Juvenile Track & Field Update
The detailed results from the Connacht indoors have been published by the competition secretary and are available on our website at: track results, field results.
Athletics Ireland also recently updated their juvenile competition booklet. This booklet is an invaluable resource for the National juvenile competitions throughout the year and will be of particular interest to parents of athletes hoping to make it to National finals as it gives the detailed time-table for those days.
For people who like statistics and records, I have upgraded our club records based on the indoor season so far and also our age group records. It’s a particularly exciting time for the older juvenile and young adult age groups in the club, with club records being smashed on a weekly basis. In the women’s events, both Katie O’Donoghue and Sineád Treacy have been in blistering form with Katie setting new records in the hurdles and shot putt and Sineád equalling Katie’s record in the 60m sprint. While in the men’s events, an amazing 6 track records have been broken with Conor Duggan and Nicholas Sheehan rewriting all of the records from 60m up to 800m, Christopher O’Connor setting a new mark for the 1500m race walk and Peter O’Sullivan smashing the 9 minute barrier in the 3000m. We look forward with anticipation to next weekend’s juvenile indoor action which will hopefully generate a heap more work for me to update these records!
A word also on forthcoming competitions as the dates have been finalised for most events. I’ve updated the fixture list on our website. The following are the key Athletics Ireland club competitions for each age group:
U9-11 age groups:-
Day | Date | Ages | Event & Location |
Sun | 12-May-13 | U9-U11 | Galway U9/10/11 Track & Field Team Competition, Dangan |
Sat | 08-Jun-13 | U9-U12 | Connacht U9/10/11 T&F Teams and U12 T&F Indv, Athlone |
Sat | 29-Jun-13 | U9-U11 | AAI Juvenile U9, U10 and U11 T&F Teams & Relays, Donegal |
U12-19s:-
Day | Date | Ages | Event & Location |
Sat/Sun | 23/24-Mar 13 | U12-U19 | AAI Juvenile Indoor T&F, Athlone |
Sat | 06-Apr-13 | U12-U19 | AAI Juvenile Indoor Relays, Athlone |
Sun | 19-May-13 | U12-U19 | Galway U12 to 19 Track and Field, Dangan |
Sat | 08-Jun-13 | U9-U12 | Connacht U9/10/11 T&F Teams and U12 T&F Indv, Athlone |
Sun | 16-Jun-13 | U13/Older | Connacht U13-19, Senior Outdoor Track & Field, Athlone |
Sat/Sun | 6/7-Jul-13 | U12-U19 | National Juvenile T & F U12-U19 Tullamore (day 1 & 2) |
Sat | 20-Jul-13 | U12-U19 | National Juvenile Track & Field U12 to U19 Tullamore (day 3) |
Sun | 21-Jul-13 | U12-U19 | National Juvenile Track & Field U12 to U19 Relays, Tullamore |
Additionally, U8s to U16s can take part in Community Games athletics events:-
Day | Date | Ages | Event & Location |
Mon | 06-May-13 | U8-U16 | Provisional: Craughwell Community Games |
Mon | 01-Apr-13 | U12/13/14 | Galway Community Games Cross Country, Bushfield,Loughrea |
Sat/Sun | 25/26 May-13 | U12/13/14 | Community Games Cross Country, Athlone |
Sun/Mon | 2/3 Jun-13 | U8-U16 | Galway Community Games |
And for some schools, they can also take part in primary schools athletics events:-
Day | Date | Ages | Event & Location |
| ?-Jun-13 | Primary School | Provisional: Galway City Sports, Dangan |
Wed | 19-Jun-13 | Primary School | Provisional: Christy Kennedy Sports, Craughwell |
While for older athletes, they are spoiled for choice between internationals, college/school competitions, AAI club competitions for U17/older athletes and Dublin graded meetings which are open to other regions. The club hope to enter good teams in both the women’s and men’s events in the National League competition, so hopefully that will become a big target for athletes from U17 upwards.
Day | Date | Ages | Event & Location |
Sat | 23-Mar-13 | U15/U17 | Schools International Cross-Country (U15 + U17) |
Fri/Sat | 12/13 Apr-13 | College | Universities Outdoor Track & Field, Cork |
Sun | 28-Apr-13 | U17/Older | AAI Road Relays, Raheny |
Tues | 30-Apr-13 | Secondary School | South Connacht Secondary Schools Track & Field, Dangan |
Wed | 01-May-13 | U17/Older | Dublin Graded Meet, Irishtown |
Wed | 15-May-13 | U17/Older | Dublin Graded Meet, Santry |
Thurs | 16-May-13 | Secondary School | Connacht Secondary Schools Track & Field, Athlone |
Sun | 26-May-13 | U17/Older | Round 1 National T&F League |
Wed | 29-May-13 | U17/Older | Dublin Graded Meet, Irishtown |
Sat | 01-Jun-13 | Secondary School | Irish Schools T&F, Tullamore |
Sat | 09-Jun-13 | U17/Older | AAI Games, Santry |
Wed | 12-Jun-13 | U17/Older | Dublin Graded Meet/Championships, Santry |
Wed | 26-Jun-13 | U17/Older | Dublin Graded Meet/Championships, Irishtown |
Sat | 29-Jun-13 | Secondary School | Tailteann Games Interprovential Track & Field, Tullamore |
Sat | 29-Jun-13 | Adults | International Race Walks, Dublin |
Sun | 30-Jun-13 | U17/Older | National Junior & U23 Track & field, Tullamore |
Wed | 10-Jul-13 | U17/Older | Dublin Graded Meet, Santry |
Sun | 14-Jul-13 | U17/Older | Round 2 National T&F League |
Sat | 20-Jul-13 | U15/U17 | Schools International Track & Field (U15 + U17), Santry |
Wed | 24-Jul-13 | U17/Older | Dublin Graded Meet, Irishtown |
Sat/Sun | 27/28-Jul-13 | U17/Older | National Senior Track & Field, Santry |
Sat | 03-Aug-13 | U16/U18? | AAI Juvenile/Celtic International, Wales |
Wed | 07-Aug-13 | U17/Older | Dublin Graded Meet, Santry |
Sat/Sun | 10/11 Aug | U17/Older | AAI Senior, Junior, Masters, Juvenile Combined Events |
Sun | 11-Aug-13 | U12-16 | AA Juvenile B Track & Field |
Sat/Sun | 17/18 Aug-13 | U8-U16 | National Community Games Finals, Athlone |
Sat | 17-Aug-13 | Adults | AAI Masters Track & Field, Tullamore |
Sun | 18-Aug-13 | U17/Older | AAI National League Final, Tullamore |