All Ireland uneven ages & Novice XC report 15.12.2019

It was a very successful day for our athletes who made the journey to Dunboyne in Co. Meath for the All Ireland Juvenile Uneven ages & Novice cross country championships.   Dunboyne A.C. were the host club and Cow Park was the venue and though a relatively flat enough course, it was very, very mucky and boggy.    It is a big ask of athletes at this time of the year to make it to the start line in full health and injury free.    Most of our juvenile athletes had to contend with a lot of sickness recently which hampered their training however, they were determined to take their positions on the start line and do their best.

Beibhinn horstmanhoff competed, wearing the Cork singlet, with her usual strength and determination in the girls u. 13 2500m race.    Although Cork did not win any county team medals, Beibhinn was the 4th placed scorer for Cork which is a big improvement on her placing in the County championships.   

Fionn Harrington and Seán Lawton were next up in the boys under 15 3500m distance.   Fionn got a very good start and settled in nicely to the fast paced race.    He ran side by side with his training partner Seán for a good part of the race before Seán pulled away from him with a km to go. However, Fionn found some energy in the final few hundred metres and gave it everything he had running in to the finish line passing  athletes on the way finishing in 7th overall.  Seán also had a fierce battle to get to the finish line with two other athletes and he took the 10th place medal and both were thrilled to make the top 12 finishers podium.  Not only did they win individual medals, but they both were scorers on the Cork team and the Munster team who both claimed the gold medals.  

Aoibheann Lawton was next up in the girls u. 17 4000m race and ran brilliantly throughout finishing in a super 15th place overall.  This was a huge improvement on her finishing place in 2018.  Aoibheann was the 2nd Cork athlete over the line and the 4th Munster athlete, which again is a significant improvement on her County and Munster performance.  Aoibheann did not come home empty handed, winning both a Gold Cork County team medal and a broze Munster  medal. 

Michael Harrington competed in the last race of the day, the mens Novice race over a distance of    6 km.  The course was well and truly dug up and mucky at this stage in the day, so it was a pure test of strength and stamina. Michael finished in 49th position out of a field of 216 athletes and was delighted to win a silver medal with the Cork team, being the 5th place scorer for them. 

Huge well done to all athletes, who had the honour of competing against the best of athletes from the four corners of Ireland.  

RESULTS HERE - 

PHOTOS HERE

Athletics Ireland Report / provisional results 

Newsletter 1st December 2019

Turnpike, Co. Tipperary was the venue for this years Munster B XC Championships, hosted by Moycarkey Coolcroe A.C..  Representing the Club were Adam Whelton (u. 9) Emily Drinan (u.11), Robyn Whelton (u.11), Liam Horstmanhoff (u.11), Bebhinn Horstmanhoff (u. 13), Finnian Lawton (u.13), Anna Towns (u.15),  Caoimhe Horstmanhoff (u.15)  Caoimhe Cotter (u.17) Michael Harrington Intermediate Men. Great running by all athletes.  There were individual medals for the first twelve finishers overall in addition to Club and County team medals.  Adam Whelton, a relatively new member of the Club, had an impressive run in his first Munster championship race, finishing in an excellent 5th place in the boys u. 9 category.  Not only did Adam win an individual medal, but he was also a scorer on the Cork team that took the gold County medals.   Caoimhe Cotter also had a very strong performance in the girls u. 17 race and finished in 10th position overall.  Caoimhe also won a gold team medal with Cork.   Michael Harrington was our last athlete to run. He is returning to good running form after injury woes.  He grafted hard throughout the race to win the Munster Intermediate Men's bronze medal.  Michael has also been selected to run on the Cork team at the upcoming All Ireland Novice Cross Country championships.  

RESULTS HERE
Videos/Photos on Cork Athletics  HERE  and photos on Durrus AC Facebook page HERE

 

Carmel Nash finished off her running year on a good note, competing in the Clonakilty Half Marathon.  Carmel also took part in the Skibbereen Athletic Club 10 mile road race last weekend in poor weather conditions, as did Deirdre Towns in the 5 mile distance.    Jimmy Tobin has been getting in the Christmas spirit taking part in both the Killorglin Jingle Bell 5k run and the Castleisland 5k Run Rudolph Run. 

