National Hurdles Squad day

A National Hurdles Squad day will take place on Sunday Oct 21st at UL from 11am to 4pm under the guidance of national sprints and hurdles coordinator Hayley Harrison. The squad day is open to athletes u16 and upwards and both long and sprint hurdles will be catered for. Hayley will take the 400m hurdles group while Shane McCormack will take the sprint hurdlers. Both groups will do specific hurdle drills in the morning session and after lunch the long hurdlers will concentrate on event specific skills such as hurdle sighting, hurdling while fatigued and stride pattern. The sprint hurdles group will focus primarily on start and acceleration work over hurdles 1-3 with video analysis feedback.

Meet at the track in UL for an 11am start. For further details and confirmation of attendance please contact Hayley Harrison hurdlessprints@athleticsireland.ie (087 3724151) .

Kind Regards,

Steven

Steven Macklin

Regional Development Officer (Cork/Kerry/Limerick/Tipperary)

Athletics Ireland

Promoting Club Open Sports

The cross country athletes were in Banna last Saturday and took time out to promote the St. Brendan's Athletic Club Open Sports due to be held on Sunday 28th Oct. at An Riocht track in Castleisland.

AGM 2012

AGM

5^th October 2012 

A new committee was elected for the year 2012-2013:

President: Patrick O’ Riordan

Chairperson: Joanne Daffy

Secretary: Orla Fitzgerald

Treasurer: Fearghal Grimes

Assistant Treasurer: Cathy Hogan

Registrar: Deirdre Courtney

PRO: Shaz Malik & Josephine O’ Riordan

                                                Child Protection Officer: Antoinette O’ Mahony

Co. Board Delegates: Mary Marley, Shaz Malik & Brendan Courtney

Head Coach: David McElligott

Coaches: Mary Marley, Artur Nowak, Chris O’ Shea, Shaz Malik, Deirdre Courtney & Orla Fitzgerald

Fundraising Chairperson: Liam Marley

Committee: Breda Shanahan, Blathnáid Walsh & TJ McCarthy 

Outgoing chairperson Mary Marley gave a speech on her three years as club chairperson.  On behalf of the committee Chris O’ Shea & Joanne Daffy made a presentation to her thanking Mary for her enthusiasm & the huge effort that she has put in over this time.  It was a nice quick meeting & it was lovely to see some new faces at the meeting.  This resulted in four people joining the St. Brendan’s committee. Incoming chairperson Joanne Daffy reminded people that it is a voluntary committee & it would be great if more parents could get involved to help out.  Joanne is looking forward to the year ahead with help from the very dedicated committee. Looking forward to another successful year!!

Up Coming Coach Education Courses

Please find details below of some up coming Coach Education courses in Cork/Kerry/Limerick/Tipperary:

 

- Sat 13th Oct Athletics Leader Course Castleisland Co Kerry

- Sat 20th Oct Assistant Coach Course Templemore Co Tipperary

- Fri/Sat 2nd/3rd/9th/10th Nov Level 1 Course Cork IT

- Sat 17th Nov Athletics Leader Course University of Limerick

 

You can find details of what is involved in each course and register/pay online at the following linkhttp://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?page_id=25369. Please can all clubs pass on these details to all parents and coaches. These courses need the required numbers to go ahead and will be cancelled otherwise and will not be put on again. Any coaches interested should register ASAP. Thanks.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Steven Macklin

Road Races in Kerry, October 2012

Helly Hansen Killarney Adventure Race 6 October 2012
25K start at Muckross House
57K/67K start at Kate Kearney's Cottage @ 7am,8am,8:30am (wave start)(entry €75/85)

Dingle Duathlon 14 October 2012
Start at Dingle Marina @10am
(entry €38 single, relay 2 €60, relay 3 €70)

10K The Carers Association ,14 October 2012
Start The Brandon Hotel, Tralee @12pm
(entry €15 on line, €20 on the day)

Feet First MIZUNO 5K series Killarney
Race 1 - 20 October 2012 @11am

(entry €7 each Race, €28 for 4 Races, 
€33 for 4 Races + T-Shirt)

Freaky 5K Night Run, 26 October 2012
Start from An Riocht, Castleisland @7pm
(entry €10)

Humpty Dumpty Duathlon, 27 October 2012, Kenmare
Start @12am Brooklane Hotel
40K cycle + 6K run
(entry €45 on line)

St.Brendan's AC AGM

St.Brendan's AC AGM will take place this coming Friday, 5th October 2012 @ 8:30pm in Kate Brown's Bar.