

Regular Training: Mon & Wed Nights in Town Park, 7pm-8pm. No training on Bank Holidays.
Upcoming events & news.
Some photo's from the West Cork 'B's have been uploaded (here)
Club results from recent Munster and National competitions are
here
Bandon A.C Summer Camp will be on Monday 6th to Friday 10th of July (more info) Nearly full!!
To avoid disappointment be sure to book early by contacting any of the following Catherine 086-2399 665, Ann 086-2597 961, Denise 085-1066 366 or Sharon 085-7325 281
PRO Report: 23rd June 2009
PRO Report: 3rd June 2009
The third Cork City Marathon took place on Monday 1st June. Temperatures were
high on the day making conditions difficult for runners but good for spectators.
Temperatures during race reached 23 degrees with the heat causing many of the
runners to struggle. Tom Laffan came in 15th position in a time of 2:54:57 which
was similar to his time last year. Kevin Wilmot clocked up a time of 3:17:05.
Also participating was Tom Sheehan, 3:35:07, Phil Murphy 3:37:05, Robert Merrick
and Pat O’Sullivan. Matthew Gedden travelled to Scotland for the Edinburgh
Marathon on Sunday 31st May.
The All Ireland Schools Track and Field Championships were held in Tullamore on
Saturday 30th May. There were some super performances from Bandon athletes who
were representing their schools in the competition. Timmy Harrington (Kinsale
Community College) won the senior triple jump and was third in the Long Jump.
For Coláiste na Toirbithe, Joan Healy won the intermediate 100m and came second
in the 200m and Laura McSweeney won the Junior Shot and came second in the
discus. Tracey Bradfield (Bandon Grammar School) came second in the intermediate
shot and third in the Discus. Eric Stam (Coláiste Cholm) came second in the
javelin and 3rd in the Long Jump. Also competing but outside the medal positions
were Ivan O’Brien and David Reynolds of Bandon Grammar School, Sipke
O’Shaughnessy and Patrick McSweeney of the Hamilton High School and Shane Howard
of Coláiste an Chraoibhín, Fermoy.
Events next weekend include the Munster Juvenile U9-U11 Team Events and the
U12-U13 Track and Field Championships on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th June in
Templemore.
The West Cork Athletics Board B competitions will take place the following
weekend on Friday 12th June at 7pm at the Town Park with competitions for U9 to
U16. Relays will be for U10, U12, U14 and U16.
PRO Report: 19th May 2009
The County B Track & Field Championships took place on
24th May at the CIT track on what turned out to be one of the finest
sunniest Sundays of the year so far. It was a paired competition and open to
U9s to U12s. Gráinne Lucey and Kerry Buckley won the girls U12 shot. Gráinne
also won the U12 700m with Fiona Everard. Fiona paired with Marie Dineen
came second in the U12 long jump. The U11 boys won the shot – Cameron Blair
and Conor Reynolds were the winning pair. Ryan Blackmore and Cameron Blair
won the U11 long jump. Conor Reynolds and Ronan Lucey came second in the U11
500m and Ronan paired with Ryan Blackmore won bronze in the U11 100m. The
U11 girls won gold for the 500m with Ava Stack and Aoibhín O’Sullivan on the
team. Katie Bernard paired with Ava Stack took the silver medal in the U11
100m and Katie paired with Aoibhín O’Sullivan came third in the long jump.
The U10 boys, Cian Kingston and Jack Calnan came second in the 300m and
second in the long jump. Angharad Shaughnessy and Leah Buckley won the U10
girls long jump. Róisín O’Sullivan and Gráinne Mulcahy won the gold in the
U9 ball throw and in the 100m Gráinne and Chloe Buckley came second. The U9
girl’s pair of Ella Stack and Róisín O’Sullivan came third in the long jump.
Also taking place at the same venue was the Munster Pole Vault
Championships. Eric Stam and Shane Howard came 4th and 5th respectively. At
the County Multi Events, Colin Kingston won the U14 Pentathlon.
Unfortunately, Fintan Shaughnessy was injured and not able to complete
event. The pentathlon consists of hurdles, long jump, high jump, shot and
800m.
About 20 of the younger club athletes attended the Little Athletics Jamboree
at Douglas Community School on Saturday 23rd May. Sonia O’Sullivan was in
attendance with her own children to help out at this fun event.
