Competitions, Competition Entry and AAI Registration

We do our best to announce competitions via the website/Facebook/Text etc, but it is not always possible to do so.  The calendar of events can be found on the club website in the 'General Information' section and in the 'Competition...Next Up' section.  We encourage you to use these links.

When you use the Competition Entry form, that we have created on our club website, that request is added to a 'To-Do' list for the club's Registrar - Andy Hodgins.   At this point you are not yet entered in the competition.

Andy first needs to check that you have been registered with the AAI.  This only needs to be done once a season for each athlete and is done before the first competition at the start of the season for competing athletes.  If you have not yet been registered he must do so on the AAI Membership System.  This can take up to 24 hours to process, during which time your Entry cannot be completed.  This is one of the reasons we set an Entry Closing date that is earlier than the date you will see on the official AAI website etc.  We also do this to make sure there is time to complete your entry.  We are all volunteers with a lot of other stuff going on - if you come to us too late with an entry we simply may not be available to process it.  Worst case scenario, but do keep it in mind!

Once the above is done Andy takes that request and uses the AAI's Competition Entry System (called 'Entry for Sports' (E4S)) to process the Entry.   Once this is done you are entered and your name will be on the start list.

Payment

• The club covers the payment for AAI Relays, AAI munster and AAI National events*.  This does cost the club a lot of Money so anyone who wishes to cover that cost themselves is more than welcome to and the club would be very grateful for that!).  Athletes must cover the cost of all other competitions themselves.  
• *Late Entry Fees.  As of last year the AAI introduced late Entry Fees for all competitions.  Athletes who are late with their Entries must cover the cost of late entries.  

Checking / Confirming your Entry has been processed

​It is your responsibility to confirm your Entry has been completed and completed correctly.   We do our best to announce competitions via the website/Facebook/Text etc, but it is not always possible to do so.  When we do we will include a link to the Competition Entry 'start list' .  Please use that link to confirm it.

You can access the Entry system at any point yourself.  You will not be able to use this to enter a competition but you can use the system to confirm your entry and / or view who is competing! 

There are two links - One for National Competitions and one for Regional Competitions  (Munster or County Competitions.)

Regional Link
https://ireland.entry4sports.com/#/entry

National Link
https://athleticsireland.entry4sports.com/#/entry

The following is a guide of how to use the above to confirm your entry.  The following is a bit lengthy, but it actually only takes a minute to check!

​When you click on either of the the links above it will bring you into the 'Entry for Sports' (E4S) website.  (You may see an error about a 'login' but you can ignore that as you do not need an account and do not need to login).  The Yellow arrow above is pointing at the 'Competition' button.  Click on that and you will be presented with a list of competitions.  

Following the Yellow Arrow above you can use that 'Filter' to Select the Hosting organisation i.e. Tipperary, Munster, etc.
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Once you find your competition click on the word 'Athletes' per the Yellow arrow above.  This will then give you the start list for events in that competition.  You can enter your name into the name field, 'Nenagh' into the club field or the event type into the 'TYPE' field.  Per below.
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We had Indoors and Cross Country on this weekend and it was another good weekend for the club.

Our senior men were in Abbottstown on Saturday for the National Senior indoor league 1st round and we ended up in an excellent 3rd position at the end of the day.
Joe McEvoy got us off to an excellent start with 2nd in the 110m hurdles and then Dan Finnerty back after a long layoff with a bad Achilles injury was looking absolutely ripped as he finished 3rd in the shot with a new PB of 10.50m.

Young Ted Collins scored vital points with 6th in the 800m and Robbie Bennett is looking in top shape with a new 7.15s PB in the 60m for 2nd position.

Mark Tierney got in on the PB action with a brilliant 3.30m clearance for 4th in the Pole Vault and Darragh Miniter finished off the day on a high with a jump of 6.58m in the long jump for another 7 points in the team competition.

So we're in Athlone for the 2nd and final round in two weeks sitting nicely in 2nd position behind Clonliffe but in front of the other major athletic powers of Raheny and Donore Harriers.
In an open competition on the day Paul White won the 400m with 49.5s for a good season indoor opener.


