He's back!!! Fintan Walsh's weekly blog.

Mc Carthy's brave effort at World Indoors
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> David Mc Carthy (West Waterford AC) produced a fine championship
> performance at the World Indoor Championships in Sopot in Poland last
> Friday finishing 6th in his 1500m heat in 3:39.46, just missing out on
> a fastest qualification spot into the final by under two tenths of a
> second. The time was also just off his personal best of 3:39.14 which
> he set at the AAI Games. Impressively the Waterford man finished the
> eighth fastest time overall. He was unfortunate to get in the fastest
> of the three heats as the first five in his heat all made the final
> together with the first and second only in the other two heats.
> McCarthy said: I'm a little disappointed with that, I gave it my all
> but I finished just outside the qualifiers. The goal was to make the
> final, then to just fall short of it is disappointing".
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> Munster Schools Indoors
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> The Munster Schools Indoor Games were held in Nenagh on March 4 th and
> the Waterford results were as follows; High Jump Open 1 Jurig Kanass
> St Augustine's, Junior High Jump 1 James  Murphy,Tramore CBS, 60
> metres hurdles 2 nd Shane Monagle do, 600 m 2 nd Shane O'Brien St
> Declan's, Kilmacthomas Minor 600 metres 2 nd Cian O'Shea Tramore CBSAt
> the Munster u 14 to 19 indoor championships in Nenagh on Sunday March
> 2 nd Sinead O'Regan Ferrybank won the high jump under16, this result
> had not appeared in time for last weeks report she also finished third
> in the long jump.on Saturday
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> Upcoming events in March
>
> Sunday 16 th Munster Masters Road Championships Kilnaboy Co Clare 1 pm
> also 5 km Road Race Ballyhale Co Kilkenny 12 noon and National Inter
> Club league final Athlone. Saturday 22 nd SIAB Schools Cross Country
> Bolton, Saturday and Sunday 22 nd and 23 rd All Ireland Juvenile Day 1
> and 2 Saturday 29 th All Ireland juvenile Indoors Day 3  Athlone,
> Sunday 30 th Munster Novice and Senior Road Championships, Carriglea
> outside Dungarvan
>  .
> Road Race Fixtures in the area
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>  Friday March 28 th Glor na Mara 4 miles Tramore,6pm, Friday 4 th
> Waterford AC/WIT 5 km 7 pm WIT Sports Campus,Friday April 11 th  Race
> 1 Ger Wyley Sports Skins Series Ballinroad 5 km 7 pm  ,Sunday April13
> th ,Splashworld 5 miles Tramore 11 am. Saturday April 19 th Race 2 Ger
> Wyley Sports/Skins Series Butlerstown 4 miles( note change in distance
> this year) 7 pm, Sunday April 20 th Solas Centre 5 miles RSC Waterford
> 11 am. Full list of Ger Wyley Sports/Skins Series on West Waterford AC
> website. With regard to road races, those staging them should have
> them well spaced out in an area,races on successive days or within two
> or three days lead to smaller entries at both venues involved
>
> Carrick on Suir Road Runners Series
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> The following are the dates for this years Carrick on Suir Road
> Runners Road Race Series. Faugheen 5 km Friday April 25 th at 7.30 pm:
> Tom Jordan 5 Mile Race in Portlaw Friday 9 th May at 7.30 pm ,Carrick
> on Suir 'Deadmans 5 Miles Friday 6 th June 7.30 pm, Rathgormack 5
> Miles  Friday 11 th  July at 7.30 pm, Piltown 10 km Friday 1 st August
> at 7.30 pm.
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> Primary Schools
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> Ferrybank AC promote their Annual School Sports at the RSC on Tuesday
> April 1 st at 11 am contact 087 688933 Catering for boys and girls
> under 8,9,10,11,12 and over 12.
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> Munster Fixture Rules
>
> All clubs have been notified of the rules that apply for athletes to
> be eligible to compete in the Munster Novice Road Championship in the
> Dungarvan area at Bushy Park,Carriglea on Sunday March 30 th
>
> Credit Union Awards
>
> The Combined Credit Union Awards are presented monthly to athletes
> whose age groups are in the under 13 to under 19 age categories,all
> clubs please note and each month clubs are asked to send in athletes
> from their club who they think should be considered for an award to
> County PRO,send in immediately any month ends and the same person send
> them in each month from a club ie a designated person.