Events next weekend include the All Ireland Schools Track & Field
Championships to be held in Tullamore on Saturday 30th May. The club sends
it best wishes to its athletes who will be representing their schools at
All-Ireland level. Courceys Annual Sports take place on Sunday 31st May at
the GAA pitch. Club members will be meeting at 12 noon at the ESB car park
(opposite Kelleher’s) where lifts to the event can be organised.
One of highlights of the year for road runners, the Bórd Gais Energy Cork
City Marathon and relay takes place on the Monday of the Bank Holiday
weekend. A number of athletes from the club will be participating again this
year. The West Cork Athletics Board B Track and Field Championships will be
hosted by Bandon AC at the Town Park on Friday 12th June at 7pm. Athletes
who did not win an individual medal at the A competition are eligible to
participate.
PRO Report: 19th May 2009
The second round of the County Juvenile Track & Field
Championships was held on Sunday May 17th at CIT under severe weather
condition with torrential showers throughout the afternoon. This did not
deter athletes however, as there numerous super performances on the day.
Mark O’Sullivan won a silver medal in the U17 3000m. Patrick McSweeney
won the U17 high jump and came second in the javelin. Mark Sugrue won
the gold medal for the U17 javelin. At U16 level, Mighty Okafor won the
100m sprint and 200m with Great Okafer coming third in both events. Eric
Stam won the U16 shot, discus and triple jump. Daire Harrington took the
bronze medal in the U16 shot and discus. Robert O’Sullivan won the boys
U15 javelin. At U14 level, Colin Kingston won the shot with a throw of
13.11m, also the discus and came second in the 200m. The U13 boys came
third in their 4 x 100m relay and S Gibson won a bronze medal in the U13
sprint hurdle. Gavin Hicks won bronze for the U13 high jump and the
bronze in the U13 discus was won by Colm Minihane. Fiachra Harrington won
the U12 shot.
The girls also produced some fine performances on the day. The U17 girls
came second in their relay. Tracy Bradfield won the U17 shot and discus
and came second in the long jump. Phil Healy won silver in the U16
sprint and in the 200m. Laura McSweeney dominated the U15 throwing
events winning three gold medals in the U15 shot, discus and hammer.
Aisling Everard won the U14 800m and Sinead Mulcahy came third in the U14
200m. Fiona Duggan won a silver medal in the U14 hammer. The U13 Bandon
girls came third in their 4 x 100 relay. Sinead Caulfield came third in
the u13 700m. At U12 level Erin Kingston won the U12 discus. Carla Hicks
won the U11 long jump. Well done to all of the athletes who took part in
the County Championships over two weekends.
Upcoming events include the AAI Senior, Junior and Masters Combined
events on Saturday and Sunday 23rd and 24th of May in Greystones. The
All Ireland Schools championships will be held in Tullamore on Saturday
30th May. Courceys Open Sports will be held at the GAA pitch in
Ballinspittle on Sunday 31st May. The Cork City Marathon takes place on
Monday 1st June. Training continues on Mondays and Wednesdays at 7pm at
the Town Park
PRO Report: 12th May 2009
Bandon athletes had a number of successes at the first round of the
County Juvenile Track & Field Championships took place at the CIT Track
on Sunday 3rd May. Aisling Everard won the girls U14 1,500m, Laura
McSweeney took the gold medal for the girls U15 javelin and Lynn
Bradfield won the U16 discus. Bringing home silver medals were Erin
Kingston for the U12 shot, Aoibheann Harte for the U14 long jump, Helena
Murphy for the U15 javelin, Lynn Bradfield in the U16 shot and Phil
Healy in the U16 long jump. Ailis Crowley won silver in the U18 1,500m.
Fiona Duggan won bronze medals for the U14 discus and shot and Niamh
Mulcahy took bronze for the U16 discus.
The boys too performed impressively on the day significantly adding to
the medals for the club. The following won gold medals, Travis Coomey,
U11 shot, Colin Kingston, U14 hammer, Eric Stam, U16 80m hurdles, pole
vault and javelin. Also at U16 level, Daire Harrington won the hammer,
Shane Howard the 250m hurdles. Patrick McSweeney won the U17 shot,
hammer and discus and Sipke Shaughnessy won the U17 300m hurdles.
Winning silver medals were Jason Bradfield in the U11 shot, Oisin
Sedgewick in the u15 100m sprint, Shane Howard in the U16 pole vault,
Tadhg O’Donovan in the U17 hammer and Sipke Shaughnessy in the U17 100m.
Bonze medals were won by Conor Calnan in the U10 300m, Victor Lovell in
the U11 ball throw, Matthew Draper in the long jump, Colm Minihane in
the U13 hammer, Gavin Hicks in the U13 shot, Joey Henchy in the U13 80m.
