Club Sports & Party time for all Juvenile members:
January 9th is our first day back after Christmas with a cross country sports being held at the Mount Sion GAA centre, with races for all ages from 5 years old.
Races start at 1:00 with entries taken from 12:30.
Changing rooms will be available so Bring a change of clothes for the party after.
Prizes will be presented and food served after in the Miount Sion Centre.
Parents are encouraged to stay and join in the fun with a race for them too!
There will be an information session for parents while the kids party away and re-registration forms will be available and accepted.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
European Cross Country Championships 2009
A great day was had by Waterford AC today in Santry Dublin where members of the club, both Juvenile and Senior, went to watch the european cross country championship for the Under 19, Under 23 and Senior races. Juvenile members who travelled on the club bus had a great day and are Siobhain Heylin, Níamh Tebay, Richard Lucas, Killian Hearne, Conor Quinn, Emma, Luke and Fergus O'Brien, Harry Colbert and Chapman.
Pictured above are Trish Quinn, Emma, Conor, Fergus and Luke with former World Gold Medalist for Ireland Eamon Coughlan.
Friday, December 4, 2009
European Cross Country in Santry Dublin
Waterford AC are running a bus to Dublin on Sunday, 13th December for the European Cross Country Championship in Santry. The cost for the journey is €10 per adult with accompanying children travelling FREE. Juvenile members 14 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Entry to the event is free for All juvenile members with a reduced rate of €10 for adults if purchased before Dec 7th. Click HERE to book Tickets
Please book your place on the bus with Tom O'Brien by text to 0863787051.
The bus will be leaving Waterford on the Sunday morning at 7:30am.
More details of the event and tickets can be found at the Athletics Ireland Website.
Entry to the event is free for All juvenile members with a reduced rate of €10 for adults if purchased before Dec 7th. Click HERE to book Tickets
Please book your place on the bus with Tom O'Brien by text to 0863787051.
The bus will be leaving Waterford on the Sunday morning at 7:30am.
More details of the event and tickets can be found at the Athletics Ireland Website.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Cross country outing to Moyglass, Tipperary, Sunday 29th
Pictured above are Richard Lucas and Alan Slattery of our U17 boys who both ran brilliantly today to get individual medals as top 8 finishers and made the County team to get silver medals also. Both lads were delighted with their performances and the Club are equally delighted they are particiapting so well at training and showing how it can all pay off.
At the other end of the age groups Waterford AC made a huge impact on preceedings with an outstanding run from both Lindsey McGuire (Pictured above) and Emma Caulfield. Lindsey won the race from a very full and competive field and both herself and Emma helped the county team to come away with the Bronze. A great performance by both young athletes. Emma is pictured below showing off her county medal with her Proud mother, Cait, who later in the day won county Gold and Club silver medals in the Masters Ladies 3000m gruelling race. Well done to her team mates (Parents of Juvenile members also, in Silvia Malone and Suzanne Dullaghan).
The coaches at Waterford AC Juvenile Section congratulate our up and coming athletes on a great days running and are delighted with the feedback that all enjoyed their day. While medals are nice to win we are delighted that you are all out there participating, competing with the best and representing your club and county and enjoying each others company. Well done all and see ye Tuesday and Friday.
At the other end of the age groups Waterford AC made a huge impact on preceedings with an outstanding run from both Lindsey McGuire (Pictured above) and Emma Caulfield. Lindsey won the race from a very full and competive field and both herself and Emma helped the county team to come away with the Bronze. A great performance by both young athletes. Emma is pictured below showing off her county medal with her Proud mother, Cait, who later in the day won county Gold and Club silver medals in the Masters Ladies 3000m gruelling race. Well done to her team mates (Parents of Juvenile members also, in Silvia Malone and Suzanne Dullaghan).
Other great performances were Jake Bagge, boys U9 who came away with individual silver and county Bronze, and Caroline Farrelly, girls U17 individual bronze. Also great performances from our U13 girls of Gyneth Blair, Megan Carroll and Emma O'Brien. Similarly, Conor Quinn had a great individual performance in the Boys U 13 and showed us all how well the experience of competing in rough conditions in the All-Irelands last week served him. He ran very well today and gained ground throughout the race and was the 2nd man counting for the county.
And last but by no means least, our boys u11 team stole the day with exceptional running from our well experienced team of Hugo Blair, (1st individual), David McGlynn, Luke O'Brien, Fergus O'Brien and Jamie McCarthy. These boys won county gold earlier in the season and after some bad colds they are all back fitting fit and today they won silver in the club prize and, combined with west Waterford runners, Hugo and David came away with county gold medals. Between batteries failing in our cameras and phones two of our happy campers were caught (on a dsi or psp or some gadget like that?) celebrating their silverware below:
The coaches at Waterford AC Juvenile Section congratulate our up and coming athletes on a great days running and are delighted with the feedback that all enjoyed their day. While medals are nice to win we are delighted that you are all out there participating, competing with the best and representing your club and county and enjoying each others company. Well done all and see ye Tuesday and Friday. Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Munster B Cross Country on Sunday, 29th
This coming Sunday sees our last Cross Country event for this year with the Munster B at Moyglass, Fethard, Co Tipperary, Starting at 12:00 Noon.
