Very small numbers attended the Munster Senior Open T&F Championships and the Juvenile Combined Events held in Castleisland on Sunday 25th May. On a good athletics day at a great venue only 2 Leevale Combined Event athletes showed up from the 15 entered. Although having this event after 3 consecutive Schools/County competition weekends and 6 [...]

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The following are the dates and venues for this year Munster Juvenile Championships:
Saturday & Sunday the 7th & 8th of June 2008:
Under 10-11-12 Team & Under 13-14 Individual Championships at Templemore.
Programme
 
Saturday & Sunday the 21st & 22nd of June 2008:
Under 15-19 Championships plus Under 14 Discus & Hammer at the C.I.T Cork
Programme

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Leevale travelled in strength to compete in the first round of the national league which was held in a cool but dry Tullamore last Sunday, May 18th. Leevale men competed against Crusaders, West Waterford, Menapians, DSD, Tullamore Harriers and Meath. From the outset Leevale men started racking up serious points with David Quilligan winning the Long Jump and [...]

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The KitKat Munster Schools track and field championships were held at University of Limerick on Saturday 17th May. Once again this was excellent competition with the Leevale athletes competing for their respective schools performing very well. In the junior girls Caroline Murnane finished joint 3rd only to miss out on qualification on count back. Kate [...]

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The County Juvenile and 2x Competition will be held at the CIT next Sunday May 18th. The relay programme will start at 10:00am and the 2x competition is scheduled to commence at 12:00. It is important for all selected athletes to attend as these competitions are team events, and failure to attend may mean your [...]

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The first round of the National Leagues will be held in Tullamore next Sunday, 18th May.  All athletes should confirm their availability to the team captains Katey Byrd and Darren O’Donovan in advance. The team bus will leave Merchants Quay at 7:00am. Supporters are also welcome on the bus.
Timetable and Team Groupings

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Day two of the County Juvenile Championships were held at the CIT, in perfect conditions. Leevale athletes turned out in strength and continued where they had left off on the previous Sunday.
Over the two days a number of athletes deserve special mention. Eric Stam won eight gold medals and one silver across the [...]

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CIT hosted the Munster Junior & U23 championships on May Bank Holiday Monday, 5th May. This was an excellent meet with four athletes achieving the qualifying times for the World Juniors. Leevale athletes were also putting down markers for the year. Chris Murnane ran an excellent 400m Hurdles winning the race while taking over a [...]

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The outdoor track and field season really got underway at the CIT  over the weekend with Leevale athletes participating in the South Munster  Schools on Saturday, County Juvenile Championships on Sunday and the Munster Junior & U23 Championships on Monday. Due to the congestion of fixtures many of Leevale’s older juvenile athletes understandably opted to skip the county [...]

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