Leinster School Athletics Union

The Leinster Schools Cross Country Championships will be held in the DCU Sports Grounds on Wednesday 24th February starting at 12 noon sharp. See details below.

LEINSTER SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSIPS 2010 Please find (and read carefully) all information attached in relation to the Leinster Schools Cross Country Championships in the DCU Sports Grounds on Wednesday February 24th 2010, starting at 12 noon sharp. PLEASE NOTE that all LARGE BUSES must park on Glasnevin Avenue Extension!!!

Click here for the timetable of events at the Leinster Schools Cross Country Championships in the DCU Sports Grounds on Wednesday February 24th 2010, starting at 12 noon sharp.

Click here to view a map of the course that the athletes will race on, at the Leinster Schools CC Championships in in the DCU Sports Grounds on Wednesday February 24th 2010, starting at 12 noon sharp.

Click here for information on how to get to DCU for the Leinster Schools CC Championships in the DCU Sports Grounds on Wednesday February 24th 2010, starting at 12 noon sharp.

Results from the 2010 ZONE cross country championships will appear in the Results link shortly. North Leinster & West Leinster Results already uploaded.

DCU Schools Invitational Results 2009 in Results link.

With over 1200 pre-race entries, the DCU Invitational kicked off the school’s 2010 cross country season in fine style – there were no fewer than 8 different schools sharing team honours. Both Minor races produced impressive individual winners with Cliona Carty (St. Kevin’s Dunlavin) and Brian Mc Grath (St. Pat’s Navan) proving stronger over the last 500m in their respective races. The Minor team titles were won convincingly by St. Mary’s Naas and Willow Park boys. At Junior level, Sarah Fitzpatrick (Our Lady’s Terenure) made a bold move for home approaching half way and was never headed while Aaron Hanlon (St. Mary’s Drogheda) led from start to finish. Mount Sackville, with 4 scorers in 13 (27pts) recorded the lowest team score of the day in the girls race while St. Fintan’s HS Sutton (73pts) edged out St. Malachy’s Belfast (75pts) in the boys race. Siofra Cleirigh Buttner (Colaiste Iosagain) didn’t hang around in the Inter girl’s race and led her school Iosagain to an impressive team title. Stephen Attride (Knockbeg College) was always in control in the Inter boy’s race. St. Aidan’s CBS picked up their first team title of the day from the Carlow boys!! The final two Senior races saw impressive runs from DSD club mates Niamh Denny (Our Lady’s Grove) and Emmet Jennings (Oatlands College) who both stormed to victories in the latter half of their races. The girls from Loreto Foxrock won the senior team title while the boys from Knockbeg College in Carlow gained sweet revenge over the St. Aidan’s CBS in the senior boy’s team race. This was the 6th running of the DCU Schools Invitational – and their most impressive to date. A great day of athletics was enjoyed by many on a crisp day in late January.

UPCOMING EVENTS

The Leinster Zone Cross Country Championhips will be held as follows: North Leinster CC's in the DCU Sports Grounds on Tuesday February 4th starting at 12.30pm sharp; the South Leinster Schools CC's in the Carlow Rugby Grounds on Wednesday 3rd February at 12 noon, the East Leinster Schools CC's in Avondale House, Rathdrum on Thursday 5th February at 10am sharp and the West Leinster CC's in the Phoenix Park (behind Popes Cross) on Thursday 5th February at 11am sharp.

SEE the LEINSTER SCHOOLS TRACK & FIELD 2009 RESULTS in the Results link

LEINSTER SCHOOLS ATHLETES TO THE FORE!!! Check out the results link TO SEE WHERE OUR ATHLETES FINISHED. Well done to all our athletes and particularly to those who will now travel to Wales to compete in the SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009. Well done to our individual winners: Jake Byrne St. Joseph's Rochfortbridge (Inter Boys), Mary Mulhare Presentation Portlaoise (Inter Girls), Colin Turner St. Aidan's CBS (Junior Boys) and Siofra Cleirigh Buttner Colaiste Iosagain (Junior Girls)

Click here for all your information in relation to the Irish Schools Cross Country Championships in Jordanstown on March 7th 2009.