Run specific juvenile indoor Strength & Conditioning training will start this Friday evening in Durrus Community Hall from 5:45 - 7 p.m. and will continue for the next few months every Monday & Friday at the same time.  Strength & conditioning training prevents injuries, improves running form & enhances performance.  There is no charge for these sessions.   Parents are reminded to drop off their children and collect them from inside of the hall.  Children will not be permitted to leave the hall by themselves.  

Annual Club registration will take place this Friday night

Where →  Durrus Community Hall 

Time  →   5:45-7:00 p.m.  

There will be a second registration night on Monday next at the same time and venue, to facilitate members.  

Registration fees for 2020 are -

€30 child / €40 adult / €100.00 family rate (family of 4) (additional family members - €20.00).

What do you get for your membership fee ????

• Minimum twice weekly qualified coached athletics sessions all year. 
• Winter Indoor Strength & Conditioning training. 
• Fit4Life / Adult running sessions twice a week for all abilities. 
• Running advice 
• Little Athletics for kids age 5-8 for the Spring & Summer.
• Free Couch to 5k program for beginner runners
• Option to participate in championship/league events - No pressure!

Enquiries re registration
 📞 Michael 086 856 7179
 📞Annie 087 930 9807
 📞 Mary (Fit 4 Life / Adult groups) 086 841 4358

There will be a new free Couch to 5km running program starting in early January for over 18s.  This is for complete beginner runners (no experience necessary) or lapsed runners.    You need to be a registered member of the Club to take part in this program.   Any enquiries, contact Mary on  📞086 841 4358.

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Newsletter12/11/2019

Cross Country season is well underway.   The County Masters and Novice B competitions were held in Castlelyons on November the 3rd.  Giles  Deacy and Michael Harrington competed for the Club both running well, Giles in the Novice B and Michael in the Masters Men finishing 1st in the o.45 category (7th overall).

Giles Deacy giving it everything to the finish line

Results HERE

The following Sunday the Munster "A" uneven ages xc championships were held and the venue was Conna in Cork.  The course was a true cross country course over two fields which tested all the athletes to their limits.    Medals were presented to the top 12 over the line which secured automatic qualification for the All Irelands in December which are being held in Dunboyne, Co. Meath this year.  There were also County team placings for the taking, with the top 10 Cork athletes over the line securing a place on the Cork teams at the All Irelands.     We had three individual qualifiers. 

Séan Lawton and Fionn Harrington ran a super race in the boys u. 15 3500m .  They were in the early break away group of 12 who stayed together for most of the race.  With the race just won, Séan had a sprint finish against the reigning All Ireland Minor Boys school champion, with Séan coming over the finish line in 3rd place taking the bronze medal.   Fionn followed, digging deep in the final few hundred metres and moved from 11th position to 6th overall to secure automatic qualification.  They both helped Cork take the County team gold medals with Séan and Fionn both scorers on the team.  Cork is very strong in this category with 6 athletes in the top 12.

Aoibheann Lawton ran another powerful race in the fiercely competitive girls u.17 category.    She finished in a brilliant 12th position overall also securing automatic qualification to the All Irelands and was also the 4th  scorer on the Cork team that took gold.

Also testing their limits and running to their strengths but outside of the medals on this occasion were Beibhinn Horstmanhoff u. 13 (33rd) Caoimhe Horstmanhoff u.15 (60th), Ellen Collins u. 17 (35th), Caoimhe Cotter u. 17 (39th) and Michael Harrington in the Mens Senior race (25th).

Michael Harrington in action in the Mens Senior race

Full results HERE

Photos on Durrus AC Facebook Page HERE

This Sunday the Munster Masters championships will be held in Beaufort, Co. Kerry
Details here

REMINDER of A.G.M. being held Thursday 14th November at 8:30 p.m. in Durrus Community Hall.  All members & parents encouraged to attend

Newsletter 28.10.2019

It was another busy week for the Club with members competing in various events from 2k to 42.2k.

