Monday, December 19, 2011

Juvenile cross country relays 2012

U10 Girls 4*250m U10 Boys 4*250m
1st Dunboyne A 1st Cushinstown
2nd Fr Murphy 2nd Ratoath
3rd Ratoath A 3rd Dunboyne


U12 Girls 4*250m
U12 Boys 4*250m
1st Dunshaughlin 1st Bohermeen
2nd Cushinstown 2nd Trim
3rd Bohermeen 3rd Dunshaughlin


U14 Girls 4*500m
U14Boys 4*250m
1st Cushinstown 1st Ratoath A
2nd Dunboyne 2nd Bohermeen
3rd Bohermeen 3rd Dunshaughlin


U16 Girls 4*250m
U16Boys 4*250

1st Dunboyne 1st Bohermeen
2nd Cushinstown
3rd Ratoath

Meath Senior Cross country 2012 MEN

1 99 Darragh Rennicks Bohermeen 26:55.0
2 40 Colin Costello Star of the Sea 27:08
3 81 Neville Reilly Dunboyne 28:07
4 16 Gerard Heery St. Brigids 28:46
5 28 Tommy Maher Dunshaughlin 29:20
6 82 Luke Forde Dunboyne 29:36
7 654 Donal Hanratty Tara 29:48
8 44 Rob Tully Star of the Sea 29:57
9 100 Derek Croal Bohermeen 29:57
10 41 Eoin Callaghan Star of the Sea 30:11
11 17 Robert Caffery St. Brigids 30:20
12 29 Paddy Mangan Dunshaughlin 30:41
13 86 Rory Kavanagh Dunboyne 30:47
14 102 David O'Connell Bohermeen 30:54
15 45 Cormac Costello Star of the Sea 31:25
16 42 Donagh Humphreys Star of the Sea 31:46
17 27 Derek Hunter Dunshaughlin 32:05
18 101 Dermot Clarke Bohermeen 32:16
19 49 Peter Casey Star of the Sea 32:45
20 25 Benny Byrne Dunshaughlin 33:11
21 85 Michael Cornyn Dunboyne 33:12
22 19 Eamonn Fitzsimons St. Brigids 33:50
23 18 Patrick Strafford St. Brigids 33:54
24 24 Declan Butler Dunshaughlin 34:29.0
25 80 Tony O’Neill Dunboyne 34:54
26 34 Charlie O’Brien Dunshaughlin 35:13
27 103 Dermot Farrelly Bohermeen 36:00
28 52 Brian Moore Star of the Sea 36:01
29 79 Paul Gorey Dunboyne 36:50
30 92 Brendan Anderson Fr Murphy 36:56
31 39 Patsy Fitzsimons South O’ Hanlon 37:16
32 88 Ray Mitchell Dunboyne 37:33
33 51 Mick Rowe Star of the Sea 42:42





Teams 1st Star of the Sea 35pts
2nd Bohermeen 42pts
3rd Dunboyne 43pts

Meath Senior Cross country 2012 WOMEN

Place Race Number Name Club Time
1 71 Fiona Reid Dunboyne 15:52.0
2 70 Karen O’Hanlon Dunboyne 16:28.0
3 73 Emilia Dan Dunboyne 16:41
4 96 Sharon Monaghan Fr Murphy 17:07
5 106 Amy O'Keefe Bohermeen 17:08
6 5 Shauna Moore Dunshaughlin AC 17:12
7 9 Eileen Rahill St. Brigids AC 17:15
8 8 Elaine Plunkett St. Brigids AC 17:19
9 2 Ursula Byrne Dunshaughlin AC 17:24
10 108 Sonia Reilly Bohermeen 17:36
11 3 Linda Fahy Dunshaughlin AC 17:39
12 1 Mary Watters Navan AC 17:53
13 4 Ann Hunter Dunshaughlin AC 17:57
14 14 Ciara Rooney Navan AC 18:22
15 78 Deirdre Fitzsimons Dunboyne 18:37
16 10 Ali Shortt St. Brigids AC 18:56
17 72 Eileen Thoma Dunboyne 19:06
18 105 Linda Gunning Bohermeen 19:13
19 652 Eimear Griffin Ratoath 19:19
20 653 Karen Kirrane Ratoath 19:23
21 107 Catherine Gorman Bohermeen 19:27
22 77 Sarah Berry Dunboyne 19:44
23 76 Aoife Kerrigan Dunboyne 19:47
24 98 Elaine Larkin Fr Murphy 22:22
25 651 Aveen O'Reilly Bohermeen 23:56


