Kerry Easter Open T+F

Another very enjoyable evenings relaxed athletics was had at An Riocht on Good Friday at the Inaugural Kerry Easter Open T+F.While there were some absentees due to the fact there were school holidays and people were away,the overall crowd was quite good with over 70 athletes who had some excellent early season performances.


Standouts on the night were James Nagle 52m+ hammer throw,Shane McAuliffes 8.85m 35lb wfd,Rita Casey 33m+ javelin,Eogan O Sullivan 3m pole vault,Kayleigh Cronin 10.98m shot putt,Claire Fitzgearld 44m+ discus,Daniel Cliffords 43m+ discus,David Kavanagh 2.01 800m in horrible weather conditions along with Luke O Keeffes 52.2 in the 400m in similar conditions.

Other notable performances came from Aoife O Carroll,Iarla Courtney and Jason Foley hurdles,Ailbhe Courtney and Michael Foley 800m,PJ Galvin,Mary Doody and Rory O Connor high jump,Conal O Callaghan and Darragh McDonnell long jump,Aoife Doyle and Ciaran O Reilly shot putt,Michael Godley and Sinead O Connor triple jump,Amy Phelan and David Hogan pole vault,Aidan O Sullivan hammer,Elaine Courtney 100m and Billy Courtney javelin.

Athletes from outside Kerry who supported the event and had some excellent performances included Anita Whyte and Jenny Murphy  in the javelin with Rachel Akers,Alice Akers and Megan Moynihan in the hammer.

Also on the night we had the first ever Kerry steeplechase which was a development event at 2km.Arthur Fitzgearld took the win on the night with David O keeffe not too far behind in second with Cillian O Donovan 3rd.Katie Rogers won the womens event with Vanessa Dineen 2nd and Rebecca Lynch 3rd.It is hoped to promote this event as much as possible this year like was done with the pole vault last year so there will be another development steeplechase at Gneeveguilla sports next Sunday May 1st,details to be confirmed over the next day or two.


A big thank you to everybody who supported the events especially anybody who gave their time to officiate!

Shane :)

MENS HAMMER

1	James Nagle[Sen]	Farranfore MV	52.36m[7.26kg]
2	Aidan O Sullivan[U19]	Gneeveguilla	44.18m[6kg]
3	Michael O Neill[Jun]	Gneeveguilla	38.65m[6kg]
4	Peter O Brien[U17]	St Brendan’s	38.60m[5kg]
5	Denis Hayes[Jun]	Farranfore MV	37.41m[6kg]
6	Shane Hand[Sen]	Farranfore MV	37.25m[7.26kg]
7	Tomas O Neill[U15]	Gneeveguilla	30.62m[3.25kg]

Womens Hammer

1	Rachel Akers[Sen]	Marian AC	52.17m[4kg]
2	Alice Akers[U16]	Marian AC	50.08m[3.25kg]
3	Megan Moynihan[U19]	West Muskerry	41.61m[4kg]
4	Mairead O Neill[U18]	Gneeveguilla	40.63m[4kg]
5	Rita Casey[U16]	Gneeveguilla	32.90m[3.25kg]
6	Louise Flynn[U17]	Farranfore MV	32.10m[4kg]

Mens Long Jump

1	Conal O Callaghan[Sen]	Spa Muckross	6.37m
2	Eoin O Carroll[U17]	Tralee Harriers	6.09m
3	Michael Godley[U19]	Tralee Harriers	5.89m
4	PJ Galvin[U19]	St Brendan’s	5.30m
5	Iarla Courtney[U14]	St Brendan’s	4.67m
6	Shane O Connell[U14]	Tralee Harriers	4.65m
7	Matt Clancy[U15]	St Brendan’s	4.46m
8	Ben Clancy[U17]	St Brendan’s	4.31m
9	Rory O Connor[U13]	Tralee Harriers	4.21m
10	Ciaran O Reilly[U13]	Tralee Harriers	3.70m
11	Michael Linnane[U13]	Tralee Harriers	3.62m
12	Donal Hunt[U13]	Lios Tuathaill	3.58m
13	Jack McKenna[U13]	Lios Tuathaill	2.94m

