Mid Ulster Athletics Club regognise prize winners
A large turn out of parents and young people enjoyed the evening festivities. The prizes were presented by Lawrence Hastings, Head of Leisure Services Magherafelt District Council
Lions Club – Under 11 Trophies
Girls Under 7 Years – 5/6 Yrs
1st Georgia Kennedy – 82 Points
2nd Mia McErlain - 69
3rd Megan Hamilton - 68
4th Sophie Stewart - 67
5th Caoimhe McGuckin – 64
6th Ella Shaw - 63
7th Eva Madden - 63
7th = Alana Beattie – 63
9th Abbey Monaghan - 62
10th Eimear Lennox - 57
11th Therse Tohill - 56
12th Caoimhin Tohill - 50
13th Rosie McCloy - 47
13th Dearbhla Quinn - 47
15th Holly McErlain - 37
Girls Under 9 Years – 7/8 Yrs
1st Rachel Tohill – 65 Points
2nd Eimear Tohill - 61
Girls Under 11years – 9/10 Yrs
1st Eve McFarland – 158 Points
2nd Maria McAllister - 124
Boys Under 7 Years – 5/6 Yrs
1st. Callum Campbell – 82 Points
2nd Joshua Cassidy – 75
3rd Cahir Quinn – 71
4th Lorcan Bradley – 63
5th Ronan McGuckin – 60
6th Pierce Callaghan - 59
7th Sean Bently – 58
8th Conor Shivers - 57
8th Vincent O’Brien - 57
10th Peter Clarke - 55
11th Thomas Campbell - 46
Boys Under 9 Years – 7/8 Yrs.
1st Aiden McCloskey – 113 Points
2nd Kacper Dulma 107
3rd Eoghan 99
4th James McCloy - 90
5th Jake Gilmore - 84
6th Grahame Holmes - 82
7th Ryan Lennox – 80
8th Sam Clarke - 77
9th Ryan McGuckin - 76
10th Shay Rea - 75
11th Oisin Quinn - 68
12th Luke McCann - 67
Boys Under 11 Years – 9/10 Yrs
1st Simon McErlain – 206 Points
2nd Peter Tohill – 201
3rd Cianan McCann – 198
4th Darragh Madden – 187
5th Bryn Davies – 178
5th Ben McErlain - 178
7th Daniel Clarke - 175
8th Jonathon McErlain – 166
9th Cathaoir Purvis - 145
10th Rory Bradley - 134
11th Niall Conlon - 131
12th Michael shivers - 106
13th Joe O’Hagan - 78
11 YEARS AND OVER GROUP
Boys Under 13
G. F. O’Brien Cup
1st. Conor McCluskey – competed in N.I. Multi Events and finished just outside the medals
2nd .Neal Hastings
3rd. P.J. O’Neill
4th. Cathair McGilligan
Girls Under 13 Years
Angela Dunlop Rose Bowl
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Boys Under 15
Club Trophy
1st. Matthew Totten – Won the bronze medal in the N.I. Pentathlon Championships
2nd. Eoghan Bradley
Girls Under 15.
Tommy McGlone Cup
Winner - Erin Davies – in her short time with the club has shown great promise and has been consistent in her performances
Boys Under 17
Ivor Reynolds Shield
Winner - Odhran Totten – competed in the N.I. Octathlon Championship and although just finishing outside the medals recorded some outstanding performances
Girls Under 17
Barrie Holmes Trophy
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Hide AdWinner - Claire Brownlow who has reliably turned out for the club in the Young Athletes’ League winning valuable points
Barbara Holmes – Long Jump Trophy
Winner - Adam McMullen
Robin Downey – High Jump Cup
Winner Janelle McGurk
N.I./Ulster u20 c/ships – Gold medal
Ulster Schools – Bronze medal
Irish Schools – 5th
Put in some solid performances in the Irish League
Mark Walsh 400m Sprint Cup
This was a close run race between James Lagan and Darryl McKillen but Darryl won a Bronze medal in the N.I./Ulster Championships at 400m and a gold medal in the N.I.Senior 4x400m relay – so Darryl McKillen is the Winner
Forbes Scroll
Goes to Paul McMullen for his two bronze medals he won in the N.I./Ulster Juvenile championships at Hammer and Long Jump
Discus Cup, The JMB Cup
Goes to Andrew Doyle who won the N.I./Ulster u19 championship with 36m75cm a new PB.
