Training for sprints/jumps /hurdles group for coming week .....Mon 10am RSC, Tue 9.30am gym and running ursuline , Thursday hills ursuline 11am, sat RSC 10am .
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Saturday 21 December 2013
Tuesday 17 December 2013
Fintan Walsh's weekly blog
Connick second in all Ireland Novice Cross Country
Over 2000 competitors from all over the 32 counties competed at the Woodies DIY All Ireland Novice and under age Cross Country Championships held at the WIT Sports Campus in Waterford on Sunday last over a very demanding course which was typical cross country terrain. Best Waterford performance came from Andrew Connick Ferrybank AC who finished second in the novice race out of a field of 222. After 1000 metres or so of the race Connick together with pre race favourite Sean Tobin Clonmel - who had finished 9 th in the European Junior Cross Country championship the week before- broke away from the field and they fought a thrilling duel They were still close together with 1000 metres to go but a slip at a bend saw Connick come down. Despite quickly regaining his momentum again he could not peg back Tobin who took the title convincingly in the end. Waterford finished 4 th of the 14 teams in the Inter County team section which was a good effort,the other scorers were Trevor Power 43 rd, Shane Maher 47 th, Gary Cantwell 58 th, Brian Swaby 75 th and PJ Scollard 88th, first lady home for Waterford in the Novice race was Ciara Cronin Ferrybank In the juvenile section Waterford's best performers were Oisin Riordan West Waterford 6 th under 11, Aoife Casey Ferrybank 9 th u 13, Sean Curran West Waterford 9 th u 17 and Aoife Hamilton do 11 th under 17. West Waterford were 4 th club in both the girls under 15 and girls under 17 and Waterford were 4 th county in the same category. Provincial team titles were also up for grabs and Sean Curran and Oisin Riordan were both on winning Munster teams It would appear from the results in general that Waterford is now some way behind other counties in cross country. Organised by Waterford AC with the help of other clubs in the county it was a superbly run fixture over a very well laid out course and many stewards were on duty men and women .The driving forces behind the event were Tom O'Brien and Cait Caulfield Waterford AC who secured the event for the club and WIT.Great support was provided by Mick Evans Manager at the Centre and also by the Management there and the Order of Malta were on hand to look after the needs of athletes who needed medical assistance. Athletics Ireland officials were loud in their praise of the venue and the organisation..
St Stephens Day Runs
The Annual Charity Fun Run on Stephens Day in Dungarvan at 11 am has a 5 miles and 2 miles route Entries at Dungarvan GAA Club. Another run listed for that day is a Family 5 KM Fun Run or Walk at The Pink Rock just off the Glenmore/ New Ross Road ,donations welcome and there will be spot prizes.
Baldy Man Run
This years Baldy Man Run will be in Tramore at 11 am on Saturday December 28 th with entries on the day, proceeds to Waterford Hospice full details from 086
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Munster January 2014 Fixtures
Sunday 12 th Senior and Junior Cross Country and Juvenile Relays Cashel, Saturday 18 th Indoor Juvenile Relays and Combined Events Nenagh, Sunday 19 th Munster Junior,under 23 and Master Indoors Nenagh.
All Ireland January Fixtures
Sunday 5 th AAI National Inter Club Indoor League Round 1 Athlone, Saturday 11 th AAI All Ireland Indoor Combined Events all categories,Saturday 25 th All Ireland Masters Indoors Athlone, Sunday 26 th AAI All Ireland Junior and Under 23 Indoors Athlone
Munster Star Awards
Above will be held in The Tower Hotel on Saturday January 25 th 2014 and the following Waterford presentations will be made Juvenile Track and Field Siobhan Whelan and Paul Murphy Ferrybank, Senior Tom Boucher do, Juvenile Cross Country Miceal Power West Waterford, Masters Track and Field Club Waterford AC, Hall of Fame Waterford Athlete.
