National Juvenile Indoor Championships 2025

Jack Sheehy is the National U12 Boys Indoors Champion, a headline performance from a young athlete. Jack opened his account today today with a jump of 4.23m to take the lead in the event. He did not cede that lead and improved firstly to 4.26m in his second jump but kept his best till last. Going into the top 8 final Jack again jumped 4.26m as his nearest competitor closed to 4.23m, a valuable mark should countback come into place but with the gold medal secured Jack jumped last in the final round and he closed out the event with a jump of 4.31m. An exciting moment for Jack, his family and all associated with our club to see an athlete win a National gold medal at such a young age.

In the early afternoon then Conor Slattery competed in the BU13 shot putt and threw further than his old personal best of 8.84m on two occasions and made the final. Conor’s first throw of 8.74m was a good opener but then he fired the shot to 9.01m on the 2nd round and 9m on the 3rd round to show fine consistency. He qualified for the final when all the throws were completed he placed 7th overall with his mark of 9.01 in a tight competition. This was Conor’s first time reaching an individual National final and an experience he relished and is he looking forward to competed in the high jump next weekend.

Closing out the day for the club was Eoin Malik in the BU18 long jump. Eoin’s opening jump of 5.71m put him into contention for the podium positions and he reached the final in 4th place. Working his way through the rounds Eoin’s mark improved in the 5th round where he was rewarded with a season’s best long jump of 5.89m. A slight break on that final jump as he pushed towards the medal positions saw Eoin place 5th overall. Eoin will be back jumping in Athlone next Saturday in the triple jump.

Well done to our athletes today, thanks to their parents for bringing them to the competition and our club coaches for preparing the athletes for today’s events.

Hannah’s Bronze and PB

A second national medal for St Brendan’s and for the Sheehy family and this time it was Hannah Sheehy bringing home a bronze medal in a superb performance in the GU14 race walk in her debut at National level. Hannah was simply irrepressible right from the start going off as a fast pace to ensure a good position. Over the next 5 laps she gave it everything and her level of pure determination whilst maintaining the correct style caused her nearest competitors to draw the eyes of the judges as they tried everything to keep with Hannah. Hannah crossed the line in a massive pb time of 5:26.35, her previous best for the distance was 6.03.03. There was an anxious wait then to see was it going to 3rd or 4th for Hannah and when the judges’ scorecards came in Hannah was confirmed to 3rd place and great celebrations for all. A performance that will stick in the memory for a long time, this is the first national juvenile medal by one of our club walkers since the walks programme resumed at the club under the coaching David Kissane in 2022 and will provide great inspiration for the future.

Maddison’s Triple Jump

Earlier in the day Maddison O’Connor completed in GU16 triple jump. This was Maddison 2nd time competing at national indoors and opened her jumps account of the day with 8.82m. With a pb of 8.96m, Maddison had set target of 9m set for the day she made adjustments in each round to try set a mark across that threshold. With her jumps completed, 8.82m was her best jump on the day as she placed 16th overall in her age group.

John’s New PB and 7th Place

Back to the walks and it was John McCarthy who was next on the track in the BU14 race. John showed great form and jockeyed for position throughout the race. Coming into the home straight it looked like a sub 6 K was on the cards for John and a huge pb (his pb was 6:40.45) and crossing the line there was a broad smile on his face when he saw the time of 5:53.72. His position was confirmed as 7th overall in his debut at national competition.

Oisín’s 5th Place and New PB

Our final athlete in action on Day 2 was Oisín Fletcher who no doubt was inspired by his club mates for his BU15 1K race. Working hard from the start he was in close quarters with other competitors in the event as each place was challenged for. Oisín’s pb going into the event was 6:27.50. He showed good pace over the course and a clean style Oisín crossed the line in a great time of 6:16.35, a new personal and was classified in 5th place for his first time at national indoors.

Thank You

That closes off Day 1 & Day 2 of the national juvenile Indoors. Very well done to all our athletes on their performances and thank you to our club coaches for preparing them to give their best on the day. Thanks as ever to the parents for supporting our efforts and bringing the athletes on the long trip to the middle of the country.

National Indoor Masters Championships 2025

Memorable day for St Brendan's AC at the All Ireland masters' indoor championships in Athlone...three gold race walks medals by Áine (with a new club 3K record), David K and Marian, a bronze by Artur in the high jump, a bronze by David K in the shot and good WFD performances by Martin and David B.

