Well done Hugo Blair (Pictured with Dad above) on coming 3rd in the Juvenile race of the Annual Baldy man run in Tramore on Monday and pictured also are Conor Quinn and Ethan Robinson who weathered the bad weather and tough conditions.

Happy Christmas

Waterford AC wish all our Juvenile members and their parents and families a very Happy Christmas and look forward to welcoming you all back at training on Tuesday Jan 4th at 7pm and Friday Jan 7th at 6:30pm both at the RSC.

Christmas Training

Training will finish after tonight's session (Tues) at the RSC and resume on Tues Jan 4th and Friday Jan 7th.

Goodie bag packing for the half marathon will be on Thursday afternoon on Jan 6th from 2pm in the far stand at the RSC. Anyone wishing to help out come along and wear warm clothing.

All Ireland Cross Country POSTPONED

The all Ireland cross country scheduled for this coming Sunday have just been postponed, so no bus trip away this weekend. A new date will be advised later.

For those interested David McCarthy of West Waterford will be on the Late Late show tonight (Friday) but obviously thats too late for our Juvenile members other than the Junior squad so watch it online from tomorrow on the rteplayer through the rte website.

Training update and National Cross Country this Sunday

Due to the number of Friday nights missed due to the inclement weather we would like to see as many Waterford AC members at training between now and Christmas. ALL Members from age 5 to age 19 are asked to come to training tonight Tuesday, Friday night at 6:30 and next Tuesday at 7pm to finish our 2010 year and battle the weather..........that means lots of clothes; hats, gloves, scarves and anything else to keep you warm!

13 athletes have qualified to run on Sunday next in Tullamore at the National Cross country finals and we are running a bus pulling away from the RSC at 8am. The Athletes are Hugo Blair, Fergus O'Brien, Conor Quinn, Jamie McCarthy, Luke O'Brien, Saoirse Casey Power, Emma O'Brien, Nicole Rowe, Niamh Tebay, Kate Nolan, Siobhain Heylin, Caroine Farrelly, Claire Grant and Andy Linares. If you would like to travel on the bus please let Tom or Albert know or text 086 3787051 and be at the RSC ready to pull away at 8am on Sunday morning.

Bring warm clothing and a packed lunch. Cost of the bus is 5 euro or 15 per family and a goody bag will be provided.

No training this week

Unfortunately, while the snow is nice to play in, the RSC track is not available so, for our evening sessions, its a non-runner!

Hopefully, we will be back next week: on Monday at Cilbarra for our indoor session at 6pm or Tuesday at 7pm and Friday at 6:30pm both at the RSC.

In the meantime, have a look at the following warm up routine from Runnersworld magazine. It is important for every athlete to have a warm up and cool down routine that they are familiar with, particularly during the track and field season..both indoor and outdoor!

Munster B Great day out

Best day of the season so far was the Munster B Cross Country in a super Dungarvan course today with individual wins for Hugo Blair in the U11 and Alan Slattery in the U17. Both lads were winners by a long way and showed great controlled running from start to finish. Other medal winners were Ethan Flynn and Garvin Blair in boys U9, Fergus O'Brien in Boys U11, Gwyneth Blair in girls U13, Saoirse Casey Power and Emma O'Brien in girls U15, Richard Lucas in Boys U17 and others who didn't make it into the medals but ran strong through these long distances were Nina Lawlor, Nicole McCarthy, Emma Caulfield, Emer McGlynn, Lynsey McGuire, Orla O'Connor, Anna O'Connor, Cliona Brennan, Jamie McCarthy and Luke O'Brien. Unfortunately after making the effort to make it David McGlynn had to pull out due to a soccer injury. While Louise Reidy didn't compete on the day she ended up covering the 3.5K distance she would have had to cover while supporting all our other runners from U9 through to U17 and her support was much appreciated by all.

Friday training time change!

NOTE: As agreed at the very well attended AGM of the Juvenile section of Waterford AC on Friday night our Friday night training will now start at 6:30 pm. This session is open to all members from 5 years old. As the main cross country events are coming to a close emphasis will now move to the introduction of more sprints, jumps and throws and it is intended to introduce Saturday sessions in these areas as time goes on so keep up the that training, athletes!

TODAYS CROSS COUNTRY IN DUNGARVAN: See BELOW.

