Club Sports, Saturday, Jan 9th

Club Sports & Party time for all Juvenile members:

January 9th is our first day back after Christmas with a cross country sports being held at the Mount Sion GAA centre, with races for all ages from 5 years old.
Races start at 1:00 with entries taken from 12:30.
Changing rooms will be available so Bring a change of clothes for the party after.
Prizes will be presented and food served after in the Miount Sion Centre.
Parents are encouraged to stay and join in the fun with a race for them too!
There will be an information session for parents while the kids party away and re-registration forms will be available and accepted.

European Cross Country Championships 2009

A great day was had by Waterford AC today in Santry Dublin where members of the club, both Juvenile and Senior, went to watch the european cross country championship for the Under 19, Under 23 and Senior races. Juvenile members who travelled on the club bus had a great day and are Siobhain Heylin, Níamh Tebay, Richard Lucas, Killian Hearne, Conor Quinn, Emma, Luke and Fergus O'Brien, Harry Colbert and Chapman.

Pictured above are Trish Quinn, Emma, Conor, Fergus and Luke with former World Gold Medalist for Ireland Eamon Coughlan.

European Cross Country in Santry Dublin

Waterford AC are running a bus to Dublin on Sunday, 13th December for the European Cross Country Championship in Santry. The cost for the journey is €10 per adult with accompanying children travelling FREE. Juvenile members 14 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

Entry to the event is free for All juvenile members with a reduced rate of €10 for adults if purchased before Dec 7th. Click HERE to book Tickets

Please book your place on the bus with Tom O'Brien by text to 0863787051.

The bus will be leaving Waterford on the Sunday morning at 7:30am.

More details of the event and tickets can be found at the Athletics Ireland Website.

Cross country outing to Moyglass, Tipperary, Sunday 29th

Pictured above are Richard Lucas and Alan Slattery of our U17 boys who both ran brilliantly today to get individual medals as top 8 finishers and made the County team to get silver medals also. Both lads were delighted with their performances and the Club are equally delighted they are particiapting so well at training and showing how it can all pay off.

At the other end of the age groups Waterford AC made a huge impact on preceedings with an outstanding run from both Lindsey McGuire (Pictured above) and Emma Caulfield. Lindsey won the race from a very full and competive field and both herself and Emma helped the county team to come away with the Bronze. A great performance by both young athletes. Emma is pictured below showing off her county medal with her Proud mother, Cait, who later in the day won county Gold and Club silver medals in the Masters Ladies 3000m gruelling race. Well done to her team mates (Parents of Juvenile members also, in Silvia Malone and Suzanne Dullaghan).

Other great performances were Jake Bagge, boys U9 who came away with individual silver and county Bronze, and Caroline Farrelly, girls U17 individual bronze. Also great performances from our U13 girls of Gyneth Blair, Megan Carroll and Emma O'Brien. Similarly, Conor Quinn had a great individual performance in the Boys U 13 and showed us all how well the experience of competing in rough conditions in the All-Irelands last week served him. He ran very well today and gained ground throughout the race and was the 2nd man counting for the county.

And last but by no means least, our boys u11 team stole the day with exceptional running from our well experienced team of Hugo Blair, (1st individual), David McGlynn, Luke O'Brien, Fergus O'Brien and Jamie McCarthy. These boys won county gold earlier in the season and after some bad colds they are all back fitting fit and today they won silver in the club prize and, combined with west Waterford runners, Hugo and David came away with county gold medals. Between batteries failing in our cameras and phones two of our happy campers were caught (on a dsi or psp or some gadget like that?) celebrating their silverware below:

The coaches at Waterford AC Juvenile Section congratulate our up and coming athletes on a great days running and are delighted with the feedback that all enjoyed their day. While medals are nice to win we are delighted that you are all out there participating, competing with the best and representing your club and county and enjoying each others company. Well done all and see ye Tuesday and Friday.

Munster B Cross Country on Sunday, 29th

This coming Sunday sees our last Cross Country event for this year with the Munster B at Moyglass, Fethard, Co Tipperary, Starting at 12:00 Noon.

Details of directions are shown on the homepage of munster athletics at www.munsterathletics.com

Races are for girls and boys from Under 9 upwards at the same distances as at the Cross Country in Tralee recently, and those who expressed an interest at Tuesday Training or those who replied to the note on Friday night have been Pre-entered by the club. Anyone else who still want to run can still show up and pay a late entry fee on the day.

