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8th
June 2010Irish Schools Golds
for Claire and Ryan in Tullamore
Claire Dougherty,s excellent High Jump/Triple
Jump double and Ryan McParland,s impressive 100m Hurdless
victory, were the golden treble from the local seven medal
haul,won at last Saturday,s All Ireland Secondary Schools
Track/Field Championships in sunny Tullamore.
Lumen Christi student Claire was in stunning
form,winning both her events easily. She cleared 1m 64cm in
the High Jump,narrowly missed a new PB at 1m 66cm and rushed
off to take her place in the Triple Jump final where she got
out to a winning 10m 02cm to complete a sgnificant double
in the Junior U15 Girls age category.
St Columb,s Ryan McParland won the Intermediate U17 Boys 100m
Hurdles in a swift 13.96secs,improving on his runners up spot
in the Ulsters and like his City of Derry Spartans clubmate
Claire,showed just why they have both been selected on the
Olympic Council of Ireland,s Junior Talent Squad which will
travel to a training camp in Romainia later this month.
Staying with the U17 Boys Mark McGarvey did brialliantly with
a leap of 6m 32cm to claim a well deserved Long Jump silver.The
St Josephs student was pipped by Ryan for an Ulster qualifying
spot in the 100m Hurdles but his long Jump silver wiil have
gone a long way to making up for that!
Natasha Deane of St Marys,expploded onto the scene with Junior
Girls Javelin gold in the Ulsters and on the much bigger national
stage she again competed briliantly,throwing 28m 65cm for
the silver medal,an excellent performance,with every likelihood
of even more to come!
A brace of bronze medals from Lumen Christi,s Katie Cunningham
and Thornhill,s Jamie Herron completed the local medal haul.Katie
threw 9m 75cm for third in the Junior Girls Shot Putt while
in a very competitive Senior Girls Triple Jump,Jamie got out
to 10m 63cm.This matched the effort of the runner up but Jamie
placed third on countback and indeed the gold was won with
a tantilisingly close 10m 69cm!
Very well done to the medallists and also to those who came
close.Anna Barr was extremely unlucky in the U17 Girls Triple
Jump,her excellent 11m 03cm giving her fourth,a mere 3cm off
the bronze.The Thornhill student however has the ability to
bounce right back and will probably do tomorrow night in Magherafelt
at the Young Athletes League round 3 meeting.
Andrew Bolster of St Colunbs ran a new 400m Hurdles PB of
59.32secs for fifth in the U17 Boys race and no doubt will
improve this again as the season unfolds,Jamie Herron cleared
1m 50cm for fourth in the High Jump,Ryan McParland was fifth
in the 200m final with a 23secs even clocking,St Cecelias
Ciara Armstrong was fifth in her Junior Girls 200m final on
26.83secs and another Lumen athlete Amy Jackson continued
her improved showings with sixth in the Junior Girls 1500m
final,posting 5m07secs.
Young Athletes League Round 3
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The third and final qualifying round of the YAL will see both
Olympian and City of Derry in Magherafelt to morrow night,Wednesday
9th June,Both local clubs are looking good for the League
Final in late July with the Spartans topping the table in
what looks like an unassailable points lead. Barring a complete
meltdown they should go on to retain their YAL crown and o
on to represent NI once again at the UK Finals in late August.
Culmore 5K tomorrow Night
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Race 4 in the Furey Insurances 5K Series will bring the whole
exciting roadshow to Culmore Village for a 7 30 pm start tomorrow
night with another big turnout anticipated for the Coney Rd
action. All three earlier races,Bay Rd, Lisnagelvin and Buncrana
have seen dramatic increases on previous years turnouts and
Culmore should continue the trend.
Race sponsors tomorrow are well known Culmore residents,Physio,Shawn
Barron and Neil Doherty of Joe Jackson Ice Cream Parlours.
The usual comprehensive prize list covering all categories
is on offer again and the Sponsors arevalso putting up special
awards for local
participants,not affiliated to a running club.
Entries will be taken from 6pm at race HQ,the Victoria Hall
on the Arden Rd/Coney Rd junction.The Awards Presentation
and post race refreshments will also be hosted in the Hall.The
Awards should be ready to be presented around 8 45pm
In an attempt to speed up the entry process a one off online
entry service is available for this race which once again
will use Chip timing. Simplly send :name,age,male/female,club
and contact phone number to: fudgelarge@gmail.com This will
be available up to 4pm tomorrow!
A pre entry table will be available at race HQ for these entries,this
will assist with a speedy processing of the online entries
and facilitate taking on the night entries up to 7 20pm. Runners
are asked to arrive in good time to find a suitable parking
spot away from the Start/Finish area on the Culmore Point
Rd/Coney Rd/Arden Rd junction,get entered and have a proper
warm up pre race .There is very limited parking at the Victoria
Hall!
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