THE LATE JIM DORAN

 

Everyone associated with Carrick-on-Shannon AC would like to offer our deepest sympathy to the Doran family on the sad passing of their father Jim.

The Doran family have a long association with the club with all of the children competed in our colours down through the years while Jim himself was never found wanting when there was work to be done, from the old famed Carrick AC Sports to helping out at club events or training down through the years. His wife Bridie served as our club treasurer for many, many years and all the Dorans, through a couple of generations, wore the Carrick AC vest with pride.

Jim's great sporting passion was Gaelic games and St Mary's were his team but he took as much pride in the exploits of his children on the track as those on the football field.

Our picture below shows Jim, back row centre, some of our club's all time greatest servants but we're sure that Michael O'Brien, Tommy Smith and Mary Mostyn will have a club sports on the agenda up above when Jim goes to his eternal reward.

To Jim's wife Bridie, Bridie, children Ann Marie, James, Patrick, Colm, Dearbhla, Richard and Melissa and all his extended family including grandson Emmet who was a club member for a time, we offer our deepest sympathy on their great loss. May Jim Rest In Peace.

James’s Funeral cortege will leave his residence on Wednesday evening at 6.30 o’clock arriving St. Joseph’s Church, Leitrim Village at 7 o’clock. Mass of Christian Burial on Thursday at 12 o’clock with funeral afterwards to Kiltoghert Cemetery, via Kiltoghert school.

The Club will hold a Guard of Honour for Jim on Thursday after the funeral mass at St Joseph's Church in Leitrim – all current and former members, of whatever vintage, are more than welcome to join us as we say goodbye to Jim Doran. We would ask anyone intending to join us to wear some Carrick AC apparel if possible and to meet at 12.30 at the latest.

CONNACHT JUVENILE AND ADULT LEAGUE CROSS-COUNTRY

 

The Connacht Even Ages, Juniors and Senior League will be held on Sunday, October 31, in Belleek in Ballina, with the first races starting at 12 noon. 

The age groups involved at U12, U14, U16 & U18 for Juveniles which means that U12 athletes are athletes who are 11 before December 31, this year.

The Connacht Uneven Ages Cross-country and Adult League will be held on Sunday November 7, at a Galway venue for the U11, U13, U15, U17 & U19 age groups.

Entry fee is €5 per individual per race.

If an athlete wishes to compete in the Connacht Even Ages in Ballina on Sunday week, entries must be submitted by this Thursday, October 21, so any Juvenile athlete who wishes to compete must contact Secretary John Connolly ASAP at connollyjohnb@gmail.com so that their entries can be lodged.

Adults may enter the event directly by cheque to the Western Region Treasurer Ann McHugh or by bank transfer to: Account Name: Western Region; IBAN: IE93AIBK 9370 6145 1360 24 (BIC: AIBKIE2D).

Juvenile athletes can compete in their own age group and move up one age so an U14 athlete can run their U14 and U15 events.

The following are the race distances involved:

• Under 11 (Born 2011) 1500m
• Under 12 (Born 2010) 2000m
• Under 13 (Born 2009) 2500m
• Under 14 (Born 2008) 3000m
• Under 15 (Born 2007) 3500m
• Under 16 (Born 2006) 4000m
• Under 17 Girls (Born 2005) 4000m
• Under 17 Boys (Born 2005) 5000m
• Under 18 Girls (Born 2004) 4000m
• Under 18 Boys (Born 2004) 6000m
• Under 19 Girls (Born 2003) 4000m
• Under 19 Boys (Born 2003) 6000m

 Anyone wishing to compete must contact John Connolly ASAP

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2021

 

Carrick-on-Shannon Athletic Club will hold our Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, November 3, at 8 pm in The Bush Hotel and all fully registered club members over 16 years of age and parents of athletes are entitled to attend.

This will be our first AGM in quite a while due to Covid so there will be quite a bit of ground to cover but we will attempt to keep it as brief as possible.

First, only fully vaccinated members of the public will be able to attend under Government Guidelines for Living with Covid.

