St Abbans AC welcomed WAC

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From the first event of the day with a 1,2,3 in the girls race walking to the very last event of the day with the u11 boys long jump and a 1,2,3 we saw Waterford AC feature throughout the day and came away with 8 individual golds as well as many more silver and bronze as well as medals in the relays.  On a very busy day both on the track and in the field we had coaches and parents spread between the hammer and discus cage, shot arae, the long and triple jump pits and the high jump area it was clear to see that WAC athletes were very competent and competitive in all these areas of T&F.

As well as many medals there were many PBs achieved and great fun was had by all on a very fine day.  Hats off to St Abbans AC on hosting an exceptionally well run event.  That is now our three primary targetted T&F preparation outings completed and now we go to championships confident and ready to compete with the best.  First stop will be Sunday May 12th at 11:30am in St Senans for day 1 of the Waterford county championships. 

The picture below shows our U14 boys who competed in the high jump and the finishing height of 1.63m that James Murphy went out at having won the competition with a clearance of 1.60. Kyle pictured also jumped excellently to take 3rd place.  In the words of one of our younger crew....'it was scary how high James jumped'!!!! 

Waterford to Tramore a huge success

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The Bluewall sponsored Waterford to Tramore 7.5 mile race in memory of Paddy Flannagan in its 44th running brought together 500 runners from near and far and with such a beatiful evening (if windy) all agreed it was another excellent event organised by Waterford AC.

Thanks to Derek Tebay and Bluewall for such great prizes yet again and well done to all who participated.  The WAC prize winners were; Trevor Power (5th individual), Sylvia Malone, Mags Kirwan Bolger, Joan Mahony and Suzanne Dullaghan (1st, 2nd,3rd and 4th) Mens Team winners of Brian O'Sullivan, Tony Quinlan and John Dineen and Ladies Team winners of Brea Cooke, Claudi Lane.mary and Kate Nolan as well as Category wins for Kevin malone (M40) Derek Tebay (M50) Catriona Gough (F40) Jacinta Brazil (F45) and Gabrielle Blair (F50).


Thanks to all our members and friends who helped make it a topclass run.

Full results available by clicking WATERFORD TO TRAMORE 2013 or on www.totaltiming.ie

Many photos on our FACEBOOK  page and also at West waterford website. 

Leevale AC Open T&F 2013

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A huge contingent of WAC athlethes, coaches and parents attended the annual Leevale AC Open T&F in CIT yesterday, Sunday and with a very high standard throughout the events WAC came away with a huge trophy haul with many top 3 finishers spread over Sprints, Hurdles, Throws, middle distance, Jumps and of course the ever exciting relays.



With a 3rd place in the U9 for Lydia Rowe in the turbo Javelin to start the day off for WAC right through to the last event of the day with a 3rd place for our U17 relay team of Gwyneth Blair, Grace Furlong, Emma O'Brien and Sally Brown it was all action at CIT.

Other top 3 finishers were
Under 9 Boys, Eoin Cuddihy, 3rd Turbo Javelin, Under 10 Boys, Jack Corcoran, 3rd 80m, 2nd Turbo Javelin and 3rd 300m.
Under 11 Boys, Victory Eddy 1st 80m. Under 12 Boys, Jack Deegan 3rd Hurdles, 3rd Long Jump, 4th 300m. Cathal Scanlon, 3rd shot. Ethan Flynn 3rd 80 m, 2nd 600m. Shane Cawley, 2nd Shot. Under 14 Boys, Hugo Blair 2nd 800m. Favour Eddy 3rd 80m. Under 15 Boys, Jamie Mc Carthy 2nd 800m. Under 16 Girls, Gwyneth Blair 2nd hurdles. Grace Furlong 3rd High Jump and 3rd long jump.

Relay wins included U 9 girls, Lydia Rowe and Emma Mulhall 3rd. U 9 boys David Scanlon, Jack Carroll, Eoin Cuduhy 2nd. U 11 Boys ,Victory Eddy, Jack Deegan, Evan Hayes, Saviour Eddy 1^st. U 15 Boys Hugo Blair, Favour Eddy, Fergus O’Brien, Kyle Hutchinson 3rd. U17 girls Gwyneth Blair, Grace Furlong, Emma O'Brien and Sally Brown 3rd.

Photos from the leevale website HERE
Full results can be downloaded by clicking RESULTS

Up to date training options

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Lots of options to get active with WAC. Not all are our sessions but plenty of WAC members there doing or organising so pop along.