Inter club league Round 1

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• The 2014 Meath Athletics inter club league will get underway with the first two rounds being staged indoors at the recently extended Cushinstown AC facility near Kilmoon Cross on the N2. The indoor competition will serve Meath athletes well as they complete their preparation for the Leinster and national indoor competitions which get underway at Athlone. The program for ROUND 1 of the league is as follows. InterClub Track & Field League/February 26th 2014 - 7.15 p.m. - Cushinstown AC Boys/Girls born 2006- 60 metres Boys/Girls born 2005 -60 metres, long jump. Boys/girls born 2003-60 metres, long jump Boys /girls born 2001-60 metres,high jump Boys/girls born 2000-60 metres,high jump. Junior/senior/masters-60metres and high jump from 8pm

Meath CC relay trials

“On Sunday 9th February Fr Murphy AC will host trials to select teams for the Girls and boys under 12 and 14 Inter- County Cross Country Relays.

The trials will start at 12 noon at Frayne and all the races are over 500 metres.

All athletes must be registered for 2014 to be eligible to compete.

2013 age groups apply for this event – i.e. under 12 born in 2002 and 2003, under 14 born in 2000 and 2001.

The first 4 home plus 1 sub in each race will be selected to represent Meath at the All Ireland Inter-County Cross Country relays ( 4 x 500 metres)which will be held at Dundalk IT on Sunday 2nd March in advance of the National senior and Junior Cross Country Championships– time to be confirmed”.

Regards

Paddy  Mangan

Competition Sec.

Club raises Hope........... €600

Trim Athletic Club recently staged a series of 3km time trials. Each runner nominated their preferred charity. At the end of the series a draw was made to choose the charity. Suzanne Halpin who has since emigrated to New Zealand nominated the Hope Foundation which works with destitute children in India.

 Photo shows Ciaran Tobin and Barry Harten from Trim Athletic Club announcing the donation of €600,the proceeds of the series.

Membership 2014

Hi Folks

Over thee past few weeks some club officials and the treasurer David Hawcroft in particular, have been trying to sort out the registrations and memberships for the new season. This is an urgent matter as it has insurance implications for training sessions. It is also important for members taking part in competitions organised by the Meath Athletics Board, Athletics Leinster and AAI. You must be affiliated and registered to a club for such competitions. 

You are NOT covered for club activities from Feb 1st onwards if you have not taken up membership or renewed. DOWNLOAD HERE and bring to the next training session. 

If you have already sorted out your 2014 membership you can relax and disregard this message.

 Thanks

Ciaran Tobin,

Chairman Trim AC.

Trim Athletic Club.
Membership forms for 2014 in case anyone didn't get one.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16242260/TrimAC_Membership_Form%20_2014.pdf

National junior victory

Harry Purcell one of the most promising middle distance talents in the country returned to competitive action at the national indoor championships in Athlone IT arena. The young Trim man took the 800 metres title in a time of 1m52s ahead of Daniel Lawlor, Carlow and fellow Meath runner Rob Tully,SOSAC. At the same competition Shane Aston jumped 6.46 to claim the bronze medal in the under 23s long jump. Both athletes will turn their attentions to the AAI Games senior competition next weekend at the same venue.

Ins and outs

The national masters indoor championships took place. Trim had another medal winning performance with Noel Hanratty putting in a brilliant run to finish second to Raheny athlete Pat Timmons in the M60 3000 metres. His time of 11.13 was an excellent age group performance.

The John Treacy 10 Mile road race was staged in very wet and windy conditions in the coastal town of Dungarvan on Sunday. The Trim AC husband and wife duo Sean Murphy and Jane Murphy once again made their way to one of Irelands most popular 10 mile events which this year attracted 1600 entries from near and far. Sean finished in 58 minutes and Jane came home in 1h29m.

Young runners return 6 Jan.

Juvenile training resumes after the Christmas break on Monday 6 January 6pm in the Boyne Community School.  You can register your child for the 2014 season for €30 or the whole family for €100. Contact David Hawcroft 0871345371 for further details.

Club AGM followed by annual social.

