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Results 2011
AAI Cross Country Championships, Odd Ages, The Curragh (11th December 2011)
Molly Aspell competed in this All Ireland Cross Country Championship in Kildare. Molly's was the first race with a distance of 1500m. Molly came in 57th place. Well done.
AAI Cross Country Championships, Even Ages, Sligo (27th November 2011)
Well done to Aoife Kelly and Adanya Hott who competed in the All Ireland Cross Championships this weekend. No medals were won but the girls put in great effort. Well done.
Leinster Cross Country Championships, Odd Ages, Adamstown (13th November 2011)
We had only 1 athlete competing in the Uneven ages Leinster Cross Country Championships in Adamstown.
Molly Aspell ran in the U/11 Girls 1500m race, she ran a very tactical race and finished very strongly to take an individual medal finishing in 9th Place overall. Molly was also a member of the Kildare team which took Gold in the team event. This was Molly's first ever Leinster medal so well done from everyone.
Leinster Cross Country Championships, Even Ages, Mullingar (30th October 2011)
We had 5 athletes compete in the Leinster Cross Country championships at the weekend.
First up was the girls U.12 in the 2000mtrs. We had Aoife Kelly, Molly Aspell, Adayna Hott and Lauren O'Gorman competing for both Club and County. The girls ran very well with Aoife finishing in 48th place, Adayna 49th, Molly 58th and Lauren 71st out of a field of 188 athletes, well done. Unfortunately it wasn't good enough for a club medal, but Kildare finished in 3rd place overall, with Aoife, Adayna and Molly finishing in the top 10 Kildare athletes.
Alison Keatley competed in the Girls U/18 4000m, Alison ran a very competent race and finished in 13th place.
Well done to all girls, and thanks to Brian for all his hard work and training.
Kildare County Cross County Championships, Odd Ages, Caragh
(October 9th)
The weather was much improved for the second day of the County Cross Country Championships with the Crookstown Millview athletes competing well on the day. First up was Harry Mallon in the Boy's U9, quickly followed by Colm McMahon and Evan Swan in the boy's U11. All three boys gave it everything fighting all the way to the finish line to finish in the pack.
Molly Aspel was the first of the Crookstown girls to compete in the U11 race. Molly helped push the pace from the start and put in a strong finish to come in 5th on the day. Crookstown had a team for the girls u13 race made up of Lisa Aspel, Aoife Kelly, Adanya Hott and Lauren O'Gorman. Lisa lead the Crookstown girls home to finish in 5th place and was quickly followed by the remainder of the team to earn a team scour of 49 points which won the team bronze medals.
Congratulations to all for the big proformances.
Kildare County Cross Country Championships, Even Ages, Crookstown
(25th September 2011)
The first round of the County Cross Country Championships took place today near our own track. The weather was not great with the rain making frequent appearances but with a good turnout of athletes there was plenty of competition across all ages.
In the U/10 Boys race Colm McMahon & Harry Mallon took part in their 1st Cross Country race of 600m and both did very well finishing in the top half of their field.
The Girls U/12s were up next with Aoife Kelly, Molly Aspell, Lauren O'Gorman & Adanya Hott making up a team. The girls all ran very well with Aoife, Molly & Adanya finishing in the top 12 and Lauren not too far behind. This great effort was rewarded with a silver team medal.
In the U/14 Girls; Katie Quigley, Laura Quigley & Roisin Crowe lined up for this 2000m race. All girls ran a strong race with Katie finishing 3rd, Laura 4th & Roisin 8th.
Our final athlete for today was Alison Keatley in the U/18 4000m who started well and kept up the good form to finish in 1st place.
Well done athletes and thank you to all who helped with the running of today's event.
Navan AC Open Sports, Navan (18th September 2011)
The final track & field competition of 2011 took place in Navan today. Only 5 athletes travelled today: Lisa Aspel, Laura Quigley, Katie Quigley, Kathryn Weir & Thomas Hickey but they were all very successful.
Mention has to be made of Thomas' persuasive manner which resulted in Katie, Laura, Kathryn & Thomas competing in the Senior Mixed Relay. As no other club were mad enough to enter the team ran off with Gold!
In the High Jump personal bests were set by Lisa - 1.36m & Laura - 1.37m.
The events & medals were:
Lisa Aspel (U13): 1st in U/13 100m, 2nd in U/13 High Jump, 1st in U/14 Girls Relay.
Laura Quigley (U14): 3rd in U15 High Jump, 2nd in U/15 Long Jump, 2nd in U/14 Shot Putt, 1st in U/14 Girls Relay, 1st in Senior Mixed Relay.
Katie Quigley (U14): 2nd in U/14 100m, 2nd in U/14 200m, 3rd in U/15 Long Long, 1st in U/14 Girls Relay, 1st in Senior Mixed Relay.
Kathryn Weir (U17): 1st in Junior Women's Shot Putt, 2nd in Junior Women's Long Jump, 1st in Senior Mixed Relay.
Thomas Hickey (U/23 & Senior): 2nd in Senior Men's Shot Putt, 1st in Senior Men's 100m, 1st in Senior Men's Long Jump, 1st in Senior Mixed Relay.
Thanks to Aimee McGrath from Newbridge AC who made up the 4th member of the U/14 Girls Relay team.
Well done today, it was a great end to the season.
Adamstown AC Open Cross Country, Adamstown (11th September 2011)
We had 5 athletes compete in Adamstown Cross Country Open on Sunday 11th September 2011.
First up was Molly Aspell in the Girls U/11 1000m, Molly kept up with leading group and fininshed in 6th place. Aoife Kelly, Adanya Hott and Lauren O'Gorman competed in the Girls U/12 1500m and all three girls ran extremely well with Aoife finishing in 8th place and Adanya close behind in 11th, this was Laurens' first competitive race and she finished very strongly, well done Lauren.
Last up was Lisa Aspel moving up a year to compete in the Girls U/14 2000m, Lisa looked very comfortable throughout the race and finished in 11th place. Well done to all.
Kildare County B Championships, Le Cheile (4th September 2011)
The B championships took place in Leixlip on Sunday 4th September. It was a very successful day for Crookstown Millview AC with all three of our competing athletes bringing home a total of 5 medals. Molly Aspell ran an exceptional (U11) 100M coming in third place and securing a bronze medal. With very little time between events, she then ran a 600M where she got off to a blistering start and finished with another silver for the club. Aoife Kelly and Adanya Hott competed next in the U12 events. Aoife ran a very confident and strong 100M and finished first place. Adanya and Aoife ran a blistering 800M and with a very exciting sprint for the finish, Aoife won the gold and Adanya the silver. Well done to all three girls.
AAI Juvenile 'B' Championships, Tullamore (31st July 2011)
The B Championships took place in Tullamore today. This was the final AAI Track & Field event of the 2011 season. It is open to all athletes who have competed in Provincial championships but who did not qualify for any of the recent AAI Championships.
Lisa Aspel competed in the U/13 competition today and took Gold in the Long Jump with a jump of 4.06m. Lisa also competed in the 600m but was unfortunate not to win a second medal.
AAI Juvenile Combined Events, Tullamore (30th July 2011)
The All Ireland Combined Events took place in Tullamore today. Katie Quigley & Laura Quigley competed in the U14 Pentathlon which consists of 75m Hurdles, High Jump, Long Jump, Shot Putt and 800m.
The aim from both girls today was to improve on the points scored at the Indoor Combined Events held earlier this year.
Katie finished 5th overall with a points total of 2289 which was an improvement from the Indoors of 535 points while Laura finished 6th overall with a points total of 2285 which was an improvement of 921.
Well done girls.
AAI U12-U19 T&F Championships, Tullamore (23rd & 24th July 2011)
Kathryn Weir, Ciara Dunne & Katie Quigley competed this weekend in individual events while Cliodhna O'Connor, Tara Breen, Katie Quigley, Laura Quigley & Lisa Aspel competed in relay events.
Kathryn Weir was competing in the U/17 Girls Shot Putt competition and with an excellent throw of 10.85m to match her PB won silver.
Next up was Ciara Dunne in the U/15 Shot Putt and, with a hint of smile, Ciara smashed a previous competition record by 25cm to take Gold with a throw of 12.85m. Congratulations from all at the club to Ciara for her second gold medal of these championships.
Our only athlete on the track on Saturday was Katie Quigley in the U/14 200m. Katie finished 4th in her heat and was unfortunate not to qualify to her final.
On Sunday our U14 girls relay team were on the track against some tough competition and after qualifying to the final ran an excellent race to finish 5th in a time of 55.41s.
Lisa Aspel was part of the County Relay team at U13 level along with athletes from Naas and Newbridge who finished 6th.
AAI U12-U19 T&F Championships, Tullamore (9th & 10th July 2011)
3 of our athletes competed this weekend at the All Ireland Championships in Tullamore.
Ciara Dunne competed this weekend in the U/15 Discus and Long Jump. Ciara threw a fantastic 29.41m in Discus to win Gold. In the Long Jump she jumped 4.49m, which is not a personal best, but still a great jump to finish 9th.
Laura Quigley competed in U/14 Shot Putt and 800m. In Shot, Laura was disappointed to throw 9.19m which is below her personal best but in the 800m she ran 2.34.30 and although finishing 11th matched her personal best. We can't ask for more!!
Kathryn Weir competed in the U17 Discus this morning and threw 25.79m to finish in 7th position, which was a great result considering Kathryn has done more work with Junior Cert books than on the athletics track recently.
Look forward to the 23rd and 24th July for the next days of the T&F Championships.
Kildare T&F Juvenile League Round 4, Newbridge (3rd July 2011)
Thank you to the 10 athletes who turned out at the league today in Newbridge. The athletes were Aidan McMahon & Emily Quigley in U/8, Molly Aspell & Luke Hennessy in U/11, Tadhg Hennessy in U/13, Brendan Aspel, Katie Quigley & Laura Quigley in U/14 and Ciara Dunne & Aaron Hennessy in U/15.
Over the 4 rounds of the league these dedicated juvenile athletes have been great at travelling around the county competing for points for the club, but unfortunately as we did not have the numbers turning up this year we finished bottom of Group B.
