Ratoath Athletic Club: 2023

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Club Gear FREE DELIVERY on bulk order open until Sunday eve

🎁**Club Gear **🎁

FREE DELIVERY on bulk order open until Sunday eve

https://www.rwsports.ie/clubs/ratoath-ac

🎅Website now open for club bulk delivery

🤶Order will be sent to the club and distributed at the track later next week.

🎄👀So we can identify you for ease of distribution when ordering please put Training Group name in front of NAME i.e U9 xxx or Adults xxx One training group name per family.

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Any Club Gear related questions please contact info@rwsports.ie

Friday, August 18, 2023

Ratoath's U20 team will represent Ireland at the European Athletics U20 Clash of the Clubs Championships

As Irelands top U20 club at the National Championships we have qualified to represent Ireland at the European Athletics U20 Clash of the Clubs Championships, a fantastic honour and opportunity for our athletes to compete against the top clubs in Europe.

This is an amazing group of young athletes from Ratoath who have qualified to compete in the European Club DNA Championships. With great success also comes great financial cost. We are a small club with limited funds and are looking for your support to bring our team there. We have set up a go fund me page for anyone who would like to donate, any donation small or large is greatly appreciated before we travel to Italy on the 14th of September 2023.

We also have a music bingo night of fun and prizes organised for Saturday Aug 26th in the Ratoath Inn €50 for a table of 4 with a raffle on the night please email ratoathathletics@gmail.com to purchase a ticket. 

GO FUND ME LINK :👈

Saturday, May 27, 2023

Couch to 5K Register NOW

Take that first Step

Are you up for the Challenge to get yourself from zero to 5K or run a faster 5K this summer with just one week to go take that first step and Register Now for our Couch to 5K Programme on this link https://eventmaster.ie/event/R4GjCL5h76

Starting on Wednesday 7th of Jun until 16th of July, 2 sessions per week led by experienced Ratoath Athletic Club coaches everyone welcome men and women over 18

3 different running groups:
COMPLETE BEGINNER : from zero to 5K never ran before or have been running/walking

IMPROVER: can run a 5k but not comfortably.

ADVANCED: can run a 5k comfortably and would like to increase speed 
Only €60 starting on Wednesday 7th of Jun until 16th of July 
Training takes place 8-9pm every Monday and Wednesday at Ratoath Athletic Clubs grass running track next to Ratoath College. Track Location

The Couch to 5k programme aims to enable participants to complete a 5k on conclusion of the programme. The group will train twice a week in the evening time with experienced club coaches no problem if you can’t make every night.

For more information on any of the above programmes you can email us at ratoathathleticsroadrace@gmail.com

All Training takes place on Ratoath AC's grass running track next to Ratoath College HERE

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

AGM

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Norman Park International Challenge 2023 Bromley

On Friday the 14th of April 23 a troupe of over 40 Ratoath AC athletes, coaches, club founders Tommy Boshell and club chairman Ronnie Quigley travelled to London to kick start our outdoor season campaign in style at the Norman Park International Challenge

Our team faced a competitive field with 4 top teams competing along with us; Blackheath & Bromley Harriers AC (Hosts), Jersey Spartan/Guernsey AC (combined team) Medway & Maidstone and Tonbridge AC.

This season opener blasted the cobwebs off 11 of our club records; The senior women's and men’s 4x100m teams both ran club record best times, club record breaks also for Caoimhe Fitzsimons in the 100m hurdles & triple jump, Katie Doherty in both the 100m and the 200m, Eve Mooney 400mHurdles, Emanuel Osas senior 110m hurdles, James Kelly Junior Javelin,  Hugh Kelly Senior Javelin and Cara O’Sullivan discus. 

At the end of the days competition our Ratoath AC team finished in a strong 2nd  place behind Blackheath & Bromley a great sign of things to come for the season ahead with many PB’s achieved. After the competition we were all invited into their fantastic new club house for a meal and the awards ceremony. 

A massive thank you to all involved in the background organising the trip, thank you to our team managers Peter Doherty & Sinéad McGoldrick to our officials Julie & Ian Fitzsimons, Declan Mooney, Declan Boggan, Siobhéal Murray, Oliver Walters, Joanne Kelly, Teresa Doyle, Ronnie Quigley and Tommy Boshell a big thank you to our many parents Freda, Aideen, Deirdre, Helen, Neal, Claire, Sinéad and Declan who made the trip over to London to support our club. 

Thank you to all our amazing athletes who performed so brilliantly over the day in multiple events and did the club so very proud.

Thank you to all in Blackheath and Bromley for their warm welcoming hospitality and for inviting us to this very efficiently run competition it was a fantastic experience for the club with great friends and connections made we look forward to the next one. 

Results Link: https://justiming.co.uk/liveresults/liveresults.html...

