EVENT DATE - Sat  22/03/14 & Sun  23/03/14
Venue - Athlone IT
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Nenagh Olympic athletes brought home seven medals from this years A.A.I. Juvenile Indoor Championships, two gold, two silver and three bronze.

The Summary:
Josh Egan  - Gold U13 Long Jump, Bronze U18 Shot Putt
Deirbhile Ryan - Gold U18 Triple Jump
Padraic Hassett - Silver U12 60m
Ciara Cummins - Silver U18 1500m, Silver U18 800m
Joseph Mc Evoy  - Bronze u14 High Jump

There were many new personal bests produced by our athletes, those who won and those who didn’t and we can be very encouraged by these performances. As you can imagine the standard in most events was very high and the experience of competing at this level will stand to all who participated. Well done to all of our athletes who made it to this stage and who did the club proud.

Saturday
It was a great day of action and Nenagh athletes contributed to it with some fine performances. Not only did our medal winners excel but we also had excellent displays from others just outside the podium places with several personal bests produced.

Josh Egan did brilliantly to claim the title of All Ireland u13 Long Jump champion with a winning jump of 4.71m which is a new personal best and a huge jump for him. Josh produced a fine series of jumps throughout the competition and fully deserved the gold medal.

Deirbhile Ryan won the u18 Triple Jump with a winning leap of 10.67m and also put together a good series of jumps against her opponents.

Padraic Hassett made the u12 60m final by the skin of his teeth as a fastest loser but made the most of his chance in the final to claim the silver with a determined run.

Ciara Cummins' silver in the u18 1500m was the result of a courageous run when, despite not being at her best, she dug deep to finish in 2nd place.

Joseph Mc Evoy was our bronze medal winner jumping 1.55m in the u14 High Jump. Joseph was very unlucky not to have gone higher as he just clipped off 1.58m before exiting the competition.


Others in action on Saturday were as follows:
Aoife Deering was 4th in the u18 1500m with a seasons best 5.00.27 mins while Ted Collins set a pb in the u13 600m of 1.45.08mins for 6th place. Emma Hennessy was 5th in the u17 Long Jump with 5.00m and Alannah Deering set a new pb of 1.50m for 6th in the u15 High Jump. Amy White was 5th in her u17 60m heat and 7th in the Shot, while Shane Mc Shera-Quinn was a little below his best when finishing 6th in the u13 Shot. Sean Carolan was in the u14 shot and Jamie Kennedy was 11th in the u12 High Jump with a jump of 1.15m. Mikey Quilligan was very unlucky to be clipped from behind thus ending up on the ground in his u18 400m heat and ruining his chances of making the final while Liam Finn also failed to progress from his u19 400m heat where he ran 56.78secs.

Sunday
Eight atheletes were in action producing a return of bronze medals as well as some fine performances.

Deribhile Ryan added to her gold from yesterday with a bronze in the u18 Shot where her best throw of the day was 11.84m.

Ciara Cummins had a solid run in the u18 800m final clocking a time of 2.19 and in the process secured a second medal for herself (a bronze) after a successful two days.

Our other athletes in action on Sunday as follows.
Amy White showed continuing progress by making the u17 200m final and clocking 26.51 for a 4th place finish. Sean Carolan also finished 4th in his event, the u14 Long Jump where his best jump was 4.67m, while Padraic Hassett completed a very good weekend personally with a 5th place in the u12 Long Jump and a pb of 4.00m. Josh Egan also had a good two days, following his gold yesterday he was 7th in the final of the u13 60m Hurdles today. Michael Quilligan produced a pb of 23.08 in his u18 200m heat but unfortunately it wasn’t enough to see him into the final which shows the standard of athlete he’s competing against. Aoife Deering ran 2.29 for a respectabale 7th place finish in the u18 800m final.

Overall it was a good weekend for our athletes with medals won and experience gained.

Congratulations to all who competed whether medalists or not, it isn't every athlete that makes it to compete in the national championships!

More photos can be viewed by clicking the links below.

 Mar (1) AAI National Juvenille Indoors 22&23/03/14

Mar (2) AAI National Juvenille Indoors 22&23/03/14

EVENT DATE - Sat  08/03/14
Venue - Cork I.T.
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Well done to Nenagh Olympic athletes, Ciara Cummins, Darren Dunne and Killian Cullagh who ran in the All Ireland Schools Cross Country Championships in Cork I.T. last Saturday.

Ciara finished 11th in the Senior girls race and helped her school, Ursuline Thurles to the team title, while Darren was 10th in the Senior boys race with Killian 45th in the same race.

Our athletes did very well producing some great performances in the  process. It was great to see several athletes make their debuts for the club but as has been the norm throughout the season, the number of no-shows were significant and will have to be addressed as these athletes are costing the club money in entry fees.

Onto the positive stuff, the days efforts saw a return of 19 individual and 4 relay medals and we thank all of our athletes who turned up and gave their all. A special word for Mícheál Moylan who won his first county individual medal on Sunday, which was also his birthday.

The results are as follows..

Girls u9
Christine Percy 1st in the 300m.

Girls U10
Pheobe Sage 1st in the Long Jump.

Girls U11
Ellen O Shaughnessy 1st in the 60m Gold Final.
Emma Mulcahy 1st in the Long Jump.
Relay Emma Mulcahy, Ellen O Shaughnessy, Eliza Burnes, Jodie Mc Grath and Amy O Mahony 1st.

Boys U10
Jack O Callaghan 1st in 60m Gold Final and 3rd in the Long Jump.
Cian Hodgins 1st in the 300m.
Tom Walsh 2nd in the 300m.
Michael Moylan 1st in the 60m Silver Final.
Relay Tom Walsh, Cian Hodgins, Zac Egan and Jack O Callaghan 1st.

Boys U11
Alex Reynolds 1st in the 300m and the Long Jump.
Oisin Pepper 1st in the 60m Gold Final and 2nd in the Long Jump.
Tom Mc Cutheon 2nd in the 60m Gold Final.
Daniel Fogerty 3rd in the 300m.
Relay Tom Mc Cutheon, Alex Reynolds, James Sage and Alex Reynolds 1st.

Boys U12
Adam Brennan 1st in the 60m and 3rd in the Long Jump.
Jamie Kennedy 1st in the High Jump.
Rory Grace 3rd in the 600m.
Relay Adam Brennan, Jamie Kennedy, Rory Grace and Oisin Pepper 1st.

EVENT DATE - Sat 15/02/14 & Sun 16/02/14
Venue - Athlone Institute Technology
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On Sunday at the Senior Indoor Championships in Athlone, Darren Dunne produced a superb performance in the 3000m final to get inside the qualifinig time for the European Youth Olympics, to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan on 30 May –1st June 2014. Needing to run faster than the qualifing standard of 8.45mins set , Darren ran 8.42.73 to be comfortably inside the time and now must wait to see if he's selected.

Congratulations Darren!