Thomas Barr is welcomed home to Dunmore East at the Haven Hotel on Sunday last by younger members of Ferrybank AC and Bríd Golden. Photo: Lynda Kiely.
After his exploits at the Olympic Games in Rio a few weeks back Thomas Barr is back on the track this Thursday in Zurich in Switzerland at the Diamond League meeting, a meeting that sees 14 of those that won Olympic titles in Rio competing and the race in which Thomas competes the 400 metres hurdles is probably the most competitive of the fixture and it could in fact be called another Olympic final. He faces the Olympic Champion Klement from the USA, Culson from Peurto Rico who was sadly disqualified in that final with the electronic start equipment picking out his brake-it was not visible to the naked eye- from Kenya the reigning World Champion Bett is there also – he fell in Rio in his heat. Thomas has had a busy time meeting people and appearing at events while in between has been getting in some training. It will be another big race and again hundreds of a second may be the difference in securing a podium place.the race is timed for 8.28 pm Irish time. It is Thomas’ final race of the season.
Cill Barra 6 km Road Race
On Saturday next with a 6 pm start the Annual Cill Barra/Ballybeg 6 Km Run and Walk in the Ballybeg area of Waterford City goes ahead .Entries on totaltiming.ie or on the evening from 5 pm in Ballybeg
Quinlan wins again
102 runners and 42 walkers competed in the Annual Liz Hayes Memorial 5 miles in Ballyduff Lower last Friday evening and the run was won by Frank Quinlan in 26 minutes 50 seconds,Trevor Swift was second in 28.38 both Waterford AC and David Kynes Kilcoole was third in 28.56.First lady home was Emma Leahy in 32.56,Elaine O’Donovan St Joseph’s was second in 33.50 and Kate Veale West Waterford third in 34.29. The category winners were as follows; Men M 40 Mossie Keogh West Waterford A.C. 29.19, M50 Ray Hahesy West Waterford A.C. 30.53, Junior Alex Foley Waterford A.C. 29.06,1st local Brian Cuddihy Waterford A.C. 29.15 Women F40 Claudia Lane Waterford A.C. 35.5, F50 Ann Dunford West Waterford A.C. 38.21st local Rosie Van Der Valk Waterford A.C. 46.10
Cross Country
Two Open Cross Country fixtures take place in the coming weeks. The Adamstown Open in County Wexford is on Sunday September 11 th at 12 noon with races for boys and girls under 9 to 16 as well as junior and senior .On Sunday September 25th the Kilmacow Open starts at 1 pm with races for boys and girls under 8,9,10,12,14,16,18 junior and senior with master prizes also. On Tuesday September 20 th at the RSC the annual Ferrybank AC Primary Schools Cross country goes ahead confined to Waterford schools.
County Convention
The County Convention takes place on Friday September 9th in De La Salle College,Waterford at 8pm. If any club has motions, nominations or indeed any items they would like to add to the agenda, please forward them to County Secretary John Behan before Wednesday September 7th.
Dublin to Waterford Relay
The Kincora, Clontarf, Dublin to Passage East 115 miles relay run is taking place on Saturday 17th September 2016. Local man Ronan Walsh (Carey’s Bridge, Crooke, Passage and Dublin), ran many marathons for various charity events-he ran with Raheny Shamrocks- but sadly passed away this year.The run is to raise funds in his memory in aid of St Francis Hospice, a wonderful charity which provides a specialist palliative care service for the people of North Dublin and also locally for Waterford Hospice. The final leg takes place at 6 pm on Sept 17 th from Passage Cross to Passage East via Crooke, locals who would like to run are more than welcome to enter in Passage East Community Centre from 3 to 5.30 pm on the day and sponsorship cards are available in Burke’s Shop Crooke. and Alfie Hales in theCity. See www.rahenyshamrock.ie for all details
Coaching
Coaching Development Conference in Sprints, Jumps & Hurdles, Saturday 3rd September in AITfrom 9.30am to 4pm & Coaching Performance Conference in Sprints, Jumps & Hurdles on Saturday 17th September in AIT from 9.30am to 4pm. Online registration is now open for coaches, cost is 30 euro per day. Pole Vault & Triple Jump Coaching Weekend, Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th September from 10am to 5pm in Templemore Track See Munster Athletics website.
Waterford road race for M.S.
A five-mile road race and walk in aid of the Waterford of M.S. Ireland will take place on Friday, September 9.
The Sanofi Five Miles for M.S. will begin from the Sanofi Waterford site on the Old Kilmeaden Road in the city with walkers starting out on the five mile route at 6.30pm and runners at 7pm. The route is suitable for all fitness levels. Dri-fit t-shirts will be given to the first 300 participants to register while there will also be cash prizes for all categories.
Pre-registration for the event costs just €15 and can be done atwww.totaltiming.ie while registration on the evening will take place from 6pm at the Sanofi Waterford site and cost €20. All funds raised will go to the M.S. Ireland team based at Cheshire House in Waterford.
