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Munster Regional Squad Training - Day No. 2
Sunday 5th February 2012 in Nenagh Indoor Stadium
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Munster Juvenile Combined Events & Inter-Club Relays
Saturday 11th February 2012 in Nenagh Indoor Stadium
See Information here.

County Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships
Wednesday 22nd February 2012 in Thurles Crokes Complex
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Successful Open 5km Road Race held in Moyne
The County Board & Moyne A.C. held a very successful Open 5km Road Race on Sunday 22nd January in Moyne.
Read Report here              See Results here

National Gold for Evan & Michael
The Woodie's DIY AAI Junior Indoor Championships took place on Sunday 22nd January. Both Evan Lynch & Michael Carey did their Club, Clonmel A.C. & County proud when they both captured National titles in their events. Michael gave a great account of himself in the Junior Men's 1500m winning in a time of 4.10.88. Evan showed his champion quality by taking Silver in the Junior Men's 5000m Walk & denying James Treanor, Shercock A.C. the double when he surged for the line in the 3000m Walk to win gold in a time of 12.49.43 with Treanor finishing a very close second in 12.49.88. Congratulations to them both on truly great performances.
Read more from the AAI website here

Brendan wins National Combined Events Bronze
The Woodie's DIY AAI Combined Events Indoor Championships  & the AAI Indoor Games took place in Nenagh Indoor Stadium on Saturday 21st January. Brendan Meagher, Nenagh Olympic A.C. took National Bronze in the Master Mens 35+ Combined Events competition with an overall score of 2178 points. James Maher, Templemore A.C. also competed well at the Indoor Games in the Men's 400m & 1000m races but was outside the medals.
Read more from AAI website here.

Munster Senior Cross Country Championships
The Munster Senior Cross Country Championships took place in Beaufort, Co. Kerry on Sunday 15th January. The only Club who represented the County in both the Women's & Men's races was Dundrum A.C. where Dympna Ryan placed 6th in the Senior Women's 5,000m race while Donal Keane (24th), Martin Keane (26th), Kevin Moore (28th), Willie O'Dwyer (34th), Paudraig Coen (41st) & Micheal Coen (43rd) ran the Senior Men's 10,000m race. The Dundrum men finished 6th overall in the Inter-Club competition & 5th overall in the Inter-County competition. Congratulations to them all for representing the County so well.
See Tipperary details here             Photographs

The Entry Forms for the forthcoming County Indoor Championships 2012 can now be found on the "Forms" page.  Please note the Closing Dates for both days. Order of Events for both days are also available.

Munster Juvenile Cross Country Relays
The Munster Cross Country Relays for Juveniles took place on Sunday 15th January in Beaufort, Co. Kerry. Tipperary teams did very well winning 5 sets of medals, 1 gold, 2 silver & 2 bronze.
Photographs                          See Tipperary results here

Woodie's DIY Masters Indoor Championships 2012
The Woodie's DIY AAI Master Indoor Championships took place in Nenagh Indoor Stadium on Sunday 15th January. Tipperary athletes competed very well with Martina O'Dwyer, Carrick-On-Suir A.C. winning double gold in the 800m & 3000m & Angela Hogan, Borrisokane A.C. winning gold in the 400m & silver in the 200m. In the Men's events, Tipperary athletes won 19 medals in total (6 gold, 6 silver & 7 bronze). Bernard O'Neill, Clonmel A.C. won 3 medals on the day in the M60 category (gold in LJ, silver in 200m & bronze in 60m) while Tom McGrath, Templemore A.C. won 4 medals in the M55 category (silver in LJ & 400m & bronze in HJ & 200m. Congratulations to all our athletes.
Read more here
See Tipperary Results here                   See Full Results here



Above is without doubt, an iconic photograph of two of our Tipperary Masters, Patrick Naughton, Nenagh Olympic A.C. & Michael O'Beirne, Dundrum A.C. at the 2011 Woodie's DIY AAI Masters Indoor Championships. Both men  took part in the Masters Men's O/75 competitions with Patrick winning gold in the 60m, 200m, HJ, LJ & Shot while Michael won silver in the HJ & LJ & 4th place in the Shot. They most certainly are an inspiration to us all. Both were in action on Sunday 15th January 2012 & competed very well in the M75 competitions. Patrick won gold in the HJ & Shot, silver in the 60m & bronze in the LJ. Michael won silver in the LJ & Bronze in the Shot.

