a win with Seamie Fennell in the pole Vault u 17 with
3.50 metres and silver medals went too Kate Hickey u 19 discus, Megan
O'Connor u 18 pole vault and Jurig Kanass in the pole vault u 17,
Waterford AC had two silver medal winners James Murphy u 14 high jump
and Shane Cawley in u 12 shot putt and James Murphy was also third in
the long jump u 14. Shane Monagle Tramore Ac was third in the hurdles
u 14 and Ciaran O'Meoileoin An Ghaeltacht/Ard Mhor was third in the
discus u 15.
Ben Kiely selected on Irish Junior team.
For the European Junior Championships in Rieti in Italy from July 18
to 21 st Ben Kiely Ferrybank is chosen to compete for Ireland in the
400 metres hurdles.
National events to come in July
Sat 20th / Sun 21 st Woodie’s DIY AAI Juvenile Championships second
section Tullamore, Sat 27 th / 28th Woodie’s DIY AAI Senior Track &
Field Championships , Morton Stadium, Saturday 20 th AVIVA SIAB
Schools Track & Field International Morton Stadium 11.30am
Morton Games
The 2013 Morton Games takes place in the Morton Stadium, Santry,
Dublin on Wednesday July 17.A whole evening of international track and
field athletics, the 2013 Morton Games highlights include the classic
Morton Mile and a Ladies Mile in a total of 26 events.Waterford
athletes will compete at this fixtures.
More Road Race Fixtures in Waterford..
Friday July 26 th 18 th Annual Doocey’s Bar Ballymacarbry 5 Miles (
Ger Wyley Sports Series ) Friday August 9 th Ardmore 5 miles 7.30 pm
( Ger Wyley Sports Series Final Race ) Friday August 16 th Second
Annual Lis Hayes Memorial 5 miles in Ballyduff Lower 7 pm, Friday
August 23 rd Annual Alan Everett 5 miles in Woodstown at 7.00 pm
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