Womens Long Jump

1	Darragh McDonnell[U18]	Estuary	4.91m
2	Kayleigh Cronin[U16]	Spa Muckross	4.72m
3	Mary Doody[U16]	Tralee Harriers	4.59m
4	Eadoin Wall[U18]	Estuary	4.52m
5	Aoife O Carroll[U14]	Tralee Harriers	3.86m
6	Ciara Lynch[U15]	Lios Tuathaill	3.78m
7	Aoibheann O Brien[U14]	Tralee Harriers	3.69m
8	Vanessa Dineen[U16]	Lios Tuathaill	3.69m
9	Laura Sheehy[U15]	Lios Tuathaill	3.56m
10	Colette Foley[U14]	Lios Tuathaill	3.25m
11	Muireann McKenna[U15]	Lios Tuathaill	2.93m

Mens Pole Vault

1	David Hogan[U19]	St Brendan’s	3.00m
2	Eogan O Sullivan[U19]	St Brendan’s	3.00m
3	Michael Grimes[U17]	St Brendan’s	2.40m
4	Matt Clancy[U15]	St Brendan’s	2.20m

Womens Pole Vault

1	Amy Phelan[U19]	St Brendan’s	2.60m
2	Una Marley[U18]	St Brendan’s	2.60m
3	Katie O Riordan[U17]	St Brendan’s	2.50m

Mens Javelin

1	Jonathan Foley[U18]	Farranfore MV	37.95m[800g]
2	Erik Feitshans[U18]	St Brendan’s	29.25m[700g]
3.	Billy Courtney[U14]	Spa Muckross	28.94m[400g]
4.	Aidan O Sullivan[U19]	Gneeveguilla	26.50m[800g]
5.	Ben Clancy[U17]	St Brendan’s	23.06m[700g]
6.	Peter O Brien[U17]	St Brendan’s	22.67m[700g]
7.	Matt Clancy[U15]	St Brendan’s	21.54m[500g]
8.	Michael Linnane[U13]	Tralee Harriers	18.31m[400g]
9.	Ciaran O Reilly[U13]	Tralee Harriers	17.74m[400g]
10.	Iarla Courtney[U14]	St Brendan’s	15.72m[400g]
11.	Rory O Connor[U13]	Tralee Harriers	13.00m[400g]

Womens Javelin

1	Anita Whyte[Sen]	D.S.D	42.81m[600g]
2	Claire Fitzgearld[Sen]	Tralee Harriers	38.71m[600g]
3	Jenny Murphy[U18]	Abbey Striders	38.68m[600g]
4	Rita Casey[U16]	Gneeveguilla	33.33m[500g]
5	Alice Akers[U16]	Marian AC	28.24m[500g]
6	Kate Boyd[U17]	Tralee Harriers	24.91m[600g]
7	Amy Phelan[U19]	St Brendan’s	19.77m[600g]
8	Rachel Dennesen[U17]	St Brendan’s	15.63m[600g]

Mens High Jump

1	PJ Galvin[U19]	St Brendan’s	1.80m
2	Jonathan Foley[U18]	Farranfore MV	1.60m
3	Rory O Connor[U13]	Tralee Harriers	1.40m
4	Ben Clancy[U17]	St Brendan’s	1.30m
5	Shane O Connell[U14]	Tralee Harriers	1.25m
6	Michael Linnane[U13]	Tralee Harriers	1.15m
7	Ciaran O Reilly	Tralee Harriers	1.15m
8	Donal Hunt[U13]	Lios Tuathaill	1.10m
9.	Jack McKenna	Lios Tuathaill	1.05m

Womens High Jump

1	Kayleigh Cronin[U16]	Spa Muckross	1.48m
2	Amy Phelan[U19]	St Brendan’s	1.45m
3	Ciara Walsh[U19]	Tralee Harriers	1.45m
4	Mary Doody[U16]	Tralee Harriers	1.45m

