Cushinstown Athletic Club

Leinster Championships

Posted on February 26, 2018February 26, 2018 by cushinstownsecretary

It was a busy weekend in Abbotstown with Days 2 & 3 of the Leinster Indoor Championships taking place. There was a packed stadium today for the relay races and Cushinstown had four teams taking part.
The U12 boys 4 x 100m relay team included Kevin Doyle, Luke McAleese, Jyles Gogan, Eoin McLoughlin and Andrew Gough. The boys all put in great performances especially as they were competing for the first time on the 200m track in Abbotstown. The U13 girls 4 x 100m relay team of Aoife Rohan, Nia Hederton, Ellen Gough and Isabella Gogan also ran very well in a very fast heat. The U14 girls 4 x 200m relay team of Laura Bolster, Aoife Rohan, Isabella Gogan and Ella Barry ran a great race getting through to the finals and finishing in fourth place. This was a great result especially as Aoife and Isabella were running up an age group. The U15 girls 4 x 200m of Ava Purcell, Amy Callaghan, Niamh Quinn and Mollie White with Amy Bellew and Abi Sheehy as subs also put in a great performance and were very unfortunate to just miss out on getting through to the finals.
The U19 shot putt event also took place today and Aoife Jane Lenehan put in a great performance to claim the silver medal.

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Meath League Day 1

Posted on February 23, 2018 by cushinstownsecretary

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Well done to all our athletes who competed in the first night of the Meath League last night. We had a great turn out. Thank you to all who came out and supported the club gaining valuable points for the league table. Many thanks to all our volunteers on the night and during the day.

The 2nd league night takes place on Wednesday the 7th of March at 7pm and this will cover the ages of U10 60m & Long Jump, U13 & U16 60m & High Jump,
Once again only members of this age may compete on this night.

Training

Posted on February 22, 2018 by cushinstownsecretary

There will be no training tonight and no high jump training tomorrow.

National Senior Indoor Championships

Posted on February 20, 2018 by cushinstownsecretary

The club saw five of its athletes compete at the National Senior indoor championships on Saturday 17th and Sunday the 18th of February in the National Indoor Arena in Abbotstown. Elizabeth Morland performed well across the board, taking the gold medal in the 60m hurdles in a time of 8.43s, she also came fourth in the shot put with a throw of 11.64m. Shannon Sheehy narrowly missed out on the medals in the long jump with a jump of 5.60m to take fourth. Shane Joyce came sixth in the triple jump final with a jump of 13.26m. Michael O’Sullivan just missed out on the shot put final coming ninth with a throw of 9.76m. The club has a promising set of future senior athletes as all athletes were competing out of their age category with one athlete being a junior and the other three being Under 23.

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Meath Awards

Posted on February 19, 2018 by cushinstownsecretary

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It was a great night of celebration in the Ardboyne Hotel Navan last night at the Meath County Athletics Board awards. It was wonderful for the athletes to receive awards for their achievements last year and it was also nice for their parents, families and coaches to share in the celebrations. Congratulations to all our award winners.

Elizabeth Morland had a great year in 2017 and was awarded Meath Athlete of the year. Along with all her other sporting success throughout th…e year she achieved a National Junior, U23 and Senior Outdoor Heptathlon Record with 5801pts in the European Junior Track & Field Championships in Grosseto, Italy in July 2017. In her acceptance speech on receiving the prestigious award she was very appreciative of the club, her clubmates, all the coaches and especially head coach Phelim Joyce.

Also on the international sporting scene Paul Keogan won an award for his achievements at the World Para Athletics Championships in London, in July 2017.

Our underage athletes James Bellew, Laura Bolster, Amy Callaghan, Mollie White, Aoife-Jane Lenehan and Zoe Mohan who won medals at National Championships in 2017 were presented with plaques.

There was more Cushinstown success in the Track and Field Awards with Laura Bolster and Loclainn Harris winning the award for the U11-13 Track while James Bellew won the award in U11-13 Boys field category. Mollie White won the award for the U14-16 Girls Track while Amy Callaghan won in U14-16 field category. Zoe Mohan won the award in the U17-19 field category.

In the Junior Track Elizabeth Morland won the award while Michael O’Sullivan won the Junior Field award and Donal Kearns won the Senior Track award.

A new award was presented this year and Mollie White was the worthy recipient of the Cathy Daniel Cup as Juvenile Track & Field Athlete of 2017.