Leinster Relays 2026

Leinster Relays

With the Leinster Championships well underway for the outdoor season, the attention was now on the Uneven and Even Age relays in the SETU on Saturday. The day itself is one filled with lots of enthusiastic athletes buzzing to run their hearts out in their leg of the relays. As with the individual events this year the younger ages from U9 up to U12 are highly competitive in both the Boys and Girls categories. All of the under-age races had at least two heats or more, with the top two or three teams into the final along with the fastest qualifiers. Leading up to the day there was a total of 251 teams entered across all ages, a testament to how popular athletics, especially relays has taken off. Watching the Irish team relays and their success in recent years has definitely inspired many athletes and the team spirit of running with your friends is the highlight. On the day Kilkenny was represented by no less than 41 teams from 5 of the juvenile clubs, Castlecomer, Gowran, Kilkenny City Harriers, St. Senan’s and Thomastown. There were gold medals for Thomastown’s Girls in the U11, while the A team from Kilkenny City Harriers took silver in the same event. Castlecomer’s U10 and U11 boys team both won bronze in the finals. Kilkenny City Harriers U13 boys and U14 boys won silver in their final, while the girls U14 A team won bronze also. The Kilkenny City Harriers U16 stormed to anther gold medal in one of the last races of the day. Four of the girls alongside Ellen Daly and Zoe Beck finished 2^nd in the girls U17 for the silver medal earlier that day in the morning races. Congratulations to all the teams who ran so well in their heats, finals and medalled on the day. Full results below:

Girls U9

 St. Senan’s 4^th Final Sarah Kelly, Olive Coogan, Bonnie Mae Courtney, Shona Hogan

Kilkenny City Harriers: 6^th Final Mollie Robinson, Ruby Foster, Betty Carroll, Ella Burke, Eliana Power

U9 Boys

Kilkenny City Harriers: 4^th Heat1 Feidhlim Norry, Jack McSherry, Matthew Healy, Ronan Cahill, Sean Slane.

Castlecomer: 6^th Heat 1 Darragh Brennan, Oisin Crilly, Alex Fitzpatrick, Ruben Beasley

Girls U10

St. Senan’s 5^th Heat 1: Eabha Power, Una Butler, Mia Walsh, Aurora Valdifiori

 Kilkenny City Harriers: (B) 6^th H1 Eva Robinson, Elena Di Ruscio, Saoirse Dooley, Olivia Foster, ( C) 6^th H2 Mary Kate Hyland, Sile Walsh, Carys Kennedy, Emma Fogarty, Clara Collins, (A) 3^rd H3 Sadie Ledingham, Cara Walsh, Niamh Hoyne, Joanie O’Toole

Boys U10

Castlecomer 3^rd Final Ciaran Brennan, Daire Smith, Nicky Morrissey, Cayden Nolan

Kilkenny City Harriers (B) 6^th H1 Luke Walsh, Jack O’Shea, Liam Ryall, Finn McGrath (A) 6^th H2 Liam O’Connor, Ross Byrne, Freddie Brennan, Peter Gleeson, (C) 7^th H2 Ivan Kraljevic, Shay Murphy, Nicolas Burke, Canice Tobin, Sean Reynolds, Daniel Quinn

Girls U11

Thomastown 1^st Final Julianne Doyle, Ava Smyth, Roisin Pembroke, Georgia Keyes,

Kilkenny City Harriers (A) 2^nd Final Amenze Victor, Molly Costelloe, Mayar Elfeady, Ava Ledingham (B) 5^th H3 Holly Quinn, Florence O’Donoghue, Lauren Millea, Clodagh O’Connor, (C) 5^th H1 Grace Cuddihy, Isobel Langton, Ada Fitzpatrick, Amelia May McGovern, Lauren Hayes

Boys U11

Castlecomer 3^rd Final Cian Nolan, Diarmuid Maher, Oisin Fogarty, Patrick Comerford, Robert Beasley

Kilkenny City Harriers (A) DQ Final, Cathal Moloney, Jonah Cleere, Ollie Direen, Henry Trayer (B) 5^th H1 Cian McIntyre, Dara Walsh, James Buckley, Harry Comerford

Girls U12

Kilkenny City Harriers (C) 8^th Final Edie Kemple, Winter Rose Molloy, Lucy Maher, Jane Byrne, (A) 7^th H2 Cara Burke, Perrie Lasairfhiona Ni Cheallaigh, Aoibhe McGrath, Emily O’Keeffe, (B), 8^th H1 Isabelle Hoyne, Roisin Hyland, Eva Hoyne, Cara Robinson

Boys U12

Thomastown 8^th Final Luke Hanlon, Niall Connelly, Leon Brophy, Liam Grant

Kilkenny City Harriers 6^th H1 Patrick Collins, Neal Walsh, Liam Carroll, Daire O’Shea, Alex O’Donovan

Girls U13

Kilkenny City Harriers 7^th Final Aoibhinn Hyland, Aoibhinn Behan, Ellie Costelloe, Lily Power, Mickella Fitzpatrick, Molly Reynolds

Thomastown 5^th H1 Emily Maher, Pippa Manogue, Aoibhinn Fennelly, Siofra Croke O’Neill

St. Senan’s 5^th H3 Emma Power, Erin Hennessy, Ellen Butler, Ailbhe Ni Dhubhda, Millie Walsh,

Boys U13

Kilkenny City Harriers 2^nd Final Zachery Mac, Daniel Quinn, Conor Lawrence Delaney, Daniel McIntyre, (B) 5^th H2 Aaron Tyrell, Liam Connery, Robbie Chandley, Sam Cuddihy

Gowran 6^th H2 Byran Og Brennan, Cian Shortall, Conor Maher, Harry O’Regan, Conn Tierney

Girls U14

Kilkenny City Harriers 3^rd Final Julia Daly, Ellen Ryan, Beibhinn O’Brien, Raine McKeever

(B) Madeline Kemple, Casey Cleere, Maeve O’Shea, Kate Byrne, Ava Walsh, Isabella Quaglia

Boys U14 Final

Kilkenny City Harriers 2^nd Nicky Cleere, Cathal Comerford, Eoin Hoyne, Caelan Bambrick, Jacob Briers

Girls U15 Final

St. Senan’s 8^th Final Sinead Grant, Laura Alyward, Ava Hogan, Gretta Baron, Amy Walsh

Gowran 5^th H1 Hannah Phelan, Abigail Carrigan, Zoe Kelly, Matilda O’Regan, Abigail Hunt

Boys U15 Final Gowran 5^th Final Peter Grimley, Matthew Byrne, Adam Shortall, Sean Farrell

Girls U16 Kilkenny City Harriers 1^st Final Jasmine Timmons McEneaney, Ella Sorohan, Kelly Charters, Mollierose Keegan, Mia Brennan

Girls u17 Kilkenny City Harriers 2^nd Final Ellen Daly, Zoe Beck, Jasmine Timmons McEneaney, Mia Brennan, Ella Sorohan, Kelly Charters

Boys U17 Kilkenny City Harriers 4^th Final Patrick Wall, Eoghan O’Farrell, Danny Direen, Aidan Malone