Cork City Marathon

Bank Holiday Monday saw 9 Grange Fermoy athletes travel up to the city to compete in the Cork City Marathon, conditions were ideal and all 9 completed the marathon in style yst! Well done to James Bermingham 2.58.18, John Fitzgerald 3.12.29, Brendan O'Mahony 3.26.50, Brian O'Connor 3.26.56, Kealan O Connor 3.28.31, Robert McCarthy 3.28.57, Morris Tobin 3.29.27, Mike Ennis 3.35.22, Kevin Doyle 3.59.41. It was the 1st marathon for Kealan, Robert and Kevin. Good stuff lads. 5 athletes ran the half marathon. Well done to Mary-Clare Healy, Etha Murphy, Mary Brennan-Guthrie, Mike Keating and Siobhan Enright. First half for Mary-Clare, Etha and Siobhan. Great achievement! Also well done to Mike Byrne, Jessie Duggan, Louise Ahern and Sandra Scannell who run with the Fermoy Runners group. Unfortunately for Don Pyne and Don Healy things didn't go to plan on the day and with both lads suffering and having to pull up before the end.

Doneraille 5k

The 1st race of the Ballyhoura Series took place on Fri 1st June, it's tough enough race heading from the pathways of Doneraille Park tru the off road trails also round the park. Fantastic scenery all the way around the route. We had 6 runners taking part, 1st home was Peter Walsh followed by Darren Flynn, John Griffin, Clo Fitzgibbon, Helena Noonan and Mary-Clare Healy. Sadly the timing decided to pack in at the end of the race but the race was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Catching up on recent events.

Hi All, just catching up on recent events since the last blog was sent.

Fermoy Area Community Games

We ran the Fermoy Community Games on Tue night at the Colaiste track. It went very well. There was a big turn out. Thanks for coming and thank you to all parents and coaches who helped!

Cork City Marathon

Giving a shout out to all club runners, fermoy runners and anyone else from the town or surrounding areas who are competing in the Cork City marathon on the bank holiday monday, Wishing everyone the best of luck and safe running on the day. Everyone of you has put in the hard training and now it's your time to shine!!!!!

Emer Casey 10k

Great run from Kevin Doyle at the Emer casey 10K road race. PB for Kevin with 46.34. Well done!

County Championships CIT

On Sunday 27th May the County Championships for Juniors, Seniors and Masters will be held in CIT. Junior athlete Aileen Hurley and Master athlete John Rice will compete. Entries are open till wed so its not too late lads to take part! Seniors, masters, its ur turn to perform now after the great display of performance from our juveniles!!

World 56lbs Championships

John Rice competed in the World 56Lbs Championships in Derby, England on the 14th April. John won Gold medals in the Weight for distance, Weight over the bar, hammer, one handed turn, triathlon (best of 3 events) and pentathlon (best of 5 events). he got silver in Shot Putt. Fantastic John! 6 GOLD MEDALS! and ONE SILVER! Congratulations!

Juvenile County T&F

Over the last three weekends our juveniles and coaches travelled up to CIT track on each of the Sundays. Great day at CIT for the 1st day of the County Chps. Well done to the 22 Grange AC juvenile athletes who took part. Aileen Hurley(U18) brought back gold medal at the Long jump, silver at the 300m & 300mH, Helena Noonan(U19) got gold at 1500m and silver at discus & shot. Anna Leamy and Aoife Hurley got gold & silver at the U13 discus. Jerome Fitzgibbon won bronze at the u16 javelin. Conor Sheehan (U9) came 6th in the final of the 60m sprints. Well done to all, this was a great start!
Another 8 medals, including 3 Gold, at the 2nd day of the County Chps in CIT!! Great stuff! 20 Grange juvenile athletes competed. Well done to all of them: U9 Conor (bronze medal at LJ) & Siobhan Sheehan and Amy McCormick. U10 Chloe Flynn, Jessica Flynn, Maria Leamy(silver at BT), Sarah Dineen, Sharon Tobin, Maeve Flynn & Laura Scannell. U11 Bronagh Wiley, Emer Foley, Laetitia Fitzgibbon. U12 Caitlin Gallagher and Liam Fox(Silver at shot putt). U13 Vanessa Sheehan and Anna Leamy (bronze at javelin). U18 Aileen Hurley(Gold at 100m). U19 Anne-Anne Marie O' Connor(Gold at 3000m & 200m) and Celine Céline Fitzgibbon(bronze at 200m). Well done lads.
Last day of the County Championships was on today Sun 20th may. 10 athletes competed: U12 Caitlin Gallagher. U11 Emer Foley, Bronagh Wiley(bronze medal at shot putt) and Laetitia Fitzgibbon. U10 Sharon Tobin, Jessica Flynn, Ruby Mullen, Sarah Dineen, Chloe Flynn(bronze medal at Ball Throw). U9 Siobhan Sheehan. They also competed in relays.They all did very well, a lot of them were placed 4th, just missing the medals! Another good day!!!

Update on club singlets

Hi Guys, just an update on the goings on in the club, I've placed the order for the new singlets, hope to have them by the middle of next month, here's a photo of what they will look like, we've included the club crest on the singlet.