Details of directions are shown on the homepage of munster athletics at www.munsterathletics.com
Races are for girls and boys from Under 9 upwards at the same distances as at the Cross Country in Tralee recently, and those who expressed an interest at Tuesday Training or those who replied to the note on Friday night have been Pre-entered by the club. Anyone else who still want to run can still show up and pay a late entry fee on the day.
Details of directions are shown on the homepage of munster athletics at www.munsterathletics.com
Races are for girls and boys from Under 9 upwards at the same distances as at the Cross Country in Tralee recently, and those who expressed an interest at Tuesday Training or those who replied to the note on Friday night have been Pre-entered by the club. Anyone else who still want to run can still show up and pay a late entry fee on the day.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
County B great success with 9 medals
Well done to all our juveniles who competed in the County Waterford B cross country championships held in Dungarvan this Sunday Nov 15th.
All who competed had made the journey to the Munster Uneven age Championships in Tralee last weekend and so were completely ready for the soft conditions in Dungarvan.
As a result there were a couple of excellent gold medal performances from Jake Bagge in the U9 boys and Eimear Elliott in the U15 girls. The run of the day has to go to Gywneth Blair who came from 4th with 200m to go to finish 2nd, narrowly missing out on the gold! If the race was 20m more she would have had it.
Great runs allround and well done to sisters Emma and Ashling Lowe, Jamie McCarthy, Luke O'Brien, Conor Quinn, Emma O'Brien and Claire Purcell for doing Waterford AC so proud yet again. It is very clear that all our athletes who are coming to training regularly are getting fitter, stronger and are out there competing with the best.
All who competed had made the journey to the Munster Uneven age Championships in Tralee last weekend and so were completely ready for the soft conditions in Dungarvan.
As a result there were a couple of excellent gold medal performances from Jake Bagge in the U9 boys and Eimear Elliott in the U15 girls. The run of the day has to go to Gywneth Blair who came from 4th with 200m to go to finish 2nd, narrowly missing out on the gold! If the race was 20m more she would have had it.
Great runs allround and well done to sisters Emma and Ashling Lowe, Jamie McCarthy, Luke O'Brien, Conor Quinn, Emma O'Brien and Claire Purcell for doing Waterford AC so proud yet again. It is very clear that all our athletes who are coming to training regularly are getting fitter, stronger and are out there competing with the best.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Munster Championship Success
Well done to the 32 athletes who made the long journey to Tralee race course on Sunday, Nov 8th, for the Munster Championships and thanks for the 12 parents/coaches who travelled and helped out on the day.
All performed well, in cross country conditions described as soft under foot, from the first race of the U9 girls, Lindsey McGuire, Emma Caulfield, Emma Lowe and Lucy Hogan right through to the Girls under 17 where Siobhain Heylin ran one of her best races to date to qualify for the Munster team and county team at the All-Ireland Championships to be held in Coleraine.
As a result of their great runs many of our runners have made it through to the All-Ireland cross country championships on the Waterford county team to be held in Coleraine early in December.
The following athletes are part of the county team:
Boys U11 Hugo Blair and David McGlynn
Girls U13 Gwyneth Blair
Girls U15 Saoirse Casey Power, Eimear Elliott and Claire Purcell,
Boys U 17 Alan Slattery and Eamon Beardsley.
Girls U17 Siobhain Heylin, and Elaine Stone.
Waterford AC Juvenile Section are delighted that so many of our young athletes performed so well, were well behaved throughout and enjoyed the day. A beautiful meal was wolfed on the way back in Youghal and a restful sleep followed.
Well done to all our athletes and best of luck to those who now go on to the All Irelands.
All performed well, in cross country conditions described as soft under foot, from the first race of the U9 girls, Lindsey McGuire, Emma Caulfield, Emma Lowe and Lucy Hogan right through to the Girls under 17 where Siobhain Heylin ran one of her best races to date to qualify for the Munster team and county team at the All-Ireland Championships to be held in Coleraine.
As a result of their great runs many of our runners have made it through to the All-Ireland cross country championships on the Waterford county team to be held in Coleraine early in December.
The following athletes are part of the county team:
Boys U11 Hugo Blair and David McGlynn
Girls U13 Gwyneth Blair
Girls U15 Saoirse Casey Power, Eimear Elliott and Claire Purcell,
Boys U 17 Alan Slattery and Eamon Beardsley.
Girls U17 Siobhain Heylin, and Elaine Stone.
Waterford AC Juvenile Section are delighted that so many of our young athletes performed so well, were well behaved throughout and enjoyed the day. A beautiful meal was wolfed on the way back in Youghal and a restful sleep followed.
Well done to all our athletes and best of luck to those who now go on to the All Irelands.
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