Newsletter Spring 2017 As we come to the end of the 1 st quarter for 2017 we have a bumper packed edition of our newsletter. Our Juveniles have been non-stop this year already and we are certainly making a huge name for ourselves out on the Athletics stage. We wish to welcome all out new members who have joined and we look forward to seeing them compete with the various upcoming leagues and competitions. Athletics is a great sport for building our children s confidence, learning how to be part of a team and to show support and encouragement. We have already seen this behavior displayed at our many recent events. So put the kettle on and sit down to read the great achievements our juveniles have performed so far this year. Training Information Monday Night Training : 6pm 7pm At Boyne Community School Parents - Please collect your child (the younger groups) after training from the school at 7pm sharp. No child will be allowed to leave without an adult. Tuesday Night Training : 6pm 7pm at Boyne Community School, (older group). Elaine McEvoy sends regular emails to all the parents of this group of all the training schedules during the week. Don't forget your 2 sub. Please ensure you wear proper runners and suitable clothing to training and bring a bottle of water to drink. No jeans or spikes to be worn. Registration 2017 Everyone is reminded that it is necessary for all existing and new members of the club to register annually. (Fees for 2017 are being kept as follows: juveniles 30, adults 40 and families 100. This registration covers affiliation to Athletics Ireland and Meath County Athletics, carries some insurance cover and will give free entry to certain races; the surplus is used to help fund the club itself. We have handed out the new registration forms to all the juveniles but these will also be available online and we will organise registration sessions in the New Year. Please note that as we have a high number of children wanting to join the club, early registration is required to guarantee your place for 2017. Training Roster Given the number of juveniles in the Athletic Club (currently over 150), we had a roster of parent helping out for 2016. For the New Year, all parents with a registered child will be placed on a roster to help the coaches for 1 hour on a Monday with the younger groups and also on a Tuesday with the other group. The idea is that parents would take it in turns to provide assistance to the coaches. Ideally we would like to keep it to once a month or less for each parent - the more parents that help out, the less often people will be required to help. It is only supervision, training is not required. Already some parents have volunteered their services and we truly appreciate it, but we still require additional volunteers. The club is run on a volunteer basis so we need to support our children in getting the best training.
Competitions, Races and Results Meath Pallative Care 6km Fun run St Stephens Day 26 th December, Knightsbrook Hotel. On St. Stephens Day, our top Junior runner, Harry Purcell and his family put on their yearly fun run/walk in aid of Meath Pallative Care. This run starts from Knightsbrook hotel and participants run all the way through the Porchfields down to the bridge at Franzinis and back again to the Hotel. It was a beautiful sunny day and we had some of our younger members and coaches taking part. It was great to see so many people out on that day after Christmas and running for a great cause. Well done to Kate Rogers, Aoife Hegarty, Aine Cotter, Michael Hegarty, Eimear Linsley and Caitlin Linsley and of course to Harry Purcell. North West Invitational for Meath Indoor Games 30th December 2016 in Athlone AIT. What an end to the year with the North West invitation for Meath to join in the indoor games at AIT We had a number of athletes participating in this competition Girls U12 Holly O Donnell 60m & Long Jump Nicole Molloy 60m, 600m & Long Jump Girls U14 Leah Mahon Long Jump, High Jump, 60m & Relay Jennifer Nugent Long Jump, High Jump & Relay Boys U14 Jack O Donnell Long Jump, 60m and 800m Patrick Brophy 60m & 800m Girls U16 Petra Harten 800m & Relay Zoe McEvoy Long Jump, High Jump, 800m & Relay Long Jump We had great results, not only did we get medals, but PB's as well for some of younger athletes Jennifer came in 2nd place for the U14 Girls with Zoe having to move up an age group to U16's and also coming in 2nd place. For our U12 girls, we had Nicole competing for the first time in AIT and got a new PB of 3.0m and then Holly who had to move up an age group who got a great 2.61m jump. Jack having to move up an age group to U14's, came in 5th place with a jump of 3.89m. Well done to all.
