Cross country kicked off

A big welcome back to all our athletes, training has now been back for the last few weeks and all athletes are enjoying being back and preparing for this years cross country season.

Adamstown Open Cross Country

Adamstown was our first outing of the year and many athletes travelled on the 16th September picking up many medals on the day.
Jack Corcoran ran an excellent race to finish in first place U9. U12 Lindsey McGuire ran an exceptional strong race also coming in first. U14 Jamie McCarthy ran strong in a very competitive race finishing in 3rd place.
Others who competed and won medals were Claire Caulfield U9, Evan Hayes and Dylan Rowe U10, Ethan Flynn U11, Emer McGlynn U11. Emma Caulfield, Aoife Cadogan, David McGlynn and Nathan O’Callaghan also competed and ran well for the club.

St.Senans, Open Cross Country, Kilmacow
Last Sunday 23rd September a large number of athletes turned up for a very competitive open sports in Kilmacow. Waterford A.C. were well represented on the day and all the athletes had good day out.
Results: Jack Corcoran 1st  U9 , Lindsey McGuire 2nd  U12.
Medals were also won by Zac Robinson and Fortune Eddie U9. Victory Eddie and Evan Hayes U10.

Team wins:
U12 boys bronze: Ethan Flynn, Cathal Scanlon, Jimmy Carberry and Sean Barron
U14 boys silver: Jamie McCarthy, Hugo Blair, David Mc Glynn and Favour Eddie.

Next Sunday 30th September will see our athletes travel to the first of two County Cross Country Championships in St. Augustine’s, Dungarvan Co. Waterford commencing at 12pm.
The club wishes all our athletes the best of luck over the coming weeks.

All training at Kingfisher now

Starting Tuesday next Sept 25th Juvenile training for 8 years and older will move indoors to the Kingfisher hall and not WIT Sports campus. The session will be from 7 to 8:15pm.
Note also from October the Thursday session will then move to Friday at 7pm.

Summary for the next while is:

For 5, 6 and 7 yr olds.....

The Saturday session continues at 12:30 to 1:30 each week at Kingfisher

For 8 year olds and older.......

Kingfisher at 7 to 8:15  as follows
Tuesday 25th September
Thursday 27th September

Tuesday 2nd October
Friday 5th October

Tuesday 9th October
Friday 12th October

Tuesday 16th October
Friday 19th October

Tuesday 23rd October
Friday 26th October

Tuesday 30th October
Friday 2nd November

September training

For september 5,6 and 7 yr olds are 12:30 to 1:30 in Kingfisger hall and 8 yrs and older are 7 to 8 at WIT Sports campus on Tuesday and Thursday.

Training is back on Tuesday August 28th

We welcome all members back next week as training resumes for those aged 8 years and older on Tuesday Aug 28^th at 7pm in the RSC.  Training for Juveniles aged 5, 6 and 7 resumes on Saturday September 1st at 12:30 at the RSC

The following week training will change to Carriganore for the month of September at the same time of 7pm on the Tuesday & Thursday. 

In October training will move indoors to the Kingfisher on Tuesday and  Friday at 7pm

Great trip to national T&F Championships

With AAI providing a free bus, free entry and a lovely Assics T shirt for all the Juveniles who did the fitness test a great day was had at the national Track & Field championships at santry, Dublin last Sunday. Athletes were very willing to give autographs and we even got to run a lap of the track at the end! 2012 Olympians Paul Hession, Derval Rourke, Colin Griffin and Jessie Barr were very popular and gave plenty of time chatting with the kids. Some photos from the day:

 

Munster Championships CIT

Congrats to our Juvenile club in winning more Munsters medals this weekend in Cork. 

 

Kathleen Heery is the munster champion in the U14 discus, Luke O'Brien won silver in the U14 Javelin and Alan Slattery won silver in U19 3k and bronze in 1500m and will now represent the club at the national champs later this month. Also Hannah Cawley and Emma O' Brien qualified for the all Irelands in the race walking . Many fine performances were had and thanks to the coaches and parents who made the trip. WAC doing it!!!

 

 

 

Summer break

Training finishes Thursday June 28th and will resume on Tuesday Aug 28th.

There is a free bus to Santry to watch the National senior T&F championships on Sun July 8th. Please contact 0862369017 if you would like a space. First 50 confirmed are in!


Please join in thanking all the coaches who gave so much time and effort in preparing our athletes for County, Munster and All-Ireland competition this year.

All Ireland Medals

OMG we won Gold and 2 sets of silver today in Cork.

