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Ailish Takes CrownAilish Brennan made a welcome return to competition when she won the Leinster novice road championship in convincing fashion in Gowran on the Bank Holiday Monday. As an added bonus she led Laois to the team title.Colm Burke was 2nd overall in the masters men and won the O.45 section. Colm was joined by Colm McEvoy in securing the gold medals for Laois, while they were joined by Liam Byrne, David Osborne and Francis Fleming junior in the club section. Francis Fleming senior, Liam Delaney and Dinny Whelan scored for the club in the O.50 section taking the bronze medals. Mairead Moore and Ann Nicholl/Waugh ran impressively in the masters ladies after their exertions the previous day in the M3 Women's 5k Mini Marathon. M3 Womens 5k Mini MarathonWhile the numbers were down on last year the new 5k course met with approval on Sunday when we had 133 finishers in the 5th Annual mini marathon. Special thanks to all who came out and supported the event, to the Gardai for looking after the traffic, our sponsors Laois Sports Partnership and Clonmore Meats, Killeshin and all the officials who helped out on the day. Thanks to Mary Whelan for driving the event. Margaret Danagher from Templemore in Tipperary was the winner while Teresa Agar was the first local home in 4th place, with Mairead Moore having a stormer in 6th, Teresa Brennan an excellent 9th, Kathleen O'Reilly 10th and Eileen Kelly 11th. Paula Guinan was in 15th place and the youthful Laura Graham 16th. Full results can be found in the results section in the lefthand menu.
Open Sports draws good numbersThey came from far and near on Monday for the 17th Annual sports. A total of 30 clubs featured among the medals representing 12 counties. Despite the inclement weather and the couple of 'haymaker' showers a good atmosphere prevailed and with all the officials pulling out all the stops the programme was run off very efficiently. Club members to make the podium included:- Amy Brennan, Shane Buggy, Ruby Millet, Bernard Wheatley, Cara Maher, Cian Kelly, Maeve Maher, Mathew Rossiter, Nicole Kehoe/Dowling, Kelsey Warburton, Anna Daly, Aran Murphy, Dylan Byrne, Joseph Barry, Conor Daly, Eoghan Buggy, James Delaney, Katie Brennan and Nessa Millet. Congratulations to St. Laurence O'Toole, Carlow on taking the 'Monavea Shield' from the host club, with Portlaoise 3rd and Brow Rangers 4th.Thanks to everyone who helped in any way and to all the clubs for supporting the event. Busy time for TeresaCongratulations to Teresa Agar who had a very busy schedule over the past week recording victories in stage 2 of the Ballyroan/Abbeyleix League held in Ballyroan and stage 3 in Durrow, finishing 4th in the M3 Women's Mini Marathon on Sunday and winning the Carers 10K in Kilkenny on Monday.
All Roads Lead to LuggacurrenThe 2012 Fit4Life Summer League gets underway on Wednesday 16th May in Luggacurren at 7.30pm. This popular event has 8 stages spread over the summer in different venues every 2nd week. Again all are welcome to get involved and visit the different areas in our locality for an enjoyable evening out. Make the occasion at YOUR pace and enjoy your progress over the summer months. Walkers, joggers and runners are welcome. Registration takes place from 6.30pm in the hall in Luggacurren.Leinster SchoolsBest wishes to all our juvenile members representing their school in the Leinster Track & Field on Wednesday 16th and Saturday the 19th May in Santry.Forthcoming events:-
Click on the "Events" link in the lefthand menubar for more information. © 2005-2012 St. Abban's Athletic Club. This website is maintained by Mary Whelan. This website is very kindly hosted by The Institute of Technology, Carlow in Ireland. |
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