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The opening round of the Dublin Juvenile Track and Field league takes place in Irishtown on Saturday. The following 3 rounds will lead into the Dublin Championships in June.

League Rounds:

1. 22nd April
2. 29th April
3. 6th May
4. 28th May

Timetable for Saturday click: League 1 Irishtown Saturday 22nd April 2017

Gladys Cooper reports: The second round of the league was held on home ground in Santry on Saturday morning with some great performances by our young athletes far too many to mention by name. I would like to say to all those who did compete for their club, well done from all your coaches and club captain. I hope you all remember our big day on the May 15th : the Clonliffe Juvenile all Medal Open Sports. Bring along any friends or family members who would like to try an event on this fun day. Nil desperandum, Gladys

Graham Mahon reports on a successful opening round of the Juvenile track and field league in Irishtown this morning with strong performances from the young Clonliffe athletes in the U/10 to U/16 groups. Highlights included another excellent win by up and coming thrower Jonas who won the U/13 shot in a new pb of 10m dead, a 1st (long jump) and 2nd 100 for Rebecca Fitzsimons in the U/16, and a 1st (600m) and 2nd (60m) from brother Jonathan in the U/12s.

Results:

U 12 boys: Jonathan fitzsimmons 1st in the 600 and 2nd in the 60m

Over the course of May the Dublin Juvenile Track and Field League has taken place in the Morton Stadium and Tallaght stadiums. This is a track and field league for juvenile athletes aged up to U/16. Points are awarded to the athletes in respect of the events in which they take part and with the league now concluded the Dublin Juvenile Board have confirmed the results.

Clonliffe positions in the leagues are as follows:

U/10 Boys – 2^nd Daniel Coleman 44 points

U/7 Boys – 2^nd Jonathan Fitzsimons 34 points

U/12 Girls – 6^th Sally Sumola 15 points

U/12 Boys – 1^st Michael Coleman 51 points

U/12 Boys – 3^rd James McDonnell 26 points

U/13 Girls – 5^th Holly Roche 20 points

U/13 Girls – 6^th Emma McDonnell 20 points

U/14 Girls – 3^rd Ella Brown 27 points

6^th Amy Hodson 19 points

U/16 Girls – 4^th Lauren Carr 34 points

6^th Hannah Browne 18 points

Awards will be available at the Dublin Track and Field Championships on Saturday the 6^th of June in Santry.

It was, finally, one of those great days in the Morton Stadium. Brilliant sunshine, a packed stadium and great performances. The final round of the Juvenile league brought the athletes, the crowd and the weather to Santry. There was a great turn out of Clonliffe athletes and with such numbers it is almost impossible to single out athletes, however, there were notable efforts including a great run by the man in the “cast” Cian Bolger winning the U/15 1,000m not hampered by the broken thumb he suffered during the week, Lauren Carr also 1st in the U/16 1,000 and 1st in high jump (pb of 1.50m), Emma McDonnell, a very impressive winner of the U/13 500, Michael Coleman U/12 500 1st, Long Jump 2nd and 60m 3rd, brother Daniel in the U/10 1st in both 300 and 60 and Jonathan Fitzsimons U/11 1st 400 and 2nd 60m.

Well done to all over the past four weeks and we look forward to the Dublin Championships in two weeks time with some confidence.

Results Round 4:

The Dublin Juvenile League remained in Tallaght for today`s 3rd round. A fine day, a little windy perhaps, but no complaints. A smaller group of Clonliffe athletes were in action today, with the Leinster Schools in Santry, however again fine performances from the Black `n` Amber. Lauren Carr was arguably the Harrier of the day with two fine performances at either end of the programme both yielding wins. After running 800 in the Leinster schools on Wednesday Lauren went down in distance to win the U/16 400 in 63.1, later she went up in distance to win the 1500.

The 1500 was a good race between Clonliffe duo Lauren and Hannah Browne, after a slow opening lap the pace picked up two from home and with a lap remaining Lauren took up the running to win in 5.23, chased hard by Hannah 2nd in 5.30. Cliona Cooley once again displayed great battling qualities taking a place on the run in to finish 5th (5.45).

A great Clonliffe battle ensued in the boys U/16 1500, however, with the guys possibly watching one another an MSB athlete slipped their attentions to win the race but chased all the way to the line, and indeed the track, by Stephen Cashin as he hit the deck on the line (4.43), 3rd was Jack Horan, missing the break, in 4.46, 4th Daniel Lacey 4.49, 5th Jordan Byrne 4.59, 7th Sam Baker Gorman 5.30, Sam clearly feeling the effects of Thurday`s Clonliffe 2.

