Mmm... Healthy Fruit!!
Mmm... Healthy Fruit!!
SUPER Medal Haul once again by the Irvine AC athletes
Irvine AC athletes were at Dam Park Ayr on Sunday 27th July for the Ayrshire Track and Field Championships. Irvine AC had a good turnout with some excellent performances.
This was shown by the medal count of 17 gold medals, 13 silver medals and 6 bronze medals. There were some very close finishes with U17 men Sean Thompson and Jamie McDonald both clocking 11.5 seconds for the 100m and the Judges awarding the gold medal to Sean, which must have been a tough choice. U13 boys Kian Douglas and Chris Jenks had a great tussle in the 1500m race with Chris, who was running his first major championship pushing Kian all the way, but just managed to hold him off with a strong 50m finish. Chris did however win gold in the long jump clearing 4.31m. U13 boy Lee McMahon also running for the first time in a championship won the 800m in a excellent time of 2.32mins. Senior Man Tony McKnight won the 5k race in 17.40mins. U13 girl Leanne Bingham won gold with a jump of 4.10m in the long jump. Irvine women are improving in the hurdles with U17 women Molly Bell winning gold, U13 girl Caitlin lee winning silver and Natalia Dalgoutte winning Bronze. Best Irvine women medal winner was Nicole Bunyan who comes from Brodick, Nicole won gold in the 200m and the 400m races.
This was another good performance from Irvine AC athletes and shows promise for those who are in contention to be selected for the Ayrshire Harriers team who are in the Scottish Final of the Young Athletes .
Full results
Girls/Women
70mH
U13 Caitlin Lee 13.5s 2nd
75mH
U15 Natalie Dalgoutte 17.8s 3rd
U17 Molly Bell NT 1st
80m
U11 Shermain McMahon 14.7 4th
100m
U13 Caitlin Lee 15.1s 4th
U13 Leanne Bingham 15.3s 5th
U15 Victoria Conway 13.9s 4th
U17 Molly Bell 14.7s 4th
200m
U15 Victoria Conway 28.6 4th
U15 Ashley McQueen 29.7s. 5th
U17 Molly Bell 30.5s 4th
U20 Nicole Bunyan 29.4s 1st
400m
U20 Nicole Bunyan 67.5s 1st
600m
U11 Shermain McMahon 2.43.mins 3rd
800m
U15 Paige Douglas 2.46.mins 5th
1500m
U17 Sarah Munn 5.23mins. 2nd
Long Jump
U13. Leanne Bingham 4.10m 1st
U17 Caitlin Lee 3.79m 3rd
High Jump
U15 Paige Douglas 1.35m 2nd
U15 Ashley McQueen 1.30m 3rd
Discus
U15 Natalie Dalgoutte 15.0m 1st
U15 Ashley McQueen 11.93m 2nd
Shot
U11 Alexandra Dalgoutte 4.00m 2nd
Boys/Men
Hurdles
100m
Conner Whelan 19.3 1st
80m
U11 Cameron Neil 14.1s. 4th
100m
U13 Lawrence McMahon 15.3 5th
U15 Ryan Janson 12.9 2nd
U17 Sean Thompson 11.5 1st
U17 Jamie MacDonald 11.5 2nd
U17 Lee Wilson 12.5 4th
U20 L. Henderson 12.7 4th
200m
U17 Sean Thomson 24.3s 1st .
U17 Jamie MacDonald 24.9s 2nd
U20 L. Henderson 25.8s 2nd
400m
U15 Ryan Janson 58.0s 2nd
U17 Sean Thompson 53.3 1st
U17 Conner Whelan 56.2 2nd
800m
U13 Lawrence McMahon 2.32mins 1st
U13 Kian Douglas 2.41mins 3rd.
U17 Lee Wilson 2.07mins 2nd
U20 Ryan McDonald 2.06mins 2nd
1500m
U13 Kian Douglas 5.13.mins 1st
U13 Chris Jenks 5.15.mins 2nd
5000m
Sen Tony McKnight 17.40.9mins 1st
H.J.
U17 Conner Whelan 1.55m 1st
Long Jump
U11 Cameron Neil 1.92m 3rd
U13 Chris Jenks 4.31m 1st
U13 Kian Douglas 3.60m 4th
U17 Jamie McDonald 5.14m 1st
U20 L. Henderson 5.10m 1st
Discus
Vet Alan Pettigrew 37.45m 1st
Super John An Unstoppable Force!!
