Fintan Walsh's weekly blog

Cross Country Championships   in Abbeyside

In ideal conditions on Sunday last the Waterford County Championship
season continued in St Augustine's College Abbeyside and all clubs in
the county were represented. In the Masters Men’s the gold medal went
to Michael O’Mahony Waterford AC with West Waterford’s Andrew Leary
taking the silver and Ray Hahessy do the bronze. Turning to the Novice
men Gary Cantwell KCK AC won the  gold from team mate John Behan with
Sean Stilwell West Waterford AC taking bronze, KCK AC won the team
honours. .The winner of the master's women's title was  was West
Waterford’s Corina Walsh and Waterford’s Suzan Dullaghan  took the
silver.In the Juvenile section West Waterford AC had six individual
wins, Ferrybank AC two and Waterford AC and Tramore AC one each . In
the team section West Waterford had nine  wins  and Waterford AC one.
The full juvenile results were as follows . Boys u 9 1 Tom Halley
Tramore 2 Peter Cummins West Waterford 3 Jake Colfer Ferrybank, Teams
1 WW 26 pts 2 F/B 30 pts 3 Tra .49 pts, u 11 1 Oisin O'Riordan WW 2
Dara O'Keeffe Ferrybank  3 Jack Deegan Waterford, Teams 1 WW 21 pts 2
Wat 23 pts 3 F/B 49 pts,  u 13 1 Adam Power F/B 2 Cian O'Riordan WW 3
Cormac Mahony do, Teams 1 WW 16 pts 2 WW 39 pts, u 15 1 Miceal Power
WW 2 Conor Kilgannon unattached 3 Jamie Mc Carthy Wat, Teams 1 Wat 22
pts  2 WW 23 pts,  u 17 1 Eoin Browne F/B 2 Sean Curran WW 3 Liam
Reilly do. Team WW 15 pts, Girls; u 9 1 Ali Cunningham WW 2 Aoibhe
Waring F/B 3 Caoimhe Prendergast WW, Teams 1 WW 28 pts 2 F/B 39 pts 3
Wat 41 pts,  U 11 1 Kate Killigrew WW 2 Aine O'Neill do 3 Emma Bedue
F/B, Team 1 WW 17 pts 2 F/B 26 pts 3 WW 59 pts,   u 13 1 Linsey Mc
Guire Wat 2 Caoimhe Duffy- Niblock F/B 3 Lucy Holmes WW, Team 1 WW  23
pts  2 F/B 24 pts 3 Wat 31 pts,  u 15 1 Caoimhe Dwyer WW 2 Emma
Hallahan do 3 Sinead O'Brien do,Team WW 10 pts  u 17  1 Aoife Hamilton
WW 2 Orla Queally F/B 3 Cliodha Ryan WW  Team 1 WW 13 pts

Murphy wins Solas 10 Miles

Almost 1600 took part in the Beat 102/103 Solas Centre South East 10
miles run in the city and surrounding areas on Sunday in brilliant
weather conditions. Leading from gun to tape Brian Murphy Carrick on
Suir was the very easy winner in a time of 51 minutes 14 seconds,
Trevor Power Waterford AC was second in 53.11  and Grahame Power
Ferrybank was third. in 55.15. Susan Finn was first lady home in 61.14
with Sylvia Malone second in 62.09 and Kate Nolan do was third in
65.43 . Sincere thanks to the Gardai and the voluntary bodies involved
on the day as well as all the stewards around the course and those at
water stations.it was a most enjoyable event and lots of activity in
the People's Park for the children also.

Cross Country Fixtures

 Next County Cross Country fixture is on Sunday November 3 rd in St
Augustine's College Abbeyside. Its the  ( 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. The first Munster Cross Country
Championships of the season are on Sunday October 27 th and these are
Juvenile boys and girls u 12,14,16 and 18  and  Novice and Under 23
men and women Limerick Racecourse starting time 11.30 am .The good
news is that the All Ireland Juvenile Uneven Age Cross Country
Championships and Novice men and women have been allocated to
Waterford at WIT Sports Campus outside the City for Sunday December 15
th.The First Section the Even age and Senior and Junior Inter Counties
are in Santry Demesne Dublin on Sunday November 17 th

Munster Entries

John Behan will  be entering county teams Novice and under 23  this
week for the Munster X Country Championships, to be held on Limerick
Racecourse, in the Novice (1994 and older) and U23 (1991-1993) grades.
If any clubs have athletes competing in these categories, please
forward their details (Name, DOB, Reg Number) to him before this
Thursday and  he will enter county teams if sufficient numbers are
competing.His email is kckac@hotmail.com

Transfers

There are two dates each year now that transfers can only take place
in.The next transfer window for athletes wishing to change club will
open on 1st April 2014.The Transfer Form is available for download in
the “Registrations” section of the AAI  website.All rules relating to
the Transfer Procedure are listed on the form.Completed forms must be
forwarded to the relevant County Board 7 Days Prior to the beginning
of the transfer month. In this case forms must be with the relevant
County Board prior to 25th March 2014.Completed forms are forwarded to
Athletics Ireland by the County Board when they have been
reviewed/approved by the April meeting.The transfer date applicable in
this case is 1st May 2014.Transferring athletes are not eligible to
compete for their new club until 1st May 2014. In simple terms this
means there can be no transfers until the above specified time. After
that the date is 1 st September 2014 All Clubs are aware of these
procedures but anyone can download the full Transfer  data from
Athletic Ireland Website the rules couldn't be any clearer. Anyone
sending in transfer forms outside these times will only cause
unnecessary problems between clubs who can do nothing about them.