Weekend 2 of Munster
All smiles from Padraig (left) Grace and Tom (right) in Templemore after a very successful Munster Championships
In contrast to the glorious
weather in Ennis on the first weekend of this year’s Munster Athletic
Championships the second weekend in Templemore took place in wet and very windy
conditions but once again Belgooly AC athletes rose to the challenge. With this
years championships clashing with the state exams and a couple of our top
athletes unable to compete because of illness it was left to Tom Deasy and
Padraig Nash to keep the flag flying and
very well the did too. Tom has been training and competing with the club for
the last 6 years making steady progress in many of the technical events and
this year it all paid off. Tom had his best championships ever winning silver
in the 100m hurdles and bronze in the long and high jumps. This was Padraig’
third outdoor Munster championships and following on from his great indoor season
was hoping to improve on his pb’s unfortunately
Padraig’s training has been curtailed over the last 2 months with injury but he
still pulled of a magnificent bronze in the 75m hurdles. Tom, Padraig and Eirca
now go on to Tullamore to represent the club in the All Ireland individual
championships while Danny and Ross travel to Letterkenny for the All Ireland
team championships.
The athletes and coaches who
travelled to Ennis and Templemore would like to extend a big thank you to Grace
McKenzie for all the help and advice she provided over the two weekends. Grace
is our most experienced athlete who has been unable to train or compete since an
illness last February but being a true club person Grace has attended training
ever Tuesday and Thursday to mentor the younger athletes in the club and
travelled on both weekends to help and support the younger athletes. Grace is a
great inspiration to the younger athletes and the club wishes her well in her
recovery and coaches and athletes alike can wait for her to be back training
and competing again.
