Final Squad Dates

The Kerry Squads are coming to and end for this season.Please keep an eye out here over the next few days for the final squad dates for the remaining events as they will take place sometime next week possibly during the week as athletes are off of school.

Friday 22nd-Kerry Easter Open Meet-An Riocht-4.30pm

Saturday 23rd-
Distance Squad Frank Conway-11am
Pole Vault Eamon Flanagan-11am
Javelin Dave Courtney-11am

Shane :)

RunKerryRun 5km 2011

This was the frst mass participation road race and fun run that the Kerry County Board organised and with 110 runners competing on April 16th it has been deemed a great success. Competition was fierce and some great times were set. It was nice to see so many first timers and Fit4Life runners taking part as well. Three families complete with buggies and small children also walked the course.

The race committee would like to thank all the runners, marshals and contributors who helped to make the event such a success. Well done to the first Male and Female accross the line;Ed Murphy and Niamh O Sullivan.

A proportion of the funds raised from the event will be put towards coaching development within the County. A high performance Squad was set up late 2010 and has been a great success, but we need to build on that year-on-year by raising awareness and, of course, funds. 

Well done to everybody involved and a big thank you to the organising commitee and all the race participants!

Shane :)


 

RunKerryRun 5km this Saturday!!!!

The  inaugural "Run Kerry Run" 5km road race will go ahead this Saturday April 16th in the Killarney Demense.This is the frst mass participation road race & fun run that the Kerry county board has organised and is already expected to be a huge success with huge enthuasism coming from all corners of the county.I would hope everybody who reads here will support the race and encourage anybody they know to run,jog or walk the event.
Start time is 11am with registration open from 9.30am at e10.

http://www.runkerryrun.com/

Shane :)

Kerry AAI Awards 2010/2011

The RiverIsland Hotel in Castleisland provided the venue for this years awards on March 25th.A huge crowd of over 200 people attended on the night with AAI president Liam Hennessy also in attendance.Denny McSweeney  was MC on the night and also the chief organiser of the event and as usual did a fantastic job.The night started off with the presentation of the club awards along with some of the team awards followed by a fantastic meal.After the meal the remainder of the awards were presented which was followed by music and a long night of banter.Well done to everyone involved and to all the athletes below who recieved awards on the night.

Club-

Spa Fenit Barrow-Katelyn McCarthy & Liam O Donnell

Estuary-Darragh McDonnell & Eadoin Wall

Iveragh-Adam King & Brian Sugrue

Tralee Harriers-Laura Lynch & Danny Pierce

Spa Muckross-Shona O Brien & Kianan O Doherty

St Brendan’s-Michael Grimes & Patrick Gilbert

Gneeveguilla-Shannon O Leary & Aidan O Sullivan

Farranfore MV-Louise Flynn & Denis Hayes

An Riocht-Amy Reidy & Kevin O Donoghue

Lios Tuathaill-Sophie Lynch & Vanessa Dineen

Star of the Laune-Fiona Doyle & Fiachra Clifford

Teams-

Boys U12 Cross Country Team 3^rd Nationals-Adam O Donoghue,Patrick Warren,Fiachra Clifford,Michael O Leary,David Kenny,Sean Galvin.

Womens Junior Cross Country Team 1^st Munsters-Grace Lynch,Brigid Dennehy,Niamh Clifford,Katie Rogers.

Mens Novice Cross Country Team 2^nd Nationals-Cian Murphy,Aodh O Neill,Ed Murphy,James Doran,Tim O Connor,Donal O Callaghan,Arthur Fitzgearld.

An Riocht Senior mens Cross Country Team 1^st National Grade B-James Doran,Tim O Connor,Donal O Callaghan,Billy O Brien.

Special Merit Awards-

Sinead O Connor Tralee Harriers

AIlbhe Courtney St Brendan’s

Niamh Clifford Star of the Laune

Patsy O Connor Tralee Harriers

Ger Cremin An Riocht

Katie O Riordan St Brendan’s

Kayleigh Cronin Spa Muckross AC

International-

Una Marley St Brendan’s

Jonathan Foley Farranfore MV

Hannah O Sullivan Gneeveguilla

Clarence Kennedy St Brendan’s

Eilish Fitzpatrick Gneeveguilla

Eoghan Courtney St Brendan’s

Cross Country & Road-

Juvenile-Brigid Dennehy Iveragh & Cillian O Donovan Iveragh

Junior-Grace Lynch Iveragh & Jack O Sullivan Farranfore MV

Senior-Niamh O Sullivan An Riocht & Cian Murphy Iveragh

Masters-Mary O Connor An Riocht & Patrick O Shea Iveragh

Track & Field-

Juvenile-Mairead O Neill Gneeveguilla & Eoin O Carroll Tralee Harriers

Junior-Emma Prendiville Farranfore MV & PJ Galvin St Brendan’s

Senior-Claire Fitzgearld Tralee Harriers & Daniel Clifford Farranfore MV

Masters-Sheila O Donoghue Gneeveguilla & Jim O Shea Farranfore MV

Hall of Fame-Joe Clifford Farranfore Mainevalley AC

Shane :)