On the trails, Giles Deacy & Elmarie Lynch have  been in good running form at the Glengarriff Parkrun over the past two weekends, with Giles posting a p.b. of 23:20 on the 5k distance on the 19th of October and finishing in 3rd place overall last Saturday. 

On the roads, Carmel Nash and Jimmy Tobin were our 2 representatives at the annual Dublin City Marathon.    Carmel had been training diligently since Cork City Marathon for this event and her training certainly paid off.  She ran a very evenly paced marathon, coming in at 2 hrs at the half way mark and  finished in a fantastic time of 4:03.42.   

Jimmy Tobin has continued with his running streak taking part in the recent National Council of the Blind Annual 10k in Thurles and the Dromtasna 10k Challenge in West Limerick.  He finished off the month of October by taking part in the Dublin City Marathon, which he completed  at a slower pace than normal for him, as he was pacing another runner, but enjoyed it all without the pressure of the clock!!. 

Our juveniles were in action on Sunday at the County "B" cross country championships hosted by Duhallow A.C. and held in Dromtarriffe.    Competing in the following age categories were; U.9 Adam Whelton & Liam Horstmanhoff, U.11 Robyn Whelton, U. 13, Beibhinn Horstmanhoff, Lily Collins, Anna McAuliffe & Finnian Lawton, U. 15 Caoimhe Horstmanhoff &  Anna Townes, U. 17 Ellen Collins & Caoimhe Cotter.   Great running by all the athletes, who can be very proud of their performances.    Medals were awarded to the first 6 individuals over the line.   Adam Whelton on his first competitive race with the club narrowly missed out on a medal finishing in 7th place, as did Lily Collins who also finished in 7th and Caoimhe Horstmanhoff who finsihed in 8th place. 3 individual medals were won.   Ellen Collins won the girls u.17 race followed by Caoimhe Cotter in 2nd place who took the silver medal and clear winner of the girls under 13 race was Beibhinn Horstmanhoff, who ran a very tactical race.  Well done to all.

RESULTS HERE

PHOTOS HERE

Next weekend the County Masters Cross Country will be held in Castlelyons hosted by St. Nicholas A.C. with the Munster Juvenile uneven age & Senior Cross Country championships being held the following weekend on Sunday November the 10th in Conna.  Details here

Munster Even Age Cross Country Report 21.10.2019

*** ALL IRELAND QUALIFIERS  ***

Well done to our athletes who competed in the Munster even ages cross country yesterday which was held around Limerick Racecourse.  Ground conditions were very poor with heavy mud in parts, which made for extremely tough races for the athletes.  The course comprised 1km loops.   Medals were awarded to the top 12 finishers as well as County team medals.  Top 12 placing secured automatic qualification for the All Ireland championships.    

Beibhinn Horstmanhoff had a fantastic race running a year out of age in the girls u. 14 3000m, narrowly missing out on a qualifying spot on the highly competitive Cork team for the All Ireland final.  This race will benefit Beibhinn for her own age Munster championships in a few weeks time.    

Ellen Collins & Caoimhe Horstmanhoff ran well competing in the girls u. 16 4,000m followed by  Sean Lawton and Fionn Harrington who were next to run in the boys u. 16 4000m, both having really good strong races.   Sean finished in 6th place overall with Fionn in 12th place, both qualifying for the Munster team for the All Ireland finals.   Fionn & Sean won both individual and silver medals on the Cork team. This challenging race will stand  to them when they run their own age Munster cross country championships in November.   

Caoimhe Cotter and Aoibheann Lawton had another good race in the girls u. 18 4000m,  with Aoibheann finishing in 10th position overall, also qualifying for the All Ireland finals in November.   Aoibheann also won an individual gold medal on the Cork team.  

Results & Photos on Munster Athletics HERE and HERE

Durrus A.C. Photos here

Next weekend, our juveniles will be in action in the County B cross country championships.
More info here

Newsletter 10th October 2019

Newsletter 10th October 2019 

Start of the boys under 16, 4000m race

Knockardbane, Liscarroll was the venue for this year's County Novice, Junior & Even Ages cross country championships hosted by Liscarroll Athletic Club. 

