European masters mountain running - Irish Milers Club - Grade 4 Officials course - Child Protection & Welfare in Sport - KitKat Schools international team - Results UpdatedBank of Scotland Cup 400m Hurdles 2 Brona Furlong IRELAND 59.68 400m Hurdles 4 Tom Carey IRELAND 52.98 300m 3 Elaine McCafferty IRELAND 39.46 2,000m Steeplechase 2 Rory Chesser IRELAND 5.45.35 800m 3 Hazel Murphy IRELAND 2.09.33 100m 4 Paul Brizzel IRELAND 11.10 Medley Relay 4 Brona Furlong,Craig Lynch,Paul Brizzel,Hazel Murphy IRELAND 3.52.99 Javelin 5 Paul Marry IRELAND 53.55 Team Triple Jump 5 Edin Kelly Caoimhe King IRELAND 25.60 High Jump 3 Grainne Moggan IRELAND 1.72 Long Jump 1 Kelly Proper IRELAND 6.06 1. Scotland 57pts 2. USA Juniors 37pts 3. BoS Development Team 31 pts 4. Ireland 30pts 5. Wales 22pts Mags Greenan and Aisling Coppinger new European champions Mags Greenan (W50) and Aisling Coppinger (W35) won individual victories in the European masters championships in Lenzerheide Switzerland over a tough uphill 6.5 km course with over 900 metres of climb in strong sunshine. The two Clonliffe runners had arrived at the start following very different paths. Greenan has a long history of top performances in mainstream athletics and only took to the hills this year. Coppinger is an experienced mountain runner, a 2:59 marathoner, and is better known for her long-distance exploits. Greenan won in a time of 57:44 from Austrian Dohr by 54 seconds in a start to finish win. Given her relative inexperience in mountain running, this was a tough gutsy performance to beat the experienced Dohr. Coppinger won by a more comfortable 3 minutes from the Italian Calorio in a time of 58:47. Coppinger also led her Irish teammates Anne Sandford (66:30) and Zoe Melling (67:18) to silver team medals in the combined W35/40 category. Tish McCann (68:23) ran well to finish 6th in the W45 class. National veterans 10 km road champion Martin McDonald was 4th in the M50 category in a time of 52:29. He combined with Sean Foley (6th in M45 in 51:24) and Gerry Brady (7th M50) to give the M45/50 team bronze medals. Following on from last weeks excellent performances in the World Youths in Italy, these are further encouraging achievements for Irish athletics. Coppinger and Greenan will be in action again in mid-July in the senior European championships in Germany. W35 1. Aisling Coppinger 58:47 2. M Calorio (Ita) 61:51 3. M Carl (Ger) 62:17 5. Zoe Melling 67:18 W40 1. C Helfenberger (Sui) 52:59 9. Anne Sandford 66:30 W45 1. ML Hellig-Duventaster (Ger) 52:38 6. Tish McCann 68:23 W50 1. Mags Greenan 57:44 2. K Dohr (Aut) 58:38 3. U Bergler (Ger) 62:18 M45 1. F Torresani (Ita) 45:02 6. Sean Foley 51:24 M50 1. K Frantisek (Cze) 50:38 4. Martin McDonald 52:29 7. Gerry Brady 54:45 Irish Milers Club Following on from their very successful meeting on June 21st where 70 athletes competed in their 800m series (34 of whom broke 2 minutes in the men’s races and 17 personal bests overall) the Irish Milers Club are delighted another top series of races this Saturday in Irishtown. Mark Carroll and Mark Christie lead the entries for the men’s ‘A’ 3000m and are looking for a sub 8 minute time along with Joe Mc Allister. Two pacemakers will be allocated to this race, one for sub 8 minutes and the other for a time of 8.15-8.20 minutes. A ‘B’ 3000m race will cater for athletes looking for a time of 8.50-9.30 minutes. The meeting will also feature two men’s 1500m races with Jordan Neil who ran 3.49 last week in the Watford BMC, Aidan Bailey (3.48, 2007) and Gary O’Hanlon (3.51. 2008) the main entries so far. This race will be paced for sub 3.50 minutes and the ‘B’ race will be paced for 4 minutes flat. Finally, a women’s 1500m will feature IMC Regular Susan Byrne and will be paced for athletes between 4.30 and 4.45 minutes. Entries will be taken until Thursday at 5 pm to garrett.coughlan@ucd.ie or 0871313146 (no entries will be taken after this time). Further details available on www.irishmilersclub.com This is the last Irishtown meeting this year. The IMC will then move to the Cork City Sports on July 12th where the organisers have kindly allocated three races to the IMC. Entries are filling up fast and athletes are advised to contact Garrett Coughlan as above as soon as possible to enter for these races. Michael Dyer (NDAC) leads 5 athletes to new personal bests at the IMC A Race on 21st June in Irishtown Tamex Cup Bydgoszcz, POL 800m 7 Thomas CHAMNEY 1:47.96 IRELAND(IRL) 400m Hurdles 4 CAREY Michelle IRELAND 56.57 0.260 Reminder A course for Grade 4 Officials organised by Michael O’Hart will be held on Friday 4th July 2008 in Holiday Express Hotel, Antrim at 8.30p.m. Child Protection & Welfare in Sport - Course Information Course Duration: 4 hours Course Fee: €15 Course Participants: This course is open to sports club leaders, committee members, club childrens officers and all adults involved in the organization of sport for young people. Course participants must be over 18 years of age Course Content: Louth Local Sports Partnership are now offering a four hour basic awareness training course on Child Protection & Welfare in Sport for leaders working with children in all sports clubs/organizations. The workshop highlights the main principles of the Code of Ethics and Good Practice for Childrens Sport and looks at how adults and young people can be kept safe and happy within the sports club environment. As well as undertaking child protection training, all clubs are encouraged to adopt child protection policies and procedures as outlined in the Code of Ethics and Good Practice for Children’s Sport. If you have any members in your club under the age of 18, it is very important that at least one person from your club attend this training. Attendance at this training will also become a requirement for Louth Local Sports Partnership funding in the future For details of the next Code of Ethics training course in the Louth area, see www.louthlsp.ie or contact: Mary Browne – Sports Co-ordinator Louth LSP mary.browne@louthcoco.ie 042-9324356 29th Dunshaughlin 10Km Road Race