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June 21/22 Munster Championships U/14 to U/19.

The Munster Track and Field Championships were held in Waterford for the U/14 to U/19 age groups on the 20th and 21st June last. Weather conditions were extremely warm especially on Saturday for the track events. However the Cork clubs did very well featuring very strongly in both the track and field events; a lot of our athletes qualified to compete in the All Irelands and even two championship bests in G/15 Shot and B/14 High Jump were achieved!

Girls U/14-Track Events

The West Muskerry Girls team won bronze medals in the relay when they came in third place. Grace McKenzie of Belgooly AC

came 4th in the 75m Hurdles in a time of 12.99. Emma O' Brien of Leevale finished strongly in the 200m ahead of Emma O' Donnell of Dooneen AC to take the silver medal. Aisling Everard of Bandon AC did very well in the finishing 3rd in the 1500m in a time of 5.20.29. She narrowly missed out on qualification in the 800m coming in 5th.

Girls U/14 Field Events

Grace McKenzie of Belgooly AC had a magnificent championship winning two individual medals and qualifying in three events, She won Gold in the High Jump with an excellent clearance of 1.43m beating Kate Daniels of Ferrybank. She came 3rd in the Long Jump jumping 4.59m narrowly pipped by Dooneen AC for the silver medal. Midleton AC and Bandon AC dominated the throwing events. Aideen Hallaghan of Midleton AC won the Shot competition with a big throw of 11.22m nearly a meter ahead of the Carrick-on Suir athlete. Fiona Duggan of Bandon AC came 4th in the same competition with her throw of 9.72m. Fiona also came 4th in the Discus event throwing 23.13m and 4th in the Hammer with a throw of 20.83m. Aideen Hallahan came 2nd in the Discus with her throw of 24.45m. Well done to these girls for doing so well.

Boys 14 - Track Events

The Cork lads excelled in the track events and won six qualifying places in the All Irelands under very strong competition. In the 80m final on Sunday 21st Darren Lee of Leevale got an excellent start and finished in strong 2nd position in a time of 10.32 behind M. Babatu of Tramore AC. Cian Greene of Youghal AC came 4th. Darren Lee and Cian Greene both featured in the 200m the previous day; Cian Greene came 2nd in a time of 26.98 and Darren came 3rd in a time of 27.81. Ross Donovan of Youghal AC also had a great run in the 800m finishing in 4th place in a time of 2.22.60 thus also qualifying for the All Irelands. Alan Ring from Togher AC came 4th in the 1500m. The Youghal AC Relay team which included Cian, Ross, Adam Malone and Daniel Smiddy finished in 3rd position.

Boys 14 - Field Events

Adam McCarthy of Youghal AC came 4th in his first Munster competion in the Discus with his best throw of 22.64m. Colm Kingston of Bandon AC had a good win in the Hammer with a huge throw of 36.06m 3 meters ahead of the rest of the field. Shane O' Neill of Carbery Harriers had a good win in the javelin throwing 25.15m and Jamie O' Connor of BIAC came 4th with a throw of 25.15m which placings saw both of these lads qualifying. Colm Kingston of Bandon AC also had another fine throw of 13.70m to the Shot title. Shane O' Neill came 2nd in the Shot with his throw of 9.93m. David Cussen of Old Abbey won the Long Jump with his best jump of 5.12m and Daniel Smiddy of Youghal AC came 3rd jumping 4.71m. David Cussen of Old Abbey also gave a remarkable display in the High Jump not only winning the Munster title but also achieving a CBP of 1.62m. Well done lads - there were some excellent performances and achievements. It was also great to see 2 Cork athletes in the top 4 positions in so many events!