Hello All,

Next Saturday 11 January the club will hold its annual general meeting in the Castle Arch Hotel. The annual general meeting is your chance to get involved in the administration of the club and make an input into its development and direction. All adult members and parents of our juvenile members are encouraged to attend. No one will be asked to take on any impossible or mammoth tasks so feel free to please come along.

Following the AGM the club will hold its annual get together at the same hotel starting time is 9pm. Hot food will be served and the sub is €12 per head. It is important that we have definite numbers for the social so that we can give the hotel an indication of how many it has to cater for. Could you please indicate your attendance (and if you will be accompanied) at the social by return email or text Ann Tobin on 086 1987133 before Thursday. Cheers Ciaran Tobin Chairman / PRO

AGM OF TRIM AC

The 2014 AGM of Trim AC will take place at the Castle Arch Hotel, Trim on Saturday 11 January 2014 at 7.30pm. All  adult members and parents of juveniles are requested to  attend. We welcome your input into how the club moves during 2014. We particularly encourage increased parental involvement.

Countdown to Christmas Charity Run Round 3

Countdown to Christmas Charity Run

On Tuesday evening the club hosted the third round in its series of five 3km timed runs. There were a number of new entrants again in this run. There will be three runs out of the five to count. Each entrant selected their charity of choice and at the end of the series there will be a draw to select the benefitting charity. Well done to all who are taking part.

Trevor Thompson,12.21,Ted Costello,11.29,Suzanne Halpin 15.09,Stephen Keane,12.09,,Stephen Byrne,10.17,Sinead Skerry,17.11,

Sheila Quinn,14.07,Sharon Costello,14.51,Sarah Healy,11.22,Quinton Bourke,10.41Peter Millen,14.41,Paula Hegarty,12.57,Owen Creevey,13.40,,

Monica Heavey 13.12,Moira Peppard,13.40,Maurice Brennan,11.39,Martin ,13.42,Martin Brogan,11.30,Mark McGee,10.20,Mark Boshell,13.00,Marcella Gibney,14.55,Laura Cotter,12.12,Jonathon Nangle,11.22,Jane Murphy,13.54,Jaime Gartland,14.13,Jackie Lenehan,18.20,Heather Carty,12.31,Gabriel Costello,13.03,Fabien Laboulle,13.21,Enda Gallagher,13.13,Ellen Vitting,11.09Elias Ttimbala,13.19,Elaine Ward,15.16,Don Mahon,10.47,Derina Rispin,15.28,Declan Swords,11.24,David Murray,11.11,David Hawcroft,13.02,Claire Smith,12.05,Carmel Mahon,16.33,Brendan Conway,10.29,Aoibhann Byrne,14.54,Ann Tobin,13.01,Anita Rogers,13.06,Aidan Flynn,12.24

Age groups prizes for Trim runners

The hills of Brendan Meades farm at Greenanstown near Stamullen provided the runners with plenty of challenging inclines and speedy descents at the 25th renewal of the Star of the Sea AC cross country races.

Two of our members got among the prizes with Pat Comey second in the M60 grade and Ann Tobin second in the W50 grade.

The Trim mens masters team of Pat, Declan Swords, Martin Brogan, Brian Cully, Ciaran Tobin and John Rowe got in a bit of a reccee on the venue for next months county masters championships. Carrie Brogan finished 3rd W50.

Thanks and well done to Star of the Sea on another excellent promotion.

Dublin Half Marathon 2013

The countdown to the Dublin City Marathon continues for our athletes who took part in the Half Marathon in the Phoenix Park. This was the fourth race in the Dublin Race Series and the unusually warm weather conditions combined with the hilly second half of the race to provide a challenging test for everyone.
Sean Murphy was the first of the Trim runners across the line in a time of  78m23.

The summary of the Trim runners are as follows

Mark Boshell           1:54:05.

