Moycarkey Coolcroo A.C. News

RYAN BROTHERS EXCEL AT SCHOOLS COMBINED EVENTS

The All Ireland Schools Combined Events Championships produced a day of intense & exciting competition in the AIT Arena, Athlone on Saturday 15th November. 3 Club athletes, Daniel, David & Declan Ryan, all students from CBS Thurles were Tipperary’s only representatives & they did both their School & County proud on the day. There was a brilliant gold medal win for Daniel Ryan in the Inter Boys competition a year out of his age which saw him ending the day with a massive score of 3,500 points & 3 new pbs in the 60mH, 200m & 800m. His brother David won silver in the Junior Boys competition keeping the best until last when he put in a scorching 800m run of 2.13.74 to bring him from 7th to 2nd place overall. He achieved 2 new pbs on the day in the 200m & 800m. Both will now represent Ireland & their school at the SIAB Schools International in Glasgow on Saturday 13th December. Declan Ryan, CBS Thurles was the 3rd Club athlete to take part on the day & he put in an excellent performance to finish 12th overall in the hotly contested Junior Boys competition posting 4 new pbs in the 60mH, Shot Putt, 200m & 800m. Full results & photographs can be seen on our website at www.moycarkeycoolcrooac@gmail.com.

Brothers, Daniel & David Ryan, CBS Thurles/Moycarkey Coolcroo A.C. who both won medals at the All Ireland Schools Combined Events Championships in AIT Arena Athlone on Saturday 15th November. Daniel won gold in the Intermediate Boys category & David won silver in the Junior Boys competition Both will now represent Ireland & their school CBS Thurles at the SIAB Schools Combined Events International in the Emirates Arena, Glasgow on Saturday 13th December.

3 COUNTY “B” TITLES FOR CLUB

15 Club athletes took part in the County Juvenile “B” Cross Country Championships in Moyne on Sunday 16th November. It was a very successful day with the Club winning 8 individual medals in total including 3 gold medals & 1 bronze & 2 sets of gold team medals in the Girls U/9 & U/11 competitions. In the Girls U/9 race, Catilin Shelly was the outright winner with Rebecca Danagher in 8th, Aoife Shelly in 9th, Kaithlyn Flanagan in 14th & Holly Keily in 21st place. These great results meant a gold team medal for the girls & individual medals for Caitlin, Rebecca & Aoife. In the Boys U/11 competition Oisin Martin & Ronan O’Dwyer came home in 6th & 10th place earning themselves individual medals. Then in the Girls U/11, there was gold for Laura Purcell with Shauna Flanagan in 14th, Lucy O’Keefe in 16th & Aeidin Johnston in 18th place with a gold team medal for the girls. Cathal Corcoran was first home for the Club in 9th place in the Boys U/13 race with Rian Martin in 14th place. There was another gold medal for the Club won by Ben O’Dwyer in the Boys U/15 race with Bill O’Keefe taking bronze. Congratulations & well done to all our athletes, super result indeed. Well done also to Paul Bowe, the Club’s only representative at the Country Novice “B” 6km Men’s race at the same venue. Paul finished in 14th place in a time of 27.15. 

CLUB MEETING

A Club meeting will take place upstairs in Littleton Sports Complex on Monday 24^th November at 8.30pm. Can all Club members please attend as this is an important meeting to discuss Club Awards & training schedules for 2015.

CLUB TRAINING

Cross Country training takes place every Tuesday & Thursday evenings from 7pm to 8pm in the Middlepiece, Two Mile Borris. New athletes & help always welcome.

2015 FIXTURES

The 2015 Fixtures List is available to view on our website at www.moycarkeycoolcrooac.com along with the Munster Juvenile Indoor Competition Booklet for 2015. Timetables for all Munster competitions are contained in the booklet.

CHILD WELFARE COURSE

DON’T FORGET – Munster Athletics have organised a Child Welfare & Garda Vetting Talk for Friday 21st November 2014 @ 7.30pm in the Garda College, Templemore, Co. Tipperary. The evening is intended to be an informative & practical one, dealing with Child Welfare & Garda Vetting topics which are essential & mandatory for every County Board & Club to be familiar with in our current society. The speaker will be the very experienced Athletics Ireland Child Welfare Tutor, Kieron Stout & the talk will last approximately an hour & a half. As Child Welfare becomes an increasingly important element in our sport, it would be ideal if all  Tipperary Clubs could have their Child Welfare Officers present (or at least one representative) so that all Clubs are up to date with all relevant information.

2014 MUNSTER CONVENTION
This event takes place on Saturday 24th January 2015 in the Park Hotel, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. Nominations & Motions to be sent to Esther Fitzpatrick, Aisling, Daisy Park, Liscarroll, Mallow, Co. Cork, email: tfsecretary@munsterathletics.com on or before Friday 9th January 2015.
2014 MUNSTER STAR AWARDS
This event takes place on Saturday 31^st January 2015 @ 8pm in the Blarney Golf Resort Hotel, Blarney, Co. Cork. Details of the 2014 Munster Star Award Winners will be announced next month & published on the Munster Athletics website at www.munsterathletics.com.

