MARCH  FIXTURES

14th Kildare County Inter & Master Road Races - Naas @ 12.00

10th Celbridge AC AGM - The Mill Centre  @ 8.30pm

20th 1st Round of County League - Newbridge @ 2pm

27/28th AAI Juvenile Indoor Championships - Nenagh @ 10.30

Don't forget to check the rest of the year's Fixtures out in Main Menu

Day 2 & 3 of the Leinster Juvenile Indoor competition took place in Nenagh last weekend.  Celbridge athlete of the meet was Darragh McGee who won gold in the 60m hurdles and bronze in the 60m sprint.  Darragh has been improving greatly over the years at the hurdles and all going well he should do very well in the Nationals. It's great to see some of the younger athletes coming through and winning medals also. Congratulations to all.  Our other medal winners were:

Girls u15 Hurdles - Christine Campion 2nd & Shauna Minnock 3rd
Girls u18 Triple Jump - Jordan Merkley 2nd
Boys u19 Hurdles - Darragh McGee  1st
Boys u19 60m - Darragh McGee 3rd
Boys u14 High Jump - Alan Carroll 3rd
Boys u13 Long Jump - Ross Hackett 3rd

All the above have qualified for the Nationals.  Click here for National Timetable

We had a number of athletes taking part in their first indoor Championships this weekend in Nenagh Dearblha Shirt, Elaine Wilson, Eoghan Goss, Andrew Carroll, Reamonn Comer, and Rian Quinn in Under 12, and Ellen Redmond, Colin Lawlor, and Ross Hackett in Under 13, Aoife O'Brion Under 15, and Jordan Merkley Under 18  All put in a great effort and did Celbridge Athletic Club proud, Elaine Wilson qualified for her final of the 60m hurdles after running a great heat, she took a fall in the final but showed true spirit by getting up and finishing the race even although she was injured. Ross Hackett also qualified for his Under 13 60m sprint final but also fell hard in the final. Michelle O'Dea, Shauna Minnock, Ciaran Wilson and Emmet Stoout all made their shot put finals also. Shauna Minnock competing in the long jump was unlucky to come 4th and also Sinead O'Connor came 4th in the walk.  After the experience they gained these athletes will be in line for medals over the coming season.  Pictured below is left to right Jamie Garland, Shauna Minnock and Darragh McGee.

Day 2 & 3 will take place this weekend in Nenagh.  Programme of events Saturday & Sunday.  Click on day.  Please note races and field events start at 10.30  Athletes need to be at the track at least 45 mins before their event to get number and warm up.  Check times with coaches for later track races for approx times.  Field events can take place at any time from 10.30 so it would be wise to be there at the start just in case.  Directions to Nenagh in menu on right.  Remember it is indoor but very very cold so wrap up well and bring a packed lunch flask etc. as there is not much in shop!

List of athletes competing on Saturday:

Christine Campion 60m Hurdles, Shauna Minnock 60m Hurdles & High Jump, Jamie Garland 60m Hurdles, Jordan Merkley Long Jump & triple jump, Sinead Lawler 60m Hurdles & Long Jump, Sinead O'Connor, 60m Hurdles, Michelle O'Dea Long Jump, Ellen Redmond Shot Putt, Aoife Tynan Shot Putt, Datie Donaghy Long Jump, Dearbla Shirt 60m Hurdles, 600m & Long Jump, Elaine Wilson 60m Hurdles & Long Jump, Siobhan Brady Shot Putt

Darragh McGee 60m Hurdles, David Campbell 400m, Ciaran Wilson 60m Hurdles, Daniel Cahill Long Jump, Matthew Dwyer Long Jump, Lorcan Everard Long Jump, Emmett Stout Shot Putt, Ciaran O'Connor 60m Hurdles, Eoghan Goss 600m, Long Jump, Conor Burke 1500m, 400m

List of athletes competing on Sunday:

Christine Campion 60m, Shauna Minnock Long Jump, Laura Smyth 60m & Long Jump, Aoife O'Broin 60m, Sinead Lawler 60m, Sinead O'Connor 800m & walk, Michelle O'Dea 60m & shot, Ellen Redmond 60m & long jump, Aoife Tynan 60m & Long jump, Elana Reilly 60m, Katie Donaghy 60m & shot Putt