Sunday, 14th; Great day out at St Augustines

Plenty of medals and great runs yet again for the club today. From girls U8 through to girls U15 we had plenty of runners and with medals for the first 6 home, many came home with them. Great to see so many athletes and lots of parents helping out at all ends of the long course. Well done Luke who was our camera man for the day. Click here for more from Luke: (Click on slideshow on the top right for a rolling viewing)

Next week at the same venue is the Munster B so anyone who didn't win a medal at the Munsters in Macroom or Charleville can run; start time is 12:00 so come early!

County B Cross Coutry

Don't forget the cross country in Dungarvan tomorrow in at St Augustines College. Meet there at 12:30.

Races for U8, U9, U11, U13 and U15.

Juvenile AGM

Parents: Don't forget AGM on Friday Nov 12th at 7 pm upstairs at the RSC

High School Musical tickets for WAC & Friends

The number to ring to book your FREE tickets for the screening of High School Musical in the Granary is 051 304500. Mention you are from the WAC group.

The show is on at 11am on Saturday 13th November in the Granary, which is beside Dooleys Hotel on the Quay. As of Sunday there are 75 tickets available FREE! Ring Monday morning to ensure your ticket!

MUNSTER UNEVEN CHAMPIONSHIPS today at Charleville

Well done to all athletes and parents/coaches who made the journey today and great for all those who won medals or qualified for the All Irelands in Tullamore later in December. These include Hugo Blair, Fergus O'Brien, Conor Quinn, Jamie McCarthy, Saoirse Casey Power, Emma O'Brien, Nicole Rowe, Siobhain Heylin, Caroline Farrelly, Niamh Tebay, Claire Grant, Kate Nolan and Andy Linares.

Click HERE for photos from the day excellently taken by club member David Power.

November training nights

Now that we are in November and the winter league starts on Thursday our training is moving to friday nights. So thats this week on Nov 5th! See ye all there.

Also, Sunday Nov 7th is Munster Uneven age championships and if anyone has not confirmed their place on the bus please do so on Friday night at training. Otherwise there may not be space on the bus for you if you turn up!

Bus leaves the RSC at 8:30 am.

Juvenile Club AGM

Juvenile Section AGM notice: Our AGM will be held upstairs at the RSC on Friday November 12th at 7pm. All parents are actively encouraged to attend.

Also, From the start of November training will move from Thursday to Friday but there will be no training on Fri the 12th to facilitate the AGM.

Happy Anniversary Albert & Val

47 members of Waterford AC Juvenile section travelled to Cork on Sunday Oct 17th to celebrate the 23rd wedding anniversary of coach Albert and his better half Val........Oh and there was a few cross country races on too!

Lynsey McGuire and Jake Bagg won medals as part of their County teams in the U10 girls and boys races respectively. The girls U18 team of Kate Nolan, Caroline Farrelly, Siobhain Heylin and Niamh Tebay won Team bronze and also all were scoring members of the county team that came third so they came away with 2 medals each! Andy Linares had a great run in the U18 boys and won a bronze medal with the county team.

Next Cross Country outing

This coming Sunday Oct 17th is the Munster Championships for Even Ages (U10,12,14,16 & 18) in Cork.

Bus leaving the RSC at 8:30am.

More details on http://www.munsterathletics.com/

We will have a break from competition for a couple of weeks and we will resume with the Uneven age (U9/11/13/15 & 17) cross country again in cork on November 7th and again we will be sending a bus.

Great day at County championships - Uneven Ages

A great show by waterford AC Juveniles at the County championships in Dungarvan yesterday for the U9,11,13,15,17 and junior (U20) Cross Country.

Hugo Blair (U11) and Siobhain Heylin (junior) both won individual titles with Ethan Flynn (U9) Nicole Rowe (U17), Kate Nolan (junior) and Andy Linares winning Silver and Lynsey McGuire (U11) and Claire Grant (junior) both got Bronze. Also Team gold went to Boys U11 and Junior boys, Team silver to U11 girls and U13 boys and Team bronze to U9 girls and also U9 boys.

Well done to all athletes and thanks to their parents for bringing them out in such big numbers.

Cross Country County Championships - Un-Even ages - U9,11,13,15 & 17

This coming Sunday at St Augustines College in Dungarvan sees week 2 of the County Cross Country Championships for children born in 2002 or before.

