Congratulations to the Dooneen women who made up most of the Limerick County Team in today's second round of the National League in Athlone. Ciara Barrett (100m hurdles, 4x100 & 400m hurdles), Maria Sheahan (200m, HJ, 4x100 & 4x400), Jane Dickenson (100m & 4x100), Shannen Ryan (3000m & 4x400), Aoife-Roisin Burke (400m, 4x100, 4x400 & LJ), Orla Drumm (800m & 1500m) and Tracey Roche (1500m walk & 4x400). Aoife O'Malley (Bilboa A.C.) & Alana Fraterolli (Limerick A.C.) were the other members of the team who did very well covering most of the throwing events. It is not certain yet if the Limerick women's team will qualify to the Final round as a limited number of points were accumulated in the first day out (Round I). Full results of qualifying teams should be available by tomorrow.
Mens results also to be added...
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Some Dooneen updates from recent weeks.
- Timmy Crowe has departed for Moncton Canada where he will be one of two athletes competing for Ireland in the 400m hurdles event in the World Junior Athletics finals - the second ever athlete that we are aware of to achieve this grade from Dooneen AC.
- Fiona Moloney won a silver medal at the Irish Senior Finals in Santry recently where Cian Aherne in his first season back did extremely well in the 100m and the 200m, David O'Shea reached th semi finals of the 100m while Timmy Crowe ran the final of the 400m hurdles against one of the strongest fields ever to line up for this event.
- David O'Shea and Ger O'Shea competed in the special 100m invitational in Thomond Park last Tuesday night before the Sunderland v Munster soccer game in front of c.10,000 spectators. Dave won the event to add to the award he won as part of the GAA 125 celebrations in Croke last year where he was part of a relay team that included Derval O'Rourke.
- Well done to juinior hammer thrower Kevin Lynch won captained the Clare minor team from cetre back position to win the Munster Minor final v Waterford in Thurles last Sunday.
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Three Dooneen athletes will wear the green singlets of Ireland this weekend at the schools international in Glasgow Scotland, the latest group in a conveyor belt of talented athletes that have competed in this event in the last few years. The group includes three of Ireland's most exciting athletic prospects, all as it happens pupils of Crescent College in Dooradoyle.
Aishling Croke ranked #4 in Ireland overall in the high jump with a PB of 1.74m will be hoping for a good performance. Greg O'Shea will wear his first green singlet for Ireland ( and will probably make it a double with arugby shirt also at some point) will compete in the 100m. He will have nothing to fear after his outstanding results in the recent AAI juvenile finals in Tullamore. Finally Lily Ann O'Hora will complete the Dooneen triumverate in the 80m hurdles.
Completing a very strong Limerick representation will be Emerald AC's top sprinter Sarah Lavin, who has the great honour of being the team captain and the in form Amy O'Donoghue who recently broke 2.10 to set a new PB to push her up into the top ten in the 800m athletes in Ireland for the first time.
Speaking directly to Dooneen's Liam O'Hora, who is in Glasgow specially for this event, he reported that all athletes were in good form and he was confident there would be good performances all round and was looking forward to competition.
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