As the saying goes and now for something completely different we had the County Senior Cross Country in Galbally on Sunday. In total contrast to Saturdays indoors conditions the county senior was run on a really tough course. Sticky muck, hills and water were the order of the day. But its horses for courses and our money was on David Sheahan who excels in these conditions. David didn't disappoint with an excellent 2nd place finish behind Dundrum's Kevin Moore who is on fire at the moment after winning a big 4 mile road race in New York over the new year. Incidentally David's brother Jim won the county seniors 30yrs ago so that in itself is a lovely unique piece of family history.
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Next weekend we have the Munster juvenile U9 / 19 indoor relays and the weekend after we have the All Ireland junior / U23 champs in Athlone on the Saturday and the second round of the national senior league on Sunday also in Athlone.

Entries can be viewed via the following link:

https://ireland.entry4sports.com/entry/v5/competition/showEntriesV2.php?compid=88
(Tip: Add 'Nenagh' into the Club Field)

Relay Notes:-

• Below are the squads for all teams (some names on the link above differ so please use the below as your reference).
• Some Athletes may not get to run on the day, but if they medal all athletes on the team receive a medal.
• Where numbers allow and where entered we will field two teams from a squad.
• Arrival Times
  • Relay competitions typically run behind time. Please expect and be patient with this!  It is a difficult competition for the officials to run.  (The club have nothing to do with the running of the competition, we simply hire out the facility).
  • Even ages i.e. U10, U12 etc are in the morning session.  U10 Athletes should arrive at 9:45 and each age group after that +15 mins e.g. U12s should arrive at 10am.
  • Uneven ages i.e. U9, U11 etc are in the afternoon session.  U9 Athletes should arrive at 1pm and each age group after that +15 mins e.g. U11 should arrive at 1:15pm.
  • PLEASE MAKE SURE THE YOUNGER ATHLETES WEAR WARM CLOTHING FOR BEFORE AND AFTER THEIR COMPETITION AND ALSO BRING SOME FOOD AND A DRINK.

Relay Squads
 
BOYS
U9 Squad
Mark Minogue, Charlie Horan, Daniel Cleary, Shaun Hanrahan

U10 Squad
Jack Comerford, Harry Quinn, Tadgh O Brien, Fionn Tucker, Odhran Cahill
 
U11 Squad
Kaden Fogarty, Donnacha Browne, Paddy McSherry, Cian Ryan, Karl Boland, Caolan Pepper 
 
U13 Squad
Jack Ryan, Aodhan Tucker, Kevin Finn, Dylan Bergin,Ruari Walshe, Michael Ryan 
 
U14 Squad
Shane Cleary, Diarmuid Moloney, Dylan Bergin, Ruari Walshe, Adam Carroll

U15 Squad
Thomas Bergin, Ben Walshe,Niall Connolly, Matthew Sage

U16 Squad
Cian Hodgins, Michael Moylan, Thomas Bergin, Ben Walshe

U17 Squad
Sean Hayes, James Sage, Ben connolly, Tom McCutcheon, Michael Moylan

U18 Squad
Lewis Doyle, Padraic Hassett, James Sage, Tom McCutcheon  

U19 Squad
Josh Egan, Ted Collins, Lewis Doyle, Padraic Hassett

 GIRLS
U9 Squad
Roisin Kelly, Maeve Egan, Alana Grace, Holly Fitzpatrick

U10 Squad 
Molly Madden, Jane O Rourke, Abigal O Brien, Saava Carty, Caomhe Kennedy, Aisling Ryan, Lauren hanrahan, Toni Cleary, Laura Carroll, Kate Duffy,

U11 Squad
Emma O Brien,  Lauren Cleary,  Aoibh Cahill,  Saili O Chonhuir, Molly Sheahan, Kate Quigley

U12 Squad
Sarah Long, Gemma Brady, Hannah Larkin, Isabelle Rose Coyle, Emily O Neill, Lily Marchand, Eleanor Boland, Saoirse Ryan, Kate McFerran
 
U13 Squad
Anna Paxman, Mairead O Brien, Anna O Dwyer, Jane Quigley, Aoibh Maher, Kara O Carroll

U14 Squad
Niamh Boland, Amy McCarthy, Jennifer O leary, Katie Howard, Hannah O Shaughnessy, Clodagh Moylan 

Sunday 19th January
Juvenile Indoor Inter Club Relays + Some U17 to U19 Field Events
Venue: Nenagh Track
Entries: FOR FIELD EVENTS ONLY via the club website please.  (Coaches will select and enter Relay teams)
Closing Date for Entries: Jan 12th
Fee: €0
More info: https://ireland.entry4sports.com/wp-json/view/66626/1578408103
Confirm that your entry has been processed via the following link: https://ireland.entry4sports.com/entry/v5/competition/showEntriesV2.php?compid=88