Entry closed last night for the Brother at your side Clonliffe Schools Cross Country with schools from the greater Dublin area and beyond responding in huge numbers for the Leinster Schools Cross Country seasons opener with some 1,250 young athletes entered. The primary schools races have received a total entry of in excess of 320 while there are over 900 entered for the secondary schools programme.
The girls primary school race will see athletes from the following schools:
Balbriggan ETNS
Dublin Educate Together
Holy Child Whitehall
Mary Help of Christians
Scoil Aine
Scoil San Carlo
St. Andrew’s Primary School
St. Catherine’s National School Rush
St. Gerard’s Junior School
St. Vincent de Paul Girls School
Sutton Park School
In the boys primary school the following schools will be represented:
Balbriggan ETNS
Dublin Educate Together
Holy Child BNS
Scoil Eoin Bosco
Scoil San Carlo
St. Andrew’s Primary School
St. Catherine’s National School
St. Gerard’s Junior School
Star of the Sea BNS Sandymount
Sutton Park School
Willow Park Junior School
In the girls secondary school races athletes from the following schools will participate
Adamstown Community College
Colaiste Iosagain
High School Rathgar
Loreto on the Green
Loreto Dalkey
Manor House
Mount Sackville
Our Lady of Mercy College Beaumont
Our Lady’s College Drogheda
Presentation College Carlow
Rathdown School
Sancta Maria College
Sion Hill
Skerries Community College
St. Colmcille’s CS
St. Dominic’s College
St. Gerard’s Bray
Sutton Park High School
In the boys secondary school athletes from the following schools will participate:
Adamstown Community College
Belvedere College
Blackrock College
Chanel College
Colaiste Eoin
CUS
Drimnagh Castle Secondary School
High School Rathgar
Holy Family Community School Rathcoole
Muckross Park College
Presentation College Carlow
Skerries Community College
St. Aidan’s CBS
St. Colmcille’s CS
St. Declan’s College
St. Fintan’s High School
St. Gerard’s Bray
St. Patrick’s Classical, Navan
Templeogue College
Willow Park School
Sutton Park High School
Action gets underway on the 10th of October with the primary school girls race at 12.30 p.m. The full programme and race distances is as follows:
12.30 p.m. – primary school girls 1000 metres
Primary school boys 1000 metres
From 1 p.m. – secondary schools – minor girls 1000 metres
Minor boys – 1500 metres
Junior girls – 2000 metres
Junior boys – 2500 metres
Inter girls – 2500 metres
Inter boys – 3000 metres
Senior girls – 2500 metres
Senior boys – 5000 metres
Thanks to the generosity of our sponsor Brother a piece of office equipment will be presented to the best boys and best girls primary and secondary schools. In addition all participants in the event will receive after their race a special Brother at your side Clonliffe schools X.C. T-shirt.