Shot Cup, H & A Mechanical Cup
Winner Andrew Doyle
1st Irish juvenile Indoors (P.B. 14m 59cm)
1st Ulster Schools
2nd Irish Schools
1st N.I./Ulster u19 Championships with (P.B.14m56cm)(6kg)
1st Irish Under 20 Championships
1st. N.I. Senior Team Trophy Meeting
Javelin Cup, N & M Bannister Cup
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Hide AdWinner - Matthew Doyle for his performance in the N.I. Senior Team Trophy Meeting
Hammer Cup, The Peters Trophy
Winner Andrew Doyle
4th Halle, Germany u20 International for Ireland
1st Ulster Schools Championships – (56m 23cm New Ulster Schools Record)
4th Irish Schools Championships
1st N.I./Ulster Championships
2nd Irish under 20 Championships– 59m 37cm (P.B.)
1st N.I. Senior Team Trophy Meeting
Endeavour Shield.
Winner Donavan McKillen who has been out of athletics for a number of years. He was previously an Irish champion at long Jump and silver medallist at 800m. He has now made a fairly good comeback to the long jump and sprinting and helps with the coaching of the junior group on a Tuesday night.
Hurdles Cup – Club Trophy
The winner James Lagan who put in two really gusty performances this season over the man killer distance of 400m
New Sprinter On The Block
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Hide AdWinner - Odhran Totten – produced a number of outstanding performances this season most notably the final leg in the N.I.Young Athletes League Final 4x400m relay which the club won due to his dogged determination.
Senior Ladies Road Running.
Louise O’Kane Cup
Re-designated 2004 as ‘Female Middle Distance Athlete’ over 800/1500/3000m
Winner - Shannon Leonard has put in some good performances this season and is following in the footsteps of her older sister.
Northern Constitution Cup
Re-designated 2010 as ‘Male Middle Distance Athlete’ over 800/1500/3000m
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Hide AdWinner - Ben McLaughlin for his P.B.of 3mins 30.30secs 1500m run in the N.I./ Ulster Championships
Hammer Competition – (Anne Donnelly Trophies)
Boys Under 9 Years – 125g
1st Grahame Holmes – 24m 30cm
Boys Under 11 Years – 2kg
1st Rory Bradley – 12m 96cm
2nd Cathaoir Purvis – 11m 92cm
Boys Under 13 Years – 2kg
1st Cairain Burns – 39m 42cm
2nd Neal Hastings – 24m 79cm
3rd P.J. O’Neill – 19m 59cm
4th Travis Hamilton – 18m 86cm
5th Niall Conlon - 16m 80cm
Girls Under 13 Years – 2kg
1st Claire Holmes – 24m 49cm
2nd Shannon Kirkpatrick – 22m 46cm
3rd Roseanna Mullan – 14m 18cm
4th Clodagh Young – 13m 27cm
Girls Under 15 Years – 3kg
1st Cathy Holmes – 19m 10cm
2nd Terri Simpson – 18m 88cm
Girls Under 17 Years – 3kg
1st Claire Brownlow – 25m 56cm
Most Improved Male Athlete - Paddy Downey Trophy
A young athlete who is not yet the age for open competition in his chosen discipline but has been steadily working away at his event and putting in some terrific performances in the Training/Competition sessions run by the club and that athlete is Ciairan Burns. His P.B. with the 2kg hammer is 39m 42cm
Most Improved Female Athlete - Joe Heaney Trophy
Again the winner of this trophy comes from the hammer group and is a shy and unassuming young lady and if she puts her mind to it and decides to train then we could have a future champion on our hands. Winner: Claire Holmes. Her P.B. with the 2kg hammer is 24m 49cm
Most Promising Male Athlete - The Glenview Trophies Trophy.