Over 2000 competitors from all over the 32 counties competed at the Woodies DIY All Ireland Novice and under age Cross Country Championships held at the WIT Sports Campus in Waterford on Sunday last over a very demanding course which was typical cross country terrain. Best Waterford performance came from Andrew Connick Ferrybank AC who finished second in the novice race out of a field of 222. After 1000 metres or so of the race Connick together with pre race favourite Sean Tobin Clonmel - who had finished 9 th in the European Junior Cross Country championship the week before- broke away from the field and they fought a thrilling duel They were still close together with 1000 metres to go but a slip at a bend saw Connick come down. Despite quickly regaining his momentum again he could not peg back Tobin who took the title convincingly in the end. Waterford finished 4 th of the 14 teams in the Inter County team section which was a good effort,the other scorers were Trevor Power 43 rd, Shane Maher 47 th, Gary Cantwell 58 th, Brian Swaby 75 th and PJ Scollard 88th, first lady home for Waterford in the Novice race was Ciara Cronin Ferrybank In the juvenile section Waterford's best performers were Oisin Riordan West Waterford 6 th under 11, Aoife Casey Ferrybank 9 th u 13, Sean Curran West Waterford 9 th u 17 and Aoife Hamilton do 11 th under 17. West Waterford were 4 th club in both the girls under 15 and girls under 17 and Waterford were 4 th county in the same category. Provincial team titles were also up for grabs and Sean Curran and Oisin Riordan were both on winning Munster teams It would appear from the results in general that Waterford is now some way behind other counties in cross country. Organised by Waterford AC with the help of other clubs in the county it was a superbly run fixture over a very well laid out course and many stewards were on duty men and women .The driving forces behind the event were Tom O'Brien and Cait Caulfield Waterford AC who secured the event for the club and WIT.Great support was provided by Mick Evans Manager at the Centre and also by the Management there and the Order of Malta were on hand to look after the needs of athletes who needed medical assistance. Athletics Ireland officials were loud in their praise of the venue and the organisation..
St Stephens Day Runs
The Annual Charity Fun Run on Stephens Day in Dungarvan at 11 am has a 5 miles and 2 miles route Entries at Dungarvan GAA Club. Another run listed for that day is a Family 5 KM Fun Run or Walk at The Pink Rock just off the Glenmore/ New Ross Road ,donations welcome and there will be spot prizes.
Baldy Man Run
This years Baldy Man Run will be in Tramore at 11 am on Saturday December 28 th with entries on the day, proceeds to Waterford Hospice full details from 086
2520231
Munster January 2014 Fixtures
Sunday 12 th Senior and Junior Cross Country and Juvenile Relays Cashel, Saturday 18 th Indoor Juvenile Relays and Combined Events Nenagh, Sunday 19 th Munster Junior,under 23 and Master Indoors Nenagh.
All Ireland January Fixtures
Sunday 5 th AAI National Inter Club Indoor League Round 1 Athlone, Saturday 11 th AAI All Ireland Indoor Combined Events all categories,Saturday 25 th All Ireland Masters Indoors Athlone, Sunday 26 th AAI All Ireland Junior and Under 23 Indoors Athlone
Munster Star Awards
Above will be held in The Tower Hotel on Saturday January 25 th 2014 and the following Waterford presentations will be made Juvenile Track and Field Siobhan Whelan and Paul Murphy Ferrybank, Senior Tom Boucher do, Juvenile Cross Country Miceal Power West Waterford, Masters Track and Field Club Waterford AC, Hall of Fame Waterford Athlete.
National Xc day 2
Well done to all our juveniles who competed so well in tough conditions in Carriganore at the National XC.....pride of place today goes to Aoife Casey for her superb medal u 13. In the novice race Andrew Connick was superb finishing second overall in a huge field .....a fantastic achievement . The team ran really well also finishing just outside the medals. Well done everyone!
Wednesday 11 December 2013
Adults running group
After a super opening session the next adults running group with Andrew Connick is scheduled for Monday Dec 23rd at the Nature Park at 9am. Not too many opportunities like this around folks so any adult joggers / runners grab the opportunity! All welcome.
Shane does well at the Euro XC
Well done to Shane Quinn who ran bravely and helped the Irish u 23 team to the best team finish of the day in Belgrade where they missed the medals by one spot , fourth team overall! Well done to Shane .
Munster Star Awards 2013
Congratulations to Siobhan Whelan, Paul Murphy and Tom Boucher who have been selected by Munster AI to receive Munster Star Awards for their performances in 2013. All three are most deserving winners. They will be presented with their awards at a function on January 25th.
Tuesday 10 December 2013
Fintan Walsh's weekly blog
All Ireland fixture at WIT Sports Campus
Local athletic followers have a major attraction on their doorstep next Sunday when an All Ireland Cross Country Championship fixture is being staged in the grounds of WIT Sports Campus in Carriganore on the outskirts of the city. Many athletes from Waterford clubs will be competing in the majority of the races including the Novice races for men and women. The programme has Championships for boys and girls under 11,13,15,17 and 19 and Novice men and women The full timetable for the day is as follows.girls u 11 11.30 am,boys u11 11.40 am,girls u 13 11.50 am, boys u 13 12.05 pm girls u15 12.20 pm, boys u 15 12.40 pm, girls u 17 1 pm, boys u 17 1.25 pm, girls u 19 1.50 pm, boys u 19 2.15 pm, novice women 2.45 pm, and novice men 3 pm. Parking is available on site in two car parks but it is anticipated these will be full by 10:30 am so overflow car parking is available thanks to the owners of the Butlerstown Retail Park and there will be a shuttle bus running from there to the WIT Sports Campus. It is a 10 minute walk from the overflow car park at Butlerstown retail park to the start area at WIT Sports Campus.Check-in is upstairs in the the WIT Sports Campus building and there are eight changing rooms there which include showers and toilets as well as separate toilets within the building. Hot drinks of tea/coffee and soup as well as sandwiches and usual shop items will be available to purchase on the course.
