Club notes - Sunday, 14 April 2019

St Brendan’s AC Notes for Sun, April 14th, 2019

On Friday, 12 April,  five St Brendan’s AC athletes received county star awards in Kenmare at the Kerry Athletics Awards Night. 
Lilly Nowak, Tom O’Flaherty, Aaron Malik, Darragh Courtney and Ursula Barrett were honoured for their outstanding achievements over last year.

On Sunday, 14 April, Zach Walshe had an outstanding run in the Kingdom Come 5K in Castleisland as he won the primary schools section in a time of 19 mins 33 seconds, an incredible performance indeed. David Kissane came second in the O60 5K in 24 mins 12 secs and a host of athletes had good times in both the 5K and 10 miles, including Pádraig Regan clocking 67 mins 47 secs for the 10 miles and Gerald Carroll coming home close behind in 70 mins 27 secs. Well done to Anne McGlynn who won the women's 050 race with a brilliant performance in a time of 77 mins.

Well done to Conor O’Sullivan who had a brilliant 3rd place in the turbo javelin at the Gneeveguilla Open Sports and also to Ella O’Sullivan who was in the medals in her sprint.



Easter Sunday is the big day for road runners as the St Brendan’s AC 4 Mile Fun Run in conjunction with the Maurice Collins Vintage Day takes place at Ardfert Quarry at 10 am. There is also a 2 mile fun run for U16s. Both races start near the Quarry and all proceeds go to the Kerry Cork Health Link Bus and Down Syndrome Kerry. Cost of entry is 10 euro for the 4 miler and 5 euro for the U16 2 mile run. Entries are on the day from 9am on. Details from Irene on 087 7985557.
FB event page HERE.

The following are the training arrangements for the weeks ahead: Mondays at An Fearann from 7-8pm for U12 to masters for throws and jumps; on this Wednesday the club will travel to An Ríocht, Castleisland, preparing for the county championships which will take place May 5th & 12th. Bus leaving Ardfert medical centre at 6.45pm returning 9pm. Cost €2. Please text club secretary Irene to confirm your child’s place on the bus. The adults are in action on Thursdays in Ardfert, meeting at the graveyard carpark at 7pm.

Important fixtures coming up are the St Brendan’s AC 4 Mile Fun Run in conjunction with the Maurice Collins Vintage Day on Easter Sunday and then the county juvenile championships will be staged on the 5th and 12th May. The junior/senior/masters county championships are on Monday 6th May.
All club information is available from Irene on 087 7985557 or on the blogspot or Facebook.