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2025 Limerick Indoors
The Indoor Track and Field championships took place on Sunday the 12th in Nenagh. After a week of snow and freezing conditions, the temperature got up enough to go ahead with the championships, and the competition was hot too. First off, it was a very special Birthday for one very special coach. Some action and awards from all of our fantastic young athletes below with a video of the overall action from our Munster RDO, Olivia Scully Hahne.
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Wrapping Up The 2024 Season
As 2024 comes to a close, these are some of the recent highlights from the club in Munster and National Cross Country, and other International Events. Well done to Caitlin Garvey who competed in the International race walking event, incorporating National Championships in Dublin today. Caitlin finished in top ten of Irish girls in U14 2k race and achieved a personal best!! Spraoi Games with Dooneen AC Little Athletics group. 24 5-7 year olds have been active for the past 8 weeks. Big thanks to club coaches and teen leaders who assisted this morning. A great introduction to Run Jump Throw games for kids to find what they like…
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2024 Limerick Cross Country Day 2 (Newcastle West)
A wet day in Newcastlewest yesterday at the cross country. That didn’t stop our young juvenile athletes from running the length and breadth of four muddy and wet fields! Lots of medals too, full results will be posted, but here are some photos to enjoy! Thanks to Aileen Moore for taking many of these wonderful photos
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HEROutdoors Campaign
Club members, parents and friends are taking part this year in the national active outdoors initiative aimed at boosting participation by girls and women in outdoor fitness of all kinds. Thanks to Athletics Ireland for supporting this joint Dooneen and Limerick AC activity through the HEROutdoors campaign fund. The 3-session format is group warm-up to music, mobility and stretching followed by paired stations for a circuit utilising the outdoor gym equipment in Mungret Park. At this time of year, base fitness building with a focus on running is ideal for beginners and our teenaged athletes. Paul Askins captured some of the activity sections to show the variety within the session…
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2023 Limerick Cross Country Day 3
Conditions for running couldn’t be bette or in more stark contract to last weekend’s competition with sunshine and lolipops all ronnd in Bilboa for the third and final day of county championships for this year.
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2023 Limerick Cross Country Day 2
Testing conditions today for the senior xcountry championships with a downpour just as events started making underfoot conditions challenging. Congratulations to Sinéad McDermott on winning the women’s county senior cross country in Newcastlewest today. Congratulations also to our senior men of David Secchi,Kevin Johnson,Mpho Chauke,Dermot Kearns,Andrew McMahon and Joe Chawke on winning team silver. Well done guys. A huge thank you to West Limerick AC, the county board and all involved in hosting this event in the fabulous new course of the showgrounds. The U10 girls of Zoe Casey O’Shea, Clara Mooney and Izabella Benka started the day’s races just before the rain began, and in the boy’s race we…
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2023 Limerick Cross Country Day 1
Day 1 of the 2023 Limerick County Cross Country was uneven-age relays and the Intermediate men and women. First up were our U9 girls of Izabelle Berka, Emma Morrissey, Ali Bourke and Lily Conway who came home in 4th in their first competition. Next up were the boys of James O’Donnell, Cian Harte, Caleb Cusack and Dougie Silke who came home in an amazing 4th place. We had two teams in the girls U11 Faye Hallinan, Clara Mooney, Ella Harte, Blanka deviet, Kiera Dillon, Ruth Cregan, Freya Collins and Zoe Casey O’Shea. These girls ran their hearts out and just missed out on the medals. Boys u11 were Luke Hays,…
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Our Latest International Athlete
Dooneen Athletic Club’s latest International athlete, Destiny Lawal, competed at the AAA Championships in Birmingham during the weekend of August 26th and 27th for U15 to U17 boys and girls. Destiny, who is U14 competed in the girls U15 100m and 200m sprints. Destiny who is coached by Dave Crowley and Phil Roche has won County, Munster and National gold medals across 60m, 4x200m relay Indoor Championships, 100m, 200m and 4x100m relays in Outdoor championships and 4×500 Munster Cross Country Championships this year. After her long indoor and outdoor season Destiny went to Birmingham to run out of age and compete against the best u15 girls across England, Scotland, Wales…
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Munster Schools and Limerick Track and Field
Dooneen Athletes completed on Tuesday and Thursday at the North Munster Schools Track & Field Championships, held in Castleisland, Kerry. Athletles who finished in first three places qualified for the Munster schools to be held Saturday 20th May in Castleisland. Destiny Lawal (Castletroy College) won gold in minor girls 100m (11.9), Ella Grace Osborne (Laurel Hill Colaiste) bronze in 800m (2:30.1) with Catherine McCutcheon 4th. Emer Purtill (Mungret CC) won gold in minor girls High Jump (1.55m), Junior girls Javlin (35.13m), minor girls 200m (27.2), minor girls Shot (12.18m) and minor girls 4x100m relay (with Madison, Marion and Emma). Ross O’Carroll (Mungret CC) bronze in Inter boys 1500m (4:34.9) and gold…
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2023 Michal Rejmer 10-Mile Road Race
Congratulations to everyone that ran the Michal Rejmer 10mile. The weather was glorious and well deserved ice cream at the finish was much needed. Thanks to everyone that marshalled the race. The ongoing support of volunteers and sponsors is what makes such successful and enjoyable events. Results can be found at the following link. https://www.myrunresults.com/…/michal…/4376/results In the men’s podium it was a clean sweep for West Limerick AC with a nail biting finish between Karl and Mike. In the women’s race, Niamh Clifford set a new course record. See the below results for top 5 and age category winners. Men’s results: Karl Lenihan- West Limerick AC-57:07 Mike Sheehy- West Limerick…
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