Club Notes Weekending 25/09/2022

County Even Age Juvenile & Novice Cross Country Championships

Sunday next, October 2^nd, sees the start of the Cross-Country season with the first of the County Championships, even age juveniles and novice men and ladies, taking place in Galbally, hosted by Moreabbey Milers AC. Starting time is 11am and we would ask all athletes to be at the venue by 10.15am at the latest so that they can walk the course, collect numbers and singlets. As our singlets are in short supply, particularly for our older juvenile athletes, we would appeal to all who have a singlet in their homes to please return to the club before Sunday. If any former members of the club have a singlet to donate back to the club, we would be most appreciative. We wish all competing on Sunday the very best of luck.

Cross Country Celebration

At our recent cross-country celebration, the club had over 50 juvenile members and nine senior athletes compete in the event. This was a tremendous turnout for the club and congratulations to every one of the athletes for their commitment on the day. The Girls U/9 event saw Meadhbh Hall finish 3^rd, Lily Murphy 4^th, Annie Ely 5^th, Beibhinn Maher 9^th, Aoibheann Doyle 12^th and Daisy Lyons 13^th. In the Boys equivalent Matthew Esmonde finished 2^nd, Noah Ryan 6^th, Owen Meade 11^th, Adam Nolan 14^th, Tom Esmonde 16^th, James Delaney 17^th and Ben Delaney 19^th. First home for the club in the Girls U/11 race was Abbie Manton in 22^nd followed by Doireann Quinlan in 27^th, Anna Ely 28^th, Poppy Lyons 30^th, Caoimhe Doyle 32^nd and Faye Murphy 36^th. Darragh Maher was our leading athlete in the Boys U/11 race finishing 7^th with Cathal O’Reilly in 9^th, Geoffrey Morrissey 16^th, Tom Renehan 18^th, Senan Phelan 22^nd, Zach Ryan 23^rd, Fionn Phelan 25^th, Cian Kelly 28^th, Daniel Delaney 32^nd and William Morrissey 35^th. In the Girls U/13 race Caoimhe Slevin finished 11^th, Saoirse Deegan 15^th, Cassidy Bradshaw 20^th, Muireann Casey 21^st, Ailis Concagh 22^nd, Helen Renehan 24^th, Kate Concagh 26^th, Grace Deegan 27^th, Abbie Delaney 28^th and Amber Doherty 30^th. In the Boys race Noah Murphy finished 15^th, Gerard Delaney 18^th, David Nolan 21^st, Cillian Russell 26^th and Michael Doyle 28^th. At U/15 level Alana Spillane finished 1^st with Aisling O’Reilly 3^rd, Emma Delaney 8^th and Kate Delaney 9^th. In the U/19 race Aaron Moore finished 7^th with Michael O’Mahoney 8^th.

In the Senior races Louis Everard finished 22^nd, Brendan Delaney 23^rd, John Renehan 24^th and Ger Brennan 33^rd while in the ladies’ race Angela Fogarty finished 11^th, Sharon Cantwell 12^th Louise Fogarty 13^th, Lisa Quinlan 14^th and Trish Fogarty 15^th.

Club Gear

Anyone interested in purchasing club gear can visit our club shop on the O’Neill’s Website – www.oneills.com and follow the link to clubs and education and then athletics. There are a multitude of singlets, tops, leggings, coats, jackets, hats and bags on offer to purchase complete with the club logo. A percentage of the sales go back directly to the club, so the more that is purchased the more the club receive back as a dividend.

Split the Bucket

The winner of our Split the Bucket for Friday September 23^rd was Jerry Maher, Templetuohy. Winning amount was €154. Tickets can be purchased at all training sessions and from Tigh Maighne and Quinlan’s Moyne. They are also available to purchase online on our club website www.moyneathleticclub.com. Thanks to everyone for their continued support.