Tipperary Senior, Junior & Masters Indoor Championships

EVENT DATE - Sat 04/01/14
Venue - Nenagh Olympic Complex
Uploaded by Garrett Moylan, based on Nenagh Guardian notes by PRO Ray Deering
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The Indoor season began with the staging of the Tipperary Senior, Junior and Masters Championships in Nenagh.  Our athletes dominated many of their events. It was great to see the number of athletes that we now have eligible to compete as juniors but the down side of that is that we’re all getting older! This was a chance for our athletes to get a few runs in and give themselves a platform for upcoming events.

Junior Women:
We had 5 ladies competing in this section and they all excelled in their events.

Ciardha Maher won the Shot putt, was joint first in the High Jump and 2nd in the 60m  Hurdles.  Ciara Cummins won the 1500m and was 2nd in the 400m. Aoife Deering won the 600m and was 2nd in the 1500m. Emma Hennessy won the 60m Hurdles and was joint 1st with Ciardha in the High Jump, while Amy White was 3rd in the 60m. Ciardha, Amy, Ciara and Aoife then went on to win the relay.

Junior Men:
In this section we had 7 athletes competing and all did well.

Killian Cullagh won both the 800m and 1500m , with Gary Howard finishing 2nd in both events. Paul White won the 400m and was 2nd in the 60m and Michael Quilligan finished 3rd in the 60m and 400m. Dan Finnerty won the 60m, while Tom Hennessy finished 2nd in both the 400m and High Jump. Richard O'Donoghue was 3rd in the 1500m. Killian, Paul, Mikey and Liam Finn then combined to win the relay.

Senior:
Oisin Fitzpatrick was our sole representative in the Senior section and he finished 2nd in the 60m. Oisin was joined by Richie, Gary and Tom in the relay where they finished 2nd.