THE LSAU COMMITTEE wish all our ATHLETES the best of luck at the IRISH SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009 in Jordanstown on Saturday March 7th. Can our Leinster schools and athletes emulate last year's winning performances?

The Leinster Schools Cross Country Results 2009 are now in the Results link. A cold but dry day for cross country running at Santry for the Leinster Schools’ Cross Country Championships with some great running from the young stars of the future. An outstanding run by Conor Turner, St Aidan’s CBS, in the Junior Boys’ Race saw him run away from a good field with consummate ease. Graham Power and Kevin Brennan fought out the minor places. In the Senior Girls’ Race we had another excellent performance from Deirdre Doyle, St Leo’s Carlow, who ran the race of her life to beat two outstanding young prospects, Tekea Gebrezgi and Tara Jameson. The Intermediate Girls’ race produced an excellent winner in Mary Mulhare, Presentation Portlaoise. Mary who is following in the footsteps of her brothers, Dan and Michael and will be an athlete to watch in the All-Ireland finals. Jake Byrne, St Joseph’s Rochfortbridge, dominated the Intermediate Boys’ race from start to finish with great front running tactics. The top fifteen finishers and the first three teams in Senior, Intermediate and Junior events qualified for the All-Ireland Championships to be held in the University of Ulster, Jordanstown on the 7th March at 12 noon.

The Leinster cross country Zone Results 2009 are now in the Results link. There was a good turn out of athletes at the North Leinster championships in DCU on Wednesday January 28th with St. Fintan's Sutton (Boys) and St. Dominic's Cabra (Girls), the dominant school teams. Impressive individual winners were: Aaron Hanlon (St Mary’s Drogheda) and Emma Fay (Ardee Community School) in the Minor races, Colm Turner (St Aidan’s CBS)and Elizabeth Carr (St Finian’s Mullingar)in the Junior races, Jake Byrne (St Joseph’s Rochfortbridge) and Chloe Doran (Holy Faith Clontarf) in the Inter races and Chris Jones(St Fintan’s Sutton) and Tekea Gebrezgi (St Dominic’s Cabra) in the Senior races.

The West Leinster Schools were held in the Phoenix Park on Thursday 29th with Belvedere College picking up team medals in all races. Impressive individual winners were: Sam Allen (Salesian College, Celbridge) and Sarah Fitzpatrick (Our Lady's Terenure) in the Minor races, Eoin Teggrest (HFCS, Rathcoole) and Aoife Keyes (Our Lady's Terenure) in the Junior races, Max Van Haeften (Salesian Celbridge) and Claire Brennan (Coolmine CS) in the Inter races and Liam Tremble (Coolmine CS) and Natalia Coyle (The King’s Hospital) in the Senior races.

The first 15 individuals and first 3 teams in all races at the zone championships qualify for the Leinster CC finals in Santry Demense on Wednesday 11th February starting at 12 noon sharp.

UPCOMING EVENTS Check out the Fixtures link for all the Leinster and Irish Schools fixtures for 2009.

DCU Schools Invitational Results 2009 in Results link. There was a good turn out of athletes (900) at the DCU Schools Invitational in DCU on Wednesday January 14th (about 40% down on last year's numbers). The dominant Girl's schools were Colaiste Iosagain who enjoyed team wins in the Minor and Junior races, (as they did in the 2008 races) and St. Dominic's of Cabra who won both the Inter and Senior team titles. In the Boys races, St. Michael's from Enniskilllen (first time at Invitational) were equally impressive team winners of 2 titles, taking the Minor and Junior team titles with Douglas CS in Cork romping to victory in the Intermediate team race. Salesian College from Celbridge completed the day's event's with an impressive team victory in the Senior race. Outstanding female individual victories were recorded by Siofra Nic Cleirigh from Colaiste Iosagain in the Minor Girls, Ciara Keyes from Our Lady's Templeogue in the Junior race, Claire Brennan from Coolmine CS in the Inter girls and Tekea Gebrezgi from St. Dominic's Cabra in the Senior girls. In the male races, Brian Conway from St. Benildus sprinted clear in the home straight to win the Minor race, Conor Turner from St. Aidan's CBS was a run a way winner of the junior title with Peter Hanrahan from Douglas equally impressive in the Inter race. Andrew Brennan made it a great family double when he matched his sister Claire by winning the Senior boys race impressively. The hosting club DCU, with the assistance of their Academy athletes put on a great show, with an impressively laid out course and the smooth running of the event, despite the testing inclement conditions!! Next stop for our cross country athletes will be the zone qualifiers over the next few weeks!!!

