Club Represented in Antrim Half Marathon:
5 Club members took the 350km trip up North to the Glens County to compete in the Antrim Coastal Half Marathon early last Sunday morning August 25th, A Renowned road race known for it's fast times & International high-quality field, previous winners include former Olympic champion Mo Farah & London Marathon winner & current Women's World 10k record holder Yalemzerf Yehualaw. The weather conditions for this year's race were far from ideal along with a long wait in the wind & rain at the start line but this did not deter the over 3000+ athletes. The overall Winners on the day were Ethipoia's Yalemzerf Yehualaw who won the women's race for the second time and Kenya's Nzioka Matata in the Men's race. Mossy Bracken was first home for the club in 55th place overall in a great time of 1hour 10mins & 23seconds, very good running too from Matthew Ryan in 1hr 15mins & 7 secs, with Conor Keating running strongly in 1hr 15mins & 54 secs, and sterling runs from Donie Bergin in 1hr 28mins & 30 secs & Paul Bowe 1hr 28mins & 41 secs to round off a great days work by the Coolcroo athletes.
Church Gate Collection:
Our Annual Church gate collection for the Athletics Club will take place this weekend August 31st & September 1st in Churches across Moycarkey Borris Parish, All donations greatly appreciated & will go directly into the upkeep and future developments of our club. Masses are Moycarkey Saturday 6:30pm, Littleton Sunday at 12pm. & Two Mile Borris service at 10:30am.
Juvenile Training:
Juvenile Training will return soon for the Cross Country season in the 1st or 2nd week of September official date of return will be posted on social media when it becomes available. If any parents & adult members in the club would like to become a coach, an assistant or Athletics Leader, Training courses are available by Athletics Ireland & cost will be covered by the club, if interested contact Sean on 0879788145.
Fixtures:
Tullamore Half Marathon Co.Offaly Sat August 31st 10am Start.
National Half Marathon Championships: Charleville,Co.Cork, September 15th start at 10am.
Moyne AC are Hosting an open Cross Country event on Sunday September 15th in the Moyneard Castle field just before the athletics track, A great way to prepare for the season ahead and to get accustomed to the terrain and distances, Events are Girls & Boys U9s 500m, Girls & Boys U11s 1000m, Girls & Boys U13s 1500m, Girls & Boys U15s 2,000m, Girls & Boys U19s 3km, Senior & Masters Women 3km and Senior & Masters Men 6km, Medals to Top 10 in each Juvenile race and Medals to 1st 3 in the Seniors & Masters competitions.
Tipperary Women's Mini Marathon 10k Cahir Sep 21st @5pm.
Featured Image: Courtesy of Moycarkey Coolcroo AC