New Squad Dates 19/03/2011 Updated

Sun 20th-Hurdles-2-3.30pm


Sat 26th-
High Jump/Long Jump/Triple Jump-12-2.30pm
Shot/Disc/Javelin-12-2.30pm
Distance-12-2pm including a beginners steeplechase session.


Sun 27th-
Sprints-12-2pm
Pole Vault-11-2pm






Above Yohann Diniz sets world 50km race walk record!


Shane :)

Apologies

Apologies for the lack of updates as my laptop is acting up and ive been a bit busy the last few weeks.Kerry squads resumed this weekend with pole vault and javelin and i hope to have a list of dates tommorow for all other events.There will almost definetly be sprints,jumps and distance on this weekend but i must just confirm with the coaches.Thanks.


Teddy Tamgho WR Indoor TJ in European Champs!=>


Shane :)

National Seniors and Munster Juvenile Indoors

Laura Crowe showed a return to form in the Odessey arena in Belfast last weekend when she finished in second place in a tactical womens 800 race in a time of 2.12.Laura ran the heats on Saturday evening and qualified comfortably for Sundays final by winning her heat with 7 other athletes.The final on Sunday started slow with alot of bumping but as soon as the pace picked up they became strung out with Laura sitting in second place behind eventual winner Ciara Everard of Kilkenny.Everard kicked earlier than she normally does with 350m to go with Laura chasing her all the way but on this occasion was unable to pass.With a long season ahead Laura will almost definetly go one better next time they meet.


   Four St Brendan's AC juniors also made the trip to Belfast to gain some valuable experience and all four came home with personal bests and top ten positions.PJ Galvin cleared 1.90m at his first attempt to get a new PB and finish in a credible fifth position.Ailbhe Courtney had two big indoor PBs when she finished 3rd in a very close 'B' final of the 200m in 26.3 seconds over 0.7 quicker than her previous best and 9th overall in the 400m in 60.8 which was 1.3 up on her previous best.Dylan Roche also made the 200m 'B' final which he qualified for in a huge PB of 23.4 seconds 0.6 faster than his best.Luke O Keeffe finished in 10th place in both the 200m and 400m again both in PBs of 23.8 and 52.5.


Kerry athletes Patrick Phelan and Peter Shallow were also competing for their Dublin clubs.Patrick made the 'B' final of the 400m but was unable to run due to illness.He surely would have made the 'A' final if he had not been ill.Peter Shallow finished in 5th place in a high quality 60m hurdles in 8.4 seconds in a race where last years national outdoor champion didnt even make the final.Well done to all.


The Munster Juvenile Indoor championships were held in Nenagh also last weekend.While the organisation of the event left alot to be desired due to the huge number of juvenile athletes entered Kerry clubs did reasonably well.Munster AAI must surely now look at some way of limiting the numbers entered by clubs especially in field events like long jump where nearly half of the athletes competing were not even of a county standard no mind Munster standard.The crux of the problem lies as ive always said that there are no competitions at this time of year for these athletes so clubs have no choice but to enter them in competitions above their standard! Anyway below are the results of the Kerry clubs-


Lios Tuathaill-
Sophie Lynch-1st 60m and 1st 600m U12
Girls U13 Relay-2nd-Alex Dowling,Ashling O Mahoney,Ciara Donegan,Niamh Cullen,Maria O Neill,Sophie Lynch


Gneeveguilla-
Brian Murphy-2nd 60m U12
Boys U12 Relay-1st
Boys U13 Relay-1st

St Brendan's-

Darragh Lowth-1st 600m and 2nd Long jump

Darragh Courtney-3rd Long jump

Eoghan McElligott-2nd High jump

Spa Muckross-
Sarah Leahy-1st 60m and 2nd Shot putt
Kianan O Doherty-2nd Shot U12

Star of the Laune-

Niall Carey-3rd 300m U9

Tralee Harriers-
Ciaran O Reilly-1st Shot putt U12
Sean Kennedy-3rd 300m


Shane :)

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 :)