August '24 Round Up
August 1, 2024
10 Youghal AC athletes took part in the St. Catherines 5km road race on Thursday night. They represented the club with aplomb with some super running. The results are as follows.
Jude Buckley 19:46
Brian Landers. 20:32
Ciaran Collins. 21:41
Ian Murphy. 21:53
Sorcha Kilgannon. 22:48
Ciaran Coleman. 22:58
Ann Marie Holland. 23:00
David Kilgannon. 24:15
George Bulman. 24:34
Martina Landers. 26:33
On Friday evening Keith Kelly and Maurice O Mahony travelled to the Kinsale Regatta 5 mile race where Keith took home second M45 and both men had very impressive races.
Keith Kelly. 27:19
Maurice O Mahony. 43:55.
Well done all.
August 3, 2024
Adam King competed in the Turbo Javelin at the St. Catherine’s AC event in Conna Community Field last Saturday. A great day for Adam throwing a PB of 4.30m. Congratulations Adam.
August 10, 2024
Well done to John Mason who was busy running up and down mountains yesterday at the Gaelforce Mountain Trail Run in the Sugar Loafs.. Great result John and Donna 🏃♂️🏃♀️🫶
August 11, 2024
The dust has settled on our inaugural Youghal Bay 10k & Half Marathon and we at Youghal AC have been blown away by the outpouring of positivity from our fantastic runners who came to town to take part in our event. We thank each and every person and organisation who made it a success . 1346 finishers in total, representing 64 different clubs from all over Ireland and beyond..
Well done to our athletes who took part in the 10km event, 31 in total out of a strong field of 652 finishers. A special mention goes to Jude Buckley (1st JM), Sorcha Kilgannon (1st JF), Dave McCarthy (2nd M60), Mary O’ Mahony (2nd F55), Sylvie O’ Mahony (1st M60) and Siobhan Cooney (2nd F60) on their category prize wins.
Also, a big bualadh bos to our 39 athletes who took part in the ½ marathon event in a field of 696, with Deirdre Ansbro (2nd F45) and George Bulman (2nd M65) claiming prizes in their categories. A special word of thanks to our club members Keith Kelly (1:30), Deirdre Ansbro, Ian Murphy & Maurice Walsh (1:40) and Louise O’ Brien & Ted Kelly (2:00) who undertook pacing duties for the first time and to Zara Kelly who undertook ‘sweeper’ duties in the 10km on foot and half marathon on the bike . A massive thanks to Jimmy Bray, Eimear Burke (Eagle AC) and Vicky Lehane (St Finbarr’s AC) who also were pacers in the half marathon and Mairead Boland of South Coast who kept Zara company during the 10km
There were many non-affiliated runners from Youghal and the surrounding areas who also took part yesterday and massive well done to you all, whether it was your first event, or you are a veteran. We hope to see you again soon and feel free to pop up to Tower Park in the coming weeks and join us for a run session.
And last but not least, a big round of applause for the brains behind this amazing weekend in Youghal, Mr Sean Ahern - TAKE A BOW
******VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION POST*********
We want to say a massive thank you and well done to all of our volunteers from Sundays event. Without our fantastic volunteers our event would not have been possible. They stayed in place from 8:30am until 3:30pm (in the pouring rain at times) to keep our athletes safe while cheering them on and encouraging all the way. Here are a few photos that were captured of them throughout the day. Thank you all.
August 18, 2024
Well done to our 4 Youghal AC members who made the trip to Cork City for the 10km road race this morning. Perfect running conditions lent to a great race for all. Results as follows:
Keith Kelly 34:18
Maurice O Mahony. 50:39
Lisa O Connell. 56:06
Claire Kelleher. 58:35
Special mention to Keith who once again made the podium coming in 2nd m45.
Well done all.
August 23, 2024
A fantastic week was had by all who attended the Youghal AC summer athletics camp. We finished today with a visit from an ice cream truck and medals for all children recognising the effort put in by each and every one of them.
Huge thanks to our coaches for giving their time this week.
August 25, 2024
Well done to our 3 athletes who represented the club today at the Boston Scientific; Clonmel Half Marathon.
34 David Herlihy 1:27:08
158 Brian Walsh 1:43:04
303 Antoinette Keating 1:55:48
Enjoy the R&R and re-hydration this evening
Catching up on some midweek action, where 6 Youghal AC runners made the short journey to Carrigtwhohill for the Stryker 4 mile (BHAA) on Wednesday evening 21st August
102 Brian Landers 27:01
291 Mary O’ Mahony 32:41
303 George Bulman 33:23
304 Sylvie O’ Mahony 33:23
330 Martina Landers 34:29
390 Seamus Stone 37:10
Next week we have the Cork BHAA Amazon 5k on Wednesday 28th and the Waterford Greenway Half Marathon on Saturday 31st, best of luck to all who are taking part.
August 31, 2024
Four fabulous Youghal AC athletes travelled to the Waterford Greenway half marathon on a very sunny Saturday morning. Even with the heat, each of them hammered out great performances on the day. Well done gang
James O Mahony. 1:33:35
Deirdre Ansbro. 1:36:33
Krzysztof Pawlik. 1:46:09
Patricia Hogan. 2:31:12