Relay Report by Sean O Neill

 A courageous run by Trim AC's under 12 boys relay team was rewarded with silver medals at the Meath Cross Country championship on Sunday.

  
On a day memorable for icy toes and runny noses the team, comprised of Alex Bond, Rory Gordon, Leo Bond and David O'Neill, were very impressive in their first relay race in the Trim colours. 

As the race began, Bohermeen AC took a strong lead but Alex Bond chased hard and established himself in a clear second place, putting a gap between himself and the rest of the field. At the 250 metre mark Rory Gordon, who is in his first year with the club, took the baton and ran powerfully to retain the team's second place. He then passed to Leo Bond, the youngest member of the team. At little over 10 years of age Leo showed tremendous determination when the pressure came. With 50 metres to the final baton change the chasing third placed team managed to catch up and looked as if they were about to overtake him, but Leo would have none of it. Digging deep he managed to pull away again and gave the baton to David O'Neill in clear second place. David gave chase to the leading Bohermeen athlete and although he made up ground he was unable to catch him and in the end the team were delighted with their second place. 

 
 A hearty well done finally to Dunboyne AC who hosted the event and the Meath officials who as always were generous with their time and patience. 

Beach run winners

The BHAA Bank of Ireland 6km beach run at Dollymount had three Meath
athletes winning their respective age categories. Deirdre Fitzsimons,
Dunboyne AC 1st, W40; Mary Watters,Navan AC, 1st W45; Ann Tobin, Trim AC,1st
W50.

Meath AAI permit events for 2012

4 March 2012 Bohermeen AC Meath Spring half marathon 12noon, Bohermeen Community Centre.

17 March 2012 Fr. Murphy 5Mile Road Race & Fun Run  incorporating the Meath 5Mile
Road Championships Fr. Murphy AC Ballivor, Co. Meath

25 March 2012 Dunboyne 4 Mile Road Race Dunboyne AC Dunboyne

1 April 2012 St. Brigid's AC Open  5k Hill Run incorporating Meath Hill Running Championships (IMRA Rules) St. Brigid's AC Mullaghmeen Forest Park,  Oldcastle, Co. Meath.

22 April 2012 Cushinstown AC Open T&F Sports Cushinstown AC Cushinstown, Co. Meath

16 May 2012 Simon Cumber  & Paddy Hyland 6k Road Race Navan AC Claremont  Stadium, Navan

22 May 2012 Bob Heffernan 5k Road Race Na Fianna AC Hamlet Court Hotel, Johnstown Bridge,

6 June 2012 Patrick Bell Memorial 5k Road Race & Fun Race Bohermeen AC Bohermeen Community Centre

15 June 2012 The Braveheart 5k Trail Run Trim AC .Porchfields,Trim, Co. Meath

23 June 2012 Michael Manning 10k Road Race & Fun Run Dunshaughlin Ac Dunshaughlin Community Centre

4 July 2012 South O'Hanlon 5k Road Race & Fun Run South O'Hanlon Senchelestown
GAA Centre

18 July 2012 St. Brigid's AC 5k Road Race & Fun Run St. Brigid's AC Oldcastle.

24 July 2012 Tara AC 5K Road Race & Fun Run Tara AC Skyrne Community Hall

2 Sept 2012 Navan AC Annual T&F Sports Navan AC Claremont Stadium, Navan

9 Sept 2012 Rennicks Cup & Fr Delany 5 Mile Road Race & Fun Run  Bohermeen AC 


23 Sept 2012 Star of the Sea cross country meeting Greenanstown, Stamullin.

Rewarding awards night for Trim AC

The Meath Athletics awards presentation took place at the Old Darnley Hotel,Athboy on Sunday 6 November. Trim athletes were among those receiving awards.
Nathan Grant capped a great debut season which included provincial and national sprint medals by receiving an award in the national championship category. Shane Aston also got an award in the same category having won his first national javelin title during the summer.
In the masters track and field awards there was a double for Trim with Moira Peppard winning the track award and Moira Aston taking the top prize for field events. Both athletes have been to the fore in Irish masters track and field for the past decade.
In the awards for the Meath Running League the club had two award winners. Conor Daniel was the leading point scorer over eight races in the thirteen race series. In the M40 grade Don Mahon topped the rankings after a great summer season.
Moira Peppard along with Emma Foley and Meghan Smith collected the top secondary school award on behalf of Scoil Mhuire,Trim. 