Fintan Shaughnessy and Colin Kingston won bronze in the U 14 high jump
and javelin. Mark O’Sullivan came third in the U17 steeple chase. The
boys U16 team won their relay.
Club athletes representing their schools also had a number of fine
performances at the South Munster Schools Track and Field Championships
at CIT on 2nd and 9th of May. Full results can be seen on the Club
website www.bandonathleticclub.com .
Upcoming events include the Munster Schools Track and Field
Championships to be held at the University of Limerick on May 16th. The
second round of the County Juvenile Track and Field competition will be
held at the CIT Track on May 17th. Check in is at 10.00am with events
starting at 10.30am. The Rising Sun Athletic Club will hold their annual
Mile run in aid of Enable Ireland at 7pm also on Sunday 17th. This is
always a very enjoyable event and supports a very worthy organisation.
All ages invited to participate.
PRO Report: 14th April 2009
The first leg of the West Cork Track and Field Championships
took place in almost ideal conditions at the CIT track on Sunday April
5th. Competing against Bantry AC, West Muskerry, Skibbereen and Dohenys,
Bandon athletes were out in force and produced a number of medal winning
performances. Joan Healy won the Senior Women 100m with Sharon Nevin
coming second. Timmy Harrington took the gold for the Senior Men 100m.
Pat Mulcahy won the master men 100m and Paul Kingston was second. Liz
Coomey won the senior shot and master 100m. Kate Coveney won the master
women 400m and Siobhan Dineen was second. Paul Matthews came third in
the senior 800m.
At Juvenile level Tracy Bradfield won the U17 shot with her sister Lynn
coming third. Phil Healy took silver in the U17 long jump and 100m and
Tracy Bradfield was third in both events. Liz Prout won bronze in the
U17 1500m. Mark O’Sullivan won the U17 100m and his brother Robert was
second. Mark was also second in the 1500m. There was a clean sweep for
Bandon in the U17 shot with Patrick McSweeney taking gold, Eric Stam,
silver and Tadhg O’Donovan, bronze. Eric Stam also won the long jump
with Mark O’Sullivan taking second place and Patrick McSweeney third.
Mary Teresa Murphy won the U15 high jump and Kate Toner was joint third.
Aisling Everard won the U15 1200m and Aoibheann Harte was third in the
100m. Oisin Sedgewick won gold in the boys U15 200m and the 100m where
Colin Kingston won the bronze medal in both. They took first and second
places in the U15 high jump. At U13 level Rochelle Scannell won gold in
the high jump and was third in the 50m. Sinead Caulfield won the 800m
and was second in the 80m. Erin Kingston won a bronze medal in the shot.
Gavin Hicks took gold in the boys U13 high jump with Scott Gibson
winning the silver medal. Gavin was also third in the shot. Matthew
Draper was third in the 80m.
In the U11 competition, Katie Bernard was second in the long jump with
Carla Hicks coming third and Carla was also third in the 80m. Victor
Lovell won silver in the boys U11 80m and long jump and bronze in the
600m.Cameron Blair came third in the long jump. Grainne Mulcahy won the
girls U9 ball throw and Fionnuala Murphy was second. Grainne was also
third in the 80m. Brian McSweeney won gold in the boys U9 ball throw.
The second round of the competition for the even age category takes
place on Sunday 26th April also at CIT. Leevale Sports takes place on
Sunday 19th April at the Mardyke arena.
The second round of the All Ireland Juvenile indoors took place in Magherafelt on April 4th, with Patrick McSweeney the sole Bandon A.C member in action as he won Bronze in the U17 Shot Put
PRO Report: 31st March 2009
Bandon athletes had a number of successes at the first
round of the All Ireland Juvenile Indoor championships which took place in
Nenagh at the weekend. Laura McSweeney won an all Ireland gold medal in the
U14 shot. Eric Stam won the U16 hurdles and the long jump. He came second in
the high jump. Joan Healy won gold in the U18 60m sprint. Colin Kingston won
silver in the U14 shot. Fintan Shaughnessy won a silver medal in the U14
long jump and came 4th in the high jump. Daire Harrington and Ronan Sheehan
were also competing but finished outside of the medal positions on this
occasion.
The second round of the All Ireland Juvenile indoors will take place in
Magherafelt next weekend on April 4th and 5th, with Joan Healy competing
again, this time in the 200m. Patrick McSweeney and Tracy Bradfield will
contest the Shot.
