2011 News
To help you get your New Year off to a good start, we will have a run around Ardgillan at 12 midday on Sunday. As usual, gather in the carpark. It may be wet and cold, so bring appropriate gear.
Regards,
Seamus.
Please find details of the Dublin Indoor competitions that are planned for February 2012.
As you can see there are competitions for U10s (Born in 2003 or younger) to U19s (Born in 1994).
These dates may change but the range of events will be the same - so now is the time to start getting ready.
Dublin Indoors 2012 Day 1 Santry
Dublin Indoors 2012 Day 2 Tallaght
Dublin Indoors 2012 Day 3 Santry
Dublin Indoors 2012 Day 4 Tallaght
Dublin Indoors 2012 Day 5 Tallaght
Dublin Indoors 2012 Day 6 Santry
This year, instead of supporting GOAL, we are looking more to our needs at home. Hence we have decided that the annual run/walk around the ring road this year, would be in support of Crumlin's Children Hospital.
This is primarily a fun event and the main purpose is to get people out and get some exercise. There is no entry fee but any donations on the day, will be forwarded directly to the charity. All the details are on the poster attached.
Click here to see poster.
The AXA Raheny 5 road race will be held on Sunday, January 29. Entry fee €20. Enter online at www.rahenyshamrock.ie.
NO LATE ENTRIES ACCEPTED ON THE DAY.
All,
Please find details of a cross country race programme that is coming up soon.
The event is run by Dunleer AC, but it is held in Darver, which is nearer to Ardee. We supported this event last year and we will be supporting it again this year. We may be able to get a few teams together for the various races.
As you can see there is something for all ages and the entry fee is minimal. Dunleer is a long established club and are very welcoming to all.
Yours in sport, Seamus.
Please click here for PDF
Please find attached the completed results for the first 3 cross country leagues.
Click here for results
We have gear available for all shapes and sizes.
Please see the attached file for pictures and prices.
It could make an ideal Christmas present.
If you want to get gear, please contact Mary at 087 295 3931.
Remember training on Sunday at 11:45 in Ardgillan.
Gather in car park.
For Pictures and Prices, Click here
5k GET ACTIVE FUN RUN, Saturday 24th September, 11am Malahide Castle
Click here to view poster
Please find enclosed infomation regarding Tallaght Athetic Clubs1st Annual 5 mile road race, Sunday 9th October. Information also at www.tallaghtac.ie
click here for more details
Please find the details at the links below of the Cross country fixtures and distances for the competitions this winter.
The first event is on the 18th of September in Donabate.
Also, anyone who is going on the Club Day out on 3rd September, please revert to Mary Ryan or Seamus Flynn.
We already have over 20 signed up - the more the better.
Dublin County Board Cross Country Fixtures List 2011
Juvenile Cross Country League & Championship Distances 2010
All,
We are organising a fun day for the club, to celebrate the end of one season and to mark the start of the cross country season.
We are hoping that anyone who took part in training, competitions, or simply supported the club over the past couple of years would come out and enjoy a family day out.
As normal we will try to keep the cost of these things to a minimum.
If you are interested in the day, will you revert by email or by text to Mary or Seamus.
Yours in sport,
Lusk Athletic Club
Please click here for application form.
We'd like to invite you and your members down to Portlaoise on Bank Holiday Monday, 1st August, for The Midlands Half Marathon. The race will have a good mix of unique scenery and lively urban areas to create a great atmosphere.
Each entrant will receive a technical t-shirt, a finishers medal and a goody bag. There will be chip timing also.
Please have a look at the race website,
www.midlandshalfmarathon.com
or the facebook page,
www.facebook.com/midlands.half.marathon
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
Thanks
The Midlands Half Marathon Team
Meadowview Sportsfield, Drogheda, AUGUST 14th @ 1.30pm
click here for more details
Annual Open Sports, Sunday 31st July at 1.30pm, Boys School Field, Ardee, Co. Louth
click here for more details
All starts at Moone Village, just of the M9,
Runners, walkers, joggers, wheelchairs, buggy's all welcome. Juvenile races for boys and girls will start at 12pm.
click here for more details
Run through picturesque St Anne's Park on Dublin's Northside. No cars. Mid Summer 5km, Sunday, June 19 at 11am. Enter on line at www.rahenyshamrock.ie
Attached please find details of individual - Dublin
Championships
taking place at Santry from Friday 10th to Sunday 12th June
2011.
Entry fee is €4.00 per event.
Closing date for entries is 2nd June 2011(to Lusk) as they
have to be
submitted to AI on 3rd June 2011.
Please let me know at training on Tuesday 23rd May if you
are taking
part and bring the appropriate entry fee(s) together with
event which you
want to take part in.
As entry fee has to be paid in advance, you will not be
entered if you
have not paid your fee by 2nd June 2011.
