Monday, September 24, 2012

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.

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