Tom Laffan and Kate Coveney were the only representatives from the Club at
the Cork County Road Championships held in Carrig na bhFear on Sunday 29th
March. Tom competing over 4 miles came in third overall and won the M40
category.
The first leg of the West Cork Track and Field Championships take place at
the CIT Track next Sunday April 5th with a start time of 12 noon. Events
this Sunday are for the uneven ages starting with U9. There will be events
also for Seniors and Masters. The athletic club will be bringing a bus to
the track which will leave Kelleher’s at the bridge in Bandon at 10.45am.
PRO Report:
Bandon Athletic Club Annual Awards
Long time Bandon AC Head Coach Catherine Duggan received the Club Person of
the Year award at the 2009 Athletic Club Awards held on March 6th at the GAA
Pavilion. While the award is for achievement during the past year, Catherine
was being awarded for her dedicated contribution to the club over many
years. John Sheehan received the Hall of Fame award and Fiona Duggan was the
first recipient of the newly created President’s Award. John Sheehan is a
Bandon native who has won County, Munster and All Ireland athletics medals
in the 1960s. He is an athletics coach in Limerick and the Munster Regional
Squad coach. He managed the Irish Junior team in Grangemouth, Scotland in
2008. He has never forgotten his Bandon origins and is very supportive of
Bandon athletes at any athletics meeting. The President’s Award was donated
by Club President Billy Good. The idea behind this particular award that it
would be presented to a juvenile member who typifies what the club is about
and shows exceptional personal qualities.
Carmel Crowley again received the overall Cross Country award. Her
achievements last year included representing Ireland in Wales at the British
and Irish Masters Cross Country event in November.
For Juvenile Cross Country Conor Callnan received the U9 award. The Everard
family, namely Fiona, Aishling and Ciarán took the U11, U13 and U15 Cross
Country Awards respectively. Mark O’Sullivan was awarded in the U16-19
section.
Joan Healy took the overall Track and Field track award for achievements
including representing Ireland in Poland at World Junior Track and Field
Championships. Liz Coomey won the overall Masters award. In Juvenile Track
and Field, Erin Kingston won the U11 award. Fintan Shaughnessy was awarded
in the U13 section. Fintan has an all Ireland silver medal for long jump and
came first in the Munster A combined events. Laura McSweeney won the U15
award and the U16-U19 award went to Róisín Howard. Laura is the current U14
All-Ireland shot champion and Róisín Howard has won all Ireland silver for
U19 shot and is Munster Champion in high and long jump.
PRO Report: 9th March 2009
Last weekend was a busy one for Bandon athletes. In
Sheffield Eric Stam won a silver medal at the England Athletics U15 – U17
Combined Events. Competing in the U15 pentathlon, his events included the
60m hurdles, long jump, high jump, shot and 80m.
Mark O’Sullivan represented Bandon Grammar School in Jordanstown the same
weekend at the All Ireland Schools Cross Country Championships. Ronan Duggan
ran in the Inter Varsities Cross Country representing DCU at the same venue.
The Ballycotton 10k road race always attracts a large entry. Kevin Wilmot
was the first Bandon AC athlete to finish coming home in 38th position in a
field of 2,000 plus runners. Tom Laffan finished in 47th position. Also
running for the club were Tom Sheehan, Matthew Gedden, James Daly, Phil
Murphy, Padraig Sheehan, Robert Merrick and Paddy Murphy. Louise Cavanagh
was the sole female runner from the club. In Dunmanway on the same the West
Cork Road Races attracted a small entry due to the severe weather conditions
on the day. Cameron Blair of Bandon AC won a silver medal in the boys U10
race. Fiona Everard won the girls U12 race with Gráinne Lucey sharing third
position. Aisling Everard came second in the U14 race with Ciarán Everard
taking the silver in the boys U16 race.
Upcoming events include the Munster Senior and Junior Road Race
Championships on Sunday 15th March and the Rising Sun 4 mile on Tuesday
March 17th . Detailed results and fixtures can be seen on the Club Website
www.bandonathleticclub.com
PRO Report: 23rd Feb 2009
The Munster Juvenile Indoors and Multi Events were held
at the Indoor arena in Nenagh on the 21st and 22nd February. Competition is
always tough at Munster level with large numbers participating on both days.
