Super performances by Skerries AC athletes in todays “Brother by your Side”, Clonliffe Schools Invitational Cross Country. 3rd place finish by Sarah Whelan (Skerries Community College) in the Minor girls race, with her teammates Louisa Byrne, Molly Jackson & Ciara Downey finishing strongly in the top half of a field of well over 200 athletes!! The Junior girls race saw the ever improving Eibhlin McCarthy & Orla Thompson (both Loreto Balbriggan) put in fine runs over the 2k course with Eibhlin finishing in 5th place and Orla in 20th. In in the Intermediate girls race we had 6 Skerries competitors, the team from Skerries Community College taking the team title with Isabel Carron 1st, Rhona Pierce 2nd, Sarah Byrne 9th & Lauren Byrne 42nd. Eryn Devine & Aine McCarthy both Loreto, Balbriggan finished strongly in 10th & 17th place respectively. Conor Tuck (Skerries CC) in his first year running the Intermediate Boys category finished 34th overall, while our final competitor on the day saw Orla Bollard (Loreto, Balbriggan) in the Senior girls race taking a well deserved 6th overall and having one of her best performances in Schools racing to date. Well done to all and thank you to Clonliffe Harriers AC for another successful Invitational Cross Country.

Some good pics of our athletes from yesterdays CC Invitational

Round 2 of Juvenile Cross Country League took place in Corkagh Park, Clondalkin, yesterday 29.09.13. There were a number of top 10 finishes in many races and also a couple of ankle injuries picked up along the way, best wishes to Ella Walsh and Ciara Downey, plenty of rest and you’ll be back in action in no time!! Performance of the day came courtesy of Eibhlin McCarthy in the u15 girls race who had her first win over the Cross Country circuit. Well done Eibhlin

2013 Rathfarnham 5K road race

29 September 2013: Ciara Durkan, Skerries A.C., on her way to winning the Rathfarnham 5K road race. Rathfarnham, Dublin. Picture Credit: Tomás Greally.

Some great pics from League 1 Race in Ardgillan taken by Tallaght AC. Well done to everyone, results will follow shortly

Ella representing Skerries and Dublin in the National Community Games finals in Athlone IT last weekend. Nearest the camera, great stride! Pipped into 5th place on the line in a very fast race.

The sporting weekend continues! Ella representing Dublin in the National Community Games Finals Girls under 10’s 200 metres in Athlone, nearest us. Go girl!!!!

Well done to our members who have been in action over the weekend, Isabel Carron was running for club and country in the SIAB Schools International Track & Field in Santry, she finished in 5th place in the girls 3000mtrs in a new p.b. of 10.24. Meanwhile in Tullamore today Rhona Pierce, Aine McCarthy & Orla Bollard were in action at the AAI Juvenile Track & Field Championships. Despite a super run there was disappointment for Rhona in the u16 girls 1500mtrs as she was pipped on the line for the bronze medal, solid runs frm Aine McCarthy (u17 1500mtrs) and Orla Bollard (u18 1500mtrs)!!

Coverage of schools All-Ireland on link below:

Isabel featured in part 1 plus post race interview, Saran & Eryn in Part 2, Rhona in Part 4

Congratulations and well done to our members who were in action at the Dublin Community Games athletics finals over the weekend. You all performed superbly, a special mention to Sarah Whelan who led from gun to tape to take the u14 800mtr title in convincing fashion. Sarah will now go forward to represent both Skerries and Dublin in the National Community Games finals in Athlone in August.

Skerries athletes bring home 5 silver and 1 bronze medal from Dublin Juvenile Track & Field Championships…
Events kicked off in Santry on Friday evening where we had boys and girls in competiton in each of the age groups middle distance races. First medal of the Championships came courtesy of Rhona Pierce in the u16 girls 800mtrs taking silver in a new p.b. of 2.24. u12 to u14 races were run as heats on the night with Ruby Pereira(u12), Rapha Diamond Ebs(u13) and Sarah Whelan (u14) all qualifying for Sundays finals.

Saturday saw the older athletes take to the track to compete in 400mtr and 1500mtr races. Laura Costello taking the silver medal in the u17 400mtrs. A second silver for Rhona Pierce this time in the u16 1500mtrs and also silver for Orla Bollard in the u18 1500mtrs. Good runs also by our u14s Mairead Ni Chleirigh and Stephen O’Connor, u16s Isabel Carron, Sarah Byrne and Sive Duncan and Aine McCarthy in the u17 1500mtrs.

Tallaght track was the venue for Sundays finals of the 600/800. First up was Ruby Pereira in the u12 600mtrs who challenged strongly throughout the race to pick up the bronze medal. A great run by Rapha Diamond Ebs in her first Dublin Championships in the u13 600mtrs, placing 9th overall. Sarah Whelan produced a storming run in the u14 800mtrs and finished a well deserved 2nd only a second behind the winner in a new p.b. of 2.28. Well done to everyone who took part over the weekend and to our medallists who are now through to the National Championships which take place in July.