Five County Titles for Stephen Mc Mahon
Stephen Mc Mahon showed he is an athlete to watch out for in future years as he won five different events at this weekends county championships. Stephen won the 100m., 80m Hurdles, Discus, Javelin and relay and was also second in the high jump. With his all round ability Stephen should do very well at multi events.
West Waterford Athletes dominate walks and Middle Distance events
Kate Veale had a very convincing win in the under 16 girls walk dominating the event from start to finish. Aoife Kiely in second place and Kayleigh Norris in 3rd followed her home. Kate Curran claimed her first county title with a win in the girls under 15 walk. In the under 13 1100m Cliona Ryan, the winner of the javelin, was third in the girls event while Sean Curran was second in the boys event. Earlier in the day Sean was second in the sprint and third in the hurdles. Erwann Le Gal led from the outset to take gold in the under 14 boys 1500m, but Robbie Mulligan had to fight all the way to the line to claim the gold medal in the under 15 boys 1500m. Declan Power won the junior mens 1500m and Lughaidh O’Mahoney was second in the under 17 race.
Excellent throwing in Discus and Javelin
Kathy Lai was the first of our winners in the under 14 discus and for good measure Rayanne Barry was third in the same event. Kate Hickey stepped up an age and won the under 16 discus and was also third in the javelin. Alan Mc Mahon was second in the under 14 boys discus, he also won bronze in the high jump and long jump and rounded off his day with a win in the hurdles and the relay. Erwann Le Gal also won a silver in the javelin and hurdles, bronze in the 80m and gold in the relay. Eoin Dwyer won the first of his two gold medals in the javelin the other being the relay and also came third in the high jump. To finish off a successful day Zoe Scanlon had a treble winning the under 18, junior and Senior discus events the latter in a personal best of 35m 94cms. Zoe also won the under 18 javelin.
Good Running in Sprints Hurdles and Relays
Alix Lai was first home in the under 16 boys hurdles as was Lisa Houlihan in the girls under 17 and Lisa also won the triple jump under 18 and finished second in the long jump. William Keane won his first individual county medal in the boys under 17 sprint. Michael Tutty placed third in the 400m as did Lorna Cummins in the under 12 Hurdles. Laurence Houlihan was second in the under 16 hurdles and first in the high jump. Alix Lai and Brandon Barry were second and third in the under 16 long jump and Alex was third in the high jump.
Clean Sweep in Boys Relays
West Waterford athletes won all three boys relays first across the line was the under 13 team of Richard Casey, Tholm Reddy, Eoin Dwyer and Sean Curran. This was followed by a win for the under 15 team of Alan Mc Mahon, Stephen Mc Mahon, Erwann Le Gal and Robbie Mulligan. The under seventeen team of Micheal Tutty, Brandon Barry, Alix Lai and William Keane completed the clean sweep when they won their relay.
Thomas Clears new Heights
Guesting in the Cork championships Thomas Houlihan recorded a new personal best when he cleared 4m.50 in the pole vault. This is the qualifying distance for this years youth Olympics.
Weather Fails to Dampen Spirits at the Primary School Sports
With the threat of rain hanging over us the Primary school heats for small schools were started bang on time with the first of over one hundred heats off at 6.30 sharp. There was keen competition in all the events as the young athletes vied for places in the western finals. All the sprint heats were over and we were just starting the last of the relays when the downpour finally arrived but thankfully it didn’t last too long and we were able to complete the programme by 8.30. This week it is the turn of the big schools to take centre stage and again we appeal to everyone to come early so you can be parked and in the field for the first events. Line up for the sprints will begin at 6.15 sharp. Hopefully the weather will oblige this week and we might be able to convince ourselves that summer is here at last.
The juvenile committee would like to convey their condolences to Rebecca Maher and her family on the recent death of her grandfather.
