Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Fixtures

12.04.18 Meath Secondary Schools T&F Championships Meath County Board Claremont Stadium, Navan
12.04.22 AAI Road Relays Athletics Ireland
12.04.22 Cushinstown AC Open T&F Sports Cushinstown AC Cushinstown, Co. Meath jumps & throws 12noon, track 1pm
12.04.25 Inter ClubT&F League Day 3 Meath County Board Claremont Stadium, Navan 7pm
12.04.25 Meath Primary Schools Relays Meath County Board Ratoath AC's track beside Ratoath Community College 10.30am
12.04.28 Congress Athletics Ireland Cavan
12.04.29 Congress Athletics Ireland Cavan
12.05.02 North Leinster Schools T&F Championships Day 1 LSAU Morton Stadium  
12.05.04 North Leinster Schools T&F Championships Day 2 LSAU Morton Stadium  
12.05.05 BHAA RTE
12.05.06 Drogheda 10k starting in Lawerence St - via Oldbridge - town centre Drogheda & District AC Drogheda  - time TBC 
12.05.07 Leinster Novice & Masters Road Race Championships Leinster AAI TBA
12.05.07 Royal County Challenge - Meath Local Sports Partnership  St. Brigid's AC Kells, Co. Meath 11.00am
12.05.11 Simon Cumber & Paddy Hyland 6k Road Race & Fun Run Navan AC Claremont Stadium, Navan 7.30pm
12.05.12 Meath T&F Championships Day 1 Meath County Board TBA
12.05.13 Meath T&F Championships Day 2 Meath County Board Claremont Stadium, Navan 9am
12.05.15 BHAA
12.05.16 Leinster Schools T&F Championships LSAU Morton Stadium 10am
12.05.19 Leinster Schools T&F Championships Day 2  LSAU Morton Stadium 11am
12.05.19 Leinster Senior Road Race Championships Leinster AAI TBA
12.05.20 Leinster Club Relays???? Leinster AAI
12.05.20 AAI Games Athletics Ireland TBA
12.05.20 Meath T&F Championships Day 3 Meath County Board Claremont Stadium, Navan 9am
12.05.22 Bob Heffernan 5k Road Race Na Fianna AC Hamlet Court Hotel, Johnstown Bridge, Enfield 8pm
12.05.25 Meath T&F Championships Day 4 - Relays Meath County Board Claremont Stadium, Navan 6.30pm
12.05.26 Community Games Cross Country
12.05.27 Community Games Cross Country
12.05.27 Leinster Junior & U23 T^&F Championships Leinster AAI TBA
12.05.29 BHAA
12.06.01 Meath Juvenile "B" Championships Meath County Board TBA
12.06.02 Irish Schools T&F Championships ISAA Tullamore 9am
12.06.03 Leinster Senior T&F Championships Leinster AAI Tullamore
12.06.04 Belfast Marathon
Braveheart Trail Run

The third Trim Braveheart Trail Race will be staged over a five kilometre
course on Friday 15th June at 8pm. The event will be staged along the banks
of the Boyne and will take in many of the medieval sites of the town through
the historic Porchfields.  The heritage trails of Trim includes a number of
locations which featured in the film Braveheart. The runners will once more
be sent on their way with a rousing film scene reenactment by members of
Trim Amateur Dramatic Society. The is the first event of the Scurlogstown
Haymaking Festival will and a torch will be borne to the race site by local
sports club members carrying it in relay from Teltown near Kells the site of
the ancient celtic Tailteann Games.



Trim AC is celebrating its 40th year in 2012 and the first 500 entries for
the race will receive a commemorative technical t-shirt. Entry is now open
on www.runireland.com at €15. There will be category prizes for overall,
junior and master runners.Trim AC are keen to encourage the many
recreational runners and  joggers who have taken to the roads and fields of
Ireland in recent years to come along and enjoy the unique atmosphere of
this event. Last years overall mens winner was Neville Reilly and the womens
winner was Fiona Mahon.

Entry on the night from 6.30pm at Porchfields Trim ( 100m from Trim Castle
over pedestrian bridge). The venue is 20 mins from M3 and M4. This year the
club has chosen Meath Cystic Fibrosis as its designated charity.
Entertainment and refreshments on the night.



Baton Chargers

Congrats to the mens A team which won the C grade of the Meath road relays at Bohermeen on Weds 10 April. In the womens race our A team was second in Agrade and the B team was second in the B grade. The race was run over four legs comprising of half mile, one mile, mile and a half and two miles

Mens A team; Dermot Leonard, Danny Byrne, Don Mahon, Sean Murphy
Mens B team; Conor Daniel, Barry Harten, Enda Markey, Declan Swords.
Mens C team; Robert Farrell, Frank Farrell, Dermot Leonard, Joe McNamara.
Mens D team, Oisin Walsh, Ciaran Tobin, Breffni Gordon, Brian Cully.

Womans A team, Claire Smith, Laura Cotter, Ann Tobin, Maureen Lowther.
Womans B team, Moira Peppard, Anita Rogers, Heather Carty, Niamh Tuite.

Drogheda & District plan major 10km

Boyne 10K 2012-

The Boyne10K 2012 will take place in Drogheda on Sunday 6th May 2012. Drogheda and District Athletic Club will host this event in conjunction with Boyne Athletic Club. During the year, D &D AC supports many local races and we hope your club along with others will support us by partaking in the Boyne10K event.
 