County B great success with 9 medals

Well done to all our juveniles who competed in the County Waterford B cross country championships held in Dungarvan this Sunday Nov 15th.
All who competed had made the journey to the Munster Uneven age Championships in Tralee last weekend and so were completely ready for the soft conditions in Dungarvan.
As a result there were a couple of excellent gold medal performances from Jake Bagge in the U9 boys and Eimear Elliott in the U15 girls. The run of the day has to go to Gywneth Blair who came from 4th with 200m to go to finish 2nd, narrowly missing out on the gold! If the race was 20m more she would have had it.
Great runs allround and well done to sisters Emma and Ashling Lowe, Jamie McCarthy, Luke O'Brien, Conor Quinn, Emma O'Brien and Claire Purcell for doing Waterford AC so proud yet again. It is very clear that all our athletes who are coming to training regularly are getting fitter, stronger and are out there competing with the best.

Munster Championship Success

Well done to the 32 athletes who made the long journey to Tralee race course on Sunday, Nov 8th, for the Munster Championships and thanks for the 12 parents/coaches who travelled and helped out on the day.

All performed well, in cross country conditions described as soft under foot, from the first race of the U9 girls, Lindsey McGuire, Emma Caulfield, Emma Lowe and Lucy Hogan right through to the Girls under 17 where Siobhain Heylin ran one of her best races to date to qualify for the Munster team and county team at the All-Ireland Championships to be held in Coleraine.

As a result of their great runs many of our runners have made it through to the All-Ireland cross country championships on the Waterford county team to be held in Coleraine early in December.
The following athletes are part of the county team:
Boys U11 Hugo Blair and David McGlynn
Girls U13 Gwyneth Blair
Girls U15 Saoirse Casey Power, Eimear Elliott and Claire Purcell,
Boys U 17 Alan Slattery and Eamon Beardsley.
Girls U17 Siobhain Heylin, and Elaine Stone.

Waterford AC Juvenile Section are delighted that so many of our young athletes performed so well, were well behaved throughout and enjoyed the day. A beautiful meal was wolfed on the way back in Youghal and a restful sleep followed.
Well done to all our athletes and best of luck to those who now go on to the All Irelands.

SUNDAY NOV 8th - MUNSTER UNEVEN AGE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Saturday Message to Tralee bound athletes and parents

Tomorrow is the day and we have an early start! Well done for being part of the team!

Don't miss the bus, we're pulling away from the RSC at 6:45am so get there on time! Its tough, its early but you are part of an elite team, not everybody is in a position to represent their club and county in a Munster Championship so lets be up for the competition!

Early to bed tonight, parents and athletes!

Don't forget to bring:

• Healthy packed lunch, (and a few sweets for after)
• A bottle of water,
• Your WAC singlet, (don't worry we have spares for the day if you don't have one or can't find it!)
• A pair of shorts, (We don't have spares on this!)
• Your spikes (if you have them, if not bring a spare pair of runners/shoes for after),
• Wet gear/raincoat, (it is Kerry after all, lots of rain, even on a sunny day)
• A change of clothes including socks (and a towel),

If an athlete is not accompanied by a parent make sure they have a telephone contact so we can advise about the return time at the RSC on Sunday evening.

Waterford AC have booked a full 3 course meal on the way back so spending money should be kept to a minimum! Absolutely no more than €5 should be brought (at the Even age munster championships a tray of chips, which were very popular after the race, were selling for €2:50).

Once our athletes start the journey they are representing Waterford AC. and Waterford county. We are delighted about that and hope they do us proud and enjoy the experience. We expect good behaviour throughout the day and look forward to welcoming them back on many more trips with Waterford AC Juvenile Section.

We have a few more Cross-Country meets coming up this month, our WAC-New-Year-Cross-Country-Sports and PARTY in our Mount Sion training venue in early January followed by the Indoor Season between January and March leading into the Track & Field Season in the summer, ....... so keep an eye on this blog for up to date info.

Don't forget, (or maybe this is news to you, if you are a parent particularly!), that this is part of our Conditioning Phase of our yearly program, so what our athletes are doing tomorrow in the Munster Cross Country Championship is part of a bigger picture and is hard work. Our training since the end of last summer when we started the mile series as part of the Tom Murray Group has proved that with a focused effort our athletes are now in a position to get out there and compete with the best in Munster and we are delighted to announce that not only are we competing but we are now winning also and in the Even Age Munster Championships recently our girls U18 team of Siobhain Heylin, Niámh Tebay, Lucy Power and Elaine Stone have qualified to represent the Waterford AC in the All-Ireland Finals in Kilbeggan, Westmeath on November 23rd. Also it is great news for the club that Conor Quinn will represent Waterford County on the county team in the U12 race at the same All-Ireland finals in Kilbeggan. Well done to to these great athletes and hopefully we might have equally great news to report after tomorrow!

