West Waterford Athletic ClubWest Waterford Athletic Club

Juvenile Notes, 20th April 2009

Huge Numbers Compete at Leevale Sports
The fine weather last Sunday saw athletes turn out in their hundreds to compete at Leevale Open Sports. This was the first open sports of the season and it gave the many young athletes who travelled from West Waterford a chance to compete on the tartan track before the county championships next week end. There was a large contingent of athlete from all counties of Munster, which insured large numbers and red-hot competition in all events.  The event was more like a Munster championship event than an open sports but it gave our athletes a taste of what they will be up against in the Munster Championships next month. First to get under way were the sprint events with girls being run on one side of the track and boys on the other.  The large numbers meant that they had to run heats semi finals and finals in all the age groups. On the boys track Sean Curran, Tholm Reddy and Shane O’ Riordan made it into the semi finals.  Claudia Quarry, Nolween Le Gal, and Laura Cusack all made it into the semi finals in the girls’ events. Lorna Cummins, Sinead Flynn, Aine Flynn and Ciara Mc Kenna all made it through to the finals while Caoimhe Dwyer finished third in the under 11 final as did Kate Mc Grath in the under 12 final. Meanwhile the ball throw and long jumps were continuing on the infield.  West Waterford’s Nolween Le Gal and Ciara Mc Kenna finished 2nd and 3rd in the under 9 ball throw and later in the day they teamed up with Claudia Quarry and Judith Campbell to finish third in the relay.

After the sprint events it was on to the long distance races and here again there were very large field with more than thirty athletes in many of the races. Micheal Power, Eoin O’ Brien, Oisin O’Mahoney Sean Curran and Tholm Reddy were all well up with the pace finishing in the top six in their events. Sinead Flynn made a huge effort in the final 100m to take second place in the girls under 12 while Robbie Mulligan ran a very good tactical race to finish 2nd in the boys under 15. Our final trophies of the day were won in the under seventeen boys relay when our team of Brandon Barry, Michael Tutty, Alix Lai and William Keane finished third. We were delighted that 44 athletes from West Waterford made the trip to Cork and we hope to have even more competing next Sunday when the first round of the county championships will be held in the R.S.C. The following is the programme for day 1.

Day 1 Track

11.00am
3000m Walks
G18 W Sen/Jun
B16, 18 Sen/Jun

11.30am
Long Hurdles
250m G16, B16
400m G18, W Sen/Jun
B18, M Sen/Jun

3000m M&W Sen/Jun

11.00am
60m G9, 10, B9, 10
80m G11, 12, B11, 12

After Hurdles
300m G9, B9, G10, B10
500m G11, B11
600m G12, B12, G13, B13
800m G14, B14, G16, B16, G18, B18, Sen/Jun
200m G14, B14, G16, B16, G18, B18, Sen/Jun
Steeplechase 2000m B18, Sen/Jun

Field 11.00am

Boys
Hammer B14, 15, 17, Sen/Jun  
Ball Throw B9, 10, 11    
Long Jump B13, 12, 11, 10, 9
Shot B12, 13, 14, 15, 17, Sen/Jun
Triple Jump B14, 15, 17, Sen/Jun

Girls
High Jump G12, 13, 14, 15, 17, Sen/Jun
Long Jump G12, 11, 10, 9
High Jump B12
Ball Throw G9, 10, 11
Hammer G14, 15, 17, Sen/Jun
Shot G12, 13, 14, 15, 17, Sen/Jun

4x100m G9, B9, G10, B10, G11, B11, G12, B12, G14, B14, Sen/Jun

The club welcomes the return of the Le Gal family from Paris who will be competing with us this summer.

Countdown to Primary School Sports      

The entries for the primary school sports should by now be with our schools officer Nora Healy and arrangements are now complete for the first session of the sports for big schools which will get under way at 6pm sharp on Thursday 30th of April. Meanwhile the secondary age students will be in action on Wednesday 22nd in the R.S.C.

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