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Munster Regional Squad Training - Day No. 2
Sunday 5th February 2012 in Nenagh Indoor Stadium
Read more here.
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
Read more information here
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
Read more here
Successful Year of National Squads Concludes
Read more here
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
Read more here
Updated Munster Coaching & Development Calendar January to May 2012
Read more here See Calendar here
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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.
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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
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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.
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