Trim runners fighting blindness

The wonderful autumn setting of Glendalough was the venue for the second Fighting Blindness 15km trail race on Saturday 5th November.The course took runners through the monastic area of Seven Churches for the early stages of the race. It then passed the lakeshore before climbing past Poulanass Waterfall continuing towards the highest point of the course at 1680 metres. The descent was fast and furious along firetrails towards the village of Laragh then thrugh some tight bends to finish at the Green Road in the heart of Glendalough.
Trim AC had two runners taking part. Declan Swords finished in 16th overall in a field of two minutes faster than last year in 73.31 and Ciaran Tobin finished in a time of 85.32.

Report from Leinster CC day1

The Leinster novice,masters and  even ages cross country took place on
Sunday at Belvedere House , Mullingar. The superb parkland course held up
very well to the recent heavy rainfall and was a good test for the two
thousand athletes who took part in ten races. In the under 12 girls race
Hannah Gilligan was a member of Meath county squad which finished fourth in
the inter counties category. She was also the leading Trim finisher in a
club team including Caoimhe Rowe, Niamh Fahy, Lilian Brady, Niamh Mahoney
and Andrea Hiney which gave a strong performance. In the boys under 12 the
club was well represented by David O Neill, Alex Bond and Sean Maloney. In
the girls under 14 race the county team included Ann Marie Diver and they
finished third behind Kilkenny and Westmeath in the county category. Conor
Daniel ran in the under 16 race and contributed to the Meath effort which
took them to the silver medal spot behind Westmeath.

In the adult grades Ann Tobin won her first ever masters championship with a
strong run over the testing course. Ann took the W50 category ahead of Sli
Chulain runner, Jacqueline Patrick with nearly a minute to spare . Claire
Smith marked her provincial cross country debut with a fine time of 18.45
for the 4km. In the mens race the county M50 team which finished third in
its category. The team included Ciaran Tobin, John Rowe, David Hawcroft and
Dunshaughlin runner Benny Byrne uncle of our own Danny Byrne.

Well done to our marathon gang

‎Trim Athletic club was well represented a the 2011 Dublin city Marathon.
There was great support and encouragement for the 14,000 runners along the
26 mile route.The Trim runners were generally pleased with their effors and
apart from the impressive debuts of John Ferry and Don Mahon there were
personal bests recorded by Sean Murphy,, Joe McNamara, John Doyle and
Quinton Bourke. The times recorded were as follows; Sean Murphy2.52, John
Ferry,3.01, Don Mahon 3.10,John Doyle,3.15,Joe McNamara,3.16, Quinton
Bourke,3.33,Maureen Lowther,3.43, Evelyn Ferguson,4.16,Brian
Cully,4.23,Conrad McGonagle,4.37. Well done to all of you.

David masters endurance events

Well done to David Hawcroft on his 5th place finish for M65s in the Gerry Farnan cross country at the Phoenix Park on Sunday. This race is used every year by the Irish Masters athletics association to select the Irish squad for the International Masters Cross country championships. David was recently pre selected by the Triathlon Ireland to represent Ireland at next years European Duathlon Championships.  Kiltale native Tommy Maher, Dunshaughlin AC was runner up in the M45 grade at the Gerry Farnan trials and earned one of the automatic slots on the Irish masters team.

Club gear on sale

Club t shirts, singlets and hoodies on sale contact David Hawcroft 087
1345371 to purchase. All club members must have a club singlet when taking
part in Meath Athletics, and Leinster Athletics competitions.