Aoibheann Lawton and Caoimhe Cotter were the first to run in the girls combined Junior & u.18 race
Aoibheann had a very strong performance throughout finishing in 4th position overall in the combined race and coming 3rd in the u. 18 category, with Caoimhe also having a strong run finishing in 11th place (both running up an age) .

The juvenile races followed with Liam Horstmanhoff competing in the boys u. 10, Beibhinn Horstmanhoff , Lily Collins & Anna Townes all girls u. 12, Finnian Lawton boys u. 14, Caoimhe Horstmanhoff and Ellen Collins in the girls u. 16 and Fionn Harrington and Séan Lawton in the boys u. 16.

There were strong performances from all the athletes giving it their best.  Beibhinn Horstmanhoff had a super run, (out of age), in the girls u. 12, 2000m running strong with the leading group at the start but losing a few places in the final few hundred metres.   Beibhinn is going from strength to strength with every season.  Séan Lawton and Fionn Harrington also ran very well in the u. 16 4000m, both running up an age and both with the front running group from the start.  Séan and Fionn pulled away from the leading group opening up a lead with 1km remaining.    They battled to the end with Séan forging ahead in the final few hundred meteres taking the County u.16 boys title and Fionn following taking the silver medal.

Full results, videos and photos on Cork Athletics website

The second leg of the County juvenile xc championships will be held on Sunday October 13.  Best of luck to all our athletes competing.  Details here


At the senior end of the Club, Giles Deacy &  Elmarie Lynch took part in the Glengarriff Park Run in terrible weather, which was the first Park Run held on their new route.   The new route takes out the dreaded steep hill and now includes the "Big Meadow".  Glengarriff Park Run 

Newsletter 30.09.2019

Yesterday our athletes were out competing at the West Cork XC Championships held in Bandon and hosted by Bandon A.C.  Weather conditions were favourable and the course, being the same venue where last years west cork cross country was held, was a challenging course with a mixture of up and down hills.   The day started with the juvenile races and Tara Callinan was first to run for Durrus A.C. competing in the girls u.9 700m.  This was also her first competitive race with the Club. She had a great performance running very strong from the start to the finish line.    Liam Horstmanhoff had a good run in the boys u.10, 1000m as did his two sisters, Beibhinn, who competed very strongly running up an age in the girls u.14 2000m and Caoimhe also running very strongly up an age in the u.16 girls 3000m, both finishing well within the top 10.  Eva Leahy & Anna Townes took part in the girls u.14 2000m and Davin Ross & Damien Williams in the boys u. 12 1500m all running very well.   Fionn Harrington ran up an age in the boys u. 16 3000m and finished 1st overall and Caoimhe Cotter ran out of age in the girls u. 20, 3000m and finished in 3rd position overall.    Giles Deacy ran in the Mens Novice race covering a distance of 6000m on a very challenging course and he performed very well in his first ever cross country race. Michael Harrington competed in the same race in the Senior Mens category also running 6000m and he came in 2nd position overall. 

Next cross country event on the calendar is the Cork Athletics Novice Junior Under 23 & Juvenile Even-Age Cross-Country Championships which are being held in Liscarroll next Sunday.   Details in the link here

Jimmy Tobin has been in action over the past few weeks taking part in "a few races" .... the Lyreocrumpane 10k, Dan Paddy Andy 10k, Knocknagashel 5, Rose of Tralee 10k, Carriganimmy 4 mile, Charleville Half Marathon, Brosna 4k and Inch Beach 10k!!!!  Great running Jimmy.

Training continues every Monday & Friday from 5:45 - 7 p.m. Fit4life also meet at this time every Monday and Friday.  Mini Athletics for younger children aged 4-8 is held on Friday evenings only.  

 Enquiries - Michael 086 856 7179 / Annie 087 930 9807 

Club Newsletter 17/06/2019

MUNSTER JUVENILE TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019

There has been no rest for our juvenile athletes the past two weekends. 