Please note, you must be registered with the Club/AI in
order to take
part in these events.
Click here for relevant documents
A total of 59 athletes turned up to take part in this year's Community Games competition in Lusk. On a fine sunny day the competition was fierce.
The track races for Girls and Boys were first on the card and we had a total of 19 races, starting with the Under 6 toddlers race and finishing at Under 16 1500m. In the Field events there was competition for the Under 12s to Under 16s in Javelin, Discus, Long Jump, High Jump, Ball throw, Shot Putt and Long Puck.
Well done to all who competed and congratulations to the winners in each event. Many thanks to all who helped in the preparation and on the day. Thanks also to Lusk National School for the use of the school field. Training for all those intending to go forward to Santry will be held each Tuesday at 7pm and Thursday at 7:30pm.
Click here for a full list of the medalists.
Please find a notice and range of events planned for next Sunday afternoon.
While we will be making every effort to get the message out through the primary schools and other sports clubs, we will struggle to get the message out to Secondary schools age athletes.
So if you know someone who would be interested in taking part, please feel free to pass on the message.
On the day and beforehand, we would also appreciate any help you can give to set-up, run and tidy-up after the event.
Yours in Sport
Seamus
For more details click here
Mount Pleasant are holding a 5k road race on Easter Monday,
Junior and Senior athletes (male and female)
Entry Fee €10 per athlete
For more details click here
here is a video we would like to share with you. You might have seen it on this year's Darkness into Light Website, darknessintolight.pieta.ie but it's a gentle reminder of how much fun we had last year!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LhayEvupJo
And for all thoes attending the Darkness into Light event in Limerick, maybe you'll get a kick out of this video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59b6oeirmLo
It's not too late to register, we still have two weeks to go! Hopefully the morning will be beautiful and you will be able to join us again.
Kind regards,
mary@pieta.ie
Please find details of an open competition in Lucan next Saturday 9th April.
The forecast for next weekend is good and the distance to Lucan is short.
Events start at Under 9 and go up to U17 so there is plenty for everyone.
Follow this link for more details
All,
Just to give you the heads-up for the Summer 2011, please see the dates of the events that will come up.
Anne will be letting you know about registrations etc.
Regards,
Seamus
Follow this link for calendar
Programme for Skerries Races, Sunday 27-Mar-11.
Age Groups & Distances
U/10 Boys & Girls - 600m approx.
U/12 (800m)
U/14 (1000m)
U/16 (1500m)
Races will commence at 11am
If the weather is good and anyone is planning on spending the day in Skerries - something of interest... there will be a 'Seal' release at 2pm in the harbour!
Directions to Skerries:-
* Entering Skerries - under bridge/tunnel - turn right at roundabout
* Continue straight to crossroads, drive through crossroads and continue until T-junction (coast road)
* Turn left, continue past Rugby club (on the left)
* Race will be opposite Rugby Club (on the sand)
* Park on road or continue driving and take 2nd right and park along beach front.
There will be no Little Athletics training on Tuesday 15th. The club is walking in the parade on the 17th - see you all there.
Also please note: Originally the Thursday night sessions were primarily set up for the teenage and adult runners to run at their own pace - for the time being we will be returning to this policy. Therefore, Thursday nights will be focussed on the "meet and train" philosophy - i.e. those attending meet and run or walk under their own supervision.
In this regard the mentors from the club will not be taking charge of younger athletes. However younger athletes are welcome, as long as they have a guardian to supervise them. The same philosophy applies to the Sunday morning run in Ardgillan at 11:30am.
A number of events for families are coming up in the near future, the Dunboyne run and the Great Ireland run. Check out the website for details.
At all levels of the club we need to have more parents involved, either directly in coaching roles or in the admin functions of the club. Most children attending the club are brought to and from the training sessions by adults - what we are asking for is, for some of those adults to remain at the training and actively take part in the club. It is only with the support of parents that the club can grow and propser -so please come forward and offer whatever help you can.
Your in sport,
Seamus.
The 42nd Dunboyne Run - a 4 Mile Road Race Road Race will take place on Sunday, March 27th 2011 at 3pm
Click here for more details www.dunboynerun.com
Photos of Katie Halpin 3rd Under 9 and Darren Ryan 3rd U15 at the recent Ras na hEireann held in Oldbridge Estate Drogheda.
Boyzone stars Ronan Keating and Keith Duffy join track legend Eamonn Coghlan in reaching for runners to take part in the 2011 Kleinwort Benson Investors St. Patrick's 5k Festival Road Race, proceeds from which will go to the Marie Keating Foundation.
The race takes place in Dublin on Sunday, 20th March, as part of the St. Patrick's week festival programme.
Register Online at www.patricksrun.com
10k Run /45 km Cycle Sunday 20th March 2011
Towney Hall, Slane Road, Drogheda
Register Online at
www.tourdboyne.ie
The Operation Transformation 5k Walk/ Run will be held in Phoenix Park on Saturday the 19th February.