Girls 15 - Track Events

Grange-Fermoy dominated from the Cork clubs in these events with Aileen Hurley winning two bronze medals in the 80mh in a time of 13.06 and in the 250mh in a time of 39.58. Christina McGrath a;sp came 4th in the 250mh in a time of 40.11

Girls 15 - Field Events

The Bandon and Youghal girls featured strongly in the throwing events. Laura McSweeney of Bandon AC had an excellent championship. She won the Shot title and also achieved a CBP of 12.65m. She won the Hammer with a throw of 32.57m and came 3rd in the Discus throwing 29.63m. Isobel O' Mahoney of Youghal AC came 4th in the Shot with her throw of 10.15m and 4th in the Hammer event throwing 27.08m. Well done to Grange-Fermoy, Bandon and Youghal girls!

Boys 15 - Track Events

Matthew Ahern-Ford of Abbey Striders had great performances in the 80mh and the 100m winning himself 2 silver medals. His time in the 80mh was 12.95 and 12.04 in the 100m. Oisin Sedgwick of Bandon AC came 4th in the 100m in a time of 12.37. Robert O' Halloran of Leevale AC also had two 2nd placings in the 200m in a time of 25.24 and a time of 36.09 in the 250mh. Eoin Burke of Togher AC came 4th in the 800m in a time of 2.18.33 and Jake Ingles of Dohenys AC came 4th in the 1500m in a time of 4.44.92. Togher AC had another competitor Conor Cronin finishing 4th in the 2000m walk. Leevale AC won the relay in a time of 49.62.

Boys15 - Field Events

Fanahan McSweeney AC, BIAC and Bandon AC featured in the throwing events. Gary McCarthy of FMcSweeney came 3rd in the Discus throwing 30.39m; he came 2nd in the Hammer throwing 33.13m. Colm Dennehy of BIAC came 3rd in the Hammer with his best throw of 24.18m. Robert O' Sullivan of Bandon AC came 3rd in the javelin with a throw of 35.53m. Robert Nagle of Leevale AC came a strong 2nd in the Long Jump jumping 5.38m well ahead of the rest of the field. Matthew Ahern Ford of Abbey Striders also did well in the High Jump coming 2nd ousting D. Power of Tralee of the silver medal position with is clearance of 1.57m. Lee Curley of Youghal AC won the Pole Vault in CIT in this age group (2.20m)

Girls 16 -Track Events

Grainne Moynihan of W. Muskerry and Jessica Sheehan of R/Kinsale gave outstanding performances in very competitive events and both featured in medal positions on more than one occasion. In the 80mh when a CBC was achieved by Sara Lavin of Emerald Grainne Moynihan stormed in to take the bronze medal in a time of 12.54 just behind Megan Kiely of Ferrybank. in the 100m Jessica and Grainne battled it out for the silver medal position behind Sara Lavin; it was Jessica who pipped Grainne on the line in a thrilling final; Jessica's time was 12.80 and Grainne's time was 12.81. Phil Healy of Bandon AC also did well in this event finishing 4th in a time of 13.30. In the 200m Grainne Moynihan came 2nd in a time of 26.45 followed by Jessica Sheehan in a time of 26.52. Claire O' Brien of BIAC finished 4th in the 1500m in a time of 5.23.42 also qualifying for the All Irelands.

Girls 16 - Field Events

Bandon AC, Youghal AC, BIAC and Abbey Striders AC all featured strongly in the throwing events. In the Javelin Jenny Murphy of Abbey Striders AC won the Munster title throwing 32.10m and Patricia Curtin form Youghal AC won the silver medal with her throw of 28.50m. Niamh Murphy of BIAC had a big throw of 11.25m in the Shot winning the Gold Medal. Lynn Bradfield of Bandon AC came 4th throwing 9.72m. Naimh Murphy of BIAC came 2nd in the Hammer throwing 33.65m and 4th in the Discus with her throw of 24.22m. Lynn Bradfield came 3rd in the Discus throwing 25.36m.

The Long Jump also had a thrilling finish with Jessica Sheehan narrowly beating Sara Lavin to win the Munster title jumping 5.21. Grainne Moynihan came 4th in this event being narrowly beaten by April Flynn of Ferrybank who cleared 5.04m ahead of her.

Well done to all the U/16 Girls on both track and field who gave such outstanding and thrilling performances!