Mens Discus

1	Daniel Clifford[Sen]	Farranfore MV	43.52m[2kg]
2	Alan O Connor[Sen]	Tralee Harriers	36.42m[2kg]
3	Shane McAuliffe[Jun]	Gneeveguilla	35.12m[1.75kg]
4	Andrew McCarthy[U17]	Gneeveguilla	34.44m[1.5kg]
5	Tomas O Neill[U15]	Gneeveguilla	20.42m[1kg]

Womens Discus

1	Claire Fitzgearld[Sen]	Tralee Harriers	44.76m[1kg]
2	Rachel Akers[Sen]	Marian AC	36.52m[1kg]
3	Alice Akers[U16]	Marian AC	33.23[1kg]
4	Hannah O Sullivan[U17]	Gneeveguilla	32.67m[1kg]
5	Kate Boyd[U17]	Tralee Harriers	28.78m[1kg]
6	Rita Casey[U16]	Gneeveguilla	24.75m[1kg]

Mens Triple Jump

1	Michael Godley[U19]	Tralee Harriers	12.40m
2	Michael Grimes[U17]	St Brendan’s	11.20m

Womens Triple Jump

1	Sinead O Connor[U19]	Tralee Harriers	10.66m
2	Elaine Courtney[U17]	Spa Muckross	9.27m
3	Rachel Dennesen[U17]	St Brendan’s	8.75m

Mens Shot

1	Daniel Clifford[Sen]	Farranfore MV	13.78m[7.26kg]
2	Shane McAuliffe[Jun]	Gneeveguilla	12.84m[6kg]
3	Alan O Connor[Sen]	Tralee Harriers	12.43m[7.26kg]
4	Peter O Brien[U17]	St Brendan’s	12.36m[5kg]
5	James Nagle[Sen]	Farranfore MV	11.96m[7.26kg]
6	Peter O Brien[U17]	St Brendan’s	10.88m[6kg]
7	Billy Courtney[U14]	Spa Muckross	10.75m[2.72kg]
8	Andrew McCarthy[U17]	Gneeveguilla	10.41m[5kg]
9	Ciaran O Reilly[U13]	Tralee Harriers	10.08m[2kg]
10	Michael Foley[U14]	Lios Tuathaill	10.06m[2.72kg]
11	Iarla Courtney[U14]	St Brendan’s	9.97m[2.72kg]
12	Matt Clancy[U15]	St Brendan’s	8.89m[3.25kg]
13	Erik Feitshans[U18]	St Brendan’s	7.65m[6kg]
14	Michael Linnane[U13]	Tralee Harriers	7.21m[2kg]
15	Jack McKenna[U13]	Lios Tuathaill	6.13m[2kg]
16	Donal Hunt[U13]	Lios Tuathaill	5.61m[2kg]

Womens Shot

1	Claire Fitzgearld[Sen]	Tralee Harriers	13.50m[4kg]
2	Kayleigh Cronin[U16]	Spa Muckross	10.98m[3.25kg]
3	Aoife Doyle[U14]	Star of the Laune	9.99m[2kg]
4	Hannah O Sullivan[U17]	Gneeveguilla	9.86m[3.25kg]
5	Kate Boyd[U17]	Tralee Harriers	9.10m[4kg]
6.	Kayleigh Cronin[U16]	Spa Muckross	8.15m[4kg]

Mens 35lb WFD

1	Alan O Connor	Tralee Harriers	8.88m
2	Shane McAuliffe	Gneeveguilla	8.85m
3	Peter O Brien	St Brendan’s	7.89m
4	Erik Feitshans	St Brendan’s	5.08m

Note-All following times hand times

Mens Short Hurdles

60mH	1	Rory O Connor[U13]	Tralee Harriers	11.97
60mH	2	Donal Hunt[U13]	Lios Tuathaill	12.20
60mH	3	Ciaran O Reilly[U13]	Tralee Harriers	12.31
60mH	4	Michael Linnane[U13]	Tralee Harriers	12.67
75mH	1	Iarla Courtney[U14]	St Brendan’s	13.45
75mH	2	Michael Foley[U14]	Lios Tuathaill	15.27
80mH	1	Jason Foley[U15]	Lios Tuathaill	13.20
80mH	2	Matt Clancy[U15]	St Brendan’s	14.70
110mH	1	PJ Galvin[U19]	St Brendan’s	18.84

