24/05/2026
A busy weekend of athletics over the last couple of days!
The Munster Athletics U9 - U12 Championships took place in Waterford this weekend and our young athletes represented our club in style on the provincial stage! First up were the girls on Saturday. Clodagh Griffin came home with 2 medals in the U12 Girls category, bronze in the 60m sprint and gold in the Long Jump - Our Munster Champion ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
Also competing on Saturday was Aedin Griffin. Aedin competed in both the Girls U10 sprint and Long jump showing great determination in both disciplines. Well done Aedin๐
It was the turn of the boys on Sunday. Cathal Carmody placed 2nd in the Boys U 11 Long Jump with Jack Higgins in 4th place. Together Cathal and Jack placed 1st as a pair making them Munster Long Jump Champions! ๐ฅ
Jack placed 4th in the 60m sprint and along with Cathal finished 4th as a pair.๐
The Boys U11 Relay team of Cathal, Jack, CJ Clancy and Evan and Jack Moran placed 4th. Well done boys!
A number of our athletes also took part in the Community Games National Finals in Gormanstown Co Meath on Sunday.
Aoife OโRourke started the day by placing 2nd in the Girls U16 5k and her team came 4th ๐
Cathal OโRourke placed 3rd in the boys U16 5k and his team came 1st - All Ireland Champions๐
รrlaith OโRourke, Naoise Cahill and Ryan Lynch and their team U13 XC 1,200m placed 1st - All Ireland Champions๐
Anna Murphy, Clodagh Griffin and Saoirse Donnelly and their team Girls U12 MDR team placed 1st - All Ireland Champions๐
Zack McNamara competed well in the Boys U12 MDR as did Sean Hick with Boy U 14 MDR!
A great weekend of achievements, well done everyone for taking part๐๐โโ๏ธ๐