Club Notes 17/5/06


The Kerry Juvenile Track & Field Championships were held in Castleisland over the past two weekends. Overall our club did very well coming second behind Gneeveguilla for the Best Overall Club. The main difference between the clubs was the Relays so something to work on for next year!

The results involving club members were as follows. Girls U-9 - Aoife O'Carroll 2nd 60m, Relay 2nd 4 x 50m
Boys U-9 - Jason Roche 3rd 60m, Andrew Phillips 3rd 200m, Relay 3rd 4 x 50m
Girls U-10 - Courtney Ryan 1st 60m, 2nd 200m, Rachel O'Halloran 3rd 200m, Orna Foley 3rd Ball Throw, Relay 2nd 4 x 50m
Boys U-10 - Jack Morgan 1st 60m, 1st 200m, Michael O'Donnell 2nd Ball Throw, Karl Hoffmann 3rd Ball Throw, Relay 1st 4 x 50m
Girls U-11 - Relay 2nd 4 x 50m
Boys U-11 - Cormac Coffey 2nd 60m, Gerard Browne 2nd Hurdles, 2nd Long Jump, Relay 2nd and 3rd 4 x 50m
Girls U-12 - Louise O'Connor 1st 60m, 1st 600m, 1st High Jump
Boys U-12 - Eoin O'Carroll 1st 60m, David Murphy 2nd Ball Throw, Relay 3rd 4 x 100m
Girls U-13 - Louise O'Connor 1st Hurdles, Relay 3rd 4 x 100m
Boys U-13 - Jack Barry 1st 800m, Eoin O'Carroll 2nd Long Jump, Danny Pierce 3rd Shot
Girls U-14 - Molly McGilton 2nd 80m, Ciara Walsh 1st 800m, 3rd High Jump, Sinead O'Connor 2nd 800m, 2nd High Jump, Relay 1st 4 x 100m
Boys U-14 - Michael Godley 2nd 80m, Luke O'Keeffe 3rd 800m
Girls U-15 - Dearbhal Foley 3rd 100m, Sinead O'Connor 3rd Hurdles
Boys U-15 - Jamie Byrne 1st 100m, Andrew Foley 3rd 800m, Relay 2nd 4 x 100m
Girls U-16 - Claire Fitzgerald 1st Discus, 2nd High Jump
Boys U-16 - Michael Fitzgerald 3rd 100m, Andrew Kearney 1st High Jump
Girls U-17 - Claire Fitzgerald 1st Shot, 1st Javelin
Boys U-17 - Chris White 1st Triple Jump, 2nd Hurdles, 3rd Shot, David O'Donnell 2nd Triple Jump, Andrew Kearney 2nd Javelin
Girls U-18/19 - Lydie Barnett 3rd 100m, 3rd High Jump, Karen O'Connor 1st Discus, 1st Javelin, 2nd Shot, 3rd Hammer
Boys U-18/19 - David Boyd 1st 100m, Robert Sugrue 1st Hurdles, 1st Shot, 1st Javelin, 3rd High Jump, Dara O'Carroll 2nd 100m, 2nd Hurdles, 2nd Shot, 2nd Javelin, Relay 2nd Medley
As you can see some very good individual performances. However many of our athletes who attend training on a regular basis did not compete at these championships. This also could have helped us win the Best Overall Club Award.

Outdoor juvenile training continues at Mounthawk Secondary School from 7:00 to 8:00pm for all Juvenile athletes on Tuesdays and for U-9 to U-11 on Thursdays. All new athletes are welcome. For U-12 to U-19, training will take place in Castleisland from 7:00 to 8:00pm on Thursdays. Masters circuit training takes place on Mondays at 8:00pm at the KDYS hall.

A number of dates are now confirmed and athletes should note these and in particular entries may need to be notified to the Secretary in advance. These are as follows:

Kerry County Primary School Sports, Castleisland, Saturday 27 May.
Munster Masters T&F Championships, Castleisland, Sunday 28 May.
Munster Juvenile Combined Events, Castleisland, Sunday 28 May.
Munster Juvenile U-9 to U-13 T&F Championships, Cork IT, Saturday and Sunday 10/11 June.
Munster Senior T&F Championships, Cork IT, Sunday 18 June.
County Community Games Finals, Saturday and Sunday 17/18 June
Munster Juvenile U-14 to U-19 T&F Championships, Castleisland, Saturday, Sunday and Monday (evening) 24/25/26 June
National Juvenile U-14 to U-19 T&F Championships, Tullamore, Saturday and Sunday 8/9 July
National Juvenile U-9 to U-13 T&F Championships, Cork IT, Saturday 15 July
National Juvenile Relays, Cork IT, Sunday 16 July
National Juvenile Combined Events, Tullamore, Saturday and Sunday 29/30 July

Please also note that Riocht Open Sports will be held on 21 May (Sunday next) in Castleisland commencing at 12:00. This should be a very enjoyable day with many different events.

Other open sports coming up are St Brendan's Open Sports 5 June Ardfert, Gneeveguilla Open Sports 14 June Castleisland our own Open Sports on 23 July also in Castleisland.

All dates and more detailed timetables are published on the website as soon as they are made available at www.traleeharriers.com .