JUVENILE NEWS
Juvenile & Little Athletics
The cold & icy conditions didn't dampen the spirits at our final Little Athletics & Juvenile training on Thursday night. Even with the astro pitches closed lots of festive fun dancing and treats were had. We even had a visit from Santa's much younger handsome nephew 'Sooty' who was on hand to give everyone a selection box. Huge thankyou to all the coaches. Training will resume in January. Keep an eye on WhatsApp for details.
League 3 - Cross Country Tymon Park
Very well-done Max, Maeve, Anna Mai, Saidhbhín and Mark who took on the wintry conditions in Tymon Park today.
Brave running by everyone -and an excellent 5th place finish for Mark Kelly in an intense boys U12 race adding 26 points to his total of 53 from Leagues 1 & 2.
Huge thanks to all the family members who supported our athletes, and thanks to Dara for co-ordinating the warmups and providing the very welcome hot chocolate at the end.
Special thanks to Donal Iremonger (Donore Harriers) for his mentoring support and guidance ….as always!
Also, huge thanks to Todd Kelly for taking wonderful photos.
Dublin Juvenile Indoor Track & Field Championships 2023
The next Juvenile competitions are the Dublin Indoor Championships in February. Here are some dates for your diary. Remember that in Athletics the age groups are based on year of birth. So, in 2023 everyone will move up to the next age group.
ADULT SECTION
Malaga Marathon
Well Done to Dino on another Smashing Marathon in Malaga last weekend warm but super wet so tough conditions
Malaga Half Marathon
Also in action in Malaga last weekend was our wonderful Juvenile coach Ruth who took on the half marathon in the wet conditions. Well done, Ruth!
Marathon Congratulations
While on the subject of Marathons, huge congratulations to Shane O'Farrell who was the winner of the M45 2022 Dublin Marathon Championships!
Track & Field
We had a good early season visit to NIA Live on evening of Wed 14th. Xavi Hubert had a great season opener in the high jump going out at 1:65. Xavi had a PB in the 60m with 8.29, Enda Gavigan an 8.33 and in the 800 Michelle Branigan stormed home with a great PB of 2:37 with Derek Jones a 2:30 on his track debut. Youngest Competitor Léa Hurbert ran an impressive 10sec 60m race. Well done all!
Xavi with Daughter Léa
Michelle in action in her 800m Race
Donabate Parkrun
There was no parkrun last weekend due to the extremely icy conditions, but the good news is that this Saturday is the LSA Parkrun Takeover!!! There will be pacers, tea & coffee and lots of festive cheer...All baked goods are welcome at the LSA tent on the day!
LSA Christmas Raffle
Also on Saturday is the LSA Christmas Raffle...If you havent got your tickets yet DO NOT DELAY, BUY NOW as there are some unbelievable prizes up for grabs...Tickets Available HERE
Huge Thankyou to all the sponsors of these amazing PrizesLSA on Tour
There was no parkrun in freezing Donabate this week, but Sarah & her family ran Parkrun in Sunny South Africa!
And Finally...
Next week's newsletter will be the last for 2022 so please send any photos, stories or festive news by Monday 19th December to be included in next week's edition...WhatsApp 087 9583907 Thanks, Kelly x
