Raneny 5 Mile

Ciaran Crowther  was 3rd junior at the Raheny Shamrocks 5 mile road race today. Ciaran set a new PB of 29 mins 12 sec which was impressive running considering the blustery and wet conditions. This excellent performance sets him up nicely for a good run in the upcoming Leinster schools XC championships.

National u 23 Indoor Championships 31 Jan 2016

Conor Duncan won his first individual national medal at today's under 23 indoor championships. In a tactical 1500m, Conor finished 3rd in a new PB of 4 min 9 .0 sec

Four hours later, Conor was back on the track for the 800m final and again took bronze in another indoor PB of 1 min 57.75 secs.

Great running from an athlete that has put in the hard miles over the winter months

West Leinsters Schools XC

The West Leinster schools cross country took place today ( 28th January)  at a cold and blustery Phoenix Park.

Adam Quinn, better known for his track running, representing his school Castleknock college,  ran a smashing race to finish 8th overall in the minor boys West Leinster 1500m cross country championships. Ben Toole (Belvedere) finished 23rd in the same race

Aoife Kelly was also in fine form, finishing a very creditable 19th and scoring on the Mount Sackville team that won the junior girls team championships.

National Cross Country Relays

The National Cross Country 4 x 500m relays was held last Sunday at Dundalk IT, the weather on the day was good but the ground was in poor shape due to the recent bad weather. We had 7 athletes competing on Meath teams from the club, Kyle Witter, Eoin Kane, Fionn Drummond, Sophie Quinn, Aimee Doherty, Ella Healy and Tom Kilgannon. 

The u12 boys were first up, Kyle, Fionn and Eoin all putting in good runs on the testing course finishing 7^th overall. The u12 girls put in the performance of the day, Sophie and Aimee were very impressive on the 2^nd and 3^rd leg and with strong performances from the Dunboyne girls Kalya Ryan and Sophie Dolan the girls took gold by a margin of 20m over a very strong Kilkenny team. 

The u14 boys finished 5^th in their event, Tom Kilgannon who was part of the winning team last year put in another good run, but with 3 of the team out of age it was a big ask to medal on the day.

Ella Healy put in a great run on the first leg of the u14 girls relay, the girls were in 3^rd place up until the last 200m but just couldn’t hang on finishing 4^th.

Training Tonight

Training may be on the roads tonight so please bring both spikes and runners

***Reminder**All juvenile and adult athletes must be registered before they can train with Ratoath AC

All juvenile and adult athletes must be registered before they can train for insurance reasons, we cannot have unregistered athletes using the club facilities

If you have not already registered you must return your completed Membership form to your next training session or you will not be able to train.

All athletes are aware and have been informed of this by their coaches over the last few weeks. Athletes who fail to do so will not be permitted to train or compete with the club.

North Leinster Schools - 22 Jan ALSAA

The North Leinster schools cross country championships were held today (22 Jan) in  the ALSAA sports complex beside Dublin Airport. Competition was as keen as ever with team and individual places up for grabs for the upcoming Leinsters in 3 weeks time.

Aine O Connor, running in the colours of Ratoath College was an impressive 6th in the senior girls race over 2,500m and easily qualified for the next round. Ciaran Crowther (Ashbourne College) was another to qualify in the senior boys when finishing 15th in a top quality field loaded with current Irish internationals. Karen Hayes was the third athlete from the club to make it through the regional's as she led her school team home in 13th place.

Others to compete were Matthew Hayes (32nd minor boys), Niamh Gannon (40th intermediate girls) Raffa, Daragh Casey and Matthew Buckley who were 56th, 76th and 120th respectively, in the junior Boys and  Ciaran Quinn (35th senior boys)

Upcoming Competitions

January 31st Please save the date for the annual competition for U9's to U12's between Ratoath AC, Dunshaughlin AC, Dunboyne AC and Tara AC taking place on Sunday the 31st of January from 12pm till 2pm approx. in Tara AC, more details to follow.

January 24th Cushinstown indoor competition is open to Ratoath AC members in the age groups below.  Any members interested in taking part this weekend please speak with your coach this week.

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CUSHINSTOWN A.C.                                                 

Indoor Sports Competition                        Confined to County Meath Clubs

Sunday 24^th January 2016

Start Times:        11am – Sprints Followed by U13, U14 & U15 60mH Field Events will follow the above

Age Group Boys & Girls	60 metre sprint	Long Jump	High Jump	Shot Putt
Under 8	Yes	--	--	--

Under 9	Yes	--	--	--
Under 10	Yes	Yes	--	--
Under 11	Yes	--	--	--
Under 12	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Under 13	Yes	--	--	--
Under 14	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Under 15	Yes	--	--	--
Under 16	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Under 17	Yes	--	--	--

Junior – Sprint, Shot Putt

Senior – Sprint, Long Jump

Clubs must ensure that competitors are technically competent in field events for which they are entered, as lack of technique constitutes a danger to the competitor or others.

Starting blocks compulsory for U13 Upwards

For field events only, athletes may move up one age group where there is no competition for their age group.

***** Special Tiny Tots Event *****

  Tiny Tots race will be the first race of the day.

  30m sprint for boys and girls.

Standards in Long Jump will apply.

All athletes must be registered. Age as 2016                        

Under 11 and upward may wear spikes.

 

Admission:     Adults €3.00

                      Juveniles €2.00

Teas, Sandwiches, etc. available on the day.

Registration night Tuesday 12th of Jan 7pm-8:30pm

Ratoath Athletic Club's Registration night for 2016 will take place next Tuesday the 12th of January, from 7pm - 8:30pm in Ratoath GAA Clubhouse.       
 **New members welcome**


2016 registration form and club code of practice are both available to download from the documents section of this website.

Time table for 2016 training is posted on home page blog.

If you are in need of more details please contact RAC at ratoathathletics@gmail.com

Competition Group Training

Training this week will be for the competition group only on Tuesday at 6:30 (U13-14), 7:30 (U15-Jnr) and Thursday at 7:30. All sessions will be on the road.
Main club will be back training next week.
Registration night for 2016 will be next Tuesday -12th January, Venue: Ratoath GAA Clubhouse
- Details to follow.