For parents who are not familiar with how the ages work it goes as follows:
Children born in 2002 are U9, 2001 and 2000 are U11, 1999 and 1998 are U13, 1997 and 1996 are U15 with 1995 and 1994 being U17.

Your children have been back now a number of weeks and training with cross country in mind so lets make every effort to get them to Dungarvan to make up teams and maybe win a few medals at the same time. The follow up Munster championships are in Charleville in Co.Cork on Nov 7th and we will be setting up a special cross country training squad following next Sunday's county attendance to prepare fully. If the squad is large enough we will send a bus to the event.

Your support in getting your children to the county championships this weekend would be greatly appreciated by the coaches.

Cross Country County Championships - Even ages - U10,12,14,16 & 18

Medals were hard to come by on Sunday at St Augustines College in Dungarvan but our ever improving U12 boys team of Hugo Blair, Jamie McCarthy, Luke O'Brien and David McGlynn won team Gold wth Hugo getting individual bronze also. Other members of the team who each ran strong were Fergus O'Brien, Ryan O'Loughlin and Luke Cronin. Best of luck to these young boys at the Munster Championships in 2 weeks tme.

The only other Juvenile team we managed to field was the girls U14 of Gwyneth Blair, Erica Kelly, Emma O'Brien and Louise Reidy. Well done to the girls and better luck next week where Gwyneth steps down to the U13 and Erica, Emma and Louise step up to U15.

Two excellent individual performances on the day were had by Nicole Rowe in winning the U16 girls race and Kate Nolan who came second to International Juvenile athlete Kate Veale in the U18 race.

Other members who competed were Emma Caulfield, Nicole McCarthy, Ethan Flynn, Garvin Blair, Eoin O'Grady, Cliona Brennan, Conor Quinn, Saoirse Casey Power, Niamh Tebay, Caroline Farrelly, Richard Lucas and Killiane Hearne. Juvenile member Claire Grant competed in the Novice race and was a member of the bronze winning team.

Out of a current membership of over 200 athletes we only had 25 competing on the day: can we do better next week??

Next Sunday at the same venue, with a start time of 1pm again, we look forward to many more members making the short journey to compete at the U9, U11, U13, U15 and U17 championships.

St Senans Open Sports

Pictured above is West Waterford's Kate Veale who reprsented Ireland at the Junior Olympics in Singapore in the Summer. Kate singed autographs for Luke O'Brien, Jamie McCarthy, Emma O'Brien and Erica Kelly.

Above with running mum is Nina Lawlor who medalled in the U8 race.

In all 50 Juvenile members competed at the open sports on Sunday. With a lovely day it was great to see so many there. Well done to the U12 boys team of Hugo Blair, Jamie McCarthy, David McGlynn and Luke O'Brien who won team gold. Four other U12s were biting close on their heels to count on the team and were Dan Cronin, Fergus O'Brien, Arron Robinson and Adam Morrissey. looking good for the counties on Sunday next in Dungarvan for this developing team.

Medal wins also included Ethan Flynn in the U9 boys and Lynsey McGuire in the U10 girls.

Also Kate Nolan, Niamh Tebay, Caroline Farrelly and Claire Grant ran very well to claim the Junior Ladies Team prize with Kate being 2nd and Niamh 3rd Individually.

Next Outing: SUNDAY NEXT: County Cross Country Championships: 1 pm start at the St Augustine College in Dungarvan. Races for U10, U12,U14,U16 and U18.

Adamstown Cross Country - Sunday 19th Sept

Well done to all who made the journey to Adamstown in Co. Wexford for a very well run cross country event.

The club had representations throughout the day from Tiny Tots through to senior Ladies and Men.

Some photos shown above are Anne & Rita O'Brien and Aoibhe Waring from the Tiny tots 200m and Boys U13 winning team.

Top 3 finishers were U9 boys: Ethan Flynn 3rd, U10 girls: Lynsey McGuire 1st, U11 boys: Fergus O'Brien 3rd, U13 boys: Conor Quinn 3rd and team 1st with Ethan Robinson, David McGlynn, Luke O'Brien and Jamie McCarthy.