UPCOMING EVENTS The Leinster Schools Cross Country Championships will be held in the Santry Demesne on Wednesday 11th February starting at 12 noon sharp. Further details will follow here shortly.

The Kit Kat Leinster Schools Track & Field championships will take place in Santry Stadium on Saturday 17th May and Wednesday 21st May 2008. See timetable attached below

Click here for the timetable of the events at the Kit Kat Leinster Schools Track & Field Championships in Santry Stadium on May 17th and May 21st 2008.

DCU Schools Invitational Results 2008 in Results link. There was a great turn out of athletes (1500) at the DCU Schools Invitational in DCU on Wednesday January 16th. The dominant Girls school was Colaiste Iosagain who enjoyed team wins in the Minor and Junior races. St. Dominic's of Cabra won the Inter shield with Holy Faith Clontarf retaining their Senior title. In the Boys races, St. Aidan's CBS were equally impressive team winners of 2 titles: the Minor and Senior titles with St. Colman's of Newry taking the Junior title and Douglas Community School Cork winning the Inter team title.

LEINSTER ATHLETES & SCHOOLS dominate at the IRISH SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 winning 5 out of the 6 TEAM TITLES!!!! . Well done to DOMINICAN CABRA on winning 2 titles (Junior & Senior Girls), LORETO FOXROCK on winning the Inter Girls, ST. JOSEPH'S DROGHEDA on winning the Junior Boys and ST. AIDAN'S CBS on winning the Inter Boys. Individual Leinster winners were Mary Jones (Sion Hill) in the Junior Girls, Suzanne Huet (Loreto Foxrock) in the Senior Girls and John Coghlan (Castleknock College) in the Senior Boys. CHECK OUT all the RESULTS in results link!!!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON THE IRISH SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 ATTACHED - Read MORE!!!

Click here for the timetable of events at the Kit Kat Irish Schools Cross Country Championships in DCU on March 3rd 2007.

Click here to view a map of the course that the athletes will race on, at the Irish Schools CC Championships in the DCU sports grounds on March 3rd 2007.

Click here for information on how to get to the DCU sports grounds for the Irish Schools CC Championships on March 3rd 2007.

KIT KAT LEINSTER SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSIPS RESULTS 2007 Go to the Results link now.

KIT KAT LEINSTER SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSIPS 2007 Please find information attached in relation to the Leinster Schools Cross Country Champioships in the DCU Sports Grounds of February 7th 2007, starting at 12 noon sharp.

Click here for the timetable of events at the Kit Kat Leinster Schools Cross Country Championships in DCU on February 7th 2007.

Click here to view a map of the course that the athletes will race on, at the Leinster Schools CC Championships in St. Clare's, DCU on Feb 7th 2007.

Click here for information on how to get to DCU for the Leinster Schools CC Championships in St. Clare's, DCU on Feb 7th 2007.

Check out the Results link for Results of the DCU Schools Inviational CC Champs 2007

WELCOME BACK TO ALL - Wishing all our athletes, teachers, school coaches, club coaches, etc a very successful Year of Athletics in 2007

The Kit Kat Tailteann Irish Schools Interprovincial Track and Field Championships 2006 will be held on June 24th 2006 at Tullamore Harriers track, starting at 11.30 sharp. The Leinster Girls and Boys Teams are asked to arrive upto 90 minutes before their event(s), and to collect their Leinster gear (to be returned) from Fr. Ailbhe in the stands!!

