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.