Novice Title for Leanne Foskin

St Senans athletes turned in another great performance at the county ‘B’ championships in Bramblestown last Sunday taking home another haul of medals. There was a superb win for Leanne Foskin in the ladies novice race with Cait Caulfield taking silver. The team which included Tara Walsh also won silver. There were large fields in all the races, a sign that athletics is alive and well in Kilkenny. A brilliant win for Eve Lacey in the U/7 race set the scene and got the club off to a flying start. Some classy performances too from the Butler twins Orla and Aoife, who took silver and bronze in the U/13 race with our teams taking both gold and bronze medals. In the men’s novice race Eamon Maher of KCH took the title with Sean Flynn leading the St Senans team to bronze.

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Winter Wonderland
The first stage of this year’s Waterford Road Runners Winter League series saw the RSC overflow with over 300 runners of all shapes and sizes including several St Senans athletes. Great credit is due to the organisers who handled the registration, starts, stewarding and timekeeping with such efficiency. Included in the glow in the dark army heading up the Cork Road were Bill Lacey, Damien Walsh, PJ Dwyer, Andy Dollard, Cait Caulfield and Tomas Caulfield. The WRR and Waterford AC websites www.waterfordroadrunners.com and www.waterfordac.com have all the news, results and photos. Check out also the WRR article on this page. Next Thursday sees the race proper start when the handicaps are introduced.  Safety is the primary concern and all runners should follow the league’s instructions and obey the stewards at all times. Remember they’re there for your well-being. That said do go along and check it out, it’s the best show in town.

Training Places
With the All Ireland finals on in Dungarvan in just two weeks, now is the time to get in those important last few nights training. The sessions in both the Complex on Mondays and Wednesdays as well as the Friday and Sunday runs in Dunphy’s Field have given our athletes a good level of stamina and speed. Thanks to our coaches who give up their nights by the fire for chillier climes to help get the athletes fine tuned, hopefully their hard work will pay off in Dungarvan and Athlone.

Coach is Due
Don’t forget that the second two days of the Level I coaching course takes place in the RSC on 25^th/26^th of Nov. The AAI course is an important step onto the coaching ladder for all those involved in athletics.

Sweet Avondale, Leinster Stage 2
St Senans athletes turned in another great performance at the second stage of the Leinster Juvenile cross country championships in Avondale, Co Wicklow November 6th, taking home a haul of 14 medals to add to the 22 they won the first day. There were fine performances by Hugh Morgan, Bronagh Kearns, Conor Rochford and Laura Fennelly who all picked up individual medals, while several others scored on medal winning Kilkenny teams.
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I Will in my Eye
That it appears was the reply our esteemed treasurer Tara Walsh gave, when Brian Swaby popped the question on the London Eye last weekend. The pair were on a romantic break in Paris and London, when the handsome Waterford AC runner, dropped to one knee and sprang the pleasant surprise  The pair will wed in August next year, providing it doesn’t clash with anything important, like say the county novice. The club will, as we do in these mixed marriage cases, insist that any children will be brought up in a St Senan’s singlet. Joking apart best wishes to the happy pair from their many friends in the club and we wish them every happiness in the years ahead.

Medals Galore in Mullingar, Leinster Stage 1
St Senan’s athletes performed brilliantly at last Sundays (Oct 22nd) Leinster championships in Mullingar where they won a total of 18 medals. There were individual medals for Bronagh Kearns, Hugh Morgan, Luke Morgan and Leanne Foskin, while the club won medals in the girls U/16 and U/18 category as well as scoring on several medal winning county teams.
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Conor King in ‘Comer, KK County Stage 2

Conor Rochford struck gold at the second stage of the Kilkenny Co cross country championships in Castlecomer last Sunday as the fast improving St Senan’s athlete fought off a strong late challenge from clubmate Daniel Davis to take top honours. There were lots of silver medal winners too including, Aoife Halley, Bronagh Kearns, Martin Davis, Hugh Morgan, Luke Morgan and wily vet PJ Dwyer. On the team front the club came close to taking the overall shield for best juvenile club, eventually finishing a close second to KCH. Our girls U/10 and U/16 teams as well as our boys U/16 teams won gold, while our U/14 girls and vets O/45 team won silver. Meanwhile at the Garvey SuperValu 5 mile CC in Dungarvan, Adele Walsh was an impressive ladies winner, Sean Caulfield was the top O/35 man home, while our men’s team placed 3^rd overall.
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Medals Galore in Ballycurran

St Senan’s athletes turned in a great performance at Stage 1 of the Kilkenny County juvenile cross country championships at Ballycurran Cross last Sunday. Some fine individual runs saw several athletes make the top three in the county, while there were gold medal winning performances from Hugh Morgan and Colin Butler. Some great runs too by newcomers like Eve Lacey, Aoife Halley and Conor Rochford who were among the individual medalists. Overall the club won ten individualmedals including two gold, while four teams won medals including the Vets O/40 squad led by Nicholas Halley.

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Great North Run

Owen Gahan was St Senans sole representative at the famous Great North Run in Gateshead last Sunday and he ran a super race finishing in a time of 74 minutes. Mick Kelly was also involved and the tough Gowran man came home in 73 minutes. Well done to both. In all 50,000 took part making it the biggest mass start race in the world.

Long Time Running

Tara Walsh made the long run from Cork to Cobh look like a walk in the park as she completed her longest road race to date on October 1st. Coming home in a little over 2 hours the long distance treasurer of St Senans was well pleased with her run and well she might. Tara’s next outing will be over the country in the upcoming cross country races and she will be an important part of the St Senans ladies team, who are hoping to continue their good form of recent years.