Leinster Tailteann Games Teams 2006. Click here for the Leinster Teams. The Leinster captains for the weekend are Charlotte ffrench O Carroll (Loreto St. Stephen's Green) for the Girls team and Conor Dooney (CBC Monkstown) for the Boys team. We wish all our athletes well over the weekend!!!!

Click here for the timetable of events at the Kit Kat Tailteann Irish Schools Interprovincial 2006

CONGRATULATIONS to all our Leinster Athletes who medalled and competed with great distinction at the All Ireland Schools track and field championships in Tullamore on June 3rd. Check out the Leinster Schools results link or log onto the Irish Schools web page to view all the results of another wonderful meeting!!!

KIT KAT LEINSTER SCHOOLS TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSIPS 2006 The highlight of the 2006 Kit Kat Leinster Schools tack & field championships were the 4 new records set on the second day of the championships. Donna Carolan (Dominican Wicklow) won the Inter 2000m Walk with a new record time of 10.05.82 breaking the existing record of 10.17.00 set in 2001. The next record to fall was in the Senior Girls Shot where Laura Cogan (St. Kevin's, Dunlavin) threw 12.97 breaking a 29 year record set by Marita Walton (12.90) set in 1997. Marita was in attendance officiating in the girls field competitions. Back on track, Brian Gregan (St. Mark's Tallaght) broke Fergus Sixsmith's 1981 Inter Boys 400m 50.3 (hand time) record with a most impressive 49.60 electronic time in very blustery conditions. And the final record of the day went to the impressive Anthony Mc Creery (Belvedere College) who smashed the Senior Boys Pole Vault record with 4.75m, and in doing so, broke the national AAI Junior record and equalled the National Under 23 record. The Best Overall outstanding schools on the day were the girls from St. Leo's in Carlow and the boys from Belvedere College in Dublin. The full results from the Kit Kat Leinster Track and Field Championships 2006 can now be found in the Results link.

KIT KAT LEINSTER SCHOOLS TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSIPS 2006 The track and field season is well under way with most of the Leinster zone finals already over. We now look forward to the Leinster track and field championships in Santry on Wednesday 17th and Saturday 20th of May 2006. Please note the change in the programme where the Under 16 Boys and Under 16 Girls Long Jumps have been brought forward to start at 11am. Results of the East Leinster Schools "Best School Awards" can be found in the Results link.

Click here for the timetable of events at the Kit Kat Leinster Schools Track & Field Championships in Santry Stadium on May 17th and 20th, 2006.

LEINSTER ATHLETES AND SCHOOLS PERFORM WELL AT THE KIT KAT IRISH SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSIPS 2006.

It was a good day for the Leinster province schools and athletes with numerous medals at the ISAA champs. Dominican Wicklow took the Junior Girls team title with Fiona Mc Kenna Loreto Dalkey 2nd individually. Loreto St. Stephen's Green were 2nd in the Inter team with Charlotte fFrench O Carroll (The Green) 2nd and Sarah Huet (Loreto Foxrock)3rd individually. At Senior level, Sarah Treacy (The King's Hospital) was a clear winner with Laura Huet (Institute of Education) 3rd individually. Here, the Institute were the clear team winners with St. Dominic's Cabra 3rd. In the boys competition, Kevin Pierse (St. Fintan's Sutton) finished 2nd overall in the Junior race where unfrtunately no Leinster school picked up team medals. In the Inter race, Conor Dooney (Monkstown CBC) finished 3rd individually, while the boys from St. Aidan's CBS placed 2nd and St. Kieran's Kilkenny 3rd in the team race. At Senior level, John Coghlan (Castleknock College) finished 2nd individually with Presentation Carlow picking up bronze in the team race. WELL DONE TO ALL OUR ATHLETES AND WE WISH THOSE ATHLETES SELECTED TO REPRESENT IRELAND AT THE SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL "THE BEST OF LUCK". Full results can now be found in hte results link!!

