Sligo Athletic Club: News Update

Special Olympics Fundraising Day
Thousands of people will take to the roads and streets of Ireland on Friday, April 15th to shake their buckets and raise essential funding for Special Olympics Ireland. This is the biggest annual fundraising event in aid of Special Olympics. We aim to raise €1 million in one day and we need your help. We need volunteers all over Ireland to shake a bucket in their local communities. If you think you can spare an hour or two on the 15th April please email connaughtvol@specialolympics.ie or go to www.specialolympics.ie and click on your county to register your interest in becoming involved.If you would like to be more involved with the planning and organising of this day in your area/county please get in touch with our Fundraising Coordinator Lydia Rogers at Lydia.rogers@specialolympics.ie or call 071 9118320.
CSAA NORTH CONNACHT CROSS COUNTRY RESULT 2011 Sligo Racecourse 27th January 2011
MINOR GIRLS: INDIVIDUAL WINNER - ORLA MC CANN, SWINFORD
1st TEAM.URSULINES SLIGO 12PTS
MINOR BOYS INDIVIDUAL WINNER - RONAN ANDERSON SUMMERHILL COLLEGE
1st TEAM.SUMMERHILL COLLEGE 58PTS
JUNIOR GIRLSINDIVIDUAL WINNER - SARAH MCGEOUGH, SLIGO GRAMMAR
1st TEAM.ST JOSEPHS FOXFORD 15PTS
JUNIOR BOYS INDIVIDUAL WINNER - WILLIAM CROWE, SLIGO GRAMMAR
1st TEAM.SLIGO GRAMMAR 45PTS
INTER BOYS INDIVIDUAL WINNER - DAIRE FARRELL, CARRICK C.S.
1st TEAM.RICE COLLEGE WESTPORT 32PTS
INTER GIRLS INDIVIDUAL WINNER - ROSIE HYNES, ST.ATTRACTAS TUBBERCURRY
1st TEAM.URSULINES SLIGO 19PTS
SENIOR GIRLS INDIVIDUAL WINNER - ANNA REDDIN, SLIGO GRAMMAR
1st TEAM.SLIGO GRAMMAR 11PTS
SENIOR BOYS INDIVIDUAL WINNER - TOMMY CASEY, SLIGO GRAMMAR
1st TEAM.SLIGO GRAMMAR 24PTS

Sligo Athletic Club: News Update

A.G.M
Our Annual General Meeting takes place in the Best Western Sligo Southern Hotel TONIGHT at 8.30pm. All members are invited and encouraged to attend.
National Novice Cross Country update
Hearty congratulations to Eimear O'Brien who was promoted to third place in National Novice Cross Country as the second placed finisher was ineligible due to having won Intermediate (higher grade) medal in 2009. This medal is justly deserved for all the hard training undertaken over the preceeding months leading up to this competitive fixture and adds to the team medal won by the senior womens county team. Well done from all at the club!
Upcoming Events
Please contact club officials if interested;
Sunday 6th February: National Masters and Intermediates in Santry, Dublin (near Airport) closing 28th January. Also scheduled is the under 11, 13, 15, 17, 19b cross country races.
Saturday/Sunday 19th & 20th February: National Indoors Belfast closing 28th Jan.
Saturday 26th February: National Inter Clubs Senior Cross Country in Santry closing 6th February.

Sligo Athletic Club: News Update

Sligo Athletic Club AGM
Our Annual General Meeting takes place in the Best Western Sligo Southern Hotel this Thursday, 27th January 2011, at 8.30pm. All members are invited and encouraged to attend. Congratulations to Eimear O'Brien on coming 18th at the recent International Cross Country race which was held in Antrim over the weekend. Terry Hayes and Rory Connor also took part in their respective categories representing the Club. Also congratulations to Henry Rowan who was winner of the High Jump at the National Masters ,over 55 category, held in Nenagh.

The Cara Bundoran Run 10 Mile Challenge is Ireland’s newest road race and will provide runners, joggers and walkers of all standards with a thrilling experience on breathtaking route.
The course skirts Donegal’s Atlantic coastline around the holiday resort of Bundoran with a sweeping downhill finish towards the finish. A Different Running Experience. For more information please visit http://www.bundoranrun.com/

Sligo AC News: Running Shoes!