UPCOMING COACHING SESSIONS

• Sat 22^nd November – First session of the Munster Performance Squad takes place in Cork I.T. at 10am. By now, all selected athletes from the squad should have registered & paid online. The Club has a number of athletes on the squad this year namely:- Daniel, David & Jack Ryan, Ciara & Sean Mockler & Liam McDonagh.
• Thurs 27^th November – Sports Psychology Workshop in Clonmel from 7pm to 9pm. This has been changed from the original date of 13^th November.
• Sun 7^th December – National Combined Events Squad Session in Tallaght from 11am to 3pm
• Sat 13^th December – NATIONAL JUMPS SQUAD SESSION will take place from 11am to 3pm in Nenagh Indoor Stadium on For more information, contact Pat Power at jumps@athleticsireland.ie

UPCOMING INDOOR EVENTS

• Nenagh Olympic A.C. Open Indoor Competitions
  Nenagh Olympic A.C. will be holding two Open Indoor Competitions in December & January . The first one will take place on Saturday 6th December for athletes U/9 to U/12 & the second competition on Sunday 11th January 2015 for athletes U/13 to Junior. 2015 ages will apply to both competitions. All the details can be found on the Nenagh Olympic A.C. website at www.nenagholympic.com.

UPCOMING CROSS COUNTRY FIXTURES

• Sun 23^rd November – AAI Inter-County & Juvenile Even Age Cross Country Championships in Dundalk I.T., Co. Louth.
• Sun 30^th November – Munster Juvenile “B” & Masters Cross Country Championships in Kartworld, Watergrasshill, Co. Cork. Map of the Course can be found at www.tipperaryathletics.com.
• Wed 3^rd December – County Tipperary Post Primary Schools Cross Country Championships in Thurles Crokes A.C. Grounds.
• Sun 7^th December – AAI Novice & Juvenile Uneven Age Cross Country Championships in Santry Demesne, Dublin.
• Sun 14^th December – County Junior & Senior Cross Country Championships @ 12 noon in Clonmel.
• Sun 11^th January 2015 – Munster Juvenile Cross Country Relays, Senior & Junior Cross Country Championships, WIT, Waterford.
• Thurs 12^th February 2015 – Munster Schools Cross Country Championships in WIT, Waterford.
• Sun 1^st March 2015 – AAI Juvenile Cross Country Relays & Inter-Clubs Cross Country Championships (venue tbc).
• Sat 7^th March 2015 – All Ireland Schools Cross Country Championships in Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co. Kildare.
• Sat 21^st March 2015 – SIAB Schools International Cross Country, Santry Demesne, Dublin.

2015 INDOOR FIXTURES

• Sun 4^th January  – Munster Junior & U/23 & Juvenile Combined Events Championships in Nenagh Indoor Stadium.
• Sun 11^th January – AAI National Indoor League – Round 1 in AIT Arena, Athlone.
• Sun 11^th January – Nenagh Olympic A.C. U/13 to Junior Open Indoor Competition in Nenagh Indoor Stadium.
• Sat 17^th January – AAI National Combined Events Championships – All categories in AIT Arena, Athlone.
• Sun 18^th January – Munster Senior & Masters Indoor Championships in Nenagh Indoor Stadium.
• Sun 25^th January  – AAI National Junior & U/23 Indoor Championships in AIT Arena, Athlone.
• Sat 31^st January – AAI National Indoor League Round 2 in AIT Arena, Athlone.
• Sun 1^st February – AAI Open Indoor Games in AIT Arena, Athlone.
• Sat 7^th February  – AAI National League Final in AIT Arena, Athlone.
• Sat 7^th February – Munster Juvenile Indoor Relay Championships in Nenagh Indoor Stadium.
• Sat 21^st & Sun 22nd February – AAI National Senior Indoor Championships in AIT Arena, Athlone.
• Sat 28^th February & Sun 1^st March – Munster U/13 to U/19 Indoor Championships in Nenagh Indoor Stadium.
• Sat 7^th & Sun 8^th March – Munster U/9 to U/12 Indoor Championships in Nenagh Indoor Stadium.
• Sun 15^th March – Munster Senior & Novice 4 Mile Road Championships in Limerick.
• Sun 15^th March – AAI National Master Indoor Championships in AIT Arena, Athlone.
• Sat 21^st & Sun 22^nd March – AAI National Juvenile Indoor Championships in AIT Arena, Athlone.
• Sat 28^th March – AAI National Juvenile Indoor Championships in AIT Arena, Athlone.
• Sun 29^th March – Munster Masters 4 Mile Road Championships.

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