Over forty Juvenile Athletes aged from under 10 upwards travelled to Nenagh last Saturday to take part in the Galway County Track and Field indoors. There were some fantastic performances from all the athletes. Athenry Juvenile club took home 12 Gold 12 Silver and 16 bronze medals full results attached.
Training times for Juveniles is as follows
Little Athletics children born 2004 and 2005 Vocational School Gym Monday 7 to 8 oclock.
All older children 8 to 9 oclock vocational school gym Monday nights and Thursday nights 7 to 8 oclock.
Athenry AC had a large number of participants involved in the Community Games National Finals held in AIT Athlone on the 20th & 21st August.
On Day 1, first up was Daniel Regan in the Boys U14 Shot Putt with a throw of 9.78M. This was good enough for 9th place.
Grace Cahill was next up in the Girls U14 Long Jump and with a best jump of 4.03M she also finished in 9th position.
Every year thousands of children from all over Ireland travel to the Community Games National Finals. Previously they have been held in Mosney Co. Meath, but 2009 saw a change of venue and Athlone Institute of Technology was selected as the new home. In total, 4 Athenry area athletes made the short trip up the M6 to Athlone for the first of 3 weekends of competitions; their results and progress are as follows:
Athenry Juvenile Athletics under 9 10 and 11 competed in the county competitions on May 7. There were 44 athletes competing on the day and they all did exceptionally well. At the above ages it is a team competition; athletes are paired off on their times and jumps etc. The club in the team events took 5 Gold medals, 11 Silver medals and 4 Bronze medals. All ages competed in relays and took an amazing 4 gold medals, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze.
The AGM of the Juvenile section of Athenry AC will take place on 23rd November, upstairs in the Fields Bar, Old Church St Athenry.
All are welcome to attend - please show your support.
Sinead Tuohy won a bronze medal in the girls under 18 high jump on the last weekend of the All Ireland Juvenile athletic finals in Tullamore. This was great reward not just for Sinead but also for coach Dermot McNamara.
Athenry AC Juvenille section have their main fundraiser on this weekend “Bag Packing in Tesco”.
If anybody, their children, friends or relatives are interested in helping please contact Michelle Collins at 087 2072933.
The first weekend of the Juvenile Track and Field All Ireland finals were held last weekend in Tullamore. Athenry AC can be very proud of all the athletes who competed and performed well to win three bronze medals.
The under 9, 10 and 11 national finals were held last weekend in Templemore.
Athletes compete in pairs, congratulations to the14 pairs and 4 relay teams from Athenry qualified for the finals.
The Athenry Community Games sports day will take place on Sunday the 25th of April next at the Raheen pitch at 01:30pm.
This is usually a fantastic day out for young and old alike and we'd really encourage all of our members, and indeed anyone living near Athenry to consider coming along.
Photo Credit: Daniel Kowalczyk
As usual the Athenry AC Juvenile section organised a fun run for those not yet old enough to take on the challenge of 10km on the roads around Athenry. This is always one of the most enjoyable parts of the day for organisers, spectators and, hopefully, the participants themselves.
Whilst this is not a competitive event the following is a list of finishers. Congratulations to all the children who took part and in particular to Alanna Lally who was first home.
Hope everyone had a good New Year and welcome back to the 9+ ages we hope to see you tonight in the vocational school Gym 7 to 8.30.
The County Indoor Athletics has been cancelled due to the weather conditions. Keep up the training.Our mini athletes are back on Monday the 11th at 7.00 in the Vocational gym with the senior athletes straight after at 8.00. Please keep an eye on the website and we will update you with any changes as they occur.
Welcome back to all our athletes we hope to see those eligible for competing in Nenagh Indoors in the Vocational School Gym tonight for 7.00 sharp. Please bring back your membership and entry forms with you for competition. Last chance..
