Leevale Open Sports 2013

First outdoor Track & Field event of this year was annual Leevale Open Sports.
For many athletes it's a opportunity to assessed they current level of form or to try new event.
PJ Galvin took part in Senior 100m sprint and his main event - High Jump.
Cormac Leen have a good race in his first competitive Junior men 1500m event.

Full results from Day 1.

OUTDOOR TRAINING

Unfortunately the weather was so bad last week that we had to postpone going outdoors for a week.  Fingers crossed we will be able to go outdoors this coming Wednesday 24th April 2013.  Just a reminder to parents that we must respect the residents of Walnut Grove & not drive into their estate.  If you require any directions please do not hesitate to contact club secretary Orla Fitzgerald on 087-7985557.

Also the Fit 4 Life will be moving their circuit training outdoors as & from tonight.  This hard core bunch of athletes have been training since last October in the local community centre & are now moving outdoors to Walnut Grove also.


Location of Walnut Grove




TUESDAY:  Venue:  Walnut Grove
                       Time:    8-9pm
                       Fees:     €2
                       Starting: 23rd April 2013
                       Athletes: Fit 4 Life

WEDNESDAY:  Venue:  Walnut Grove
                             Time:    7-8.30pm
                             Fees:      The same as the hall
                             Starting: 24th April 2013
                             Athletes: Juvenile (u9-u19)

Any enquiries please contact Orla (club secretary) on the number above.

Kingdom Come 10Miler & 5K

An Riocht hosted their second annual Lee Strand Kingdom Come 10 mile Road Race on Sunday 21st April with the new addition of a 5K road race. It was a well attended event and weather conditions were fairly good for running - small patches of rain, but nice and cool. 
A well organised and supported event and feedback from participants was very positive - very good value for money!

Top 3 men in 10M:                                     Top 3 women in 10M:

1.Julio Cesar Castro (Kilmury)                      1.Maria McCarthy (FFMV)
2. Donal O'Callaghan (An Riocht)                   2.Karina Teahan  (St.Finbarrs)
3.James Doran (An Riocht)                           3.Caitriona Barry (FFMV)

St Brendan's AC was very well represented with a great number of participants in both races, which is great to see. Results haven't been officially released yet due to technical problems with timing (times will be added when they become official). Provisional results can be found HERE.
(Times with * below are actual/correct times recorded by runners and are different from precitiontiming.ie website.)  Update:28 April 2013 - times officially released HERE with approx.150 results still missing?  
If your time is missing then you should contact Ronan at Precision Timing ...ronan@precisiontiming.net

We had 4 representing the club in the 5 K:
Tommy Redmond (868)    22:17*
Catherine Burke (465)    28:11
Shane Flynn (840)           ???
Kirstie Nowak (303)      31:26*

and 10 braved the 10 mile distance:
Derek Griffin (506)   1:02.33
David Moore (640)    1:10.00
Nuala Moore (641)    1:13.57
Artur Nowak (302)    1:16.38
Kieran Behan (784)   1:16.21
Tom Scanlon (526)    1:16.22
Pat Sheehy (724)      1:21.30
Dermot Dillane (645) 1:23.46
Paudi Dineen (723)    1:28.15
Paul Harris (557)       1:35.02

Well recommended event for next year and any "Couch to 5K" group would definitely enjoy the route and experience.

Short clip from start line HERE
More photos on our FB page HERE

Blennerville 5K Fun Run and Walk

Congratulations to all the participants of the 5K Fun run/walk in Blennerville in aid of Derryquey NS which took place on Friday, 19 April 2013.
It was a lovely evening for a run and it was great to see so many  people taking part ranging from runners, joggers and walkers (including buggy pushers!).
As usual St.Brendan's AC had a good participation. Shane Lowth came 2nd overall (and first juvenile) - very impressive performance, losing out only to the acclaimed runner John Griffin. Darragh Lowth kept it in the family and came in 4th overall and Dad Paul Lowth also had a top 10 finish. Well done to the Lowth family. Paul Harris was also a top ten finisher. Our own Chris O'Shea and Joanne Malik also put in great performances and STILL manged to help a fallen athlete on the way, showing true sportsmanship. Well done to you both, you had a great result. Ellen Wallace was also in good form, finishing in top half.

Few more pictures on St.Brendan's AC Facebook page.

Start of 5K Fun run/walk

Running is simple!

SUMMER TRAINING

Training:

Wednesdays:      Venue: Walnut Grove
                             Time: 7-8.30pm
                             Fees: Same as the hall

Sundays:      Venue: An Ríocht,
                      Time:  3.15-6.15pm (Ardfert)
                                 3.25-6pm (Tralee)
                      Fees: €5 per child

Any questions or directions needed please contact our club secretary Orla at 087-7985557
http://stbrendansac.blogspot.ie/p/juveniles.html