Also, some athletes and parents are travelling this evening or in the morning, under their own steam, so we wish them a safe journey and will meet at Tralee race course tomorrow morning for an 11 o'clock warm up! Racing starts at 12 noon. Don't forget we are all meeting up together for the meal on the way back to celebrate a great day of participation.

Waterford AC Juvenile Section looks forward to a great day in Kerry tomorrow, and well done in advance to all for participating!......Sher what else would you be doing on a wet Sunday afternoon in Kerry?????

Thursday Training moved to Fridays

Due to the winter league starting this Thursday Nov 5th the thursday training sessions at the RSC will be moved to Fridays, same time of 7pm.

Note The RSC is not available this Friday, so the first Friday session will be Friday 13th November.

There will be NO training on Thursday this week!

Munster Even Age Championships

For the 4th Sunday in a row Waterford AC have been represented at Cross Country competitions with this week 25 of our members travelling to Dungarvan for the Even age Munster finals.

Our U18 team of Siobhain Heylin, Niámh Tebay, Lucy Power and Elaine Stone came away with the team Silver, with Siobhain narrowly missing out on a place on the Munster team for the All-Irelands. Well done girls and considering all the girls are out of their age (ie still U17) then a great performance will be expected again at the UnEven age championship on Nov 8th.

While our U10 team were highly tipped to medal as they had won the County Championship at this age group they struggled to repeat the great work with a couple of illnesses effecting the run on the day. Great experience was gained however by all, particularly in the very large fields of runners and the soft conditions underfoot.Well done to the team of , Jake Bagg, Hugo Blair, Luke Kervick, Fergus O'Brien, Greg Hayes and Cian Kervick.

The other team fielded on the day was the U12 girls of Gwyneth Blair, Kellie Grant, Chloe Cooke and kellie Dullaghan and again with most of the team giving away a year they will be expected to have a much easier day out at the Uneven age Championship in three weeks time.

Other great individual performances were had by Linsey McGuire, Ashling Lowe and Emma Caulfield in the girls U10, Conor Quinn, David McGylnn, Jamie McGuire and Luke O'Brien in the boys U12, Dayna Grant, Ciara Dwyer and Emma O'Brien in the girls U14 and Alan Slattery in the boys U16.

Well done to all and thanks again for parents (and grandparents) for making the day out another great day for the Juveniles.

Next Event will be in three weeks with the Uneven Munster Chapionships in Kerry: more details to follow.

County Cross Country Uneven Ages Success

Another great turnout for the club at the County Cross Country Championship for U9,11,13,15 and 17 in Dungarvan on Sunday last, with 30 runners participating.

Lindsey McGuire started proceedings for the club with a great performance to win the Silver medal in the girls U9 and helped her team of Emma Caulfield, Emma Lowe and Lucy Hogan to win the team Bronze.

The boys U9 team of Jake Bagg, Ewan Nolke, Mark Hogan and Peter Hogan followed with more success to win the team Bronze in their race.

The U11 girls team of Cliona Brennan, Aoife Dullaghan, Ashling Lowe and Collette Hogan ran very well but were narrowly beaten out of 3rd place.

The boys U11 saw a great performance by Hugo Blair to win the individual Bronze and helped his team members of David McGlynn, Jamie McCarthy and Cian Kervick to win Team bronze also.

The U13 girls team of Gwyneth Blair, Ciara Dwyer, Julie Power, Chloe Cooke and Kelly Grant ran very well in a very competitive race but missed out on the medals on the day.

With illness a factor we struggled to field teams in the age groups for Boys U13 upwards but those competing got good experience in soft ground conditions, which will be good practice for the Munster Even age Championship, again in Dungarvan next Sunday (at the earlier 12 noon start). Those who competed were Conor Quinn, Ethan Robinson, Saoirse Power, Dayna Grant, Luke Kervick, Aaron Robinson and Eamon Power.

The day was finished off for the club with a great individual performance by Siobhain Heylin in the girls U17 to take 2nd and the Silver medal.

All in all everyone agreed it was another great day for the club.