Waterford AC and the County Board will be setting up the course on Thursday from 1:30 pm and on Saturday from 10 am and any help would be appreciated on these occasions and anyone available to help out on race day should contact Cait Caulfield of Waterford AC on 0861055458.Route map and other information is available on www.waterfordac.com
McCarthy has good run in Belgrade
Ireland had teams competing at the European Cross Country Championships in Belgrade last Sunday and two athletes from Waterford were competing on the teams David McCarthy West Waterford at senior level and Shane Quinn Ferrybank AC in the under 23 grade. McCarthy ran a very good race to finish in 18 th place in a field of 80 runners and he was the second Irish finisher Michael Mulhare finished in15th place and the Irish team were 6 th in a field of eleven teams. Shane Quinn ran well early on in his under 23 race but eventually dropped back to finish in 41 st place in a field of 84, the team did quite well to finish 4 th of 12 teams behind Great Britain, Ukraine and France and in front of Russia, Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Shane was the fourth Irish scorer. Best Irish performance came from Fionnula Britton who was attempting to win the senior title for the 3 rd year in succession but she eventually had to settle for 4 th place on Sunday another top performance. In the junior men's race Sean Tobin Clonmel was 9 th in a field of 112 runners which was a very creditable effort.and Paul Robinson also had a great effort in finishing 9 th in the under 23 race.
Philip Harty wins Turkey Trot
180 competed in the 5 th Annual Paddy Joe Curran memorial 5 miles Turkey Trot on a course near "The Marine Bar" outside Dungarvan on Sunday last. Philip Harty was the overall winner in 26 minute 43 seconds,Ravis Zakis was second in 27.08 and in third place was Kevin Kenneally in 28.11 all three from West Waterford. First lady home was Karen Grant Midleton in 31.42, Corina Walsh West Waterford was second in 32.40 and EvelynCashman Youghal was third in 33.378.The proceeds went to Youghal Cancer Support Group
January 2014 Fixtures
4 th Celtic Cross Country, Greenmount, 5 th AAI National Inter Club Indoor League Round 1 Athlone,11 th AAI All Ireland Indoor Combined Events all categories Athlone,12 th Munster Senior and Junior Cross Country Cashel, 18 th Munster Indoor Relays and Juvenile Combined Events,19 th Munster Junior and 23 Indoors Nenagh, 25 th All Ireland Masters Indoors Athlone, 26 th AAI All Ireland Junior and Under 23 Indoors Athlone
St Stephens Day Runs
The Annual Charity Fun Run on Stephens Day in Dungarvan at 11 am has a 5 miles and 2 miles route Entries at Dungarvan GAA Club. Another run listed for that day is a Family 5 KM Fun Run or Walk at The Pink Rock just off the Glenmore/ New Ross Road ,donations welcome and there will be spot prizes.
Baldy Man Run
This years Baldy Man Run will be in Tramore at 11 am on Saturday December 28 th with entries on the day, proceeds to Waterford Hospice full details from 086 2520231 begin_of_the_skype_
Incorrect Numbers
Once again people running with another persons number competed in the recent Waterford Half Marathon and consequently caused many problems with the results after the race with people getting prizes they did not win and others who had been entitled to them excluded, none of it the fault of the organisers. Men being credited with a certain placing when in fact it was a woman that wore the number and visa versa was a major problem as indeed was anyone wearing a number that was not theirs. Many have suggested that those found to be involved in this carry on be excluded entry to future races as is apparently done in other counties, people dealing with results I'm sure would support this suggestion and may have to bring it in here in Waterford. It mainly occurs in races where there are pre entries and someone decides a few days before the event that they cannot run and passes it on to someone else. Please destroy the number if you are not participating yourself when you see the problems that can be caused - its not rocket science- and give those totting up the results a clear run
Tuesday 3 December 2013
Fintan Walsh's weekly blog
European Cross Country with two Waterford representatives
On Sunday next the European Cross Country Championships will be held in Belgrade,Serbia and two athletes from Waterford are included on the Irish teams. The two are David Mc Carthy West Waterford in the senior race and Shane Quinn Ferrybank in the under 23 grade. Fionnula Britton defends her senior title which she has won for the past two years and is in fine form at the moment so another big run is expected, the ladies senior squad led byBritton defend the team title they won last year.
