Club notes - Sunday, 7 April 2019

St Brendan's AC Club Sunday Notes for April 7th, 2019

St Brendan’s AC had a great day out at the Gneeveguilla Open Sports in An Ríocht track on Sunday, 7 April in the sun. The club won a variety of prizes in a number of events at a very well-organised meeting and among the winners was Eoin O’Flaherty who won the U13 80m and long jump and was a member of the U14 relay team who won the relay. He also got a second in the 600m. Aaron Horgan won the U13 600m and was second in the 80m and was also a member of the winning U14 relay team. Other athletes on the podium were Conor O'Sullivan, Ella O'Sullivan, Sophie Malik, Jamie Fahy, Ben O’Connor, Eoin Malik, Taylor Fahy, Kevin Horgan and Darragh O’Flaherty while a host of others made it into finals and semi-finals. Well done to all.

Well done to club athlete Aaron Horgan who was awarded a Ballyheigue Youth Award for his outstanding success in cross country running yesterday. Aaron won silver in the U13 Community Games 1200m earlier this morning and will now represent Kerry in the National Community Games Cross Country final in UL in May. Aaron was a member of the St Brendan’s U14 relay team who won gold at the Gneeveguilla Open Sports this afternoon. Now that’s a good weekend!

This coming Friday night is a big occasion for the club at county level as the Kerry Athletics Awards Night is being hosted by Kenmare. A number of the club’s athletes have been nominated for honours for achievements during the past season and winners will be revealed on the night.
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; this Tuesday the adult Fit4Life training concludes in Ardfert Community Centre and a big turn-out is expected. On Wednesday juvenile outdoor training continues at An Fearann from 6.30 to 8pm and don’t forget to bring warm gear and water, while the adults are in action again on Thursdays in Tralee Marina 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 Sunday week, 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.

Last week Aaron Malik won a silver medal in Athlone at the AAI  National Indoor Championships. Aaron got his medal in the U19 60m hurdles with a new pb of 9.28secs. 

Some Tralee Junior parkrun stats:
Number of events - 122
Number of St.Brendan's AC first finishers (boys) - 110 (90%)

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