The first leg of the Munster Track & Field championships were held in Templemore in Co Tipperary on the 8th of June. Fionn Harrington was first for the Club on the track competing in the Under 15 boys 800m. The race was evenly paced throughout until the last 300m when there was a breakaway group of four battling to take the top 3 medals. Fionn had a very fast finish and clinched the bronze medal on the line, securing his position on the start line for the National Finals in July. Ellen Collins followed in the girls u. 16 800m which went out at a very fast pace, and she had a good solid run. Aoibheann Lawton moved down in distance to the 800m from her preferred distance of 3000m, and she ran strongly throughout finishing in 4th also qualifying for the All Ireland finals. Caoimhe Cotter was the last of our athletes competing taking part in the u. 17 2000m S/C, which race was combined with mixed ages. Caoimhe had a great run and collected her first gold Munster Track & Field medal which also qualifies her for the All Ireland final.

Results here

Photo gallery here

This weekend past saw our athletes travel to Castleisland for the second and final leg of the Munster Athletics Track & Field championships in which they were competing in the 3000m & 1500m distance.    Aoibheann Lawton had another great run in the 3000m and just like in the County championships, she claimed the silver medal in a new p.b. time of 11:21.  She also participated in the u.17 1500m along with her team mate Caoimhe Cotter and Ellen Collins, but all were outside the medals in this event.   

Fionn Harrington & Sean Lawton took to the start line of the u. 15 boys 1500m and both had very good performances, with Fionn finishing in 3rd place in a time of 4:42 and Sean finishing very close in 4th in a time of  4:42:55.   Aoibheann, Sean & Fionn now go on to the Athletics Ireland National Finals in these distances in July. 

Results here

Photos ;
https://www.facebook.com/pg/durrusac/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2511351205565857

Also making the trip to Castleisland in Co. Kerry last weekend was Jimmy Tobin who took part in the Humphrey Murphy's Memorial 10k road race.   

Best of luck to our juvenile athletes  in the second leg of the West Cork Track & Field Summer leagues which will be held in Bandon on Wednesday this week.  Details below

https://westcorkathletics.wordpress.com/2019/06/16/summer-league-bandon-wed-19th/

News reports from 13th May 2019 - 2nd June 2019

It has been a hectic few weeks in the Club with numerous events attended by our members, young and old. 

SECONDARY SCHOOLS ATHLETICS NEWS;

On the 18th of May, there was great running at the Munster Schools Track & Field championships held in C.I.T. Five athletes from Durrus A.C. competed. Representing Scoil Mhuire, Ballingeary were Caoimhe Cotter, Inter Girls S/Ch who finished in 3rd place, Aoibheann Lawton, in the Inter girls 3000m finishing in 11:30.63 & Ellen Collins also having a good run in the Junior girls 800m. Representing Coláiste Pobail Bheanntrai were Sean Lawton & Fionn Harrington both in the Minor boys 800m. Fionn finished very strong in 2nd place in a new P.B. of 2:11.95 and Séan had a great run finishing in 4th place also bringing in a P.B. of 2:15.57. Well done all and congratulations to Fionn Harrington & Caoimhe Cotter who qualified for the All Ireland Schools Finals.

It was an exciting day out on the 1st of June at the Irish Life Health Schools All Ireland Track & Field Championships held in Tullamore Harriers Athletics stadium. Caoimhe Cotter of Scoil Mhuire Ballingeary ran very well in the Inter Girls 1500m S/C running 16 seconds faster than her time at the Munster championships. Fionn Harrington represented Coláiste Pobail Bheanntraí in the Minor boys 800m in a race that went out at a ferociously fast pace, where a new National Schools Minor boys record was set by the overall winner. The race was won in a time of 2:05.32 with Fionn running strong through out working his way from the back of the field to finish in a super 4th place.

https://www.facebook.com/AthleticsIreland/

Results
http://live.athleticsireland.ie/menu.html

BAY RUN / SENIOR RESULTS 

Great running at the annual Bay Run - 10k & Half Marathon.  Well done Giles Deacy (new PB 47:40) Mary Lawton, Jimmy Tobin (running as a guide runner) & Elmarie Lynch who ran in the 10k and Carmel Nash & Deirdre O’Brien in the half marathon.  Well done to Jimmy Tobin who also participated in the Le Cheilé Africa 5k trail run in Watergrasshill Hill on the 7th of June. 