Teams 1st Dunboyne 6pts
2nd Dunshaughlin 26pts
3rd St. Brigids 31pts

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Star of the Sea win mens team title

Star of the Sea AC win their first Meath Senior Cross Country team Championship. The team was led home by Colin Costello in 2nd place followed by Rob Tully (8th) with Eoin Callaghan 10th and Cormac Costello (15th). These scoring four were backed up by Peter Casey, Donagh Humphreys, Brian Moore and Mick Rowe with club coach Brendan Meade urging all his runners on from the sidelines. Photo shows the team with the Larry Daly Cup - front row L to R is Brian Moore, Colin Costello, Eoin Callaghan and Peter Casey; back row L to R is Donagh Humphreys, Cormac Costello, Rob Tully, Brendan Meade and Mick Rowe

News and info

Clubs are asked to send results, events and information to meathathletics@hotmail.com for inclusion in news reports and on this blog.

Summary of Meath placings in nationals

Novice Women: Emilia Dan,25;Bridget Clarke,32;Imelda Clarke,48;Linda Fahey,76;Mary Watters,82;Ann Hunter,86; Marie Boland,97;Deirdre Fitzsimons. County Team, ,7th.

Girls under 13:Amy Clarke,6;Eve O’Donovan,8;Aoibhin Cleary,13;Sara Clarke,15;Emma Neary,51;Aine O’Connor,52;Martha Reidy,72;Sara Daly,106;Aideen Slattery,111;Grace Dunne,123. County Team, 1st. Club team,Na Fianna,4th.

Girls under 11: Molly McNamara,55;Sarah Wall,65;Eimear Fagan,85;Florence Sheridan,94;Maebh Hanrahan,95;Katie O’Brien,113;Leah Devine,117;Victoria Knox,125;Lilian Brady,125. County team,11th.

Novice Men: Darragh Rennicks,3;Neville Reilly,21; Luke Forde,23;Loughlin Campion,82;Morgan McDonagh,114;Robert Caffrey,132;Rory Kavanagh,144;Torlach Grant,166;Paul Gannon,188;Derek Hunter,211. County team place, 7th. Club team place, 11th.Dunboyne AC.

Boys Under 17: Rob Tully,30;Ciaran McGinley,81;Niall Cornyn,85;Jim Marry,90;Dylan Brady,98;Michael Cahill,109. County team.7th. Club team,8th.

Boys under 15: Eoin Smyth,40;Philip Marron,63;Ciaran Crowther,91;Conor Leech,95;Mark Daly,107;Paul Gill,110;Kevin Cleary,111. County team,9th.

Boys under 13: Kevin McGrath,1;James Finnerty,18;Alex Hunter,68;Padraig Finnerty,89;Francis Marry,96;Cormac O’Down,97;Jarlath Jordan,100;Sean Byrne,115;Alan Managhan,120. County team,9th

Boys under 11:Justin Harris,18;Harry Dunne,28;Peter Coscoran,40;Aaron Getty,42;Niall Moreland,55;James Gavin,75;Cian McNulty,76;Shane Smyth,95;Sean O’Connor,111,Luke Mitchell,113. County team 5th.

Team gold at nationals

The AAI uneven ages cross country championships at Sligo Racecourse was the scene of two gold medal finishes for Meath last weekend
The Meath under 13 girls team were led to wonderful victory at the AAI cross country championships in Sligo by Amy Clarke ,Na Fianna in sixth place with Eva O Donovan , Navan AC close behind in eight place. In the under 13 boys race Kevin McGrath , Bohermeen AC scored a notable win in a field of over 150 runners.