U10 gold medal winners in the 4 x 100m relay were Jack Deegan, Victor Eddy, Dylan Rowe and Evan Hayes. U9 boys of Jack Corcoran and Fortune Eddy won silver in the 60m sprint (team of two) and also silver for Victor Eddy and Evan Hayes in the U10 60m sprint.

Hats off also to our coaches in preparing these fine athletes to compete at such a high level...and have great fun in doing so! Also competing very well today were Ethan Flynn and Lee McKay in the U11 60m and the U11 relay team which finished 5th was Ethan Flynn, Lee McKay, Cathal Scanlon and Victory Eddy.

Juveniles Munster Championships

WAC Juveniles had a great 2 days of competition at the Munster Championships in Cork this weekend; A win in U10 boys relay, 2nd in the U11 boys relay on Saturday and 4 gold medals and 2 bronze on Sunday. Lots of great performcase over the weekend and well done all who competed and thanks to the coaches for a great preparation job.

Opening of Waterford Nature Park

President Higgins came to Waterford today to officially open the Waterford Nature park and many Juvenile members were out in force to welcome him and entertain him with their activities.

Munster Combined events

Great performances from the following athletes who represented the club at the Munster combined events championships in Castleisland, Co Kerry recently.
Boys U11 Cathal Scanlon 3rd
Girls U15 Gwyneth Blair 3rd ( only 30 points from the silver medal) and Sally Brown 5th

Also, after making the long journey to Kerry Ethan Flynn was sick and unable to participate. Full results HERE

County T&F Championships

Click HERE for the list of events for the county Track & Field championships being held at the RSC over the next two weekends; Sunday May 13th and Sunday May 20th. We hope all members will compete fully at the championships.

St Senans AC and Leevale Open Sports report

On Monday the 9th of April Waterford AC athletes competed in St. Senans Open Sports. Despite the weather medals were there to be won. U9 Jack Corcoran 1st 80m sprint, U10 Victory Eddy 1st 300m, U11 Ethan Flynn 3rd 300m. U12 Cathal Scanlon 3rd in the Shot. U 12 Lyndsey McGuire 2nd 700m. U 13 Hugo Blair 2nd 700m.U15 Gwyneth Blair 3rd 700m.
The boys U10 relay race finished 3rd with the U 12 boys finishing 2nd. Just outside the medals but putting in some strong performances were U12 Jeff Fanning 4th in the U 12 700m and Jack Deegan finishing 4th in the 300m. Well done to all who braved the elements and participated.

Sunday 15th of April Lee Vale, Cork Leevale Open Sports day held in the state of the Art CIT Campus in Cork was well attended this year with hundreds of participants filling the stands from clubs all over Munster.Waterford AC had large number of athletes travelling to the highly competitive event. U 9 Jack Corcoran came 2nd in the 60m sprint, Victory Eddie ran a great race to take first place and the coveted gold medal in the U 10 80M Sprint.Jack Corcoran also came 2nd in the Under 10 300m. Hugo Blair was third in the U 13 600m and Gwyneth Blair was 2nd in the 100m hurdles.All athletes had to compete in heats on to semi finals then to finals.Many athletes competed up an age in events not catered in their age group.In the relays U10 boys won bronze, Dylan Rowe, Victory Eddy, Fortune Eddy and Jack Corcoran. U12 boys relay came in 4th, Ethan Flynn, Jeff Fanning , Lee Mackey and Cathal Scanlon. Other athletes who had good performances were Victory Eddie who finished 4th in the 300m final U 10.Sarah Jacob was 4th in the shot U12 out of her age.. Niamh Denn came through the heats to reach the U13 sprints finals.Ethan Flynn and Cathal Scanlon also qualified to the finals of the U 12 out of their age.Lyndsey McGuire was unlucky not to progress from the U12 semi final 80 m finishing in third place.Fergus O' Brien was 3rd in his semi final U 14 100 m just outside qualification for the final

Open Sports Coming Up.

ST SENANS OPEN SPORTS

Next Monday is the annual St Senans AC track and field open sports, with a 1pm start.

Program available by clicking here

LEEVALE OPEN SPORTS

On Sunday April 15th the annual Leevale AC open sports takes place at the CIT track in Cork.

Program available by clicking here

*** All members are encouraged to attend both sports and for those who wish to travel on the bus to Cork an april 15th please give your name to Susan at training on Tuesday or Thursday this week.

