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2.15m Start for BarryBarry Pender got his competitive year off to a brilliant start when he cleared 2.15m to win the AAI games high jump in Nenagh last Saturday. Having worked extremely hard over the past four months it was great to see him get back to competition and to jump so well on his 1st outing. He travels to London to compete this weekend.John Adds BronzeJohn Territt added a bronze medal to his silver from the previous weekend when he finished a close 3rd (just missed the silver by 11 points) in the National O.50 Pentathlon in Nenagh also on Saturday.Junior SuccessThe National Indoor Juniors were staged in Nenagh last Sunday and the club was well represented. It was nice to be back into competition and some showed they had wintered well. Emma Daly was 5th in the shot, with Denis Brophy 9th in the long jump. Katie Brennan was 6th in the 60 metres while Craig Coffey was 4th in the high jump with a new P.B. of 1.80m. Eoghan Buggy also had a P.B. when finishing 6th in the 400m. Siobhan Nash took almost half a minute of her P.B. when finishing 5th in the 3K walk in 15:57:07. Conor Daly picked up the bronze when he jumped out to 13.20m in the triple jump, while Saragh Buggy emerged as the National Junior Indoor champion for 2012 in the triple jump with 11.43m. Congratulations to all who took part.
Laois Secondary SchoolsClub members were to the fore in representing Knockbeg and Heywood in the Laois secondary schools cross country in O'Dempseys GAA grounds last Thursday. It was ideal preparation for the South Leinster's where a number distinguished themselves this week. Held in Clongowes college Kevin Brennan romped to victory in the senior boys leading his Knockbeg colleagues to victory in the team where he was joined by Stephen Attride, James Delaney and Jamie Malone. Paraic Curry, representing Castlecomer, had a fine run for 11th. James Moore in 13th position returned to action and along with Joseph Barry in 10th position did a fine job in the intermediate qualifying Knockbeg for the Leinster's. Luke Attride17th, Fionn Maher 25th, Aaron Barry 33rd and Ollie Dixon played a major part in Knockbeg also qualifying in the minor and junior with both teams finishing 2nd.It was history for Heywood in the senior girls winning the title for the 1st time with Siobhan Nash having a great run for 5th place to join the McDonald sister's Breda and Kate who were 4th and 13th to take the crown. Best wishes to all in the Leinster schools in two weeks time. Great Turnout at the club Table QuizMany thanks to everyone who supported the club's 4th annual table quiz in Behans last Thursday night. With 20 tables on the night a good atmosphere prevailed throughout. "Nenagh's Finest" emerged victorious scoring 91 marks out of a possible 100. In 2nd place was the "Black Heads" and 3rd place was "Blackjack". Speical thanks to Tom Farrell for the questions and to Pat Whelan and his team for looking afer the event along with the Behan family.Conor is a Star AgainThe National Star award winners have just been announced for 2011 and congratulations are extended to Conor Daly for retaining his position as the outstanding juvenile athlete in the county. Conor will be presented with his award early in March.UniversitiesThe All-Ireland Universities indoor championships will take place in Nenagh on Saturday next the 4th February with several club members taking part. Best of luck to all!Code of EthicsA special course in the Code of Ethics for those involved with young people will take place at the track on Monday 6th February from 7.00pm to 10.00pm. We would like to invite anyone that may be interested to sign up to attend a.s.a.p.Forthcoming events:-
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