Full results HERE.

Munster Juvenile U12-U14 (incl. U13-U19 walks) Indoor Championships 2025 Report

 

By David Butler, St Brendan’s AC Juvenile Head Coach

The final Munster Indoor competition of the season and St Brendan’s AC kept the best till last, with excellent success for our juvenile athletes already in the U20 competition and U15-U19 age groups a few weeks back. Now it was the turn for the U12-U14 age categories and the race walkers in the U13-U19 age categories. Twenty five of our athletes competed and we had one athlete make their debut for the club.

Medallists

Jack Sheehy jumped to an amazing 4.26m in the final round of the BU12 long jump, smashing his old PB of 3.78m in the process.

Matilda Boulton was not giving up that gold medal in the home straight and keep her style all the way right through to the finish in 6:49.71 in the GU15 1K walk.

John McCarthy making it a 2nd year in a row to win the gold in Munster 1K walk with massive 1 minute+ PB coming home in 6:40.45 in the BU14s.

Tomas O’Flaherty in his debut in the 1K race walking to win the BU13 silver medal just 3/10ths of a second off first place. Setting a great time of 6:44.50.

Hannah Sheehy with a silver medal in the GU14 1K walk, just a few seconds off 1st place coming home in 6:03.03 taking 23 seconds off her previous best.

Cori Boylan winning silver in the GU16 1500m racewalk with a time of 9:51.53 in a battling performance with the challenge of shin splints.

Colm Fletcher, also making his debut in race walking winning the bronze in BU13 1K in time of 7:02.10.

Oisin Fletcher winning a bronze in the BU15 1K walk with a new pb of 6:27.50. Oisin’s first time racing indoors after outdoor success last season.

Sunday’s action was closed by Conor Slattery with his 2nd qualification to National Indoors with a brilliant bronze and a new pb of 1.35m in the BU13 high jump....breaking off during the event to run the BU13 relay.

Earlier in the day he qualified to Nationals after placing 4th in the shot putt with a new personal best of over 2m with a throw of 8.84m in the final round.

Finalists

Caoimhe O’Driscoll, placing 7th in the GU12 shot put with a new PB of 5.80m, her old PB was 4.51m!

Ella O’Sullivan, with a huge opening jump of 3.69m in the GU12s which saw her through to the final placing 6th overall.

Fionn Cashell, reaching the BU12 60mH final and placing 6th with a time of 11.73.

Kara Lawlor, first time competing at Munster Indoors and a result of 5.71m for 8th place in the GU12 shot.

Jack Sheehy, placing 6th in the BU12 60m final with a new PB of 9.02.

Cody McKenna, made the 60mH final and placed 6th overall. Also reached the 60m semi final and set a new PB in that event.

Conor Slattery, set a new personal best in the 60mH final and placed 7 th in the event.

Katie Butler, throwing further than her previous best 4 times recorded a best throw of 8.96m in the GU14 shot putt placing 7th .

Debut

Willow Molloy who joined the club this year made her debut. In the 800m heats she had a storming run, smashing her time trial time by over 10 seconds to set a PB of 2:35.08 as she placed 4th in her heat and 7th out of 39 competitors. Watch this space.

Other personal bests

Aisling O'Driscoll (60mH & 600m), Amelia Dineen (60m & sprints), Caoimhe O’Driscoll (60m & Long Jump),

Einin Lawlor (60m & Long Jump), Ella O’Sullivan (60mH & Shot), Grace McGuckin (60mH & 600m), Kara

Lawlor (60m & Long Jump), Lillie Feehan (Long Jump), Roisin Diggins (60mH & 60m), Sophie Malik (Long Jump), Fionn Cashell (60m), Jack Sheehy (Shot Put), Corey O’Carroll (60mH), Tomás O’Flaherty (Shot), John McCarthy (800m)

On the relay front we had two teams compete, the GU12 team of Roisin Diggins, Grace McGuckin, Einin Lawlor and Aisling Driscoll placing 3 rd in their heat with a good run in their run first together as team over the 4x200m distance. The BU13 team had a line-up change this time out as Corey O’Carroll picked up an injury in the sprint semi final so Fionn Cashell (U12) stepped up to run in the team. Changing the order Jack Sheehy (U12) lead off before passing the baton to Conor Slattery, then to Fionn and finally to Cody McKenna. The boys had clean changes and a great run to place 2nd in their heat and 5th overall.

