The club’s annual awards night took place in the club bar last night, Saturday, December 21 when the club honoured and thanked all our athletes, coaches and officials for the part played in what was another tremendously successful athletics year for Clonliffe Harriers. Highlights included the setting by the club’s athletes of an extraordinary 13 club track and field records, across the whole range of athletics – sprints, middle distance and field events. Individual national 1500 indoor and outdoor titles for Cathal Doyle, and of course the small matter of Cathal’s magnificent Olympic Games culminating in him reaching the 1500 semi-final in Paris.
On the team front the men’s team were national intermediate cross country champions, national road relay champions, national 5k Road champions, national indoor league champions and national track and field league champions. The women’s team took national intermediate cross country silver, national U/20 cross country silver and national 5k Road bronze.
Before the announcement of the 2024 athletes of the year the club president Mick Kearney presented national cross country medals to the Clonliffe men and women’s teams in the age groups U/17 up to U/20 which the teams had won in nationals over recent weeks.
The club athletes of the year:
Junior athlete of the year – Davey Davitt.
Master athlete of the year – Edel Maguire.
Women’s road/cross country athlete of the year – Meghan O’Keeffe.
Men’s road/cross country athlete of the year – Efrem Gidey.
Women’s track and field athlete of the year – Grace Casey.
Men’s track and field athlete of the year – Cathal Doyle.
Harrier of the year – Fintan Kerins.
Congratulation to the winners and sincere thanks to every single Clonliffe Harrier, whether athlete, coach, official, committee member or volunteer for the part you have played in making 2024 such an exciting and successful year.