Boys 16- Track Events

Togher AC, Leevale AC and Bandon Ac did very well in the Hurdles, middle distance and walks. Eric Stam of Bandon AC won the 100MH in a time of 15.62 just beating Daire Walsh whose time was 15.67. Eric Stam came 4th in the 100m. Luke Hickey of Leevale AC came in a strong place in the 250mh just behind Ben Kiely of Ferrybank. Luke also won the 3000m walk. Togher AC excelled in the middle distance with placings in the 800m, Ian Hartnertt 3rd in a time of 2.11.46, the 1500m, Ian Hartnett 1st in a time of 4.26.75 and Emmet Bracken 3rd in a time of 4.28.39, the 3000m, Andrew O' Keefe 2nd in a time of 10.22.96. The relays saw Leevale and Bandon to the fore with Leevale winning in a time of 49.7 just ahead of Bandon 49.93

Boys 16 - Field Events

Bandon AC, Midleton AC and Liscarroll AC all featured in the throwing events. The Discus competition saw 3 Cork lads in the top 4. Eric Stam came 2nd (37.51m), Michael McSweeney, Midleton AC came 3rd (34.09m) and Daire Harrington, Bandon AC came 4th (24.93m). Daire Harrington came 2nd in the Hammer with his throw of 19.78m. Eric Stam won the javelin with a huge throw of 44.54m. Daire Walsh came 2nd with a throw of 36.53m and James Kelly, Liscarroll came 3rd with his best throw of 24.11m. Michael McSweeney came 2nd in the Shot throwing 10.51m and Daire Harrington of Bandon came 3rd with a throw of 9.54m. Daire Walsh won the Long Jump with a great jump of 5.72m; Shane Howard of Bandon AC came in a strong 3rd place jumping 5.35m and Kevin Garcia of Leevale finished in 4th place jumping 5.09m jusy ahead of his clubmate Ryan Casey. Youghal's Adam Ahearne came 4th in the Triple Jump (10.57m) narrowly beaten by the West Waterford athlete. The High Jump was totally dominated by Cork athletes, 1st Eric Stam, Bandon AC (1.73m), 2nd Daire Walsh (1.65m), 3rd Shane Howard, Bandon (1.65m), 4th Kevin Garcia, Leevale (1.65m). Shane Howard came 4th in the Pole Vault competition in Cork (2.60m)

Girls 17 - Track Events

Rebecca Corbett of Leevale AC and Christine and Jessica Neville of BIAC all featured in medal positions. Rebecca came 2nd in the 100m in a time of 13.09 and came 3rd in the 200m in a time of 26.88 thus qualifying in two events. Christine Neville came 2nd in the 200m in a time of 26.82 and she won gold in the 300m in a time of 42.79. Her sister Jessica came 2nd in the 300m in a time of 44.27.

Girls 17 - Field Events

Rebecca Mulligan of BIAC, Tracey Bradfield of Bandon AC and Megan Moynihan of W. Muskerry featured in the throwing events. Tracey came 2nd in the Discus throwing 30.56m. Megan won the Hammer event throwing 34.32m and came 2nd in the Shot with her throw of 9.87m just ahead of Rebecca Mulligan (8.69m) in 3rd place. Orla Nash of R/Kinsale came 3rd in the Long Jump jumping 5.12m.

Boys 17 - Track Events

Dean Cronin of BIAC did magnificently well to win the Munster titles in the 400m (52.85) and the 800m in a time of 2.00.26 which are very good times. Eoin Casey of Midleton Unfinished 4th in the 800m (2.08.08) and in the 1500m (4.25.90). Danny Mullins of Bantry AC came 3rd in the 1500m in a time of 4.23.85. Togher AC athletes P. Coleman finished 2nd in the gruelling 1500m S/C in very warm conditions in a time of 4.54.03 and M. Seary finished in bronze medal position in a time of 5.09.69. Colm Lynch of Togher AC came 3rd in the 3000m walk. Dara Kenny of BIAC finished 4th in the 400m in a time of 54.27 and Spike Shaughnessy from Bandon AC came 2nd in the 200m; his time was 24.35.

