Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Circuit Training

Due to unavailability of the Hall the circuits will take place on the Grass area just behind the hall. Please bring a mat or thick towel for the session. 

Leinster U12, & Junior Championships



The Leinster U12 and Junior Championships were held last Saturday in Tullamore. We had 3 athletes competing from the club, Matthew Buckley in the boys U12 60m Hurdles, Abraham Zaidan in the Junior men’s 100m and Tom Kilgannon in the inter County relay.
First into action was Matthew who qualified from his heat in a comfortable manner, running a time of 10.47 seconds, this in fact was a new Championship record, with the previous record set at 10.50s, but more was to come from Matthew in the final, he stormed to victory in an even faster time of 10.28s, a record that will take some beating.
Abraham Zaidan continued his good recent form with a third place finish in the junior men’s 100m, Abraham set a new pb of 11.32s and We wish him all the best for the All Ireland at the end of June.
Tom Kilgannon was also in action for his County in the U11 -4 x 100m inter County relay, Meath finished second and in doing so qualified for the All Ireland.
Matthew Buckley- Leinster Champion




Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Little Athletics training tonight - updated!

Hi all,

Ratoath College Hall is no longer available to us until September so the last few weeks of the little athletics will be held on the grass area beside the track (thanks to Rugby Club for allowing us the use of this area).

Due to the high volume of traffic we would ask that you walk to training if within a reasonable distance.
This term ends June 25th for little athletics however athletics for juvenile members born 2005 or before continues for the month of June, taking the month of July off and returning the month of August to prepare for Cross Country.

Little athletics normally returns the first Tuesday the children return to school in September. We will send text/email with start date previous to that.

Don’t forget club championships next Tuesday 4th June. Check website during the week for list of schedule of events

There will be no Little Athletics in July or August and it will start back up again in September.


Thanks and I'll see you all later!

Monday, May 20, 2013

Leinster Juvenile Relays




U11 Boys, U11 Girls & U13 Girls Team
The Leinster Juvenile relays were held last Sunday at Shoreline Sports Park, Greystones, Co. Wicklow. The day started off overcast but by mid-day the sun was shining and it remained very warm for the rest of the afternoon. The competition was as usual of a very high standard and the event was well attended with 2-3 heats in most events required, with winner and fastest losers only making it to the finals.
In the morning session we had three teams competing, the boys U11, girls U11 and girls U13. All three teams qualified for the finals comfortably. In the finals the girl’s u11 team consisting of Aimee Doherty, Aoife Rutherford, Emma O’Connell and Ella Healy put in a great performance to finish a close second behind Blackrock in a time of 62.56s. The boys U11 team were not to be out done, the team of Rohan Wardick, Fionn Drummond, Brian Kiely and Tom Kilgannon also took silver in the boy’s final with a time of 63.38s. The girls U13 team of Aine Cooney, Ivie Okome, Emma Coroner & Rachel McPartlin made up for their disappointment at the Leinster indoor relays to finish with yet another silver medal, they put in a great performance and ran a pb of 56.96s and were beaten only by the current All Ireland Champions from St. Laurence O’ Toole’s.
In the afternoon session, we had two teams competing, The girls U12 team consisting of Orla Hayes, Ella Healy, Emma Coroner and Rachel McPartlin won their heat and finished 5th in the final with a blanket finish for 3rd,4th &5th place, only 6 hundreds of a second separated 3rd from 5th place. The boys U16 team who only just made it to the starting line on time did not let it affect them and had a good run to finish second behind Menapians in a time of 50.28s. The team consisted of Eoin Clayton, Peter Kilgannon, Philip Marron and Stephen Shaw.
Congratulations to all teams who took part and thanks to all parents who made the trip to Wicklow. We wish our teams the best of luck in the All Ireland finals which will be held at Finn Valley Athletic Club, Donegal on the 29th of June for the U11s and Tullamore on the 21st of July for the U13s & 16s.



Saturday, May 18, 2013

Day 1 Ratoath AC Club Championships 21st May 2013


Day 1 Ratoath AC Club Championships 21st May 2013
MIDDLE DISTANCE AND LONG JUMP, TURBOJAV
Registered Members Only

TIME
REGISTRATION
MID DIST
LONG-JUMP
TurboJav
5:30pm
U9’S BORN 2005 €2



5:40pm

U9 GIRLS 500M TIMED


5:50pm

U9 BOYS 500M TIMED
U9 GIRLS

6:00PM



U9 BOYS
6:15pm
GENERAL REGISTRATION €2



6:30pm

U10&U11 GIRLS 500M TIMED 2004,2003
U10 & U11 2004 2003 BOYS

6:40pm

U12 & U13 2002,2001 BOYS, 600M TIMED


6:50pm

U12 & U13 2002,2001  GIRLS
600M TIMED


7:00

U10&U11 BOYS 500M TIMED
U10 & U11 GIRLS
U12 & U13 GIRLS
7:10

Women’s Jnr. U16+ 1998, 1997…, Snr., Masters, 800m Timed


7:20

Men’s Jnr., Snr., Masters 800m Timed


7:30

U14&U15 2000,1999 GIRLS 800M TIMED
U12&U13 GIRLS
U12 & U13 BOYS
7:40

U14&U15 2000,1999 BOYS 800M TIMED


7:50




8:00


U12&U13 BOYS

8:10




8:20





THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF WAITING AROUND AS THE LONG JUMP TAKES TIME SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR ATHLETES HAVE JACKETS/HATS/GLOVES WITH THEM TO KEEP THEM WARM.
BOYS AND GIRLS U14&U15 LONG JUMP EVENTS WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT TUES 28TH MAY 2013 DURING TRAINING BECAUSE OF TIME CONSTRAINTS
HIGHJUMP COMPETITION WILL BE ON THE 7TH JUNE IN CUSHINSTOWN 5PM
DAY 2 OF THE RATOATH AC CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL BE ON 4TH JUNE WITH SPRINT EVENTS U6+ AND THROWS FROM U9+