Weekly Round Up 14/02/2011

The Kerry womens junior team had a fantastic team performance yesterday when they won the Munster 4km cross country title for the first time in Killinaboy, Co.Clare.Grace Lynch of Iveragh finished in an excellent 2nd place,Brigid Dennehy 4th,Niamh Clifford 5th and Katie Rogers 6th for a combined score of 17 points just beating Clare by 2 points.Well done.

Niamh O Sullivan once again ran strongly to take a comfortable second place in the senior womens race.Cian Murphy was also to the fore in the senior mens race where he finished in fourth place and along with the Riocht team who finished second in the club section led the Kerry team to third in the inter county.The Riocht team were James Doran 7th,Donal O Callaghan 8th,Tim O Connor 15th,Billy O Brien 30th and John Herlihy 34th.

The Kerry Juvenile XC relay teams were the strongest county on the day winning 3 gold and 3 silver out of 6 races.The Boys U10,Girls U10 and Girls U14 won gold with the Boys U12,Girls U12 and Boys U14 winning silver.A big thank you to Denis Lynch who managed the teams with me and to the parents who travelled on the bus.Of course a big well done to all the athletes!

GirlsU10-Rachel Ryan/Caitlin Moriarty/Ciara Kenneally/Fiona Doyle
Boys U10-Donal Geaney/David Gleeson/Conor O Brien/Darragh Courtney
Girls U12-Sophie Lynch/Helena O Sullivan/Shona O Brien/Emma Dineen
Boys U12-Fiachra Clifford/David Kenny/Michael O Leary/Patrick Warren
Girls U14-Christine Cooper/Fiona Kavanagh/Muireann McKenna/Mikeala Mulcahy
Boys U14-Dean Crowley/Cathal O Reilly/Ciaran Lynch/Dion Marcos

The Munster U9-U13 Indoors take place in Nenagh this weekend the 19/20th.
The National Seniors take place in Belfast this weekend the 19/20th.
The Munster U14-U19 Indoors take place in Nenagh on the 26/27th.

The Kerry awards will take place in the River Island hotel in Castleisland on Friday March 25th.All clubs are entitled to nominate two club juvenile athletes for a club award.The main category awards have not yet been picked but will be posted here when it is done.

The Kerry Sportshall Games for all U9-U14 athletes who did not win an individual medal at County,Munster or National Indoor and Outdoor track and field last season will be held in Kenmare on March 5th at 11am.

The Munster Convention will be held in An Riocht on March 6th.

There was an excellent turnout at the Kerry squads last weekend with over 60 athletes attending over both days.All coaches reporting huge progress.I hope to update the blog with a host of coaching material from the coaches over the midterm next week so keep an eye out.

Shane :)