Bay Run Results 2019

COUNTY "B" JUVENILE & MASTER TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Our juveniles were in action in the Cork Athletics County B Championships on the 26th of May. Stand out performance of the day went to Beibhinn Horstmanhoff who ran a great race which she lead from the start and it ended up being a two way battle on the homestraight with Beibhinn finishing in 2nd place winning the County B silver medal in the girls u.13 600m. Good running also by Finnian Lawton in the sprint and middle distance event, and who narrowly missed out on a qualifying spot for the County Final of the sprint. In the middle distance events, very strong running by Liam Horstmanhoff, Jamie McCarthy & Luke McCarthy, giving it their all in the home straight.

Michael Harrington competed in the County Masters Track & Field Championships and  won the o45 3000m in a time of 9:26.   He went on to compete in the Munster Masters Men 3000m in which he was overall winner of his age category in a time of 9:27.89.

RESULTS FROM COUNTY B TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

https://www.corkathletics.org/…/1355-cork-athletics-county-…

CORK CITY MARATHON

Massive well done to club members Deirdre O’Brien & Carmel Nash who completed the Cork City Half Marathon on the 2nd of June both crossing the finish line in 1:55.18 & Dee Harrington who completed her first Full Marathon distance in 3:58.03. Well done ladies.

 

WEST CORK LEAGUE

There was a  great fun filled evening of running at the first of the West Cork Track & Field summer leagues held in Dunmanway on June the 4th. Fionn Wiseman picked up the first medal of the night in the sprint finals, winning the gold. Finnian Lawton also had a brilliant race in the u13 sprint final winning the gold medal. He went on to have a great run in the middle distance race & finished just outside the medals in 4th position. Durrus AC took two of the medals in the u15 sprint final with Anna Townes claiming the silver medal for her efforts & Caoimhe Horstmanhoff taking the bronze. In the middle distance races Padraig O’Sullivan had a super run in the u11 600m moving from the back of the pack up to 3rd place to clinch the bronze medal. Colm Hegarty was on target for a medal in his sprint but was unlucky to slip at the start however, this did not deter him in the u15 800m, in which he went out and ran really strong and won the bronze medal. Anna Townes & Caoimhe Horstmanhoff had great performances in the u15 800m, taking the silver & bronze medals respectively. All athletes gave great performances including Eva Leahy, Max Leahy, Aidan Collins, Chloe Hegarty, Beibhinn Horstmanhoff, Liam Horstmanhoff, Séan Wiseman, Lily Collins & our three new club members, Rachel Kelleher, John Coughlan & Clodagh Downey. Also well done to all who won medals in the mixed relay events.

Photos from the various events can be seen on our Facebook photo gallery 

https://www.facebook.com/pg/durrusac/photos/?ref=page_internal

Newsletter week ended 12th May 2019

Our juvenile athletes were in action the past two weekends at the County Track & Field Championships held at C.I.T. Athletics Track.   The sun shone for both days which made for a pleasant day out for spectators as well as athletes.    Well done to all who took part, Jamie McCarthy, Aidan Collins, Fionn Wiseman, Damien Williams, Luke McCarthy, Finnian Lawton, Lily Collins, Beibhinn Horstmanhoff, Anna Townes, Fionn Harrington, Sean Lawton, Alice McCarthy, Ellen Collins, Caoimhe Cotter, Aoibheann Lawton, Liam Horstmanhoff & Caoimhe Horstmanhoff.      

The standard at the County Championships is always very high and this year was no exception. Winning a medal of any colour is a huge achievement.  