Schools cross country

Scoil Mhuire, Trim took part in the recent Geraldine Dolan Memorial cross
country races at Ballinacree. The course used at the st Brigids AC grounds
was the same as that used for the county championships the previous Sunday.
Schools from throughout the north east and midlands took part. Doireann
Clarke was 7th in the intermediate girls race and Megan Smith finished 12th
in the minor girls race. Hannah Gilligan has been selected for the Meath
under 12 team and AnnMarie Diver will be part of the county under 14 team
which will contest the Leinster even ages cross country at Belvedere House
 at the end of this month.

Well done Maureen and Ann

Trim AC had two age group placings in the Armagh 10 miles. Maureen was 2nd
W40 and Ann was 2nd W50. Times were as follows Sean Murphy 58m 36sec Don
Mahon 64m 29sec Declan Swords 70m 04sec Maureen Lowther 74m 14sec Ciaran
Tobin 75m 40sec Ann Tobin 79m 35sec Paul Smith 80m 56sec

Day 2 Results from intermediate uneven ages cross country

Na Fianna AC hosted the second day of the Meath cross country championships at Baconstown on Sunday 9th October. 
INTERMEDIATE WOMEN 1 Maria Boland Na Fianna 2 Imelda Clarke Na Fianna 3 Ann Hunter Dunshaughlin 4 Maureen Getty St. Brigids 5 Margaret Neary Na Fianna 6 Ann Maria McCloskey Na Fianna Team Na Fianna.JUNIOR WOMEN 1 Rachel Neary, Na Fianna
GIRLS U9  1 Doireann NiFlahartha Dunboyne,2 Imelda Larkin Fr. Murphy,3 Orla Murray Na Fianna
Team 1 Na Fianna 2 Dunboyne
GIRLS U11 1 Sarah Wall Dunboyne 2 Tanah Hanrahan Navan 3 Florence Sheridan Bohermeen
Team  1 Na Fianna 2 Bohermeen 3 Dunshaughlin
GIRLS U13 1 Eva O’Donovan Navan 2 Sarah Clarke Na Fianna 3 Amy Clarke Na Fianna 
Team  1 Na Fianna A 2 Na Fianna B 3 Bohermeen1 Na Fianna
GIRLS U15  1 Rose Finnegan Bohermeen 2 Sophie O'Brien Dunshaughlin 3 Amy Coyne Dunboyne
Team 1 Na Fianna
 GIRLS U17 1 Alison Daly  Na Fianna 2 Clara Rooney Navan 3 Ali Shortt St. Brigids  


INTERMEDIATE MEN 1 Neville Reilly Dunboyne 2 Robert Caffery St Brigids 3 David O Connell Bohermeen 4 Morgan McDonagh Dunboyne 5 Kevin Reilly Bohermeen 6 Paul Gannon Dunboyne
Team  1 Dunboyne 2 Bohermeen 3 Dunshaughlin
JUNIOR MEN  1 Luke Forde Dunboyne 2 Sean Keaney Dunboyne
BOYS U9 1 Aiden Gill Na Fianna 2 Tom Kilgannon Ratoath 3 Rory Fagan Na Fianna
Team  1 Dunboyne A 2 Dunboyne B 3 Na Fianna
BOYS U11  1 Niall Moreland Cushenstown 2 Sean O’Connor Dunshaughlin 3 Shane Smyth Tara
Team  1 Dunshaughlin 2 Na Fianna 3 St. Brigids
BOYS U13  1 Kevin McGrath Bohermeen 2 Shane Hanly St Brigids 3 Paddy Maher Dunshaughlin
Team  1 Tara 2 Bohermeen 3 Dunshaughlin
BOYS U15  1 Eoin Smyth Tara 2 Ben Clarke Na Fianna 3 Ciarán MCarthy Ratoath
Team  1 Na Fianna A 2 Na Fianna B 3 St. Brigids
BOYS U17 1 Andrew Coscoran Star of the Sea 2 Rob Tully  Star of the Sea 3 Cormac Costello Star of the Sea .           Team   1 Star of the Sea A 2 Dunboyne 3 Star of the Sea B

Day 2 cross country in Baconstown

MEATH uneven ages u9/11/13/15/17 and intermediate cross country championships Sunday 9 October at 12 noon. Trim AC would like our the parents of young runners to make a big effort to attend this event. Its only a few miles out the road so excuses should be thin on the ground.Team competition is dependent on all members taking part. If you was in a football club how would you feel if only half the squad appeared on match day? 




