Innyvale Athletics Club
Spring League Day 2, 22 March, Shercock
The second round of the Cavan Spring League took place in Shercock on 22nd March. Local confirmations over the weekend meant we only a small team taking part but we had many highlights nevertheless.
In the under 9 girls Molly O’Hare was the winner of the turbojavelin with a best throw of 8.17m, with Katelyn Denneny in seventh place thanks to a best effort of 5.27m. Evan Farrelly was second in the 300m race, while in the turbojavelin Evan was the winner thanks to a best throw of 12.69m. Ronan Farrelly joined his brother on the podium in third place with a best of 8.70m.
In the U10 sprints, Layla Denneny, Sean Lynch and Charlie Lynch all reached the final of the 60m race. The boys were in the top ten in the long jump, with both jumping very similar distances of 2.56 and 2.40m, Charlie just coming out ahead today.
Maisie O’Hare took part in the U11 turbojavelin event, where a throw of 12.80m saw her take the gold medal for the event. The girls relay team of Maisie, Layla, Molly and Katelyn finished in fourth place.
In the U12 events, Ella Denneny was second in the heat of the 60m and ninth in the long jump, reaching 2.17m. Noah Crowe reached the final of the sprint thanks to a top three finish, while Oran Campbell was a very close fourth place in the U12 boys long jump, his best of 3.06m narrowly being beaten in the last round to push him out of the top three. Noah was twelfth with a best leap of 2.51m. Noah, Oran, Charlie and Sean were the fourth placed team in the relay.
James Farrelly put in a strong run in the 600m race, making a late push for the lead but had to settle for second place on this occasion. James was also fourth in the shot putt, throwing 5.11m. James, Oran, Noah and Ella each took home a bronze medal in the relay thanks to their third place finish in the 4x100m event.
In the U14 girls 80m sprint, Sophie Lynch picked up a bronze medal for finishing in third place. Sophie also took part in the long jump where she finished in fourth with a best jump of 2.67m.
Well done to all. Some photos from the event can be found on our Flickr gallery (click here), and results can be found here.
Ulster Indoor Track & Field, 21-22 February
Well done to all who took part in the Ulster Track & Field Indoor Championships on the weekend of 21st-22nd February. A total of fifteen Innyvale athletes travelled to the National Indoor Arena in Abbotstown over the two days and there were great performances and personal bests galore as our athletes showed how much they have improved over the last number of months.
On Saturday, we had two relay teams and four individuals in action. First up was Oisin Tully in the U12 boys 600m race. The field was split up over three heats, with Oisin winning his heat in a time of 1min48.27. Unfortunately Oisin’s time was beaten by another athlete in a different heat, but Oisin was nevertheless rewarded with a silver Ulster medal on his first time running on an indoor track.
Next on track for us was Sophie Lynch in the U14 girls 800m race. A very strong finish saw Sophie compete the four lap race in a time of 2min41.47, taking fifth place in her heat and seventh place overall. In the 60m hurdles, Maia Reilly set a new personal best to take seventh place in a time of 11.75seconds. Íosa Lynch was second in her heat before improving her time in the final to finish in fourth place with a time of 10.62seconds. Íosa was also seventh in the long jump with a new personal best of 3.94meters.
The 4x200m relays rounded out Saturday for us, with impressive results for both our teams. In the U14 girls, Íosa Lynch got the team off to a very strong start, with Riley Condon and Sophie Lynch putting in great performances on their laps to keep the team in contention for a medal before Jamie Condon brought the baton home in third place to claim an Ulster bronze medal for the team. And last up on day one was the U16 girls team. Anna Whitney got the race off to a good start for us in fourth place, with Saoirse Lynch taking over on the second lap and running very well before Isabella Condon battled through a shoulder injury to keep us in contention. Aoife Leddy then set off in hot pursuit of third place, a position she took just meters before the finish line to earn the team Ulster bronze medals.
Sunday was a quieter day for us with five athletes taking part. First up was Aoibhinn Farrelly, who doubled up in the sprint events. She was sixth in the 60m race, finishing in a time of 9.77seconds. And better was to come in her first ever hurdles race, were she claimed second in the heat before taking a huge chunk off her time in the final to come home in fourth place in a time of 11.99seconds.