Second, if an athlete or a member wishes to have a matter discussed or submit a motion, they must be sent to our Secretary John Connolly at connollyjohnb@gmail.com before 9pm on Wednesday, October 27.

If you would like to go forward for a position or nominate someone for a position, on our Club Executive, the same deadline applies but we would ask that if you are nominating someone for a position, you obtain their consent for their name to go forward before nominating them.

One major item to note is that our Club Chairperson Mary O’Donnell and our Club Treasurer Jenny McCabe have both indicated that they will be stepping down from their positions at the AGM. Both ladies have been incredible servants of our club and they will be a huge loss but they leave with our thanks and gratitude for all that they have given generations of Carrick AC members over the years.

That means, of course, we are looking for replacements in the positions of Chairperson and Treasurer so get your thinking hats on!

Closer to the date, we will hope to distribute our Secretary’s report prior to the AGM but please remember, if you wish to submit nominations in advance or submitted motions/items for discussion, the deadline is Wednesday, October 27, at 9pm. 

Nominations can still be made from the floor on the night if no nominations are received and items of interest can be discussed but we just want to give everyone a heads-up in advance.

See you all in The Bush Hotel on Wednesday November 3!

WE'RE BACK - JUVENILE CLUB TRAINING TO RESUME ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 5

Delighted to report that Juvenile training will resume from Tuesday October 5, for all fully registered club members. 

We will still be based out of Gaelscoil Liatroma on the Castlecarra Road and thanks once again to the school for the use of their facilities.

The times and dates for the various weekly training groups are as follows:

TUESDAY

Athletes born in year 2011 – 5pm to 5.45 pm

Athletes born in year 2009 & 2010 – 6pm to 6.45 pm

Post Primary School athletes – 6pm to 7 pm

The final details of the group for Athletes born in 2012 will be finalised in the coming days.

There is a weekly €3 charge per member for training

There will also be training on Fridays for the Post Primary & Cross-country groups – details available from coaches at training

Due to restrictions on numbers, we will not be accepting any new members who were born in 2012 or 2013 until January 2022 but we are accepting new members who were born in the years 2011 or before. 

Please note that our membership year runs from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 so if you are currently a member, you do not need to register again.

You can join the club via the Athletics Ireland online portal at https://membership.athleticsireland.ie/clubpage/Carrick-on-Shannon%20AC

Full details available HERE

Please remember that due to current regulations and insurance, any athlete who is not fully registered will not be allowed take part in any club activities.

Looking forward to seeing everyone back in action on October 5!

CROSS-COUNTRY TRAINING RESUMES

 

The evenings are getting darker and a little bit chillier, schools is back and we're already dreading the Christmas ads. So I guess you know what that means - YES, Cross-country season is here!

Training for all fully registered Juvenile members aged 10 in 2021 and up resumes on Tuesday, September 14, at 6pm. We meet at the top field of the Carrick Community School so anyone interested in trying their hand at his most unforgiving and tough discipline (I'm really selling it here!) we'll see you on Tuesday.

Further details of future training will be available in the coming weeks!

Also a few more cross-country images to inspire you!

CONNACHT TEAM GAMES RESULTS

Congratulations to all our athletes who performed so well at the Connacht Team Games in Athlone IT on Saturday July 10. 

For many of them, it was a first experience competing at this level, daunting as that is but reports say that they enjoyed their day and are looking forward to many more days wearing the royal blue of Carrick AC and competing at Connacht.

A special congratulations to Ornaith Guckian and Eleanor Reilly who finished third in the U10 Girls 500m race behind Moy Valley and Castlebar AC - they have now qualified for their first All-Irelands which will be held in August so we wish them the best of luck as they prepare for the big event.

A special thank you to all the parents who brought out athletes to Athlone - in these tough times of Covid, it was great that so many were willing to bring their children to compete.

A very special thanks to Siobhan Murtagh, Michelle Keenehan and Aisling O'Hart who helped look after our athletes in Athlone and represented the club as officials on the day. We'd be lost without you.

