County championships this Friday at RSC

Section 1 of the Waterford County Track and Field Championships takes place this Friday at the RSC in the city, the first event starts at 6.15 p.m. sharp. There is very limited car parking available at the RSC and the roads adjacent to the Centre will have to be used. Full programme of the event has been with all clubs for some time and no juveniles allowed in the events. As decided at County Board level both sprint tracks at the RSC will be used and all clubs agreed to supply judges. With a full programme of events and it beng evening time, its essential that each event be run off smoothly. Please come along early.

Butlerstown 10km. on this Friday

Originally scheduled for Saturday next, will all athletes please note that the annual Butlerstown 10 k.m. and 5 km. fun run has been brought forward to this Friday, April 25 at 7.30 p.m. Entries w...
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The opening round of the county track & field championships kick off this Friday evening in the RSC, Waterford at 5.30pm. All club athletes are asked to be at the track by 5pm to get well warmed up. First events on track will be the long hurdle races followed by the sprints. There will be events for all athletes U9 right up to senior. There will be relays boys and girls U9, U11, U13, U15 and U17.

All-Ireland Indoors

Well done to the boys U16 relay squad of John Halley, Gary Cantwell, Aidan Curran and Isaac Lineen who competed in the All-Irelands Indoors recently, held in Nenagh. The team just missed out on a place in the final four teams with their time 6th fastest overall.

At the opening weekend of the All-Ireland Indoors there was some fine running by John Halley in the boys U15 60m. John was very impressive in his heats where he qualified for the final and finished an excellent 7th ...
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Munster Graduate Championships

The Munster Badminton Association Graduate Championships were held in Garryduff, Cork on Sunday 20th April. Brother and sister pairing Anthony Feicks and Samantha Byrne won the Mixed Doubles Championships beating the Lady Lane partnership of Michael Kennedy and Ann Smith. Katherine O'Sullivan won the Ladies Singles Championship defeating Catherine Murphy from Kerry.

A.G.M.

The club's A.G.M. was held in Beckett's Bar on Monday 14th April. Over thirty members attended and the following committees were elected:

Main Committee:

Chairperson: Mick Kennedy, Hon. Secretary: Iris Graham, Hon. Treasurer: Jeanne McNamara, Vice-Chairperson: Martin Morrissey, Assistant Secretary: Madelyn Cheasty, Committee Members: Stephen McNamara and Michael Cullinane.

Selection Committee:

Chairperson: Michael Kenne...
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Last weekend the first Triathlon of this year took place in Nenagh. This was the first time the newly formed club held a race and it was a great success. It consisted of a 750m pool swim followed by a 20k cycle and 5k run. Over 150 competitors took part with 5 wave starts and 6 swimmers to a lane. Club member Noel Ryan decided to get a head start on the Triathlon season by making this his first race. He was lucky in his swim lane as everyone had guessed their swim times pretty accurately so they were all of similar standard so there were no hold-ups. It was a freezing cold day though and Noel really felt the chill when he went from the warm pool out into a strong headwind on the bike without the usual winter clothing that we are still wearing at the moment. He could not get warm on the cycle and could barely feel his toes when he got on to the run. His run was his best of the 3 disciplines on the day and he finished an excellent 29...
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Carrick-on-Suir Triathlon Club are hosting their inaugural duathlon this Saturday April 26th in the inspirational setting of Rathgormack, Co. Waterford. The race, which consists of a run followed by a cycle and a shorter run to finish, starts at 12:00pm with registration taking place at 10:30am in the Rathgormack Hiking and Hostel Centre.

Entrants from all over Ireland have already signed up for the race and a considerable number or newcomers to the sport will take part on the day. Indeed the race is open to all abilities and no special skills are necessary, just the ability to run and cycle. You can even enter the race as a relay team with one person doing the two runs and the other the cycle.

Entry is only €20 for an individual and €30 for a relay team of two. Each entrant will receive a goody bag and race t-shirt. Refreshments will be available in the Rathgormack Hiking and Hostel Centre after ...
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First time round it was De La Salle who came out on top against Thurles CBS in the Dr. Harty Cup final, the premier colleges hurling championship in Munster.

Both teams through further progress proved themselves the best two in the country and so they faced off once again a week and a half ago in Nowlan Park, Kilkenny.

This time it was a pulsating contest which ended in a draw after 60 minutes. It went to extra time and a John O'Neill point at the end of the absorbing twenty additional minutes meant that a third episode of this extraordinary fare was back at the Marble City venue on Saturday last. They came in their thousands to bear witness to two tremendous outfits. De La Salle the holders against a college who have not tasted sweet success for four decades. Again as in their two previous meetings the game came down to the wire. Success or otherwise can be the stroke of the sliothar and it was the champion...
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