Rosses AC athlete Aidan Gillespie had a record-breaking performance at the Northern Ireland Masters Track and Field Championships at Mary Peter’s track in Belfast.
Competing first in the 100m Hurdles, Aidan claimed gold in a time of 15:63 seconds in the M50 category to break the existing Irish record.
Aidan also set a new record for the 200m in the M50 category in a time of 25:32sec.
More Notes from Rosses AC:
In Tullamore the All Ireland Childrens Games and u12 Championships were taking place for the u9 to u12 age groups. There was a great cheer for Reuben Ward and Emmett O Neill who claimed silver medals.
Not for the first time these two boys paired up for the children’s games and over the past few weeks have stuck at training and it all paid dividends yesterday as they claimed team all Ireland silver medals.
Emmett threw a brilliant 23+ meters throw to finish 2nd overall and with Reuben throwing over 21 metres, they got themselves onto 2nd place on the podium. There were so many other strong performances on the day and close podium positions. This brings to a close the competitive T&F season for our U9-U12 athletes. It has been another tremendous season with the club again proving itself.
Emmett O’Neill and Reuben Ward who claimed All Ireland silver medals in the u11 Boys Turbo
As we approach summer break now, it is worthwhile remembering that the next block of training for many will be our cross-country (XC) season which will likely kick off late August so stay tuned.
Finally, a huge thank you to the parents of kids for their commitment to training and events all season, to our coaches who put in a huge amount of time and effort with these kids, our club committee/administrators who do so much unseen work and those who represent the club as officials at regional and national events.
Locally at the Brockagh 6k Patrick Trimble had a fine run to take 3rd in a great time of 22:52. At the Inver 5 and 10k Patrick Trimble took the win in 39:46 and Bernie Boyle took 1st Lady and 3rd overall in 41:39 and Denis Boner ran well to record a time of 46:09.
In the 5k event Adrian Bonner finished 4th and first M50 in 22:27. At the Glenswilly 5k the first Rosses athlete in 5th place was Shane O Donnell in 16:05, Paul McKelvey 17:36, James McGeehan PB 18:21, Declan Gallagher 18:21, Keith O Connell 18:31, Kenn Bates 18:50, Norman McClean 19:07, Denis Boner 20:55, Brendan McBride winning the M60 category in 20:59 and a fine run by Shane Trearty 22:07.
Bernie Boyle got out fast and held that momentum to win in 18:21. Claire O Donnell won F40 category running alongside coach Charlie. PB for Caitlin O Donnell 21:22, Emily Boner 22:03, Angela Trimble 28:11 and Marie Gallagher 30:21.
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