Galway Indoor Track and Field

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 Juvenile Members

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 Excel at Community Games National Finals

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.

National Silver Medal for Athenry Cross Country Athletes

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:

Great Day out for Juvenile Club at County Championships

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.

Juvenile Club AGM

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.

Bag Packing

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.

Junior Fun Run Finishers

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.

County Indoor Athletics Cancelled

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.

Juvenile Athletics Back TONIGHT!!!!

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..