Pender comfortable victor in Cardiff
Tuesday March 02 2010
ST. ABBAN'S athlete Barry Pender reminded everyone that one of his favourite venues is the indoor arena in Cardiff when he moved up from his junior exploits of last year to take the senior men's high jump title in the Celtic Cup indoor International.
Clearing 2.10 he was a comfortable victor over his Scottish competitor clearing 2.01 and his Welsh counter part clearing 1.95.
In the senior triple jump Eoin Kelly finished in 2nd place with an indoor best of 14.94 just 26 cms away from 1st, while Francis Egan was a close 2nd in the junior triple jump with 14.07 just 6 cms shy of victory.
This concluded the indoor season for these talented athletes having competed in five different competitions over the past five weeks and performing admirably in all. It's back to the training and the books for the next couple of months and the outdoor season.
Stephen Attride Leads Knockbeg to Title: What a difference a few years make. Just six years ago Knockbeg hardly registered on the athletics map – now they are among the top athletic schools in Leinster.
Thanks to Mr. Maye and Mr. Behan the solid foundation for most of the team sports have been put in place, by using the athletic principle to achieve fitness first and then to progress.
In DCU on Wednesday the intermediate team were clear winners capably led by an inform Stephen Attride (currently having his best season yet) who destroyed the large field and came home a clear winner. Kevin Brennan was an excellent 8th and Cormac Kelly 35th made the scoring team.
James Moore 26th and Joseph Barry had good runs for the junior team that finished just out of the medals in 4th place.
The senior team took the silver medals with Stephen Lawlor having an excellent run for 4th and Brian Kelly and Fergal Delaney making the scoring team.
Ailish Brennan Heywood made the top 10 in the senior ladies to qualify for the All-Irelands in Cork in March.
13th place for James: St. Abbans Athlete James Moore made the long trip to Boyle, in Roscommon for the All-Ireland 'B's where he finished 13th in the U.15 event.
Indoor Competition: All local primary schools are invited to send teams of 5 on Saturday morning next March 6 to St. Abbans Clubhouse for an indoor team competition, commencing at 10.15 with an entry fee of ¤2.
Novice/Master Road Championhips: The postponed Laois county novice and master's road championships for men and women will take place on this Wednesday March 3 in The Heritage, Killenard commencing at 7.30 p.m. Entry is ¤5.
