Athletics postponements

We draw club members attention to the following announcements from Athletics Ireland:

National Juvenile indoors: In light of current circumstances, the Juvenile committee have taken the decision to postpone all 3 Juvenile indoor championship days currently fixed for the 28th/29th March and the 4th of April.

We have rescheduled these events to;

  • 26th April (Day 3 events)
  • 2nd May (Day 1 events)
  • 3rd May (Day 2 events).

The entry system will be updated accordingly.

Further details will be available in the coming days and weeks.

Should it be a case that the championships cannot be held on these dates, then they will be cancelled for 2020 and any entries completed will be refunded.

High performance: we have chosen to postpone all HP scheduled activity requiring gatherings of performance athletes up to and including March 29th, consistent with the time period for measures announced by an Taoiseach this morning, March 12th, including the following events:

March 14th – Senior 4×4, U20 4×4 & U20 4×1 squad sessions, Tallaght AC
March 21st – Senior 4×1 squad session, Tallaght AC
March 26th – Tokyo Team Day, Sport Ireland Institute

All athletes and coaches invited to the above events will be contacted ASAP to confirm above.  

Further to that, the Warm Weather Training Camp for Field Event athletes scheduled for 12th – 19th April has been cancelled.   The National Field Event Coordinator will contact all effected athletes to discuss same.

Road Races/Park Runs: All suspended until after March 29th.