 New Look Website for Munster Schools Athletics Association
The Munster Schools website has been re-formated & is available here & in our "Links" section. An Inter Girls 1500m Steeplechase will be introduced for the 2012 T & F Season.

The County Dates for the forthcoming 2012 Juvenile Indoor & Outdoor T & F Seasons & Novice, Intermediate & Senior Road Championships have now been fixed.
See here for dates.

Clonmel A.C. 2012 Race Series, Race No. 1, Wednesday 11th January 2012
Race Results              Read more here

 Munster Junior, Senior & Masters Indoor Championships
Sunday 8th January 2012, Nenagh Indoor Stadium
See Full Results here
See Tipperary details here
Top Class Tobin wins Celtic Nation Cross Country
Congratulations to Sean Tobin, Clonmel A.C. who had pride of place on the Irish team when he won the U/20 Men's race with 30 seconds to spare at the Celtic Nation Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh on Saturday 7th January.
Read more here.  See photographs here

Upcoming National Fixtures
The Entry Forms & Timetables for upcoming National Indoor & Cross Country Fixtures can now be found on our Fixtures page or on the AAI website under the "Competitions" tab. Please note the Closing Dates for all.

Munster Convention
The Munster Convention will take place on Sunday 19th February 2012 in the Cahir House Hotel, Cahir, Co. Tipperary. More Information here.

Munster Star Awards
The Munster Star Awards Banquet will take place on Saturday 28th January 2012 in the Auburn Lodge Hotel, Ennis, Co. Clare. Read more here.


Congratulations to Deirbhile Ryan & Michael Quilligan, Nenagh Olympic A.C. & Aoife Bartley, Carrick-On-Suir A.C. who have all been selected to receive Munster Star Awards for Tipperary for their outstanding performances in the 2011 Indoor/Track & Field Seasons. All 3 athletes have performed to the highest standards at County, Munster & National competitions in their chosen events.
Read more here.
Athletics Ireland Coaching Series 2012
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Successful Year of National Squads Concludes
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County Senior Titles for Serena, Sean, Dympna & Brian
The County Junior & Senior Cross Country Championships were held in Dundrum on Sunday 18th December. Serena Moloney, Thurles Crokes A.C & Sean Tobin, Clonmel A.C. were the Junior title winners with Dympna Ryan, Dundrum A.C. & Brian Murphy, Carrick Road Runners claiming the Senior titles. In the Team Competitions, Clonmel A.C. won the Junior Men's and Senior Women's titles while Dundrum A.C. captured both the Senior Men's "A" and "B" Team titles.
 See Full Results here      Read Report here

Clonmel Best Senior Cross Country Club for 2011
See Amended Points Table here

Busy Coaching & Development season in the South West
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Updated Munster Coaching & Development Calendar January to May 2012
Read more here            See Calendar here

     
National Community Games Award for Breeda Christie

Congratulations to our President, Breeda Christie who received another well-deserved award, this time from National Community Games.  On Wednesday 6th July Breeda received the award from Jude Feehan, the National Community Games Secretary in recognition of all the wonderful work that she has carried out for Community Games over the years. Well done Breeda, we are so proud of you & keep up the good work. This is Breeda's 4th award in the past 12 months as she received the Munster Hall of Fame Award for all her work with Tipperary & Munster Athletics, the Canon Hayes National Sports Award for all her work with Tipperary Town A.C. & a National Volunteer in Sport Award for Athletics & Community Games. Well deserved awards for a very special lady.  Read more here.


Prestigious "National Volunteer in Sport Award" for Breeda
Congratulations to our President, Breeda Christie who  received a National Volunteer in Sport Award for Athletics & Community Games  in the AVIVA Stadium on Tuesday 31st May.
This is Breeda's 3rd prestigious award recently as she was the 2010 overall winner of the Canon Hayes Volunteer in Sport Award in December & she received the Munster Athletics Hall of Fame Award to a standing ovation in January.  Well done Breeda, we are inherently proud of you & appreciate all your hard work & dedication over the years.
See National Community Games Report here
See Irish Times Report here


Tipperary Cross Country 1945 to 1967
Jimmy Fogarty, of Two Mile Borris, did a series of articles,on Tipperary Cross Country, for the Tipperary Star, some years ago. and with his kind permission we reproduce them here with some photographs from the period.
Jimmy is  very well known and respectecd in athletics circles, having served as Secretary at County, Munster and National level for a number of years.  He is still a  great source of information  and his writings, are, as always, objective,  informative and to be admired.