The perfect November morning – grass nicely moisten by a nights rainfall, a winter sun gleaming down upon us and 15 degrees warming our wintered bodies. A course laden with hills and wooded dales, leafy paths and dulating multi terrained fields. An ideal course for the ideal day. 7am Liam Kealy had just sounded the […]
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2018 County B Champs Kilmacow
November 15, 2018 
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Kilkenny Athletics County Board added 53 new photos to the album: 2018 County B Evens Kilmacow. Published by Perri Williams · November 4 at 7:04 PM · Isn’t it great to see so many kids in Kilkenny interested in Cross Country? On a lovely November morning with fields fresh from a nights rain, and the temperatures a pleasant 14 degrees, Kilmacow […]
Continue reading 2018 Leinster Evens XCountry – Novice Navan
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Navan is the perfect palindrome, but there was nothing palindromic about our athletes performances this weekend at the Leinster Even Age Juvenile championships in Navan. We are pushing the standards up and have emerged from the first day as join lead of the best overall county in Leinster. With so much emerging talent in the […]
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Overhead the sun hung high in full autumnal glory. Beneath its intense rays a sea of red swarmed the high hills of Castlecomer. So intense was this sea of red, that tired puffed faces blended perfectly into its path. Athletes from all over the county came to find their place on county teams. Every child […]
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A great days running on the slopes of Bishops mountain in Johnny Grennan’s field. Many a battle was fought in the surrounding countryside – but nothing like the athletic battles fought here today. With lots of keenly contested races, it gave the Prix de l’arc de Triomphe a run for its money for sheer value […]
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