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 !