Friday 13 June 2014

WEEKEND RUNAROUND

Munster Gold For Daniel

Daniel Colbert again excelled himself in winning the Munster 400H today in the CIT Track. Under pressure at no stage  Daniel came home victorious once again. Full details on Cork Athletics site this evening or tomorrow.

Hospital Fete

A big thanks you to all who took part in the races here today and to those club members who helped out.
 Two happy medal winners
 
 
 This club member was flying up and down the fingerboard.
 
 A certain Midleton AC athlete had no bother winning the mothers race. Well done Claire.

Hey Wait for me I want a medal too.

TRAINING

Following on from the huge crowd we had last week training will be as usual on Monday evening at 6.30 in the Cricket Field with all levels being catered for. The usual trainers will be there Edmond, Noel, John and Danny.
The grass has been cut and will be cut every two weeks or less if required so here is an opportunity to improve if you want to avail of it.
There is no better place to do speed work than on grass at this time of year.

Ballyclough Harbour 5Km

Club member Sean O'Sullivan had another fine run on Sat. evening when running the Ballyclough Harbour 5Km coming home 13th overall in a time of 19.36. Of course Sean always has a great run here as he is running on his home turf whilst enjoying the scenic view of the harbour. A total of 144 runners took part Full results on Running In Cork .

Inniscarra 4 Mile

We had one runners here Friday night John Dunphy where he again acted as pacemaker/running buddy to Rachel O'Callaghan the winning lady in a time of 28.35. John also did the 5Km Park Run in DUNMANWAY on Sat Morning and he will be doing 60min pacer there in the 10Km on Sunday.Well done as always John.


Graded Track and Field
The third leg of the John Buckley Sports Graded Track & Field League was held at the CIT track on Thursday the 12th of June 2014.

Daniel Colbert again had a great run last evening winning the 400 m in a time of 50.77 almost 2secs ahead of his nearest rival

Aideen Hallahan had a great night also coming 1st in the Discus and 2nd in the Shot.


Daniel will be running in the CIT on Sunday next in the Munster 400h where he will be trying his best for a medal. Best of luck Daniel.

Full results here of last nights events here
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B76_9hEHZLeUVXltcWlfblZ5LXZaYTF5TG1ESlhxMVhZQWww/edit

Fota Challenge Series 5Km

Delighted to report that Ladies Captain Sally Drennan had a win here last Wed evening in this Trail Run coming home in a time of 20.33 whist the constantly improving Lorna Santry came 4th. Well done ladies.

Coolagown 5 Km

We  had one runner here last night the great Neilus Aherne who did a fantastic time of 19.26 and took 1st O/55.There was a total of 145 runners took part.

INNISCARRA 4 MILE

Blarney Inniscarra AC are a small club with about 70 members of which 50 plus are juveniles. They are holding their annual 4 mile race this evening at Ballyanly which is just a few miles to the north-west of Cork City and would welcome any support.


Forty Days On Foot

Below is a letter The Club Received


Hi Midleton AC,

40 Days on Foot came about after a close friend of mine who has dealt with mental health issues for a long time came very close to taking her own life last year.

Thankfully she made it through a very tough time in her life but she spoke very highly of the help she received from Pieta House when she was in her darkest moments.

This inspired me to organise a fund raiser for Pieta House as my own way of showing my appreciation of the amazing service they offer.

I've always been quite a fit person but started endurance running about a 12 months ago and since then it has completely taken over my life!
I decided the best way to raise money for Pieta House was to run  multiple marathons around the country so I could also spread the word of pieta House and raise awareness of the mental health issues that the everyday person can struggle with.

Myself and Sean have been organising the run for the past 6 months to the best of our ability but as we are just 2 people Organising a large scale event between full time work and training we unfortunately lack a few resources which has lead to us wanting to try to rely on the help of Athletics Clubs and the Irish public in supporting us on our journey around the country.

Hopefully the country will really get behind us and support the run and in doing so support Pieta House.

Any help and advice is greatly appreciated :)

Kind Regards,

Callum Jacobs 
PS   Myself and Callum Will be in CastleMartyr on the 1st of August and we're just looking for someone to put the 2 of us up for a night on that date. We'll probably be arriving in Castlemartyr at around 2pm on the 1st and be leaving the next day at 10am. 

If you need any more info feel free to contact me on either 0861526885 or 0851453439.

UPCOMING RACES

14-Jun
Sat
09:30
5k
Macroom
Voluntary
No
No
???
14-Jun
Sat
09:30
5k
Clonakilty
Voluntary
No
No
???
14-Jun
Sat
20:00
Ballyclough Festival 5k
5k
Ballyclough
Community
No
Yes
???
14-Jun
Sat
Munster Jun, Juv, Senior & Masters Inter-Club Relay Chps
Vars
CIT
AAI
Yes
AAI
Track
15-Jun
Sun
Munster Juv, Jun, U-23, Senior & Masters T&F Chps
Vars
CIT
AAI
Yes
AAI
Track
15-Jun
Sun
East Cork T&F Chps
Vars
Youghal
AAI
Yes
AAI
Sports
15-Jun
Sun
11:00
10k
Dunmanway
Club
No
Yes
???
18-Jun
Wed
20:00
Clonpriest 5k (Re-scheduled from May 8th)
5k
Clonpriest, Youghal
Voluntary
No
Yes
JW
19-Jun
Thurs
20:00
Mount Oval Challenge
6M
Mount Oval
BHAA
No
BHAA
KC
19-Jun
Thurs
18:30
Cork AAI County Junior T&F Chps
Vars
CIT
AAI
Yes
AAI
Track
21-Jun
Sat
09:30
5k
Macroom
Voluntary
No
No
???
21-Jun
Sat
09:30
5k
Clonakilty
Voluntary
No
No
???