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Upcoming Fixtures

Wednesday 16 May and Saturday 19 May 2012 - Leinster Schools Track & Field Championships, Morton Stadium, Santry.

Sunday 20 May Kildare League Round 2 @ 12 noon Naas AC track. Please be at the track at 11:30am for registration and warm up. See attached for events.

Wednesday 30 May Kildare League Round 3 @ 7pm Naas AC track (Group A only - This includes NAAS))

Sunday 17 June Kildare Track & Field Championships Day 2 @ 12 Noon KILCOCK (St. Coca's AC track) - See attached for events.

RESULTS

Wednesday 16 May 2012 Leinster Schools Track & Field Championships Day 1 - The club had three athletes competing for St. Mary's College Naas. First up was Emer McCabe in the Inter Girls 300 hurdles who had a fine run to finish in 5th place. Ciara Gallagher was a clear winner in the Girls Junior 200m and was second in the 100m. She will now represent her school and Leinster in both events at the All Irelands Scools on Saturday 2 June. Our final competitor of the day was Anna Cleary who finished in 5th place in a very competitive 1,500 Girls Junior race.

Day 2 takes place Saturday 19 May with Eileen Woods, Emer McCabe and Elaine Corrigan all competing for St Marys.

Wednesday 9 May 2012 South Leinster Schools Track & Field Day 2 - The club had 4 athletes competing for St. Mary's College Naas. In the Girls Junior Long Jump Eileen Woods finished in second place with a PB of 5.18m while Emer McCabe jumped 5.08m to finish in third place, also a PB. In the Girls Senior Javelin Elaine Corrigan throw a PB of 30.27m to finish in second place. Mairead Drewitt finished in 4th place but was unlucky with some of her throws. In the Boys Inter Javelin Michael Jordan (Newbridge College) throw a PB of 35.59 to finish in third place.

Finally well done to Chloe Abbott (St. Woolstan's) who finished in 3rd place in the Girls Senior 3,000m at the West Leinster Championships.

Wednesday 2 May 2012 - South Leinster Schools Track & Fielld Championships - The club had a number of athletes competing for St. Marys College, Naas. In the minor Girls 4 x 100m relay Aine O'Connor and Nicole Dunne were part of the team who finished in third place. Aine alsos finished in 5th place in the individual 100m race. In the Girls 1,500m Junior race Anna Cleary won the Gold medal with Siobhan Delaney finishing in third place - both Girls qualifyning for the Leinster Schools Finals on Weg 16 May. Ciara Gallagher won the Gold medal in the Girls Junior 200m and the Silver medal in 100m (perhaps feeling tired with her sixth race of the day). Emer McCabe finished in 2nd place the Girls Inter 300m hurdles also qualifying for the Leinster finals.

Sunday 22 April Millbrook Cup 6 mile handicap race, Punchestown racecourse - The 87th edition of the Jack Garvey Millbrook Cup took place last Sunday. The senior 6 mile race is handicapped on time - slowest off first, fastest last - and is run over three laps of the steeplechase course. The scratch runner this year was the 2010 winner John Canning of Newbridge AC. In a very competitive race last years winner Tom Gallagher (Naas AC) was first home followed by Pat Malone (Newbridge) in 2nd place and Justin Delmer (Newbridge) in 3rd place. Fastest time was recorded by John Canning with one second to spare over Pat Malone. John was also the first VET home outside the top three.

The fun run over 2 miles of the tarmac course was held in heavy rain prior to the main event. Anna Cleary wons the Girls race while Tony O'Connor was the first Boy home.

Well done to all organisers particularly Brian Dowling, Brian Mullaney, the rest of the Committee and our ticket sellers.

Saturday 21 April KIldare League Round 1 - Well done to all who competed in the first round of the league as we had a great turnout with almost 80 athletes competing.

Sat 31 March All Ireland Indoors Championships Nenagh Day 3 - Well done to our 3 competitors at the All Irelands last weekend. Elaine Corrigan picked up her first All Ireland medal when coming 2nd in the Girls U19 Shot Putt. Meanwhile Eileen Woods finished in 3rd place in the Girls U18 Long Jump. Emer McCabe was unlucky in the Girls U17 Long Jump when struggling to get her mark on the day.

Thursday 29 March Cumann na mBunscoil Primary Schools Cross Country, Newbridge -
Well done to all our club athletes who won numerous team prizes for various schools in the Naas & Caragh areas at the County Primary Schools CC. The most impressive individual performances were by Ailbhe Gallagher who won the Girls 1,000m large schools and Tony O'Connor who was 3rd in the Boys 1500m large schools.

