Club notes - 10 March 2020

A very busy week for our athletes this week which finished off in style with great success across the board. On Tuesday (3 March) we had Aaron Malik (Mercy Mounthawk) placing 3rd in the Long Jump at the Munster Schools Indoor Games. Continuing on in success was Eoin O Flaherty (CBS Tralee) and his teammates (minor boys) who won Silver in the All-Ireland Schools Cross Country Championships in Santry Dublin. Well done also to Eimear O Sullivan (Presentation Tralee) who also took part with her school in senior girls category.

Sunday was a very busy day all round for our athletes, both masters and juveniles. The Master athletes, David Kissane, Ursula Barrett and Derek McCarthy represented the club at the Irish Health Life National Indoor Master Championships in Athlone, winning a total of 8 National medals between them. First off is our National Champion David Kissane who came first place in the O65 Masters men 3000m walk. David didn’t stop there, he continued on to win bronze medal in both 200m and 400m distance.

Congratulations to Ursula Barrett (O40) joined David and also became a National Champion, winning the master women’s long Jump, came 5th in the 60m sprint and 4th in the 400m sprint.

Derek McCarthy had a Great day also excelling in all his events, while collecting a number of medals. Derek placed 2nd in the High Jump(1.60m) 2nd place in Weight for Distance(4.63) 2nd 60m Hurdles, 3rd Shot Putt(8.68). Full results: http://live.athleticsireland.ie/menu.html

Our juveniles also had a busy day today with fantastic achievements from the Kerry Athletics Juvenile Development Sports hall games in Miltown. Congratulations to everyone participating as St. Brendan’s AC won the OVERALL BEST CLUB on the day.

Thanks to Katie, Kelly, Sarah, Chloe, Allie, Cori, Caoimhe, Maddison, Avy, Rachael, Jessica, Conor, John F, Dylan, Josh, Evan, Conor, Seanie, Charlie, and Robert on a great day competing. Relay teams on the day also came away with great success.
U9 boys relay came 2nd in the final.
U10 girls relay placed 4th in the final.
U10 boys relay came 1st in final.
U11 girls relay came 2nd in final.

U11 boys relay came 1st in the final

U12 girls relay came 3rd in the final

U12 boys relay came 3rd in the final 

All results HERE.

Well done also to Cathy Flynn and Margaret Carlin who took part in Newmarket 10miler.

Congratulations to athletes, coaches, parents and supporters for making this weekend a great success. All the hard work at training payed off.

Training continues:

Wed: 6.30-8pm u9-u11 €2 Ardfert Community Centre
6.45-7.45pm €2 u12-u19 Ardfert Sportsfield

Thurs: 7pm Fit4Life John Mitchell’s

New members always welcome .

Club notes - 2 March 2020

While St. Brendan’s AC juveniles were taking a rest this weekend, the Master Athletes were taking part in road races in Tralee and Ballina, Co.Mayo.

First of all Well done to Cathy Flynn who brought the club colours to Ballina, Co.Mayo in spite of Storm Jorge (Hor Hay )🌪and ran the half Marathon there. 

The Tralee 10miler and 5k was well represented with Padraig Regan, John O’Sullivan, Gerald Carroll, Maggie Carlin, Linda O’Sullivan and Aine Quane who all ran the 10 miler and Declan Sheehan who ran the 5k. Well done to all. The training is paying off 😊

We got 3 new club records in 2019 and we updated some other results from the past. Check out our list HERE.

Full results from recent Kerry Road 5K Championships HERE.

Training:
Mon:
6.45-8pm u9-u19 €2 Tralee Harriers Grounds

Tues: Strength & Conditioning 2 weeks left!
7-8pm u12+ €2 Ardfert Community Centre
8-9pm Fit4Life €3 members €5 non members

Wed: 6.30-8pm u9-u11 €2 Ardfert Community Centre
6.45-7.45pm €2 u12-u19 Ardfert Sportsfield

Thurs: 7pm Fit4Life John Mitchell’s

All new members welcome

Events:
Sun 8th 11am Kerry Sportshall Games (U9-U12), Milltown
Sun 8th Irish Health Life National Indoors Masters, AIT Athlone

Entries for the Kerry Games to club secretary Irene ASAP 087 7985557

Some statistics from Athletics Ireland for 2019