Club Notes 27/9/05

Our annual Church Gate Collection takes place this weekend, Saturday and Sunday 1st/2nd October. The rota for St. Johns Church is with Gene Boyd and the remainder of churches with Adrienne McLoughlin (066)7126436. If you have not already been contacted please get in touch - assistance requested from all Tralee Harriers club members and parents of juvenile athletes.

Cross Country training continues on Mondays & Wednesdays at 6.30pm in Mounthawk. Distances are as follows: U9 - 500m, U10 - 600m, U11 - 800m, U12 - 1000m, U13 1000m Girls, 1200m Boys, U14 - 1200m Girls, 1500m Boys. Teams usually consist of 6 athletes with 4 to score. Interested athletes can contact Christo Murray or Michael Godley for more information. Dates for the diary: County Novice & Uneven Age, October 2nd, Beaufort 1pm; County Intermediate & Even Age, Tralee, October 16th, 1pm; Munster Novice & U23 & Uneven Age Juvenile, 23rd October in Clare; County Senior/Masters Open & Even Age Leagues, Sunday October 30th, Currow; Munster Intermediate & Even Age Juvenile, 6th November in Tipperary; County Senior/Junior & Uneven Age Relays, November 13th, Killarney; National Inter County & Uneven Age Juvenile, 27th November in Sligo; Munster Juvenile B & Masters, 4th December in Limerick; National Novice & Even Age Juvenile, 11th December Ballinrobe; Munster Senior & Junior & Juvenile Relays 15th January in Kerry; National Juvenile B, 22nd January in Athlone. National Intermediate & Masters, 5th February in Cork.

A conditioning day takes place in Castleisland from 11am to 1pm this weekend October 1st for all athletes age 13 and upwards. This session is intended to give athletes a guide to the type of winter conditioning training required for speed/power events. The session will include Circuit Training, Medicine Ball, Plyometrics, Sprint Development including latest SAQ techniques. All coaches should also attend this session. Indoor training will start on the following Sunday October 8th with a time and venue to be decided, hopefully to be announced in next weeks notes

Our juvenile awards night takes place in the Abbeygate on October 21st and more on this at a later date.