Fintan O'Shaughnessy came second in the U14 Pentathlon, with Colin Kingston
coming third in the same age category. Erin Kingston came fourth in the U12
shot
In Carrigaline, Kevin Wilmot came 5th in the BHAA Tommy Ryan Memorial 5 mile
road race. The previous week he finished one place up in fourth position in
the BHAA 5K Cross Country event.
Carmel Crowley came sixth over a distance of 4K at the All Ireland Masters
Cross Country Championships held in Tallaght, Dublin on February 15th.
Louise Cavanagh came 13th and both won all Ireland silver medals as part of
the Cork which came second. Tom Laffan also competed in the Master men’s
race over a distance of 7K.
The club will hold its Annual Awards Night on Friday 6th March at 8.30pm.
The event will be held in the GAA Hall and all club members and families are
invited to attend. The West Cork Road races will be held on Sunday March 8th
at Kilbarry Road, Dunmanway with a 12 noon start. There will be races for
U10s to U20s and for adults.
PRO Report: 16th Feb 2009
There were some fine performances by Bandon Masters athletes
at the Munster Masters Indoor Championships in Nenagh on Sunday 8th
February. Liz Coomey brought home gold medals for the 60m sprint, the
long jump and the high jump and bronze for the shot. Tom Laffan won the
1500m and came second in the 3,000m. Geraldine Lovell won a silver medal
for the 200m and came 4th in the 60m. Pat Mulcahy came 2nd in the 60m
and finished 4th in the 200m. Priscilla O’Sullivan won a silver medal
for the shot and Martin Lovell competed in the weight for distance
bringing home a bronze medal. Paul Kingston and Frank Stam both won
bronze medals for the shot.
The Munster Juvenile U13-U17 championships were held over two days also
in Nenagh last weekend. Medals from the first day’s competition included
gold for Colin Kingston and Laura McSweeney for the U14 and U15 shot
putt. Gold also for Patrick McSweeney in the U17 shot. Tracy Bradfield
won silver in the U17 shot. Eric Stam won gold in the U16 hurdles, long
and high jumps and bronze for both the shot and the 200m. Ronan Sheehan
came 2nd in the U16 60m. Fintan Shaughnessy came first in the long jump,
second in the high jump and hurdles.
In Odyssey Arena in Belfast on Sunday, Ronan Duggan was the only athlete
from Bandon competing in the All Ireland Senior Indoor Championships
where he competed in the final of the 800m.
Upcoming events include the AGM of the West Cork Athletics Board which
will be held on Monday 16th February at 8.30pm at the Parkway Hotel in
Dunmanway.
PRO Report: 26th Jan 2009
Bandon athletes
brought home all Ireland medals for the Club at the Woodies DIY Junior Indoor
Championships which took on place in Nenagh on Sunday 24th January. Timmy
Harrington won the long jump with a best of 6.77m. Joan Healy won silver in both
the 60m and 200m and Tracy Bradfield came third in the shot. Ronan Duggan
competed in the 1000m at the AAI Senior Indoor games also in Nenagh on the same
day.
The Woodies AAI All Ireland Juvenile B Cross Country Championships were held
Lough Key Forest Park, Boyle Co Roscommon Sunday 25th January. Three members of
the Everard family competed on the day. Fiona came 4th in the girls U11 race,
her sister Aisling came 6th at girls U13 level. Ciarán came 7th in the boys U15
race. Elizabeth Prout and Aine Weldon both competed in the girls U17 race coming
16th and 17th respectively.
In Little Island on Sunday 25th January, Louise Cavanagh was the first woman
home in the BHAA FMC 4 mile road race. Kevin Wilmot came 7th in the men’s race.
Upcoming events include the Munster Juvenile U13-U17 Indoors Championships in
Nenagh on Saturday 7th February and Sunday 8th February. The Munster Masters
Indoors championships also take place in Nenagh on Sunday 8th February. The AAI
Senior Championships also take place in Belfast on Sunday 8th February.
Due to the hall at the Grammar School not being available, there will be no
training for younger club members, who attend the 7pm-8pm session, on Monday 2nd
and Wednesday 4th of February. Weather permitting, outdoor training will go
ahead with the older group each evening at 8pm. Regular training will resume the
following week.
