A fantastic two days of competition took place in Morton Stadium, Santry over the weekend, where Irelands's top athletes competed for National titles and medals.  Sandra Lawler first up to compete won the bronze medal behind Derval O'Rourke and Mairead Murphy in 14.47 secs.  This was a great win for Sandra as she is suffering with an injury at present. 

Claire Brady then competed in the 100m and sailed through her heat and semi final.  She finished 3rd in 11.85.  Claire will compete in Barcelona on the Irish relay team at the end of the month in the Euorpean Championships. 

Seye Ogunlewe competing in his first Senior Nationals cruised through his heat and semi final (with plenty of time to look around him!!).  He then lined up for the final against stiff competition but ran a great race to finish in the bronze medal position in a time of 10.8 secs to claim his first Senior National Medal. 

Kieron Stout competed on Saturday in the Men's Shot Putt and finished in 5th position with a magnificent throw of 13.17m.  He then competed in the Men's  Discus on Sunday and threw 35.75m to finish in 6th position.  This is a great achievement for Kieron who will compete in the National Masters Championships in Tullamore in August.

3/4 July - Tullamore - Christine Campion once again regained her title of u.15 National Hurdles Champion in Tullamore at the weekend in true fighting spirit.  Christine in her heat of the 80m hurdles finished in 3rd place and was shocked.  However, along with her coach Des Doyle and the support of her fellow Celbridge teammate Sinead Lawler they managed to get her refocused for the final in which Christine led the race from the gun to finish in 1st place and win the gold medal.  This showed great focus and mental strength to come back from this 'little glitch' and shows what a talanted athlete she is.  Christine later competed in the final of the 100m in which she finished 7th.  Congratulations Christine. 

Sinead Lawler also competed on Saturday and had a fantastic race to finish in 2nd place winning the silver medal in the girls u18 100m hurdles.  Sinead was delighted with this and later went on to compete in the  100m, in which she lined up for the final as 2nd fastest after the heats.  Unfortunately, with the new rule of 'break and you are out' applied, Sinead anxious to get a good start, broke and was disqualified.  However, she can be very proud of her silver medal for the 100m hurdles.  Congratulations Sinead

Alan Carroll and Vivian Fleischer competed in the boys u14 high jump and girls u16 long jump respectively on the Sunday.  Alan had a great competition and jumped 1m45 to finish in 7th place on count back even though 5th, 6th & 7th had the same clearance.  Well done Alan.  Vivian, nursing a leg injury competed in the long jump and still managed to jump a very good jump of 4m28 to finish in 11th place.

Full results can be seen HERE

3 July - Cork City Sports -  Seye Ogunlewe competed in the Cork City Sports in the men's B final of the 100m and finished in 1st place in a great time of 11.12 secs

Claire Brady competed in an international line up in the ladies 100m and finished in 6th place in a great time of  11.97 secs. and finished in 4th place in the 200m in a time of 24.52 secs.

3 July - Mannheim Germany -  Sandra Lawler competed in the 100m Hurdles in Mannheim and finished in 5th place in a great time of 14.53 secs.  

LEAGUE RESULT -  The final leg of the league was held recently in Crookstown.  There was a very disappointing turn out of athletes but many were understandably away on holidays. Final Club results are not available at the moment but Alex Shanley was our only overall winner on the day.  Alex competing u9 picked up the trophy for overall athlete in u9.  Well done Alex, the first of many to come!!

RESULT JUST IN: Celbridge Ac finished 3rd in the League.  This means that every athlete that competed in 2 or more rounds of the league will get a bronze medal.  These medals will be presented at training - details soon - well done to everyone and all the coaches and parents who helped out.

Sunday 27th June - Crookstown -  The final leg of the Co. League takes place on Sunday in Crookstown at 1pm.  Directions in main menu.  We are currently in 3rd place and will need a good turnout from athletes, particulary the older age groups to score maximum points.  The results after 3 rounds are as follows 1. St Coca's 4237, 2nd Naas 4080, 3rd Celbridge 3831, 4th Newbridge 3423.  As you know we are short coaches due to holidays and if parents could help the remaining coaches on the day it would be great.  Don't forget shorts & singlet to be worn.  Click here for order of events. Best of luck to all!

International News - Claire Brady competed in the 2nd European Athletics Team Championship in Budapest (HUN) this weekend    Clare finished 4th in a very tight 100m. Brady along with 2 other athletes clocked 11.64. This time is just outside of her best time of 11.60 but she will be delighted with her placing and points.

