Tallaght AC Saturday 13^th May 2017

League 3 in Tallaght kicked off at 10.30am where the track events started off with the Girls U/14 400m in which Skerries AC were represented by Eimear and Orlagh, followed quickly by Ben in the U/15 400m.  Meanwhile Darragh and Michael represented the club in their first High Jump Event, which they thoroughly enjoyed. James tried out the Long Jump in his first ever event for the Club.

Next up on track were Keva, Ailbhe & Grace who was competing in her first ever event, in the U/12 600m.  This race was followed by Keren, James and Joseph in the U/10’s 500m, again in her first event for the club. Then followed the U/13’s 600m where Skerries AC was represented by Daphney, who was the final representative of the Ndjantang family for the club.  After his run, Joseph lined up for his turn at the Turbo Javelin.

Michael and Darragh, after a bit of gentle persuasion, competed in the U/12’s 600m where Michael had an impressive run. The events were ticking along nicely and running pretty much to schedule and more importantly the rain was holding off.  The final track events were the 1500m for Lorcan and Ben, while Eimear and Orlagh rounded off the day with the Long Jump.

All track events were decided on time and field events on the best of three jumps. Well done to Ben who picked up points in both his races.

Big thanks to Ide, Stephen and Fiona who looked after the athletes on Saturday and for Mick in assisting with the Javelin. Thanks to the parents for their support and encouragement. Congratulations to all the athletes who participated, photos depict a happy bunch of athletes, even if two boys are missing!!

League 4 is Sunday 28^th May @ 10.30am back in Tallaght.

Skerries Athletic Club are having their inaugural Golf Outing fundraiser on Friday 12th May 2017 in Skerries Golf Club. Tee time is between 2 and 4pm. If you would like to put in a team, sponsor a tee box or green we would be delighted to hear back from you. There are a couple of spots still available.  Promises to be a great event and all funds raised go directly back to the club. Contact skerriesac@gmail.com

A celebration of Women in Sport. Our own Ciara Durkan will be there. Well worth attending.

The very best of luck to the members of Skerries AC who are representing Dublin in the National Community Games finals at the National Sports Campus in Blanchardstown tomorrow. Jake and Tara are competing in Swimming and Chloe, Cillian, Daphney, Alton, Eimear, Orla, Josh, Lottie, Kerrie and Anna competing in Mixed Distance, Cross Country and Marathon events.

Saturday 13th May 2017 @ 10.30am – Tallaght

Please find attached details for the upcoming Track and Field Event.

League 3 details

Santry 29^th April 2017

League 2 kicked off early on a bitterly cold but dry Saturday morning in Santry Stadium. We had 43 athletes competing in various track and field events ranging from U10 to U16, some of these athletes competing in their first ever competition.

First up was Sam Burgess competing in the U/13 60m Hurdles and completed his race in a great time of 11 seconds. Next up, was the U/11 and U/12 Long Jump, all athletes performed amazingly, even though we have no long jump pit in Skerries.  Each athlete had three jumps with their longest jump recorded.

This was followed by sprints and we had entries in all age groups with distances ranging from 60m U/10 to 100m U/16. The U/10 to U/12 sprints were run as heats, quarter finals, semi-finals and finals. Many of our athletes progressed to the semi- finals and finals, special mention must go to Emer Fanning 3^rd U/10 60m, Luke Carr 3^rd U/11 60m, Jake O’Hara 4^th U/11 60m. Fantastic times were posted by our older athletes.  The number of athletes in the sprints caused the schedule to be delayed by over 90 minutes but there were no complaints from the Skerries athletes, who were all in great form supporting each other.

During the sprints, we had U/10 and U/12 Turbo Javelin, again all athletes had three attempts at throwing with their longest throw being recorded. Everyone had a great time, even though numbers were high so it took time to get through the event. Coaches from the club helped out to speed up the event.

Once all the sprints were completed, it was time for the Longer Distance races. These ranged from 300m for U/10’s to 1,000m for U14 –U16. All these races were decided on times, again all our athletes posted very respectable times.

Congratulations to all the athletes who participated, especially those competing in their very first event.

Thanks to all the coaches for preparing the athletes and to the coaches who were present on Saturday. Thanks also to the parents for their support and encouragement and to Barbara, Michelle and Michael for officiating on the day.

Next League is Saturday 13^th May in Tallaght, starting at 10.30am

Saturday 29^th April 2017 @ 10.30 – Santry

Please find attached details of the event this weekend.

League 2 details

Skerries AC had an amazing weekend at the Sport Ireland Indoor Arena Abbotstown where Dublin Indoor Track Championships took place. Not sure who was most excited about the prospect of visiting the newly opened arena, our athletes or the parents & coaches.

The event kicked of with strong performances by our Sprinters, in the relays on Friday evening. The hard training (especially on cold nights at the track), certainly paid off. All were outstanding. Special mention must go to our U10 boys, whose team made it to the finals. They came a very respectable 5th.

Saturday kicked off with some of our older athletes. Again strong performances from all, but special mention to our medalists:-  In the girls U16 1500m Ruby came first winning Gold closely followed by  Lottie in 3rd winning Bronze. Eibhlin came 3rd winning Bronze in the girls U19 1500m. Despite a very late night on Friday, a lot of our young athletes returned on Saturday to participate in the sprints. Again all were outstanding many reaching the semi finals and finals, but a special mention has to go to Jake who came 1st winning Gold in the U11 boys 60m sprints.

We were represented on Sunday by some of our older athletes. A final medal collected by Conor coming 3rd in the boys U19 800m, winning Bronze.

Thanks to the parents for your ongoing support. Thanks also to all the coaches who worked so hard to prepared the athletes for the races. Most of all thanks to the athletes who participated. We are so proud of you all.