On a much more positive note, although we had the lowest turnout of athletes from clubs in the league we came away today with trophies going to 3 Highest Point Scorers in their age group. These athletes were Molly Aspell in the U/11 Girls, Katie Quigley in the U/14 Girls and Ciara Dunne in the U/15 Girls.
Well done and Congratulations to all who won trophies, all who competed and a big thank you from me to the parents who brought the athletes along.
Kildare T&F Juvenile League Round 3, Naas (26th June 2011)
It was great to see a lot of our juvenile athletes compete in the 3rd round of the league today. We had athletes in nearly every race, which doesn't happen too often!
Hopefully we have done enough to keep us off the bottom of the league table so well done to you all, you did fantastic. The athletes who competed were: U/8 Emily Quigley & Aidan McMahon; U/9 Rachel Keane & Harry Mallon; U/10 Colm McMahon; U/11 Molly Aspell & Luke Hennessy; U/12 Aoife Kelly; U/13 Lisa Aspel & Tadhg Hennessy; U/14 Katie Quigley, Laura Quigley & Brendan Aspel; U/15 Ciara Dunne & Aaron Hennessy.
See you all for a repeat performance in Newbridge next Saturday.
AAI U23 Championships, Tullamore (26th June 2011)
Well done to Thomas HIckey who competed in the All Ireland U23 Track & Field Championships today. Thomas competed in Shot Putt and won Silver.
AAI Juvenile Pairs Championships, U9-U11, Templemore (25th June 2011)
We had 2 teams in Templemore today. Rachel Keane & Tara Finn competed in the U/9 Long Jump and Sean Moore & Luke Hennessy competed in the U/11 Ball Throw. No medals were won but all 4 athletes enjoyed competing.
Leinster U13-U19 Championships, Tullamore (18th & 19th June 2011)
This was a very busy and important weekend for our U13-U19 athletes as being placed in 1 of the the top 4 places of an event in the Leinster Championships guarantees progression to the AAI National Championships in July.
We had 9 athletes take part over the weekend in 1, 2, 3 or 4 events each and we came away with qualification to the AAI Championships in 11 events which was a fantastic achievement.
The athletes who took part were:
Lisa Aspel in U/13 Hurdles, Long Jump,600m & Inter County Relay - Lisa progressed to the finals in both Hurdles and 600m but was placed outside the medals. In the Relay Lisa and the rest of the county team from Newbridge ran well to take 3rd.
Katie Quigley in U/14 Long Jump, 80m, 200m & Inter County Relay - Katie made it through to the final 8 in all her events and took a bronze medal in the 200m. In the Relay both Katie & Laura moved up to U/15 with athletes from Naas & Suncroft but were unable to make the medals.
Laura Quigley in U/14 Shot Putt, 800m, Long Jump & Inter County Relay - Laura threw 9.29m to take 4th place in shot putt and repeated this placing in a fast run 800m.
Cliodhna O'Connor in U/14 200m, Long Jump & 800m - Cliodhna competed well in all events but was unable to secure a medal this weekend.
Aaron Hennessy in U/15 Long Jump & 100m - Aaron made it to the last 8 in Long Jump but was also outside of the medals.
Ciara Dunne in the U/15 Long Jump, Discus & Shot - Ciara did not disappoint us with qualification to the national finals in all events taking 1st in Discus, 2nd in Shot Putt and 4th in Long Jump.
Kathryn Weir in U/17 Shot Putt, Long Jump, Triple Jump & Discus - Kathryn also had a great weekend with 1st in Shot Putt, 2nd in Triple Jump and 1st in Discus.
Alison Keatley in U/18 1500m - Alison competed in just the 1 event this year and ran a great race to finish 3rd.
Charles Weir in U/19 Shot Putt - Charles also only competed in 1 event this year and with a throw of 9.67m from a 6kg Shot took Silver.
Medals or not, you have all shown what talented athletes we have at our club. Well done to all.
Leinster U9-U15 Team Event, St Abbans (11th June 2011)
The rain stayed off in St Abbans today for the Leinster Team competition. We had 1 team entered in todays competition where a team of 4 competes, with each athlete competing in 2 events plus a relay.
The girls U/15 team of Ciara Dunne (Shot Putt & Long Jump), Tara Breen (High Jump & 800m), Katie Quigley (High Jump & Long Jump) and Laura Quigley (Shot Putt & 800m) all performed well in their individual events to be in 1st place going into the last event which was the relay. Laura got off to a good start, Ciara ran the second leg, Tara brought us into the lead running 3rd position and Katie took the baton and stayed in front to win. With all the points added the Girls team won a well deserved 1st place and Gold medals all round.
Ballon Rathoe Open Sports, Ballon (6th June 2011)
There were 7 athletes who travelled to Ballon for the Open Sports today. Our youngest athlete today was Aidan McMahon who ran in the U/7 Boys 60m. The only other boy competing today was Colm McMahon who took part in the U/10 100m sprint and U/11 Ball Throw.
Over on the girls side Aoife Kelly competed in the U/12 Long Jump where she picked up silver with a jump of 3.43m and bronze in her 100m sprint. Molly Aspell competed in the U/11 Ball Throw where she threw 28.55m, the 100m sprint and the 600m where she came 4th.
In the older ages we had Katie Quigley, Laura Quigley and Ciara Dunne. Katie picked up 1st in U/14 Long Jump, 1st in 100m sprint and 2nd in 600m. Laura came 2nd in U/14 Long Jump, 3rd in 100m sprint and 1st in 600m. Ciara came 2nd in U/16 Long Jump and 1st in U/15 Shot Putt.
Our athletes were able to compete in 2 relays with Molly Aspell joining SLOT U/11 girls and running a fantastic 1st leg which helped the team to win Gold. Aoife moved up a few ages to join Katie, Laura and Ciara in the U/15 relay where they all ran well and also won Gold.
Well done to you all.
Leinster Junior & U23 Championships, Kilkenny (29th May 2011)
Thomas Hickey was our only athlete competing today at Kilkenny City Harriers Track for the U23 Leinster Championships.
Thomas did us all proud picking up silver medals in Long Jump and Shot Putt then winning Javelin and taking home Gold.
Leinster U9-U11 Pairs & U12 Championships, Navan (28th May 2011)
We had 6 athletes competing in Navan today. 2 sets of pairs: U/9 Girls - Rachel Keane & Tara Finn; U/11 Boys - Sean Moore & Luke Hennessy and U/12 Girls Adanya Hott and Aoife Kelly who were competing as individuals.
The U/12 girls competed in the 60m Hurdles, 600m and Long Jump. Neither girls secured a medal today but both did very well with new PBs being set.
In the Pairs competition the results from both athletes are added together to get the final results. Rachel & Tara both did well in the Long Jump with jumps of 2.16m and 2.46m to take a Bronze Medal. In the Ball Throw Rachel & Tara came 5th with a combined throw of 23.47m.
Sean & Luke competed in Ball Throw and with throws of 32.60m and 19.80m won Bronze. In the Long Jump Sean & Luke had a combined jump of 6.66m. These 4 athletes will now represent the club in the All Ireland Pairs Competition. Well done to you all.
Kildare County Hurdles & Javelin Championships, Celbridge (25th May 2011)
Well done to our 2 athletes: Ciara Dunne & Lisa Aspel who travelled to Celbridge to compete in the 3rd round of the County Championships. Lisa won Gold in the U/13 hurdles and Ciara, who had to go up an age to U/16 Javelin, won silver with a throw of 19.60m.
Leinster Relay Championships, Greystones (22nd May 2011)
It was an excellent day for our U/14 girls relay team who competed in the Leinster Relay Championships in Greystones today. The girls won their heat and in a great team effort where each one of them: Laura Quigley, Cliodhna O'Connor, Tara Breen & Katie Quigley did fantastically well and took 1st place in the final.
Kildare T&F Juvenile League Round 2, Celbridge (14th May 2011)
The 2nd round of the Juvenile League took place in Celbridge in the wind & rain. There was a disappointing turn out of athletes today - we only had 11 children competing. Saying that, the children who did come along performed fantastically and gave 110% with top scoring places on the track and in field events. Our athletes today were: U/8 Emily Quigley; U/11 Molly Aspell & Luke Hennessy; U12 Adanya Hott and Aoife Kelly; U/13 Tadhg Hennessy; U/14 Katie Quigley, Laura Quigley, Tara Breen & Cliodhna O'Connor; U/15 Aaron Hennessy.
Kildare County T&F Championships, Day 2, Celbridge (8th May 2011)
Today saw the 2nd Day of the Kildare Championships in Celbridge. It was very windy but the rain stayed off for most of the day.
In the U/11 boys Sean Moore had a great day taking Gold in Long Jump with a fantastic jump of 3.89m then following it up with a Gold in Ball Throw with a throw of 32.20m into a strong wind. Molly Aspell competed in the Girls U/11s in both 80m and 600m. Molly qualified easily for the semi-finals and finals in the 80m but fell just short in the final. In the 600m, once again Molly put in a huge effort and came up at her favourite place - 4th!!
Aoife Kelly and Adanya Hott were in the Girls U/12 Long Jump and 200m. Aoife jumped 3.43m to take Bronze in the Long Jump with Adanya just out of the medals. In the 200m Aoife was comfortably through to the final and like Molly also seems to find 4th her favourite placing at the moment. Although Adanya did not make the 200m finals she competed well today.
Lisa Aspel was our only U/13 and although did not make the medals in her 100m sprint, was able to pull back from the middle of the pack in the last 150m of her 600m to take Bronze. Lisa also picked up Bronze in her shot putt with a throw of 6.78m.
In the U/14s we had Brendan Aspel, Cliodhna O'Connor, Katie Quigley & Laura Quigley. Brendan was first to the medals with a Gold in shot putt for a throw of 7.02m. The 3 girls had an excellent day with Katie winning Gold in Long Jump, Gold in 200m, Bronze in High Jump and Bronze in 800m; Cliodhna winning Bronze in Long Jump, Bronze in 200m and Gold in 800m; Laura winning Silver in High Jump, Long Jump, 200m and 800m.
Ciara Dunne was in the U/15 High Jump and Shot Putt where she took Gold in both with a Jump of 1.47m and a throw of 10.61m.
Tony Aspel competed in the U/17s 1500m race, unfortunately coming 4th but running well. Kathryn Weir competed up from her age in the U/18 Long Jump where she was unable to secure a medal but in the Senior Womens Shot Putt threw 9.42m with a 4kg Shot to take Gold.