16 year Irvine AC athlete John McCafferty won the Under 17 Welsh Open High Jump Championship at Deeside Athletic Stadium in North Wales by a massive 20 cms from his nearest challenger with another 2.00 mtr clearance. The younster was second in the Welsh Under 20 Championship on the same day, he had 3 good attempts at 2.05 mtrs, he finished in second place to a top english jumper from an older age group.
Young Athletes make Scottish Final once again!!
A congtratulations to all the athletes that took part in the Ayrshire team. With a few special mentions....
Firstly Natalie Dalgoutte competing for the 1st time in the Ayrshire team, had a few alternations to her events and was competing in the 75m Hurdles. an event which she has only had 1 day coaching a while back in. Natalie had a great attempt at hurdles, and showed her great attitude and character that will help her vastly improve.
Do to large puddles on the track Natalie had a small slip before the hurdle, however recovered well and finished the race with a smile. All the coaches had nothing but praise for Natalie who will look to improve each day as the season continues.
Jill Taylor was also competing for the 1st time in the 1200m. Jill has just moved up to U13 level. And had a hesitent start judged the pace well with a strong finishing lap. Jill is showing potential to be a good endurance runner after a good cross country season.
Jamie McDonald also held his nerve to take the relay team in 1st place. Jamie had 2 strong athletes on both sides but showed his class, cementing his name as a top quality sprinter. And will now focus his efforts to the Ayrshire championships next.
Sarah Munn, who was competing in the 1500m, and 15 mins later decided to do a 300m A-String to maximise points for the club.
Also Meghan Logue, who did the 100m, 200m, and did the 300m for me (team manager) too.
And also if it wasn't for the likes of regular athletes Molly Bell, Caitlin Lee and Stephanie Dalgoutte, Alex Reid etc that helped tally up so many valuable points with there great performances. Well Done Girls.
The attitude, heart, motivation and commitment of the Irvine AC athletes showed, with the flexability to cover a whole range of events, new to many individuals. Bill and Imran are very proud of all the IRVINE AC athletes. As well as the whole Ayrshire team
John McCafferty Jr smashes record!!
Irvine AC U17 athlete John McCafferty smashed the Scottish Under 17 pentathlon record at the Scottish Indoor Championship Kelvin Hall Glasgow on Saturday 16 February 2008. He broke the record by almost 300 points and amassed the best score in the history of this event . 16 year old John was only entered into the multi-event Championship in order to maintain his conditioning for the AAA High Jump Championship in Birmingham Sat 22nd Feb. A strong field of 13 athletes from around Britain entered the Scottish Open Championship.
John immediately made his intentions clear in the first event ( High Jump) by setting a seasons best clearance of 1.98 mtrs and won the event, next event was 60trs hurdles and a personal best of 9.21 mtrs, Shot Put seen John throw a huge lifetime best of 14.80 mtrs with the 5 kg Put, 3 mtrs up on any other competitor. Long Jump next and John got some last minute coaching from Scotland’s newly named national jumps coach (Darren Ritchie), result was another lifetime best of 6.16 mtrs and another event won, last event was the 1 km, John finished in 2.53 mins in his first ever go at the distance, A third Scottish Championship title in 10 days for the Irvine AC athlete was now in the bag and a new Scottish record of 3,611 points putting him No 1 in the current UK Rankings (Multi – Event ) by massive 500 points.
Scottish CC Championships
The Scottish Cross Country Championships were once again held at Callander Park Falkirk. Irvine AC young athletes were competing but were depleted in numbers due to injury. U13 boy Gordon Wilson was in the 3200m race and put in a good performance finishing 34th in 12.45mins. The u13 girls Suzanne McManus and Stephanie Dalgoutte found the going heavy with Suzanne finishing 56th in 14.30mins and Stephanie finishing 70th in. 14.54mins. In the U15 girls race Paige Douglas finished 78th in 18.16mins. Overall the results were not to bad considering the high quality and with entries of over 100 in each race there is also room for improvement.
Edinburgh Cross-Country
Four of Irvine AC’s young athletes were Through at Edinburgh on Saturday 12th January 2008 running for the West District teams who were taking part in the cross country races that were part of the Great Edinburgh Cross country series of races. With teams from the West Scotland, East Scotland, North Scotland competing for the National Team Trophy and runners from England, Ireland and Wales also taking part the standard of competition was very high.
