2008 Awards Night

Club Awards

Best Male Athlete-Daniel Shanahan
Best Female Athlete-Orla Mcarthy
Most Improved Male-Ray Dineen
Most Improved Female-Ashling Geurin
Best Newcomers-
1.Dara Lowth
2.Jack Regan Kirwan
1.Ashling Dwyer
2.Kirby Kissane
Best Male Cross Country-Eoghan McElligott
Best Female Cross Country-Sharon O Mahoney
Most Committed-Una Marley
Hall of Fame-Tom Kelly-John knows what to say here
Special Recognition Award-Freda Davoren

National-
1.Daniel Shanahan –Daniel won a bronze medal in the u14 hammer in his first year in the event.He was also part of the Kerry u15 boys relay team that finished second.For good measure he won several other munster medals in sprints,hurdles and in both u14 and u15 relays.

2.Eoghan Courtney-Eoghan won his national medal at the Scottish Indoor championships last February when he finished 3rd in the u13 60m hurdles.Eoghan also won Munster medals in multi events,high jump and also in both the u14 and u15 relays.

3.Mark Dineen-Mark won gold medal in the u16 pole vault in Antrim with a clearance of 2.40m.He also won the munster title and was part of the boys u16 relay which won silver there.

4.David Hogan-David was a newcomer to the club in 2008.His national medal also came in the pole vault where he finished 2nd to Mark.At the same championships David also finished 4th in the 250m hurdles.At munster level he won medals in Triple jump,250m hurdles and also won schools medals in the high jump.He was also part of the u16 and u17 relays which won munster medals.

5.Emma Leen-Like Eoghan Emma also won her national medal at the Scottish Indoors.She finished 3rd in the u17 shot and is still underage this season.Emma also won silver in the Munster shot with a PB of 10.75m and was part of the u18 girls relay that won bronze.

6.Iarla Courtney-Iarlas national gold medal came in the u11 team competition in Tullamore this year where he competed in the 60m sprint.He also won individual Munster gold and bronze in the long jump and sprint at Indoors and was part of the long jump pair that won silver in the long jump at munster outdoors.He was also on the u11 relay that won Munster indoor gold.

7.Eric Leen-Eric was Iarlas partner in winning the 60m sprint gold at Nationals in Tullamore this year.He also won silver in the team long jump at munster outdoors in Templemore.Eric was also part of the u11 relay team that won munster indoor gold.

8.Jesse Stafford Lacey-Jesse competed in the team ball throw competition at Nationals where he won silver with his throw being over 36metres.He also won Munster gold in the same event and was also on the u11 relay squad that won Munster indoor gold.

9.Christopher Heffernan-Christopher was Jesse ‘s partner in winning National silver in the u11 ball throw in Tullamore this year.Christopher was also part of the Kerry u11 cross country team that won Munster bronze in Clare and on the boys u11 relay team that won munster indoor gold.

10.Eoghan McElligott-Eoghan won 2 national medals in 2008 in the team competition .The first came in the u10 long jump competition where he won gold and the second was silver in the u10 300m.He also won Munster indoor individual gold in the 300m and was also part of the boys u10 relay team that won silver at the munster outdoors.To round his year off he won an individual medal in the u10 600m munster cross country in Tipperary and was also part of the Kerry boys u11 team that won bronze in Clare.

11.Adrian Nolan-Adrian was Eoghans partner in the long jump at nationals that won gold.He also won Munster bronze in the team 60m sprint and was also on the u10 relay team that won silver in the u10 relay.

12.Dara Lowth-Another newcomer to the club in 2008 Dara competed a year out of age this year and still brought home 2 national medals.The first was in the u10 300m where he partnered Eoghan to silver and the second was as part of the u9 relay that won bronze.At munster level he also partnered Adrain to bronze in the 60m and was also on the u10 relay that won silver.To finish off his year Dara also won an individual medal at the munster cross country in Clare.

13.Patrick O Riordan-Our seasoned pro Patrick added to his huge national medal haul again in 2008 with a silver medal in the masters long jump competition in Tullamore in August.He also finished joint third in the high jump competition.

14.Paul Lowth-Daras father Paul started to compete with the club in 2008 and won his national medal in the masters indoor shot in Nenagh back in January.He also won medals at Munster level in sprints and discus.

National Relays
1.Danny O Shea-Kerry u15 relay 2nd
2.Una Marley-Kerry u15 relay 3rd,Una also won Munster silver in the u16 discus
3Thomas Nolan-Kerry u13 relay 3rd,Thomas was also on several u13 and u14 relays that won munster medals.
4.Quinn Newsome McDonnell-Kerry u13 relay 3rd,Quinn also won munster indoor gold in the 60m hurdles where he also broke the munster record.He also won several other munster medals in events varying from sprints to long jump to relays.
5.Jimmy Shanahan-Kerry u13 relay 3rd,Jimmy also won munster silver in the team long jump and u13 relay at indoors.
6.Niall Marley-St Brendans u9 relay 3rd,Munster u9 relaygold
7.Seamus Leen-St Brendans u9 relay 3rd,Munster u9 relay gold
8.Fiachra Ennis-St Brendans u9 relay 3rd,Munster u9 relay gold

Munster-
1.Ailbhe Courtney –u17 60m hurdles and high jump
2.Sharon O Mahoney-u16 cross country
3.Orla McCarthy-u18 triple jump,60m hurdles,shot,discus and u18 relay
4.Lisa Brennan-u18 high jump,60m hurdles,triple jump and u18 relay
5.Nicola O Mahoney-u19 long jump and 60m hurdles
6.Sophie Wolff-u14 race walk
7.James Lawlor-u10 relay
8.Fionnan MacKassey-u11 relay and u11 cross country
9.Shane Lowth-u12 long jump and u13 relay
10.James Lyne-u14 race walk
11.Conor Slattery-u15 race walk and u15 relay
12.Jack Regan Kirwan-u15 triple jump,250m hurdles and u16 relay
13.Ray Dineen-u16 hammer+u16 relay
14.Shane Dunne-u16 60m,100m,200m,u16 and u17 relays.
15.Adrian Buckley-u17 steeplechase and relay
16.Jamie Green-u18 400m hurdles
17.Shane Delaney-Sen Javelin
18.Micheal Nolan-u17 relay

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