In the U/19 competition Alison Keatley competed in both the 400m and 1500m events and running well at the moment took Gold in the 400m and Silver in the 1500m.
Thomas Hickey was our only Senior athlete competing and he threw 9.05m in shot putt for a Bronze medal.
Well done to all athletes. The commitment that a lot of our athletes are showing is certainly paying off.
St Abbans AC Open Sports (2nd May 2011)
Another sunny day for our athletes who really turned out in numbers today. It was really great to see so many athletes competing for the club.
For the first time in a long while we were able to field 4 relay teams. 3 of which won medals: The U/11 Boys Relay of Colm McMahon, Sean Moore, Harry Mallon & Molly Aspell won Bronze. The U/13 Boys Relay of Adanya Hott, Aoife Kelly, Lisa Aspel & Sam Moore won Silver. The U/15 Girls Relay of Katie Quigley, Laura Quigley, Lisa Aspel & Ciara Dunne won Bronze.
Our young athletes Kate Whelan, Nicola Whelan, Aidan McMahon, Amy Moore & Emily Quigley all competed in the U/8 races and although no medals were won put in a great effort especially in the 300m and relay races. And remember you will all still be U/8 next year!
On the track there was great competition for our athletes in both the sprints and middle distance events. Medals were won by Harry Mallon in the U/9 60m and 300m; Lisa Aspel in the U/13 700m; Katie Quigley in the U/14 100m, Tony Aspel in the U/17 700m; Alison Keatley in the Junior Women 700m and Kathryn Weir in the Junior Women 100m.
In the field events there was certainly variety and it is was great to see athletes in High Jump, Long Jump, Shot Putt, Discus and Ball Throw. Medals were won by Sean Moore in the U/11 Long Jump; Lisa Aspel in the U/13 Long Jump; Laura Quigley in the U/14 High Jump; Ciara Dunne in U/17 Shot Putt, U/15 Long Jump and U/15 Discus; Kathryn Weir in the Junior Womens Triple Jump, U/17 High Jump and U/17 Shot Putt.
Once again well done to all the athletes for all their efforts today.
St Laurence O'Toole AC Open Sports (25th April 2011)
We had 12 athletes compete at the Easter Monday Open Sports in SLOT. 2 of our youngest athletes, Emily Quigley & Aidan McMahon took part in the U/8 60 metres race and although neither made it through to their final both put in a fantastic effort and its great to see you at these events.
In the U/9 Boys sprint Jack Whelan & Harry Mallon ran in a very competitive 60m. Harry progressed to the final and ran very well to finish 5th.
The U/10 boys saw Colm McMahon compete in the 80m & 300m. Colm ran excellently in his 80m heat to get to the final but was just out of the medals coming 5th. In the 300m race Colm came 6th.
Molly Aspell represented the U/11s by taking part in 80m, 300m and Ball Throw. Molly put in a great effort making it through to the sprint final, finishing 4th in the 300m and throwing 15.80m in Ball Throw.
Aoife Kelly and Adanya Hott competed in the U/12 girls. Aoife competed in Long Jump, 500m and U/14 girls relay, while Adanya competed in 500m. Aoife jumped 3.45m in Long Jump to pick up a silver medal and finished 4th in the 500m after a great race. Adanya was just behind Aoife finishing in a well placed 6th.
In the U/14 girls Tara Breen, Katie Quigley & Laura Quigley represented the club. Tara ran in 3rd position for the U/14 & U/16 relay helping the team pick up silver medals. Tara also competed in Long Jump, 80m & 800m but was unfortunate not to pick up a medal. Laura threw 7.96m in the U/15 Shot to pick up a bronze medal. In the 800m a fast pace meant Laura had her work cut out but she kept the lead in sight and with 150 metres to go picked up her pace to take 1st place. Katie performed well in her sprint to take 3rd place and jumped 4.08m in Long Jump for a silver medal. Katie & Laura also made up both the U/14 and U/16 relay teams.
Ciara Dunne took part in the U/15 Shot Putt where she threw 10.56m to pick up her first gold then jumped 4.53m in the U/16 Long Jump to pick up her second gold. Ciara ran the last leg of the U/16 relay team to lead the team to silver.
Also today, 2 of our athletes went to St Senans Open Sports in Kilmacow where Lisa Aspel picked up a silver medal in the U/13 High Jump with a jump of 1.28m. Tony Aspel ran in the U/17 800m and also picked up a silver medal.
Kildare County T&F Championships Day 1, Crookstown (17th April 2011)
It was a great day for the County Championships which were held at our track. The weather was bright and there was a good turnout from all clubs meaning good competition for our athletes.
First up was Colm McMahon in the U/10 Boys, who came 4th in his Long Jump and 3rd in his Ball Throw. Lisa Aspel in the Girls U/13 had a great day coming 1st in Long Jump with a jump of 3.90m, but unfortunately coming 4th in her 200m and High Jump. In the U/14 girls we had Laura Quigley, Katie Quigley, Cliodhna O'Connor and Tara Breen competing. In Shot Putt, Laura threw 9m to take Gold and Katie threw 8.40m for 3rd. Next up for the girls was the 100m in which Katie came 1st, Laura 2nd and Tara 4th. Unfortunately Cliodhna had qualified for the final but had to head off.
Tara Finn competed in the Girls U/9 competition in 80m and Long Jump where she is improving all the time. Sean Moore in the U/11 Boys came 4th in his 80m and had to drop out in his 600m after getting spiked after 300m. Ciara Dunne in the Girls U/15 won her long jump, while Kathryn Weir won her shot putt throwing a 4kg Shot.
Aoife Kelly and Adanya Hott in Girls U/12 both tried Shot Putt for the first time and even though no medals were won put in an excellent effort. In the 600m, Aoife just missed out on a medal coming 4th in her 600m. Luke Hennessy in the Boys U/11 ran very well in the 80m and 600m and even though was not in medal contention ran fantastically. Tony Aspel in Boys U/17, Alison Keatley in Girls U/19 and Brendan Aspel in Boys U/14 ran the 800m. Alison came 2nd in her race while Tony came 4th.
Charles Weir and Thomas Hickey competed in the Senior Mens shot putt, Charles came 2nd and Thomas came 3rd. In the U/14 Medley Relay the girls team of Katie Quigley (200m), Tara Breen (100m), Lisa Aspel (100m) and Laura Quigley (400m) put in a great effort to win 1st place. Well done to everyone who competed today. It is great to see how much our athletes are progressing. At the moment I don't have a final medal count for everyone but will post up here when I do.
Crookstown Open Sports, 10th April 2011
The sun shone and it was great to see so many Crookstown Athletes taking part today. We hope you all enjoyed yourselves and look forward to watching you run over the coming season. Well done to all the medal winners and well done to everyone who took part. Full results for boys are here and girls here.
All Ireland Indoor Championships 2011 (Magherafelt and Nenagh)
Ciara Dunne represented the club in the U/15 Shot Putt at the National Indoor Championships in Magherafelt on Sunday 20th March and with a throw of 10.68m secured a bronze medal.
Saturday 2nd April was the 3rd day of the All Ireland Indoor Championships and this time they were held at Nenagh, Tipperary. Charles and Kathryn Weir had both qualified for the Shot putt in U19 and U17 events. Charles was first up and threw a personal best of 9.96 metres and took fourth position overall. Kathryn threw 10.39 metres and took the silver medal.
Congratulations from all at the club.
Kildare T&F Juvenile League Round 1, St Cocas (27th March 2011)
The 1st round of the Juvenile League took place at St Cocas Track in Kildare. This year the league has been split into 3 groups with Crookstown in Group B. We had 15 athletes competing: U/8 Emily Quigley; U/9 Tara Finn & Neil Fitzgerald; U/11 Molly Aspell, Luke Hennessy and Sean Moore; U12 Sean Finn and Aoife Kelly; U/13 Tadhg Hennessy; U/14 Brendan Aspel, Katie Quigley & Laura Quigley; U/15 Ciara Dunne and Aaron Hennessy. All athletes did extremely well. A few mentions are: Emily for jumping 1.95m in Long Jump, Brendan for throwing 6.72m in Shot Putt, Aoife for throwing 16.15m in Ball Throw, Sean M for throwing 34.65m in Ball Throw, Sean F for throwing 25.30m in Ball Throw, Molly for jumping 2.32m in Long Jump, Katie for jumping 4.03m in Long Jump, Laura for jumping 3.99m in Long Jump, and to all for great performances on the track.
Scottish National Indoor Championships, Glasgow (5th March 2011)
It was an early start on Friday Morning as the seven athletes representing County Kildare dragged themselves out of their beds and headed for Dublin airport . Arriving early in Glasgow on the Friday meant the group had time to look around the city centre and take the opportunity to indulge in a little shopping before heading back to the hotel to try and get a few hours sleep in the afternoon. Then it was out to eat, and early to bed in order to get ready for a big day at the Scottish National U17 / U20 Competition. It was another early start on Saturday as the team made its way to the excellent facilities at Kelvin Hall, and the the events kicked off at 09:30. Kathryn was competing at 11:30 for the U17 women's shotput, which was a hard fought competition and it was extremely close at the top for the medal positions. It was an excellent result for Kathryn as she claimed the gold medal with a throw of 9.58m with her final throw of the competition. After a celebratory meal on saturday night it was yet another early start on Sunday morning to head back to Glasgow airport, and fly home for a well deserved rest.
Leinster Indoor Championships, Days 2 & 3, Nenagh (12th & 13th February)
It was a busy weekend with 8 of our athletes competing in Nenagh. 3 Leinster medals were won but more importantly for a lot of athletes, personal bests were beaten so even for the athletes who came away without medals they were all smiling.
Aoife Kelly competed in her first Leinster indoors competition in both the U/12 Long Jump and 600m. Aoife finished in 8th place in her long jump with a jump of 3.55m but outside of qualification time from the 600m heats.
In the U/13 competition Lisa Aspel competed in the Long Jump and 60m. Lisa jumped 3.92m in Long Jump but with tough competition was unable to advance from her heat in the 60m.