County Championship Success

Sunday, Oct 4th, Waterford AC had a great day at the County Waterford Cross Country Championship held in Dungarvan. This was the Even Age Counties, U8 to U16 with the Odd ages, U9 to 17 next sunday at the same venue and time of 1pm.

The club had a great turn out with 34 athletes competing through all the ages. Well done to all and thanks to the parents for making the effort to travel, and for their great support.

The medal haul was 4 Gold, 4 Silver and 2 Bronze: Megan Warring started the day off with a great 2nd place in the U8 girls with Garvan Blaire and Ethan Flynn flying in for 1st and 2nd in the Boys U8. Hugo Blaire and Luke Kervick did the double for 1st and 2nd again in the U10 and were helped by Fergus O'Brien and Cian Kervick to the overall team Gold. The boys U12 team of Conor Quinn, David McGlynn, Ethan Robinson and Luke O'Brien won Bronze and the U14 girls of Saoirse Power, Ciara Dwyer, Dayna Grant and Emma O'Brien also won Bronze. Siobhain Heylin and Níamh Tebay won Gold and Silver respectively in the U18 girls to finish the day for the Juvenile club.

Well done to the senior club on winning the womens Gold in the Novice race and the mens individual Silver and Bronze as well as the Team Gold.

A great day out for Waterford AC...Well done to all involved.

Next Cross Country Outing - OCT 4th

Well done to all who competed in the St Senans Open cross country on Sunday last. We had around 35 runners from the club on the day.

Next up is the County Cross Country Championships (SUNDAY Oct 4th) for under 10,12,14,16 and 18 and we are keen for as many as possible to make the effort to travel in order to make up teams.

Venue is St Augustines, in Dungarvan and races start at 1pm sharp.

Try to make it before 12:30 so you are entered, togged out and warmed up in plenty of time before your race.

Club singlets are available from Albert for €15.

Cross country competitions

Next Sunday, September 27th is our first cross country competition of this season with races for under 8,9,10,12,14, 16, juniors and seniors at St Senans AC. Start time is 1pm at Kilmacow.

This will be good practice for all as the County Waterford EVEN age Cross Country championship,U10,12,14,16 and 18 are being held in St Augustins Dungarvan the following Sunday (October 4th) starting at 1pm.

Also the week following the EVEN age counties (October 11th) will be the U9,11,13,15 and 17 County Waterford Cross Country championship also being held in St Augustins in Dungarvan, again at 1pm.

The Munster Cross country championship will be held in Dungarvan for U10,12,14,16 and 18 on October 18th starting at 12pm.

Tuesdays training change of Venue

Important Notice

Starting from Tuesday 15th September the Tuesday training session for 8 year olds and up will be held to Mount Sion Gaelic Pitch in Waterford, at 7pm.

The Thursday session will continue at the RSC as normal.

For those who have spikes bring them along and get plenty of practice using them for the upcoming Cross Country Season. First big race will be St Senans AC open cross country at the end of this month.

Training now back

Training began again on Tuesday September 1st for juveniles from 8 years and up and on Thursday September 3rd for all from 5 years old. 7pm each night as usual.

Training for the next while will be gearing everybody up for the Cross Country season. Bear in mind a good cross country season will prove essential for a good track season later in the year!

Keep the training going and have fun.

Revised summer training times

Please note we are not training on Thursdays through the summer and the Tuesday sessions will finish on Tuesday 21st July.

Training will resume on Tuesday 1st of September for all age 8 upwards and on Thursday 3rd of September for everyone from 5 years up. 7pm both nights as normal.

Well done to all who came to training and improved their fitness. Special thanks to those who represented the club through the year. Keep active during the holiday weeks and come back eager for the cross country season ahead! It will be very important to build up our teams at all ages.

All Ireland Medal

Congratulations to the Club's Siobhain Heylin on coming 2nd in the All-Ireland Steeplechase in Tullamore today.

Siobhain had qualified in the County Championship held at the RSC last month and is shown in action in the clip below. Siobhain was also a member of the Munster team which won the girls Tailteann Games last week where she competed in the 1500m.

Well done Siobhain, all that hard work is paying off.

Munster Juvenile T&F June 7th 2009

Group photo when all the hard work was done! Sweets all-round.
Hugo and Fergus after being narrowly beaten into 4th in the U10 team 500m. Great run lads.

Emma giving the shot full concentration.


Darragh running strong in the 60m dash.



The ball has been thrown a mile by Luke.




The sun was shining strong in Templemore for the juvenile Track & Field championship and Waterford AC were represented well by six of our members. Keep the training going and we will have a bus load of competitors for next year!