Convention motions,nominations and transfers

The secretary of Meath Athletics Board, Philip Cogavin has requested that all clubs forward their nominations and motions to him for the county convention before Friday 30th December. The county convention will take place at Claremont Stadium , Navan on Wednesday 1 February. He has also asked clubs to have all transfer requests submitted to him before the next county board meeting on 11th January 2012.

Meath leads the way in schools programme

The Primary Schools Mini Athletics Programme has been running for the past 4 years with the help and support of the Meath Athletics Board. The coaches are employed by FAS under the Community Employment Scheme on a yearly contract for a maximum of 3 years. The programme consists of throws, jumps, sprints and relays, but we would cover a particular event if the school requests.
They provide the programme to 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th classes, and the period allocated for each class is an hour. The programme is free of charge; its aim is to encourage children to join their local Athletics Club. They usually visit schools once a year but do revisit schools if requested. The coaches have covered approximately 87 schools from September 2010 to date, and are targeting the remaining schools in the County at present.
Last term the programme introduced “Sports Hall Athletics” to its schedule. This scheme is sponsored by the Meath Local Sports Partnership. The first school to undertake this new programme was a Drumbarragh National School and it ran for a training period of 6 weeks. A team of 48 athletes was chosen from 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th classes to represent Meath in the Inter County Schools Hall Athletics Finals in Athlone in March 2011. Seven Counties competed in this competition and the school were placed 4th.
At present, the programme is working with Carnaross N.S and Yellow Furze N.S., and they will be selecting the top 24 athletes from each school to represent Meath in the Pre-qualifier National Inter Schools Championships in February 2012.
Secondary School Development
This September the development team provided the athletics programme to Loreto Secondary School, Navan, and introduced a module which covered Core Strength and Nutrition. This proved to be successful, and the school requested a follow-on lecture in Nutrition. In 2012, the coaches will be working with 2nd year students in three Secondary Schools in Meath.
The course coaches have completed a Disability Awareness Training Course in Sports with Aine Coogan, Sports Inclusion Disability Officer with MLSP. They felt there was a need to do this course because they have found a large number of children in classes with physical or intellectual disabilities. And they aim to give all children an opportunity in sport, this course provided us with the knowledge required to include these children in our programmes.The coaches who deliver this programmes are Moira Peppard is a level 2 coach with Trim Athletics Club. Maria Matthews is a level 1 coach with Navan Athletics Club. Paul Tully is a level 1 coach and Personal Trainer with Paul Tully Fitness. Contact Moira on 086 0878875 if you would like to have your school include in future programmes.

Decision day for senior titles

County Senior cross country championships will be hosted by Dunboyne AC at the Clonee Rd Dunboyne on Sunday 18 December. First race will be senior women at 11am, immediately followed by the senior mens race.
There will be inter club juvenile relays for boys and girls on the programme of events.------
under 10, 4x250m; under 12, 4x250m; under 14, 4x500m; under 16, 4x500m.

Monday, December 12, 2011

Meath athletes in Euro action

Well done to Sara Treacy on her 18th place finish in Womens U23 race at the Euro Cross Country championships in Slovenia.

http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ajax/eaa2.asp?event_id=10411100000001&ctype_id=565&module=competition&show=RL&lang=en&display_compID=55352

In the senior mens race Andrew Ledwith was the third Irish finisher and 35th overall.

http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ajax/eaa2.asp?event_id=10411100000001&ctype_id=551&module=competition&show=RL&lang=en&display_compID=55346

In the under 23 mens race David Fitzmaurice was the fourth Irish finisher . Apologies for earlier omission.

http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ajax/eaa2.asp?event_id=10411100000001&ctype_id=562&module=competition&show=RL&lang=en

Primary Schools Mini Athletics

The Primary Schools Mini Athletics Programme has been running for the past 4 years with the help and support of the Meath Athletics Board. The coaches are employed by FAS under the Community Employment Scheme on a yearly contract for a maximum of 3 years.