Waterford Half Marathon a big success
Over 1600 entered for the Annual Waterford Athletic Club Half Marathon held on the outskirts of Waterford city on Sunday last in ideal conditions. Both the men's and women's sections were very competitive up front with the issue in doubt in both cases into the final mile. From the start Alan O'SheaBantry set a fast pace that saw him open up a gap of 100 metres after two miles or so which he maintained up to five miles but then Brian Mc MahonClonliffe Hrs closed the gap and at half way headed O'Shea briefly but the Cork man came back and they ran shoulder to shoulder until a little over a mile out when Mc Mahon made a decisive break which saw him come home first in 66 minutes 37 seconds ,O'Shea finished second in 66.44 and GaryO'Hanlon Clonliffe Hrs finished strongly to take third spot in 67.40. Eilish Kelly Raheny Shamrocks led the ladies home in 78.02 edging out PaulineCurley Tullamore who was second in 78.09 and Jill Hodgins was third in 79.05 The age category winner's were as follows; Women o 35 Adele Walsh StSenan's.o 40, Aisling Coppingar Waterford o 45 Liz Nolan Waterford, o 50 Bernadette Mitchell Balance Fitness o 55 Ann Fitzgerald Waterford, Men o 40 David Ryan, o 45 Pat Quill Crusaders, o 50 Bernard Boland Eagle, o 55 Tom Halpin Ballynonty, o 60 V J Clohessy Raheny.The designated charity was The South East Simon Community and the event which started and finished at Waterford IT Sports Campus- thanks to the Management there- was superbly organised with great input from The Gardai, Stewards, Order of Malta and cyclists and motor cyclists helping out. Full results on totaltiming.ie
Munster Cross Country
Beaufort County Kerry was the venue on Sunday last for the Munster Masters and( B ) juvenile cross country championships and KCK had a number of juveniles competing there and they did quite well. Roisin Dunphy was third in the under 13, Helena Barry 6 th u 11, Padraigh Fitzgerald 7 th u 13, Rena Behan again 7 th u 15, Percy O'Callaghan 9 th u 15, and Paudie Barry 12 th u 9, two of their club teams picked up medals the boys under nine were second and the girls under 15 were third, Holly Meany Waterford was 11 th under 11, In the master's championship Suzanne Dullaghan Waterford Ac was second over 40 and Joan Mahony do sixth over 35.
Annual Turkey Trot
The 5 th Annual Paddy Joe Curran Turkey Trot 5 miles Charity run will take place on Sunday next December 8 th at 12 noon.There will also be a walk over 4 miles which starts at 11 am. Entry to the run is open to all over 16 year olds. Entries taken at The Marine Bar, out the Dungarvan/ Youghal Road and proceeds go to The Youghal Cancer Support Group and Clean Zone Technology are the sponsors
Waterford Viking Marathon Launch
On Friday last the 3rd annual WLRFM Viking Marathon was launched. It will take place on Saturday June 28 th 2014 at 9 am over a new course and with a quarter Marathon distance also included this year. Presentations of €4000 each were made to last years Charities Waterford Hospice and Waterford Alzheimer Society, 2014 Charities will be Aware and Irish Motor Nueron Disease Association. see Waterford Viking Marathon Website for full details of the 2014 Event
Waterford Teams
The Following teams will represent Waterford in the All Ireland Novice Cross Country Championships at WIT Sports Campus on Sunday week December 15 th Men: Trevor Power, Frank Quinlan,Tony Quinlan, Brian O'Sullivan, PJ Scollard, Brian Swaby Waterford AC, Andrew Connick, RuariO'Donnell and Shane Maher Ferrybank, John Behan and Gary Cantwell KCK, Damien Murphy West Waterford. Women Ciara Cronin Ferrybank, Siobhan Boylan KCK, Suzanne Dullaghan Waterford, Joan Mahony and Susan Lee do. .
Death
The death has taken place of Mrs Maura Byrne, Castle St Waterford wife of the late Paddy Byrne a former County Board Chairman and life time member of Waterford AC. and Chair of that club also Many a meeting of Waterford AC and of Waterford County Board was held in her front room and she was always most courteous to all and a great support to her husband and to athletics.Sympathy is extended to her son Paul and her five daughters and their families and her brother Sean from all involved in Waterford athletics.
Sunday 1 December 2013
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