In the U/14 competition Laura Quigley, Tara Breen, Cliodhna O'Connor and Katie Quigley competed. Tara threw 6.38m in the Shot Putt and jumped xx in the Long Jump. Katie jumped 3.96m in the Long Jump and was unfortunate not to advance out of the 60m heats. Laura threw 8.21m in the Shot Putt and although running a very fast heat in the 800m and qualifying for the final had to pull out with a muscle injury. Cliodhna won the 2nd heat of the 800m in great style and advanced to the final but finished just outside the medals in 5th place.
In the U/15, U/17 and U/19 competition our Shot Putters all won medals. First up was Ciara Dunne who won Gold with a throw of 10.89m. Kathryn Weir won Gold with a throw of 10.85m and Charles Weir won Silver with a throw of 9.66m.
For the first time Kathryn also took part in High Jump and although she was not in contention for a medal did fantastically well to try a new discipline.
Well done to all who competed and Good Luck to our medal winners in the All Ireland Finals next month.
All Ireland B Cross Country Championships, ALSAA (6th February 2011)
On a wet and very windy day 2 of our athletes: Cliodhna O'Connor and Alison Keatley headed to ALSAA in Dublin for the final Juvenile Cross Country Championships of this years season. Cliodhna was running in the U/13 race and with a great start and staying in the leading group for the whole race finished 2nd to claim an individual medal and a county medal. Alison ran in the U/17 race and with all the hours of hard training behind her finished in 6th to also pick up an individual medal. Unfortunately there was no County team in this age group.
Leinster Indoor Championships, Day 1, Nenagh (30th January 2011)
On Day 1 of the Leinster Indoor Championships which includes the Juvenile Relays the Girls U14 entered in the 4 x 200m. The relay team of Katie Quigley, Laura Quigley, Lisa Aspel, Cliodhna O'Connor and Tara Breen were in the 1st heat of the U/14 competition. Katie got off to a great start keeping up to 1st place KCH when after 200m the race was stopped due to problems with the timing system. As qualification to the finals is purely on time the race was re-run. Once again Katie got a great start and passed to Laura in 2nd place. Laura kept up the pace and staying in 2nd place to KCH passed to Lisa who put in another great 200m to pass to Cliodhna. Cliodhna kept 2nd place and with a fast heat the girls qualified to the final. Unfortunately in the final we were not able to keep up the same pace as the heats and did not claim a medal but put in a fantastic performance to finish 4th in Leinster. Well done.
Our only senior athlete of the day was Thomas Hickey who is just back training after 4 years away from athletics. Thomas competed in the Long Jump and Shot Putt. Welcome back Thomas.
Celtic Games, Cardiff (30th January)
Kathryn Weir was competing in Cardiff today, representing her school and Ireland in Shot Putt. In a fantastic achievement Kathryn threw a PB of 9.99m with a 4kg shot to take 3rd place. Congrats from all in Crookstown.
AAI Juvenile Indoor Combined Events, Nenagh (29th January 2011)
4 of our athletes: Tara Breen, Lisa Aspel, Katie Quigley & Laura Quigley travelled to Nenagh to compete in the Juvenile Combined Events. This is a Pentathlon competition where athletes score in 5 events - High Jump, Long Jump, Shot Putt, 60m Hurdles and 800m. This was the first time our club had competed in this competition and although no medals were won the athletes enjoyed their day and came away tired but with a lot of experience gained. There were 22 athletes competing in the Girls U14 competition and we finished as follows: Katie Quigley in 11th Place, Tara Breen 13th, Lisa Aspel 14th and Laura Quigley 17th.
AAI Uneven Cross Country Championships, Tullamore (16th January 2011)
Cliodhna O'Connor and Alison Keatley travelled to Tullamore to compete in the Unveven Ages competition of the All Ireland Cross Country Championships. After being cancelled due to the weather in December the girls put in a lot of training before heading to the competition.
Cliodhna competed in the Girls U/13 competition and finished 38th while Alison competed in the Girls U/17 competition and finished 40th. Well done to you both.
Results 2010
Leinster Cross Country Odd Age Championships, Adamstown (7th November 2010)
Well done to our 7 athletes who competed in the Leinster Cross Country Odd Age Championships. No matter what the results today we knew how much training the athletes had put in and how well they had progressed recently. The positions given below are from my counting so will adjust when the official results are released later in the week.
The U/11 girls Aoife Kelly, Adanya Hott and Molly Aspell were in the first race of the day. With 160 girls on the start line it was always going to be tough but the girls ran a great race finishing Aoife 53rd, Molly 54th and Adanya 59th with the County team coming 4th.
Sean Finn was in the boys U/11 race and ran a good, tough race to finish 29th. No County results available at present.
Next up were Cliodhna O'Connor and Laura Quigley in the girls U/13 2500m. Again approx 160 girls were on the start line so a good start was going to be vital. Cliodhna had a great start and was up at the front of the pack after the first 500m. She held her pace and finished in an excellent 10th position to win an individual medal. We are still waiting for County results. Laura did not get a great start and was unable to make up the loss and finished further down the field.
Last to run was Alison Keatley in the U/17 4500m. Alison started well and with excellent running managed to hold her place in the top 12 for the full race and finished in 10th to claim our second individual medal of the day. Again, no County results available at the moment.
Leinster Cross Country Even Age Championships, Mullingar (24th October 2010)
On a beautiful sunny Autumn morning 2 Athletes competed for Crookstown Millview Athletic Club in the Leinster Cross County Championships in Belvedere House, Mullingar on Sunday 24th October. Molly Aspell in the Girls U/10 1000m and Lisa Aspel in the Girls U/12 2000m.
Molly was first up in the girls U/10 race and it was her first time at this level and she ran a positive race and finished in a very impressive 15th place.
Lisa ran in the Girls U/12 and finished in 47th place out of over 100 athletes, she was 6th in for Kildare, who unfortunately were placed just out of the medals in fourth place.
Well done to both girls.
Kildare County XC Championships Even Ages, Narraghmore (10th October 2010)
The second round of the Cross Country Championships took place across from our track in very warm weather for October. This was the first time this course had been used and it was a great venue. We had seven athletes competing today: Molly Aspell U/10, Lisa Aspel U/12, Aoife Kelly U/12, Laura Quigley U/14, Cliodhna O'Connor U/14, Tony Aspel U/16 and Alison Keatley U/18.
There were a lot of great races but unfortunately only 1 individual medal which went to Alison Keatley who came 2nd in the girls U/18 4000m, who ran a great race and certainly deserved her medal.
Earlier, Molly Aspell was in the first race of the day in the Girls U/10 600m. Molly had a good start in a large field of girls and finished in a well deserved 6th place.
Lisa Aspel & Aoife Kelly were in the Girls U/12 1500m. Aoife was running out of her age at this race so did excellent to complete the course in 22nd place. Lisa had a great race and finished in 8th place.
In the girls U/14 2000m race Cliodhna O'Connor and Laura Quigley lined up for the club. With both girls running out their age they both ran well to finish in 4th & 7th place. Looking forward to watching you run in Leinster.
Tony Aspel ran in the boys U/16 3500m. This was Tony's first race back after a year of knee injuries. After a fantastic start and in the leading pack Tony had to pull up with about 1500m left due to pain in his knee.
Next up Leinster....see you all there.
Kildare County XC Championships Uneven Ages, Eire Og (3rd October 2010)
The first round of the Cross Country Championships took place in Eire Og, Caragh with races for U/9 to U/19. We had 7 Crookstown athletes along with Cliodhna & Ciara O'Connor who ran as Independents.
Molly Aspell, Adanya Hott and Aoife Kelly lined up for the girls U/11 1200m and what fantastic results with Aoife finishing 5th, Molly 10th and Adanya 12th. Just seems a shame we couldn't have made up a team!
Sean Finn then competed in the boys U/11 1200m and after a great race where Sean had to constantly fight for position he finished in a strong 3rd place.
Lisa Aspel, Laura Quigley and Cliodhna O'Connor were up next in the girls U/13 1800m. Unfortunately Laura had to pull out of the race after about 1400m but Cliodhna who was up front from the start finished 2nd and Lisa, running up an age, finished 11th.
Alison Keatley, in her first race for Crookstown in a few years competed in the girls U/17 3500m where all her hard training showed through when she was up with the leaders from the start and finished in 2nd. Ciara O'Connor, competing in the girls U/19 3500m also ran a great race and finished 2nd in her age category.
Well done to you all.
Star of the Sea AC Open Cross Country (26th September 2010)
On a lovely sunny day we had four athletes competing in Greenanstown. The course is a great test of Cross Country running - well done to Star of the Sea AC for a great venue and a great competition.
Molly Aspell ran in the U/10 girls 500 metres race. She ran a great race just missing out on the medals and finishing in 9th place. Adanya Hott ran in the U/11 girls 1000m. It was a tough race and Adanya did well to finish 12th. Last to run were Laura Quigley and Cliodhna O'Connor in the girls U/13 1500m. Both had a great start and were in the top 3 for most of the race, even after 2 hard hills. In the last 400m Cliodhna sprinted home to a brilliant 1st place, Laura found the last few hundred hard but still finished well in 6th so both went home with medals.
Adamstown Open Cross Country (19th September 2010)
Although it was raining when we left Kildare it cleared away as we drove towards the Sunny Southeast. This was the 1st Cross Country Competition of the season and Molly Aspell, Adanya Hott and Laura Quigley competed for the club.
First up in U/10 girls 1000m was Molly Aspell who got a great start and was able to stay with the top group and went on to finish a fantastic 5th. Next to run was Adanya Hott in the U/11 girls 1000m. This was Adanya's first competitive race and she did herself proud by finishing strongly in 5th place. Last to race was Laura Quigley in the U/13 girls 1500m. Laura did very well and with tough competition finished in 7th place.
Well done girls and we look forward to seeing you compete over the rest of the Cross Country Season.
Navan AC Open Sports (19th September 2010)
The last Track and Field event of 2010 for our athletes looked initially like it might be a damp end to the season as the rain threatened to set in for the day at Claremont Stadium, Navan. However, the weather picked up, and by the time the athletes got out onto the track to warm-up the day started to brighten. It wasn't long before the track events got going and the medal count for the six athletes that had made the journey started to rack up as they secured 5 medals in the sprints (1 silver and 4 bronze). The throwing events proved successful as well with 3 gold medals and a bronze in the shotput and ball throw. Two further medals were secured in the long jump (a gold and silver) and a bronze medal for 800m concluded an impressive display from our athletes.
