Two of our Senior team’s athletes competed in the Leinster Senior and Master Outdoor Championships in Tullamore on Sunday the 2nd of June. Zoe Mohan competed in the senior women’s weight for distance where she came second with a throw of 6.91m. Zoe also came second in the senior women’s hammer. Michael O’Sullivan competed in the senior men’s discus where he came third with a throw of 33.80m.
Prs & U12 & U13 Leinster Championships
The younger Cushinstown AC athletes did themselves and the club proud at the Leinster U9-U11 Pairs and U12-U13 championships in Tullamore on Saturday. They returned home with four well deserved medals and lots of valuable competition experience! Well done to everyone! The U9 boys Pair of Rian Power and Ross Doyle claimed the bronze medal in the U9 long jump event and narrowly missed out on the medals coming fourth overall in the 300m mid distance run. The girls U9 Pair of Keelin Hetherton and Lucy Jo McMahon put in some great jumps in the long jump and ran very well in the 300m.
The girls U10 Pair of Annalise Harris and Kacey McManus put in some great throws to claim the silver medal in the U10 turbo javelin event. They also did well in the long jump event. It was another silver medal in the girls U11 turbo javelin where the U11 Pair of Nessa Rohan and Saoirse Power threw brilliantly. They also jumped well in the U11 long jump. The boys U11 Pair of Harry Gough and Kyle Hetherton threw very well in the turbo javelin coming sixth overall. They also jumped very well in the U11 long jump.
In the individual events Jane Mc Dermott jumped brilliantly in the U12 girls high jump to claim the bronze medal, she also threw well in the U12 shot put. Roisin Quinn put in some great throws in the U12 shot put to come sixth overall. Peter Bellew put in some good jumps in the boys U12 high jump and competed in the shot put while in the U13 girls high jump Nia Hetherton jumped well but unfortunately it wasn’t her day to medal. She threw very well coming seventh overall in the U13 shot put.
A lot of the athletes were out in force again today for the Community games which were held in Cushinstown. Well done to all.
Summer Camp 1st July to 5th July
Summer Camp 2019
Have Fun, Be Active, Try Athletics!
The Athletics Ireland Summer Camps will give children the chance to try a whole range of fun athletics events such as: Sprinting • Javelin • Hurdles • Shot put • High jump • Relays
Camp Details
Camps are open to children aged 6 – 12 and are priced at €60 for one week with a €10 discount for each additional family member, the camp begins on Monday the 1st of July and runs right through to Friday the 5th of July starting at 10am and finishing at 2pm daily.
As well as learning new skills, making new friends whilst having lots of fun each child will go home with a t-shirt, back pack, water bottle, an improved medal for 2019 and a participation certificate.
Irish-Scottish Universities
On Saturday the 25th of May two of our senior athletes represented Ireland at the Irish-Scottish Universities match held in the Antrim Forum. Donal Kearns came second in the 110m hurdles with a time of 16.77s while Michael O’Sullivan came third in the discus with a throw of 33.30m. Both of our athletes’ results helped Ireland win both the men’s and overall points competitions over Scotland.
Leinster Combined & Jnrs & Relays
Another busy weekend in the athletic calendar. On Saturday the Leinster combined and junior events took place in Greystones. Nia Hetherton competed in the U13 tri event of long jump, shot and 200m sprint. Nia put in some great performances coming eighth overall in her first tri event competition. Amy Callaghan competed in U16 pentathlon event of high jump, long jump, shot put, 80m hurdles and 800m. Amy did brilliantly winning the silver medal. Aine O’Sullivan put in some great performances in the U17 pentathlon event claim the gold medal, she also threw brilliantly in the U17 javelin event to win gold with a personal best throw. Zoe Mohan also put in some great throws on the day winning gold in the Junior Hammer and silver in the discus.
At the Leinster Relay Championships in Leixlip today the U16 girls team of Niamh Quinn, Mollie White, Abi Sheehy and Laura Bolster ran brilliantly and improved on their silver win last Wednesday to win gold. Well done to everyone on their great performances this weekend.
