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!