Club Notes…Sun 18th June 2017

Gneeveguilla Athletic Club:

Lotto:  No winner of our lotto 16/06/2017, numbers drawn were 2, 12, 23 & 25.  Sellers prize winner Paddy O’ Donoghue, €50 Y/T prize winner Mairead O’ Neill, €50 to Kathleen Murphy Lisheen, €40 to Ethne Reen Counerough Headford, Donal Moynihan Boherbue & Joan Barry Cronin Knockmanagh.  Bonus not won numbers drawn were 8, 11, 20 &26.  Next weeks’ jackpot €5,800 plus €1,000 bonus.

Munster U14 – U19 Track & Field Championships:  Our athletes did very well in Cork on both Saturday 17 & & Sun 18^th.  Shona O’ Brien got gold in 1500m & 800m U18, Jack Greaney was 1^st in Triple Jump & 5^th in Hurdles U15, Sinead Warren was 1^st in Hammer U19, Ava Murphy was just outside the medals in the throwing events U14, Gary Cronin was 4^th in 400m U18, Michael McSweeney was 4^th in 1500m U14, Jack O’ Leary was 5^th in 800m U15.

Farran 4 Miler:  Robert Purcell was 2^nd overall in this race on Sunday am last in Farranfore.

Meelin Road Race:  Maurice Feehan won this race last week, Anthony Buckley & John Guerin ran well.

Summer 1Mile Series:  Date are as follows July 7^th, July 14^th, July 20^th & 28^th  & August 4^th.  Commencing in Barradubh on July 7^th.

Club Notes…Sun 11th June 2017

Gneeveguilla Athletic Club:

Lotto: No winner of our lotto 09/06/2017, numbers drawn were 10, 15, 26 & 27. Sellers prize winner: Paddy O’ Donoghue, €50 Y/T prize winner Celine O’ Connor Boherbue, €50 To Mary Murphy Lisheen ,€40 to Martin, Conor & Gavin Crowley Gullane, Dermot Clifford C/o Chris Crowley, Angie Breen Coom Lower. Bonus not won numbers drawn were 11, 12, 14 & 15. Next week’s jackpot €5,600 plus €1,000 bonus.

Summer Mile Series: Due to clash of events we have to revise dates for our Mile Series, dates are now as follows, Friday July 7th Barradubh, July 14th Fossa, July 21st Knocknagree, July 28th Ballydesmond & August 4th Gneeveguilla with prize giving.

Munster Masters: Well one to our Masters who competed in the Munsters on Sunday last, Eileen O’ Riordan 1st in shot, 2nd in Discus, 2nd Hammer & 2nd Javelin O45, Caroline Murphy 1st in 3000m O50, Tony Buckley 1st in 400m, 2nd in 200m & 2nd in 800m O75, Robert Purcell 2nd in 3000m o45.

Munster Juvenile U14 – U19: Best of luck to our athletes who will be taking part in this competition om Satuday & Sunday June 17th & 18th in CIT , Cork.

2017 Series of One Mile Races

Our annual One Mile race series kicks off on Friday the 7th of July and continues every week until the series concludes on Friday the 4th of August 2017.

Please note that this is a change from the previously advertised dates.

Fri 7th July – Barraduff
Fri 14th July – Fossa
Fri 21st July – Knocknagree
Fri 28th July – Ballydesmond
Fri 4th August – Gneeveguilla

Each race costs €5 to enter and starts at 8pm.

More info on the race page… https://gneeveguilla.wordpress.com/summer-mile-series/

Club Notes…Mon 5th June 2017

Gneeveguilla Athletic Club:

Lotto: no winner of our lotto 02/06/2017, numbers drawn were 4, 13, 14 & 29. Sellers prize winner Tom Joe O’ Donoghue, €50 Y/T prize winner John O’ Donoghue Lyrecorrin, €50 to Damien McGrath Rathmore, €40 each to Sarah Griffin Tiernaboul, Donal Reen Counerough, Neily O’’ Connell Tureencahill. Bonus not won numbers drawn were 2, 15, 21 & 27. Next week’s jackpot €5,400 plus €1,000 bonus.

