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Congratulations to Destiny Lawal and Emer Purtill
Huge congratulations to Destiny Lawal and Emer Purtill on their acceptance into Athletics Ireland’s Emerging Talent Programme . This outstanding achievement provides them with access to expert coaching, training camps, strength and conditioning, as well as nutritional and educational support—marking another exciting and well-deserved step forward in their athletics careers.
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International Athlete Presentations 2025
Congratulations to Emer Purtil, Meabh Purtil, Destiny Lawel, Ellen Goggin, Ella Grace Osborne and Megan O’Shea who were all selected for various different Irish International Squads over the past year. This morning they were all recognised by the club and their teammates at a presentation on track. Ellen and Ella Grace were both selected in Schools Cross Country. Meabh was selected in the Irish Schools Multi-event. Emer was at the FISEC-FICEP Games 2025 in Budapest and the Irish Schools Multi-event. Megan was also at the FISEC-FICEP Games in Budapest. Destiny was selected for the European Youths, Macedonia and also the European U20 in Finland.
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Dooneen 10-mile Race Interview on Live95FM
Well done Sinead great publicity on Limerick Live 95 this week for the 10 mile run. Entries still available through Eventmaster for this great event next Sunday at Limerick Racecourse.
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Little Athletics 2025
Activity starts shortly for the 5-7 year olds with Dooneen Little Athletics returning for Spring 2025, starting April 6th from 9-10am. For this age group, skills of run-jump-throw are introduced in games and fun-focussed activity. For parents who are willing to volunteer with our teen assistants to run these fun group sessions, the club covers Athletics Leader training which is a 1 day course with Athletics Ireland. Online registration is essential, €40 covers 2025 membership for this non-competitive section. Children turning 8 in this calendar year can join the main juvenile club for regular training towards competition. https://membership.athleticsireland.ie/clubpage/Dooneen_A.C. Use your existing login account to renew or add a younger sibling…
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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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