Stephen getting his prize at the Symantec 5k last Sunday

29th May:

Well done to Keith Downey and Dylan Byrne on their great runs at the Star of the Sea 5k last night. Keith had a brilliant run and claimed 2nd prize in a highly competitive mens 0/40 category!

Super performances from Skerries AC athletes at todays Leinster Schools Track & Field Championships…..Isabel Carron claimed victory in the Intermediate girls 3000mtrs, Rhona Pierce 2nd in Inter Girls 1500mtrs, while Laura Costello battled bravely in the Inter 300mtrs finishing 8th…well done everyone

Well done to Daniel Kelly (CUS) who has qualified for the Leinster Schools Track & Field Championships on 18th May, following his silver medal success in the Inter Boys 1500 steeplechase at Tuesdays East Leinster Schools qualifiers!!

Congratulations to our medal winners at todays Leinster Schools Track & Field Championships in Santry, Eryn Devine (centre), Loreto Balbriggan, gold in u16 mile, Sarah Byrne on right of picture (Skerries CC) silver in the same event. Both girls will now go forward to represent their respective schools at the All-Ireland Schools Track & Field finals in Tullamore in June, fantastic achievement by both girls. Daniel Kelly (CUS) was also in action today in the Inter Boys 1500 steeplechase event finishing 8th overall. The Leinsters continue on Saturday 18th May in Santry and will see the following athletes in action and hoping to secure All-Ireland qualification, Laura Costello (Inter 300mtrs), Rhona Pierce (Inter 1500mtrs) & Isabel Carron (Inter 3000mtrs)

It was a busy day for club athletes at yesterdays North Leinster Schools Track & Field Championships. We had a large number of athletes in action for their various schools.There were gold medal wins from Rhona Pierce in the Intermediate Girls 1500mtr and Eryn Devine in the u16 mile race. Silver medals were won by Isabel Carron in the Inter girls 3000mtrs, Sarah Byrne in the u16 mile and Laura Costello in the Inter Girls 300mtrs. Disappointment for Aoimhe Downey in the Inter Girls 800mtrs, finishing 4th, who despite carrying a painful knee injury and has been out of action for the past number of weeks as a result, battled bravely through the race. Disappointment also for Aine McCarthy finishing in that unlucky 4th spot in the Inter Girls 1500mtrs.Full results as follows:Minor Girls 1100 mtrs; Eibhlin McCarthy 13th, Lauren Byrne 18th, Orla Thompson 21stMinor Boys 1100mtrs: Stephen O’Connor 14thJunior Girls 1500mtrs: Sive Duncan 8thJunior Boys 800mtrs: Conor Tuck 10thInter Girls 300mtrs: Laura Costello 2nd, Ellen Tuck 6thInter girls 800mtrs: Aoimhe Downey 4thInter Girls 1500mtrs: Rhona Pierce 1st, Aine McCarthy 4th, Orla Bollard 6thInter Girls 3000mtrs: Isabel Carron 2ndu/16 Girls mile: Eryn Devine 1st, Sarah Byrne 2ndCongratulations to all and good luck to Rhona, Eryn, Sarah, Isabel & Laura who will contest the Leinster Schools T&F finals in a few weeks time.

Well done to everyone who competed in Skerries Community Games athletics yesterday…a great turnout and some very exciting races, we have some very talented athletes in Skerries and it will be great to see those who qualified, in action on the 15th & 16th June in Morton Stadium, Santry at the Dublin Community Games finals!! You can all be very proud of your achievements.. Many thanks to all the volunteers who helped out on the day and to those who were out from early morning on both Saturday and Sunday marking out the course and setting everything up, the day would not have run so smoothly withhout your help. Finally, a word of thanks to Donna May and Sheila Brennan for all their hard work over the years to ensure that Skerries Community Games is still thriving and active, take a bow ladies!!

The curtain came down on the Juvenile Spring series for 2013 in Morton Stadium, Santry yesterday. Many thanks to Clonliffe Harriers AC
for hosting and for the very welcome hot drinks and sandwiches afterwards!! All the children and parents who turned out yesterday must be commended as the conditions were particularly trying with a bitterly cold biting easterly wind to contend with. Top 6 finishes from the following:

Girls u/9 300m
3rd Natasha Byrne

Boys u/9 300m
4th Oisin Hegarty

Girls u/11 500m
4th Ella Kingsnorth
6th Georgina Byrne

Boys u/11 500m
3rd Oliver McQuaid

Girls u/13 800m
1st Anna Prior
3rd Rapha Diamond Ebs
5th Anna Calvez

Boys u/13 800m
3 Stephen Byrne
6th John Fanning

Girls u/15 1200m
2nd Eibhlin McCarthy
5th Louisa Byrne
6th Ciara Downey

Boys u/15 1200m
2nd Conor Tuck
4th Stephen O’Connor

Girls u/17 Mile
1st Aoimhe Downey
2nd Sarah Byrne
3rd Laura Costello
4th Aimee Carron
6th Orla Bollard