Womens Short Hurdles

75mH	1	Aoife O Carroll[U14]	Tralee Harriers	13.84
75mH	2	Ciara Sheehy[U14]	Lios Tuathaill	15.43
75mH	3	Maria Brosnan[U16]	An Riocht	15.65
75mH	4	Evian O Byrne[U14]	Lios Tuathaill	16.15
75mH	5	Colette Foley[U14]	Lios Tuathaill	16.22
80mH	1	Vanessa Dineen[U16]	Lios Tuathaill	15.80
80mH	2	Ciara Lynch[U15]	Lios Tuathaill	16.00
100mH	1	Ailbhe Courtney[Jun]	St Brendan’s	16.35

Mixed 250m Hurdles

1	Jason Foley[U15]	Lios Tuathaill	39.87
2	Vanessa Dineen[U16]	Lios Tuathaill	43.20
3	Aine O Connor[U16]	An Riocht	47.47

Mens 100m

1	Luke O Keeffe[U19]	St Brendan’s	11.50
2	Edward O Carroll[U19]	St Brendan’s	11.58
3	PJ Galvin[U19]	St Brendan’s	12.06
4	Jason Foley[U15]	Lios Tuathaill	12.76
5	Ciaran O Reilly[U13]	Tralee Harriers	14.96
6	Donal Hunt[U13]	Lios Tuathaill	15.10
7	Jack McKenna[U13]	Lios Tuathaill	16.90

Womens 100m

1	Elaine Courtney[U17]	Spa Muckross	13.00
2	Darragh McDonnell[U18]	Estuary	13.41
3	Eadoin Wall[U18]	Estuary	13.50
4	Ciara Lynch[U15]	Lios Tuathaill	13.55
5	Colette Foley[U14]	Lios Tuathaill	14.05
6	Muireann McKenna[U15]	Lios Tuathaill	14.12
7	Ciara Sheehy[U14]	Lios Tuathaill	14.89

Mens 800m

1	David Kavanagh[U17]	Tralee Harriers	2.01
2	Arthur Fitzgearld[Sen]	Farranfore MV	2.09
3	David Hogan[U19]	St Brendan’s	2.14
4	David O Keeffe[U16]	Gneeveguilla	2.15
5	Tom O Sullivan[U16]	Farranfore MV	2.17
6	Brian Sugrue[U16]	Iveragh	2.20
7	Robert Purcell[Jun]	Gneeveguilla	2.26
8	Michael Foley[U14]	Lios Tuathaill	2.28
9	Donal Hunt[U13]	Lios Tuathaill	2.50
10	Rory O Connor[U13]	Tralee Harriers	2.55
11	Jack McKenna[U13]	Lios Tuathaill	3.04

Womens 800m

1	Ailbhe Courtney[Jun]	St Brendan’s	2.29
2	Katie Rogers[Jun]	St Brendan’s	2.29
3	Rebecca Lynch[U17]	Lios Tuathaill	2.44
4	Vanessa Dineen[U16]	Lios Tuathaill	2.56
5	Ciara Sheehy[U14]	Lios Tuathaill	2.59

Mixed 400m

1	Luke O Keeffe[U19]	St Brendan’s	52.2
2	Ciara Walsh[U19]	Tralee Harriers	71.1

Mixed 2km Schase

1	Arthur Fitzgearld[Sen]	Farranfore MV	6.52
2	David O keeffe[U16]	Gneeveguilla	6.54
3	Cillian O Donovan[U16]	Iveragh	6.57
4	Liam O Connell[U16]	Iveragh	7.11
5	Katie Rogers[Jun]	St Brendan’s	9.22
6	Vanessa Dineen[U16]	Lios Tuathaill	9.56
7	Rebecca Lynch[U17]	Lios Tuathaill	10.11

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 :)