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Events may have been cancelled due to the weekend’s stormy weather but there was no stopping the athletics fixtures from going ahead. The Leinster B cross-country and juvenile mixed relays were held in Stradbally at the weekend, with five Kilkenny athletics clubs taking part. Thomastown started the day off well as they took the team gold in the under-11 race with the county also getting first place. The county took home 20 individual medals with three county teams making the podium. In the USA Shay McEvoy was racing the NCAA Cross-Country Nationals with his Tulsa team. Former Irish international and Kilkenny City Harrier (KCH) Sinead Delahunty, who is now assistant coach for Providence, was part of the Providence backroom team that saw their women finish third team. Meanwhile across the county athletes are in their final preparation phase for the All-Ireland Juvenile uneven ages and novice which will be held in Tramore racecourse next weekend. Kilkenny will be represented by a number of athletes who have made the Leinster team, two club teams and three county teams. There will also be novice women’s and men’s teams. Leinster Stradbally in Laois may be more famous for the Electric Picnic music festival but for the past few years it has been home to the Leinster B cross-country and juvenile relays. This is a lovely day of athletics, where those who did not medal at the recent two Leinster cross-country championships can participate. Mixed relays have become a very popular event and Athletics Leinster staged this alongside the B championships. It is open to all athletes. There were 21 individual medals won by athletes from Kilkenny clubs, along with three county and two club teams taking home medals. The clubs involved were: Kilkenny City Harriers, Nuenna, Thomastown, St Joseph’s and Castlecomer. These B Championships are an excellent development competition that often give confidence to younger athletes to step up to a major competition. It is all too often that athletes who do well at the B
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Events may have been cancelled due to the weekend’s stormy weather but there was no stopping the athletics fixtures from going ahead. The Leinster B cross-country and juvenile mixed relays were held in Stradbally at the weekend, with five Kilkenny athletics clubs taking part. Thomastown started the day off well as they took the team gold in the under-11 race with the county also getting first place. The county took home 20 individual medals with three county teams making the podium. In the USA Shay McEvoy was racing the NCAA Cross-Country Nationals with his Tulsa team. Former Irish international and Kilkenny City Harrier (KCH) Sinead Delahunty, who is now assistant coach for Providence, was part of the Providence backroom team that saw their women finish third team. Meanwhile across the county athletes are in their final preparation phase for the All-Ireland Juvenile uneven ages and novice which will be held in Tramore racecourse next weekend. Kilkenny will be represented by a number of athletes who have made the Leinster team, two club teams and three county teams. There will also be novice women’s and men’s teams. Leinster Stradbally in Laois may be more famous for the Electric Picnic music festival but for the past few years it has been home to the Leinster B cross-country and juvenile relays. This is a lovely day of athletics, where those who did not medal at the recent two Leinster cross-country championships can participate. Mixed relays have become a very popular event and Athletics Leinster staged this alongside the B championships. It is open to all athletes. There were 21 individual medals won by athletes from Kilkenny clubs, along with three county and two club teams taking home medals. The clubs involved were: Kilkenny City Harriers, Nuenna, Thomastown, St Joseph’s and Castlecomer. These B Championships are an excellent development competition that often give confidence to younger athletes to step up to a major competition. It is all too often that athletes who do well at the B
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Events may have been cancelled due to the weekend’s stormy weather but there was no stopping the athletics fixtures from going ahead. The Leinster B cross-country and juvenile mixed relays were held in Stradbally at the weekend, with five Kilkenny athletics clubs taking part. Thomastown started the day off well as they took the team gold in the under-11 race with the county also getting first place. The county took home 20 individual medals with three county teams making the podium. In the USA Shay McEvoy was racing the NCAA Cross-Country Nationals with his Tulsa team. Former Irish international and Kilkenny City Harrier (KCH) Sinead Delahunty, who is now assistant coach for Providence, was part of the Providence backroom team that saw their women finish third team. Meanwhile across the county athletes are in their final preparation phase for the All-Ireland Juvenile uneven ages and novice which will be held in Tramore racecourse next weekend. Kilkenny will be represented by a number of athletes who have made the Leinster team, two club teams and three county teams. There will also be novice women’s and men’s teams. Leinster Stradbally in Laois may be more famous for the Electric Picnic music festival but for the past few years it has been home to the Leinster B cross-country and juvenile relays. This is a lovely day of athletics, where those who did not medal at the recent two Leinster cross-country championships can participate. Mixed relays have become a very popular event and Athletics Leinster staged this alongside the B championships. It is open to all athletes. There were 21 individual medals won by athletes from Kilkenny clubs, along with three county and two club teams taking home medals. The clubs involved were: Kilkenny City Harriers, Nuenna, Thomastown, St Joseph’s and Castlecomer. These B Championships are an excellent development competition that often give confidence to younger athletes to step up to a major competition. It is all too often that athletes who do well at the B
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Events may have been cancelled due to the weekend’s stormy weather but there was no stopping the athletics fixtures from going ahead. The Leinster B cross-country and juvenile mixed relays were held in Stradbally at the weekend, with five Kilkenny athletics clubs taking part. Thomastown started the day off well as they took the team gold in the under-11 race with the county also getting first place. The county took home 20 individual medals with three county teams making the podium. In the USA Shay McEvoy was racing the NCAA Cross-Country Nationals with his Tulsa team. Former Irish international and Kilkenny City Harrier (KCH) Sinead Delahunty, who is now assistant coach for Providence, was part of the Providence backroom team that saw their women finish third team. Meanwhile across the county athletes are in their final preparation phase for the All-Ireland Juvenile uneven ages and novice which will be held in Tramore racecourse next weekend. Kilkenny will be represented by a number of athletes who have made the Leinster team, two club teams and three county teams. There will also be novice women’s and men’s teams. Leinster Stradbally in Laois may be more famous for the Electric Picnic music festival but for the past few years it has been home to the Leinster B cross-country and juvenile relays. This is a lovely day of athletics, where those who did not medal at the recent two Leinster cross-country championships can participate. Mixed relays have become a very popular event and Athletics Leinster staged this alongside the B championships. It is open to all athletes. There were 21 individual medals won by athletes from Kilkenny clubs, along with three county and two club teams taking home medals. The clubs involved were: Kilkenny City Harriers, Nuenna, Thomastown, St Joseph’s and Castlecomer. These B Championships are an excellent development competition that often give confidence to younger athletes to step up to a major competition. It is all too often that athletes who do well at the B