The fun run will start at 10am in the Phoenix Park and is suitable for all ages and fitness abilities. The start will be on Chesterfield Avenue- Main Road. The event will be organised by Athletics Ireland & Irish Runner magazine in conjunction with the Irish Sports Council and Dublin City Council.
The course will be accurarately measured. There will be a digital clock at the finish to allow you to check your finishing time. This 5km Fun Run is open to WALKERS, JOGGERS AND RUNNERS.
entry form click here
There are some events that may be of interest, particulalry to the Adult or fit4life section of the club:
February - Ras na hEireann in Drogheda on Sunday 13th February. Races for adults and kids. www.rasnaheireann.com
March - St.Patrick's 5k Festival Road Walk/Race at Dublin's Mansion house o n 20th March. Races for all ages. www.patricksrun.com
March - Wicklow Goal break Half marathon & 10k on 27th March www.wicklowhalfmarathonand10k.com
March - 42nd Dunboyne 4 mile Road Walk/Race & Fun run on 27th March. Races for all ages. www.dunboynerun.com
April - Great Ireland run in the Phoenix Park 10th April. Walk/Races for adults and kids. www.greatirelandrun.org
May - Boyne 10k in Drogheda on 1st May at 7pm. www.boyne10k.ie
May - Pieta House 5k Walk/Run in Phoenix Park on 7th May at approx 5am. www.pieta.ie
May - Wexford Half Marathon & Relay 22nd May. www.wexfordhalfmarathon.com
June - Strawberry Half Marathon & Race Festival in Enniscorthy on 26th June. www.strawberryhalfmarathon.com
July - Clontarf Half Marathon on 3rd July. www.irishmultimarathon.com
July - Dublin 10k in Park West on 24th July. www.dublin10km.com
Sept - Eireman off road triathlon. www.eireman.org
Please find attached a poster for a Running/Endurance workshop hosted by Ratoath AC in The Venue Theatre, Ratoath Community Centre, Main Street, Ratoath on Thursday 10th February from 7.30pm to 10pm with registration from 7.15.
I would ask you to forward this poster to all your contacts who are interested in running 5kms, 10kms or marathons during 2011. The main contributors are Irish International 400/800 mt runner and the new PE teacher in Ratoath Community teacher David McCarthy and marathon and hill runner Ryan Montgomery who will give plenty of advice from experience.
If you have any questions or need additional information just contact me at the mobile number below and I will try and help you.
Many Thanks and Regards
Bart Rogers
Regional Development Officer
Athletics Ireland
Tel;0872696577
E mail: bart@athleticsireland.ie
to see poster click here
We will be running a training session to concentrate on High jump, on Saturday 22-Jan at 2:30pm at Lusk National School.
It probably best suits the older kids group i.e. over 8 yrs.
Fingal Tri is a very good local club that specialise in Triathlons.
They are kicking off their season with a simple Duathlon ( Run and cycle ).
They welcome entrants for this local event.
Click here for more information
The 2011 form is now available. Please feel free to print this off and fill it out. Alternatively the mentors will have these forms available tomorrow night.
Any Juveniles wishing to enter the "B" championships should give their name to Anne Gleeson on Tuesday night.
Click here for membership form
LUSK ATHLETIC CLUB AGM
WILL TAKE PLACE WEDNESDAY 02nd FEBRUARY,
CHECK BACK HERE FOR TIME AND LOCATION
We will be doing a run around Ardgillan on Sunday morning at 11:30am.
All ages and abilities welcome.
Meet in the carpark before hand.
We leave the carpark at 11:30 sharp.
There is a very good race day coming up on Sunday the 13th February - Ras na hEeireann. This is a famous and long in existance event.
This year it will be held at the Battle of the Boyne site (just beyond the new bridge on the Drogheda bypass), which is just up the road from us.
It there is sufficient interest we will be able to enter teams for some of the events. We will have further details closer to the event, but for now it would be good to know just who might be interested. So, please revert if you are interested.
Regards, Seamus.
The training for the older kids resumes on Tuesday 11th. It will be Tuesday the 18th before the Little Athletics starts back.
We would welcome adults also to the training on the Tuesday nights. There are a wide range of abilites among those who already run with the club, so there is plenty of opportunity to get in with someone of your own ability.
We are into the indoor season of competition which means that for the Juveniles we will be concentrating on Long & High Jump, Sprints, Shot put etc.
See you on Tuesday night at 7pm.
Seamus.
Well done to all who turned out on the 2nd of January to take part in this year's Goal run, in Lusk. This charity event raised much needed funds for Goal. The course around the ring road was just over two miles and the first man home was Shane McNally for the second year in a row. Emma Dennis was first of the ladies home.
Click here for photos
Happy New year,
Seamus.