Programme for Leevale Sports 2010, to be held on 18 April next, is available here. Updated 1 March 2010.
Online entry for Junior and Senior events is now open. Please use to enter in advance and avoid queueing on the day. Online entry will be open up until the morning of the sports.

Thanks to our Sponsors: Maher Sports, Permanent TSB, AVIVA, and Blackpool Credit Union.

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Opening of Maher’s “Runner’s Loft” tonight, March 11th, at 6:30.

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See results for Leevale athletes here.

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Leevale will hold an information evening for parents on Thursday, March 11th at CIT. The meeting will be held in the building next to the track 8:00 -9:00pm while the athletes are training.
The purpose of the meeting is to give all parents information on:

Club Coaching Structure
Athlete progression through the club
Details of training schedules
Overview of competition [...]

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Leevale will launch a Fit4Life programme on March 18th.

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Derval has been forced to withdraw from the upcoming World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar due to a hamstring injury.
The former World Indoor Champion has had a turbulent lead up to these championships, with a calf injury forcing her to miss weeks of pre-season training, followed by a bout of sickness which forced [...]

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The results of the Munster Schools & Varsities Cross Country held at CIT last Friday have been posted here.
Amongst the highlights for Leevale athletes were a third place finish for Barry Donovan, running in UCC colours, and top-15 finishes from Eirne Ní Dheasmhunaigh and Chris Mintern in the Minor Girls and Inter Boys respectively.

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Derval O’Rourke was top of the list when Athletics Ireland announced the final team selection for the IAAF World Indoor Championships, which will take place in Doha, Qatar from the 12-14th of March.
Derval opened up her indoor season at the Woodie’s DIY Senior Indoor Championships, winning her tenth national title in 8.18 seconds. She [...]

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Leevale are delighted to announce that AVIVA, Permanent TSB and Blackpool Credit Union have come on board as key sponsors for the Leevale Open Sports. In a time of economic uncertainty it is great to see companies willing to support Leevale AC in its endeavours to host the premier open sports meet in the [...]

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Derval O’Rourke got her preparations back on track for the World Indoor Championships today at a meet in Flora, Norway, after a bout of sickness ruled her out of the Aviva Grand Prix last weekend. Derval produced a seasonal best of 8.00 seconds to place second at the meet having qualified for the final with [...]

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Joe O’Flynn was honoured today in Farmeleigh house with a National Award for Volunteers in Irish Sport. This is due recognition to the years of dedication that Joe has selflessly given to the sport of athletics. Accepting the award on Joe’s behalf is his sister Aida O’Gorman.
Attending on behalf of Leevale was Liam Horgan and [...]

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There was a wonderful second place finish for Edmond O’Halloran today in the junior 60m hurdles at the Celtic Indoor CUP in Cardiff. Edmond set a new PB of 8.12 seconds to finish second to the Jack Meredith, who is currently ranked number two junior athlete in the world for this discipline.
Ailis McSweeney had a [...]

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