How Do I get there?
Directions to Sunday's uneven age, junior & intermediate cross country in
Baconstown - from Trim take the road to Rathmolyon. Drive through Ratmolyon
on the R159 towards Enfield. About 4mls out of Ratmolyon there is a road to
the right with a sign "Na Fianna Football Pitch" - take that right and the
venue is up that road  on the left. 

Category results Meath evens, novice and masters CC

Novice Men 
1, Luke Forde ,Dunboyne A.C,2, Neville Reilly Dunboyne A.C,3 Shane Boyle Dunshaughlin AC
4 ,Robert Caffrey ,St Brigids,5, David O'Connell , Bohermeen A.C,6, Rory Kavanagh, Dunboyne A.C.

M40,1, Don Mahon, Trim AC,2,Paul O'Rourke, Dunshaughlin AC,3,Declan Butler, Dunshaughlin AC

M45, 1, Tommy Maher,Dunshaughlin,2,David O'Connell,Bohermeen AC,3, Dermot Clarke, Bohermeen AC

M50, 1, Paddy Mangan, Dunshaughlin AC,2,Benny Byrne, Dunshaughlin AC,3,Tom Fallon, Dunboyne AC.

Novice Men Team, 1, Dunboyne,2, Dunshaughlin,3, Bohermeen

Masters Men Team, 1, Dunshaughlin,2, Trim,3, Bohermeen

Under 10 Boys Team 1 Dunboyne2 St. Brigids3 Na Fianna

Under 12 Boys Team, 1, St. Brigids AC,2, St. Brigids, 3 ,Dunshaughlin.

Under 14 Boys Team, 1, Tara,2, Na Fianna,3, Ratoath.

Under 16 Boys Team, 1, Bohermeen,2, St. Brigids,3, Dunboyne.

Novice Women,1 ,Marie Boland, Na Fianna,2, Imelda Clarke, Na Fianna,3, Elaine Plunkett, St Brigids,4, Emilia Dan, Dunboyne, 5, Rachel Neary, Na Fianna,6, Amy O’Keeffe, Bohermeen. 

Masters Women,1, Ursula Byrne, Dunshaughlin AC,2, Mary Hanley ,Na Fianna,3 ,Emilia Dan, Dunboyne, 4, Mary Watters, Navan,5, Linda Gunning, Bohermeen,6, Karen Lavelle, Star of The Sea.

Girls U10,1, Victoria Knox, Dunboyne,2, Hannah Rooney, Fr. Murphy AC,3, Doireann Ni Fhlartha, Dunboyne.

Girls U12, 1, Amy Clarke, Na Fianna,2, Sarah Clarke, Na Fianna,3, Emma Neary, Na Fianna.

Girls U14,1 Eva O’ Donovan, Navan,2,Rose Finnegan Bohermeen A.C,3, Aobhia Cleary St. Andrews

Girls U161, Laura Farrell, Fr. Murphy AC,2, Elizabeth Clarke, Na Fianna,3, Lauren O'Brien, Dunshaughlin AC.

Girls U18,1, Alison Daly, Na Fianna,2, Ciara Rooney, Navan,3, Ali Shortt ,St Brigids.

Novice Ladies Team,1 Na Fianna,2, St. Brigids,3, Bohermeen

Masters Ladies Team, 1, Na Fianna,,2, Trim.
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Girls Under 10 Team, 1 Dunboyne,2, Na Fianna,3, Dunshaughlin.

Girls Under 12 Team, 1, Na Fianna AC,2, Na Fianna B,3, Trim.

Girls Under 14 Team, 1, Dunboyne,2, Fr. Murphy.