PRO Report: 20th Jan 2009
The Cork County Athletics Board held its Annual International Awards
night on Friday 16th January at the Vienna Woods Hotel. Athletes are
recognized with International Awards for their achievements in
representing Ireland in junior, senior or master’s international
competition during 2008. Among those recognized this year were former
World Indoor champion Derval O’Rourke, multiple Irish record holder and
former European Indoor champion Mark Carroll, both from Leevale AC and
Rob Heffernan of Togher AC who had 8th place finish in the men’s 20k
walk at the Beijing Olympic Games last year. Receiving International
awards for Bandon were Carmel Crowley and Phil Healy. Carmel Crowley has
been at the forefront of Cork athletics for a number of years. She won
the County Road Race Championship this year among other Road and Cross
Country titles. Now in the over-40 category, Carmel represented Ireland
at the British and Irish Masters Cross Country Event in Swansea, Wales
in November 2008.
Joan is one of the top junior sprinters in the country. Along with
receiving many Schools and National Junior accolades this year, she also
represented Ireland at the 2008 World Junior Track and Field
Championships in both the 100m and the 4x100m relay.
Linda O’Donovan picked up a County Award for County for her performance
in 400m and long jump in Junior Track and Field competition. Rachel
Roche was awarded in Senior Level Track and Field for the discus,
javelin and shot. Well done to these athletes for their commitment and
achievement.
Carmel Crowley had a busy weekend as she also competed for Bandon and
Cork at the Munster Senior Cross Country Championships in Dungarvan.
Carmel finished in 7th place behind fellow club athletes Louise Cavanagh
who came 5th. Both were part of the Cork County team who came first on
the day.
The AAI Woodies Juvenile Indoor Combined Events also took place last
weekend at the indoor area in Nenagh. Fintan Shaughnessy and Colin
Kingston competed for Bandon at U14 level finishing 5th and 6th
respectively. Eric Stam having won his shot competition unfortunately
had to withdraw from the U16 event due to injury in the hurdles. Phil
Healy competed in the Girls U16 event but finished outside the medal
positions.
Upcoming fixtures include the AAI Junior Indoor Championships in Nenagh
on Saturday 24th January. Nenagh is also the venue the following day for
the AAI Senior Indoor Games and the Juvenile B Cross Country
Championships and Relays take place in Roscommon.
PRO Report: 12th Jan 2009
Róisin Howard was the only athlete from Bandon AC competing at AAI Senior Indoor
Combined Events and Relays Saturday 10th January. She competed in 5 disciplines,
hurdles, long jump, shot, high jump and 800m which accumulated the points to
bring her to second place overall.
Three club members competed at AAI Masters Indoor Championships Nenagh Sunday
11th January. Liz Coomey took the gold in the 200m and won silver medals for the
shot, long jump, high jump and 60m. Priscilla O’Sullivan came in fourth place in
the shot. Pat Mulcahy won a bronze medal in the 200m and came fourth in the 60m.
Kevin Wilmot and Tom Laffan came in 17th and 18th respectively at the Mallow
Athletic Club 10 mile road race on Sunday 11th January. Tom ran in a time of
57.17 and came first in the M40 category. Louise Cavanagh was 2nd in the F40
section. Tom Sheehan, Matthew Geden and Seán Murphy also ran well on the day.
The Munster Senior and Junior Indoor Championships took place in Nenagh on
January 4th. At junior level Róisín Howard won silver in the long and high jumps
and bronze in the 200m. She was fourth in the shot. Ronan Duggan was second in
the Senior Men 1500m. Priscilla O’Sullivan was fourth in the senior shot.
The Annual Donough Coughlan Road Race took place on Sunday 28th January. Entries
this year at 140, were up on last year. The race was won by Sean McGrath of East
Cork AC. Carmel Crowley was the first women home. Kevin Wilmot of Bandon was
third. Tim Lucey was first over 40 and Phil Murphy was second over 45.
The Belgooly 4 mile road race on St Stephen’s day always attracts a large entry
and Bandon athletes turned out in force on the day. Tom Laffan was 7th overall.
Tom Sheehan, Paddy Murphy, Sean Murphy, Kevin Wilmot, Pat O’Sullivan and Philip
Crowley all ran for the club.
The Cork County International Awards night takes place at the Vienna Woods Hotel
on Friday 16th January. It is anticipated that a number of athletes from the
Club will receive awards on the night.
Next Saturday sees the AAI Juvenile Combined Events in Nenagh on Saturday 17th
January, and, on the following day, the Munster Senior and Junior Cross Country
Championships and Inter County Relays in Dungarvan. Both Carmel Crowley and
Louise Cavanagh have been selected to run as part of the Cork County Team in the
senior event.
Registration for the 2009 season is currently taking place on Club training
nights. All athletes are requested to renew their membership as soon as possible
in order to make them eligible to compete and train for the forthcoming season.
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