Saturday, June 23, 2012

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.









Monday, June 11, 2012

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.

Friday, June 1, 2012

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.







Monday, May 14, 2012

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

Sunday, May 6, 2012

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.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

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

Monday, April 2, 2012

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.