In the U13 boys, Caolan Brady and James Farrelly were sixth and seventh in their heats of the 600m race, completing it in 2min02.17 and 2min05.48 respectively. The two boys also took part in the 60m sprint where they were fairly evenly matched with both claiming sixth place in their heats. Caolan placed 14th overall in 9.62seconds while James was 17th in 9.78seconds, a good improvement on the times they were running last year.
Last up were our two shot putters. In the boys U13 event, Jackson Everett threw the 2kg weight out to 9.63meters to win the gold medal, while in the girls U15s event, Kaitlin Shaw threw the 2.72kg shot a distance of 9.46m to claim an Ulster silver medal.
The All-Ireland Indoor T&F is on 28/29th March and 11th April. We had seven athletes/teams qualify for the All-Irelands:
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Oisin Tully U12 boys 600m
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Aoibhinn Farrelly U13 girls 60m hurdles
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Jackson Everett U13 boys shot putt
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Íosa Lynch U14 girls 60m hurdles
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Kaitlin Shaw U15 girls shot putt
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U14 girls 4x200m relay team
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U16 girls 4x200m relay team
Thank you to all the parents who brought the athletes this weekend, without whom we could not have achieved the successes we had at this event. And well done to all who took part whether it was a medal or a personal best performance and best of luck to those going forward to nationals. Some photos from the weekend can be found on our Flickr gallery (click here), and results can be found here.
Spring League Gest Underway, 8th February 2026
The 2026 athletics season got underway in Shercock on 8th February lasts with 29 athletes from the club taking part in a variety of sprints, distance races, long jump, javelin and shop putt events as part of the Cavan Spring Development League.
In the Under 9 races, brothers Evan and Ronan Farrelly got the club off to a flying start with third and fifth in the long jump and second and third places in the 60m sprint. Katelyn Denneny was second in the girls 60m race, and followed this up with first place in the long jump. Molly O’Hare was seventh.
The under 10 girls 500m race saw Layla Denneny come home in fourth place, which she improved on later in the morning with third plcae in the turbojavelin, with Taylor McCabe in fifth and Anna Campbell tenth. Sean Lynch was the winner of the boys turbojavelin.
The 60m sprint for U11 girls saw three girls reach the final round, with Jessica Hannan and Saoirse Tully taking first and third in their heat, while Robyn Everett took second place in the other heat. When the final came round, it was Jessica who reached the finish line first, with Saoirse in third place and Robyn in fourth.
The U11 girls featured the largest number of athletes on the day, so margins separating the girls were very tight. In the long jump, our five girls were separated by just 23cm, covering seventh down to thirteenth places, with Robyn McCabe leading the way for the club, followed by Robyn Everett in ninth, Jessica tenth, Saoirse in twelfth and Maisie O’Hare in thirteenth.
Ella Denneny was unlucky to miss out on a medal with two fourth places finishes in the U12 shot putt and a difficult 600m race. In the boys events, Oisin Tully was second in the shot putt, with Oran Campbell (fifth) and Noah Crowe (eighth) close behind in a tight contest. Oisin went on to win the 600m race.
In the U13 javelin there were three medals for Innyvale athletes, with Katie Hannan and Evie Callery-Tracey claiming a one-two finish in the girls event and Jackson Everett finishing second in the boys competition. Caolan Brady was sixth in the long jump, while both he and James Farrelly qualified for the final of the sprint. The girls 80m saw Evie and Katie both winning their heats before a tight battle between the pair saw Evie winning the race with Katie in a very close second place.
In the Under 14 girls, Sophie Lynch pulled away from Íosa Lynch as the approached the finish to claim second place, with Íosa in third in their 800m race. In the shot putt, Riley Condon took the silver medal with Íosa in fourth, Zoe Tully in fifth and Sophie in seventh place.
Kaitlin Shaw was the winner of the javelin, and Brendan Tully was second in this category of the men’s 3000m race.
Well done to all, especially to those competing for the club for the first time. The second round of the Spring League is Sunday 22nd March. Results can be found here and photos at this link.
Winter League Day 2, Ballyhaise
For many of our athletes the second round of the Winter League in Ballyhaise on 16th November marked the final competition of the year.
