July Fixtures

Sat 5: Strabane 10K & Leisure Walk-11.30 Entry Form & Poster

Wed 23: Furey Insurances 5K Series- Jog in the Bog - 7.30 results

Donegal Series here

Track and Field Fixtures here

Wed 2nd Aug: Furey Insurances 5K Series- Muff Festival 5k - 2pm poster

June Fixtures

Wed 4th May-Team Trophy Antrim T&F

Friday 6th June - 7.30 - Donegal Town 5k - poster RESULTS

Wed 11th June-Furey Insurances 5K Race 4 Balliniska 7.30pm poster Results

SAT 14TH JUNE - Buncrana 10k at 6.30 Phone E McLaughlin 0749362320

June 21st - Enniskillen 10k - Entry form

June 28th - June-Furey Insurances 5K Race 5 Culmore 2pm here

May Fixtures

Sunday 4th May-NW 10k Letterkenny, 3pm Results

Monday 5th May-Belfast Marathon 9am

Friday 9th May-Culdaff 5k 7.30 poster results photos

Tue 13th May Donegal Senior Track and Field Championships Rd1 2008 Photos Results

Wed 14th May-Furey Insurances 5K Race 2 Lisnagalvin 7.30pm poster results

Sunday 18th May- AAI National League Rd1 Timetable Results

Tue 20th May-Interfirms 5k Letterkenny 7.30pm poster Results

Thursday 22nd May-Wilkies 5m 7.30pm

Wed 28th May-Furey Insurances 5K Race 3 Buncrana 7.30pm poster results

Furey Insurances 5K Series 2007

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30th July REPORT 28th July 08SPARTAN MEN FINISH 4TH IN NATIONAL LEAGUE

Despite a sparkling double from Tom Carey and some fine individual performances City of Derry men just missed out on promotion at the Division One Final of the National Track and Field League in Tullamore.

When the scores were totted up at the end of six hours of intense competition, City had scored 104 points to take fourth place but seven points shy of the second spot which would have guaranteed promotion to the Premier Division next year.

Winners of the match were Ballymena & Antrim with 116 points, five ahead of St. Abban’s (Laois) with a County Galway selection another four points back in third.

Carey followed up his first National Senior title seven days earlier by winning both the 110m Hurdles (14.76) and 400m Hurdles (53.95) events.

Colin Roberts also took maximum points in winning the 3000m Steeplechase in 10:07.42 while Irish Schools’ Senior Triple Jump champion Igho Diegbe showed his versatility by taking second places in the 100m (11.44) and Shot Putt (9.65m).

Pajo Hamilton also claimed a runner-up spot in the 800m (1:58.82) as did Declan Burns (4:19.97) in the 1500m and Simon Herron (13.48m) in the Triple Jump.

Picture shows No 133 Pajo Hamilton (City of Derry) taking the runner-up spot in the Division One final of the National Track & Field League in Tullamore

However in the end, too many weak events cost the Spartans dearly and they will now have to wait until 2009 to secure that elusive spot in the Premier League.

Meanwhile a sizeable number of spectators turned up at Santry Stadium on Friday night for the Brother Ireland Morton Memorial Meeting to commemorate the World records set at the venue 50 years ago.

Ronnie Delany who ran in the World record mile of Herb Elliott and Eamon Coghlan were guests of honour as the appreciative crowd enjoyed an excellent night of athletics.

Unfortunately Irish champion Eileen O’Keefe had to sit out an excellent women’s Hammer competition because of injury. Three throwers exceeded 70 metres with Germany’s Betty Heidler claiming the winner’s medal with a throw of 72.43m.

American Rob Myers added his name to the illustrious list of Morton Mile winners with a time of 3:56.23 after taking the initiative at the bell. Appropriately, no less than nine athletes were inside the once magical four minutes.

Derry Athletics Development Officer Elaine McCaffrey finished seventh in the 400m in 55.96 behind Jamaica’s Rosemary White who won in 51.53 seconds.
In Belgium both Amy Foster (200m/23.75) and Kelly McNeice (1500m/4:11.91) recorded personal best performances.

Mal

 

 Latest Club News

15th July - Diarmuid Grant won Friday nights 4.2 mile race in Cranford and took one second off the record set by Pauric McKinney in 2006.

26th June - Level 1 coaching course will now take place in September 08.

18th June - Next club meeting on Mon 30th June in Templemore at 7.30.

Reminder to all club members to wear their club vests in local competition.

Anyone interested in doing a level 1(Basic) athletics coaching course in Derry let me know(must be over 16). - Grants available from the Sports Council.

Eoghan 00353 87 9474883

eoghanfurey@gmail.com

Training

City of Derry  training is held throughout the week at a variety of venues.

Main training times: -

Templemore

Tuesday - 6:00pm (Juveniles - 7:00pm)

Thursday - 6:00 pm

(Juveniles - 7:00 pm)

Contact us:  spartans@tiscali.co.uk