High Jump We had again great results for our High Jumpers with Leah coming in 3rd place for the U14 girls and again Zoe also coming in 3rd place for the U16's. Our U12 athlete Nicole, injured herself on the bar but soldiered on to the end. Well done girls. 60m Sprint For our U12 girls, there were a total of six heats. Nicole had a new PB of 10.05 seconds, and Holly who had to move up an age group had a new PB of 11.00 seconds. They certainly showed us how it's done, well done girls, you were fantastic. Our U14 boys played a blinder with Patrick coming in 2nd place in his heat and with a new PB of 8.85 seconds and Jack with a new PB of 9.17 seconds. Well done lads. Finally we had our U14 girls Leah again with a new PB of 9.00 seconds. With 4 Heats, Leah came 3rd in her heat and 5th overall. Well done Leah. 600m We had Holly up for this tough race with Holly having to move up an age group and with a fast pace she certainly did a great job. Well done Holly. 800m For our U14 boys, Jack and Patrick entered into this with Jack coming in with a new PB of 2.32.60 and for our U16 girls, both Zoe and Petra moved up an age group, they certainly came up trumps again PB's for Zoe 2.38.81and came in 3rd place and Petra 2.59.04 with a whopping 9 seconds off her original PB. Well done to all. Relay Up last was the Relay team who consisted of Zoe, Leah, Petra and Jennifer and what a performance it was. After a long day, the girls took home silver and again a new PB of 2.00 mins
DCU Invitational, DCU Dublin - Secondary Schools Cross Country 18th January 2017. Well done to our athletes who took part in this event. With over 100 athletes competing in each race our juveniles did extremely well Minor Girls Leighann Massey 16 th place Junior Girls Zoe McEvoy (22 nd position), Kate Forde (25 th position), Leah Mahon (45 th position), Petra Harten (59 th position) Junior Boys Oisin Gallagher 44 th place Inter Girls Hannah Gilligan 14 th place, Aoife Swords 3 rd Team Scoil Muire Hannah Gilligan, Aoife Swords and her team members Inter Boys John Halton, Senior Boys, Boyne Community School All Ireland indoor Combined Events Athlone AIT 21st January 2017. 5 Events Hurdles, High Jump, Long Jump, Shot Putt and 800m A big congratulation has to be handed to our girls who took part in this challenging event. It was a tough day, but our girls put on a great show. Youth Women Caoimhe Rowe 3 rd overall and Olivia Gonsalves 4 th overall. U15 Leah Mahon and U16 Zoe McEvoy Cushinstown Open Day Cushinstown AC, 22nd Jan 2017. U/12 Girls Holly O Donnell 60m Sprint, Long Jump and Shot Putt Holly landed herself into the finals for the 60m sprint coming in with an amazing 4th place. Well done Holly U/13 - Girls Sarah Caulfield 60m Sprint U/14- Girls Emma Gibney 60m Sprint U/15 - Girls Ava Costello 60m Sprint and Long Jump Ava competed in her first Long jump competition and can now have a goal to jump over her PB now 3.55m, she also came in 6th place in the 60m sprint. Well done Ava U/14 Boys Jack O'Donnell 60m Sprint, High Jump & Shot Putt Jack had a great day coming in 2nd place for both the high jump and 60m sprint. Well done Jack.
Secondary Schools North Leinster Cross Country 27th January 2017 Minor Girls - Distance of 1.5k Leighann Massey came in 8th place and qualified for the Leinsters Schools Cross Country Junior Girls - Distance of 2.5K Kate Forde came in 16th place and just missed out on qualification for the Leinsters Leah Mahon came in 23rd Petra Harten came in 31st Zoe McEvoy came in 19th Minor Boys - Distance 1.5k Jack O'Donnell came in 11th and qualified for the Leinsters Schools Cross Country Patrick Brophy came in 18th Junior Boys - Distance 2.5K Oisín Gallagher - was moved up by mistake so had a tough competition ahead, but performed outstandingly. Inter Girls Hannah Gilligan 14 th place and qualified for Leinster Championships, Aoife Swords Senior Boys John Halton 16 th place, just 1 place off qualifying for Leinsters. Day 1 & 2 Leinster Championships, Athone AIT 11th & 12th February 2017 What a busy weekend this was with all our juveniles taking part in an event with competitors from all over Leinster. This was going to be tough competition, but our athletes showed Athlone AIT what TRIM AC was made off. There were plenty of PBs achieved here and qualification for some of our members to the All Irelands. HUGE Congratulations have to be given to these juveniles, who put in so much time and dedication with the help of their brilliant coaches. Parents you are no doubt proud of them as much as we are U/12 Girls Holly O'Donnell: 60m, 600m (new PB of 2.17.68), Long Jump - with a great jump of 2.90 even with a temperature on the day, she never gave up. U/13 Girls Sarah Caulfield: 60m- Qualified for the finals with a time of 9.25, 600m - Qualified for the finals with a time of 2.04.43 Long Jump - Qualified for the finals with a New PB of 3.90 U/14 Girls Emma Gibney: 60m - PB of 10.29, Shot Putt - PB of 5.37 U/14 Boys Jack O'Donnell: 60m - time of 9.32, 800m - qualified for the finals with a new PB of 2.27.70 High Jump - first competition for HJ with a jump of 1.20 U/15 Girls Ava Costello: 60m, 800m with a new PB of 3.02.27 Long Jump - new PB of 3.30 Jennifer Nugent: 60m, Long Jump - Made it to the finals with a New PB of 4.66 High Jump a great jump of 1.30 Leah Mahon: 60m - Made it to the semi-final with a new PB of 8.85, Long Jump - Made it to the finals with a New PB of 4.55, High Jump - Very close to qualifying for the All Irelands and with a new PB of 1.40m Leighann Massey: 800m - With a new PB of 2.41.09