AIB sponsored DCU SCHOOLS INVITATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS - JAN 18TH 2006 are now available in the Results Link The DCU Schools Invitational was a great pre zone warm-up for many athletes and was well organised by the hosting DCU Athletics Club students, many of whom have competed with distinction for the Leinster Schools. A photographer from Sportsfile was also very evident on the day taking numerous snaps, so it might be worth your time and schools time to log onto www.sportsfile.com adn see if your pictire is there!!!!

The Leinster Schools Executive wishes all our athletes, teachers, coaches, parents and volunteers a very SUCCESSFUL ATHLETICS SEASON IN 2006 . The first major schools event of the new Year will be the DCU Invitational on Jan 18th (starts 12 noon), followed soon after by the North, South, East and West Zone finals and the Leinster Schools Cross-Country champs in DCU on Feb 8th. Information on the Leinster Schools CC's will appear here shortly!!! PLEASE NOTE the change in scoring at the Leinster Cross Country Finals. In all girls races, 6 athletes to compete with 3 to score; while in the boys races, 8 athletes to compete with 4 to score. This rule change now adheres to the scoring at the All Ireland Schools!!

Congratulations to all Leinster Schools athletes, past or present, who competed with distinction at the European Cross-Country championships in Holland recently. The junior girls squad included Linda Byrne, Roseanne Galligan, Azmera Gebrezgi, Aisling Baker and Breffni Twohig while the junior mens squad included Danny Darcy, Mick Clohessy, Brendan O Neill and Kevin Lawlor. At Senior level, Aoife Byrne and Fionnuala Britton competed on the Ladies team while Martin Fagan and Mark Kenneally represented the Mens team. The Irish team of 24 athletes included no fewer than 14 Leinster Schools athletes. Well done to all!!!!

North Leinster Schools Cross Country Championships will be held at Santry Stadium on February 1st 2006 starting at 12 noon!!

Important upcoming Events for all Cross Country Athletes!! The DCU Invitational Cross Country will be held on January 18th 2006 (races for all age groups - schools to be contacted in early December and reminded in January), the Leinster zones will take place at various venues during the following 2 weeks, the Leinster Schools Cross Country Championships will be held in DCU on February 8th and finally the All Ireland Schools CC Championships will be held in DCU on March 4th. Check out the Fixtures link now

Leinster & Irish Coaching Dates!!! A number of excellent coaching opportunities are now planned betweeen now and christmas for all athletes, from schools and clubs throughout Leinster. In conjunction with the Dublin Athletics Board, there will be three coaching seminars in Santry Stadium on Monday November 7th (Hurdles with Brian Corcoran), Monday November 21st (Strength Training for Young Athletes with Bart Rogers) and on Monday December 12th (High Jump with Lucy Moore, demonstrations by Deirdre Ryan). All these events will begin at 6.30pm sharp. For more information on these promotions, log on to www.dublinathletics.com! A special Disclaimer Form must be signed and returned to the organisers of these events, as a video/DVD will be made available on all coaching techniques learned, soonafter.

A "Throws Coaching Clinic" will take place at the DMP Grounds, Sinnottstown Lane, Drinagh, Wexford on Saturday 19th November, from 11am to 2pm for Throws athletes from South Leinster. Expert advice and coaching in Shot Putt, Discus, Javelin and Hammer will be given by Ailish O Brien, Bart Rogers and Michael O Brien. Medalists from the South Leinster Schools region at the Leinster Schools track and field championships over the past 3 years are most welcome!!! The event is open to all schools and club athletes from the South Leinster Region who want to learn more about their Throwing events!! So make it a date!!! Check out the Fixtures link to read up more on these events!

Congratulations to our Leinster athletes who individually won medals at the All Ireland Schools Multi-Events in Santry on September 24th. Our medalists were: Pamela Hughes (The Kings Hospital) 3rd in the Inter Girls, Becky Woods and Sarah Woods (Holy Faith Clontarf) 1st and 2nd in the Senior Girls, Robert Greene(St. Fintan's Sutton) 1st in the Inter Boys, John Fagan (St. Kieran's Kilkenny) 2nd in the Inter Boys and Derek Stapelton (St.Pat's Navan) 2nd in the Senior Boys. All results from the All Ireland Schools Multi - Events can now be found in the Results section.