Cold but dry conditions and a testing hilly course awaited the club’s adult runners as they got the morning’s event underway. The 5K race saw Brendan Tully finish second in the men’s race, while Triona Graham was the winner of the women’s event, followed by Kate Smith in second place.
For our juvenile athletes, it was a smaller turnout than normal as illnesses left us just short of full teams in some events but those that were able gave a good account of themselves. First up on the track was the Under 10s. Saoirse Tully was second in the girls race, with Layla Denneny finishing the 400m race in tenth and Maisie O’Hare twelfth. In the boys, Charlie Lynch was seventh, Sean Lynch 12th and Caiden Smith in 14th.
Ella Denneny was the first of our girls home in the U12, finishing the 600m race in fifth place. Sarah Doyle was eight and Navah O’Donohue twentieth. Oisin Tully was the winner of the boys 800m race, while James Farrelly was fifth, and Javed Brady in 14th place.
In the U14 girls 800m race, Kayla Smith and Sophie Lynch lead the charge for Innyvale, claiming second and third places. The girls were ably backed up by Íosa Brady and Riley Condon in seventh and eight places to secure team gold for the quartet.
Well done to all. Full results can be found by clicking here and photos from the event here. The next event for Under 8 to 11s is the Sportshall in Stradone Community Hall on 6th December, followed by the Senior Cross Country for adults on 14th December in Shercock.
Ulster Cross Country & Sportshall
The past few weekends have seen Innyvale athletes taking part in Cross Country races at Cavan and also at Ulster level.
Oisin Tully was 11th in the U12 Ulster Cross Country race in Belfast’s Billy Neill Park on 26th October. Despite running outside of his normal age group Oisin qualified to take part in the All-Irelands later this year. On Sunday 9th November, Oisin and sister Saoirse, along with Charlie and Sophie Lynch travelled to the Finn Valley Centre in Stranolar, Co. Donegal for the second day of the Ulster Cross Country.
First up was Charlie in the U9 race, where he came home in 2min 16seconds, putting him in 19th place out of the thirty three athletes. In the U11 girls, Saoirse Tully was out of her age group but nevertheless put in a fine performance in the 1200m event to take 45th place out of 109 athletes.
Competing in his normal U11 age group this time, Oisin was unlucky to miss out on a top three finish. His time of 4min04 saw him come home just one second behind third place, finishing in fifth position in a field of 114 runners. And in the U13 girls, there were also 109 competitors with Sophie Lynch putting in a strong run to come home in 39th place.
Well done also to Rueben Conaty, Molly O’Hare and Maisie O’Hare who took part in the Cavan Sportshall event in Shercock on Saturday 8th November.
Cavan Cross Country Comes To Crover, 2nd Nov
The second day of the Cavan Cross Country Championships was hosted by ourselves in Donohoe’s Field, Crover on Sunday 2nd November.
The action got underway with the masters women’s 3,000m race, which was won by Triona Graham, followed by Kate Smith in second and Edel Connolly third. The trio were the gold medal winning team in this race. In the men’s V3 category, Brendan Tully finished the 5,000m race in second place, with John Connolly in third and Donagh Reilly in sixth. The men’s team took first place, while Simon Nulty was fourth in the V1 event.
The Under 10 girls raced over a distance of 600m, with Saoirse Tully leading home our team in third place, followed by Robyn Everett in fifth and Jessica Hannan in sixth. Layla Denneny was 13th and Maisie O’Hare 14th, completing the team which finished insecond place. The boys race saw Charlie Lynch finish fourth, with Liam Lynch in seventh, Zephan Smith eighth, and Fionn Sweeney fourteenth. The boys were the silver medal winning team.
In the U12 girls, Aoibhinn Farrelly finished in third place, with Katie Hannan fifth. Heidi Donohoe finished the 1,200m race in eleventh, with Farrah Clarke 14th, Navah O’Donohue 16th and Amelia Thoni 17th. The six girls will collect silver team medals for their efforts.
In the boys race, Oisin Tully won the gold medal, with James Farrelly in fourth place. Together with teammates Rory Donohoe (16th), Javed Brady (17th), Charlie Reilly (19th) and Daire Sweeney (20th), the boys were the second placed team.
