National Cross Country Championships Tullamore

Junior Cross Country

KCH Junior Cross Country Team

KCH Junior Ladies finished 5^th in the National Inter-club Cross-country in Tullamore today. Anna Sheehan continued her good form with an 11^th place finish and Aoibhe Richardson in 15^th  was also running well. Annie Condren 25^th and Nicola Murphy 28^th completed the scoring. The Thomastown Junior squad finished just behind them in sixth place. They were lead home by Maeve O Connor in 23^rd position closely followed by Sinead Whelan (24^th) along with Niamh O Shea in 27^th positon and Laura Walpole 31^st .

In the Junior Mens Race Sean Power of Thomastown finished in 18^th position

Cross Country Relays

U-14 Relay Bronze medal winners

However there was some medal success for Kilkenny in the Inter-county Juvenile Cross Country relays. The KCH team of Rebecca Keane, Ella Richardson, Leah Raggett and Martyna Balcer represented the county in the Girls U-14  4x250m. They finished in third place with a good performance and were rewarded with bronze All-Ireland medals. In the Girls U-12 relay race Kilkenny were represented by Thomastown and in a very close contest they finished in 7^th position, Ciara O Keefe, Emily Taylor, Sinead O Keefe and Orla O Keefe made up the Thomastown squad