Munster Juvenile Uneven Age Cross Country Championships
The above races took place on Sunday 11th November in the Turnpike, Two Mile Borris.
First up were the U9 girls in a field of over 90 competitors running 750m. Ciara Joyce was first home for Moyne AC finishing in an excellent 19th position, she was followed by Olive Spillane Leane 43rd, Maria Doyle 51st, Heidi Maher 60th, Isabel Ralph 69th, Roisin O’Reilly 73rd, Saoirse Deegan 78th, Ailis Concagh 83rd and Arlene Flanagan in 88th. The first four girls placed 5th in the club team event. Ciara Joyce and Olive Spillane Leane were home 3rd and 5th for the Tipperary team and were just outside the medals with Tipperary finishing in 4th place.
Next up were the U9 boys also running 750m in a field of over 100 athletes. First home for Moyne was Jack Guilfoyle in 59th, followed by David Nolan 75th, Will Walsh 82nd and Daithi Cussen 99th. Jack Guilfoyle was also the 6th boy home for Tipperary but again was just outside the medals with Tipperary finishing in 4th place.
U11 girls were next running 1500m with 160 athletes in their race. Alana Spillane led the Moyne girls home in 61st place followed by Dearbhla Gleeson 82nd, Meabh Leahy 85th, Ruth Phelan 100th, Aisling O’Reilly 131st, Kate Tobin 143rd, Ava Tobin 153rd, Isabella Jones 157th and Ellen Nolan 158th.
Boys U11 also ran 1500m with 142 athletes in their race. Luke Walsh was first home for the club in 83rd followed by Denis Brolan 93rd, Daniel Tobin 101st, Jack Reddan 107th, Rogan Lyons 113th, Shane Moloney 137th, Bill Cussen 140th and Max Doyle 141st.
4 girls competed for Moyne in the U13 race where they ran 2500m in a field of 123 athletes. Saoirse Doran led the girls home in 82nd place, with Aisling O’Loughlin 111th, Olivia Ralph 119th and Grainne O’Loughlin 120th.
4 boys also competed for Moyne at U13 level where they too ran 2500m with almost 120 in their race. Adam Phelan was first home for the club finishing in 77th place, followed by David Doyle 86th, Adam Spillane Leane 93rd and Jack Flanagan 105th.
Mary Cussen and Millie Doyle Ryan represented the club in the U15 race running 3500m. Mary finished 58th and Millie finished 61st.
Tomas Cussen was the only member to run in the U15 boys. He also ran 3500m and finished 55th.
Emma Gleeson ran in the girls U17 4000m race. She finished 25th and was also the only medal winner on the day winning a Munster silver medal with the Tipperary team. Ellie Holohan ran the girls U19 4000m race finishing 24th.
It was a very tough day with difficult conditions for all the athletes who took park. Well done to all of you for competing and finishing your races. You should be very proud of yourselves.

In the Senior Competition we had just one lady representing Moyne. Angela Fogarty, who is in excellent form this year finished in 15th position and was the 6th Tipperary athlete home. Tipperary had a great day, claiming the gold medal in the ladies competition.  Well Done Angela and congratulations on the great run!

Best of luck to all our juvenile athletes from U/10 to U/18 and our Novice Ladies and Men as they compete in the County Cross Country Championships in Two-Mile-Borris on Sunday.  Over 60 athletes will don the green and gold colours of the club running distances from 800mts at U/10 to 6,000mts at Novice Men.

Inter-Club Cross Country

The annual inter club cross country challenge between Moyglass, Moycarkey-Coolcroo,

Coolquill and Moyne took place on Friday last hosted by Moyglass. There were races for

U6 to U16 with distances of 200m to 2000m. There were wonderful performances

from all the athletes where their determination saw Moyne retain the perpetual trophy

for yet another year. A huge thank must go to everyone who took part and to parents

for travelling. It is much appreciated. Thanks also to the other clubs for the great

competition and to Moyglass AC in providing the venue and refreshments for everyone

afterwards.

Presentation of medals will take place at training to the following athletes: Tomás

Cussen, Mary Cussen, Paddy Cussen, Bill Cussen, Dáithí Cussen, Cathleen Cussen, Shane

Moloney, Saoirse Doran, Michael Doyle, Róisín Ryan, Emma Ryan, Molly Jones, Maria

Doyle, Gráinne Ryan, Jim O’ Neill, Pádraig Guilfoyle, Jack Guilfoyle, Saoirse Ryan, Cáit

Bergin Doherty, Niamh Gleeson, Eleanor Doyle, Adam Phelan, Ruth Phelan, William

Morrisey, Senan Phelan, Aaron Ralph, Olivia Ralph, Isabel Ralph, Olivia Daly, Gráinne

Daly, Reiltín Morrisey, Arlene Flanagan, Billy Flanagan, Jack Flanagan, Alana Spillane,

Bill O’ Neill, Jake Bowe, Frank Doyle, Liam Ryan, Gavin Ryan, Bláthnaid Lloyd, Emma

Gleeson, Dearbhla Gleeson, Louise Hickey, Adam Spillane Leane, Olive Spillane Leane

and Aaron Moore.

Moyne AC accepting the perpetual Trophy

Tipperary School Cross County

The Tipperary Primary Schools Cross Country Championships take place on Wednesday the 26^th of September in Thurles Crokes AC sport’s grounds. See timetable on Tipperary Website for race order and start times. Good luck to all partaking.

Day One County Juvenile Cross Country Championships

County Tipperary Juvenile Even Age and Novice Cross Country Championships will take place on the 7^th of October starting  at 12 noon. The championships will be held in the Turnpike, Two-Mile-Borris. All athletes interested in partaking should inform Geraldine no later than Friday 28^th. Scoring Individual medals will be presented to the first 10 across the line at U/10, U/12 and U/14 and to the first 3 across the line at U/16 and U/18. Teams of 4 will score at U/10, U/12 and U/14 and teams of 3 at U/16 and U/18. All information pertaining to the championship is available on the Tipperary website

Day Two ‘Uneven’ County Cross Country Championships,  Moyglass

Day Two (Uneven Ages) of the County Juvenile Cross Country Championships will be held in Moyglass on Sunday 14th of October starting at 12 noon. All entries should be submitted to Ger by 3^rd of October.

Open Cross Country

St. Senan’s are hosting an open cross-country this Sunday (30^th) in Kilmacow, Kilkenny. There will be races for Juvenile, Junior and Senior athletes and further information is provided on the flier below.

The AAI autumn open Cross Country takes place on the 23^rd of October and is open to all Senior and Master athletes. The event is open to non-Athletics Ireland members and aims to encourage those that take to the roads every weekend to come along and try a different style of racing on the country.  For further information see the AAI website

Club Lotto

Aine Maher was the winner of this week’s lotto lucky dip. Well done and thank you to all who continue to support.

Club Gear

There is only more week left to order club tracksuits, t-shirts and crop tops. Order forms can collected in the clubhouse, payment to be made in full no later than the 2^nd of October.

Training for adults will begin this Monday night 26th August at 7.30pm.  All are welcome – from those who are interested in competing in cross country to those who want to run to improve their fitness.  Training will continue on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights for this group.

Juvenile training has resumed for athletes aged 8 years of age and older on Tuesday and Friday nights from 7.30pm to 8.30pm.  With the upcoming cross country season nearly upon us it is important that all athletes make a special effort to attend these sessions.  New athletes are also very welcome.