St Patrick's Day Parade 2012

Great to see so many budding olympic athletes and their coaches strutting their stuff at the Parade today. Weather stayed good and the sweets helped of course!!!!

Munster Indoors U14 to U19

Saturday 3rd and Sunday the 4th of March saw a number of Waterford A.C. athletes travel to Nenagh, Co. Tipperary for the U14-U19 Munster Indoor Track and Field . It was the first time for most of our athletes to compete in events such as high jump and hurdles. On Saturday Sally Brown U15 competed in the 60m and long jump . Emma O' Brien U15 200m and 60 m sprint.Saoirse Casey Power U 17 200m , long jump and 800m . Also to compete U19 boys was Richard Lucas running in the 1500m race. Sunday 4th of March U14 Aoife Dullaghan competed in the 60m hurdles, Isabel Roche competed in the high jump.Kathleen Heery competed in the shot finishing outside the medals. U15 Sally Brown and Gwyneth Blair both competed in the 60m hurdles for the first time at Munster level. U14 boys Luke O'Brien competed in the 60m sprint and long jump, finishing outside the medals for the long jump. Jamie McCarthy and David McGlynn both competed in the 60m; their 800m race proved very competitive both running a strong race. All our athletes did the club proud the competition at this age level is extremely high; however valuable experience was gain by our athletes and coaches. A total of 6 medals were won by Waterford A.C. athletes at Munster Indoor Track & Field 2012 .Well done !

Munster Indoors U9 to U13

Last Weekend 25th & 26th of February saw Waterford AC athletes compete in their 1st Under 9 - Under 13 Munster Indoor Track & Field Championship. This was a very exciting encounter for all club athletes and coaches.The event took place over two days in Nenagh Co.Tipperary which saw a number of Athletes competing and medaling. Waterford A.C. fielded a number of strong athletes U9- U13. Waterford A.C. claimed 5 medals at Munster level. Under 9 Jack Corcoran excelled winning gold in the long jump , silver in the 60m sprint and silver in the 300m race.The 300m boys U 9 race turned out to be a very close finish with Jack finishing very strong in second place. U10 Victory Eddie excelled winning gold in the long jump and Victory ran an exceptional 60m race to finish second claiming silver in the 60m sprint.We also had a number of athletes coming through heats, semi-finals and on to the finals. U 11 Ethan Flynn was unfortunate not to make the 600m final by split seconds. Ethan ran a strong 60m final finishing just outside the medals, Ethan finished 4th in the U11 long jump. U13 Hugo Blair showed gallant effort in both 60m sprint and 600m race. Hugo made the final finishing just outside the medals. Fergus O'Brien reached the final of the shot coming in just outside the medals. Other boys to compete were U10 Dylan Rowe, U11 Garvin Blair, Craig Morrisey and Jay Hogan. U13 Maurice Fitzgerald, Aaron Delaney. In the girls U10 Claire Caulfield reached the final finishing just outside the medals. U12 Lauren Robinson reached the final to finish 8th. U12 Lyndsey McGuire finished 4th in a very competitive 600m final. U13 Niamh Denn finished 4th in the shot final, Niamh also competed in competition for the first time in the high jump, she did herself and the club proud jumping 1.27m. Other girls to compete were U10 Anna Fanning, Clodagh Hocter. U11 Niamh Corcoran, Anna Grogan, Emer McGlynn, Karla Fanning, Lucia Zozro, Shauna Kehoe and Blessing Olarevdaju. U12 Emma Caulfield, Maeve O'Sullivan. U13 Ruth Heery, Anna O'Connor and Orla O'Connor.

The club and coaches are extremely proud of all our athletes as the standard was very high and they managed to impress at this level. We would like to thank all athletes who travelled and competed for Waterford A.C, and to the parents who travelled to support and help. Well done to all.

Training Times: Training for for track and field are now on both Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7pm- 8.15pm at the R.S.C. New members are always welcome.

Next weekend the 3rd and 4th of March will see our U14 - U19 athletes compete in the Munster Indoor Championship , Nenagh, Co. Tipperary. We wish them all the very best of luck.

First Juvenile Munster Indoors of 2012

Hey, this indoor lark is just great fun!

Yeah, hey did you see Gwyneth and Sally Hurdling, Jumping, Throwing and running 4 laps? Jeepers better get training!Next year we will all be doing the combined events; better be super fit!

Hey Lads; so my mom said if we fly around this track in super fast times they're gonna bring us to supermacs in the town and we can we refuel there! Whoever goes fastest gets to eat the most!