The results of the Leinster Schools Multi - Events held on Wednesday 14th September can now be found in the Results section. It should be remembered that the first 4 finishers in the Leinster finals have now qualified for the All Ireland Schools Multi - Event finals to be held in Santry on Saturday 24th September starting at 10am sharp.

Welcome back to all our students and teachers after the summer break! And what a summer. Congraulations must go to COLIN COSTELLO and DANNY DARCY on their magnificent 1,2 at the European Junior Championships in Talinn. These 2 athletes have treated us to some magnificent races at Leinster and All Ireland Schools over the past 3 years! Let's not forget either the unluckiest junior at these championships, and yet another Leinster Schools star. Well done to LINDA BYRNE on finishing 4th in the 3000m steeplechase. Linda sets 2 Irish Junior records in the heat and final. The first event of the new season is the Leinster Schools Multi - Events in Santry on Wednesday September 14th in Santry Stadium starting at 10am sharp.

The Kit Kat Tailteann Irish Schools Interprovincial Track and Field Championships 2005 will be held on June 25th 2005 at Tullamore Harriers track, starting at 11.30 sharp. The Leinster Girls and Boys Teams are asked to arrive upto 90 minutes before their event(s), and to collect their Leinster gear (to be returned) from Fr. Ailbhe in the stands!!

Leinster Tailteann Games Teams. Click here for the girls team and here for boys team. The Leinster captains for the weekend are Sarah Treacy (The King's Hospital) for the Girls team and Brendan O Neill (St. Michael's College) for the Boys team.Leinster Tailteann Games Teams 2006.doc

Click here for the timetable of events at the Kit Kat Tailteann Irish Schools Interprovincial 2005

The Kit Kat Leinster Schools Track and Field Results 2005 can now be found in Results . There were a number of outstanding performances over the 2 days with new records set by Rebecca Tyson (St. Colmcille's) in the Junior 80m hurdles, P. Carroll (Castleknock College) in the Under 16 long jump, Donna Carolan (Dominican Wicklow) in the Inter 2000m walk, Rose Anne Galligan (Newbridge College) in the Senior 1500m and Brendan O Neill (St. Michael's College) in the Inter 3000m. We look forward to these athletes competing at the All Ireland Schools on June 4th in Tullamore. Our sincere thanks to Kit Kat for their fantastic support!!!

Click here for the timetable of events at the All Ireland Schools.

The Leinster Schools Track & Field Championships take place on Wednesday 18th of May and Saturday 21st of May at Santry Stadium. Click here for a timetable of events. In the sprints, relays and races up to and including the 800m, the first 2 athletes in each event will qualify for the All Ireland Track & Field Championships to be held in Tullamore on Saturday 4th of June. In all other events, both track and field events, the first 3 athletes will qualify for the All Irelands. At Intermediate level, the results at these championships will determine who represents Leinster at the Tailteann Games to be held in Tullamore on June 25th, 2005. Further information in relation to the Tailteann Games will be given at the championships by Billy Delaney and Enda Fitzpatrick who will be coordinating the Leinster teams for the Tailteann Games.

CONGRATULATIONS to the Leinster Girls on 3 magnificent wins at the Schools' International and Celtic Schools' U20 Cross-Country Meeting in Wales. Grace Sweeney (Loreto, Foxrock), Sarah Treacy (The Kings Hospital) and Breffni Twohig (Loreto Beaufort) were outstanding individual winners in their respective races for the Irish Schools. In the Intermediate Boys race Brendan O Neill (St. Michael's College) finished an excellent 3rd behind clear winner Lee Carey from England and an outstanding performance from Ireland's first scorer Stephen Scullion (Wellington College, Belfast). In all the International team races, the Irish squads finished 2nd behind the English Schools. In the Celtic Schools Under 20 team races - the Irish Schools dominated both competitions. Check out all the stats in the Results section. A total of 22 athletes from the Leinster province represented Ireland (from a total of 48)at these championships!!!! WELL DONE TO OUR LEINSTER SQUADS

Click here for information about the All Ireland Schools Cross Country Championships in St. Augustine's College on March 5th, 2005.

