Due to An Riocht's track resurfacing to commence in the next few weeks, Kerry Junior, Senior and Masters County Championships took place on Friday, 14 April 2017. There was a good attendance from Kerry clubs and some guests from other Munster clubs. St.Brendan's AC was represented in all categories with every one of the club members winning a medal or two at least on the day.
Juniors: Riadh Malik - 2nd in Javelin & 3rd in Discus Lauren O'Grady - 1st in Javelin, 1st in Shot Putt, 1st in Hammer and 1st and new PB in Discus with 34m! Aaron Malik - 1st in Javelin, 1st in Discus, 2nd in Shot Putt & 2nd in High Jump Darragh Courtney - 1st in High Jump, 1st in Triple Jump, 1st in Shot Putt, 2nd in Discus & 3rd in Javelin Seniors: Linda O'Sullivan - 2nd in Shot Putt, 3rd in Long Jump, 3rd in 100m & 1st with Senior Relay Csilla Vamossy - 1st in High Jump, 1st in Javelin, 1st in Shot Putt (PB), 2nd in Long Jump & 1st with Senior Relay Masters O35: David Butler - 1st in 3000m (PB), 1st in Javelin (PB), 3rd in Shot Putt & 1st with Masters Relay Irene Butler - 1st in 100m, 2nd in 200m & 1st with Senior Relay Ger Pierse - 1st in 100m, 1st in 200m (PB), 1st in Long Jump, 1st in High Jump (PB) Stephen O'Sullivan - 2nd in Shot Putt, 2nd in 200m, 3rd in Long Jump & 1st with Masters Relay Cathy Quilter - 1st in 200m, 1st in 400m(PB) & 1st with Senior Relay Masters O40: Ursula Barrett - 1st in 100m, 1st in Long Jump, 1st in 200m Masters O45: Kirstie Nowak - 2nd in 100m & 1st with Senior Relay Artur Nowak - 1st in High Jump, 1st in Javelin, 1st in 200m, 2nd in Shot Putt & 1st with Masters Relay Masters O60: David Kissane - 1st in 100m, 1st in 3000m Martin Butler - 1st in Javelin (PB), 2nd in 3000m (PB) & 1st with Masters Relay
Congratulations to all athletes on their performance and commitments on the day and well done to all members who challenged themselves and tried new events in competition. Special mention to our Juniors athletes Darragh and Aaron who competed for the first time in this category and Lauren O'Grady for her new PB in Discus. Excellent overall day with total medal count at 50 (Juniors -15, Seniors - 8, Masters - 27). Gallery of photos HERE and HERE. Video clips:
Full points results HERE. Track results HERE. Field results HERE.
Darragh Courtney was the only athlete from St.Brendan's AC taking part in this year Indoor Championships on Day 1 in High Jump where he narrowly missed out on bronze medal (on countback), finishing with another excellent results of 1.88m.
Kerry Athletics Road Race Championships 2017 was hosted by Star of The Laune AC in the village of Beaufort. Race distance was 5K and this Championship was open to Junior, Novice, Senior and Masters athletes from all the athletic clubs in Kerry. There was a good turnout of over 60 runners and the event was well organised by SOTL AC, including glorious weather with a lots of sunshine. Top 3 men: 1. Tim O'Connor (An Riocht AC) 2. Sean O'Sullivan (An Riocht AC) 3. Cian Murphy (Iveragh AC) Top 3 women: 1. Shona Heaslip (An Riocht AC) 2. Niamh O'Sullivan (An Riocht AC) 3. Suzanne Neilan (An Riocht AC)
St.Brendan's AC had 13 runners in Novice, Senior and Masters categories and came back with 8 individual medals: Novice Women: Linda O'Sullivan Masters Women: Margaret Carlin, Ann McGlynn & Cathy Quilter Masters Men: David Kissane, Pat Sheehy, David Butler & Stephen O'Sullivan.
Also competing on the day were Irene Butler, Csilla Vamossy, Moira Horgan, Mary Donnelly and Artur Nowak. Our club had teams in Masters category in both Men & Women with results to be announced at a later date. Update 17.04.2017: St.Brendan's AC Masters Women team won bronze medals: Cathy Quilter, Irene Butler, Moira Horgan, Margaret Carlin, Ann McGlynn, Mary Donnelly. Full results HERE. Some pictures HERE.
This year the Sports Hall Games were hold in in The Nagle Rice Community Centre, Milltown. St.Brendan's AC had a good number of juvenile athletes competing in U9 - U12 including relay teams in both girls and boys categories.
Individual medal winners: Girls U9 - Jessica Leen: 3rd in girls sprint, 3rd standing long jump, 3rd speed bounce Girls U9 - Ashlyn Falvey: 1st standing long jump Girls U10- Laura Falvey: 1st in girls sprint, 1st standing long jump Boys U11 - Aaron Horgan: 1st in boys sprint Boys U11 - Eoin O'Flaherty: 2nd in boys sprint, 1st standing long jump Boys U12 - Shane O'Connor: 3rd in boys sprint Relays: Boys U12: 1st - Tom O'Flaherty, Aaron Horgan, Eoin O'Flaherty, Shane O'Connor
We had 3 more relays in the finals but unfortunately finished in 4th position. St.Brendan's AC finished in 4th position overall (1st Tralee Harriers AC, 2nd Kenmare AC,3rd Lios Tuathail AC), just 2 points behind 3rd Lios Tuathail AC club. Well done to all our competitors for great spirit and some outstanding skills, especially all the new members who recently joined our club and experienced this competition. Thanks to all coaches and parents who supported our athletes on the day. Gallery of photos HERE.
Great weekend for St.Brendan's AC athlete Ursula Barrett who came back from National Masters Indoor Championships in Athlone with 2 medals and 2 new PB's in long jump and 200m.
Ursula was competing in 200m (O40) sprint where she finished in silver medal position and she confirmed her dominance in long jump with another personal best of 4.50m, winning gold medal. Results from 200m race HERE and Long Jump HERE. Well done on very busy weekend and to successful outdoor season in track and field events.