Others who competed well over these long distances were Anna Beadle, Megan Waring, Eimear McGlynn, Dylan Rowe Brannigan, Claire Caulfield, Craig Morrissey, Emma Caulfield, Saoirse Casey Power, Emma O'Brien, Nicole Rowe and Claire Grant.

Next Outing: SUNDAY NEXT: St Senans open sports: 1 pm start at the sports complex in Kilmacow.

Cross country event: St Senans Open

An excellent cross country event is on Sept 26th in Kilmacow. The St Senans open cross country sports with races from U8 right through to senior and masters.

Details on St Senans AC website

Start time is 1pm

This is always a great event so all members are encouraged to take part.

Munster Combined Events and Munster B Individual T&F at Templemore

The club was well represented on Sunday 29th August in Templemore with many great performances and 7 medals. Some pics of some of the crew who made the trip.

The medal winners were Hugo Blair who came third in The Combined events U11 boys (Long Jump, Shot putt and 600m) and in the B individual events Lynsey Maguire was 2nd in the U11 300m, Ethan Flynn won gold in the 300m and bronze in the U9 long jump, Saoirse Casey Power was 2nd in U16 100m and Nicole Rowe won the U16 Long jump and was 3rd in the 800m.

Other club members who competed were Una & Aoife Fitzgerald, Louise Reidy, Eamon Casey Power, Conor Quinn, Ethan Robinson, Jamie & Nicole McCarthy and Emma, Luke & Fergus O'Brien.

That was the last track & field of the year so cross country training beckons for the next few weeks.

Training continues on Tues and Thurs this week.

Training Back Next Tues Aug 17th

Training resumes on Tuesday next for members aged 8 and over and members of all ages on Thursday Aug 19th.

Also, Friday afternoon Fun activities in the Park:

Well done to Ethan Robinson and Luke O'Brien who competed in the 3k fun run in the park on Friday last for 10 to 18 year olds. Both athletes won Alfie Hale vouchers for their trouble and had a great day of other activities provided by Waterford Sports partnership.

Last Thursday Night Training for the summer

Tonight (July 8th) is the last night of training for Thursday nights.

Tuesday training for those age 8 and older will continue on Tuesdays for 2 more weeks.

Check back here in August for the date on which training will resume.

All Ireland Silver & Bronze

Well done to Caroline Farrelly on winning a silver medal in the U18 200m Steeplechase in Tullamore on Saturday last. In the same race Siobhain Heylin won Bronze. A great day for the girls and for the club. A well deserved payoff for all the hard training.

Training back to normal

Training is back to Tuesday and Thursday at 7pm as and from Tues 15th June.

Well done to our older Juveniles (pictured above) who helped the senior team in the National League in Tullamore last Sunday, June 13th. After round 1 both the ladies and mens teams are in a postion to qualify for the final in August.

Photo shows Richard, Isaac, Samuel, Killian, Siobhain, Niamh and Caroline who competed.

No training again

No training at the RSC on Tuesday next June 8th & June 15th!

Of course if you have a garden there are plenty of drills you can be doing, or beaches to run on or parks to run around (well maybe not plenty of parks!).

Best of luck to Siobhain Heylin, competing in the All Ireland Schools finals in Tullamore on Sat, June 5th.

Great days out at the County Championship at the RSC

Showing off some of the county medals!

And even some of the coaches showed how it is done!!

In glorious weather on both Sundays Waterford AC juveniles had a great show with county champions from U9 through to U18. A great thanks is due to all who helped out on both days, whether coaching, organising or cheering on!

With such a big club membership now it was clear to see in 'the sea of blue' (and a few white) club hoodies that Waterford AC are a force to be reckoned with.

Well done to all and we look forward to training for the munster championships in June.

County Track & Field - Day 1 of 2 - 11am start

Next Sunday May 9th is the first of two days of the County Waterford T&F Championships to be held at the RSC. The events in the program for day 1 are shown above with day 2 to be posted next week. For younger members (U9 to U11) ALL events are on Day 1 (May 9th, 11am start) with U12 to U18 having many events on both Sundays.

We encourage all members to participate at these championships and for parents to come along for the day and help the athletes to get to the start point for the various events on time and ready. Fee is €2 and this covers entry into all events on the day.

REMINDER: No training on Tuesday this week or next!

The Tramore 4 - fun run

Friends of Glor na Mara school in Tramore present the "The Tramore 4", 4 mile fun run and walk this Friday, 30th April.
Registration at the Oceanics surf school from 5.30pm.

