Moycarkey Coolcroo A.C.
The County Juvenile Cross Country Relays were held in Thurles Crokes Complex on Sunday 6th November. The Club had 2 teams entered on the day, Boys U/10 & Boys U/12 & both teams did very well winning Bronze medals. Congratulations to the Boys U/10 team of Cillian McDonagh, Adam O’Dwyer, Kyle Shelly & Andrew Alexander & the Boys U/12 team of Jack Fallon, Sean Mockler, Ben O’Dwyer, Oran Mulhall & Tom Maher.
The Munster Juvenile Even Age Cross Country Championships took place in Newmarket On Fergus, Co. Clare on Sunday 23rd of October. The Club had 12 athletes competing & they brought home 2 individual medals & 3 Inter-County Team medals. Congratulations to all our athletes who took part & represented the Club so well. Individual medals were won by Adam O’Dwyer who was first home for Tipperary when he finished 9th in the Boys U/10 1,000m & Jack Fallon who was also first home for Tipperary & won Bronze in the Boys U/12 2000m race. Adam with his team-mate Kyle Shelly also won a Bronze Inter-County medal for Tipperary in the Boys U/10 1,000m as the 1st & 2nd scoring members of the team while Jack Fallon won a Bronze Inter-County medal for Tipperary & was the first scoring member of the Tipperary team. The Boys U/10 team of Adam O’Dwyer, Kyle Shelly, Cillian McDonagh & Andrew Alexander finished 11th in the Inter-Club competition while the Boys U/12 team of Jack Fallon, Rhys Shelly, Sean Mockler, Ben O’Dwyer & Oran Mulhall finished 5th.
Club Results were as follows:-
Girls U/10 1,000m
85 | Lucy Dillon |
Boys U/10 1,000m
9 | Adam O’Dwyer |
15 | Kyle Shelly |
71 | Cillian McDonagh |
79 | Andrew Alexander |
11 | Moycarkey Coolcroo | 9, 15, 71, 79 | 174 |
3 | Tipperary | 9, 15, 21, 24, 25, 29 | 123 |
Boys U/12 2,000m
3 | Jack Fallon |
45 | Rhys Shelly |
53 | Sean Mockler |
54 | Ben O’Dwyer |
56 | Oran Mulhall |
5 | Moycarkey Coolcroo | 3, 45, 53, 54 | 155 |
3 | Tipperary | 3, 11, 15, 16, 20, 21 | 86 |
Boys U/16 4,000m
45 | Kieren Hennessy |
Girls U/18 5,000m
14 | Shauna Hayden |
Upcoming Fixtures are below:-
Sunday 13th November – Munster Juvenile Uneven Age & Intermediate Cross Country Championships in Powerstown Racecourse, Clonmel. First race starts at 11.30am.
Sunday 20th November – Munster Juvenile “B” & Masters Cross Country Championships in Limerick Racecourse. First race starts at 11.30am.
Sunday 27th November – Woodies DIY AAI Inter County & Juvenile Even Age Cross Country Championships in Sligo Racecourse. Good luck to Jack Fallon who will represent Club, County & Munster in the Boys U/12 race.
Sunday 4th December – Tipperary Juvenile “B” & Novice “B” Championships at 12 noon in Moyne.
Sunday 11th December – Woodies DIY AAI Novice & Juvenile Uneven Age Cross Country Championships in the Curragh, Co. Kildare.
Friday 16th December – Club Christmas Party.
Sunday 18th December – Tipperary Senior & Junior Cross Country Championships in Dundrum.
Sunday January 15th – Munster Juvenile Inter –County Relays & Senior/Junior Cross Country Championships in Kerry at 12 noon.
Cross Country Training takes place every Tuesday & Thursday evenings at 7.30pm in the Middlepiece, Two Mile Borris. New athletes & help are most welcome.
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