The individual results were as follows:-
Sean Moore (U10) - Bronze for 80m, and Gold for Ball throw; Lisa Aspel (U12) - Bronze for 100m; Kate Quigley (U13) - Bronze for Shot; Aaron Hennessy (U14) - Bronze for 100m and Bronze for 800m; Ciara Dunne (U14) - Silver for 100m, Gold for Shot and Silver for Long Jump; Kathryn Weir (U16) - Bronze for 100m, Gold for Shot and Gold for Long Jump
It was a fantastic day at Navan with the 6 athletes bringing home 12 medals, and the traditional end of season trip to Super Macs on the way home rounded off a great weekend of athletics, and another successful Track and Field season for Crookstown-Millview.
AAI Outdoor B Championships, Tullamore (1st August 2010)
Tara Breen, Katie Quigley & Laura Quigley travelled to Tullamore for the last track competition of the summer to compete in the All Ireland B Championships. All 3 girls are U13 and competed in 2 events each. Tara was first up in the Shot Putt competition and with a personal best throw of 6.18m claimed a well deserved bronze medal. Katie was next in the 80m heats where she qualified comfortably in 2nd place.
The Long Jump was next and all 3 girls competed. Laura picked up a bronze medal with a jump of 3.84m while Katie finished in 4th place with a jump of 3.78m. Katie and Laura went immediately back to the track where Katie had a great finish to her season winning a silver medal in the 80m, while Laura had a great run and was just beaten on the finish line to pick up silver. Well done on some really good performances.
AAI Outdoor T&F Championships, Tullamore (24th & 25th July 2010)
Kathryn Weir competed in the U/16 Discus competition on Saturday and with a personal best throw of 23.57m came 6th overall. On Sunday 3 athletes from Crookstown made up the U/13 Inter County Relay team. Unfortunately Cliodhna O'Connor had to withdraw through injury but Ellie O'Toole from Newbridge joined Katie, Laura and Tara to make up the team. After good runs from all the girls finished 5th. Well done to you all.
AAI Outdoor T&F Championships, Tullamore (3rd & 4th July 2010)
What a spectacular way to start the weekend, the first event of the competition and Ciara Dunne jumped a superb 4.80m to win the girls Under 14 Long Jump. A gold medal in the bag and it was still only 11am on Saturday. It wasn't long until Ciara was back battling for medals in the shotput and another impressive achievement winning the silver medal with a throw of 11.91m.
We returned on Sunday and Ciara was on form again in her third competition of the championships and another medal to add to the collection as she got a silver medal in the discus. Kathryn Weir was next up with her first event of the championships and she kept the medal tally going as she also got an excellent silver medal in the Girls Under 16 shotput throwing the 3.25Kg shot an impressive 10.92m. This truly was a memorable weekend with 2 athletes competing in 4 events and coming home with a gold and three silver medal.
Ciara Dunnes' achievement this weekend was astonishing, anyone who has been around athletics for any length of time will tell you it is an incredible feat to win any All Ireland medal, and to win three in three different individual events is truly awesome.
And its not over yet, Kathryn Weir has to wait another three weeks (24th July) for her chance to contend for a Discus medal, and on the following day (25th July) our Under 13 girls Tara Breen, Katie Quigley, Laura Quigley, and Cliondha O'Connor (currently with Naas) will represent Kildare at the All Ireland relay finals - good luck to all the girls who I'm sure will do us all proud on that last weekend of All Ireland Track and Field competition for 2010.
Kildare League Round 4, Crookstown (27th June 2010)
The final round of the league ran off today in great conditions and with a great atmosphere. On the down side, we just don't have the numbers we need to pick up points for the Club in our league but with 3 individual trophies from the 13 athletes who competed over the 4 rounds you should all be very proud.
In the U/8s Tara Finn threw 14.35m in Ball Throw and in her very first race for the club Rachel Keane came 3rd in 150m.
Sean Moore and Molly Aspell competed in the U/10s with Sean jumping 3.58m in the Long Jump, coming 2nd in his 150m and going on to win the highest scoring individual trophy in that age group. Molly came 4th in her U/10 100m and then in one of the best races of the day fought hard all the way and claimed 2nd place in the 150m.
In the U/11s Aoife Kelly, who is improving all the time, put in two great races and came 2nd in her 80m and 3rd in 150m. Sean Finn came 4th in the U/11 60m and 5th in the 150m. Lisa Aspel competed in the U/12 Long Jump and 600m and picked up a 2nd.
Tara Breen, Katie Quigley and Laura Quigley had 600m and Ball Throw in the U/13s. Once again the girls finished 1,2 & 3 with Katie getting the honours this time. Laura went on to win the girls U/13 individual Highest Point Scorer.
Aaron Hennessy and Ciara Dunne were U/14 with Ciara coming 2nd in her 60m final and then ending the day with a win in the 1000m and also going on to win the U/14 Highest Point Scorer trophy. Aaron won his U/14 150m well and went onto finish 3rd in 1000m.
Well done to you all and thanks to you and your parents for your support in the League.....
AAI U/9-U/11 Pairs Championships, Templemore (26th June 2010)
Sean Finn & Eoin Curley had qualified in the Leinster Competition for U/11 Ball Throw and competed today in Templemore. With some great throws the boys combined total of 47.43m meant they came 4th. Well done.
Leinster T&F Championships, Tullamore (19th & 20th June)
After 2 long and very hot days our athletes had every right to go home proud of their achievements. With 5 Leinster medals and a lot of new PBs it was a successful weekend. On Day 1 we had Katie Quigley, Laura Quigley & Tara Breen U/13, Aaron Hennessy & Ciara Dunne U/14, Kathryn Weir U/16 and Daniel Kearney U/18. In the U/13 Long Jump, with 46 other athletes it was going to be a tough competition. All girls jumped well and although Katie made it through to final 8 no medals were won.
Next up was the U/13 Shot with Personal Bests being set for all the girls of 5.49m for Tara, 7.64m for Katie & 7.08m for Laura. Unfortunately these were not enough to secure Leinster medals. Kathryn Weir was in the next Shot Putt and lead from the start with some fantastic throws and a personal best of 10.70m to secure a gold medal. Ciara Dunne followed this with an impressive throw of 11.99m in the first throw of the U/14 Shot putt to set a new Leinster Outdoor Record and also win gold.
Aaron was first on the track in the U/14 200m race but after fast paced heats was unable to secure a place in the final. Danny ran in his first Leinster Competition in the U/18 100m and although did not make it through to his final ran a very respectable race.
To finish the day Katie, Laura, Tara & Cliondha made up the U/13 Kildare Inter County Relay team and with great baton changing took 3rd place.
Day 2, started with Kathryn Weir in the U/16 Long Jump and with a personal best jump of 4.77m finished just out of qualification in 5th place. Laura Quigley was on the track in the U/13 600m for her heats. In a comfortable run Laura qualified for the finals to be run at the end of the day. Unfortunately, after a poor start in her 600m final she was unable to make up lost ground but finished a respectable 6th. Well done Laura.
In the U/14s Ciara Dunne had another successful day with a 3rd place medal in Long Jump and a Gold in Discus. In the Long Jump, Ciara was placed 2nd going in the final 8 with fantastic jumps coming from all athletes including a personal best from Ciara of 4.77m. In Discus, Ciara was on form and went into the lead with a throw of 25.22m. Well done Ciara.
Kathryn Weir competed in the U/16 Discus and with some good throws threw 23.29m to secure a silver medal, her second of the Championships. Well done Kathryn.
In the U/13 80m sprints there was a large field of athletes. Katie Quigley competed in the first heat and qualified for the semi final. Tara Breen ran in the second heat but was unable to qualify. In the semi-finals Katie ran a great race in 11.77s to qualify for the final. The U/13 final was a great race and Katie got a fantastic start out the blocks but was unable to hold her place and finished a very close 5th. Hard Luck but well done Katie.
Good luck to Ciara in Kathryn in the All Irelands in 2 weeks time.
County Javelin Championships, Celbridge (15th June 2010)
On a glorious Tuesday evening four of our athletes made the trip to Celbridge to take part in the the Kildare County Javelin competition. Dean Clifford, Ciara Dunne, Kathryn Weir and Charles Weir waited patiently for the Hurdles competition to complete and then limbered up for the throwing contest that followed. Ciara got proceedings started in style winning gold in the girls under 14s competition. Dean was next in a very close boys under 14 competition where he was awarded silver with a superb throw in excess of 26m. Kathryn came a respectable 4th in the girls under 16s, and Charles finished up the evening with a silver in the Under 18 boys competition. Well done to all four competitors
Ballon Rathoe Open Sports, Ballon (7th June 2010)
The rain came down and didn't let up so it was a wet one for everybody there. First up today was Emily Quigley who ran in the U/6 60m and qualified out of her heat to compete in her very first final. In this she came 5th, and by the smile on her face had a great time.
Her sister Katie was next up in the U/13 100m where she qualified out of her heat to win silver in the final. Staying on the track Kathryn Weir ran in the U/16 100m which was a straight final and with a great finish came 3rd. Ciara Dunne qualified for her final in the U/14 100m but unfortunately did not pick up a medal. However, in Shot Putt Ciara went up an age and a weight to come 2nd in Shot Putt and then with a great jump of 4.01m picked up gold in the Long Jump.
Kathryn came 1st in the U/17 Shot Putt and Katie came 1st in the U/13 600m race. So 2 medals each for our older athletes. Well done to you all.
County B Championships, Celbridge (29th May 2010)
Molly Aspell, Lisa Aspel & Brendan Aspel took part in the B Championships in Celbridge today. There was a good turnout of athletes so there was a good bit of competition. Molly Aspell won the U/10 80m, Lisa Aspel came second in the U/12 Long Jump and Brendan Aspel came 3rd in the U/14 Shot Putt. Well done.
