Fintan Walsh's weekly blog

Munster Cross Country season begins.

The Munster Championship Cross Country season begins on Sunday next in
Turnpike,Two Mile Borris County Tipperary and Waterford will be very
well represented at the fixture The races are for boys and girls under
10,12,14,16,18 and Novice Men and Women and the first event is at
11.30 am the girls under 10.. County teams have been entered for
Novice women (4 to score), Novice men (6 to score) and U 23 women (3
to score) The following are the teams.Novice Women: Órna Murray
Ferrybank AC, Sylvia Malone, Claudia Lane Mary, Emma Brent, Jenny
O'Loughlin, Niamh Tebay, Siobhain Heylin all Waterford AC and Siobhain
Boylan KCK AC, U 23 Women: Jenny O'Loughlin, Niamh Tebay, Siobhain
Heylin all Waterford AC and Órna Murray Ferrybank AC Novice Men: Noel
Murphy, Des Colbert, Brian Swaby, Richard Hayes, PJ Scollard, Ian
Grant All Waterford AC, Gary Cantwell KCK AC, Damien Murphy and Sean
Stilwell West Waterford AC. The village is located on the L4202 road
at the junction with the Ballyduff Road, close to the N 75 and 7.5 km
(4.7 mi) from Thurles Town Centre. It is also situated 1.5 km from
junction 5 of the M 8 motorway.

Autumn Open Cross Country

A number of athletes from Waterford competed at the Autumn Open Cross
Country in the Phoenix Park in Dublin last Sunday and several had good
performances. Órna Murray Ferrybank was 4 th overall in the 5 km race
and Andrew Connick do was 8 th in the 8 km run. Two athletes were
placed second in their categories. Philip Harty West Waterford over
35, and Sylvia Malone Waterford o 40, Frank Quinlan Waterford was
third o 40 and  Brian Murphy Carrick AC Finished 6 th o 35  and all
four have qualified to compete in the 5 Nation's International in
Nottingham on November 23 rd.

 USA news

The Providence College men's cross country team finished 11th out of
34 teams at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational on Friday, Oct. 17 in
Madison, Wis. Shane Quinn finished 10th overall and was the first
Providence athlete to finish. Quinn finished in a time of 23:56 over
the 8 km course.The race was won by Maxim Korolev Stanford in 23.43

Schools Events

In November the Schools Combined Event Championships will be held.
First up is are the Munster's on November 5 th in Nenagh 11 am
junior, intermediate and senior and they are followed by the All
Ireland's on November 15 th in Athlone.

Credit Union Award

The monthly Credit Union award for September has gone to Oliver
Mullally St Senan's. During the month Oliver who competes in the under
19 age group won the junior cross country races in both Adamstown Co
Wexford and Kilmacow. Monthly awards are presented for performances in
a particular month only whereas the Supreme Award at end of year takes
in the Best Overall performance of the year involving athletes in
under 13 age group up to under 19 age group. Under 12 athletes are not
eligible.for consideration. Clubs are asked to send in nominations for
each month to County PRO for athletes they consider worthy of
consideration but these nominations only to come from one appointed
person in each club