A good running surface, a well marked and laid out course, good weather, a big crowd and huge fields in every race all contributed to make last Sundays Juvenile and Novice cross country in Tullamore one of the most enjoyable athletic events I have attended in recent years. Sligo athletes recently have ended up in fourth place in many races. This trend continued on Sunday when Eimear O’Brien finished in that position after running a brave race in the women’s novice race. However some form of consolation to her was the fact that she led the Sligo county team to bronze medals in the intercounty race. The four scoring members on the team were Eimear O’Brien 4th, Una McCool 23rd, Aishling Van Rensburg 43rd and Roseanne Mitchell 54th. William Crowe again proved what a fine athlete he is when he finished 6th in a high standard under 15 boys race and another athlete who caught the eye in this race was Sligo athletic club athlete Darren Kilcawley who ran his best ever cross country race finishing in 24th place. A top ten finish was a good reward for young Leo Doherty (pictured with Jack Connor) who continues his improvement in the boys under 11 race. The unluckiest Sligo athlete of the day was Anna Reddin in the girls under 19 5000m race. Right from the gun she ran a positive race and took the lead. She held that lead until the last of the three laps where she got a stitch and had to drop out. Other good days will come along for what is a talented athlete. The Sligo AC men’s novice team also gave everything with Spanish import Alberto Sanceze leading the team home in 5th place. Dermot McDermott ran his best ever cross country race in 11th place. Tommy Kelly led the North Sligo team home in 19th place. However the folly of having two senior clubs in the county was again exemplified when the results showed that if Kelly was running for Sligo athletic club they would have finished in 2nd place instead of the 8th place overall. This is a debate for another day however and should not cloud a generally good day for Sligo athletics. On a busy weekend Sligo AC were also in Nenagh on Saturday for the Athletics Ireland national junior championships indoors. The cross-country race on Sunday obviously affected the participation levels in these championships. Sligo AC middle distance star Tommy Casey lined out in the 1500m and as they lined up I would have put my house on the All Ireland schools champion to win gold. However as racehorse Kato Star proved at much the same time across the water in Kempton Park there is no such thing as a certainty in racing either the four legged or two-legged version. The slow pace did not suit Tommy and he was caught for speed in the last 200mts and had to settle for a silver medal.
Another busy weekend awaits us next weekend. On Saturday the AAI games will be held in Nenagh while on the same day the big international cross country race will be held in Antrim. Mary Cullen who won the ladies race last year is in South Africa training so will be absent. Sligo AC will however be represented by Eimear O’Brien. In the men’s race the North Sligo colours will be worn by Tommy Carroll who returns from his training base in London. On Sunday the AAI masters indoor championships take place in Nenagh and again Sligo will be well represented.

Sligo AC: News Update

Sligo AC Indoor Little Athletics (5yrs upwards)
Places are now full for Monday nights at 6pm. In the interest of safety and management we have had to close our registration for this session while indoors. Any club members or parents who would be interested in lending a helping hand would be most welcome. Just come along and make yourself known to any of the coaches.
Transition Year Students Any Sligo AC transition year students or friends who would like to help at underage training at Sligo IT on Monday night at 6.00 p.m. to 7.00 would be most welcome. Just come along on a Monday night and make yourself known to any of our coaches.

Sligo AC Update: Novice Cross Country Championships

Congratulations to all Sligo Athletes who participated in the Cross Country Championships which were held in Tullamore, Co.Offaly over the weekend. The Women of County Sligo did us pround with a 3rd place team finish in the Senior Womens event. The mens Sligo AC Team finished 6th in the National Novice Cross Country in Tullamore yesterday with some top class performances by a number of athletes; Alberto Sanchez finishing in 5th and Dermot McDermott having a great run to finish 11th. The other team members were Killian O'Connor, Mel Casserly, Seamus Somers, Rory Connor and Paul Deering (pictured).
Sligo AC's best hope for an individual medal, Eimear O Brien, was agonisingly caught for the bronze medal position in the Womens individual race but had the consolation of leading the County team to third place along with Roseanne Mitchell of Sligo AC as they combined with Ashling Van Rensburg and Amy McCool of North Sligo to beat off some well fancied teams.
In the Junior races Sligo AC's Leo Doherty and Jack Connor competed in the under 11 1500mm with Leo finishing in an impressive 8th place and Jack running strongly to finish in the top half of the field. Darren Kilcawley finished 22nd ahead of clubmate Dylan Carty in the Boys U-15 3500m. Sharon Hodgins (pictured) of Sligo AC had a fine race finishing 9th in the girls under 19 National Cross Country. Well done to all athletes who competed from all at the club.

Sligo Athletic Club News: AGM & Training

Happy New Year to all our members, now's the time to get back into training after all the Christmas excesses; lets hope we all fulfill our personal goals and achieve plenty of PB's!
Good luck to all our athletes who are competing in the underage and National Novice Cross Country Championships this weekend. With strong teams entered in a variety of categories we should see some notable results!
Sligo Athletic Club AGM takes place in the Best Western Sligo Southern Hotel on Thursday 27th January 2011 at 8.30 pm. Club Registration for any juveniles/seniors/masters athletes that have as of yet failed to register for 2011 will be held prior to meeting at 7.30 pm. It is vitally important that as many members as possible show up on the night as the elected board values all its members imput. Remember it's your club so your involvement and ideas matter.
The Agenda is as follows;
(i) Minutes
(ii) Chairman’s Report
(iii) Secretary’s Report
(iv) Treasurers Report
(v) Election of Officers for 2011
(vi) Any Other Business
Indoor Athletics: Athletics resumes on Monday 17th January in Sligo I.T at 6pm. This class caters for juveniles aged 5yrs & upwards. Outdoor athletics also takes place on Tuesdays and Thursday for Juveniles of an older age. For more details please contact Club Officials at sligoac@gmail.com