Leinster Pairs & U12/U13

Leinster Pairs, U12-U13

Double podium places for Castlecomer and Thomastown Duo’s in the Leinster Pairs

Day 3 of the Leinster Track and Field Championships got underway in Tullamore on Sunday with the U9-U11 Pairs and U12 and U13 all competing in sprints, distance, jumps and throws. Juvenile athletics is certainly on a high at the moment, with record numbers entering for County and Provincial events. In the U11 Girls Pairs there were 86 athletes competed for sprints and 80 for Long Jump, a testament to the popularity of the sport at the moment. Leinster provincial can be highly competitive, so to compete and medal in this competition is an amazing achievement for athletes, coaches and clubs. The top three pairs who medalled will now go onto the Nationals at the end of June. The top 4 athletes from individual competitions (except the middle distance which is 3) will also go onto to compete at Nationals.  There were plenty of medals coming home to Kilkenny as three clubs medalled in the younger age pairs. Castlecomer’s Cian Nolan and Diarmuid Maher claimed bronze in the U11 600m and the U11 60m sprint. Thomastown also had double medal success with Georgia Keyes and Julianne Doyle taking silver in the U11 60m sprint and silver in U11 turbo javelin. Thomastown’s youngest duo Amelia Dunne and Erin Smyth took silver in their U9 long jump just missing out on gold by 1cm. Their clubmates Hugo Jasinghe and Cian Hickey also took silver in the Boys U10 turbo javelin. Castlecomer’s Patrick Comerford and Oisin Fogarty took the gold in the Boys U11 turbo javelin, with both boys having excellent throws. Patrick threw a phenomenal 30.10m while Oisin threw 17.26m, for a combined 47.36m for the gold and over 10m longer than 2^nd place. Kilkenny City Harriers Amenze Victor and Florence O’Donoghue ran two super sprint heats to take the bronze in the Girls U11 60m sprint.

In the Girls U13 600m final Millie Walsh St. Senan’s ran a great race to finish in 3^rd place for the bronze medal, and Aaron Tyrell Kilkenny City Harriers stormed to victory in the Boys U13 600m final to win gold in a time of 1:43.18. Thomastown’s Luke Hanlon was in action in the Boys U12 Shot Put winning gold with 9.09m on his second throw. Kilkenny City Harriers won 3 medals overall in the high jump, Roisin Hyland claimed silver in a 3way tie with three athletes claiming silver at 1.20m. In the Girls U13 competition the top 3 all finished on 1.41m with Aoibhinn Hyland winning bronze on the countback. Conor Lawrence Delaney won his U13 high jump with an impressive 1.46m to claim the gold.

The inter county relay had great success with the U11 Girls winning gold, the U11 Boys claiming bronze, the U13 Girls just missed out by .06 second to finish in 4^th, while the U13 Boys were very unlucky to be disqualified after the race. Congratulations and well done to everyone who competed on the day, with more success to follow next Saturday for the relays. Full results below:

300m/500m/600m Pairs

U9 Girls

 Thomastown 7^th Amelia Dunne, Erin Smyth,

Castlecomer 13^th Grace Comerford, Aoibheann Smith, Ciara Ryan

Kilkenny City Harriers, Betty Carroll,

U9 Boys

Kilkenny City Harriers 12^th Feidhlim Norry, Matthew Healy, Jack McSherry

Castlecomer 13^th Alex Fitzpatrick, Darragh Brennan, 17^th Ruben Beasley, Oisin Crilly

U10 Girls

Kilkenny City Harriers 9^th Niamh Hoyne, Eva Robinson, Joanie O’Toole

Castlecomer Emma Malone

U10 Boys

Castlecomer 5^th Ciaran Brennan, Daire Smyth,

U11 Girls

St. Senan’s 5^th Katie Kelly, Sienna Harrison,

Thomastown 14^th Ava Smyth, Roisin Pembroke

Kilkenny City Harriers Summer Nova Molloy

60m Sprint

U9 Girls

Kilkenny City Harriers 13^th Hannah Murphy, Ruby Foster, 16^th Betty Carroll, Maeve Buckley, Hazel O’Gorman,

U9 Boys

Castlecomer 14^th Darragh Brennan, Peader Mulhall, Ruben Beasley,

Kilkenny City Harriers Matthew Healy

U10 Boys

Castlecomer 5^th Daire Smyth, Ciaran Brennan, 10^th Nicky Morrissey, Cayden Nolan, Jack Ryan

U11 Girls

Thomastown 2^nd Georgia Keys, Julianne Doyle,

Kilkenny City Harriers 3^rd Amenze Victor, Florence O’Donoghue, 19^th Holly Quinn, Grace Cuddihy,

Castlecomer Amelia Mulhall

U11 Boys

Castlecomer 3^rd Cian Nolan, Diarmuid Maher, Robert Beasley

Kilkenny City Harriers 4^th Jonah Cleere, Ollie Direen, 22^nd Henry Trayer, James Buckley

