123.ie Irish Schools T&F Championships.
On Saturday morning Alana Spillane made the trip to the Tullamore Harriers stadium to take part in the 123.ie Irish Schools T&F Championship. Alana qualified for this completion through claiming a bronze medal in the intermediate girls 3k at the Munster Championships in Templemore two weeks ago. Alana was in the blue of the Ursuline Secondary School Thurles.
The intermediate girls 3k race was first up on an ideal morning for running. The gun went and the 9 athletes began their 7 and a half laps. The pack were tightly bunched through the opening number of laps, throughout these laps Alana ran a smart and controlled race and stayed with the pack. As the race began to unfold a noticeable change of pace was inserted by the leaders. Once again Alana used her strength and endurance to dig deep and stay with the pace. With 600m to go Emily Bolton of Mount Sackville secondary school in Dublin made a decisive burst. Alana dig deep and gave it everything over the last 600m to cross the line in an excellent 6th place with a time of 10.37.13.
Congrats Alana on a fantastic performance at your first Irish Schools T&F Championships to cap off your excellent schools T&F season.
Munster Track and Field Championships - u9 to u13
Best of luck to all of our athletes who will represent the club next weekend in Castleisland at the Munster Track and Field Championships and children’s games. The club have a number of entries and want to wish all the best to the athletes who are traveling to compete. Representing the club are;
U9 Boys and Girls
Aisling Costigan (60m and Long Jump)
Harriet Ely (60m and Long Jump)
Caoimhe Quinlan (60m and Long Jump)
Eilís Shanahan (60m and Long Jump)
Glen Phelan (60m and Long Jump)
James Delaney (Turbo Javelin and Long Jump)
U10 Boys and Girls
Grace Cantwell (60m and Long Jump)
Aoibheann Doyle (60m and Long Jump)
Daisy Lyons (60m and Long Jump)
Beibhinn Maher (60m and Long Jump)
Aaron Hanrahan (60m and Long Jump)
Tom Esmonde (60m and Long Jump)
U11 Boys and Girls
Annie Ely (600m and Turbo Javelin)
Órlaith Costigan (60m and Long Jump)
Meadhbh Hall (60m and Long Jump)
Lily Murphy (60m and Long Jump)
Darragh Joyce (60m and 600m)
U12 Boys and Girls
Darragh Maher (Turbo Javelin, High Jump and 60m)
Daniel Delaney (60m and Shotput)
Matthew Esmonde (High Jump and Shotput)
Geoffrey Morrissey (High Jump and Shotput)
U13 Boys and Girls
Faye Murphy (Javelin and 80m)
Saoirse Joyce (80m and Long jump)
The club will also be represented by u9 girls, u10 girls, u11 girls and u12 boys relay teams on the day.
Ballyskenach 5k
On Friday evening we had two athletes that made their way over the border to county Offaly to take part in the Ballyskenach 5k road race. A perfect evening was in store for road running. This race was part of the Offaly road race series for 2024. The race was well attended with almost 300 finishers.
Sharon Cantwell was first home for Moyne AC, running a strong race finishing in a time of 18:27 to come home in 48th position overall, 4th overall lady, and 2nd in her (21-39) age category.
Next across the line for Moyne AC was Patrick Bowe in a time of 19.05, finishing 62nd position overall and 8th in the over 50 category. Well done to Sharon and Patrick on fine performances.
Cork City Half Marathon
Well done to Dylan McLaughlin who completed the Cork City Half Marathon on Sunday.
Split the Bucket
Congrats to Daniel Delaney who won €102 in this weeks split the bucket draw. The ticket was drawn by Eamonn Cornally. Envelopes are available in the clubhouse, Quinlans pub and Tigh Maighne or join online today at moyneathleticclub.com. The draw takes place each Friday after training. We thank you for your kind support.
Featured Image: Alana Spillane and Lorna Ryan Ursuline Thurles, who competed in the National Post Primary Schools T&F Championships last weekend, Alana finished in 6th in Intermediate Girls 3k. and Lorna taking third (bronze) in the Shot Putt. Congrats to both.