For a change of scenery a number of Leevale athletes will compete in Youghal Triathlon next Saturday Sept 4th. Regular triathletes Lizzie Lee, Keith Mackeown and Chis Mintern will compete in the individual event. Lizzie’s love of triathlons appears to have rubbed off on some other Leevale athletes, who have decided to enter three teams [...]

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The summer break is over and it is time for juvenile athletes to get back to training. Formal sessions will commence from Saturday next September 4th, at the CIT 11:30am -1pm and will continue at the usual times of 8-9pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We hope to see everyone back again. Test your fitness by [...]

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Grange Fermoy will hold an Open Sports meet on Friday 3rd September. This is a great way for Juvenile athletes to round the summer off, so go have some fun. GRANGE FERMOY ATHLETIC CLUB OPEN SPORTS FRIDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER 2010 AT 6.30PM COLAISTE AN CHRAOIBHIN TRACK ADMISSION – ADULTS: €3.00. CHILDREN: €1.00 Athletes must compete [...]

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Leevale Athlete Chris Mintern has been selected to represent Ireland at the European Youth Relay Triathlon Championships to be held in Portugal August 29th. Chris is a keen middle distance runner trains with Ray Shanahan’s group at CIT. Ireland has sent a 3 man team, each member will have to do the three disciplines 300m [...]

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Leevale’s Edmond O’Halloran got some much needed competition at the Bedford International Games yesterday, where he competed in the Junior Men’s 110m hurdles. Running over the higher hurdles height, Ed did very well to finish 2nd in Race 1 in 14.81s. The superb photo below of Ed in action yesterday is courtesy of Tony Margiocchi. [...]

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Leevale women finished second in National Senior League final on Saturday in Tullamore, scoring a total of 99 points. Even though this was the strongest team fielded by Leevale in some time it was affected by end-of-season injuries that impacted the scoring capability of the team, thus making the second place finish achieved by the [...]

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Sprint hurdler Derval O’Rourke has today been named The Irish Times / Irish Sports Council ‘Sportswoman of the Month’ for July following her recent silver medal in the 100m Hurdles at the European Championships in Barcelona. This is the fourth championship medal that the 29-year-old Leevale athlete has won and with a time of 12.65 [...]

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Leevale women will compete in the National League final in Tullamore this Sunday, August 14th. A bus will depart Merchant’s Quay at 7:30am and Silver Springs Hotel at 7:40am. The women’s team are traveling in strength and have an excellent chance of producing some great results. We encourage supports to travel on the club bus. [...]

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The final meet in the Cork graded meets took place in CIT last night. In spite of a busy summer schedule for many of our athletes, Leevale topped the table in the final team standings. Full results Team standings

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Following her European silver medal success, Derval O’Rourke appeared on the “Saturday Night with Miriam” on RTÉ last weekend. The full programme is now online here. Derval is the first interviewee on the programme.

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Whatever your running experience, inspiration or ambition, it’s important to consider your body’s running needs as a whole. Mahers Sports Seminars offer advice on a host of running topics ranging from stretching and recovery, to tips on avoiding common injuries and wearing the right footwear. It’s about total running support for the body. Run in [...]

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