JUVENILE NEWS
St. Patrick's Boys National School Sports Day
A huge thank you to coaches Dara, Nicole, Sonia & Amelia who put the boys of St. Patrick's National school through their paces at their Junior Sports Day on Tuesday & Senior Sports Day on Thursday. The boys got to try high jump, long jump and javelin and had a fantastic fun filled day.
150th National Senior Championships
Massive congratulations to Anna Gavigan on her gold medal win at today's National Senior Championships at Morton Stadium Santry. This is a historic day for the club as Anna is the first National Senior title holder for LSA. She won gold in discus with an impressive throw of 46.22. The result is testament to Anna's years of hard work with dedicated coach Gerry and proud parents Enda & Louise.
Well done and thank you to Juvenile member Ruth Murtagh aged 7 who represented LSA in the parade to celebrate the 150th National Championships. Ruth did us all proud in our retro LSA colours.
Summer Camp
Final camp t-shirt collection will take place this Tuesday at 7-8pm at the club shed.
Information on Para Athletics Sessions
ADULT NEWS
Clonee 10k
Dino Higgins represented LSA at the Clonee 10k completing it in an impressive 39:51. Well Done Dino!
Donabate Parkrun
LSA was well represented with 19 members participating in Saturday's Parkrun and Rebekka McGinn volunteering. Shout out to Aaron who completed the full 5k with his mum Amy.
Our Advanced interval group participated in Parkrun this week with no watches/trackers and predicted their pace prior to running. They also celebrated their 2 year anniversary with Mary MacNamara's famous raspberry scones post race!
Northern Ireland Senior Championships
Congratulations to Dara Carr on winning a Silver medal in 400m at the Northern Ireland Senior Championships this weekend.
Waterford Half Marathon
Ciara Cullen flew the LSA flag today at the Waterford half marathon finishing in an amazing 2:01:40 PB. Well done Ciara!
LSA on Tour
Marathon Training
Marathon training is in full swing...the countdown is on with only 125 days to the Dublin City Marathon. If any of our experienced marathon runners want to give marathon tips or a marathon diary for the newsletter please shout. For the official Marathon countdown click here
And Finally....
Don't forget Donabate Park run is cancelled next week for Flavours of fingal.