Leinster Pairs & U/12 T & F Championships, Tullamore, (29th May 2010)
The rain stopping at about 9.00am was the first of many things to happen to make the day’s well organised athletics meeting in Tullamore an enjoyable day out. Crookstown had only one pair, Sean Finn and Eoin Curley in the U11 boys and Lisa Aspel in the U12 Girls. The boys U11 pairs 600m were first up with Sean finishing in a very impressive 4th and Eoin 9th in the second heat. Unfortunately the combined result finished outside the medals. Next up was Lisa in the U12 600 meters where Lisa managed 6th place in a very fast heat. Lisa had long jump next where she continued to make strides to get back to her P.B with a jump of 3.19m. The boys ball throw was next, Eoin achieved a massive throw of 35.2m and Sean 22.6m to give a combined result which gave them Silver medals on the day and brought smiles to all the Crookstown gang present. Lisa had 60m next, Lisa won her heat well and finished 5th in the semi final to end an exciting day.
Lucan Harriers AC Open Sports (29th May 2010)
With only 4 athletes today in Lucan we came home with 13 medals. First up was Molly Aspell in U/10 60m where she came 4th. Laura Quigley and Katie Quigley were up next in their U/13 80m and safely secured silver and bronze. In the Long Jump Pit, Molly was jumping well but unfortunately didn't get a medal, Laura was also jumping well and was tied 2nd but due to count back came 3rd. Next event on the track was the girls U/13 600m, Laura battled it out with an athlete from DSD to come 2nd with Katie following in behind her in 3rd. In the girls U/16 & U/17 shot putt Kathryn Weir won gold in both. Next up was Molly in her 500m doing very well, considering the pace was fast. In ball throw Crookstown secured 1 bronze from Molly in the U/10s and a silver from Laura in the U/13s. On the track Molly, Katie, Laura and Kathryn found relay teams and did very well. Katie and Laura joined up with Lucan and MBS to come 2nd. Molly's team came 2nd,and Kathryn joined up with Celbridge and also secured 2nd. WELL DONE GIRLS.
Kildare League Round 3, Le Cheile (18th May 2010)
First of all thanks to all the parents who brought our athletes to Leixlip. We know it wasn't easy getting there for the 7pm start, and then the heavens opened........
In the first race of the evening Tara Finn ran in the U/8 60m, qualified for the 1st final and came 6th overall. Then after also qualifying for the 100m final came 5th in her second race.
Molly Aspell & Sean Moore competed in the U/10 event with both athletes qualifying for the first finals in their 80m sprints. Molly went on to finish 5th and Sean 2nd. Their second race of the evening was 200m where they both improved their positions and Sean finished once again back in 1st place in the boys and Molly finished 3rd in the girls.
Aoife Kelly, our only U/11 athlete had 2 very good races finishing 2nd in the girls 80m and 4th in the 300m.
In U/12s Lisa Aspel had Ball Throw and 150m. In the Ball Throw, Lisa threw 19.78m for 3rd place and came 1st in her 150m race.
Over at the Long Jump Brendan Aspel came 3rd in the U/13 Boys with a jump of 3.18m and picked up a 5th in the very last race of the evening which was the U/13 600m. Also in U/13s were Tara Breen, Katie Quigley & Laura Quigley. In the 80m sprint Katie & Laura were given joint 1st with Tara very close in 2nd. And again in the 100m sprint the girls came in 1st Laura, 2nd Tara and 3rd Katie.
Aaron Hennessy jumped 3.48m in the U/14 competition to get 2nd place then finished 3rd in 300m.
Well done to you all.
Kildare County Championships Day 2, Naas (16th May 2010)
Out came the picnics, rugs and chairs for the start of the final day of the County Championships. The sun managed to disappear before the start but the day remained warm and rain free despite the rolling clouds.
For our U10’s athletes Sean More continued his gold medal run with a win at the 100m. Molly Aspell competed in the ball throw and long jump, and made it to the finals in the 100m.
Sean Finn and Aoife Kelly our U11’s, ran well in the heats, Sean running the 200m and Aoife the 80 and 600m.
Lisa Aspel, the only athlete for the U12’s jumped well in the long jump and took bronze in the 200m.
The U13’s girls were well represented by the club with Tara Breen, Laura Quigley and Katie Quigley. Laura and Katie both made it to the finals of the 100m with a very close finish in which Katie took the bronze with Laura close on her heels in fourth. In the 600m the girls took the lead from the start with Laura taking the gold and Katie the silver. In the shot put Kate took the gold and Laura the bronze when she was pushed from second to third with a throw just one cm further. Tara finished in fifth position.
Aaron Hennessy had a long wait for his first competition in the U14’s, coming fifth in the shot putt and taking the bronze in the 100m which was a very close final.
Kathryn Weir had to jump two age groups from the U16’s to the U18’s to compete in the Long jump and finished with silver. John Byrne also had to jump an age group from U17’s to U18’s to compete with Charles Weir in the shot put. John finished in fourth position with Charles taking the silver.
Our athletes went home with a total of 10 medals today. Over the course of the championships a whopping total of twenty three medals in all, eight gold, nine silver and six bronze. Congratulations to all athletes who took part and a big thank you to the coaches and parents a like who made it all possible.
Kildare County Championships Day 1, Celbridge (2nd May 2010)
Sunday the 2nd of May saw the the 2010 Kildare County championship kick off at Cellbridge A.C. A handful of athletes braved the strange spring weather to have a very successful day.
One very successful athlete was Sean Moore who won all the U10 gold medals of the day in long jump, ball throw and the 80m.
Tara Breen and Katie Quigley of the U13 girls did very well in the long jump getting silver and bronze. Tara Breen with a new PB of 3.53m. Aoife Kelly took silver in the U11 girls long jump with a huge jump of 2.93m.
In the U13 girls 200m Katie Quigley and Laura Quigley both made it to the final of which Laura took bronze.
Another gold medal was won by Sean Finn in the U11 boys 600m which was a fantastic race.
Kathryn Weir won a gold in the U18 shot putt even though she moved up two ages.
Congratulations to the girls U14 relay team who got silver. it was a great race ran by Laura Quigley, Tara Breen, Lisa Aspel and Katie Quigley.
We would just like to wish Tony Aspel luck and a swift recovery from his knee injury he picked up in the 800m.
Congratulations to all the athletes that took part and overall the day was a great success.
Crookstown Open Sports (18th April 2010)
On our own track today and our athletes did very well . We had new athletes who had never competed before along with athletes who have been competing for a number of years. The number of athletes competing for the club is definitely on the increase which is great and can be seen from the 24 medals won by Crookstown.
Competing today were: Jack Whelan U/8, Oisin Gurferrty, Tara Finn U/8, Luke Hennessy U/10, Sean Moore U/10, Molly Aspell U/10, Daragh Gurferrty U/11, Sean Finn U/11, Leanne Clifford U/11, Aoife Kelly U/11, Iona Gurferrty U/11, Lisa Aspel U/12, Tadgh Hennessy U/12, Brendan Aspel U/13, Katie Quigley U/13, Laura Quigley U/13, Tara Breen U/13, Aaron Hennessy U/14. Ciara Dunne U/14, Dean Clifford U/14, Kathryn Weir U/16, Tony Aspel U/16, John Byrne U/17, Charles Weir U/18.
Kildare League Round 2, Celbridge (11th April 2010)
Going into the second round of the League the sun was shining and Crookstown were in 1st place in the Bs. What a great start.
We had 13 athletes competing in the league and everyone completed their 2 events of the day and once again put in a fantastic effort - we can't ask more than that so very well done.
For the girls we had Tara Finn in U/8 finishing 4th in Long Jump with a jump of 2.10m and 6th in 80m. In U10 Molly Aspell finished 2nd in 100m and 6th in 60m. Aoife Kelly jumped 2.52m in Long Jump and finished 1st in the second final of the 100m. Lisa Aspel in U/12 threw 4.70m in Shot Putt and finished 1st in 200m. Tara Breen, Katie Quigley & Laura Quigley competed in U/13 with jumps of 3.17m, 3.22m and 3.47m then a successful 300m with 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Finally for the girls Ciara Dunne U/14 threw 11.08m in Shot Putt and came 2nd in the 800m.
For the boys we had Sean Moore and Luke Hennessy in U10. Sean came 1st in 80m and 2nd in 100m. Luke came 6th in 80m and 7th in 100m. In U/11 Sean Finn threw 23m in Ball Throw and came 4th in 100m. Brendan Aspel in U/13 threw 24.0m in Ball Throw and finished 7th in 200m. Finally for the boys we had Aaron Hennessy U/14 who threw 5.21m in Shot Putt and came 4th in 600m.
Once again well done to you all and Happy Birthday to Aaron. Looking forward to seeing you all compete next week at our Open Sports.
St Laurence O'Toole AC Open Sports, Carlow (5th April 2010)
The first Open Sports of the season was very busy and very blustery. Not the weather for setting any personal bests but with 15 Athletes competing for the club we came away with 18 medals so well done to all.
Tara Finn was first on the track in the U/8 80m. Tara did well to finish second in her heat but missed out in her final. Also competing in the 80m were Molly Aspell, Sean Moore, Aoife Kelly, Sean Finn, Katie Quigley, Brendan Aspel, Laura Quigley, Tara Breen, Lisa Aspel. With great runs by all: Sean Moore, Sean Finn, Katie, Laura, Molly & Lisa made it to their finals and Sean Moore secured an U/10 silver medal.
Kathryn Weir was next up with 100m in the girls U/16 and with a straight final finished in 3rd place. Then Tony Aspel's U/16 100m was also a straight final and he finished 2nd!!
Meanwhile at the Junior Men's Long Jump Danny Kearney put in a great show but failed to win a medal. This was his first competition for the club so things can only get better. Also in field events Charles Weir went up an age to compete in the Junior mens Shot Putt. Over at the U/16 Long Jump Kathryn Weir won 3rd place with a good jump which was tough under the conditions as all the girls were jumping straight into the wind.
Sean Moore didn't run in the 300m due to an injury but stayed to compete in the U/11 Ball throw. Again straight into the wind, Sean threw 20.70m which was a great throw and with that won a silver medal. In the girls U/11 Ball Throw Molly & Aoife took part but found it hard throwing into the wind.
Back to the Shot Putt with the U/13 girls where Katie, Laura & Tara were competing. Katie came 4th with a Personal Best of 6.78m. Well done girls. Next was the U/13 boys Shot Putt where Brendan Aspel threw a fantastic 6.78m to win a bronze medal.
