Awards for West Waterford Athletes
Two West Waterford’s athletes have been in the news lately as they have won county and Munster awards. Sinead Flynn was named as the December winner of the combined Credit Unions Award. The award was as a result of Sinead’s achievement in winning the All Ireland Cross Country under 11 championships. Sinead is just beginning her athletics career and this will be the first of many awards to come her way if she continues the progress she has made to date. The award was presented on Monday last in Waterford.
Kate Veale will travel to Cork at the end of the month to receive a Munster award for achievements in race walking this season. Kate was Munster’s top walker this year winning Munster and All Ireland titles both indoor and outdoor before going on to win the Celtic International and the British AAA championships in each of these events Kate set new record figures. The award will be presented at the Munster Sports Star Awards Dinner. West Waterford A.C.’s Primary School sports co-ordinator Nora Healy will be presented with a community service award on Wednesday next for her work with the primary school sports.
Colligan Cup on Sunday next January 25th
Next Sunday will be a busy one in Colligan. At 1.00 p.m. the juvenile Colligan Cup will get under way. This event challenges an athletes pace and judgement as well as their running skills. This is an open event and anyone can take part. The juvenile race will be run over one circuit of Colligan. The person with the slowest predicted time will start first and the fastest runners will go off last so speed or age makes no difference. The winner will be the first person home after the clock hits zero. Last year over sixty-five juveniles took part in this event and we hope for even bigger numbers this year. Last years winner was Aaron Whelan who was only three seconds outside his predicted time. Remember it is not how fast you run that counts but how near you are to your predicted time. Last year 32 of the athletes ran faster than predicted. Registration starts at 12.15 and the race will get under way at 1.00 sharp so come early and make sure you warm up before you run. The juvenile race will be followed by the senior event.
Schools Cross Country
The Waterford Post Primary Schools Cross Country will be held in St Augustine’s College on Thursday January 9th starting at 11am. There will be races for Minor, Juniors Intermediate and Seniors.
The juvenile committee sends best wishes to John Mc Grath for a speedy recovery.
