On Saturday in Antrim on day 1 of the National juvenile track and field finals, the highlight of the day was when Tomás Keehan and Niall Rooney medalled in the U16 boys’ high jump. This was a unique first for the club – the first time that 2 athletes from the club medalled in the same event in a National final. As the bar progressed upwards, both Niall and Tomás has clean records up to 1.60 with no knocked bars…
The weather has been really strange recently – yesterday was like a November's day dropped into July.. until about 7:00 that is when the Senior Galway Outdoor Championship Track and Field competitors arrived. It turned out a beautiful evening – perfect conditions for track events. The events on show last night were the Mens & Womens 200m & 1500m, the Javelin, the 4x400M relay and an impromptu kids 60m race. Once again Paul Mac was the director, comfortable with Megafone…