Luke Munroe 200m & 60m, Darragh McGee 60m, David Campbell 60m & 200m, Ciaran Wilson Walk & shot, Daniel Cahill shot & 800m, Matthew Dwyer 800m & 60m, Alan Carroll 800m & High Jump, Lorcan Everard 800m & High Jump, Ciaran O'Connor Long jump, Dylan Mooney 60m & Shot, Ross Hackett 60m & long jump, Colin Lawlor 60m & long jump, Reamonn Comer 60m & High Jump, Gavin Byrne 60m & shot putt, Keenan Stack Shot Putt

Good luck to everyone

Congratulations to Seye Ogunlewe who has received a call up to the National Junior squad to travel to Cardiff in Wales this weekend to compete in the Celtic Cup.  Seye will compete in the 60m.  Seye had a great run in the National Seniors in Belfast recently when he clocked 7 secs and will be looking to equal this again.

Seye will be joined by Claire Mooney from Naas in the 400m, Paul Robinson from St. Coco's and Rose Anne Galligan from Newbridge who is trying to get the qualifying time for the World Championships in Doha in which our own Claire Brady will compete.

There will be a talk given on anti-doping rules in the North Kildare Educate Together school by Dr. Una May, Director of Anti Doping Section of the Irish Sports Council on Thursday 25th February, 2010 at 8.30p.m.  All parents and athletes age 15 and upwards including junior, senior and masters are invited to attend.  Please click on attachment for further details

Claire after her record breaking time in the heats on Saturday was feeling confident on Sunday.  The 60m Final saw her have the race of her life in which she won very comfortably from Ailis McSweeney from Leevale and Niamh Whelan from Ferrybank, and became the National Indoor Champion.

Claire continued with the record breaking when she lowered her PB once again to 7.35 which was inside the qualifying standard for the world championships and puts her also in sight of the National record of 7.30.  This is a remarkable achievement for Claire, recently graduated from DCU, who has been unlucky with injury over the years.  Claire's peformance was so impressive that she was also awarded the Athlete of the Meet award.  Congratulations Claire.

Picture courtesy of AAI 

Sandra Lawler also was in great form when she too won the bronze medal behind Derval O'Rourke and Mairead Murphy.  The time Sandra did was also very impressive of 8.62, which I believe is also a PB. (correct me if I'm wrong!)  Well done Sandra, consistent as always.

Kieron Stout also had a great shot putt competition where he finished in a very respectable 4th place.  Kieron threw 13.61m.  Seye Ogunlewe after his remarkable time on Saturday failed to make the final on the Sunday but the experience he and all the competitiors from Celbridge have gained will stand them well over the coming months.  Well done to everyone involved and their coaches, you have done us proud!!

Highlights of the championships will be shown on RTE tonight at 7pm.  Link to report and photos from Athletics Ireland

Other results from the weekend : Bridget Buckley running in the Meet & Train Cross Country League at the weekend finished an excellent 9th place out of 90 starters. Bridget has shown continually improvement over this series and it is great to see her break into the top 10 for the first time. Congratulations Bridget.

Day 1 of the Woodies National Senior Indoor Championships got off to a flying start in Belfast today.  Claire Brady who is in the form of her life had an outstanding race in the heat of her 60m to lower her PB to 7.43 secs, which was the fastest of the day.  The 60m final will include many household names like Ailish McSweeney, Kelly Proper, Joan Healy and Anna Boyle.  Good luck Claire.

In the 60m men's race Seye Ogunlewe had a fantastic run to clock 7.00 secs also a new PB but what a time to do it.  Seye now progresses to the next round with the 3rd fastest time from the heats and will have to run another fast time to be in the medals.  This is an amazing outcome for Seye who will find himself lining up with the likes of Paul Hession!  Well done Seye and good luck.

In the men's 200m heats David Campbell and Paul Brady also performed outstandingly.  Both had great races and new PB's of 25.42 and 24.72 respectively. 

Christine Campion also had a fantastic run in the girls u15 60m hurdles.  Christine won the race in a fantastic time of 9.80 secs.  Shauna Minnock also competed in the girls u15 Long Jump and High Jump.  Shauna jumped 4.05m in the long jump and 130m in the high jump but was unlucky to be outside the medals.  This was a great experience for all athletes competing in a top class facility.

Sunday is final day and along with Claire and Seye we will also have Sandra Lawler competing in the 60m hurdles alongside Derval O'Rourke and Kieron Stout competing in the Shot.  Good luck to all.  You have done us proud!

Full results of day 1 Here

Full results of Juvenile races Here  and click on Irish Indoor Champs. Juvenile results.