We must also thank Connacht Athletics for organising the event - not an easy thing to do with all the restrictions and limits on competitors and spectators but what a great day for the future generations of Connacht athletics stars - who knows, we might have seen a future Gerard O'Donnell, Eanna Madden, Cillian Greene or Robert McDonnell in action in Athlone today!

The following as the officials results: (Simply click on image to enlargen)

60M

CONNACHT U9, 10 & 11 TEAM GAMES AND U12 to U14 QUALIFIERS

 

Well done to all our young athletes who took part in last Wednesday's Leitrim Athletics U9, 10 & 11 Team competition and U12 to U14 individual qualifying events.

First, however, we would like to apologise to all those who missed their events through no fault of their own when the schedule of events was altered at short notice. It was beyond the control of the club and we were sorry that so many missed out on their events.

Special thanks to the parents who made the journey to Manorhamilton for the event and all those who helped out on the night.

In the U10 Girls events, Ornaith Guckian and Eleanor Reilly recorded the two fastest times on the day with Ornaith clocking 10.12 and Eleanor 10.56 to win the event with clubmates Farrah O’Dowd (10.80) and Elise Cody (10.88) taking third to also qualify for Connacht.

Farrah & Elise qualified automatically in the Long Jump as did Ornaith & Eleanor in the 600m

In the U10 Boys events, Sean Leaver and Tom Wynne were our only qualifiers as they took third with times of 10.49 & 10.88 respesctively with Donnagh O’Sullivan (11.44) and Eoghan Murtagh (11.62) fifth overall.

Sean and Tom also finished second in the Long Jump with jumps of 3.35m and 2.53m respectively with Eoghan Murtagh (2.40) and Brendan Carey (2.25) fourth and Noah Bosquette (2.10) and Donnagh O’Sullivan (2.25) fifth

In the 500m, Noah Bosquette (1.59.58) and Brendan Carey (2.03.37) finished third to also qualify.

In the U11 Boys, we had a very close one-two in the 60m with Tom Winston (9.82) & Tadhg O’Hart (10.18) just getting the better of Tom Cullen (9.91) and Adam Meaghan (10.18) for first and second. Oisin Keenehan (10.55) and Zack Murtagh (10.82) were fourth with Conor Carey (10.82) and Fionn O’Sullivan (10.70) fifth

In the 600m, Noah Guckian (2.35.64) and Conor Carey (2.19.81) won the event while the Long Jump saw a clean sweep for the club with Adam Meaghan (2.55) and Fionn O’Sullivan (2.15) first ahead of Oisin Keenehan (2.10) and Tadhg O’Hart (2.42) in second and Tom Cullen (1.81) and Tom Winston (2.30) in third.

Our U11 Girls teams of Erin McGuinness & Nicole Atumonyogo did not have to compete in the U11 Team 60m & Long Jump but went straight through to Connacht.

In the individual events, we had a number of qualifiers, some of whom did not have to compete to qualify for Connachts. The list is below but there were some very good runs from Poppy Doherty and Anna Winston in the short sprint and Amy Murtagh in the U14 200m.

Details of the Connacht Championships in Athlone will be available later, we will get word out to our competing athletes.

Training will continue for all those who have qualified for the Connacht events and we wish those who missed out a happy and enjoyable Summer before we see them back at training later in the year.

The remainder of the Carrick AC qualifiers at U12 to U14 level are as follows:

U12 Girls 60m & Long Jump: Poppy Doherty & Anna Winston

U12 Girls 600m: Carragh Guckian

U12 Boys 60m & Long Jump: Shane Murtagh

U13 Girls 80m, 600m, Long Jump & Javelin: Mia Guckian

U13 Girls Long Jump: Katie McDwyer
 
U13 Boys 80m: Caoimhin O’Sullivan

U13 Boys 600m & Long Jump: Tadhg & Barra O’Shea

U14 Girls 80m, 200m & Long Jump: Amy Murtagh

U14 Girls 800m: Aoife McDwyer

U14 Boys 80m & Long Jump Brandon McKiernan

U14 Boys 800m: Richie Gavican & Kyle Lannon

U14 Boys 1,500m: Riaghan Guckian