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

Sat - 12th June - Greystones  - Congratulations to the Boys u14 team who were are only competitors in the leinster team competition.  The boys competed at u15 level and did brilliant to finish in 4th place just mising out on the bronze medal.  The boys team included, Danny Cahill, Lorcan Everard, Matthew Dwyer, Ciaran Wilson and Alan Carroll

International News -  Claire Brady continued on her record breaking way as part of the 4 x 100m national relay squad that finished 2nd to Italy in a new National record.  Congratulations Claire.

5th June - Schools - Congratulations to Seye Ogunlewe who won the 100m & 200m senior titles and he was also a member of the winning Kings Hospital school team in the 4 x 100m  in the All Ireland schools competition in Tullamore on Sat.  This was a fantastic result for Seye in his last year in this competition.  Christine Campion also won the Junior girls 80m Hurdles title with a fantastic run in her first year in this competition.  Aoife Sheehy finished a brilliant 4th in the senior girls walk and Darragh Mc Gee was unlucky to crash out of the senior boys 110m hurdles as was Shauna Minnock with 3 fouls in the junior girls javelin.

5 June - County B championships -  Congratulations to all our younger athletes who competed and won medals in the county B champs.  Results are  girls, Ruth Dwyer 1st in Ball Throw, 2nd in 100m and 3rd in 600m.  Emily Donaghy 3rd in Ball throw.  Elaine Wilson 2nd in 800m.  Katie Donaghy 1st in Shot, Sinead O'Connor 2nd in Shot.  Boys: - Eoin McConnon 1st in 100m & 2nd in Ball throw, Raymon Comer 2nd in 100m, Eoin Goss 1st in 100m & 1st in Long Jump.  Jack Kyne 1st in 100m, 1st in 1000m.  Ciaran O'Connor 2nd in 1000m, Matthew Dwyer 3rd in 1000m, 1st in shot and 2nd in 100m.  Well done everyone!

5 June - Belgium -  Claire Brady continues her fantastic season with a new PB of 24.08 in the 200m.  Claire has been named on the Irish squad to travel to Budapest in Hungry on 19th June. Well done Claire

6th June - Leinster Masters -  5 athletes travelled to Tullamore on Sunday and again did the club proud.  Kieron Stout won 3 gold medals in the M2 Shot, Discus and Weight for distance.  Paula Reilly won 2 golds in the M2 100m & 200m in fantastic times.  Deirdre Sheehy won silver in the M3 100m and bronze in the M3 Long Jump.  Finola Moore won gold in the M3 High Jump, Silver in the Long Jump and silver in the 200m.  Lant Carroll won 3 bronze medals in the 100m, 200m & 400m.  Well done to all!

7th June - Womens Mini Marathon -  Congrats to Andrea Fleischer, Ann Wilson & Mary Dwyer and anyone else I don't know about who all did PB's in the womens mini marathon on Monday.

*****   IMPORTANT  INFORMATION  ***

Entries for the Leinster u13 - u19 on 19/20 June are not being taken.  Please write your name, DOB and event(s) down on the entry sheet in the clubhouse and pay your coach the correct entry fee €2 per event. Steffen's/Mary's group please give details to coaches along with entry fee.  Please note closing date for entries is next Tuesday 8th and that no athlete will be entered if entry fee is not paid in advance.    Late entries may enter on the day at €4 per event.  List of events are DAY 1 and DAY 2

Saturday 5th June - The County B Championships will take place at our track in Celbridge on Saturday starting at 1pm.  These championships are open to any athlete that did not win a county medal u9 - u14.  These athletes may compete in both track & field events.  If a medal was won on the track the athlete may compete only in the field event and vice versa, a medal won in a field event the athlete may only compete in the track events.  This event starts at 1pm

The events include:  GIrls

                              u9 & u10 - 80m & ball throw

                              u11 - 100m, 600m & ball throw

                              u12 - 100m, 800m & long jump

                              u14 - 100m, 1000m & shot putt

                              Boys

                             u9 - 80m & Ball throw

                             u10 - 80m & long jump

                             u11 - 100m, 600m, & long jump

                             u12 - 100m, 800m, & Long Jump

                             u14 - 100m, 1000m & Shot Putt

The hurdles and javelin championships are postponed until Tuesday 15th June.

Saturday 5th June:  All Ireland Schools Championships.  Competing for Celbridge AC will be Seye Ogunlewe in the Senior boys 100m & 200m, Aoife Sheehy in the Senior Girls walk,Darragh McGee in the Senior boys 110m hurdles, Christine Campion in Junior girls 80m hurdles and Shauna Minnock in the Junior girls javelin.  Good luck to everyone!

Sunday 6th June -  Leinster Senior and Masters T & F Championships will be held in Tullamore.

Saturday 29th - The Leinster u9 - u12 championships took place in Tullamore on Saturday.  Winners on the day were Ruth Dwyer and Kasey Hackett in the girls u11 ball throw when the took the silver medal.  We had many other good performances on the day but they just finished outside the medals.  Well done to all who competed.

Sunday 30th - Claire Brady continued with her amazing year by winning the gold medal in the 100m in the Costa Brava, Spain at the weekend in a time of 11.6 which is just outside the 11.5 qualifying time for the European Championsips in Barcelona.  Claire had a fantastic run with a new PB and took a few scalps at the same time, beating Kelly Proper, Claire Bergin and Aoife Mac Neill all from Ireland in the process!  Well done Claire and good luck with achieving the qualifying time for Barcelona!

Sunday 30th -  The Leinster Junior & u23 championships took place in Tullamore and Seye Ogunlewe won the 100m & 200m junior titles and Sandra Lawlor also won the u23 100m hurdles title.  Aoife Sheehy had a great race walk to take the bronze medal in the junior walk.