The programme consists of throws, jumps, sprints and relays, but we would cover a particular event if the school requests. We provide the programme to 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th classes, and the period allocated for each class is an hour. Our hours of work are from 9.00am to 1.00pm, Monday to Thursday. The programme is free of charge, and our aim is to encourage children to join their local Athletics Club. We usually visit schools once a year but do revisit schools if requested. We have covered approximately 87 schools from September 2010 to date, and are targeting the remaining schools in the County at present.

Last term we introduced “Sports Hall Athletics” to our schedule which is sponsored by the Meath Local Sports Partnership. Mary Murphy Sports Coordinator, approached us to include this programme in our schedule as it has been up and running in other Counties for the past 2 years with great success. Drumbarragh National School was our first school with this new programme which ran for a training period of 6 weeks. A team of 48 athletes were chosen from 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th classes to represent Meath in the Inter County Schools Hall Athletics Finals in Athlone in March 2011. Seven Counties competed in this competition and the school were placed 4th. At present, we are working with Carnaross N.S and Yellow Furze N.S., and we will be selecting the top 24 athletes from each school to represent Meath in the Pre-qualifier National Inter Schools Championships in February 2012.







This September we provided the athletics programme to Loretto Secondary School, Navan, and introduced a module which covered Core Strength and Nutrition. This proved to be successful, and the school requested a follow-on lecture in Nutrition. In 2012, we will be working with 2nd year students in three Secondary Schools in Meath.

We have completed a Disability Awareness Training Course in Sports with Aine Coogan, Sports Inclusion Disability Officer with MLSP. We felt there was a need to do this course because we have found a large number of children in classes with physical or intellectual disabilities. As we aim to give all children an opportunity in sport, this course provided us with the knowledge required to include these children in our programmes.


COACHES:

Moira Peppard is a level 2 coach with Trim Athletic Club.
Maria Matthews is a level 1 coach with Navan Athletic Club.
Paul Tully is a level 1 coach and Personal Trainer with Paul Tully Fitness.


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Sunday, December 11, 2011

Leinster Athletics Dates

Saturday - 07-01-2012 - Athletics Leinster Star Awards - Seven Oaks Hotel, Carlow - 7.30pm.

Sunday - 15-01-2012 - Day 3 Athletics Leinster Cross Country Championships - Junior & Senior, along with Juvenile Relays - St. Senan's - Kilmacow, Kilkenny - 12 noon.

Sunday - 29-01-2012 - Day 1 Athletics Leinster Indoor Championships - Senior & Masters - Nenagh - 10.30am.

Thursday - 16-02-2012 - Athletics Leinster AGM - Venue TBC - 8pm.

Saturday - 18-02-2012 - Day 2 Athletics Leinster Indoor Championships - Juveniles (U/12 - U/19) - Nenagh - 10.30am.

Sunday - 19-02-2012 - Day 3 Athletics Leinster Indoor Championships - Juveniles (U/12 - U/19) - Nenagh - 10.30am.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Novice teams announced

Meath Athletic Teams for the All Ireland Novice Cross Country Championships at the Curragh Co Kildare on Sunday 11th of December 2011

Ladies Novice
Marie Boland - Na Fianna
Shauna Moore - Dunshaughlin
Shauna Moran - Dunshaughlin
Ann Hunter - Dunshaughlin
Linda Fahy - Dunshaughlin
Elaine Plunkett- St Brigids
Imelda Clarke - Na Fianna
Brigid Clarke - Na Fianna
Emilia Dan- Dunboyne
Deidre Fitzsimons - Dunboyne
Mary Watters - Navan

Mens Novice
Luke Ford - Dunboyne
Neville Reilly - Dunboyne
Rory McDonnell - Dunboyne
Morgan McDonagh - Dunboyne
Paul Gannon - Dunboyne
Rory Kavanaugh - Dunboyne
Mark Hoey - Star of the Sea
Turlough Grant - Navan
Daragh Rennick - Bohermeen
Derek Croal - Bohermeen
David O Connell - Bohermeen
Robert Caffrey - St Brigids
Loughlin Campion - St Andrews
Shane Boyle - Dunshaughlin
Derek Hunter - Dunshaughlin