U11 Girls All Ireland success makes club history

The U11 All Ireland 4 x 100m track relays were held last Saturday at Finn Valley Athletic Club, Stranorlar, Co. Donegal. The girls team, of Aimee Doherty, Ella Healy, Emma O’ Connell and Aoife Rutherford enjoyed great success winning the silver medal in a highly competitive field. The girls won their heat easily in a time of 60.69s, and ran even faster in the final with a magnificent time of 59.95s, they were narrowly beaten by the Connaught Champions, Galway City Harriers who won in a time of 59.42s. The Ratoath and Galway girls were well clear of the chasing field with the Ulster Champions Finn Valley finishing third in a time of 61.91s. The girls time of 59.95 seconds was over 2.5 seconds faster than they ran at the Leinster Relay qualifiers back in May.

This was the first time that Ratoath Ac have medalled at a Girls All Ireland Relay Event, and this performance puts the club right up there with the best in the Country.

Great credit must go to the girls who kept their cool on the day and did not put a foot or hand wrong when passing the baton. Credit and thanks also to their parents who made the trip on the Friday night so that they would be well rested for the competition on Saturday.

Meath Inter Club League- Final Night

We had another great night of athletics at the final day of the Meath inter club track and Field league in Navan last Wednesday,  we were leading by 41 points going into the final night so needed to secure 139 points or more on the night to secure first place in division A.

Again our juvenile, senior and master athletes surpassed themselves with an impressive 12 wins, 16nr second place and 3nr third place finishes, and a large number of 4^th-8^th place finishes also, thus securing a total of 164 points for the club on the night and the division A title.

A big thanks to all athletes and parents who made the effort to compete and make the trip to Navan over the four nights of competition.

New 1500m Womens Club Record

Deirdre Healy broke the clubs senior womens 1500m  record when finishing 3rd in a time of  5 min 3.31 sec at the Dublin Graded track meeting in Tallaght last night (Tues 26 June). This was an improvement of nearly 12 seconds on her opening run of the season after a lengthy layoff due to a persistent injury and indicates Deirdre is rounding into good form for the upcoming national u 17 championships in mid July.

Meath Inter Club League- Day 3 Report

Day 3 of the Meath inter club league took place last Wednesday in Navan, again we had a good turnout from the club at both juvenile and senior/Master levels, we had a very successful evening coming away with an incredible 14 nr 1^st place, 15nr 2^ndplace, 6nr 3^rd place,  4nr 4^th place, 6nr 5^th place, and 2nr 6^th place finishes. Well done to all athletes who competed and thanks to all parents who made the trip to Navan.
The last day of the league is on this Wednesday the 26^th, we would again encourage athletes at all levels to come along and compete for the club.


DAY 4 WEDNESDAY 26th June, CLAREMONT STADIUM, NAVAN
Commencing at 7pm Sharp.

Day 4 Events schedule is as follows:

Boys & Girls			Born
U9	250m	Long Jump	2005
U10	60m	Ball Throw	2004
U11	300m	High Jump	2003
U12	60m	High Jump	2002
U13	60m	Long Jump	2001
U14	1,500m	Shot	2000
U15	1,500m	Discus	1999
U16	800m	Long Jump	1998

      

Junior, Senior & Masters 400m, 3,000m & Ball Throw from 8.30pm

 

 

Dunshaughlin 10km Info regarding Parking and early registration.

As a result of construction work in the nearby VEC College, parking is very limited in and around Dunshaughlin Community Centre where registration for the 10k is taking place. Please allow extra time for parking . There will be marsals in place to direct runners to safe parking areas.

We are also having a pre registration night on Thurs 20th June, details below.

Venue : Dunshaughlin Pastoral Centre

Time : 7pm - 9pm

Price : 15 e 

Date  : 20th June 2013 

Contact : Ursula Byrne 0861592927 for Info. 

Enjoy the run. 

AAI Leinster Track & Field Juvenile Championships

Ratoath A/C had a large group of athletes competing in the Leinster track & field championships in Tullamore over the weekend. Great to report we had a long list of medal winners / PB performances over the 2 days.

Deirdre Healy won her second Leinster track title with ease. She  moved to the front after about 600m of her race and went on to record a very convincing win in the girls u 17 1500m in a time of 5 min 15.28 sec. Ivie Okome was equally impressive when taking bronze in a competitive girls u 13 80m (10.95 sec). Aine Cooney, who has steadily improved this season, was not far behind in 7th. Kristada Cooke followed up on his indoor bronze with another medal in the boys u 13 60m hurdles (10.67sec). He showed all his fighting spirit when he threw himself at the line to snatch third place in a very tight finish. Lara Power bounced back on day 2 after just missing out in the shot to take a great silver in the u 13 high jump while cousins Tom Gannon and Joey Wallace kept the medal haul moving with 2nd and 3rd  in the u 19  400m H and 100m sprint, respectively. The boys u 16 3000m was very tactical early on with an opening 1k of 3 min 22 sec followed by 3 min 18 sec for the second. The final 1 K was a real burn up of 3 min 10 sec with Patrick Shaw from Mullingar  just getting the better of  our own Phhilip Marron. Karen Hayes ran a super PB of 1 min 55.9 sec in the girls u 13 600m which is very close to the club record, while Gareth Doyle jumped really well in the u 15 long jump to make the last 8 and is definitely one for the future. Peter Kilgannon, Rachael Doherty, Amber Roche and Zara Kane were others who performed very well.

Emma Coroner, Ivie Okome and Aine Cooney  combined with Molly From Dunshaughlin A/C to win bronze in the u 13 inter-county relay.

Meath Inter Club League - Day 3- Wednesday 19th June

The Meath inter Club- Day 3 will be held in Claremont Stadium this Wednesday the 19th, Starting at 7pm. We are currently is a very strong position in the A Division after the first 2 nights and so it is important that we get a good turnout this Wednesday, and for the final day on June 26th.

New Club singlet's are now available for sale at both the Tuesday and Thursday training sessions for a price of €20, can anybody who has the old club singlet's please return them this Tuesday as we will need all available singlet's for the next two League nights.

 

Day 3 Events - 19th June, Claremont Stadium, Navan - 7pm

 

Boys & Girls			Born
U9	60m	Ball Throw	2005
U10	300m	Long Jump	2004
U11	60m	Ball Throw	2003
U12	300m	Long Jump	2002
U13	600m	Shot	2001
U14	80m	Shot	2000
U15	100m	High Jump	1999
U16	100m	High Jump	1998

Junior, Senior & Masters Events 100m & Long Jump - 8.30pm