Boys 17 - Field Events

Midleton AC and Bandon AC also dominated the throwing events which were family orientated. Mark Sugrue of Bandon AC won the silver medal in the Discus 33.65m and Patrick McSweeney of Bandon AC came 3rd 32.67m. Patrick's sister Laura won the G/15 Shot and Hammer. Patrick also came 3rd in the Hammer 29.36 just beating Diarmuid Hallahan of Midleton AC into 4th place with his throw of 26.61. His sister Aideen also featured in the G/14 Shot and Discus. Diarmuid also came 4th in the javelin 27.93m. Patrick McSweeney won the Shot with a good throw of 13.84m. Diarmuid Hallahan came 3rd (10.61m) and Gregory Campbell of Ballincollig AC came 4th (10.34m).

Girls U/18- Track Events

Orla Finn of R/Kinsale had a good win in the 100mh in a good time of 15.79. ahead of the two Carrick-on-Suir athletes. S he also won the 300mh in a time of 46.67. Nikita Savage of Youghal AC who has already won the Pole Vault (3.30m) held in CIT in June, came 4th in the 100m in a time of 13.77 amd 3rd in the 300m in a time of 44.41. Kate Humphries of Leevale AC came 2nd in the 300mh in a time of 47.70. Eimear Kelly from Youghal AC has also featured in a medal position in the Pole Vault in CIT in June when she came 2nd with her jump of 2.20m.

Girls 18 - Field Events

Jean McSweeney of Midleton AC came 3rd in the Discus throwing 21.39m; Alva Motherway of Midleton came 3rd in the Hammer event with her throw of 22.06m. Nikita Savage of Youghal AC finished 4th in the javelin and 3rd in the Long Jump jumping 4.76m.

Boys 18 - Track Events

It was Leevale AC who dominated in the sprinting events and Togher AC in the Middle distance events in this age group from the Cork clubs. Patrick Maher of Leevale AC won three Munster titles, 400mh in a time of 54.88, 200m in a time of 23.43, and the 400m in a time of 51.47. He was narrowly pipped by Nathan Jage of Dooneen(11.72) in the 100m: Patrick's time was 11.76. David Killeen of Leevale AC came 3rd in the 100m (11.96) and 3rd in the 200m (23.80). In the 800m Brian Murray, Togher came 3rd (2.03.73) and his clubmate Peter Hanrahan came 4th (2.06.31). Brian Murray came 3rd in the 1500m in a time of 4.27.48. Robert O' Shea of Togher AC came 2nd in the 3000m in a time of 10.10.25.

Boys 18 - Field Events

Diarmuid Hickey of R/Kinsale had two wins in the throwing events. He won the Discus with a great throw of 37.44m and the Shot throwing 13.58m. In the Shot also Michael Leahy of Midleton came 3rd with his throw of 11.41m. Michael also came 3rd in the Hammer (39.08m). David Reynolds of Bandon AC had a huge throw of 49.86m javelin to win the Munster title in this competion. Diarmuid Hickey of R/Kinsale came 3rd with his throw of 39.35m. Diarmuid also came 3rd in the Long Jump (5.78m) and Alex McDonald of Liscarroll AC came 4th in the High Jump clearing 1.50m.

Unfortunately numbers were very scarce in the U/19 age groups. Carraig na bhFear had one athlete Jonathon Murphy in the B/19 Hammer who came 2nd with a throw of 30.80m.

Well done to all our Cork athletes who competed and congratulations to those who qualified to compete in the All Irelands in Tullamore on 11th, 12th, 18th and 19th July. A schedule and timetable of events can be obtained from Athletics Ireland website refer to the competition booklet. Our U/12 and U/13 boys and girls who qualified from Templemore will also be competing with

the older age groups in Tullamore.

Geraldine Curtin

Juvenile PRO

June 7/8 Munster Championships U/9 to U/13.