That closed out an excellent championships for our club and some stats from the Munster Indoors where our club athletes recorded 44 personal bests across a range of events from sprints, hurdles, long jump, middle distance, walks, shot put, triple jump, high jump in which club athletes competed.

5x gold medals (walks x2, middle distance, long jump, triple jump) 4x silver (walks x3, long jump)

5x bronze medals (walks x2, hurdles, long jump, triple jump), 44 new personal bests.

11 athletes qualified for National Indoor competition.

Credit to our athletes on their success and our coaching team for helping them deliver their best in a high standard competition. Thank you to the athletes for competing for the club and for their parents for bringing them to the event and covering lifts for other athletes where needs be.

We look forward to national Indoors next month where all roads lead to Athlone.

More photos on our FB page HERE.

Kerry Athletics County Road Championships 2025

 

The following are the medallists and the full results and times can be seen on the Kerry Athletics site. More photos available on the Kerry Athletics Facebook page.

Well done also to all the club members and friends who helped to prepare the course, made the tea and cleaned up afterwards and to the Kilmoyley Community Centre for making the hall available.

St Brendan’s AC Adult Medallists Road Championships 2025

Individual Medals

Masters Women O45 silver: Aoife O’Driscoll

Masters Women O55 silver: Jill Kenny

Masters Men O65 silver: Jim O’Meara

Junior Men silver: Zach Walshe

Novice Men bronze: Rian Kenny O’Sullivan

Masters Women O35 bronze: Linda O’Sullivan

Team Medals

Gold Medals: O50 Women’s team of Marie Louise Sheehy, Jill Kenny and Marian McElligott

Silver Medals: Men’s Novice team of Darren Kenny, Rian Kenny O’Sullivan and Jimmy O’Sullivan

Bronze Medals: 035 Women’s team of Linda O’Sullivan, Aoife O’Driscoll and Claire Campbell

Bronze Medals: O35 Men's team: Peter Jackson, Kenneth Leen & David Butler

Bronze Medals: O50 Men's team: Artur Nowak, Fearghal Grimes & James Lee

Munster Juvenile U15-U19 Indoor Championships 2025

 

By David Butler, St Brendan's AC Juvenile Head Coach

Aoibhinn started Saturday off in the GU15 60mH, a great run (9.92, very close to her pb of 9.87) saw her win her heat comfortably and through to the final. Quick stepping over for the long jump she jumped to 4.57m on the first round and into 3 rd place and she qualified to the final in that position. Aoibhinn then had o switchover for the hurdles final where her run of 10.17 secured the bronze medal. It was then immediately back for the long jump final where on the final round she improved her best mark to 4.72m and that was a 2nd bronze medal secured for Aoibhinn on a busy morning.

On Pit 2 Maddison O’Connor was competing in the GU16 triple jump where she showed she meant

business with a new personal best on her first jump of 8.96m (moving on from 8.76m last summer).

This placed Maddison in 2nd position through the competition until the 5th round where she was displaced into 3rd position. She closed out the competition with a final jump of 8.62m but brought home another Munster medal, the 9m target in Maddison’s sights for Nationals in Athlone. Back in action on Sunday Maddison competed in the GU15 long jump where she placed 9 th overall with a best jump of 3.97m which she jumped on two occasions on the day, just 3cm off a place in the final.

At the scheduled 2pm start time Eoin Malik took the runway for the BU18 long jump competition. On his 3 rd jump he recorded a jump of 5.81m to move into a strong 2 place position. A 4th round jump of 5.87m followed soon after as Eoin edged into 1 st place and eyeing the 6m mark. 5.74m on the 5th round for Eoin as fellow Kerry athlete Dominik Wasila (KVAC) then moved to first with a 5.95m. In the final round and all to play for, Eoin utilising the crowd support on hand that has served him so well in the triple jump before but unfortunately he narrowly broke on that final jump that looked like it would have improved his mark, a Munster silver medal his reward on the day. A great battle between these two Kerry athletes and one to watch for the year ahead. Eoin was in action on day 2 which he clinched his 2nd Munster gold medal of the season with a best jump of 12.47m on the day.

Tom Kelly 8K 2025 - RESULTS

 

Gallery of photos on St.Brendan's AC FB page HERE.