Club Notes 22/7/04 Tullamore had good weather for the Lucozade Sport National Juvenile Track and field finals the weekend before last. In the ui7 boys 300m hurdles Patrick Phelan won bronze. In the u18's Alan Leen won silver in the 110m hurdles and Alan O Connor won silver in the shot and the discus. In the u14's Claire Fitzgerald won gold in the shot setting a new record of 12.58m in the process a marvellous achievement by any standards. Her winning streak continued into Sunday with a gold in the javelin and silver in the discus. Jamie Loham won double golds in the discus and shot and bronze in the hammer. Ben Mc Gilton; won two silver medals in the 100m and 200m u15. Karen O Connor won bronze in the discus u16. Patrick Phelan one of our finest sprinters won double gold in the u17 100m and 200m and bronze in the 300m hurdles. Joelene O Keeffe won gold in the u17 pole vault. Elaine Drumm won gold and Aoife Cleary silver in the pole vault u19. Elaine also won gold in the long jump. Laura Crowe won silver in the u18 300m and a superb gold in the 800m. Well done to all. Catriona Hanafin won a great silver representing Ireland in the triple jump in the UK League in Coventry the weekend before last. In the juvenile championships in Tullamore last weekend the Girls U 12 ran very well to make the final in a time of 58.1. In the final they produced a very good run to finish 5th behind a very strong winning team from Doneen. Well done to Sinead O Connor, Molly Mc Gilton, Ciara Walsh & Hillary White. Girls U 16 ran well to make the final before finishing outside the medals. On Sunday the meeting was well attended where the weather threatened to pour down on a few occasions but thankfully it stayed dry. Danny Pierce had an excellent championships finishing second overall in the 60m sprints a mere 3 hundredths of a second behind the winner. Danny then went on to win the long jump. A truly superb performance from a rising star that surely has a great future in athletics. Ciaran Boyd threw in the boys u12 ball throw competition and in the face of some stiff competition he did very well in making the final 8 before finishing outside the medals. Our final competitors on the day were the boy's u9 relay team of Cormac Coffey, Brian Hill, David Murphy, Donal Mullins and Gerard Brown.The boys produced a flawless run in their heat to take a comfortable win in a superb time of 32.87. In the final they again produced an excellent run with a fine demonstration of baton work to win in style. Well done to all who competed and thanks to all the coaches who have given so much of their valuable time and expertise to help all the athletes achieve such a high standard over the year. Don't forget this Friday at Castleisland the County AAI Track and Field for Junior Senior and Masters at 6:30pm sharp club singlets must be worn. Also Sunday next Farranfore Main Valley are hosting their open sports in Keel sports field (2mls from Castlemaine on the Dingle road.) There are some real fun events for the younger children crawling races for the u9's and wheelbarrow races for the U10 boys and u11girls. Starting time 1: 30pm