The Munster Track and Field Championships were held in Templemore Athletic Track on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th June. The U/9, U/10 and U/11 Girls and Boys 2 x competitions were held in conjunction with the Boys and Girls U/12 and U/13 individual events. Weather conditions were atrocious on Saturday with very strong winds and torrential showers throughout the late afternoon making condtions impossible for the athletes to compete especially in the B/13 Javelin and relays which had to be run off on times. Congratulations to all the Cork juveniles who gave superb performances and also to those who did not feature in the medals but as usual standards were very high.

TRACK - U/12 and U/13

Cork athletes had some outstanding runs on in the 60m and 600m with 12 qualifying for the All Irelands in Tullamore next July. Three athletes qualify from the 600m and 4 from the 60m sprint. It was encouraging to see Cork athletes featuring not only in medal positions but also to have strong representation in the finals. The track events were of a very high standard and there were some outstanding performances experienced and very fast times achieved. Well done to all!

G/12 - 60m - 3rd Rachel Dunne, Youghal, 8.82

4th Katelyn Long, Carraig na bhFear,

G/12 - 600m -2nd - Jennifer Hennessy, Youghal, 1.52.60

3rd - Katelyn Long, Carraig na bhFear, 1.54.37

4th - Emily O Keefe, Youghal, 1.56.68

B/12 - 60m - 3rd - Conor Sexton, Abbey Striders, 8.83

B/12 - 600m -1st - Fearghal Curtin, Youghal, 1.45.41

3rd - Matthew Murnane, Leevale, 1.50.12

G/13- 60mh -4th - Marie O' Halloran, Leevale, 10.92

G/13 Shot – 3^rd Aisling Kelleher West Muskerry

G/13 600m - 2nd - Maeve Ahern, Carraig na bhFear, 1.44.36

B/13 - 60m - 1st -Eli Kadi, Leevale, 10.84

4th - David Atkinson, Carraig na bhFear, 11.41

B/13 - 600m -1st - David Atkinson, Carraig na bhFear, 1.43.29

3rd - Gary O' Sullivan, W.Muskerry, 1.47.39

Field Events - U/12 and U/13

Again Cork clubs were to the fore in the jumping and throwing events with three boys achieving qualification for the All Irelands in the B/12 Long Jump in very strong competition and all lads achieving 4 metres and over and two boys in the B/12 High Jump both from Abbey Striders club. Likewise three girls have qualified in the 12 and 13 age groups in the High Jump. Youghal and Midleton excelled in the Javelin events with four qualifications arising from two competitions. Liscarroll Midleton and Fanahan McSweeney were all successful in the Shot Putt.

G/12 High Jump 2nd - Laura Cussen, Old Abbey, 1.15m

J4th - Jennifer Hennessy, Youghal, 1.10m

G/13 High Jump 4th -Ciara Nalty, Leevale, 1.26m

B/12 High Jump- 2nd - Dave Cronin Jinks, Abbey Striders, 1.25m

J3rd - Gareth O' Hanlon, Abbey Striders, 1.20m

G/13- Long Jump - 2nd - Ciara Nalty, Leevale, 4.10m

B/12 - Long Jump - 2nd - Adam Buckley, W. Muskerry, 4.08m

3rd - Tom Deasy, Belgooly, 4.02m

4th - Jack Murphy, Leevale, 4.00m

B/13 Long Jump 2nd - Shane Keevers, Bantry, 4.12m

3rd - Kevin O' Dwyer, W. Muskerry, 4.11m

G/12 Shot 1st - Niamh Fitzpatrick, Liscarroll, 7.53m

B/12 Shot 2nd - Caolan O Brien, Midleton, 7.82m

B/13 Shot - 1st - Seadnaidhe Smyth, Midleton, 20.12m

2nd - Benny Healy, Fanahan McSweeney, 10.41m

B/13 Javelin 1st- Seadnaidhe Smyth, Midleton, 20.12m

2nd - Adam Curley, Youghal, 19.81m

G/13 Javelin 2nd - Lauren O Mahoney, Youghal, 17.90m

3rd - Heather Curley, Youghal, 16.07m

In the 2 x Team competition Cork teams excelled on Saturday with the girls U/9, U/10 and U/11. Leevale, Belgooly, Carraig na bhFear, Grange Fermoy, Liscarroll and Midleton teams all featured in medal positions.

