Fintan Walsh's weekly blog

Kilmacow Cross Country on Sunday

The first Cross Country fixture of the season in this area will be the
Kilmacow Open fixture on Sunday next September 29 th at 1 pm  in The
Complex Kilmacow. Races for boys and girls  under 8,9,10, 12,14,16,18
junior men and women and senior men and women with masters prizes
included, contact number is 086 8100299

Waterford City Primary Schools Cross Country

Hundreds of children from Primary Schools around the city and
adjoining areas participated in the Annual Primary School Cross
Country Sports promoted by Ferrybank AC held at the RSC on Wednesday
last and lots of parents and teachers were present also for a very
enjoyable event' The following were the first three in each race1st
Class Girls Race One 1 Amina Shvarikova Ballygunner 2 Anna Mc Goldrick
Holy Cross 3 Kiana Fitzgerald John of God, Race Two 1 Sarah Abulla
Ballygunner 2 Cara Rea St Ursula's 3 Gemma Quinn Passage.1st Class
Boys Race One 1 Dara Power Ballygunner 2 Romeo Acaduco St Declan's 3
Jay Bagge Ferrybank. Race Two 1 Redeem Eddy, St Declan’s  2 David
Leavy, Ballygunner 3 Conrad Guinan, Holy Cross. 2nd Class Girls Race
One 1 Laura Flynn, Ballygunner 2 Tiffany Nakaku, Mercy  3 Isobel
Casey, John Of God. Race Two 1 Orla Walsh, Passage 2 Niamh Luda,
Ballygunner 3 Caoimhe Houlihan, Ballygunner. 2nd Class Boys Race One
1 Tom Halley, Holy Cross  2 Daniel Goff St Declan's  3 Robbie Duffy
Ballygunner Race Two 1 Ramsey Miller, Scoil Lorcain  2 Jake Coffey St
Declan's  3 Conor Golden  St Declan’s. 3rd Class Girls Race One 1 Emma
Beadle John Of God  2 Lauren Sheils Ballygunner  3 Sarah O Brien
Ursuline, Race Two  1 Sasha Jolly, Christchurch 2 Orla Dullahan, Mercy
 3 Faye Halligan, St Saviours. 3rd Class Boys Race One  1 Thadius
Eremyonkhale, Scoil Lorcain 2 James Rafter, Ballygunner 3Joy Hodanu,
St Mary’s. Race Two 1 Richard Lapite, Ferrybank 2 Fortune Eddy, St
Declan’s  3 Conor Fanning, St Declan’s  4th Class Girls Race One 1
Ellen Boylan, Portlaw  2 Kate Beadle, John Of God 3 Sophie Wheatley,
Holy Cross  Race Two 1 Jmia Crawford St Ursula’s  2 Ellen Power St
Ursula’s  3 Sophia Paprivora John Of God. 4th Class Boys Race One 1
Mark Imiren  Ferrybank 2 Sean Hayes  Portlaw  3 Eoin Walsh, Passage.
Race Two 1.Evan Hayes St Declan’s 2. Daniel Kiely Ballygunner 3. Milo
Cox Educate Together. 5th Class Girls Race One 1  Sarah Stone Holy
Cross 2 Thando Ncube St Ursula’s 3 Una O' Brien Gaelscoil. Race Two 1
Carla Fanning John Of God  2 Aine Curtin John Of God  3 Holly Meaney
Mercy. 5th Class Boys 1 Richard Ayodele Holy Cross 2 Daire O Keeffe St
Declan’s 3 Stephen Oresavy Ferrybank. 6th Class Girls 1 Zoe Kiely St
Ursula’s 2 Emer McGlynn St John Of God 3 Kim Jolley Christchurch. 6th
Class Boys 1 Stephen Imiren Ferrybank 2 Jack Keohan Holy Cross 3 Jake
Bagge Butlerstown. Best Overall School Ballygunner, Best Girls School
John Of God, Best Boys School St Declan, Best Small School Portlaw.

Road Races

 Sunday next Sept 29 th Ferns Co Wexford Half Marathon 12.30 pm
Contact 087 9004221, Saturday October 6 th Ballyduff Lower GAA Club 5
Miles 4 pm, Sunday October 13 th Solas Centre 10 miles Waterford City
12.30 pm.

County Convention

 The County Athletic Convention  was  held at St Augustine's College
Abbeyside on Monday   September 16 th  and clubs represented  were
Tramore , Ferrybank, West Waterford , KCK and Waterford AC. Officers
Elected for coming year were as follows; Chairperson Brian Scanlon
Vice,
Chair Noel Power, Secretary /Treasurer Pat Mc Govern, PRO Fintan
Walsh. After 13 years Noel Power did not seek re election as
chairperson.  2013 was a very successful one for Waterford athletes at
juvenile ,senior and masters level Nationally and on the International
stage.A discussion took place on the standard at some of the field
events and hurdles in last years County championships and all clubs
were asked to make an effort to have all participating in these events
trained for them and not produce them on the day just to make up
numbers.  The following County Championship Cross Country fixtures
were made and all at St Augustine's College Abbeyside.12 noon each
day. Sunday October 6 th Boys and Girls  under 10,12,14,16, ( also
under18,Junior and Senior men and women but they start at 2 pm with
the West Waterford Open Cross Country Fixture ). Sunday October 13 th
Boys and girls under 9,11,13,15,17, Novice and Masters Men and Women.
Sunday November 3 rd ( B ) Juvenile boys and girls under
9.11,13,15.(Prizes for first 6 home but no team prizes here). Athletes
who have not
been placed in the first three or on a winning team in the ( A)
championships are eligible for these events or who have not run in the
A event .Munster Championships;Sunday October 27 th Juvenile Even Ages
Novice and Under 23 men and women Limerick Racecourse. Sunday November
10 th Uneven juvenile and Intermediate men and women,Castlelyons
Fermoy Co Cork. (B ) Juvenile  and masters Beaufort Co Kerry date to
be confirmed. All Ireland Championships Sunday November 17  th   Even
age Juvenile and Inter Counties Senior and Junior, venue to be decided
and it could be Waterford IT, Sunday December 15 th Uneven Juvenile
and Novice men and women, venue to be decided,. Cross Country gives
all grades of athletes a chance to compete as team awards are in all
the events so every effort should be made by clubs to have full teams
competing at the County Championships but again all should be training
over the distances and not produced on the day and be completely
outclassed. and more than likely never seen again.