Video clips below of Luke in the 60m dash and Fergus and Hugo taking a long jump each.

Munster Secondary Schools

Well done to Siobhan Heylin on winning the munster schools title last week for the one mile distance.

Great run also for Níamh Tebay in the 800m but was beaten out of the medals.

Well done again girls.

East Munster Girls Schools T&F

Great results from two of our Waterford AC members in the East Munster Schools Track & Field this week, both at Intermediate level.

Níamh Tebay, 800m - Gold Medal

Siobhan Heylin, 3000m - Silver Medal

Well done girls. Keep up the good work!

County Championships Medal Winners

Well done to all who competed at Day 1 of the County Track & Field championship last Sunday. For those from under 13 up don't forget Day 2 is coming on Sunday May 10th.

Medal winners were as follow:

Lindsy McGuire - U9 300m Gold Medal

Hugo Blaire - U10 Long Jump Silver Medal

Luke O'Brien - U11 80m Bronze Medal

Siobhan Heylin - U18 800m and 3000m Gold Medals

Níamh Tebay - U18 800m Silver Medal

Lucy Power - U18 800m Bronze Medal and 3000m Silver Medal

Sophie Van Der Valk - 3000m Bronze Medal

Well done to all. Keep up the good work.

County Championships Starts Sunday April 26th

The County Track & Field Champoionship will be held over 2 sundays.

Day 1 - Sunday April 26th starting at 11:00 am
Girls u-9 / Boys u-9 – 60m, 300m, Long Jump, Ball Throw, Relay
Girls u-10 / Boys u-10 – 60m, 300m, Long Jump, Ball Throw, Relay
Girls u-11 / Boys u-11 – 80m, 500m, Long Jump, Ball Throw, Relay
Girls u-12 / Boys u-12 – 80m, 600m, Long Jump, Shot, High Jump, Relay
Girls u-13 – 600m, Shot, High Jump
Boys u-13 – 600m, Shot, Long Jump
Girls u-14 – 200m, 800m, Shot, Hammer, High Jump, Relay
Boys u-14 – 200m, 800m, Shot, Hammer, Triple Jump, Relay
Girls u-15 – Shot, Hammer, High Jump (u16 200m, 800m, 250m Hurdles)
Boys u-15 – Shot, Hammer, Triple Jump (u16 200m, 800m, 250m Hurdles)
Girls u-16 – 200m, 800m, 250m Hurdles (u17 Shot, Hammer, High Jump)
Boys u-16 – 200m, 800m, 250m Hurdles, 3000m Walk (u17 Shot, Hammer, Triple Jump)
Girls u-17 – Shot, Hammer, High Jump (u18 200m, 800m, 400m Hurdles 3000m Walk)
Boys u-17 – Shot, Hammer, Triple Jump (u18 200m, 800m, 400m Hurdles, 3000m Walk, 2000m Steeplechase)
Girls u-18 – 200m, 800m, 400m Hurdles, 3000m Walk (Jun Shot, Hammer, High Jump)
Boys u-18 – 200m, 800m, 400m Hurdles, 3000m Walk, 2000m Steeplechase (Jun Shot, Hammer, Triple Jump)

Day 2 - May 10th starting at 11:00 am
Girls u-12 / Boys u-12 – 60m Hurdles
Girls u-13 – 80m, 1100m, 65m Hurdles, Long Jump, Javelin, Discus, Relay
Boys u-13 – 80m, 1100m, 65m Hurdles, Javelin, Discus, High Jump, Relay
Girls u-14 – 80m, 1500m, 75m Hurdles, 2000m Walk, Long Jump, Javelin, Discus
Boys u-14 – 80m, 1500m, 75m Hurdles, 2000m Walk, Long Jump, Javelin, Discus, High Jump
Girls u-15 – 100m, 1500m, 80m Hurdles, 2000m Walk (u-16 Long Jump, Javelin, Discus, Triple Jump), Relay
Boys u-15 – 100m, 1500m, 80m Hurdles, 2000m Walk (u-16 Long Jump, Javelin, Discus, High Jump), Relay
Girls u-16 – 80m Hurdles, 2000m Walk, Long Jump, Javelin, Discus, Pole Vault (u-17 100m, 300m, 1500m, Relay)
Boys u-16 – 100m Hurdles, Long Jump, Javelin, Discus, High Jump, Pole Vault (u-17 100m, 400m, 1500m, Relay)
Girls u-17 – 100m, 300m, 1500m, 100m hurdles (u-18 Steeplechase, Long Jump, Javelin, Discus, Triple Jump, Pole Vault), Relay
Boys u-17 – 100m, 400m, 1500m, 100m Hurdles (u-18 Long Jump, Javelin, Discus, High Jump, Pole Vault), Relay
Girls u-18 – 100m Hurdles, 1500m Steeplechase, Long Jump, Javelin, Discus, Triple Jump, Pole Vault (Jun 100m, 400m, 1500m, Relay)
Boys u-18 – 110m Hurdles, Long Jump, Javelin, Discus, High Jump, Pole Vault (Jun 100m, 400m, 1500m, Relay)