Walkers start at 6.30pm, Runners start at 7pm

If you don't want to walk/run why not pop out to watch and support the run.

NOTE ALSO: No training at the RSC on the next 2 Tuesdays! The next Tuesday training will be on Tuesday May 18th at the RSC

Great day out at Leevale Open Sports, CORK

With a large bus of budding athletes a great day was had by all as the sun shone, and Derval O'Rourke signed the day away!

With strength through the club from Tiny Tots to U17, medals and PBs were chased all day.

Ethan Flynn came away with a great 3rd place in the Final of the u9 boys 60m and helped his team of Garvin Blair, Dylan Rowe and Daryl Reidy to 3rd in the 4 x 100m relay. Hugo Blair increased his Long Jump PB by nearly half a meter to come 2nd in the U11 Long Jump.

Some pics of the day from Trish Quinn.

Thanks to all the parents/coaches who travelled on the day and made the experience great for all....with nobody missing their race!!

NB: NO TRAINING TUESDAY 20TH APRIL AS THERE IS A SOCCER MATCH IN THE RSC

Cork Sports April 18th

The Bus is leaving from the RSC at 8:30am this Sunday April 18th and will be back at approx 3:30pm.

Bring a packed lunch, and a small amount of spending money.

Children 12 years and under must be accompanied by an adult.

Bring a change of clothes, proper runners and/or spikes. Enjoy!

CLICK on the picture above to view larger program of events.

St Senans Open Sports

It was great to see so many who travelled to Kilmacow for the open sports on Monday April 5th and well done to all who medalled. From sprint medals in the boys u9 bronze by Ethan Flynn to long sprint medals by Linsey McGuire and Hugo Blair to Middle distance medals by Nicole Rowe and Siobhain Heylin to long jump medals by Conor Quinn and to relays medals for our U12 boys and our Junior Mixed 4 x 200m it was a great day of track and field for the club.

Next outing will be to Cork for the Leevale open sports on Sunday April 18th: We hope to arrange a bus to travel on the day. Check back here for more details.

First Track & Field Outing

On Easter Monday, April 5th starting at 1pm at the sports complex, Kilmacow St Senans AC are holding an open sports with events from U8 to U17 and Junior (U20).

Admision is 3 euro for adults and 2 for juveniles.
All club members are encouraged to attend.

If you have your club singlet please wear it and if you need to buy one they are 15 euro, available at training on Tuesday night next.

Events on the day are shown in the program above (Click on the picture to make it bigger).

NB: Remember: No training at the RSC on Thursday next: April 1st (Not an april fool!)

St Patricks Day Parade

Click on the image to view larger.

And now we are nearly there! We didn't have the SPEED but we had the STAMINA and the SPIRIT was high!

Thanks to all who walked and particularly all the parents who helped out on the day...great job on the hoodies Shirley and Mags!

Date for your diary: April 5th (Bank holiday Monday) St Senans open sports...more details later.

St Patricks day parade

We are walking in the St Patrick's day parade on Wednesday next!

Meet at the Glen at 12:00 noon and wear your club Hoodie or Jacket or anything blue.

We still have hats for sale at 5 euro so pick one up from Shirley at mount sion training on Tuesday between 7 and 8 or at the glen on the morning.

Collection point is back at the college of Further Education on Parnell Street immediately after the parade.

All Ireland B Cross Country Success

Richard, Killian, Isaac & Alan Silver team

A great day was had by all who travelled to Lough Key Forest Park in Boyle, Co. Roscommon on Sunday last with the boys U17 (pictured above) coming away with the silver Club medal.

Great performances were also had by Hugo Blair, David McGlynn, Luke O'Brien, Jamie McCarthy and Fergus O'Brien in the boys U11, Megan Carroll, Emma O'Brien, Louise Reidy and Rachel Heery in the Girls U13, Conor Quinn in the boys U13, Nicole Rowe and Saoirse casey Power in the girls U15 and Niamh Tebay who narrowly missed out on an individual medal in the U17 girls race.

Well done to all and thanks to parents Steven Blair, Trish Quinn, Ciaran and Susan Rowe who travelled on the bus and of course Dylan Rowe as our number 1 supporter who also travelled on the day. Coaches Albert, Malachy and Tom were also on hand to keep things in order and after a lovely meal sponsored by the cub all agreed the day was an enjoyable day out and a useful exercise...and the few medals were a real bonus: well done lads!