All Ireland Colleges: Well done to Shona O’ Brien who came 2nd in the Intermediate 1500m at the All Ireland Colleges in Tullamore on Saturday. Jack Greaney competed in the Triple Jump, was not in the medals on this occasions, but will be able to compete in this age category again next year.

Riocht Track Progress Report: works are progressing well, we are told it will be ready shortly however the primary school sports schedule to take place next Saturday are deferred to June 28th. Day 1 of Juvenile County’s will be held on Sunday July 2nd, Day 2 of countys will be Wednesday July 5th.

Munster Juvenile Track & Field U9 – U12: Held in Ennis over last weekend, Danielle O’ Riordan & Oisin O’ Leary competed.

Munster Senior & Masters: Best of luck to all our athletes competing on Sunday 11th in Cork IT.

Notice…Knocknagree 5k – Sun 4th June 2017

The Knocknagree 5k in NW Cork is coming up on Sunday the 4th of June 2017 at 1pm.

Registration is in the Knocknagree Community Centre from 12 noon. Entry fee €10 per adult up to max of €20 for a family.

Results and times will be provided by Gneeveguilla AC.

Club Notes…Sun 28th May 2017

Gneeveguilla Athletic Club:

Lotto:  No winner of our lotto 26/05/2017, numbers drawn were 4, 13, 20 & 26.  Sellers prize winner Marteen O’ Keeffe, €50 Y/T prize winner:  John O’ Donoghue Lyracorrin, €50 to Kathleen Cahill Kilcummin, Donal Murphy Shinnagh, Reen’s Syndicate Rathmore, Patrick O’ Donoghue Upr Coom.  Bonus not won, numbers drawn were 7, 17, 24 & 29.  Next week’s jackpot €5,200 plus €1,000 bonus.

Summer 1 Mile Series:  Once again the club are hosting our popular Summer 1 MileSeries.  Dates and venues are as follows:  June 28^thBarradubh on the Raheen Road, July 5^th Fossa, July 12^th Knocknagree, July 19^th Ballydesmond, July 26^th Gneeveguilla with prize giving.  Entry fee €5 per race, race commences each evening at 8.00 pm.  Do four out of five races to be eligible for prize.

Munster Colleges:  Well done to Jack Greaney who won Gold in the Munster Colleges Triple Jump.  Best of luck to all our athletes who will compete in the All Ireland Colleges next Saturday.

Club Notes…Sun 21st May 2017

Gneeveguilla Athletic Club:

Lotto: No winner of our lotto 19/05/2017, numbers drawn were 5, 12, 17 & 21. Sellers prize winner: Shelia O’ Donoghue, 450 Y/T prize winner Noree Maher Kilcummin, €50 to Tom Lane Ballydesmond, €40 each to Thado O’ Connor Knocknanaugh Kiskeam, Arda & Blahaid O’ Connell Ballydesmond & Kay Healy Old Bridge Headford. Bonus not won numbers drawn e=were 5, 9, 17 & 18. Next week’s jackpot €5,000 plus €1,000 bonus.

Munster Colleges Track & field: The final of the Munster Colleges Track & field brought its thousands to C.I.T in Cork last Saturday. Shona O’ Brien won the intermediate 1500m and has qualified for the Irish Colleges competition which is on the June weekend. Gary Cronin finished 3rd in 400m, unfortunately only 1st 7 2nd goes forward to Irish Colleges, however Gary is elegible again next year.

Kilmallock 5 Mile: Caroline Murphy ran this race and finished in the prizes.

Member registration: We are delighted to welcome back as a member Tony Buckley. Tony was on the masters team with Paddy, Donal O’ Connell, Mike Brownes & Ted Teahan, as well as Brendan, Dinny & Mike Brosnan all R.I.P. Tony at the age of 78 wants to rejoin and start running again with the club. We wish him the best of luck.

Riocht Track Progress Report: We are told Riocht track will be ready in 3 weeks time weather permitting.

School Sport qualifiers: congratulations to all children who took part in the National School Qualifiers. The Kerry County competition is on in Riocht Saturday June 10th. Thanks to all parents and grand parents who took the time to bring the children along on Sunday last. Thanks to Knocknagree GAA for the use of the facility.