Dylan Sheehan( U 12 600m), Mark Varley( u12 100m), Lily-Ann (U 14 Hurdles) and Shannen Ryan( u16 Marathon) took convincing golds in their individual events. Ailish Sheehan took silver in the javelin. Congrats to all the other runners, jumpers and throwers who all reached the top ten in their event. The relays were outstanding in yesterday's finals (24th August 2008) with golds for U16 Girls ( Jane Dickenson, Crona Hannon, Michelle Nicholson Lauren Brosnan Suzanne Nevin and Shannen Ryan), U14 Girls ( Lily- Ann O' Hora, Ciara O Shea, Ashling Croke Laura Nevin, Brona Croke and Jessica Coyne) U12 Girls ( Emma O Donnell, Clara Casey, Fiona O' Shea, Selena Hyde, Sinead Madden and Alannah Lyons) & U12 boys (Mark Varley, Luke O' Connell, Clyde O' Connell, Killian Ryan, Billy O' Hora & Glen Dickenson) all 4 x100m. Limerick girls also took the team gold in the marathon.

Congratulations to Phil Roche and the Roche family who were outstanding officials and Managers for the weekend. Well done to all the young officials, managers and car park attendants from Dooneen who gave up their weekend to be there for the competing athletes.

Photos are now available online at Sportlimerick - the lads took more that 2,500 pictures of the event and only a fraction are online so email them if you are interested in seeing the other pics. 

In mixed weather conditions against the highest quality atheltes in Britain, there were three Dooneen athletes in action at the English open Championships at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham this weekend. Accompanied by coaches Tim Crowe snr. and Simon Jege, all performed well in the club's red singlets. First into action was Timmy Crowe, completing an explosive first full season on the track, in the heats of the 400m hurdles. He finished in 58.21 just 2 secs above his PB and was unlucky to be edged out of the finals, but certainly an athlete to watch out for in the future. Next into action was Cathal O'Connor in the 1500m steeplechase.

On a great night for Irish athletics at the Morton Memorial Meeting in Santry Stadium, Dooneen had two athletes in action before a good sized crowd. First into action was Cathal O'Connor in the boys u17 1500m in a small field of about eight runners, he showed that he had shrugged off recent illness to complete a new PB of 4.09. This will be a good boost as he completes his preparations for the English Open in Birmingahm in a few weeks time, where he will compete with clubmates Timmy Crowe and Nathan Jege.