The primary objective of the race is to raise funds for the local athletic clubs and to raise funds for a local charity, The Tania McCabe Foundation. The Boyne 10K 2012 will take place on Sunday 6th May at 3pm, last year we had 1,200 participants. Entry is available on line through www.boyne10k.ie. Free entry is available for elites with certified times of sub 32 minutes for men and sub 36 for women, please see attached a race entry form which can be returned to the above address for any elites entering the race.
The Boyne 10K route will start on Laurence Street in the centre of Drogheda and run towards to the Battle of the Boyne site at Oldbridge and return back via the Boyne Boardwalk to finish in the centre of the town again. As well as the main race there will be a series of juvenile races, which will allow participation of all ages on the day. Participants can park in the Laurence’s Shopping Centre, where team prizes and refreshments will be held after the race.
Many thanks for your time and interest and we look forward to seeing your club there.
Yours Sincerely,
Pamela Howard
Organising Committee – Boyne 10k 2012
            087-7994197      
 

Friday, April 13, 2012

Tabor presentation

Trim Athletic club recently organised the"Team up for Tabor " fun run in
conjunction with the Celtic Festival in Trim. L-R, Ciaran Tobin, Chairman,
Trim AC, Ray Butler, TD, Chairman,Trim Parade Committee, Don Mahon, Trim AC,
Enda Markey, Trim AC, presenting the proceeds of the run to Aidan Heffernan,
Tabor House Recovery Centre.

Thanks to all the club members who helped make this event a success, thanks to Ray Butler who sponsored the medals and the best of luck to Aidan Heffernan and all the volunteers who work on behalf of Tabor House.
All those who came along on the night made a difference and enabled us to raise €1160 for this very worthy cause.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Medal Gurus

Well done to the six teams from Trim AC who took part in the Meath road relay championships at Bohermeen.
The mens A team won the grade C title with Dermot Leonard, Danny Byrne, Don Mahon and Sean Murphy giving their all and shaving 1 and a half minutes off the clubs A team time in 2011. In the womens race the A team of Claire Smith, Laura Cotter, Ann Tobin and Maureen Lowther took the runner up spot in grade B. In grade C there was a runner up place for our B team of Moira Peppard, Anita Rogers,Heather Carty & Niamh Tuite.


It is very heartening to see such great team spirit running through the club.


 MEN A ; 1,Dunboyne AC,2,Dunshaughlin AC "A",3,Bohermeen AC "A". WOMEN A;1,Bohermeen AC "A" 2,Dunshaughlin AC,3,Dunboyne "A".
MEN B;1,Star fo the Sea AC,2,St Brigids AC,3,Bohermeen. WOMEN B;1,St Brigids AC,2,Trim AC,3,Bohermeen AC "B".
 MEN C;1,Trim AC,2,Dunshaughlin AC "B",Dunshaughlin AC "C" WOMEN C;1,Dunboyne AC "B",2,Trim AC "B",3, Bohermeen AC,"C".


Monday, April 9, 2012

Meath Senior road relays

Just a reminder that the Meath Road Relay Championships will take place
tomorrow evening Tuesday 10th April at 7.30pm sharp in Bohermeen.
Registration will close 7.15pm. Details below:

Regards,

Brendan Meade



Meath Senior road relays
Tuesday April 10th at 7-30pm SHARP
Open to all registered clubs in Meath
Leg 1 -800mts
Leg 2-1 Mile
Leg 2---1-5Miles
Leg 4---2 Miles
Medals awarded in grade A,B & C in both Men & Ladies teams
Under 15 &16 may run legs 1 and 2 to Make up teams .
Team entry 15 Euro all teams must declare their teams before 7-15pm
VENUE---At Bohermeen community centre & athletics track
Refreshments and showers available after relays in centre

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Hit the hills

Well done to the group from Trim AC which took part in the Mullaghmeen Hill Run . Special thanks to the St Brigids Athletic Club for setting out such a fine course and the great hospitality afterwards. The county championship results will be announced shortly but it seems we may have done well in the team categories.


A selection of photos from the Mullaghmeen hill run. 

http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b386/meathathletics/

There are also hundreds of photos from this run on the Facebook posts of Meath Running League, St Brigids AC and Trim AC.

Full results listing from Irish Mountain Running Association here

http://www.imra.ie/events/view/id/936/tab/results



Here are the open race results
Senior Women; 1, Karen O Hanlon, Dunboyne AC, 2, Elaine Plunkett, St Brigids, 3, Mags Greenan, 4, Ciara Rooney, Navan AC. Clonliffe Harriers. W40 Women O/40 ; 1,Ann Hunter, Dunshaughlin AC, 2, Maureen Getty,St Brigids. Women O/50; 1, Linda Gunning, Bohermeen AC. Women O/60; 1, Geraldine Walsh, Mullingar Harriers. Junior Women, 1, Laura Farrell, Fr Murphy AC.

Senior Men; 1, Gerard Heery, St Brigids AC, 2, Rob Tully, Star of the Sea AC, 2, Alan Kelly, Roscommon, ,4, Andrew Coscoran, Star of the Sea, 5, Robert Caffrey, St Brigids, 6, Sean McDaid, Innyvale. Men O/40; 1, David O Connell, Bohermeen, 2, Derek Hunter, Dunshaughlin AC. Men O/50; 1, Gerard Malony, Wexford, 2, Paddy Mangan, Dunshaughlin AC. Men O/60; 1, John Hardman, North Westmeath AC. Under 16 Boys; 1, Alex Hunter, Ratoath AC,2, Niall Swan, Dunshaughlin AC, 3, Shane Hanley, St Brigids, 4, Aaron Getty, St Brigids.