Pairs Long Jump

U9 Girls Thomastown 2^nd Amelia Dunne, Erin Smyth,

Kilkenny City Harriers 10^th Hannah Murphy, Ruby Foster, 20^th Maeve Buckley, Hazel O’Gorman,

Castlecomer 19^th Aoibheann Smith, Grace Comerford, Ciara Ryan

U9 Boys Kilkenny City Harriers Feidhlim Norry

U10 Girls Kilkenny City Harriers 7^th Niamh Hoyne, Olivia Foster, Eve Robinson,

Castlecomer Emma Malone

U10 Boys Thomastown 8^th Hugo Jasinghe, Cian Hickey,

Castlecomer 10^th Nicky Morrissey, Cayden Nolan, Jack Ryan

Kilkenny City Harriers Nicolas Burke

U11 Girls Kilkenny City Harriers 11^th Holly Quinn, Grace Cuddihy,

Thomastown 18^th Ava Smyth, Roisin Pembroke,

St. Senan’s 23^rd Katie Kelly, Sienna Harrison,

Castlecomer Amelia Mulhall

U11 Boys Kilkenny City Harriers 7^th Jonah Cleere, Oisin Direen, 18^th Harry Comerford, Henry Trayer

Castlecomer 13^th Patrick Comerford, Oisin Fogarty,  

Pairs Turbo Javelin

U9 Boys Castlecomer 8^th Alex Fitzpatrick, Oisin Crilly, Peader Mulhall

Kilkenny City Harriers Jack McSherry

U10 Girls Kilkenny City Harriers 5^th Olivia Foster, Joanie O’Toole

U10 Boys Thomastown 2^nd Hugo Jasinghe, Cian Hickey

U11 Girls Thomastown 2^nd Julianne Doyle, Georgia Keyes

Kilkenny City Harriers Florence O’Donoghue

U11 Boys  Castlecomer 1^st Patrick Comerford, Oisin Fogarty

U12 and U13 Children’s Games  

600m Distance

U12 Girls

Final 10^th Emma Hayden G, 11^th Edie Kemple KCH,

Heats: Winter Rose Molloy KCH 5^th H2, Lauren Malone CC 9^th H2, Eva Hoyne KCH 8^th H3, Katie Quirke NU 13^th H3, Aoife Dalton G 11^th H4

U12 Boys

Final Huw Morgan SS 5^th,

Heats Harry O’Regan 11^th H1, Conor Maher 13^th H3

U13 Girls

Final Millie Walsh SS 3^rd, Emily Maher TT 5^th,

Heats: Kate Malone 4^th H3,

U13 Boys

Final Aaron Tyrell KCH 1^st, 8^th Daniel Quinn KCH, 12^th Cian Shortall G

Heats Robbie Chandley KCH 11^th H2,

60m Sprints

U12 Girls Semi- Final: Emma Hayden 5^th H2, Aoife Dalton 6^th H2, Katie Quirke 1^st H4

Heats: Lucy Maher KCH 3^rd H4, Lauren Malone 5^th H4, Roisin Hyland KCH 3^rd H7, Isabelle Hoyne 3^rd H9

U12 Boys Heats: Harry O’Regan 4^th H3,

U13 Girls Semi-Final: Millie Walsh SS 5^th H1, Lily Power 8^th H1, Emily Maher 5^th H2,

U13 Boys Semi-Final: Cian Shortall G 7^th H1, Conor Lawrence Delaney 6^th H3

High Jump

U12 Girls Roisin Hyland KCH 2nd,

U13 Girls Aoibhinn Hyland KCH 3^rd, Ella Jasinghe TT 4^th, Millie Walsh SS 10^th,

U12 Boys Luke Hanlon TT 6^th,

U13 Boys Conor Lawrence Delaney KCH 1^st, 5^th Daniel McIntyre KCH, Daniel Quinn KCH 10^th,

Shot Put

Girls U12 Lauren Maher TT 9^th, Katie Quirke Nu 10^th, Lucy Maher KCH 16^th, Perrie Lasirfhiona Ni Cheallaigh KCH 22^nd

Girls U13 Alisha Farrell TT 7^th, Roisin Corrigan G 14^th,

Boys U12 Luke Hanlon TT 1^st, Sean Ledbetter TT 6^th, Harry O’Regan G 19^th, Conor Maher G 21^st,

Boys U13 Robbie Chandley KCH 13^th, Aaron Tyrell KCH 14^th, Ben Kelly BR 17^th, Michael O’Dowd BR 18^th, Kang O’Gorman BR 20^th

Inter County Relays

U11 Girls 1^st Julianne Doyle TT, Georgia Keys TT, Katie Kelly SS, Emma Malone CC

U11 Boys 3^rd Jonah Cleere KCH, Cian Nolan CC, Ollie Direen KCH, Ciaran Brennan CC

U13 Girls 4^th Millie Walsh SS, Emily Maher TT, Lily Power KCH, Emma Hayden G

U13 Boys DQ Huw Morgan SS, Cian Shortall G, Conor Lawrence Delaney KCH, Jeff Phelan NU