Fintan Walsh's weekly blog

Waterford AC win Munster Intermediate Cross Country Title

In Newmarket on Fergus Co Clare on Sunday last the second section of
the Munster Cross Country Championship season was staged and in the
adult section it was a great day for Waterford AC while in the
juvenile section West Waterford had some very good results also.
Waterford AC men had a terrific victory in the men's intermediate
inter club team section and they were led home by Trevor Power in 10
th place overall the other scorers were Frank Quinlan,12 th PJ
Scollard 16 th and Iain O' Byrne 17 th  for a total of 55 pts almost
thirty points in front of the second club home and the squad also
included Brian Swaby and Ian Grant and these six made up the Waterford
county team that were third in the Inter County team section and Jody
Condon also ran..


Juvenile team title for West  Waterford.

In the juvenile section there were some good performances also by
Waterford athletes especially those from West Waterford. Their girls
under 17 team won the inter club title the scoring members being Aoife
Hamilton 6 th, Darina Ni Sheanlaoich 7 th, Hannah Power 12 th and
Sinéad Flynn  They had other high individual placings from Cormac
Mahony 4 th u 13, Cian O'Riordan 5 th u 15, Miceál Power 6 th u17,
Sean Curran 8 th u 19 and Con Willans 8 th u 11. They also had two
clubs placed third in team competitions the girls u 13 and boys u 17.
For Waterford Nathan Mackey was 4th under 9 and Barry Keane. 5th u 19
and Ferrybank had a 7 th placing by Jake Bagge u 15 and Jake Coffey
was 9 th u 11 while their girls u 15 team were third club. In the
Inter County team section Waterford were third in four events girls u
15 and u17, boys u15 and  u 17.

Harty wins Brickey 4 Miles

150 competed in the 21 st Annual Murray's Pharmacy Brickey's 4 miles
road race near Bushy Park outside Dungarvan on Sunday last. First home
was Philip Harty in 20 minutes10 seconds, Ravis Zakis was second in
20.39 both West Waterford and Niall Shiel St Killian's, Wexford was
third in 20.51. Jacqui Carthy Kilmore Co Wexford won the ladies race
in 23.26, Corina Walsh West Waterford was second in 25. and Mary
Molloy from County Tipperary was third in 28.02. The proceeds went to
Brickey Rangers ladies football club.

Sundays Fixture in Abbeyside

The County 'B' Cross Country Championships will take place along with
the County Relay trials on Sunday next November 16 th in St.
Augustine's College, Dungarvan with a start time of 11.30 am. The
distances for the County B races are as follows;U 9 750 m, U 11 1000
m, U 13 1500 m, U 15 2500 m. Open to all athletes who have not won an
individual medal or a team gold medal from the County A Cross Country
Championships, prizes for first 6 home in each race,no team
prizes.Trials to create county teams for the Munster Cross Country
Relay event will take place immediately after the County B races.
Athletes who have raced above in the B Championships may also run in
the trials. If however athletes have no intention of running in the
Munster CC Relays on January 11 th clubs are asked not to run them on
Sunday. The teams representing Waterford will be made up of 4
athletes, so names and details of the top 6 athletes across the line
will be taken. The distances for these races are as follows U 10:
250m, U 12: 500 m, U 14 500 m. Munster CC Relays to be held on January
11th in Waterford. 2014 age groups will apply for this event. On
Saturday the National Juvenile Schools Combined events are in Athlone
and at the Munster equivalent in Nenagh on Wednesday last James Murphy
Ard Scoil na Mara Tramore was 3 rd in the junior  event

National Fixture.

The first National Cross Country Championship fixture of the season
will be on Sunday week November 23 rd in the grounds of Dundalk IT
College. The events are Senior and Junior Inter Counties as well as
the juvenile under 12,14,16 and 18. The.Munster Juvenile "B" and
Masters Cross Country Championships are on Sunday 30 th November in
Kartworld, Watergrasshill, Co. Cork. The Juvenile age groups are under
9,11,13,15,17 and 19.

Waterford  AC Half Marathon

Saturday December 6 th is the date for the 6 th Waterford AC Annual
Half Marathon starting there also Entry ceiling is 2000 entries and if
this is not reached the closing date for entries is this Sunday
November 16 th all local athlete please note and don't miss out.See
waterfordachalfmarathon site for full details re registration etc or
go to totaltiming.ie.

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.