This young athlete has shown from time to time what his real potential could be and we look forward to seeing how he develops over the next twelve months. The winner: Ben McLaughlin
Most Promising Female Athlete - Tommy McGlone Cup
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Hide AdIn the short time this young lady has been with the club she has shown great promise at high jump and with her long legs the hurdles. It will be interesting to watch her athletic development over the next few years. The winner: Erin Davies
The Most Outstanding Male Athlete - The Dessie Rankin Trophy
Winner - Adam McMullan – Long Jump –
1st. N.I./Ulster Senior Championship 7m 33cm;
1st. N.I. Senior Team Trophy 7m 24cm;
1st. Irish u23 Championship 7m37cm;
Inter Counties Senior Championships, Bedford 7m 33cm
Super 8 Competition Glasgow 7m 39cm. (P.B.)
1st N.I. Senior Decathlon Championship
The Most Outstanding Female Athlete - The Glenview Trophies Trophy
Winner - Maggi Donnelly – Hammer
N.I./Ulster Senior Champion 2nd. 47m 74cm(PB)
Irish u23 Championship 1st.
In the Final of the Irish League she broke her own personal best on four of her six throws and won the competition
The Sidney Irvine Veteran Athlete Cup
Winner - Patsy Forbes – Club President
1st Irish Masters Championship100m (m65)
1st Irish Masters Championship 200m (M65)
2nd British Masters 100m (M65) 14.04secs
3rd British Masters 200m (M65) 29.09secs
European Masters Championships – Budapest 100m (M65)
European Masters Championships – Budapest 200m (M65)
Special Award – For Good Team Spirt - The Dessie Rankin Cup
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Hide AdWinner - Paul Leslie who at the drop of the hat stepped in to help the Senior Team to a magnificent second place finish in the Northern Ireland Senior Team Trophy competition
Special Achievement Award
Winner - Thomas Johnston – Representing his ‘Base’ in the Health Trusts N.I. wide sports day in Carrickfergus won the 50m convincingly. An excellent trainer who gives it 100%
Winner - Gemma Kirkpatrick – Representing Ulster in the Irish Special Olympics in Limerick won the Gold Medal in the 50m and the Silver Medal in the Standing Long Jump. A very pleasant young lady who is always smiling
We always like to recognise our N.I./Ulster Championship Medal winners and away back on the 29 May Aiden McCloskey running in the under 9 years ran an outstanding 300m race to win the bronze medal in Shercock, Cavan in terrible weather conditions in 59.08secs
Special Award – Ulster Schools Record
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Hide AdWinner - Andrew Doyle in winning the Ulster Schools 6kg Hammer Championships also set an Ulster schools record of 56m 23cm
International Honours
Andrew Doyle – Represented Ireland in the Hammer in Halle, Germany
Adam McMullen – Represented Northern Ireland in the Inter Counties Championships in Bedford and again in Glasgow in the ‘Super 8’ series but the peculiar way this competition works he was also representing Cardiff!
Gemma Kirkpatrick – Represented Ulster in the Irish Special Olympics in Limerick
Sponsored Runathon Draw
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Hide AdDraw for (2) individuals collecting 50 or more. Total Raised by Club - 1837.01 (10 people raised 50 or more). Winners: Conor McCluskey and Cathaoir Purvis
Championships Medals Won During Season
In Ulster Schools competition, N.I./Ulster and Irish championship competition this past summer the club has won the following medals:
Gold: 29; Silver: 8; Bronze: 10. Total = 47 championship medals, an incredible achievement