Sat/Sun 24 March / 25 March - All Ireland Indoors Nenagh Day 1 & 2 -
We had no medal winners at the first weekend of the All Irelands but nevertheless we had some inpressive performances. Keela McGee finished just out of the medals in the girls U12 60M when finishing in 4th place. Her brother Evin McGee also finished in 4th place in the Boys U14 60 hurdles. Tony O'Connor finished in 5th place with a PB in the Boys U13 Long Jump while Eoin Conneff finished in 8th place in the same event. Eoin Conneff also ran the Boys U13 60M but did not qualify for the final. Ciara Gallagher finished in 5th place in the Girls U16 Long Jump.

Kildare Inter & Master Road Race, Naas Rugby Club Sunday 11 March 2012
There was a huge turnout in the mens 6km race with 58 starters. The Naas team of Ashton Farrell, Tom Gallagher, Joe Kane, Brendan Delaney, Gerry Halton and Tim Farmer finished outside the team medals although there was some success with individual medal winners in the Masters categories (detailed results to follow).

All Ireland Schools Cross Country Championships, Galway Saturday 10 March 2012.
Well done to all 3 athletes who competed in competed in the All Irelands last weekend. The three Girls Anna Cleary (16th), Siobhan Delaney (22nd) and Ciara Gallagher represented St Mary's Naas in the junior 2.5km event.

This is a report on Claire Mooney since she went to New York. Claire was coached by Liz Hogan as a juvenile over the past number of years.

Claire Mooney moved to the USA last Sept to take up an Athletics Scholarship at St Johns University, New York. Her first competition was on the 10th Dec in The Bill Ward Invitation Meet in New York were she finished 2nd in the 400m in a time of 57.33. She was also on the 4 x 400m relay team that finished in first place.

In the Metropolitan Championships, held at The Armory in New York on the 26th Jan she moved up to the 500m, a distance not run on this side of the Atlantic and duly won the race in a great time of 1.12.97. Her 4 x 400m relay team again finished in 1st place. At the Meyo Invitational Meet in Nortre Dame on 3rd Feb Claire was the top finisher for St Johns, again running the 500m, finishing 3rd, her time 1.13.64.

On the 11th Feb her relay team ran in the College section of the Millrose Games taking 2nd, in 3.45.65. The Big East Indoor Championships were held over two days at The Armory in New York on 18th/19th Feb. On the Sat Claire qualified for the A final when she ran the 4th fastest time in the heats. In the final on Sun she finished 5th overall in a new pb of 1.12.66. This was a great achievement for Claire as she was the top finishing freshman (1st year) in the race.

Scottish Indoor Championships U14, U16, U18 and U20 Saturday 3 March and Sunday 4 March 2012, Kelvin Hall, Glasgow

Well done to all our athletes who competed at the Scottish Indoors last weekend. Athletes competing on Saturday were Lyle Hood and Niall Delahunt (Boys U18 60m and 200m), Emer McCabe (Girls U18 60m and Long Jump), Eileen Woods (Girls U18 Long Jump), Chloe Abbott (Girls U18 1,500m) and Elaine Corrigan (Girls U20 Shot Putt). The following competed on Sunday, Ciara Gallagher (Girls U16 300m), Anna Cleary (Girls U16 1,500m) and Keith Abbott (Boys U16 1,500m). Photo's to follow.

Our 4 medal winners were as follows:

ATHLETE	EVENT	MEDAL
Ciara Gallagher	U16 300m	Gold
Eileen Woods	U18 Long Jump	Silver
Chloe Abbott	U20 1,500m	Bronze
Anna Cleary	U16 1,500m	Bronze

Membership - All membership fees are due now. See accross page for Membership Forms. Please complete and return to your coach along with appropiate fee.

See upcoming events under fixtures section. You cannot compete in any events and you are not insured unless you are registered with the Athletics Association of Ireland (complete memberhip form).

Coaches wanted -

To all parents/guardians. We require more coaches/assistant coaches/help for juvenile training on Tuesdays and Thursdays. At the moment we are relying on a small number of coaches who giving their free time up to 4 times a week. Last year Naas AC won the best Juvenile club of the year in Kildare but we require more help this year to support the current coaches and to achieve the same standards. Can you please let any of the present coaches know if you are willng to help out? You don't need to be an expert as coaching courses are available and the current coaches can pass on their knowledge and experience. All coaches are subject to Gardai vetting.