Dooneen Ac

Well done to Marcella McGrath who was 1st O50 Female in an impressive time of 20:47 in the latest event in the 'Run Offaly 5K Series' in Ballyskenach tonight! 👏💥🎉

Enjoy the winnings Marcella 😊

Waterford Regional Centre was the venue for the Munster Juvenile Outdoors last weekend. There was plenty of sunshine and smiles as many young Dooneen athletes competed in individual events, relays and pairs competition. Well done to everyone who took part, thank you to coaches and families .

Girls U9 LJ:
Ciara Hanley – 2.73m

Boys U10 LJ:
Noah Alfred 2nd – 3.99m

Boys U12 LJ:
Shane Horrigan – 3.45m

Girls U12 LJ:
Lily Conway – 3.66m
Blanka Kowalska – 3.17m
Moulika Sri Gokul Muthu – 3.10m
Katie Wallace – 2.91m
Amelie Hall – 2.83m

Girls U12 TJ:
Ema Andrijauskatie – 16.25m

Boys U11 TJ:
Cian Harte – 16.03m
Ciaran Carr – 14.67m

Boys U12 TJ:
Shane Horigan – 14.27m
Ruairí Heeney – 13.04m

Girls U9 60m:
Ciara Hanley – 10.68s
Imogen Hall – 10.8s
Róisín Cribbin – 11.01s

Girls U11 60m:
Leah Moloney – 10.45s
Róise Murnane – 10.38s

Boys U11 60m:
Oisín Quaid – 9.74s
Senán Ó’Hannaidh - 9.61s

Girls U10 60m:
Sarah Mullane – 10.14s
Emelia McCarthy – 9.84s

Girls U12 60m:
Amelie Hall – 9.62s
Lily Conway – 9.99s

Boys U12 60m:
Ruairí Heeney – 9.66s
Shane Horrigan – 10.06s
Tiernan Quaid 1st – 8.67s

Girls U9 300m:
Imogen Hall – 1.04.72s
Róisín Cribbin – 1.05.15s

Girls U10 500m:
Sarah Mullane – 1.43.71
Emelia McCarthy – 1.46.65

Boys U11 600m:
Senán Ó’Hannaidh - 1.59.90
Ciaran Carr – 2.03.48

Girls U11 600m:
Róise Murnane – 2.15.08
Leah Moloney – 2.14.01

Girls U12 600m:
Lily Conway – 2.12.28
Katie Wallace – 2.19.89
Blanka Kowalska – 2.09.53
Olivia Harty – 2.11.19
Emma Travers – 2.00.16

Boys U12 SP:
Noah Laffan – 8.09m

Pairs

Ciara Hanley & Imogen Hall 3rd in pairs competition in 60m

Emelia McCarthy & Sarah Mullane - 3rd in the pairs 60m.

Boys U11 4x100m:
Cian Harte
Ciaran Carr
Noah Alfred
Senán Ó’Hannaidh - 1.02.29

Boys U12 4x100m:
Tiernan Quaid
Oisín Quaid
Ruairí Heeney
Shane Horrigan – 1.00.68

Girls U9 4x100m:
Ciara Hanley
Imogen Hall
Katie Wallace
Róisín Cribbin 3rd – 1.09.58

Girls U11 4x100m:
Róise Murnane
Róisín Cribbin
Leah Moloney
Emelia McCarthy – 1.04.95

Girls U12 4x100m:
Amelie Hall
Katie Wallace
Blanka Kowalska
Lily Conway – 1.02.92

Well done to John Shier who was 2nd O60 Male in the Buttevant 4 Mile in North Cork in 31:44 👏🎉Other times included Mike Clarke (31:46), Willie Gorman 32:33 and Geraldine Ryan 36:18.

Marion O'Halloran and Aly Hogan O'Curry were Tailwalkers at the Royal Canal Parkrun, where they acquired the R in the Parkrun Alphabet Challenge 🙂 Several of our athletes ran at UL and Mungret with Cillian Higgins 1st in 17:47 at the former 👏💥😀

Shóna Keane our Kilmallock AC 4 Mile Champion. Kieran O'Brien our 3rd placed male.

Congratulations to club Stalwart Shóna Keane who took the Women's 'Crown' in the Kilmallock AC 4 Mile last night, claiming the Tommy Hanley Cup in a time of 24:21.

It was a Dooneen 1-2 as her nearest rival was clubmate Sinead McDermott who took 2nd in an impressive time of 25:55. Liz Wilmot was 5th in 27:55 with Louise Matthews 8th and 1st O50 female in 28:36. Other Women's time included Karen Raine 30:14, Marie Keane 33:43 (3rd O50 Female), Geraldine Ryan 37:27, Grainne Gahan and Deirdre O'Brien both finished in 41:05.

In the Men's race Kieran O'Brien was also on the podium, taking 3rd in 22:15. Steve Aherne was 9th in 23:46 with Sean O'Leary 17th in 24:41. Other times included Declan Kennedy 25:15, Paul Naighton 25:38, Damien Wilmot 26:03, Gary Stack 27:29, Niall Bennis 27:49, Joe Chawke 28:46, Mike Clarke 29:03, John Shier 30:36, Peter Mulqueen 32:21 and John Higgins 39:22.

Well done to everyone and thanks to Kilmallock for most enjoyable evening, it was well organised with lot's of 'sustenance' 🍵 afterwards. We look forward to seeing you again in 2027!🙂

Saturday 'Round Up'

Louise Matthews ran 8K of the 'FTD Brothers Foundation Marathon' in Limerick. Jordan and Cian Adams aim to raise money for dementia by running 33 marathons in 33 days across all 32 Irish counties plus London. There was a huge turnout for this most touching of causes which is relevant to every family. Well done all.

Marion O'Halloran and Aly Hogan O'Curry were amongst others who did the Mountjoy Prison 'Progression' Parkrun', an event which aims to provide rehabilitation, routine, structure and community for 'residents' which they can hopefully continue when they leave.

Ian Jennings was 1st finisher in Clarisford Parkrun in 20:43 with Niall Harris, Paul Naughton, J.P. Lawlor, Niall Bennis and Brendan McMahon amongst those who ran well at UL.

Hopefully the club can do well at the Kilmallock AC 4 Mile on Friday night!

Newcastle West was venue for County Juvenile Outdoor Championships last weekend. The weather was kind as hundreds of athletes took part in track, field and relay events. This event is always a wonderful opportunity for children to compete and to showcase the breadth of events that athletes can excel at! Not every young person is a sprinter or long distance runner - so events like long jump, shot put, relays and javelin give us a chance to see the exceptional skill of these young people. Thank you to all the families, coaching staff and volunteers who helped on the day

Well done also to Declan Kennedy who followed up last weeks Limerick Marathon with the Killarney Half today in an excellent time of 1:31, to all who did 'Darkness into Light' (well done Ian) and of course our Parkrunners at the various locations 😀.

Congratulations are again in order for Emer Purtill who set a Championship record of 14.91m on her way to victory in the Intermediate Shot Put at the North Munsters Schools T&F in Castleisland 💥🎉👏

Well done to all our athletes who competed.

Well done to Macella McGrath who was 1st O50 Female in the Ferbane 5K in Co. Offaly last night in a superb time of 20:51, enjoy the winnings Marcella 😊👏💥🎉

Well done to Liz Wilmot who set a pb time of 20:52 on her way to 15th place in the Dundrum AC 'BK 5K last night', also to her husband Gary who clocked an impressive 19:44 👏👏💥🎉