U13 girl Suzanne McManus was in the first race and put in a good performance finishing 25th in 12mins 12s over the 2 lap Hollyrood course. U13 boys Kian Douglas and Gordon Wilson were in the 2nd race, unfortunately Gordon Wilson fell at the start and injured his knee, he did run on to finish in 19th place in 11mins07ses with Kian Douglas having a great run finishing 20th in 11mins15secs. U17 girl Sarah Munn found the going tough over the 3 lap race, Sarah finished 34th in 18mins04secs.
Christmas Handicap Races
Irvine AC young athletes were taking part in the annual Christmas Handicap races. There was a poor turnout for the event, however soem super performances from te juniors and many new PBs.
The U11 race was won by Cameron Neil in 7.27mins. with Joshia McFarlane 2nd. In 7.35mins. The U13 girls race was won by Stephanie Dalgoutte 9.52mins and the U13 boys by Kian Douglas 9.09mins. U15 race was won by Paige Douglas 9.47mins. with Ashley McQueen 2nd in 10.15mins
Ayrhire CC Championships
Irvine Junior Athletes were down at Girvan on the 24th November 2007 for the Ayrshire Cross Country Championships. There was a poor turnout from Irvine AC with only 11 junior athletes registered for 8 races.
Conditions underfoot were heavy and Girvan is the hilliest course in Ayrshire. U11 Cameron Neil was first away over the 1.2k race and he put in a good performance to finish 5th in 5.03mins. U11 girl Jill Taylor always ran well to finish 5th in 5.33mins. U13 Boy Kian Douglas put in a tremendous effort to claim a silver medal the best result of the day to finish in 13.53mins for the 3k race. U13 girls 3k race was a good team effort with Stephanie Dalgoutte improving with every race to finish 4th in 15.56mins. Emily Munn also had a good run to finish 7th in 16.50mins.with Suzanne McManus who missed the start and had to catch up finishing 8th in 17.26mins.
The 4.2k U15 girls race had Paige Douglas who put in a good performance despite loosing one of her shoes to finish 3rd in 16.58mins. with Ashley McQueen also doing well finishing 8th in 19.02mins.
U17 girl Sarah Munn was the star of the day finishing 1st over the 6k course to win the only gold medal of the day for the Junior section.
Ayshire Cross-Country Relays
The Beach Park Irvine was host for the second week in a row to the cross country relays. This week it was the Ayrshire Championships on Saturday 20th October 2007. The course was the same as last weeks West Districts except for the addition of the U11’s 1200m loop. Irvine AC U11’s were first off with Cameron Neil taking 4.55mins for the boys and Caitlin Flannigan 5.29 for the girls. 2nd leg runners were John Paton 5.01mins. and Jill Taylor 5.56mins. Last legs Scott Kerr 5.18mins. with Becky Shanks 6.14mins. Both teams finished 4th overall.
Stephanie Dalgoutte.ran 11.13 for the 1st leg of the U13Girl team taking 8secs off last weeks time over the 2500m lap. Alison Paton running for the club for the first time ran 13.19mins with Suzanne McManus the fastest in 10.48mins on the 3rd leg winning the silver medal. Emily Munn ran in a composite team taking 11.42mins.
The boys U13 team with Kian Douglas running the 1st leg in a time of 9.50mins, the fastest in the age group by far. David Kerr ran 10.05 for the 2nd leg with George Sloan running the last leg in 11.32. bringing the team home in second place.
U15 girls Ashley McQueen, ran 11.24mins 1st leg. Victoria Conway ran 12.04mins 2nd leg and Paige Douglas ran 11.23mins 3rd leg, maintaining 3rd place to take the bronze medal.
U17 girl Sarah Munn ran the first leg in 10.38mins with Nicole Bunyan 11.12mins 2nd leg and Laura McTaggart cam home in 11,24mins in first place. The best result for the girls.
Membership fees due
Another reminder that junior membership fees are now due, so please fill in your forms and hand any monies back to John McGarry as soon as possible......Thanks.
Also the membership forms provide key information like contact details of parents and emergancy contacts so are vital to keep a record of for health and safety as well as notifying athletes of important dates.
JOIN THE FORUM JUNIORS ATHLETES
Just a message to all the juniors to join the Forum on the website as you can disuss issues and leave coments....kinda like Bebo (Yeah I know Bebo is alot more glamerious looking!), and discuss many issues like training, extra training sessions, the new track opeing up in Saltcoats as we'd like to here everyones opinions on the issue. Click the link for the Forum ..... IrvineAC Forum
No Training at Club! & Open Graded at Dam Park
Remember there will be no training at the club from Monday 3rd September to Saturday 8th September, so you all get a break, befoer we get stuck inot the next phase of training. Athletes that attended the Sunday sessions would know as they did hills as well as strengh and conditioning work.
