June 9, 2013 
Thomastown Athletic Club had a very successful day at the Leinster Juvenile team events in Celbridge on Saturday 8/06/2013. Thomastown has six teams competing U9 Girls, U9 boys, U11Girls, U11 Boys, U12 Girls, U13 girls and came home with two wins in the U9 girls and U11 Boys, and two 2nd placings in the U10 Boys and U12 girls. While the U11 Girls and U13 Girls didn’t get in the medals the put in some fine performances. On a day when low scoring in all events was required to get into the medals, Kilkenny clubs were to the fore in most age groups and put in one of the best overall performances of any county at these Leinster championships.
Each team competes in four events plus a relay and each athlete must compete in two events plus the relay. There must be two from each team per event. The placing of both athletes per event are added and the combined score is used to determine the team placing in the event. The scores from all events are then added and the team with the lowest overall score is declared the winner.
The U9 girls were one of the star teams of the day taking home gold. The team was Maria O’Keeffe, Tara Fenlon, Niamh Galway, Aoibhlinn Morrissey and Cliona Ryan.
They were quickly followed by the Boys under 9 who finished in 2nd place overall. The team was David Holden, Jimmy Maher, Cian Farrell, Oisin O’Reilly.
The Thomastown girls U11 competed well but didn’t finish in the medals. The team was Katie Taylor, Orla Walsh, Anna Cass and Isabelle Ryan.
Next up was the Boys U11 and with four teams level on points going into the final event, the relay, the boys put in a might run to take victory. The team was Jordan Knight, Zach Bay Hammond, Thomas Comerford, Naoise Dempsey, and Billy Power.
Not to be out done the Girls U12 put in great performance to finish in a very close 2nd position and were just pipped for gold in the final event of the day, the relay. The team was Orla O’Keeffe, Ciara O’Keeffe, Ellen Ryan, and Dearbhail O’Reilly
The girls U13 again were very competitive but didn’t finish in the top 3. The team was Sinead O’Keeffe, Emily Taylor, Keri Whelan, and Ciara Walsh
Some pics taken on the day (Thomastown AC)
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Destination Ballybofey for KCH U- 10 Relay Specialists
Three teams from KCH made it to the podium at the Leinster Team competition in Celbridge on Saturday. A lively under 13 boys team of Rory McGabhann, Pat O’Shea, Luke Morrissey and Shay McEvoy won silver. It was a similar achievement for under 15 girls Ciara Deely, Sinead Tuohy, Leah Raggett and Martyna Balcer.
However the club stars were the girls under 10 who won gold. The team of Emma Shortall, Emma Manogue, Rachel Leahy and Fiona Dillon could be described as relay specialists given their track record so far this year. Following a good cross-country season they have now shown great prowess on the track. In early April they came first in the 4x100m relay at open sports in Crookstown, Co Kildare. Later in the month it was first again in Carlow. In May at the County Championships in Scanlon Park they were first team under 10 and second under 11.. More recently they placed second under 11 at an open sports in Ballon-Rathoe. And now they are Leinster Team Champions. With this history behind them they will travel to Donegal at the end of the month for the All-Ireland athletics track and field finals under 9, 10 and 11.
In addition Emma Manogue and Fiona Dillon will represent the club in the 500m National Pairs and Emma Shortall and Caoimhe Carroll will compete in the 60m Pairs.
The boys under 10 relay team, having placed third in Leinster, will also travel to Donegal and hope to give a good account of themselves. Two members of the relay team, Michael Raggett and Cian Farrell, will also compete in the 60m Pairs final.
St Josephs had two teams on the podium
Boys’ U-13: gold: Darragh McDonald, Oisin Griffin, Sam Sutton, Jack Elliot
Boys’ U12: silver: Killian Griffin, Ian Byrne, Jack Mullaly, Paul Murphy, Rory O Connor
Athletics Kilkenny 
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