European Athletics Team Championships, Maribor, Slovenia
Saragh Buggy finished 10th in the Womens Triple Jump at the European Athletics Team
Championships in Maribor, SIovenia over the weekend. Saragh jumped a Season's Best of
12.96m scoring 7 points for the Irish team. The European team Championships work in a
similar way to the National League for clubs, athletes compete across track and field events
scoring points for their position. At the end, scores are added together to give a team an
overall position. Overall, Ireland finish in fifth position in the Division 2 European Athletics
Team Championships with a total of 349 points. Ahead of them were champions Belgium,
hosts Slovenia and Norway who will all be promoted to Division 1. Turkey ended up 33
points ahead of the Irish on 382, but strong performances on both the track and field saw
Ireland stay ahead of Denmark in sixth. Well done to Saragh on yet another international
cap once again showing what a great role model she is for all athletes in our club.

National Juvenile Championships, Tullamore
Day 1 and 2 of the National Juvenile Championships took place over the weekend in
Tullamore. The club collected a total of 10 medals across both days. Bronze were the order
of the Day 1 when St Abbans claimed no less than 4 bronze medals. Lily O’Neill picked up
two of them in the U15 Girls 100m and U15 Girls Triple Jump where she jumped a Pb of
10.24. Elaine Miller also won a bronze medal in the U18 Girls Triple Jump where she jumped
10.04m. John Delaney claimed the last of the bronze medals when he finished in 3rd place in
the U19 Boys 400m in a time of 50.79. Leigha Kenny was also in action in the U15 Triple
Jump where he jump of 8.26 was good enough for 13th place. In the U16 Girls Shot Putt
Grainne Doyle threw a PB of 9.33 which saw her finish in 7th . Our final athlete in action for
Day 1 was Rachel Hartnett who finished in 6th place.
It was back to Tullamore for Day 2 of the National Juvenile Championships on Sunday.
Joshua Crosby was the standout performer of the weekend when he claimed gold in the
U16 Boys Shot Putt. Joshua’s throw of 14.17m saw him take victory and highlights what a
fantastic year he has had in the throwing circle. Also on the podium was Sinead Fitzpatrick in
the U14 Girls 800m. Roisin Kearney won bronze in the U13 Girls 60mH in a time of 9.95s.
Will Duffycontinues to make great progress over the track season. On Sunday he won
bronze in the U17 Boys Steeplechase. Rachel Ayres ran a new PB in the U19 Girls 800m
which was good enough for 3rd place. John Delaney added to his bronze medal from day 1
when he won another bronze in the 800m in 1.54. In the U13 Boys Shot Putt Oran McCarthy
finished in 6th place with a throw of 9.92m. In the U14 Girls Long Jump, Faye Brennan’s jump
of 4.50m saw her finish in 13th . Laura Ayers finished in 10th place in the U15 Girls 800m. Lily O
Neill narrowly missed out on adding to her medal collection when she finished in 5th place in
the U15 Long Jump. Annabelle Lawlor finished 6th in the U18 Girls 800m. Elaine Miller’s 4.49
in the Long Jump saw her finish 14 th overall.
While there are still some National Juvenile Championships to take place in two weeks’
time, 10 medals is a phenomenal achievement for the club. It shows the effort which is being put in by all in the club in preparing young athletes for competing with the best in the country. Well done to everybody involved.

Stage 5 Fit4Life League
The penultimate stage of the Fit4Life 4km League will take place on Wednesday 2 nd July in
Wolfhill. Registration opens at 6:30pm with the race beginning at 7:30pm. Once again the
Michael Nolan cup will be presented to the first St. Abbans club member across the line.