Clonmel Juvenile Athletic Club Notes 6th December
Club’s Annual General Meeting
On December 6th we held a very successful Annual General Meeting and the following Management Committee was elected for 2018:
Chairman: Conor Fleming
Vice Chairman Juvenile: Frank Lynch
Vice Chairman Senior: Niall O Sullivan
Secretary: Helen Cahill
Juvenile Competition Secretary: Robert Whelan
Treasurer: Paula Dwan
Assistant Treasurer: Shane Greene
Juvenile PRO: Robert Whelan
Senior PRO: Niall O Sullivan
Committee members: Susan Laste, Pat Walsh, Dan O Keeffe, Jimmy Boland, Donal Casey, Tony McCarthy, Neil Proven and Pat O Connor.
The outgoing Chairperson, Nicola Maunsell, thanked all our Coaches, athletes, sponsors and anyone who helped at any of the club events during 2017, it was great to see the Club thriving on all fronts.
The various reports gave a good account of the achievements by Club members during 2017 and the Treasurer, Paula Dwan, gave a very detailed and positive report on the Club’s finances. At our Annual General Meeting the membership fees were fixed for 2018 and they are for Juveniles 15 Euros and for Seniors 30 Euros. There was a healthy discussion on a number of matters that the new Management Committee will follow up on.
The new Chairman, Conor Fleming, thanked all members of the new Management Committee and he looks forward to working with everyone in 2018.
Clonmel Juvenile Athletic Club Notes 17th December
Great performances at National Uneven Age Group Cross Country Championships
The National Uneven Age Cross Country Championship took place in the WIT Sports Campus, Carriganore Waterford and Clonmel was well represented by 6 athletes. The conditions were good under foot and race numbers of 200 were not uncommon.
The first race of the day for Clonmel was the girls u11 and here Rachel Buckley in her first All Ireland put in a stellar performance when coming home in 120th position.
Next up was the girls u13 and here we had 2 athletes Ruby Carroll in 89th place and Jane O Donnell in 99th place both running on the Tipperary team which finished in 6th place.
In the girls u15 Gillian Hughes ran a great race to finish in 93rd place and was the 5th member of the Tipperary team which placed 8th. Next up was the girls u17 and here Siobhan Whelan running out of her age group ran a fantastic race to finished in 20th and was just outside the medals as she was the 7th Munster athlete on a winning Munster team.The final event of the day for the Clonmel juveniles was the girls u19 and here Ciara O Neill ran a brilliant race to finish in 26th position.
Clonmel AC would like to congratulate the athletes and parents that travelled to Waterford today to fly the flag for Club, County and Province. As this was the final competition of the year for juveniles we would like to thanks all juvenile club members for the fantastic year that was 2017. There have been many moments to look back and be proud off. Looking forward to an exciting 2018 athletics year we are returning to training on the 9th Jan. Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.