New day for training

No training on Friday this week (Feb 12th) and starting the following week our Friday session will move to Thursdays at 7pm. First Thursday session then is 18th Feb.

Anne valley Challenge Juvenile race - 1 mile
For those runners born 1997 or after there is an under 14 race in Dunhill this coming Saturday Feb 13th. More details here.

Photo gallery of prize giving and party from Brendan Jackman

WAC Juvenile Prize Giving - Images by Brendan Jackman Photography

Popular Sports & Party - January 31st

On a crispy finish to January the Waterford AC juvenile cross country sports and party took place at the Mount Sion GAA grounds and while the air temperature was low the juvenile members and Mams & Dads were steaming around the course and earning their well deserved medals, Beanies and grub. Well done to all who competed and the many who helped out, From Richie putting up the registrations tent to Albert at the start line to Fintan on the Loudspeaker to Niamh and Siobhain on entries to Shirley and Margaret on the results analysis to Brendan on the camera and the many, many more who helped out throughout the day as the need arose. Summary of results below and full photo gallery to follow shortly.

Well done to all and huge thanks to CAME who sponsored all the prizes and Beanie hats.

Pictured above are Conor Quinn and Siobhain Heylin being presented with the overall boy and girl Athlete of the year award from club Captain Tom O'Brien. Photo credit Brendanjackman.com

Girls U6 1st Aoibhe Waring 2nd Siofra Slattery 3rd Hannah Ryan
Boys U6 1st Nathan Bagge 2nd Padraig McKinley 3rd Harry Colbert
Girls U7 1st Anna Breen 2nd Aimee Moore 3rd Emma Larkin
Boys U7 1st Jack Corcoran
Girls U8 1st Megan Waring 2nd Emer McGlynn 3rd Caroline Fanning
Boys U8 1st Garvin Blair 2nd Ethan Flynn 3rd Reuben Halloran
Girls U9 1st Emma Caulfield 2nd Emma lowe 3rd Eva Daniels
Boys U9 1st Jake Bagge 2nd Michael Brennan 3rd Geoff Fanning
Girls U10 1st Linsey McGuire 2nd Aisling Lowe 3rd Anne O'Connor
Boys U10 1st Hugo Blair 2nd Fergus O'Brien
Girls U11 1st Cliodha Brennan 2nd Collene Hogan
Boys U11 1st Luke O'Brien 2nd Luke Furlong 3rd David McGlynn
Girls U12 1st Gwyneth Blair 2nd Abby Robinson 3rd Aoife Dullaghan
Boys U12 1st Conor Quinn 2nd Ethan Robinson
Girls U13 1st Emma O'Brien 2nd Louise Reidy
Girls U14 1st Saoirse Casey Power
Boys U15 1st Alan Slattery2nd Richard Lucas
Girls U16 1st Siobhain Heylin
Boys U16 1st Isaac Lineen 2nd Killian Hearne
Girls U17 1st Niamh Tebay 2nd Claire Grant
Mothers Race 1st Suzanne Dullaghan 2nd Brenda Lowe 3rd Ave Talviste
Fathers Race 1st Cathal Lowe 2nd Richie Dullaghan 3rd Ivor Bagge

New date for Sports and Party

The cross country sports and party will now be held on Sunday, January 31st from 12 noon. Registration from 11:30am. Read earlier posts for more details.

Don't forget the "Design a slogan" competition! We are looking for a slogan (maximum 3 words) for the juvenile section of the club, which we will put on our club gear in the future. Write it down, with your name and put it in the box at the sports day on Jan 31st. Prize for best one is a €50 Voucher for Alfie Hale Sports. If you’re not in you can’t win.

Training is back on Tuesdays at mount sion and Fridays at the RSC. Re-registrations can be done by bringing the registration form given before Christmas or downloading it from the main website http://www.waterfordac.com/

Sports Postponed

Unfortunately we have to postpone our sports for this Saturday. We will reschedule in due course and let you know at training, and here on the blog.
Hopefully see you all at training on Tuesday at 7 at the mount sion GAA and you can renew your membership then and on the following Friday from 7 at the RSC.