Senior Indoor - Competition 6/7th February 2010

Congratulations once again go to David McCarthy, David was runner up in the 800m National Indoor Championship held in the Odyssey Arena on Sunday. David has been selected to represent Ireland in the World Indoor Championships , a well deserved achievement. Other Kildare athletes were also in top form ; Claire Brady Celbridge AC who won Athlete of the meet along with securing her qualifily time for the World Indoor Championship along with a place on the Irish Team, Sandra Lawlor Celbridge AC 3rd hurdles and Claire Mooney of Naas AC who was 2nd in the 400m.

West Leinster Schools

Congratulations to Sean Flanagan, Fiachra McSuibhne and Conor Murphy who had great performances in the West Leinster Schools held on Thursday 4th Last. They now go forward to the Schools Leinster XC, Erica Dixon will also be competing. Best of luck to you all.

International News

Congratulations to David McCarthy (son of Richard) who achieved the qualifying time for the 800m World Indoor Championships.

David was running in Vienna on Tuesday and his time was 1.48:29, a new P.B. David ran in Luxembourg a few days earlier and had a great win also. The news of David's achievement was greeted with delight during training on Tuesday.

David McCarthy has represented Ireland on numerous occassions and David has a bronze World Indoor Championship medal for the 4 x 400m relay. David is a very dedicated and talented athlete and we wish him continued success.

Well done David and the very best of luck to you and your family.

Athlete Registration

Can all athletes return their registration forms along with membership fee for 2010 as soon as possible.

Leinster Indoor Championships 27/28th February

The Leinster indoor juvenile Championships U12-U19 will take place in Nenagh, Co. Tipperay on the Sat 27th & Sun 28th February.

All athletes wishing to take part in this competition should contact Lisa before Tuesday 9th February. The timetable for events is on www.athleticsleinster.com.

Training Cancelled Tonight...

Due to the continuing presence of snow on the track, there will be no training tonight. We expect that normal training will resume on Thursday 14th at 6:45.

John O'Regan - Selected for Irish Team

John O'Reagan has been selected to represent Ireland in the World 24hr Challenge and European Championships. This race will take place in Brive, France 13/14th May 2010.

John made his debut 24hr race in October last in London. Ireland will send a team of six and the first 3 home will score on the Irish Team.

John is currently in Kery with his family and I'm sure he is delighted with his selection. John is a very committed athlete and I'm sure he found time over Christmas to get a couple of runs in!

Well done John and best of luck from everyone at the club.