U/15 Boys Patrick Brophy: 60m - made it to the semi-final with a new PB of 8.59, 800m - made it to the finals with a new PB of 2.28.40 Oisín Gallagher: 60m - made it to the semi-finals with a PB of 8.79, 800m - made it to the finals with a PB of 2.24.32 U/16 Girls Zoe McEvoy: 800m - time of 2.41.85, Long Jump - Came 3rd and qualified for the All Irelands High Jump - Came 4th and qualified for the All-Irelands Petra Harten: 800m - a new PB of 2.57.14 U/16 Girls Kate Forde: 1500m - Kate was our only individual competitor on the day, with her first indoor competition, her nerves were racing, not knowing what to expect, but she did fantastic with her first race in the bag and a time of 5.59.36 Well done Kate. U/17 Girls Caoimhe Rowe: Long Jump 5 th place Aoife Swords: 800m 12 th place U/18 Girls Hannah Gilligan: 800m 7 th place
Leinster Schools Cross Country Championships 15th February 2017 Well done to our own Hannah Gilligan, Jack O Donnell and Leighann Masssey for representing their schools at the Leinsters Schools Cross Country Championships. Minor Boys Jack O Donnell came 11 th and qualified for the All Irelands Minor Girls Leighann Massey came 27 th with over 100 athletes competing Inter Girls Hannah Gilligan came 24 th with over 100 athletes competing Day 3 Leinster Juvenile Relays National Indoor Arena, Abbotstown, Dublin 15. 25th January 2017 It was another busy day for our athletes so a big thanks to those that turned out for this event. With it being a teamed sport, it is necessary that we have the numbers to make up the teams and to have subs for backup. Thanks to the parents as always for bringing their children to these events and giving the support and encouragement. U/13 Girls - These girls were fantastic, they ran their hearts out coming in 12th out of 19 teams entered and not a baton to the ground at all. Well done do our youngest team entered and only a short practice, with a time of 63.60 Holly O'Donnell, Sinead Murphy, Nicole Molloy and Sarah Caulfield U/15 Girls - We had our girls so very close to the final with less than 1/2 second to qualify, they were brilliant with a time of 1.58.18, and to top it off, it's a new PB. Well done girls - Jenna Gonsalves, Leighann Massey, Leah Mahon and Jennifer Nugent. U/16 Girls - After coming in 4th place in their heat, they were ready to pack up and go until that is they made it to the final and to top it off they got a new PB in their heat of 1.57.61 and then pulling off yet another PB in the final, knocking off a 1/2 sec making a 1.57.10 from 2.04.60 from this time last year. Well done girls - Zoe McEvoy, Leah Mahon, Petra Harten, Jennifer Nugent, Esha Hughes, Kate Forde U/17 Girls - The nerves were at them and not expecting much, they pulled off a great race, it was a close finish at the end, with an elbow from another team, they still managed to pull it off. Coming in 2nd place with a time of 1.53.08 - Olivia Gonsalves, Caoimhe Rowe, Zoe McEvoy, Esha Hughes, Chantel Massey and Aoife Swords U/18 Girls An outstanding performance by these girls coming in at 3 rd place against such top talent and some of the team running in a higher age group. Olivia Gonsalves, Caoimhe Rowe, Niamh Fahey, Chantel Massey, Aoife Swords
Day 4 Leinster Junior Relays, National Indoor Arena, Abbottstown 26th February 2017 Well done to our juveniles who were back out the next day competing again in more relays and making podium Junior Ladies 4*400m relay 1 st Place Olivia Gonsalves, Caoimhe Rowe, Aoife Swords and Hannah Gilligan. Subs: Chantel Massey and Alanna Gonsalves Junior Ladies 4 * 200m 3 rd Place Olivia Gonsalves, Caoimhe Rowe, Niamh Fahey and Alanna Gonsalves. Subs: Chantel Massey and Aoife Swords. League Day 1 (a) & (b) - Cushinstown Athletic Club, Cushinstown. 22nd February and 15th March 2017 These 2 nights kick started the League of Track and Field events which will finish over the next 3 months in Claremont Stadium Navan. Top class performances by all our athletes, for some it was their first time to compete and boy did they put their heart and soul into it. We had great numbers over these two nights from the club. This is all about points for the club and the more juveniles that turn up for this league the more points we can earn and this year hope to make it into Division A. This league is a great event for all, its fun, it helps our junior athletes in building their confidence and also learn how to take part in competitions. Boys U9 Long Jump & 60m Peader Cotter 1st in his heat of 60m, made it to finals Conor Heffernan 2nd in his heat of 60m and made it to Finals. Two great champions in the making Girls U10 Long Jump & 60m Juliet Feeney, Maria McLoughlin, Maria Harvey, Catherine Egan, Siuin Forde, Abbie Reilly Well done girls and for some it was their first time to compete and they took it all in their stride Boys U10 Long Jump & 60m Max Carty - Well done Max great running.
