Mitchelstown AREA Community GAMES

09/07/2023

ATHLETES CONFIRM COMMUNITY GAMES PARTICIPATION
Munster Comm Games track qualifiers for Lees Field Ennis Aug 20, where 4 track athletes in each event will qualify for National finals in Carlow on August 26 are:
U8 60m: Jack McNamara
U8 80 Gervira Kuzanzembe Pat Flynn
U10 100m Noah Dunne U10 HURDLES Niall Towey
U12 100 m:
Merveille Kumanzembe
Aoibh McCarthy
U12 600m Beth Hegarty
U 14 100m
Orna Joy , Micheal Quirke
U14 HURDLES David Towey
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National Field & Relay Qualifiers in Carlow IT on August 26 are:
U12 LONG Jump
Molly Thornton
U12 BALL THROW
Muirean Dingivan, Eoghan Finn
U12 RELAY Girls: Merveille Kumanzembe, Molly Thornton, Beth Hegarty, Aoibh McCarthy , Muirean & Siun Dingivan.
U13 mix RELAY : Orna Joy, Megan Kellaway, Micheal Quirke, Dave Towey.
U14 SHOT : Fintan O Grady
U14 JAVelin: Lucy Dennehy

See mitchelstown area community games facebook for details.

www.communitygames.ie for event rules

08/07/2023

RELAY EXCHANGE MARKS formula for calculating the “go distance.” Formula shows takeoff distances based on incoming runner’s last 25m speed (A) and the outgoing runner’s 26m acceleration time (B). From those times, a go distance (G) could be marked and used for 4x100m relay exchanges.

The equation for aggressive exchanges is

G = 75(B – A) / A

For safe exchanges, 75 becomes 60, B is 21m, and A is 20m.

G = 60(B – A) / A

How to use these tables. Every year, do time trials of 30m, 60m, and 80m and use the data from these runs, find the table values, and see what happens in our first relay practice. I know studying elite athlete training theory and applying it to school athletes can be tricky. So time the first 26m of their 30m and the last 25m of their 80m.

Originally used hand times. Here is how things worked out. Runner “E” ran a 3.25 sec 26m and a 2.63 sec 25m fly time. Runner “A” ran 3.22 and 2.53. “A” handed to “E,” so I took A’s 2.53 seconds and E’s 3.25 seconds, added .24 for the hand-time factor, and that gave me 2.77 and 3.49 (rounded to 2.8 and 3.5 on the table). That gives a go distance of 6.3m (20.66 feet, or 22 shoe counts).
For baton passes, I start the incoming runner approximately 30-40 meters away, as I feel this resembles the speed toward the end of the leg based on some hypothetical velocity curves. On our first attempt, timing was pretty much dead on in the exchange at full sprint and full reach. This worked for the other runners as well. Our athletes started at the back of the acceleration zone, used the full 10 meters to accelerate into the exchange zone, and the exchange took place in the middle of the zone (after about a 20-metre sprint by the outgoing runner.)

02/07/2023

National Culture Finals
St. Patrick's College Carlow
Arts and Cultural Events

Music
Singing **
Dancing
Recitation **
WHEN
September 09 08:00 AM - September 10 08:00 PM
WHERE
Visual Arts Centre
Old Dublin Road, Graigue, Carlow R93A3K1

02/07/2023

BIG QUALIFICATION
36 athletes participated with aplomb in CORK COMMUNITY GAMES in UCC.
Munster qualifiers for Lees Field Ennis on August 20 where 4 track athletes in each event will qualify for the National finals in Carlow on August 26 are:

U8 60m: Jack McNamara
U8 80 Gervira Kuzanzembe Alice Sweetman, Pat Flynn
U10 100m Dylan Thornton , Noah Dunne
U10 200m Lucy Thornton
U10 HURDLES Niall Towey
U12 100 m:
Merveille Kumanzembe
Aoibh McCarthy
U12 600m Beth Hegarty
U 14 100m Orna Joy , Micheal Quirke
U14 HURDLES David Towey

National qualifiers in Carlow IT on August 26 are:
U12 LONG Jump
Molly Thornton , Tomas Burke
U12 BALL THROW
Muirean Dingivan, Eoghan Finn
U12 RELAY Girls: Merveille Kumanzembe, Molly Thornton, Beth Hegarty, Aoibh McCarthy , Muirean & Siun Dingivan.
U13 mix RELAY : Orna Joy, Megan Kellaway, Ava Thornton, Micheal Quirke, Dave Towey.
U14 SHOT : Fintan O Grady
U14 JAVelin: Lucy Dennehy

Maximising participation is the ethos of community games.

www.communitygames.ie

02/07/2023

BIG QUALIFICATION
36 athletes participated with aplomb in CORK COMMUNITY GAMES in UCC.
Munster qualifiers for Lees Field Ennis on August 20 where 4 track athletes in each event will qualify for the National finals in Carlow on August 26 are:

U8 60m: Jack McNamara
U8 80 Gervira Kuzanzembe Alice Sweetman, Pat Flynn
U10 100m Dylan Thornton , Noah Dunne
U10 200m Lucy Thornton
U10 HURDLES Niall Towey
U12 100 m:
Merveille Kumanzembe
Aoibh McCarthy
U12 600m Beth Hegarty
U 14 100m Orna Joy , Micheal Quirke
U14 HURDLES David Towey

National qualifiers in Carlow IT on August 26 are:
U12 LONG Jump
Molly Thornton , Tomas Burke
U12 BALL THROW
Muirean Dingivan, Eoghan Finn
U12 RELAY Girls: Merveille Kumanzembe, Molly Thornton, Beth Hegarty, Aoibh McCarthy , Muirean & Siun Dingivan.
U13 mix RELAY : Orna Joy, Megan Kellaway, Ava Thornton, Micheal Quirke, Dave Towey.
U14 SHOT : Fintan O Grady
U14 JAVelin: Lucy Dennehy

Maximising participation is the main ethos of community games.

Area includes Araglin, Glanworth, Kildorrery, Kilworth, Mitchelstown, Shanballymore.

Facebook : mitchelstown area community games / cork county community games for details.

www.communitygames.ie for event rules

27/06/2023

25/06/2023

24/06/2023

Happy faces at Cork Community Games Athletic finals in UCC