Innyvale Athletics Club

Well done to Kaitlin Shaw on her performance in the All-Ireland Indoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday 1st April in Athlone. Kaitlin took part in the Under 12 girl’s shot putt event, which proved to be a highly competitive affair. The Ulster champion started the strongest, taking the lead in round one and as others improved around her, Kaitlin improved in the final two rounds to a best of 7.30m. This left her 31cm behind the eventual winner and a scant 14cm behind third plac...

Congratulations to Kaitlin Shaw on her victory in the Under 12 girls shot putt at the Ulster Indoor Track & Field at the Athlone Indoor Athletics arena on Saturday 11th March. Kaitlin won with a best throw of 6.81m.

Well done Kaitlin

The second round of the Cavan Spring League took place in a cool but dry PeaceLink track in Clones on Sunday 5th March. While our numbers taking part were limited by a number of confirmations, a good number of athletes made the trip to take part and they were rewarded with a series of strong performances and results.

In the Under 9 boys, Oisin Tully enjoyed a strong race in the 300m event which saw him take first place. Oisin followed this up with another gold...

The 2023 track and field athletics season got underway in Shercock on Sunday 19th February with the Cavan Spring League. The cool but dry day saw a promising start to the season for Innyvale AC with a series of strong performances from our athletes across all disciplines.

The event got underway with the discus event, where Holly Cullen took part in her first discus competition. With a throw of 10.58m, Holly won the gold medal in the U14 age group. Holly followed this up wit...

Well done to Navah O'Donohue, Íosa Lynch and Max Manning who took part in the Cavan Sportshall event in Shercock on Saturday 11th February. All three competed in a mix of sprints, jumps and throwing events, as well as team relays in a format designed to be a friendly, low pressure introduction to athletics competitions.

Well done Max, Navah and Íosa

• Fri 17 Feb  Run Jump Throw workshop: shot & javelin Clones, 7-9pm
• Fri 24 Feb Run, Jump, Throw Day 2: sprints & hurdles  Clones, 7-9pm
• Sat 25 Feb Run Jump Throw Day 3: long & high jump Clones, 10am-12pm
• Sat 25 Feb Athletics Leader course (intro level) Monaghan
• Mon 27 Feb Sports 1st Aid course Belturbet 11.25am
• Mon 6 Mar Child Safeguarding 1 (Athletics Ireland) Online (Zoom)
• Mon 13 Mar Child Safeguarding 2 (Cavan Sports ...

• Sportshall (U9-11s) Saturday 11th February in the Craig Lynch Centre, Shercock
• Spring League Day 1 (all ages) Sunday 19th February in Shercock
• Spring League Day 2 (all ages) Sunday 5th March in PeaceLink, Clones
• Ulster Indoor Track & Field (U12-19s) 11th & 12th March in Athlone IT
  
• Cavan Road Championships (Seniors & Masters) 16th April in Stradone
• Cavan Track & Field Championships (u14-18 + Seniors) 14th May in Shercock

The final competition of the year was held on 25th November. Well done to Caolan Brady and brothers Logan and Tony Rotheram who took part in the Cavan Sportshall event in Shercock’s Craig Lynch Centre, taking part in a number of sprints, jumps, throws and relay events with each picking up a medal.

Innyvale hosted the Cavan Winter League in Kilnaleck in which saw a big turnout from all clubs in the county. Our athletes acquitted themselves well on their home course, with strong performances throughout the field.

 In the U10 girls 400m race, the club’s two teams finished in first and second places. Kayla Smith won the race and Jame Condon finished in third place, leading home teammates Íosa Lynch, Aoibhinn Farrelly, Katie Hannon and Riley Condon for tea...

Well done to everyone who took part in the second day of the Cavan Cross Country in Killinkere on th 9th October. We had a fabulous turnout from the club once again and a tough but enjoyable series of races. The coaches are very happy and proud of the individual performances of our athletes regardless of their ability, all gave it their best and ensured a strong showing from their teams.

The U9 girls race being won by Aoibhinn Farrelly, with Katie Hannon in third place and H...

Well done to everyone who took part in the first day of the 2022 Cavan Cross Country Championships on Sunday 25th September in Donohoe's field Crover. There was a great turn out from the club and all gave a very fine account of themselves.