Full scoring results:

400mH SW 
2nd Eve Mooney  1:04.58 💥CLUB RECORD

400mH U17M 
2nd Jack Kelly 1:01.39 

400mH SM 
3rd Ben Hughes 1:00.70 
4th Steven Kiernan 1:02.53 

800m SW 
4th Aimee Doherty 2:23.24 

800m U17+ 
3rd Sophie Finn 2:34.15 

800m SM 
2nd Jack O'Donnell 1:58.68 
6th Kyle Witter 2:01.91 

800m U17+ 
3rd James Kelly 2:04.80 

100m U17+ 
2nd Niamh Murphy 12.75 

100m U17+ 
1st Katie Doherty 12.27 CLUB RECORD 

100m Senior Men 
3rd Jesse Osas 11.02 

100m U17+ 
3rd Gavin Witter 11.67  PB 

100m SM 
5th Danny Albert 11.79 

300m U17W 
2nd Saoirse Carrigan 43.48 PB 

400m U17+ 
1st Aisling Stratford 58.94 

400m SM 
1st Darragh Masterson 50.50 
3rd Eoin Kane 52.06 
5th Jack O’Donnell 52.92 

400m U17+ 
3rd Jack Kelly 54.09 
6th Cathal Masterson  57.15 

3000m Women U17 
3rd Sarah Forde 12:40.36

3000m Women Senior  
2nd Teresa Doyle 12:40.58 

80mH U17W 
7th  Amelia Holland 14.77 PB 

100mH SW 
1st  Caoimhe Fitzsimons 14.98 CLUB RECORD

100mH U17M 
3rd Gavin Witter 14.83  PB

3000m Men 
4th Stephen Walsh 10:24.85

3000m Men U17  
3rd Jack Dyas 10:26.17 
4th Liam Walsh 12:16.18 

110mH SM 
1st  Emanuel Osas 16.32 CLUB RECORD 

200m Senior Women 
1st Lara Kelly 25.81 

200m U17+ 
1st Katie Doherty 25.14 CLUB RECORD 
4th Lucy Mooney 27.09 

200m U17+ 
4th Jesse Osas 22.67 

200m SM 
4th Ben Hughes 23.29 

200m U17+ 
4th Emmet Doyle pb  25.13 

1500m Women 
3rd Amelia Campbell 5:16.04

1500m Women 
3rd Sophie Finn 5:30.71 

1500m Men 
4th Matthew Hayes 4:14.81 

1500m Men
4th Harry Bogan 4:35.56 

2000m SC Men 
3th Kyle Witter 6:50.73 

1500m SC Senior Women 
2nd Amelia Campbell 6:07.84

1500m SC U17  
1st Aisling Gallagher 6:16.71 PB 

1500m SC U17M 
3rd James Kelly 4:53.01 PB 

FIELD EVENTS  
High Jump U17M 
4th Emmet Doyle 1.45 

High Jump SM  
1st Emmanuel Osas 1.75

High Jump SW 
3rd Amy Forde 1.40

High Jump U17W 
3rd Sarah Forde 1.25

Shot Put  SW  
4th Cara O'Sullivan 8.88

Shot Put  U17W 
4th Katie Doherty 6.18 pb

Long Jump SW  
1st Caoimhe Fitzsimons 5.14

Long Jump U17W 
3rd Lucy Mooney 4.86

Javelin Throw  U17W 
3rd Joy Osas 8.19 PB

Javelin Throw SW
Laura Kelly 

Shot Put SW 
4th Danny Albert 7.95

Shot Put  U17M 
2nd Gavin Witter 9.48 PB

Long Jump SW 
2nd Danny Albert 5.77

Long Jump U17M 
2nd Jack Kelly 5.32

Javelin Throw SW 
3rd Hugh Kelly 33.04 CLUB Sr RECORD

Javelin Throw U17M 
3rd James Kelly 31.86 CLUB Jr RECORD

Triple Jump  SW 
1st Caoimhe Fitzsimons 10.24 CLUB RECORD

Triple Jump U17W 
2nd Amelia Holland 8.75 PB

Triple Jump SW 
2nd Danny Albert 10.91

Triple Jump U17M 
1st James Kelly 11.12 PB

DISCUS SW 
4th Cara O'Sullivan 21.74 CLUB RECORD

DISCUS U17W 
3rd Joy Osas 12.76 PB

Discus Throw  SM 
5th Hugh Kelly 19.24

Discus Throw  U17M 
4th Gavin Witter 19.60 PB

RELAYS:
4x100m SW CLUB RECORD 
2nd 49.06-  Eve Mooney, Laura Kelly, Caoimhe Fitzsimons, Niamh Murphy

4x100m SM CLUB RECORD
3rd 44.06 -Danny Albert, Emanuel Osas, Eoin Kane, Jesse Osas

4x100m U17W 
2nd 50.27 Joy Osas, Saoirse Carrigan, Lucy Mooney, Katie Doherty

4x100m U17M 
4th 48.14  Emmet Doyle, Jack Kelly, Harry Boggan ,Cathal Masterson, 

4x300m U17 Mixed CLUB RECORD 
2nd. 2:45.72 Emmet Doyle, Saoirse Carrigan, Amelia Holland, Jack Kelly 

4x400m U20+ Mixed 
1st 3:38.90 Darragh Masterson, Aisling Stratford, Aimee Doherty, Ben Hughes

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

🔥6 golds & 3 national records for Ratoath AC at the All Ireland 4 x 200m Indoor Relay Championships🔥

🔥6 golds & 3 national records for Ratoath AC at the All Ireland 4 x 200m Indoor Relay Championships🔥

What a day for the club at the National Indoor relays in Athlone on Saturday 25th of March!!

🥇Six National titles and from this our U18 girls, U19 girls and U19 boys broke the national record in their race. The competition was strong with the top relay teams in Ireland battling it out stride for stride through the heats to the finals, seamless changeovers combined with fantastic team efforts created top performances for the club

Individual national field events also taking place with super result for Caoimhe Fitzsimons third in the U18 Triple Jump and 5th for Cara O’Sullivan in the U18 Shot Put.

Well done and congratulations to all athletes and coaches we are all very proud of you all. 💙💛

Full Team Results :

U12 Boys 4th