Back at the track were the 300m, 500m, 600m & 800m races. First up was Laura Quigley in the U/13 300m and with a great run finished 3rd then went on to finish 3rd in the 600m as well. Also up were Sean Finn, Molly Aspell & Aoife Kelly who finished just outside of the medals and Lisa Aspel who came 3rd to win a bronze medal in the U/12 girls 500m event. In U/16 Boys this was Tony Aspel's first middle distance race since his injury and after a hard race came 3rd - welcome back Tony.
Last on the track were the relays and our U/13 team moved up an age to U/14 and after a fast and closely contested race were awarded silver.
In the final field events of the day, Ciara Dunne won the U/14 Long Jump with a jump of 4.04m, Lisa Aspel in the U/12 Long Jump finished 3rd with a jump of 3.09m. Straight onto Shot Putt where Kathryn went up to compete with the Junior Women and threw over 9.0m to win a bronze medal. Last event was with Ciara who went up an age to U/15 and came 3rd with a throw of 9.16m.
You all did really well today......keep up the good work. The County Championships are only a few weeks away.
AAI Indoor Championships, Nenagh (27th & 28th March)
It was a fantastic weekend of athletics at Nenagh, the All Ireland finals always have a sense of occasion about them, and four of our athletes made the early morning trip to Tipperary full of excitement, anticipation, and a little bit of nerves (although they might not admit it!).
The weekend started for Crookstown on saturday morning (Day 1) when Charles Weir competed in the Under 18s Shotput, Charles looked small in amongst the competitors but fought hard and managed an excellent 5th position with a throw of 10.19m with the 5Kg shot.
Next up was Lisa Aspel in the Under 12s Long Jump, it was a great experience for Lisa as it was her first All Ireland final, and she finished 13th with a jump of 3.27m.
Day two (Sunday) started well for the club with Kathryn Weir improving a place on last year securing a Silver medal with a throw of 10.43m (3.25Kg shot). The success and excitement continued as Ciara Dunne battled hard in the closest of competitions and also achieved a silver medal (2Kg shot) and was only 14cm off the top spot.
It was great to have four athletes from a small club like Crookstown competing at the highest level in the country, and the superb performance by all of them demonstrates that hard work on the training field leads to great results in competition. Well done to Charles, Lisa, Kathryn, and Ciara.
Kildare League Round 1, Newbridge (20th March)
The 1st outdoor event of the year was eagerly anticipated, especially by the younger members of the club, some of who were competing for their 1st time for the club. First up in the Girls U/8 60m was Tara Finn who finished 3rd in her heat and went on to finish 6th in her final. Great going Tara. Lisa Aspel was next in the Girls U/12 60m and did not disappoint with a comfortable win and well earned points for the club.
Meanwhile over at the shot putt, Tara Breen, Laura Quigley & Katie Quigley picked up the top 3 points in the U/13 competition and went on to repeat a top 3 for the club in their 200m race.
Stephen Murphy throwing his first ever shot putt in the boys U/13, threw 6.48m to gain yet more top points for the club. Sean Moore competing in his first ball throw in U/10 boys threw a fantastic 32.20m. We look forward to seeing Sean in action over the rest of the season. Tara Finn also competed in the U/8 ball throw and did really well - unforturnately we didn't get a measurement!
At the long jump Sean Finn jumped 2.94m in the U/11 boys and Molly Aspell jumped 2.29m in the U/10 girls.
Back at the track Ciara Dunne had a good day with 1st place in the U/14 girls 80m and then following up with a 2nd place in the 600m. Definitely time to get those spikes back out of the press!
Molly Aspell finished 4th in her 150m for girls U/10, Sean Moore finished 3rd in his 150m for boys U/10, Lisa Aspel finished 1st in her 200m for girls U/12 and Stephen Murphy finished 5th in the U/13 boys 300m. Well done to you all as you all won points for the club.
Leinster Indoor Champsionships 2010, Nenagh (27th & 28th February)
Lisa Aspel was first to compete for the club on Saturday morning in the U12 Long Jump. After making it down to the last 8, Lisa jumped a personal best of 4.01m to win her first individual Leinster medal. Next up was Lisa again running in the U12 600m but due to a stitch in the last lap, did not make it out of her heats.
Katie & Laura Quigley ran in the U13 600m. Laura qualified in 2nd place in her heat with Katie qualifying on her time. The final of the race was last of the day on Saturday. Katie finished 7th in what was a fast race and Laura who lost her stride in the second lap fought back and finished in 4th place.
Aaron Hennessy competed in the U14 Long Jump setting a personal best with a great jump of 4.24m which put him in 5th place overall. Brendan Aspel and Tara Breen both competed in the U13 Shot Putt competition with Tara throwing 5.96m to finish 8th overall.
Kathryn Weir competed in her 1st competitive long jump for a few years and with a jump of 4.26m finished 5th overall.
The first day was a great success with all our athletes giving 100%.
Sunday morning saw the start of day 2 with Brendan Aspel, Katie Quigley, Tara Breen & Laura Quigley competing in U13 Long Jump. No medals were won but they all made some great jumps. Meanwhile, Charles Weir competed in the U18 Shot Putt and with a throw of 11.38m secured our 1st gold medal of the weekend.
Next up on the track were Tony Aspel and John Byrne in the U16 and U17 200m heats. Neither athletes progressed from their heats but both put in tremendous effort.
Back at the Shot Putt Kathryn Weir took Gold in U16 with a personal best throw of 10.35m, Ciara Dunne threw 10.46m to win the U14s and Dean Clifford, in his first Leinster competition, threw 9.25m to come 4th in the Boys U14 competition.
Tony Aspel had an excellent start to a very fast 1st heat of the U16 boys 800m event. Unfortunately on the second lap Tony came off the bend awkwardly and dislocated his knee! Thankfully, with help from the first aiders, nearby hospital and lots of painkillers he made it back on crutches to watch our athletes compete in the 60 metre events.
Lisa Aspel, Brendan Aspel, Tara Breen, Katie Quigley, Laura Quigley, Aaron Hennessy, Kathryn Weir and John Byrne all ran in the 60m event with Lisa, Laura & Kathryn making it through to semi-finals/finals. No medals were won on the track but you did us all proud.
It was a great weekend and we wish Charles, Kathryn, Ciara & Lisa the very best for the up coming All Irelands.
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Results 2009
AAI All Ireland Juvenile Cross Country Championships Odd Ages (6th December 2009)
3 of our athletes competed in this event in Coleraine. Sean Finn and Jack Fitzgerald in the under 11 boys and Aaron Hennessy in the U/13 boys. Sean Finn (running up an age) ran a superb race finishing 47th, this was Sean's first experience of an All Ireland cross country and he finished 4th for County Kildare and Kildare finished 3rd team. Jack Fitzgerald, after a bad start, finished 85th. Aaron Hennessy had a fantastic run and looked comfortable all through the very testing course of hills and very wet and slippy ground. However due to organisational errors this race will be run at a later date. See blog page for parents' comments.
AAI All Ireland Juvenile Cross Country Championships Even Ages (22nd November 2009)
On a very cold and very wet day in Kilbeggan the All Ireland Championships were run. The first race was the girls U/12 1000m in which Kate & Laura Quigley were competing for both County and Province. Both girls had poor starts in a field of 160 competitors but Kate made good progress through the field to finish 57th. Laura, who had been sick through the week made a great effort and finished 89th.
The next race up was the boys U/12 1000m in which Jack Fitzgerald was competing for Kildare. After a hard race with great effort Jack finished 100th. Unfortunately due to the conditions very few photos were taken.
Dunleer AC Noel McGuill/Sandra Floyd Open XC (15th November 2009)
Blue skies made for great weather for this cross country event being held in Darver, Co. Louth. Although taking place in a GAA training pitch their were plenty of variations in the course. Molly Aspell ran first in the U/9 race and after a hard run came 19th. Jack Fitzgerald put in a great race and narrowly missed out on 3rd place when he stumbled in the last 150m, 4th place was a great result. Kate & Laura Quigley were the final competitors for the club and from starting on a slope to some sharp bends the girls finished 5th & 8th. Well done to our small amount of athletes who competed today.
Leinster Cross Country Championships Odd Ages (9th November 2009)
Considering the weather leading up to this event the conditions today were wonderful!
Sunshine, not particularly cold and not a drop of rain! Conditions underfoot were not too bad, a bit mucky, soft and wet in places but generally very good.
Girls U/11 – Lisa Aspel
Lisa ran a great race to finish 36th out of a field of 146 finishers. She finished 4th for county Kildare, improving on her position at the county championships, unfortunately the county team failed to win medals.
Boys U/11 – Jack Fitzgerald and Sean Finn
Sean (running up an age) had a tremendous race and was up with the leading pack, finishing 14th overall and 4th for county Kildare. Jack had a good race finishing 21st and 5th for county Kildare. There were 119 finishers in the u/11 boy’s race. County Kildare won 1st county so both Sean and Jack went home happy with their Leinster Gold medals! Both boys have qualified to run for county Kildare in the All Irelands to be held in Coleraine on the 6th December.
Boys U/13 – Aaron Hennessey
Aaron, in his first Leinsters, very narrowly missed a bronze Leinster medal for his county. He finished 39th out of a field of 110 finishers and was 7th for Kildare (first 6 get medals)! He ran a great race and also qualifies for the All Irelands on the county Kildare team.
Boys U/15 – Tony Aspel
In a very fast race Tony had a very good run finishing 44th out of 72 finishers. He finished 9th for Kildare and the Kildare team were 2nd. Tony therefore qualifies for the All Irelands on the Kildare team. (10 to represent county teams)
Leinster Cross Country Championships Even Ages (25th October 2009)
With only 3 juvenile athletes and 2 senior athletes competing today the club did well with Laura Quigley finishing 9th in the U/12 competition and leading home the County for silver medals. Kate Quigley, also U/12, finished 11th individually and 3rd for the County. Both girls will now represent Leinster and Kildare at the All Ireland competition next month. Jack Fitzgerald who was running up an age did well but was unable to secure a medal. Mary Doyle ran in the novice race and Gabrielle Aspell ran in the Masters race - the pace in both was extremely fast and the girls did well.
