Moyne AC’s Weekend Warriors: Injuries, Medals, and Stellar Performances!

Waterford Half Marathon 

Brian Carroll and Patrick Bowe made their return to action after the Dublin Marathon over the weekend at the Waterford Half Marathon. The lads both produced fine performances over the 21km distance. Patrick finished in 191st overall with a time of 01:29:48. Brian finished in 351st overall with a time of 01:35:56. Well done lads on the great performances.

National Juvenile Uneven Ages XC Championships. 

On Sunday, 9 juvenile and 4 senior athletes made the trip to Tramore racecourse to compete in the National Championships. With heavy rain the week before, the difficult course was made all the more challenging for the huge fields of athletes on every start line.

First up were the u11 girls, in their debut National cross country event. With a club team in this event, we had lots to cheer for. Annie Ely ran a great race, storming around the course to finish 37th in a time of 6.05. She was followed home by Meadhbh Hall in 73rd in a time of 6.16, and Órlaith Costigan who was 98th in 6.26. Stepping up in age the pair of Poppy Shanahan (123rd, 6.37) and Quinn Corbett (129th, 6.38) finished close together. The girls club team were a super 12th overall, and Annie, Meadhbh and Órlaith were 1st, 2nd and 5th scorers on the Tipperary team that finished 9th.

Disaster struck in the boys u11 for Darragh Joyce as a injury on the start line forced him to withdraw. I'm sure there are many brighter days ahead. Next up was Matthew Esmonde, running out of age in the u13 boys over 2500m. Following on from a great performance in Enniskillen, Matthew steadily made his way through the pack to finish 84th in 9.39. Matthew was 4th scorer on the Tipperary team that finished 7th.

Our final Juvenile on the day, Alana Spillane ran a clever race, gradually making her way through the centre of the field to finish 31st in 18.10. This super performance saw her finish as the 6th scorer on the Munster team who were 2nd overall. A well earned first National inter-provincial medal for Alana - Congratulations!!

National Novice XC Championships. 

Once the juvenile action concluded in Tramore it was time for our novice ladies team to take to the course. Sharon Cantwell led the way for the Moyne A.C. ladies team finishing with an excellent top 30 finish in 27th place in a time of 16:11. Eileen Ely was next across the line in 40th place with a time of 16:32, followed closely behind by Louise Fogarty in 43rd with a time of 16:42. Lisa Quinlan was the fourth member of the team across the line with a great run finishing in 91st position overall with a time of 18:29. The ladies finished 7th overall out of 16 club teams. Sharon and Eileen were also scoring members of the Tipperary team that finished just outside the medals in 4th position overall. Well done ladies on the great performances. 

Katie Bergin, UCC Athletics Scholarship  2024-2025.

A massive congrats to Katie Bergin who has been awarded an athletics scholarship in the University College of Cork to support her with her training while she continues her studies in Physical Education and History. In total 86 athletes representing 15 sports including athletics, basketball, golf, rugby, hockey, rowing, soccer, and GAA  were awarded the scholarships in an awards ceremony today. Katie was one of two athletes from the field of athletics to earn a scholarship. Well done Katie, keep up the great work on and off of the track. 

Munster Intermediate & Juvenile B XC Championships. 

Best of luck to all of our athletes taking part in the Munster Intermediate & Juvenile B XC Championships next weekend in Clare. 

Winter Time Trial.  Nenagh. Sun. Dec. 15th.

A time trial is taking place in Nenagh on Sunday the 15th of December. This is great opportunity for athletes looking to enter a competition before the indoor season gets up and running. Enter asap as no's are limited in each event. Must enter yourself if interested in competing via entries for sport. Entries close Thursday 12th December at 5pm. Entry fee €5. 

Moyne A.C. Ladies National Indoor League Team 2025.

Earlier in the week we announced that Moyne A.C. will be entering a team into the 2025 National Indoor League. This is the first time in the 76 year history of the club that we will have a team in this competition. What an opportunity it will be for our athletes to test themselves against some of the best  athletes the country has to offer. An expression of interest form has been posted on the socials. Please fill this out by Thursday if you are interested in taking part. This is open to all club members that are 16 years old by 31/12/2025. 
 

Image: Moyne AC Novice ladies team of Louise Fogarty Sharon Cantwell Eileen Ely and Lisa Quinlan who finished seventh team at national novice cc on Sunday last, courtesy of Moyne AC