ALSO there is an Open Graded meeting at Dam Park on Wednesday 5th September, with races starting at 7pm onwards. The event is the final Open Graded tha the club attends and is open to all age groups U11 and above. HELPERS and OFFICIALS would be greatly appreciated so the event can run smothly with few delays.
Hope to see a good Irvine turnout there
Marymass Track and Field
The Annual Marymass sports meeting will be on Tuesday 21st August on the grass track behind the clubhouse. Remember to be at the club for 6.30pm with races commencing at 7pm. On the night there will be 100m, 200m, 800m track and Shot, Long Jump and High Jump field events....may be subject to change dependant on the weather. For U17 and above there will be the "Classic" Marymass Mile on the track. Everyone is expected to be attending the Marymass races also medals for the top 3 in each race.
Will be good day out for parents and friends too, the competition is open to all youngsters. Helpers and officials required on the day too.
On WEDNESDAY 22nd August there will be a fun run on at the club also. Registration at 6.30pm onwards with races commencing at 7pm approx. Normally it is 1 lap, 2 laps or 3 laps of the low green depending on your age.
Ayrshire Storm!!
The Ayrshire Harriers athletics team STORMED to another victory which has capped off a superb season. Winning the Scottish Young Athletes league division 2 and winning promotion to Division 1, also gaining entry to the Scottish Finals at Grangemouth on 28th July. A huge achievement since this is only the 1st season together as Ayrshire Harriers!
The last meeting was held at Linwood, conditions were good as the rain held of with many sunny spells. The team was lacking strength as there were many athletes on holiday as tends to occur in the summer. The Ayrshire Harriers totalled a massive 784 points, beating the nearest opposition by over 350 points.
In the sprints the U13 Kendal Ross and Caitlin Gillon both a had great runs finishing 1st in10.07s and 11.30s respectively showing they are great athletes and more importantly shown consistency over the 3 league meetings. .
Molly Bell and Paige Douglas were competing in the 75m Hurdles, they have been showing great commitment in training for these events and were looking forward to competing for the Ayrshire Harriers team. Molly had a good run in a time of 15.10s, and will be looking to improve as the season progresses, Paige finished 1st in the B-String in a time of 14.10s a great result for Paige who normally prefers distance events.
In the field events for the girls Ciara Gracie jumped 4.80m in the long jump for the A-String and Ashley Easton jumping 3.95m, both girls finishing 2nd and gaining some good points for the team. Leanne Bingham was also competing in the Long jump and had a super jump gaining a new PB, jumping 4.02m finishing in 3rd place. Leanne keeps on improving and is developing well and training hard to keep improving.
Other noticable performances came from James Wales who acheived the Scottish Standard for Steeplechase and Sarah McNish who has ben running well over this distance won her race. Amanda Humes also had a great run finshing with a new PB. All the athletes performed superbly and will be looking to get selected for the Scottish final at Grangemouth.
Street Athletics!! Wednesday 11th July
Linford Christie and Daren Campbell will be in attendance in a bid to engage youngsters to participate and compete in a 60 meters race with the winners going though to a Scottish final.
The event will take place on Wednesday 11th July at the blaze pitch next to Harvies Leisure Centre with registration starting at 4:00 PM and the races running between 5:00 PM & 7:00 PM. There will be the following age categories for both girls and boys: Under 13, Under 15, Under 17 & Under 20.
More information availavle from the Irvine AC coaches.
John McCafferty - European Open Championships
John McCafferty was competing in the Open European championships in Gothenbourg, Sweden. He also competed last year in which he won a Bronze medal for the High Jump.
This year John was again competing in the High Jump and the Discuss, competition is tough with many class athletes competing from throughout Europe. John finished 4th in the High Jump clearing 1:89m but failed to clear 1.91m so was pipped off 3rd place. John also had a good run in teh Discuss finishing 14th with a throw of 39:08m just a metre below his PB.
This is a great result from John, baring in mind he is only 15 years old and was competing against much older athletes in the Under18 category. This was a good day out for John and a valuable experience as he moves forward. He is loving competing at this sort of competition where standard is higher than winning in Scotland with less pressure. So super effort from john and Well Done from all the club!!