St Senans ports re-scheduled for next Sunday

The postponed Easter Monday sports in Kilmacow will be on next Sunday, April 19th.

Details again for the day are:

Girls and Boys Under 8 80 mtrs
Girls and Boys Under 9 80 mtrs
Girls and Boys Under 10 80 mtrs
Girls and Boys Under 11 80 mtrs & 300mtrs

Girls Under 12 80 & 700 mtrs & L.J.
Girls Under 13 100 & 700 mtrs & Shot & H.J.
Girls Under 14 100 & 700 mtrs & L.J.
Girls Under 15 100 & 700 mtrs & Shot & H.J.
Girls Under 16 100 & 700 mtrs & L.J.
Girls Under 17 100 & 700 mtrs & Shot

Boys Under 12 80 & 700 mtrs & Shot
Boys Under 13 100 & 700 mtrs & L.J. & H.J.
Boys Under 14 100 & 700 mtrs & Shot
Boys Under 15 100 & 700 mtrs & L.J. & H.J.
Boys Under 16 100 & 700 mtrs & Shot
Boys Under 17 100 & 700 mtrs

RELAYS: Girls & Boys under 10 - 12 - 14 - 16. Race distance is 4 x 200mtrs

There is a senior 1500m for ladies with prize for first three athletes and first two vets, while the senior men have a 3000m race again with prizes for first three and first two vets.

Admission for adults is €3 and juveniles €2

Easter Monday Sports - Kilmacow

Starting at 1pm the Annual Kilmacow Open Sports is on this coming Monday at the Sports Complex in Kilmacow so get into gear for running, jumping and relaying!!

The following events are on:

Girls and Boys Under 8 80 mtrs
Girls and Boys Under 9 80 mtrs
Girls and Boys Under 10 80 mtrs
Girls and Boys Under 11 80 mtrs & 300mtrs

Girls Under 12 80 & 700 mtrs & L.J.
Girls Under 13 100 & 700 mtrs & Shot & H.J.
Girls Under 14 100 & 700 mtrs & L.J.
Girls Under 15 100 & 700 mtrs & Shot & H.J.
Girls Under 16 100 & 700 mtrs & L.J.
Girls Under 17 100 & 700 mtrs & Shot

Boys Under 12 80 & 700 mtrs & Shot
Boys Under 13 100 & 700 mtrs & L.J. & H.J.
Boys Under 14 100 & 700 mtrs & Shot
Boys Under 15 100 & 700 mtrs & L.J. & H.J.
Boys Under 16 100 & 700 mtrs & Shot
Boys Under 17 100 & 700 mtrs

RELAYS: Girls & Boys under 10 - 12 - 14 - 16. Race distance is 4 x 200mtrs

...And for the parents, and those lazy coaches there is a senior 1500m for ladies with prize for first three athletes and first two vets, while the senior men have a 3000m race again with prizes for first three and first two vets.

Admission for adults is €3 and juveniles €2.

Juvenile Athletes of the Year 2008

Athlete of the year 2008 (Boy): Bogdan Chaus presented with his award from Brea Cooke having had an outstanding Track & Field season in 2008. WAC look forward to another great year from Bogdan in 2009

Athlete of the year 2008 (Girl) : Presented with their award from Brea Cooke. Well done Elaine, Níamh, Siobhan, Lucy and Caroline. Coach Albert Tebay (Pictured) said “Great performances were achieved throughout the year by the girls culminating in winning the county U16 cross country championship team title. Hopefully the younger WAC members will follow their great example in the coming year in both Track & Field and Cross Country competitions”.

St Patricks Day Parade

Can you spot Coach Brian?? Click on the picture to enlarge it.

Coach Albert is looking particularly cool today!

Coach Michael is good with crowd control!

I hope Luke is not weighing ye down on the banner. More training required.

Some pics from the parade 2009