As we moved up through the age groups the distance became an ever bigger challenge and our U14 girls team did well in their 2,000m race to take the gold medal. Sophie Lynch lead home the Innyvale team in fourth place, with Íosa Brady in sixth, Zoe Tully seventh, Maia Reilly tenth, Jamie Condon eleventh and Riley Condon fourteenth.
Well done to all who took part and as always thank you to all the parents/guardians and siblings who turned up to support our athletes. A huge thank you also to Philip and Val Donohoe for the use of the field and to all who helped prepare the course and clean up afterwards.
Results can be found at this link and photos from the day on our Flikr page here.
Cavan Cross Country Season Kicks Off In Killinkere
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The 2025 Cavan Cross Country Championship got off to a delayed start on Sunday 12th October. In stark contrast to the previous week which saw the opening day being rescheduled due to Storm Amy, a dry and mild day awaited us in Killinkere GAA grounds.
First up today was the novice race, with Brendan Tully finishing third and Donagh Reilly sixth in the men’s 6000m and Triona Graham collecting the gold medal in the women’s 3000m race.
Our juvenile athletes got off to a flying start with Anna Campbell winning the under 9 girl’s 400m race, followed closely by Mila Reilly in third place and Layla Denneny in ninth. In the boys race, Charlie Lynch picked up a bronze medal for his third place finish, with Sean Lynch in sixth place.
In the U11 girls, Saoirse Tully was our first athlete to reach the end of the 1000m race in fifth place, with Robyn Everett recovering well from a fall to finish in tenth place. The girls were well supported by teammates Ella Denneny (12th), Caoimhe Lynch (22nd) Lily May O’Reilly (23rd) and Navah O’Donohue (25th) with the team earning a bronze medal for their hard efforts.
U11 boys race saw Oisin Tully winning the 1000m event, with Eanna Coll coming home in third place. Liam Lynch was tenth and together with Thomas Lynch (16th), Charlie Reilly (18th), Rory Donohoe (19th), Fionn Sweeney (21st) and Caiden Smith (22nd), the boys secured silver medals for their team.
Sophie Lynch lead home a strong Innyvale team performance in the U13 girls race, with a brilliant third place finish. Jamie Condon claimed fifth place, while Neasa Smith’s late charge saw her move up to sixth place just as she reached the finish line of the 1500m race. Together with teammates Maia Reilly (10th), Zoe Tully (11th), Sarah Doyle (19th) and Riley Condon (20th), the girls were rewarded for their efforts with a first placed team finish.
And last but not least the Under 13 boys race was won by James Farrelly, with Caolan Brady in seventh and Daire Sweeney in eleventh place.
Well done to all, especially those running out of their age group today, who still have their normal age group to come in a couple of weeks. Thank you to all the parents/guardians for bringing the athletes and supporting them today. Best of luck to all taking part in the second day of the Cavan Cross Country for Even Age Groups and Masters on 2nd November which we are hosting in Donohoe’s field in Crover.
New Season Gets Underway with Winter League
After the summer break, the local athletics season has gotten underway again with the first round of the Cavan Winter League being held in Shercock on Sunday 21st September. The senior and masters road race was the first event today, with Brendan Tully taking second place in the 5K race for Innyvale.
Next up were the juvenile races, which are a team race as well as an individual one. Jessica Hannan was the winner of the Under 10 girls 400m race, followed by Saoirse Tully in fifth place. With teammates Maisie O’Hare eleventh and Layla Denneny thirteenth, the team secured the silver medal in the event. The boys team of Sean Lynch (tenth), Ollie Dowd (11th), Caiden Smith (12th) and Charlie Lynch (14th) also picked up silver for their team performance despite the fact most of the boys were running above their normal age group.
In the U12 girls, Katie Hannan was the gold medal winner, with Aoibhinn Farrelly and Ella Denneny completing the 600m race in tenth and eleventh places. While in the boys race, Oisin Tully was the winner here with Max Manning in 17th. The 800m race for Under 14 girls saw a clean sweep of the medals for Innyvale, with Jamie Condon winning the race. Sophie Lynch took the silver medal, pipping Neasa Smith who came home third.
Well done to all who took part today. The next competition is the first day of the Cavan Cross Country which will be hosted by ourselves in Crover on 5th October.