G/9 60m - 1. Leevale (C McCarthy and S O' Flynn) 20.75

2. Leevale (D. Ni Dheasmhunaigh and S. Semchiy) 21.02

3. Belgooly (E Deasy and J O' Mahoney) 21.30

G/9 300m 2. Carraig na bhFear (L Sheehan and E Coffey) 132.59

G/9 L Jump - 1. Leevale (C McCarthy and S O' Flynn) 6.27m

2. Carraig na bhFear (L Sheehan and E Coffey) 5.92m

G/10 60m - 3. Liscarroll (H Gayer and V Cusack) 19.86

G/10 50Om- 3. Carraig na bhFear (R Atkinson and M Daly) 3.39.93

G/10 L Jump - 1. Liscarroll (H Gayer and V Cusack) 5.85m

3. Carraig na bhFear (A O' Flynn and A Quinn) 5.73m

G/10 BT - 1. Grange Fermoy (A Leamy and A Hurley) 43.75m

- 2. Carraig na bhFear (A O' Flynn and A Quinn) 42.95m

G/11 BT 2. Midleton (C Motherway and C Leahy) 45.99

G/11 L. Jump - 1. Belgooly (A Moran and M Lenehghan) 6.69m

2. Carraig na bhFear ( A Braham and M Coffey) 6.57m

G/11 600m - 2. Midleton (T O K eefe and J Strai) 4.12.10

The boys 2 x team competitions were held on Sunday under more favourable weather conditions. Club teams from Youghal, Midleton, Belgooly and Leevale featured in medal positions.

B/9 60m - 2. Youghal ( M Cody and J O' Brien) 20.66

B/9 300m - 3- Youghal (M Cody and P Buckley) 115.83

B/9 BT - 2 -Youghal (O Broderick and J O' Brien)

B/9 L Jump - 2 Leevale (A Idah and S Keaty) 6.26m

B/10 500m - 1. Midleton (K Walsh and T Troy) 3.13.83

B/10 BT - 2. Midleton (R Lynch and D Coates) 58.77m

B/11 60m - 3. Belgooly ( P Moran and S Moran) 18.53

B/11 600m - 3. Midleton (J O' Dwyer and L Stack) 4.04.61

Relays

Cork teams had 11 teams in medal positions at the weekend. The U/9, U/10 and U/11 relay teams in the first three will now qualify for the All Irelands in Templemore on 27th June.

G/9- 1.Leevale 1.11.36, 2. Dohenys, 1.13.84, 3. Carraig na bhFear, 1.14.86

B/9- 2. Midleton, 1.11.30, 3. Youghal 1.13.56

G/10- 1. Carraig na bhFear 1.09.66

B/10 - 3. Abbeystriders, 1.03.71

G/11 - 2. BIAC, 1.05.38

B/12 - 1.Abbeystriders 57.90

2. Leevale 58.99

G/13 - 2. Leevale 59.21

The U/9, U/10 and U/11 2 x teams and relays that have qualified for the All Irelands will be returning to Templemore on 27th June for this event. Best of luck to all our younger athletes. Please advise John Cophithorne if any of your teams are unable to travel to enable the next team in line to compete by 2pm on Tuesday 10th June.

The U/12 and U/13 boys and girls and relays that have qualified will be competing in Tullamore on Day 1 and Day 2 of the All Irelands on 11th and 12th July. A schedule of events for both of these days is available on the Athletics Ireland website. Good Luck to all these athletes!

Our older athletes in the U/14 to U/19 age group in the meantime are preparing for their Munsters which will be held on 20th and 21st June in Waterford. Good luck also to all athletes who are finalising their Junior and Leaving Cert exams.

Geraldine Curtin,

Juvenile PRO