Girls U11 Long Jump & 60m Aine Cotter, Aoife Hegarty, Ava Cullinan, Clodagh Heffernan, Dara Gallagher, Kate Rogers, Millie Carty, Sarah Harten, Sophie O Donoghue, Robyn Larkin and Megan Leonard. All our girls did fantastic and Megan made it to the finals after coming 2 nd in her heat. Girls U12 Long Jump & 60m Holly O Donnell Fantastic running Girls U13 High Jump & 60m Blathnaid Vaughan and Sarah Caulfield tough groups but great performances Girls U14 High Jump & 60m Emma Gibney Great performance Girls U15 High Jump & 60m Leah Mahon came 2 nd in the final Jennifer Nugent Ava Costello got a new PB of 1.25 in the High Jump. Outstanding performances by these girls. Boys U11 Long Jump & 60m Ben Malone, Simon Peter Hand, Sean McLoughlin and Andrew Gallagher Great running by this group of upcoming champions Boys U12 Long Jump & 60m Fionn Feeney and Tom Kennedy Outstanding performances by these 2 juveniles Boys U13 High Jump & 60m Eamon Yeates 1 st in his heat and made it to finals. Great achievement Luke Gallagher Fantastic running in his heat Boys U14 High Jump & 60m Jack O Donnell Got a new PB of 1.30 in the High Jump. Tomas Gallagher - Great running Boys U15 High Jump & 60m Patrick Brophy came 3 rd in the 60m final Oisin Gallagher came 2 nd in the 60m final. Well done guys!!! Girls U16 High Jump & 60m Maria Sanz, Petra Harten and Zoe McEvoy. Great performance by all. Zoe came 2 nd in High Jump
Schools Cross Country B Championships Phoenix Park February 2017 Minor Boys Patrick Brophy Well done to Patrick coming 3 rd place with over 50 competing and he also came 2 nd for his school Community Games Cross Country Oldcastle 5th March 2017 A big congratulation to those who competed in the Community Games Cross Country in Oldcastle on Sunday 5th March Peadar Cotter came in 5 th place Holly O'Donnell - came in 13th place Sarah Caulfield - came in 5th place and qualified to represent Meath in the Nationals Eric Halton - came in 9th place Sinead Murphy - came in 13th place Jack O'Donnell - came in 1st place and qualified to represent Meath in the Nationals Jennifer Nugent - came in 2nd place, unfortunately this age group does not go on to Nationals Patrick Brophy - came in 3rd place, unfortunately this age group does not go on to Nationals Timothy Halton - came in 4th place, unfortunately this age group does not go on to Nationals
Kilbride National School 5K Fun Run/Walk Dunderry GAA club 5th March 2017 It was great to see so many of our athletes turn out to support this event. The training is certainly paying off. It was a cool day but conditions were just right for our juveniles to run the full 5km. It was a nice run out the Dunderry Road and looped back again. There was great support by the locals and of course amazing refreshments at the end to energise the participants. Well done to Nicole Molloy, Cormac Liggan, Michael Hegarty, Jane Rennick, Rian Liggan, Abbie Jones, Fionn Feeney, Juliet Feeney, Ciaran O Brien, Shane O Brien, Harry Crinion, Anna Hegarty, Joey Hegarty, Sean McLoughlin and Maria Mcloughlin There is a great gallery of photos on the Kilbride N.S. Trim 5KM Run/Fun Walk FB page. Primary Schools Cross Country March 2017 First a big congratulation to all those who took part in the Primary Schools Cross Country Holly O'Donnell, Sarah Caulfield, Eric Halton, Grace Vaughan, Blaithnaid Vaughan, Emma Gibney Sara Forde, Ella Curran, Adam Curran, Nicole Molloy, Cormac Liggan, Aoife Gallagher, Clodagh Heffernan and Ava Cullinan Sarah Caulfield came 3rd overall St. Mary's 1st class boys - 2nd place St. Mary's 2nd class girls - 2nd place St Michael's 5th class boys - 3rd place St Michael's 6th class boys - 2nd place National Secondary Schools Cross Country