Sean Murphy	1.18:23
Quinton Bourke	1.28:53
Brendan Conway	1.30:26
Don Mahon	1.33:36
Ellen Vitting	1.38:35
Maurice Brennan	1.45:11
Valerie Malone	1.50:46
Barry O'Callghan	1.51:50
Mary Carr	1.52:00
Heather Carty	1.52:11
Laura Cotter	1.52:56
Monica Heavey	1.53:45
Mairead McMorrow	1.55:48
Paul Hegarty	1.57:48
Anita Rogers	1.59:49
Fabien Laboulle	2.01:55
Paula Hegarty	2.01:56
Mark Leaney	2.03:19
Jane Murphy	2.04:30
Enda Gallagher	2.15:34
David Hawcroft	1.47.22

Registration forms

There have been a number of enquiries about membership / registration forms from new people attending our meet and train sessions. Please download and print. Take it to training next Tuesday or Thursday.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/16242260/TrimAC_Membership_Form_2013.pdf

Trim man third in the Extreme North Quadrathlon.

Mark Melia continued his ultra running adventure over the weekend in the Extreme North Quadrathlon. It is Donegal’s unique 4 Marathons over 4 Days. 4 individual and certified courses, located on the Inishowen 100 scenic drive, amazing scenery with something to distract you at every turn and summit. 2 of the marathons had substantial hill climbs.
Mark put in a very consistent weekend of marathon running on this arduous event. He finished third overall having secured third place on three of the four stages and sixth on day 3. Given the severe climbs of the course Marks daily runs were between were around 3h30m and 3h45m which was great going on considering that there were no rest days.
The routes/stages were Day 1 Thursday,Culdaff,Kinnego,Moville. Day 2 Friday, Friday Moville, Muff, Buncrana. Day 3 Saturday,Buncrana, Mamore, Clonmany, Culdaff. Dayt 4 Sunday,Malin, Malin Head, Glengaff, Culdaff.

National masters hammer title for Moira Aston

Moira Aston won the W50 hammer at the AAI Masters track and field championships in Tullamore on Saturday. She hit a new personal best mark of 30m35 in wet conditions and went on to take silver in the discus and shot and bronze in the javelin.Moira Peppard once again got among the medals for a silver in the W45 200m . In the mens 5km Noel Hanratty continued his return to form with a fifth place in the M55 grade.

Junior decathlon champion. Shane Aston

Shane Aston had a great weekend of competition at the AAI Combined events championships in Tullamore on 10/11 August. He continued his excellent form from the Scottish National Championships by collecting pb's in 100m hj pv and 110mh and winning the title by a margin of almost 800 points.  Two grueling days of competition over 10 events produced a new personal best points total of 6185 points, the highest points total of the weekend. Well deserved rest at the end of a long season starts today :)

100m - 11.87
LJ - 6.45
Shot - 10.53
HJ - 1.90
400m - 53.59
110mh - 15.62
Discus - 36.35
PV - 3.20
Jav - 48.62
1500M - 4.54.48

August weekend round up

Harry Purcell sets new record.

Harry Purcell, Trim AC set a new Celtic Games record in Colwyn Bay, north Wales today. He ran to a comfortable win in the 800m with a time of 1m52s72 beating the previous record of Mark English. Harry has had numerous successes in the 400m and 800mduring his first season at provincial, national and now international level. This latest result is very significant in that the athlete whose record he beat (Mark English, Letterkenny AC) is currently one of the top ranked senior 800m runners in the country. Andrew Coscoran from star of the Sea AC in east Meath also set a Celtic Games record with an excellent time of 8m32s.

Rock n Roll half marathon.

It was a case of rock around the clock for the 6500 runners who set out on the first ever Dublin Rock and Roll marathon which incorporated the national half marathon championships. Live music of various hues was alid on every mile of the route to keep a twinkle in the toes of the runners. Born to Run which got plenty of  renditions by the Boss around Ireland in recent weeks greeted the runners across the finish line nead the NCH on Earlsfort Terrace. Among the happy runners "recording " good times and some pbs were the following Trim athletes. Mark Melia 1.26.27, Mark Saunders,1.28.17Andy Reilly, 1.38.33, Barry O' Callaghan,1.41.56,Maurice Maurice Brennan,1.41.27Brenda Ni Phiarais,2.01.18. Well done all.

On Friday evening Ann Tobin finished 3rd in the W50 category of the Carlingford 5km held along the shores of the lough and in through the narrow medieval streets of the Cooley village.

