Fintan Walsh's weekly blog

Lots of Munster titles won in Nenagh

Sunday last saw the start of the Indoor season with a Munster
Championship fixture in Nenagh covering four grades Senior,under 23,
Junior and Masters Men and Women and many athletes from Waterford
competed in the various grades with lots of success. For Ferrybank AC
at senior level Kelly Proper won the 60 Metres, Tom Boucher the Shot
Putt and 56 lbs and Damien O'Brien was second in the 56 lbs and third
in the Shot Putt. Under 23 Shane O'Dwyer won the 200 Metres and High
Jump, Sean Archer the Trple Jump and Conor McCarthy was third in the
1500 metres, In the Junior grade Paul Murphy won the 200 metres,
Sorcha Murphy the High Jump and sister Neasa was second. In the
Master's Ray O'Dwyer was first in the over 35  56 lbs.and second in
the Shot Putt.  West Waterford AC also had several winners with Clare
Collins winning the High Jump under 23 and at Master's level the
following won; Des Feeney 800 Metres o 35, Brendan Moran over 55  60
and 200 Metres, Harry O'Brien o 45 1500 Metres, Joe Gough o 55 1500
Metres and Terri Gough had an over 60 treble in the 200, 800,1500
Metres and a second in the 60 Metres. For Waterford AC Brendan Leahy
won the over 35  200 Metres and was second in the 60 metres, Paschal
Halley won the over 40 High Jump and was second in the Long jump and
third in both the 60 and 200 Metres, Diane Behan was second in the o
40 1500 and 3000 Metres and Alan Bloomer was third in the senior 800
metres. Emmanuel Ogbonna Tramore AC won the Junior Triple Jump

Another Britton victory

 Ireland's Fionnula Britton retained her title in The  Edinburgh
International Cross Country race on Saturday last with an effortless
victory in the 6 km race, Linda Byrne also ran well to finish 6 th
both competing on the European team that took team honours. Next race
for both is on Saturday at the International meeting in Antrim.

400 compete in Baldy Man Run

On Sunday December 30 th in fine weather conditions there was a very
big entry of over 400 for the 12 th Annual Baldy Man Run in Tramore
and Shane Maher Ferrybank AC was a very convincing winner in a time of
31 minutes 30 seconds, Mick Kelly Gowran was second in 32.36 and Kevin
Kildea Monaghan third in 33.06 .Martina O'Dwyer Carrick on Suir led
home the ladies in 36.51, Orna Murray Ferrybank AC was second in 37.22
and Sylvia Malone Waterford AC was third in 37.27 . The following were
the category winners, Men; Junior Eoin Browne Ferrybank, o 40 Peter
Duggan St Joseph's, o 45 Michael Dunford  West Waterford AC, o 50
Walter Keane.Women: Junior Aisling Quinn Ferrybank, o 35 Maeve Savage
Tramore, o 40 Diane Behan Waterford AC, o 45 Una Ui Mhuirithe. Men's
Team Prize Waterford AC ( Finley Weir, David Cunningham and Dave
Power.) The under 14  Juvenile section winners were. Girls: 1 Sarah
Stone Tramore 2 Zara Breslin do, 3 Emma Caulfield Waterford AC. Boys 1
Ben Breslin Tramore 2 Hugo Blair Waterford 3 Jamie Stone Tramore. The
Gardai and many Voluntary bodies and individuals were involved in the
organisation of the event including the Order of Malta, Sea Cliff
Rescue, Majestic Hotel, Tramore GAA Club  and Johnny Kiely and Ray
Morrissey on horseback. The proceeds go to the Special Olympics

Munster Fixture in Limerick

On  Sun next  January 13 th the  Munster Juvenile Cross Country
Relays, Junior & Senior Cross Country Championships are on Limerick
Racecourse the fixture starts at 11.30 am and Waterford will be
represented there. On Thurs 24 th East Munster Schools Cross Country
Championships at 12 noon WIT Waterford, Saturday 26 th AAI National
Senior, Junior, Master & Juvenile Indoor Combined Event Championships
Athlone, Sunday January 27 th AAI Games Athlone.

25th  Annual Kiely Monumental Cup Run on Sunday

The 25 th  Annual Kiely Monumental Colligan Cup takes place in
Colligan Wood outside Dungarvan on Sunday next. This unique event will
of course use as it has for the past 23 years the Timing handicap
system, What makes the handicap timing system so appealing to all
levels of runner’s and joggers is the fact that every participant no
matter what their level of fitness, have exactly the same chance of
winning. All it takes is for you to know to the second exactly how
long it will take you to cover 5 miles of the Colligan Wood circuit.
The Colligan Cup as is now traditional is the first race of the four
race Michael Roche Carpets Spring Series, please note this year there
is no entry fee required for this series. Entry to the race itself is
8 Euro. Adult Section 5 miles starts at 2 pm and the Juvenile Colligan
Shield starts at 1.30 pm.

Changes

Athletics Ireland would like to inform all its members of the
important date changes to the 2013 Woodie’s DIY National Indoor
Competitions. The Masters and Junior/U 23 Championships originally
scheduled for the 19 th and 20 th of January has now been moved to the
9 th and 10 th of February. This decision was made in order to
facilitate the testing of equipment and procedures ahead of the
Combined Event Championships on the 26 th of January and the Athletics
Ireland Open Indoor Games on the 27th of January.The Woodie’s DIY
Senior Indoor Championships will move to the weekend of the 16 th and
17th of February. The reason for the move of the Senior Championships
is in order to facilitate television schedules.All of these events
will be at the new Indoor arena in Athlone.

Winter League

The Paddy Byrne Winter league in the City resumed on Thursday last
January 3rd  and will continue each Thursday at 7 pm sharp..

Road Races coming up

Sunday January 27 th John Treacy 10 miles Dungarvan, 1 pm Sunday
February 3 rd St Paul's Parish Road  Race, Park Inn Lismore Park
Waterford, Saturday Feb 9th Anne Valley 5 Miles Dunhill 12 noon.