The U/14 girls went on to  dominate their 1500 where Amy Hodson was 2nd, Ella Brown was 3rd and Abby Sheehy 7th.

Wins also for Emma McDonnell in the U/13 600 (Emma ending the day 2nd overall in this event), with Kristen McGrady 3rd, and a win in the U/12 500 by Michael Coleman.

Another athlete going down in distance was All Ireland Junior 800 finalist Craig Giles (U/16) pumping out 400 for the first time and an impressive outing indeed 1st in 54.4.

The Fitzsimons family were out in force again young Jonathan 2nd in the U/11 600, Alannah 4th in her U/13 600 race and Rebecca a fighting 2nd in the U/15 400, Rebecca “nearly 1st”, just caught on the line.

There was good Clonliffe form shown in the U/12 High Jump with Michael Coleman 1st and James McDonnell 3rd

Clonliffe Results Round 3:

Round 2 of the Juvenile League took place in Tallaght today, and in a break from the season todate it was a rain free event, indeed it was quite pleasant! With several of the club`s athletes preparing for next week`s Leinster Schools finals it was a much smaller troop that headed south across the M50 for the event that featured 200s for the sprinters, 1,000s for the middle distance group and javelin, long and high jump and shot for the field eventers.

Some really excellent performances from the black and amber, stand out one`s included young Michael Coleman U/12, very much an all rounder, with a 3rd place 200, and 2nd in the long and 1st high jump. An excellent one two from Ella Brown and Amy Hodson in the U/14 1,000, wins in the girls U/12 200 heat (several races with time to decide the winners) by Sally Sumola and Naoise Cullen and in the U/13 by Kirsten McGrady Hogan and Emma McDonnell and fine 2nd place finishes in the U/16 1,000 firstly by Hannah Browne and then minutes later by Jack Horan.

The athletes were in fantastic form and it certainly showed in their performances.  We started great in the U-9’s and this trend continued to the very end.   All and all a super day and, while we did see a delay to the timetable which really didn’t matter as the sun shone down on us, we witnessed some great performances –  and even saw some people putting on sun protector !!!   Roll on next week.

The following results were taken by Leo Hession.   However, as there was so many activities going on at the same time, some results are missing and will follow:

It was possibly the worst day of the year, including the winter, for today`s opening round of the Dublin Juvenile track and field league in Morton Stadium today. The heavy over night rain resulted in the cancelation of many junior sports fixtures in Dublin but not for hardy athletes who gathered bright and early in Santry. The rain continued unabated with the temperature dropping and wind picking up making for a trying day for all and sundry.

Great credit must go to the Clonliffe athletes who simply got on with it, particularly the middle distance athletes as the weather caused a considerable over run in the programme meaning that many were in the stadium for 3 hours before they got to race. Credit also to the Dublin Athletics Officials for a great job.

Needless to say in the conditions results notes simply disintegrated so congratulations to each and every athlete from the club today but particularly: U/10 boys 60m 1st Daniel Coleman and 2nd in long jump, U/11 Jonathan Fitzsimons 2nd in his 60m sprint and 3rd 600m, U/12 girls 60m 3rd Sally Sumola, U/12 80m 2nd Michael Coleman with James McDonnell 3rd Holly Roche was 2nd in U/13 80m with Kristin Hogan 3rd Holly was also 2nd in the shot, Girls U/13 600 Emma McDonnell 3rd, Girls U/14 800 Ella Brown 1st with Amy Hodson 2nd,  Ella was also 2nd in the 100, Girls U/15 100 3rd Rebecca Fitzsimons, Boys U/15 800 Cian Bolger 3rd, Girls U/16 800 1st Lauren Carr with Hannah Browne 3rd.

Round 2 of the league, in hopefully better conditions is next Saturday in Tallaght.

(Pictured: U/15 Girls 800 in rain swept Morton Stadium)

(Pictured: Jack Horan leads the chase U/16 800)

This Saturday the Dublin Juvenile Track and Field league gets underway in the Morton Stadium at 10.00am.

The league is for athletes aged U/10 to U/16 and runs over four successive weekends in May as follows:

League 1 Saturday 2^nd May, Santry 10.00am　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

League 2 Saturday 9^th May, Tallaght 11.00am　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

League 3 Saturday 16^th May, Tallaght 11.00am　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

League 4 Saturday 23^rd May, Santry 10.00am 　

Saturday`s opening round features on the track sprints 60m to 100m, middle distance 500m to 800m and field events: long jump, high jump, javelin, shot and discus.

Programme click: Track and Field League 1 Saturday 2nd May 2015 Santry