Competition Well done to Jack O'Donnell who came 16th overall, with over 100 participating, this is a great achievement Dunboyne 4 Mile Road Race Dunboyne AC 26th March 2017 Well done to our athletes who took part in the Juveniles races in Dunboyne. There were over 150 juveniles competing in these races. There was a 600m for the U9, 800m for the U12s and a 1 mile for the U15s. Well done to Aoife Hegarty in the U9s, Jack O Donnell for coming 2 nd in the U15s 1 mile race Fantastic running and a special well done to Jacks younger brother Adam who ran in the U9s, an up and coming athlete for the club. Congratulations to both Michael Hegarty and coach Laura Cotter who took part in the 4 mile race and ran extremely well alongside all our Trim club members. It was a fabulous day for running. https://www.facebook.com/pg/trimathleticclub/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1357681470936835 Meath Secondary Schools Track & Field Adam Boylan competed in 100m Ava Costello competed in 500m & Relay, came 2nd in 500m & 3rd in Relay Jack O'Donnell competed in 1100m & Relay, came 2nd in 1100m Jennifer Nugent competed in Long Jump, 100m & Relay, came 1st in Long Jump with a new PB of 4.71m, 2nd in 100m & 1st in Relay Julianne Harte competed in Shot Putt Leah Mahon competed in High Jump, 100m & Relay, came 2nd in High Jump & 1st in Relay Leah Collins competed in 100m Leighann Massey competed in 100m & Relay, came 2nd in 100m and 3rd in Relay Oisín Gallagher competed in 800m & Relay Patrick Brophy competed in 500m & Relay, came 1st in 500m Petra Harten competed in 800m Timothy Halton competed in 100, 800m & Relay Tomás Gallagher competed in long Jump, High Jump, 500m & Relay Zoe McEvoy competed in High Jump, Long Jump & Relay, came 1st in High Jump, 2nd in Long Jump and 1st in Relay
PARENTS - please let us know if any of your children participate in any running/athletics events so we can be sure to include their achievements in our newsletters. Upcoming Events 26 th & 28 th April North Leinster Secondary Schools T&F, Santry 29 th April Hammer/Discus, Meath Championships Fr Murphy s 6 th May Meath Hurdles Championships, Claremont, Navan 7 th May Meath Championships, Claremont, Navan 17 th & 20 th May Leinster Secondary Schools T&F, Santry 17 th May Meath Track Relays, Claremont 20 th May Leinster Combined Events TBD 21 st May Leinster Juniors & Relays TBD 24 th May U9, U10 & U11 Meath Championships, Claremont 27 th &28 th May All Ireland Combined Events Championships All Ages TB 17 th & 18 th June Day 1&2 Leinster Juvenile Championships Other Items Parents Code of Conduct Athletics should be safe, fun and conducted in a spirit of fair play Encourage your child to learn the rules and play within them. Discourage unfair play and arguing with officials. Help your child to recognise good performance, not just results. Never force your child to take part in sport. Set a good example by recognising fair play and applauding good performances of all. Never punish or belittle a child for losing or making mistakes. Publicly accept officials' judgments. Support your child's involvement and help them to enjoy their sport. Use correct and proper language at all times. Encourage and guide performers to accept responsibility for their own performance and behaviour. Club Gear If anyone is looking to buy singlets for races or the Trim AC running gear, please contact Enda Markey on 086-2777419 or email him at endamarkey68@gmail.com. Childrens Officers Don Mahon: 086-2650285 Paula Hegarty: 087-2502677 Cathy Shelly: 086-3222968 Aidan Flynn: 086-8162573 For all information, please visit our website at: www.trimac.ie/juvenile or Facebook at: www.facebook.com/trimathleticclub