The Kit Kat Leinster Schools CC Championships Results 2005 have now been updated to the Results page . The first 12 finishers and the first 3 teams in the Leinster Schools Junior, Intermediate and Senior age groups qualify to compete at the All Ireland Schools finals in St. Augustine's College, Dungarvan on March 5th. For further information re. the Irish Schools CC Champs, see below.

Click here for the timetable of events at the Leinster Schools Cross Country Championships sponsored by Kit Kat.

Click here to view a map of the course at St. Clare's, DCU.

Click here for information on how to get to DCU.

The Results of the North, South, East and West Leinster Cross Country Championships are now updated in the Results link.

Well Done to the Irish Mens Junior Team on their magnificent silver medals at the European Cross Country Championships in December. Mark Christie, Andrew Ledwith, Danny Darcy, Jamie Mc Carthy, Joe Sweeney and Mark Hanrahan made up the team. Danny Darcy is currently a 6th Year student at DLS Bagnelstown in Carlow. Roseanne Galligan from Newbridge College finished an excellent 13th in the Junior Womens Race. Well done to all!!!

Congratulations to Jennifer Reddy (Grennan College, Thomastown) on her magnificent 2nd placing at the Schools Under 18 Indoor Pentathlon at the Kelvin Hall on Dec 11th 2005. She led the Irish team to a magnificent gold in the team title, some 300 points ahead of the English team. Jennifer is currently a 6th Year student at Grennan College.

Leinster Schools' Cross Country and Track and Field Fixtures for 2005 are included in the Irish Schools provisional Fixture List calendar.
See our fixtures section for more details

The Dublin City Minithon, run over 2k took place on Dublin City Marathon Monday, October 25th 2004, with Eoin Callaghan (Star of the Sea) and Tracey Williams (Tallaght AC) convincing winners! Click here for the top 10 finishers in both the Boys and Girls races.

Leinster athletes perform with great distinction at the Schools Senior Cross Country International at Brecon in Wales. Girls Race The Girls race was led early on by the Welsh athlete Bethany Davies with Linda Byrne and Frances Ni Reamoin closing her down towards the end of the first lap. Behind these three, the Irish girls packed well with Ciara Durkin and Maria Halley running together followed closely by Aisling Baker, Tracey Williams and Nicola Fallon. Cora Russell who was recovering from flu, was chasing in the next group. Over the final 800m, Linda (14.33) stretched away from Frances (14.39), with Bethany 3rd for Wales in 15.02. The remaining Irish athletes finished : Maria 4th, Ciara 5th, Aisling 6th, Tracey 7th, Nicola 10th and Cora 23rd. The team result was never in doubt with the Irish Schools clear winners from the AA Wales team and the Welsh Schools. It is most noticeable that seven of the team are all Leinster athletes. Boys Race Mark Hanrahan from Cork was the early leader of this race and was joined by Andrew Ledwith in a leading group of 6 athletes by the end of lap 1. As the race settled down, Andrew and Mark surged ahead while further down the field the Irish team were moving through strongly, with Leinster athletes Danny Darcy and Brian Kirwan racing shoulder to shoulder and Colm Turner, Evan Scully, James Mc Carthy and Richie Yeates all chasing hard in the top 15. Andrew (17.29) turned on the fireworks over the last lap and won easily from Mark (17.50). Danny (17.52) had a great tussle for 3rd with Oliver Holden form Wales. Kirwan (18.05), Turner (18.09), Scully (18.15), Mc Carthy (18.17) and Yeates (19.07) finished in this order. The team result was another easy victory for the Irish. Again, Leinster athletes made up half of the Irish team. Incidentally, Billy Delaney from Carlow was the Team Manager while Enda Fitzpatrick was Boys Coach (and part-time photographer on the run). Check out the gallery for photos of this event and more