The Attracta Doherty triathlon was staged on Sunday in and around Lough Ramor in Virginia. Among those from Trim AC who carried the colours of Tri an Mhi with distinction were Ollie Carty,David Hawcroft and Siobhan Payne.

NEXT UP

11-08-13 – Boyne AC Open Sports – commencing at 1.30pm

18-08-13 – 10k Race, hosted by Duleek & District AC – commencing at 10.00am

30-08-13 - Skryne 5km organised by Tara AC Start 7.30pm at Skryne NS
15-09-13 – 5k Run & Walk, host by St. Michael’s AC – commencing at 11.30am.
15-09-13 – Open Cross Country, hosted by Adamstown AC – Start 12.00noon.

IMPROVE WITH US

Trim AC has a strong and vibrant meet and train group. we convene opposite the Garda Station every Tuesday and Thursday at 7.30pm There is a place in our training groups for joggers and runners of all abilities. Our annual membership is a recession busting value for money €40. You will benefit from training for your running and fitness targets in a group environment. All our coaches at senior and juvenile level have Athletics Ireland coaching qualifications and are volunteers. No gimmicks just results you will be proud of whether its your first tentative steps around a 5km or an ultra marathon.

Mark Melia third in West Cork ultra

Congratulations to Mark Melia who finished third in the Waterfront Ultra in West Cork today. Well done on another great long run.

Here is his summary

"No.15 today for this year at the Waterfront Ultra in Courtmcsherry Cork. It was 36miles on back and forth course along the bay. Some top class ultra runners there today. I had a great run and felt strong for all of it with a 3:23 time at the marathon distance. With 10 miles to go i still felt strong and maintained my pace to finish in 3rd place overall"

Harry in great form at AAI seniors

Harry Purcell who is still in the under age ranks, qualified from heat 4 of the national senior championship 800m in Santry today. Harry ran 1.54.59 to finish third in his heat. Best of luck on Sunday.

Roundup of July action

Fingal 10km

The Fingal 10km was staged over a new route in Swords. The race is the second round of the Dublin Race Series which is proving very popular with runners over the summer. Representing Trim AC in the race were Laura Cotter 46.18, Aidan 

Flynn,47.46, Mark Boshell, 49.53. Next runs in the series are the Frank Duffy 10 mile in the Phoenix Park on 24 August @10am, and the Dublin Half Marathon in the Phoenix Park on 21 Sept @10am.

St Brigids AC 5km

There was a feel of the Med about the St Brigids AC 5km last Wednesday evening in Oldcastle. The top road runners of the midlands and north east took to roads in brilliant sunshine with Mark Carroll, Mullingar and Fiona Reid, Dunboyne emerging as the winners. Trim AC had Conor Daniel,19.47,Decaln Swords 20.05 Ciaran Tobin,22.11,Suzanne Halpin,27.04, David Hawcroft,22.30 taking part. David Hawcroft got among the prizewinners with a second place in the M60 grade.

Farewell & Good Luck in NZ

A group from the meet and train sessions got togther last weekend to bid farewell to  Suzanne Halpin, Stuart Daniel Conor Daniel. The entire family has trained and competed in the colours of Trim AC over the past few years. We would like to wish them well and hope their courage is rewarded as they start an exciting chapter in life in New Zealand. This trip gives a new meaning to going on a "long run"

Sprint Triathlon TRI AN MHI

Tri and Mhi club will stage its Triathlon Sprint race at Lough Lene on Saturday September 7th at 10am and that all individual entries made before July 31st will be entered into a draw  for free race entry. We are giving away one male and one female entry.Race details and links for entry are on the club website http://www.trianmhi.com/index.php/tri-an-mhi-sprint

and on the  Event Facebook Page
Please direct all queries about this race to trianmhisprint@gmail.com as opposed to the usual club email address.

 

Train with us

Trim AC has a strong and vibrant meet and train group. we convene opposite the Garda Station every Tuesday and Thursday at 7.30pm There is a place in our training groups for joggers and runners of all abilities. Our annual membership is a recession busting value for money €40. You will benefit from training for your running and fitness targets in a group environment.All our coaches at senior and juvenile level have Athletics Ireland coaching qualifications and are volunteers. Other longer run sessions are organised among the marathon groups over the weekends.