We will post a fuller report once the full results are available, as we only have the top 3 from each race at present. Iosa Lynch and Kate Fitzpatrick finished a very close second and third in their under 10s 600 metre race. Isabella Condon took the b...

The first event of the new season was the Winter League which took place in Shercock on 15th September. Well done to Martin Brady who took part in the men’s 5K around Shercock town and finished his first race for the club in 5th place overall, while Trisha Brady finished the women’s 2K in 7th overall. In the U10 race sisters Jamie and Riley Condon completed the 350m race in 3rd and 7th places, while Jake Brady was 8th in the boys event. In the U12 girls event, Isabella Condon was ...

The All-Ireland Juvenile Track and Field finals were held across four days at the start of July, with seven of our athletes taking part. The Children's Games for Under 9 to 11s took place on Saturday 2nd July in Tullamore, Co. Offaly were six Innyvale AC athletes were in action in the event.

Zoe Hogan and Kaitlin Shaw took part in the U11 turbojavelin event, where they finished as the 11th placed team in a very tight contest that saw five teams finish within a metre o...

Innyvale AC's Casey Mulvey grabbed two podium places at the national track and field championships in Dublin. The Cavan woman took shot putt silver and hammer bronze in Morton stadium Santry adding more medals to the Innyvale mantle-piece.

Casey fourth effort in the shot put of 13.58 metres claimed silver head of Dundalk’s Katherine O’Connor who twice threw 13.42 metres. Gold went to Swinford’s Michaela Walsh with a best of 14.58 metres.

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The Ulster Senior Track and Field Championships were held on Satruday 18th June in Belfast's Mary Peter's Track and Innyvale AC's Casey Mulvey was in action in the hammer and shot putt events. Casey threw 13.84m in the shot putt, leaving her just over two meters clear of her fellow competitors and earning her an Ulster gold medal.

Casey followed this up with a great effort in a tightly contested hammer throw event, where she sent the 4kg weight out to a distance of 49.62m, just 9cm beh...

Qualifiers for All- Irelands on 2nd July in Tullamore:

• Under 9 girls - Katie Hannon & Aoibhinn Farrelly in 60m and 300m;
• Under 9 boys - Logan Rotheram & Jackson Everett in turbojavelin and 300m;
• Under 11 girls - Zoe Hogan and Kaitlin Shaw in turbojavelin.

Qualifiers for All-Irelands on 3rd/9th/10th July in Tullamore:

• U17 girls - Lana Morton in shot putt (10th July, 10am), discus (9th July, 11.30am) and javelin (3rd Jul...

Congratulations to Lana Morton who travelled to the Antrim Forum on Sunday 12th June to take part in the Ulster Track & Field Championships and picked up two Ulster medals in the Under 17 category. Lana earned a silver medal for the shot putt, sending the 3kg shot out to 7.84m, while in the javelin, she threw 21.66m to take the bronze medal. Lana also took part in the discus event where she finished in fourth place, her throw of 18.43m with the 1kg discus enough to see her qualify for the...

The Ulster Children’s Games Track & Field competition for Under 9 to 13s took place in the Peacelink track in Clones, Co. Monaghan on Sunday 5th June and saw a contingent of 20 athletes from Innyvale AC taking part. This event is both an individual competition for all ages, but also sees children in the U9-11 ages paired up with their clubmates, with the top three pairs in each event qualifying for nationals in July.

The U9 girls sprints saw Aoibhinn Farrelly and ...

An enthusiastic group of 29 athletes from Innyvale AC took part in the Cavan Spring League athletics competition on Sunday 13th March at the PeaceLink athletics track in Clones. Our young athletes, ranging from eight to fourteen, were a mix of seasoned athletes and those experiencing athletics competition for the first time and they brought a positive mood which could not be ruined by the at times very windy day and occasional rain showers.

The event got off to the strong st...

From the 18th January, Innyvale Athletics Club continues training every Tuesday at 6.00 to 7.00pm in Dr. Plunkett Park, Kilnaleck. We take children age six and over for a mix of sprints, distance running, jumping and throwing events. Registration is €20 per child, capped at €50 per family. Registration forms available at training and can also be downloaded by from the home page.

With so many new members it is worth reminding everyone that if anybody has any issu...