Fintan Walsh's weekly blog

Cross Country season continues in Co Clare on Sunday


Another Munster Cross Country Championship fixture is scheduled for
Sunday next in Newmarket on Fergus Co Clare. On the programme are the
Championships for Juvenile boys and girls u 9,11,13,15,17,19 and also
the men's and women's Intermediate with the first event the girls
under 9 at 11.30 am sharp. Like section one a few weeks ago there will
be many athletes from Waterford clubs competing and a few individuals
and teams are expected to be in the shake up.The Waterford men's
Intermediate team is as follows;Trevor Power, Frank Quinlan, Noel
Murphy, Iain O'Byrne, PJ Scollard, Brian Swaby, Michael O'Mahony, Ian
Grant, Richard Hayes, Pat Breen and Jody Condon (all Waterford AC)

21st Annual Murray's Pharmacy 4 miles

 Here in the county at Bushy Park GAA grounds a few miles from
Dungarvan  the Annual Brickey 4 miles road race is on Sunday next also
at 11 am. Registration from 10.15 am onwards in the GAA Clubhouse
Bushy Par, proceeds to Brickey Rangers ladies football club.

USA News

At the Big East Collegiate Cross Country Championships in Northview
Church, Carmel, Indianapolis on Friday last Shane Quinn running with
Providence College was 9 th overall, the second Providence College
scorer. The 8 km race was won by Patrick Tiernan Villanova in  23.45.8
and Quinn was timed at 24.01.6. Villanova won the team award with 23
points,Georgetown were second on 51 and Providence third on 64

Dublin City Marathon.

The National Marathon Championship was held in association with the
Dublin City Marathon on Monday October 27 th and the following
athletes from Waterford clubs figured in the medals.Tony O'Brien
Waterford AC was second in the over 70 National section in 4 hrs 37
minutes and 47 seconds, Mary B Ryan Jennings do was second in the over
55 section in 3.31.48, Terri Gough West Waterford was first over 70 in
5.37.15 and West Waterford's men's team were second,the three being
Dermot Ryan, Michael Dwyer and Michael Callaghan

Schools Events

The Munster Schools Combined Event Championships will be held on this
Wednesday November 5 th in Nenagh at 11 am for junior, intermediate
and senior athletes and they are followed by the All Ireland's on
Saturday November 15 th in Athlone

Waterford Half Marathon

Saturday December 6 th is the date for the 6 th Waterford AC Annual
Half Marathon starting at 10 am from WIT Sports Campus and finishing
there also Entry ceiling is 2000 entries and if this is not reached
the closing date for entries is November 16 th all local athletes
please note and don't miss out.See waterfordachalfmarathon site for
full details re registration etc.

Winter League in the City

Above will not now commence until Thursday November 20  th at the RSC
and continue each Thursday evening.See Waterford Road Runners Website
for all info relative to the league.

Awards Ceremony

The National Athletics Awards in association with GloHealth and
Emerald Crystal will take place on Wednesday 26 th of November from
12.00-3.30 pm in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Northwood. The awards
ceremony is a celebration of the many successes of Irish athletes
during 2014. The award ceremony also commemorates our exceptional
volunteer base who are the bedrock of our sport. Tickets for the
ceremony are available to purchase now from Athletics Ireland. Two
athletes from Ferrybank AC Thomas Barr and Kelly Proper are among the
nominees for Track and Field athlete of the year

Meeting

Munster Athletics have organised a Child Welfare & Garda Vetting Talk
for Friday 21st November 2014 @ 7.30pm in the Garda College,
Templemore, Co. Tipperary. The evening is intended to be an
informative & practical one, dealing with Child Welfare & Garda
Vetting topics which are essential & mandatory for every County Board
& Club to be familiar with in our current society. The speaker will be
the very experienced Athletics Ireland Child Welfare Tutor, Kieron
Stout & the talk will last approximately an hour & a half. As Child
Welfare becomes an increasingly important element in our sport, it
would be ideal if all County Boards & Clubs could have their Child
Welfare Officers present (or at least one representative) so that all
Boards & Clubs are up to date with all relevant information.