Good luck to all our athletes competing in The Dublin Indoor Championships at Abbotstown.  The competition will take place in the Sport Ireland Indoor Arena at the National Sports Campus, Abbotstown. The arena is in the same complex as the Aquatic Centre, off the N3.

Day 1 Friday       10^th February     6.30pm – 9.30pm 

Day 2 Saturday  11^th February     10am – 5pm            

Day 3 Sunday     12^th February     10am – 5pm      

The attached documents are the competition booklet & programme of  events for each day, although please note the following amendments:-

1500m contests will now start at the earlier time of 10.50am on Saturday 11^th and long jumps on Day 3, Sunday 12^th will start with U15 boys and girls.

DAY 1

DAYS 2 & 3

COMPETITION BOOKLET

Athletes and spectators will not be given access to the facility until 6pm at the earliest on Friday evening and 9am on Saturday and Sunday.

Car Parking – Although there are almost 400 car park spaces there might be a need for the Campus Security staff to direct people to other car park areas in the vicinity of the arena. No cars should be parked on paving areas, on edge of kerb/footpaths or any other unauthorised areas. Allow plenty of time for parking as it is likely to be very busy. 

Arena

On entering the facility everyone should either go up the steps to the seated area or standing area, or continue along the passageway on the left to the seated sections on the opposite side of the track. Turning right after entering the facility is not permitted.

There are designated toilet and shower/changing areas along the passageway under the fixed seating. Additional toilet areas are outside the entrance door to the track.

The Dublin County Board are expected to leave the facility in the same order we find it before competition. It is essential for athletes, coaches, parents and spectators/supporters to keep all areas clean of rubbish including toilet/changing areas, between seats and in the vicinity of the facility. Please use the available bins, if these become full, please bring your excess litter away with you.

Only officials and athletes will be permitted on the track and in field event areas. ONLY officials and athletes who are permitted at in advance of their event should be in the warm up area. Any unauthorised infringement may lead to an athlete or coach being disqualified.

Please arrive at least 90mins before the start of your race. This is to allow time to warm up and get your number. Don’t hesitate to contact your coach if you have any queries.

Have fun and enjoy the event, the new arena looks amazing. It’s sure to be a great experience for our young athletes.

Friday 16th December 7 to 8pm Community Centre Hall

Athletes, Coaches & Parents, you are cordially invited to join us to celebrate the athletic achievements of our members over 2016. It’s been a great year with more athletes competing than ever before, across all the training groups. It was exciting to see our new Sprint Group compete for the first time, under the guidance of Irish Sprint Record holder, Ailis McSweeney, who we are delighted to welcome to the club. It will be an exciting evening with the achievements of all recognised. We will announce female and male track and XC athletes of the year, most improved athlete of the year and of course the all important Jim Quigley award.

As well as the awards, there is our annual raffle, tickets still available from Liz, Donna or Ruth. There are a number of exciting prizes including a selection of wines, gift vouchers and an amazing Children’s Xmas Eve Hamper. Don’t forget if you’re not in, you can’t win…

Get your Party gear ready. Santa hats and Christmas Jumpers are the order of the day. We look forward to you joining us on the night.

Selection of Wines

Gift vouchers

Children’s Xmas Eve Hamper

Each year Skerries Athletic Club present an award called the Jim
Quigley Award. It is given to an athlete who has shown commitment & perserverance over many years, who respects their coaches and is supportive to their fellow athletes. Basically someone who exemplifies the attitude we promote as a club, rather than based on athletic ahievement. But who was Jim Quigley?

The award is presented in honour of Jim Quigley, a champion of community
development; a larger than life personality who was a dreamer and a doer;
an idealist and an activist. Jim was born in 1942 and grew up in
Toomevara, County Tipperary. He attended school firstly in Nenagh and then
Mungret College, Limerick. He spent two years in the SMA Seminary, Cork
before moving to Dublin where he worked initially in the bar trade and
subsequently in sales, with Telecom Eireann. In 1970, Jim married Brigid
Carolan and shortly afterwards the couple came to live in Skerries,
purchasing their home in the newly built Hillside Estate.
An Irish Times obituary in honour of Jim, published shortly after his death
in August 2001, refers to the ‘missionary zeal’ with which he approached
his involvement in community development. In this, Jim was inspired and
influenced by the movement, Muintir na Tire, founded by Canon John Hayes in
Thurles, County Tipperary, in 1937. Self-help, neighbourliness, service
for the common good are the core principles of Muintir na Tire and Skerries
provided ample opportunity for Jim’s energy and commitment to these goals.
Jim firstly volunteered in his local Residents Group and from there was
drawn to the Skerries Development and Community Association where his
involvement lasted 22 years. Jim was Chairperson of the SDCA for ten of
those years and worked on many, many projects. Perhaps the most visible
legacy of his work in Skerries is the Community Centre. In 1977, the
Skerries Development and Community Association set up a sub-committee to
look at the needs of their fast-growing town. Jim was a leading member of
this sub-committee which lobbied central government; the local authority,
then Dublin County Council and the residents of Skerries to raise the
necessary funds to build a Community Centre. The Centre opened in December
1982 and Jim was determined that it would succeed and flourish. He kept a
keen eye on income streams including the Saturday evening bingo event where
he was a regular presence. In the course of encouraging his own children
Orla and Edel, Jim became involved in community games at local and national
level and served as chairman of our own Skerries Athletic Club. In the early
1990s, the SDCA was asked to collaborate with the County Council in the
development of Ardgillan Castle as a visitor attraction. Jim became
Chairman of the Board of Management and attended meeting after meeting as
this project got off the ground. The same can be said of his involvement
with Fingal Tourism, formed in 1994 to coincide with the new Fingal County
Council.
The opportunity to take early retirement from Telecom Eireann allowed Jim
to pursue his ideals for community development and to commit his energies
to this area which was so important to him. He had rekindled his links to
Muintir na Tire in their Golden Jubilee year of 1987 and in 1994 was
elected the organisation’s first full-time President. As with every other
project, Jim threw himself into the work; travelling up and down the
country; establishing Community Alert units; lobbying and advocating on
behalf of vulnerable people and communities. He became a member of the
Rural Development Strategy Group; was a member of a steering committee for
a White Paper on ‘Voluntary Activity and its relationship to the State’; in
1999, he was nominated to the National Crime Forum by John O’Donoghue TD
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. Jim was named Tipperary Man
of the Year in 1999, an accolade he treasured as he dealt with the onset
and diagnosis of a brain tumour. Jim died on the 29 August 2001. We
remember him and celebrate his life’s work with this award.

Congratulations to all the athletes who competed at Tymon Park on Sunday. We were blessed with a dry day. It was an exciting course (if not a little hard to find). Thanks as ever to the coaches and parents for support. Results to follow shortly, but here’s a few photos to keep you going.

Tymon Park – Sunday 4th December 2016

Details for this Sunday’s Race as Follows (including links to route to start, and course maps). Please arrive at course at least 90mins before the start of your race, to allow time to obtain numbers, walk the course, and warm up. If you have any queries don’t hesitate to contact your coach.

Event Schedule

If time permits the U16 boys will be run as a separate contest

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Beautiful day at Santry (even though a little chilly). Strong team and individual performances. All our athletes did us proud. Thanks to Kevin Cohen and KPMG for our beautiful new flags, (made finding each other a lot easier). Thanks also to the coaches and parents for their continued support, and to Dublin Athletic Board and Clonliffe Harriers for putting on such a great race.