Girls Under 16 Team, 1, Na Fianna.

Meath CC day 2

Day Two Cross Country

Day two of the county cross country championships will be staged next Sunday 9 October at Na Fianna CLG, Baconstown. The programme will include the uneven ages from under 11s upwards. The adult races down for decision will be in junior (under 20s) and intermediate grade. There will also be an 800m non championship event for under 9s. The meeting voted to designate Sunday 18 December as the date for the county senior cross country championships and juvenile cross country relays. For under 10/12/14/16. The distances for the 2011/12 cross country season have been decided as follows. They are now set in line with provincial and national recommendations following a compromised increase last season. The agreed distance areas follows, boys and girls under 9s 800m; under 10s 1000m; under 11s 1500m; under 12s 2000m; under 13s 2500m; under 14 3000m; under 15 3500m; under 16 4000m; girls under 17/18/19 4000m; boys under 17 5000m; boys under 18/19 5000m; junior women 4000m; junior men 6000m; intermediate women 4000m; intermediate men 8000; senior women 4000m; senior men 8000m;  

Round up

Trim athletes in action around the country included Quinton Bourke did the  Athlone 3/4 marathon 2h30m and Evelyn Fergusons time in the same race was 3h05m.Further west Sean Murphy finished the Galway 1/2 marathon in 78m19s while his wife Jane Murphy took part in the Galway 10km and clocked 53m36. Down south  Conrad McGonagle ran the Cork to Cobh race in 2h18m. At Lilliput Adventure centre in Westmeath , Ciaran Tobin took part in the Barnardos Duathlon an finishe din a time of 61m23s.

Bronze for Trim girls

The girls under 12 team of Hannah Gilligan, Caoimhe Rowe, Andrea Hiney and Niamh Fahey finished in the bronze medal position at the Meath even ages cross country championships at Ballinacree. St Brigids reversed the first part of the course this year and considering the torrents of the past two days the conditions held up reasonably well, particularly in the hillier field.
David O Neill was 7th overall in the boys under 12. In the under 14 boys Niall Durkin and Mike O'Neill ran well as did Ann Marie Diver in the girls equivalent. The next under age competitions take place at Baconstown on Sunday 9 October with Na Fianna hosting the uneven ages (9/11/13/15/17) and intermediate championships.

Train with us

Trim AC has a very vibrant adult training group which was well represented
in the Dublin half marathon last weekend, the nationals in Waterford a few
weeks ago and will have 5 or 6 definites in the Dublin City Marathon on
October Bank Holiday Monday. We had in excess of 30 runners taking part in
each of the four round of this years Mullingar League. In August our track
and field masters meddalled in  eight events at the national masters
championships.
We will help and encourage you to attain your fitness goal. Our meet and
train group will bring you from walk jog sessions to hills, intervals and
long steady runs or whatever your training preference is. Group training
will give you the support and environment for big improvements. You can also
link up with others for training runs.
Tuesday 7.30pm Thurs 7.30pm Sunday 10 am (except of championship race days)
Contact trimathleticclub@hotmail.com
Juvenile training Boyne CS  & Porchfields 6pm every Tuesday Contact Moira
086 8904439.

Country Life

The Star of the Sea club starts off the 2011/12 cross country season next
Sunday morning with a full programme of races for under age runners from
under 9 to 17 and a range of junior (u20) senior and masters races at
Greenanstown near Stamullen. first race is at 11 am with adult action
getting underway around noon.
On Sunday 3 October the firsst day of the county cross country championships
will be staged at Ballinacree with St Brigids AC playing host the the even
ages and masters championships.

Schools silver for Shane

Shane Aston finished second in last weeks Leinster Schools Combine events
championships at Santry. He scord 2662 points to take silver behind David
McGeary from Kilkenny CBS and will represent Leinster in the All Ireland
championships at the same venue this weekend. His results were as follows
110h 19.20,Shot 10.48, Long Jump 5.14, 880m 2.34,High Jump.1.69, 200m 25.60.