Seye Ogunlewe competed as part of the irish squad in Bedford and ran a fantastic fast 10.77 in the u20 100, to finish 7th in final.  Unfortunately this is just outside the time for the world juniors of 10.64.  However, Seye will travel to Maanheim in Germany in the coming weeks and try to secure this time.  Seye has already made the qualifying time for the 200m for the worlds to be held in Canada later in the year.

Sandra Lawlor also competing in Bedford in the u23 hurdles finished in 6th place in a very fast time of 14.48 secs.

u13 - u19 Leinster Champs - Tullamore -  A small number of athletes travelled to Tullamore this weekend where the athletes battled it out to win medals and secure a place in the National Championships to be held in July.  Christine Campion Won the girls u15 80m Hurdles in12.48 secs which is just outside the Championship best performance record of 12.4 held by our own Ciara Kearns.  Christine also had a great race in the 100m to take 4th place.  Sinead Lawlor had a great day winning the girls u18 100m and coming second in the u18 100m hurdles.  Eoin Moore threw over 35m in the boys u18 javelin to win the silver medal.  Vivian Fleischer won the bronze medal in the girls u16 long jump with a jump of 4.60m and also finished 4th in the 100m hurdles.  Alan Carroll had a great competition in the boys u14 high jump to secure the bronze medal with a jump of 1.40m.  Christine Campion, Laura Smyth and Shauna Minnock also picked up a bronze medal with the county relay team.  Although it was a scorcher of a weekend this presented a lot of problems with athletes becoming dehydrated but our athletes did us proud.  We should also mention Danny Cahill who came 5th in boys u14 javelin, Lorcan Everard who has really improved this year finishing 5th in the 100m and 200m in very tight races.  Ciaran Wilson, Matthew Dwyer, Shauna Minnock,  Laura Smyth, Brian Moore, Jack Kyle, Jack Deasy and  Katie Donaghty also competed and did very well. Full results later on www.athleticsleinster.com  Timetable for the Nationals HERE page 5  For all the above athletes who finished outside the top 4 positions you can compete in the B national championships in Tullamore on 1st August. 

Dublin Championships -  Congratulations to Kieron Stout who competed in the Dublin Champs in the Senior Discus and finished in 3rd place with a new PB of  38.20 for which he is delighted!!! Well done!

19/20 - June - Tullamore - Leinster u14/19 Track & Field Championships, Tullamore DAY ! programme  DAY 2 Programme

19/20 June - Bedford England - Seye Ogunlewe will compete for Ireland in the 100m & 200m

19/20 June - Budapest, Hungary -  Claire Brady will compete in the 100m & relay with the National team in the European Cup.

The county hurdles and javelin championships took place at our track on Tuesday last in lovely sunshine.  The infield had been cut and the hurdles out, it was a wonderful sight and thanks must go to all those who work away in the background getting the track ready for the athletes.  All we needed now was the athletes to perform well and win medals!  Well they did not let us down. Special mention must go to the girls u15 race in which Christine Campion national champion won in style but the also to Aoife O'Broin who finished in 3rd winning her first county medal! The following is a list of athletes and medals won:-

Girls

Elaine Wilson,  u13 Hurdles - 1st

Christine Campion -  u15 Hurdles 1st

Aoife O'Broin  u15  - Hurdles 3rd

Shauna Minnock u16 - Javelin 3rd

Vivian Fleischer u17 - Hurdles 1s, Javelin 3rd

Sinead Lawler u19 - Hurdles 1st

Senior Women Javelin - Mary Dwyer 1st, Ann Wilson 3rd

Boys

Emmet Stout u13 - Hurdles  - 2nd

Lorcan Everard u15 - Hurdles - 1st

Matthew Dwyer u15 - Hurdles - 2nd

Danny Cahill u15 - Hurdles - 3rd, Javelin 1st

Brian Moore u17 - Hurdles 1st, Javelin 1st

Eoin Moore u19 - Hurdles 1st, Javelin 1st, Senior Mens Javelin 2nd

Well done to everyone on a great evening.

The County Hurdles and Javelin championships take place on Tuesday 15th June, 2010 at out track at 7 pm.  These championships are open to all paid up members of the club.  Singles and shorts to be worn please. The hurdles are from u13 - u19 & senior and the javelin u14 - u18 & senior.  Athletes may move up only 1 age group.  i.e. u12 may compete in the u13 hurdles but not in the u14 javelin!

PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE NO TRAINING ON THIS EVENING DUE TO THESE CHAMPIONSHIPS