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Leinster Track & Field Championships 2010

Senior & Master Track & Field Championships will take place on sunday 6th June in Tullamore Harriers. Events are listed on the www.athleticsleinster.com. Athletes need to let me know by Monday 31/05/10.

Juvenille U13-19 Track & Field championships will take place over 19th & 20th June 2010. All athletes intending to compete must let me know by 5th June 2010. Only those who say they are competeing will be entered. Events and timetable www.athleticleinster.com

Juvenlille U9-U15 Team event will take place on Saturday 12th June 2010 at Shoreline Sports Park Greystones. Each team 4th Atheletes, age groups are U9,10,11,12,13,15. Anyone wishing to take part in this competition must let me know by Thursday 3rd June 2010.

B Kildare Championships Sat 5th June2010

The above championships will take place at Celbridge AC - start time 1.pm, Athletes who did not win a medal in a track or field event in Round 1 & 2 of the recent Kildare Championships are eligable to compete. Entry is on the day

Training thurs 20/05/10

Urgent Notice: Training will finish at 7.45pm today thursday 20th May 2010.
Apologies for Late notice.

Lisa

Round 3 Kildare League 18/05/10 hosted by Le Cheile

The 3rd round of the League will take place on Tuesday therfore there is no training. Competition will start at 7.00pm sharp. So athletes will need to be at the club for 6.30pm. Competition is open to atheltes U8-U15.

Girls; .......................................Boys

u8 60m &100m ........................60m & 150m
U9 60m & 150m....................... 60m & 150m
u10 80m & 200m..................... 80m & 200m
u11 60m & 300m...................... 80m & 300m
u12 BT & 150m......................... BT & 150m
u13 80m & 100m....................... LJ & 600m
u14 LJ & 300m......................... LJ & 300m
u15 200m & 300m ....................200m & 400m

Round 2 Kildare Track & Field 16/05/10 - Results

There were very few athletes in action yesterday, but the athletes that did compete were fantastic. Alice Flanagan and Lauren Boyle U10 put in solid performances but were just out of the medals as was Ciaran Connolly U11. Boys U13 Conall Hayes and Patrick Flanagan were flying in their 200m and it was a close call on the line with Conall being declared 3rd, with Patrick 4th. Congratulations lads. The Senior Womens shot was competitive, so I think I'll have to train! as I was 4th.

The u14boys medley relay was certainly a show stopper, Conall Hayes ran the first 200m in great style and handed over to Conor Kiely, they lads were in third place when Conor handed the batton over to Patrick. Patrick had a flying 100m and handed it to his brother Sean. Sean had a lot to do but had 400m to do it and by god did he do it. Sean took off like a hare and chased down competition from St Coca's and then off the final bend he chased down Celbridge and went ahead to take Gold for Le Cheile. Pure brilliance! Congratulations boys.

Julie Boyle and Holly Fagan were also in action in the U17 200m, Julie finished in 3rd place with Holly in 4th. The girls also competed in the U18 Long jump, Julie finished in 3rd place with Holly in 4th.

Conor Murphy U17 was in action, and it was a great day for Conor. Conor lead the 1500m from start to finish and took Gold. He also competed in the 100m and took Gold. He should have stopped there but I think the excitement of seeing Sean Flanagan run the last 400m of the relay got to him and he decided to have a go at the 400m himself. Conor ran the 400m in fine style and won. So a triple Kildare Champion - 100m,400m & 1500m. Congratulations

Thanks to all the parents for their support, well done to everyone who competed.

World Championships

Ultra-runner John o’Regan will be competing in the 17th World 24hrs Championships in Brive-la-Gaillarde in France this week.

John qualified for this event when he recorded a distance of 220.021km in his first and only 24hr race to date in Tooting, London last year. He recorded the best ever debut distance at this event.

The race will start at 09:00 Thursday 13th (Irish time) and will finish at 09:00 Friday 14th, for those interested the race will be broadcast live on the IAAF website. Click here for updates and live broadcast of the race.

Tony Brennan has been included on the support crew, no doubt this will be of great support to John in his first world championships.

Best of luck to you John!

Round 2 Kildare Championships 16th May 2010 - Hosted by Naas AC

Round 2 of the Kildare Traqck & Field Championships will take place on Sunday next 16th May, start at 12.00noon warm up at 11.15am. U9-U19, Senior & Masters

All athletes are encouraged to participate in these championships.

Event details as follows:

Please note Rules of competition;

All athletes must wear club singlet. Athletes are confined to their own age group. They move up an age group where there is no event listed in their age group.

Clubs can enter four athletes in field events U9 & U10, 3 athletes in field events U11,12,13,14,15 .Clubs can enter 6 athletes in field events U16 and over.

Clubs can enter two relay teams in all ages up to and including U12years. In age groups over 12years, two athletes may move up two years for relays , e.g. U16 relay team, athletes ages u13,u14,u15,u16.

Athletes who win sprint heat will be given priority lane draw.

Athlete’s u12 upwards must use blocks for sprints.

Leixlip 5k Road Race

We had a fantastic turnout and great feedback to the road race today. Race report to follow - for now here are the results.

Thanks to all who helped out and supported us in this great event today.

Thanks to Paul Mulreid who took lots of photo's on the day which are available on www.clickitee.com

Kildare Track & Field Results 2nd May 2010

The Kildare Championships took place on Sunday 2nd May last in Celbridge. Many thanks to Rob, Erica and Julie who organised all the competing athletes.

30 Athletes took part in these championships and a good day was had by all. Starting with sprints and ending with the relays. The feedback that I have received tells me that the U17 boys relay was the race of the day, considering that two of the boys were a number of years out of age. So well done to all. Thanks also to all the parents who endured a long day, hopefully they all enjoyed seeing their childrend in action.

Results: Conor Browne - 2nd Ball throw U10
Katie Harris - 3rd Ball Throw U11
Conall Hayes - 1st 100m, 2nd 600m U13
Patrick Flanagan - 3rd 100m U13
Sean Flanagan - 1st Long Jump, 1st 800m U14
Julie Boyle - 3rd 100m U17, 2nd High Jump U18
Conor Murphy - 3rd 200m, 2nd 800m U17
Basit Enafit - 1st Long Jump, 2nd 200m U17
Boys U17 Relay Team 1st, Conor Murphy, Basit Enafit, Connor Kiely & Sean Flanagan.

Many of our clubs athletes reached the finals in their sprint events, congratulations to you all. They next round of the Kildare Championships will take place on Sunday 16th May 2010, start time 12.00noon, Naas Athletic Club will host this event.

Can I also mention that some of our athletes were in action in the West Leinster Schools during last week, they were Erica Dixon 1st Place Senior Girls Javelin, Conor Murphy 3rd 1500m, 3rd 3k, Sean Flanagan 1st Place 1100m minor boys, Julie Boyle and Stephen Underwood and Holly Fagan were also in action. Well done to you all.

Leixlip Community Games

The Leixlip Community Games in Athletics will be held on the Le Chéile track on Wednesday 5th of May at 6:30. All children from the parish are welcome to take part.