Glenmore AC Open XC (18th October 2009)
Well done to Jack Fitzgerald who travelled to the Glenmore AC Open XC. He came 5th in the Boys U/11 800m race.
County Cross Country Even Ages (11th October 2009)
The second day of the County cross country took place at Crookstown with even ages from U/10 to U/18 plus Masters running. In the U/10s Sean Finn ran a great race to finish first and win gold. Ben Dickson, also U/10, ran his first competitive race since joining the club and finished 12th. Molly Aspell & Aoife Kelly ran U/10 and finished well. Next up was the U/12 girls and the team of Kate Quigley, Laura Quigley, Tara Breen & Lisa Aspel all finished well with Kate winning a bronze medal and the other girls all finishing in the top 15 to earn them a second place team medal. In the U/12 boys Jack Fitzgerald who was running out of his age finished a strong 7th with Brendan Aspel finishing 17th. In U/14 Aaron Hennessey also running out of his age finished 10th from a very strong field. Tony Aspel was up next in the U/16 race and finished 13th. To finish the day Gabrielle Aspell ran in the Masters womens race...results to follow.
County Cross Country Odd Ages (4th October 2009)
This was the first day of the county cross country with all the uneven ages. The results were as follows: U/9 - Molly Aspell 9th, Luke Hennessey 8th. U/11 - Lisa Aspel 7th, Jack Fitzgerald 3rd, Sean Finn 8th, Tadgh Hennessey 24th, Eoin Curley 32nd. U/13 - Laura Quigley 8th, Katie Quigley 9th, Aaron Hennessey 13th. U/15 - Tony Aspel 4th. Well done to all athletes especially Jack Fitzgerald on winning a bronze medal and everyone who was running up an age. And to end the day, a first run out in a very long time of an Intermediate ladies team for Crookstown of Gabrielle Aspell, Mary Doyle, Helena Doyle & Theresa Doyle - you did great girls. Gabrielle took an individual silver medal in this event.
Star of the Sea Open XC (27th September 2009)
A great course and all our athletes did well in this first cross country run of 2009. Molly Aspell ran her very first xc race at U/9 and finished just out of medal place in 7th. Lisa Aspel came 10th in U/11. Jack Fitzgerald was just beaten in the last 100 metres of the U/11 boys race to claim 2nd. Katie Quigley ran U/12 and finished 3rd with a great finish. Next up was Aaron Hennessey, also his first xc race, at U/13 and finished a respectable 9th. Tony Aspel was the last of our athletes to run in U/15 and after a tough 2000m came 8th. Well done.
Navan Open Sports (20th September 2009)
Few clubs from outside Meath were at this Open Sports. In total, 11 of our athletes travelled to Navan and came home with 16 medals. A lot of these medals were won by our athletes competing outside of their own age group.
The Javelin competition was held before the main track & field events - in U/14 Ciara Dunne won silver as did Keelan Hegarty Kelly in Juniors. The U/12 boys relay team of Jack Fitzgerald, Katelyn Hegarty Kelly, Katie Quigley & Laura Quigley won bronze. Laura Quigley won bronze in U/12 100m sprint and U/13 300m; Katie Quigley won bronze in U/12 Long Jump; Ciara Dunne won silver in U/13 Long Jump and silver in U/14 Shot Putt; Kathryn Weir won gold in U/16 Shot Putt and silver in U/15 Long Jump; Charles Weir won silver in Junior Shot Putt. To finish off the day Ian Weir & Ger Hegarty Kelly competed in the Senior Shot Putt and came away with Gold & Silver respectively...you're never too old!! Well done to all of you.
AAI Outdoor Championships (July 2009)
Crookstown Throwers Shine at All Irelands. The All Ireland Track and Field Championships took place over the last two weekends, and the Crookstown athletes put in some fantastic performances.
This was the first year the club had qualifiers in Shotput, Discus and Javelein, with Ciara Dunne, Kathryn Weir and Keelan Hegarty-Kelly representing the club in these events, and all had great performances.
Keelan qualified through to the top eight in U17 Discus and Javelin and finished 7th in Ireland in both disciplines. Kathryn also competed in two events finishing 5th in the U15 discus and 3rd(bronze medal)in the shotput.
Ciara Dunne achieved an impressive 2nd (silver medal) in the U13 shotput. Congratulations to Keelan, Kathryn, and Ciara on their success.
County 'B' Championships (28th June 2009)
Well done to our 3 athletes - Molly Aspell, Tara Breen and Laura Quigley who competed in Newbridge and came away with 5 gold medals and 1 silver medal. Molly Aspell was 1st on the track and won gold in the U/9 80metres before moving on to win another gold in U/9 Ball Throw. Tara Breen also had a great day by winning gold in U/12 Long Jump, 100m & 800m. Laura Quigley competed in 1 U/12 event which was Long Jump and won silver.
Little Athletics Fun Event (25th June 2009)
A great evening was had at this Little Athletics event in Celbridge. Molly, Luke & Tadgh took part in standing long jump, speed bounce, balance beams, relays and hurdles. Well done, hope you had a fun time.
Outdoor Leinster Championships U/14 - U/19 (20th & 21st June 2009)
A great weekend was had by our athletes who competed in this year's Leinster championships. Kathryn Weir won 2 U/15 gold medals in Discus and Shot Putt. Keelan Hegarty Kelly won bronze in U/17 Javelin and 4th place in Discus. Charles Weir won bronze in U/17 Shot Putt.
Outdoor Leinster Championships U/9 - U/13s (13 June 2009)
All our athletes put in great performances in Navan. Some personal bests were set, and there were also some disappointments after a very long day. Well done to Ciara Dunne who won a silver Leinster medal in the U/13 shot putt and to Lisa Aspel who won a bronze Leinster medal as part of the U/11 Inter County relay team.
Annual Inter Schools Competition (11 June 2009)
Well done to our athletes who competed for their schools in the Inter Schools Competition. It was a great night where fun and chips were the main theme of the day.
Ballon Rathoe Open Sport (1 June 2009)
Summer arrived and the suncream was out. Only 7 athletes travelled down to Ballon for the open sports on bank holiday Monday where 5 medals were won. Once again Kathryn Weir took gold at U/15 shot putt. Keelin Hegarty Kelly won silver in U/18 Long Jump. Laura Quigley won gold in U/12 100m and bronze in U/12 Long Jump. Katie Quigley won silver in U/13 shot putt. Sorry no photos this time.
County Javelin Championship (27 May 2009)
Well done to our 3 athletes who competed in the County Javelin Championship and all came away with medals. Keelin Hegarty Kelly won silver. Kathryn Weir and Charles Weir both won bronze medals.
2nd Round of County Championship (17 May 2009)
It was wet and windy when our athletes competed in the 2nd round of the county's. Ciara Dunne won U/13 shot putt gold, Cliodhna Kelly won U/18 1500m gold, Kathryn Weir won U/15 shot putt gold & Lisa Aspel won U/11 100m gold. Cliodhna Kelly won silver in U/18 Long Jump, Sean Finn won silver in U/10 100m, Jack Fitzgerald won silver in U/11 Ballthrow and the U/12 girls relay team of Aoife Kelly, Laura Quigley, Lisa Aspel & Katie Quigley also won silver - great run and thanks to Aoife for coming on the team after Tara injured her ankle in the 200m. Laura Quigley also won a bronze in the U/12 200m which had to be re-run.
1st Round of County Championship (10 May 2009)
15 of our athletes competed in the 1st round of the countys' and came back with 12 medals. Lisa Aspel won silver in Long Jump and bronze in 300m. Jack Fitzgerald won bronze in 600m. Sean Finn won silver in 100m. Ciara Dunne won silver in Long Jump and bronze in 200m. Aaron Hennessey won silver in 100m. Kathryn Weir won silver in Long Jump. Katie Quigley won silver in Shot Putt and bronze in 600m. Laura Quigley won silver in 600m. Cliodhna Kelly won silver in 200m. Great day. Well done.
St Abban's Open Sports (May 2009)
It was a cold, windy and drizzly day in St Abbans and our athletes did well. Sean Finn got U/10 silver medals in both 80m and 300m. Lisa Aspel competed at U/11 and came 2nd in 80m, 3rd in 300m and 2nd in Long Jump. Katelyn Hegarty Kelly came 3rd in U/11 Long Jump. Ciara Dunne threw 9.95m to come first in U/14 Shot Putt. Kathryn Weir threw 25m in U/15 Discus to get gold. So well done to all of you.
Crookstown Open Sports (19 April 2009)
We had a fabulous day both with the weather and on the track. The following medals were won: U/10 - Sean Finn won gold in both 100m & 300m, Eoin Curley won bronze in Ball Throw. U/11 - Lisa Aspel won bronze in 100m. U/12 - Katie Quigley won gold in Long Jump and the Relay team with Katie Quigley, Laura Quigley, Tara Breen and Carrie Aldridge won Silver. U/13 - Ciara Dunne won Gold in Shot Putt, Silver in 100m and Bronze in Long Jump. Aaron Hennessey won 2 bronze medals in 100m & Long Jump. U/15 - Kathryn Weir won gold in Shot Putt. U/17 - Keelin Hegarty Kelly won bronze in Shot Putt. U/18 - Cliodhna Kelly won bronze in 800m. Well done everyone.
All Ireland Indoors, Nenagh (March 2009)
Congratulations to Ciara & Kathryn on winning All Ireland medals at the weekend. Ciara Dunne won a silver medal in U/13 Shot Putt with a throw of 10.32m and Kathryn Weir won a bronze medal in U/15 Shot Putt with a throw of 10.61m.
Leinster Indoors Days 2 & 3, Nenagh (28 February/1 March 2009)
8 of our athletes took part in the Indoor event held on 28 February and 1 March. Congratulations to Ciara Dunne and Kathryn Weir who won gold in their shot putt events. Ciara broke the U/13 Leinster record in Shot Putt with a throw of 9.78m.
AAI Juvenile "B" Cross Country Championships (February 2009)
Jack Fitzgerald, Katie Quigley & Laura Quigley competed in the U/11 Cross Country Race in Lough Key Forest Park in Boyle, Co. Roscommon. The course was extremely wet underfoot but the sun did shine. Jack was placed 44th, Katie 23rd and Laura 26th. Katie & Laura were part of the Kildare county team which came 2nd. Well done to you all.
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