Great running as always by all our athletes. Medallists over the two weekends were Fionn Harrington who won both the boys u. 15 1500m and u.15 800m races,  Sean Lawton who took the silver medal in both  the boys u.15 1500m and silver medal in the boys u. 15, 800m race, Aoibheann Lawton won the bronze medal in the girls u. 17 1500m race and silver in the girls u. 17 3000m race.  

Thanks to our parent volunteers on the track, Denis Collins, Joe McCarthy, Johann Horstmanhoff, Brad Townes & Geraldine Cotter and to the parents who are very supportive and encouraging of all the athletes from the Club on the track.     

Results Day 1 here

Results  Day 2 here

Photo galleries on our Facebook page here

Last week, five members from the club representing their schools competed in the South Munster Schools Track & Field competitions which are held annually for secondary school athletes.  

Representing Scoil Mhuire, Ballingeary, Ellen Collins finished very strongly in 3rd position in the Junior girls 800m, Caoimhe Cotter, had a good day out finishing in  2nd place in the Intermediate girls 1500m Steeple Chase and Aoibheann Lawton finished in 3rd place in the Intermediate girls 3000m. Representing Coláiste Pobail Bheanntraí were Fionn Harrington and Séan Lawton who both ran in the Minor boys 800m final, Sean finishing in 2nd place and Fionn in 3rd.  All five have qualified for the Munster Schools Track & Field Finals which will be held this weekend.  Best of luck to all taking part, a top 3 placing is required for their events to secure qualification for the All Ireland Schools T&F championships.

Results here  

Timetable for Munster Schools Athletics Championships  here

Our adult members have also been in action over the past few weeks.  Jimmy Tobin completed the Southampton Half Marathon in a time of 2:09, knocking a massive 14 minutes off the time he ran the same race last year.     Also significantly improving on his time in the 5k distance is Giles Deacy who took part in a recent Glengarriff Park Run finishing in 6th place overall knocking over 2 minutes off his previous best time there.   We are sure there is  more to come from Giles!   Fit4Life continue to meet weekly, Mondays and Fridays 5:45 at the Community Field, Durrus.  New members welcome.  

Best of luck to our athletes that are taking part in the Bay Run Half marathon and 10k this weekend. 

It's not too late to register 

Leevale A.C. Open Sports T&F

Three of our athletes took part in the Leevale A.C. Open Sports yesterday at C.I.T.  and all three made the podium for the coveted Leevale trophies.   First to run was Ellen Collins in the girls under 16, 800m who had a great run and was being challenged for 3rd position with 200m to go, but Ellen dug deep and had the stronger sprint finish coming in 3rd position overall.   Next on the track were Fionn Harrington & Séan Lawton in the boys u. 15, 800m which was combined with the boys u. 16 800m race.   Both put in very strong performances with a close battle between the top 3 finishers but Fionn edged ahead to take the win followed very closely by Séan who finished in second place.  All three of our athletes were delighted to make the podium to be presented with their trophies.  

Photo gallery here

Results here

Next weekend sees the first leg of the County Track & Field events.  Reminder that the deadline for entries is today (Monday).      List of events here 

Newsletter 20.04.2019

Fantastic day out at the Sheeps Head Easter Run held by Ahakista Rowing Club in association with Durrus Athletic Club. Many of our members walked, jogged & ran the 5k & 10k routes. Well done to everyone for taking part and special mention to our senior athletes in the 10km run Michael Harrington overall 2nd place, Keith Mallon, having a great run, returning to the roads after a long absence, Giles Deacy, making it look easy stepping up from the 5k to the 10k distance; Mary Lawton, first of the Durrus A.C. ladies over the line, followed by Majella Collins & Elmaire Lynch who all completed the challenging course in hot conditions. Results in the link below

https://www.corkathletics.org/…/1315-results-of-sheeps-head…

Elsewhere on the roads today, completing the inaugural Locha Lua half marathon was Jimmy Tobin.

Well done & Happy Easter to everyone.

Photo gallery

https://www.facebook.com/pg/durrusac/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2413057085395270

More photos on the Sheeps Head Easter Run Facebook page

Next events on the juvenile calendar are the County Track & Field Championships.  

Details here (Day 1) and here (Day 2)