Boys u/17 Mile
6th Daniel Kelly

Wales 2013 🙂

Best of luck to Isabel Carron and Rhona Pierce as they depart for the SIAB Schools Cross Country International in Wales tomorrow. Following their phenomenal success at the Aviva All-Ireland Schools CC Championships both girls were selected to represent the Irish Schools team. This is a fantastic achievement for both girls and is truly well deserved, we are so proud of them. Good luck girls!!”Some people dream of success……others stay awake to achieve it”

Congratulations to Kieron Martin Peters who came home 1st in yesterdays Balbriggan half marathon in a new pb of 1.16.07..well done Kieron.

Round 1 of the juvenile Spring Series took place this morning on the South Beach. It was great to see so many children out running and taking part in athletics, for many it was their first time running in a race and you can all be very proud of yourselves. Congratulations to everyone who took part, many thanks to all the parents who helped with marshalling, making tea/coffee, sandwiches, home baked goods, without your help the mornings events would not have gone so smoothly.
Round 2 takes place next Sunday 10th March in Portmarnock 11am start time, details will be sent out during the week.

Results as follows:
u9 600mtrs
Girls:1. Cara McNally (Lusk), 2.Grainne Hoey (Ballyboughal), 3.Rachel Power (Clonliffe),4. Sarah Willis (Ballyboughal), 5.Natasha Byrne (Skerries), 6. Sinead Rogers(Ballyboughal)
Boys: 1.Jonathon Fitzsimons (Clonliffe), 2.Joshua Kafe (Portmarnock), 3. Oisin Hegarty (Skerries), 4. Sam Fearon (Clonliffe), 5. Andrew Brennan (Ballyboughal), 6. Daniel Coleman (Clonliffe)

u11 800mtrs:
Girls: 1. Katie Halpin (Lusk) & Aoife Hession (Clonliffe), 3.Alex Toomey (Clonliffe), 4.Alanah Fitzsimons (Clonliffe), 5. Ella Kingsnorth (Skerries), 6. Jessica Scully (Clonliffe)
Boys: 1. Cian Warren (Ballyboughal), 2.Michael Hoey (Ballyboughal), 3.Michael Coleman (Clonliffe), 4.Lorcan Devine (Skerries), 5. Brogan McCloskey (Lusk), 6.Oliver McQuaid (Skerries)

u13 1000mtrs:
Girls: 1.Anna Prior (Skerries), 2. Rapha Diamond Ebs (Skerries), 3.Ella Browne (Clonliffe),4.Abby Sheehy (Clonliffe), 5. Alana Holland (Skerries), 6. Alanah Byrne (Portmarnock)
Boys: 1.David Tuite (Clonliffe), 2.Stephen Byrne (Skerries), 3.Ben Guiden(Clonliffe),4.John Fanning (Skerries), 5.Luthino Romano (Clonliffe), 6.Cillian Forrester (Clonliffe)

u15 1200mtrs:
Girls:1. Ruth Bergin (Clonliffe), 2.Sarah Whelan (Skerries), 3.Lauren Carr (Clonliffe)4.Hannah Brown (Clonliffe), 5.Cliona Cooley (Clonliffe), 6.Amy Kelly (Clonliffe)
Boys: 1.Joseph Hession (Clon), 2.Fintan McManus (Clon), 3.Kevin Loftus (Clon), 4.Dylan Cody Foy (Lusk), 5.Conor Tuck (Skerries), 6.Alex Gibbons(Clon)

u18 1800mtrs:
Girls: 1.Laura Tuite (Clonliffe), 2.Aine McCarthy (Skerries) 3.Hope Saunders (Clonliffe), 4.Alannah Cooley(Clon), 5.Stephanie McCaul (Clon), 6. Orla Bollard (Skerries)
Boys: 1.Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe), 2.Aaron Brogan (Lusk), 3.Sean Carrick(Clonliffe), 4.Shane Merrigan(Clonliffe), 5.Daniel Kelly(Skerries), 6.Matthew Patterson (Lusk)

10 March 2012; Teams, from left to right, Skerries CC, Co. Dublin, 1st place St. MacDara’s CC, Co. Dublin, and 3rd place Ursuline, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, after the Junior Girls 2000m race at the Aviva All-Ireland Schools’ Cross Country 2012. St Mary’s College, Galway. Picture credit: Diarmuid Greene / SPORTSFILE ©SPORTSFILE