We're meeting at 8.15 on sat 14th outside the lincoln gate in Trinity. (it's the one round the back beside the dental hospital that you can drive into) We'll get into Nenagh by about 10.30. Click on 'Read More' for more details...The first race is the Women's 1500m which is at 12, with check in closing for it at 11.30. At the end of the day we'll go to the Abbey Court Hotel where we have two houses booked for the night. Then up and back into the stadium for 9 or 10ish. we should be back in Dublin on sun by 6.
The price for the weekend is: 35euros for bus and accom or 55euros for bus, accom, hoodie and tee-shirt, or 60euros for bus, accom, hoodie, tee-shirt and singlet. i know it's kinda expensive but we have a lot of competitions this year to go to.
Dont forget your student card, spikes and lots of warm clothes. Nenagh is usually colder inside than outside. So any questions just txt me (0863655750) or email me.

The timetable for the two days is here

The following is the mens team for the indoors. For the ladies team txt maria on 0879600898
60m - John Crowley (OYD), Barry O'Donohoe, Steven Colvert.
200m - John McDermott, Neil Dunne.
400m - Jamie Davis, Eoin Mulhall.
800m - Paul Breslin, Adrian Toolan.
1500m - Joe Breen, Mark Jennings.
3k - Graeme Walsh.
2k Walk - Ronan Daly
Triple Jump - Ciaran Cronin
Shot & WfD - Gerard Kelly
4 X 200m - John Crowley, Neil Dunne, Paul Oppermann, Jamie Davis

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Welcome back everybody and Happy New Year!

We hope you had an enjoyable break and that you are all ready to get back in shape now that New Year resolutions have been made and classes have started again. Training begins again today, Tuesday, while competitions are now approaching as the winter season reaches its peak...

Circuits training returns today @ 5pm in the Sports Centre Hall A, and we look forward to seeing the large and enthusiastic numbers that were ever present before Christmas. Training then resumes from Thursday @ 6pm. Long Distance runners will meet @ their usual place @ the entrance of the Sports Centre, while the sprints group will congregate @ the track. We encourage anybody who hasn't been involved already, but who is interested, to come along to a training session. Regardless of your fitness levels or ability, if you want to be a part of the club, just come along and we'll be happy to look after you.

As for competitions, there are a few competitions quickly approaching. First up are they Indoor T&F Intervarsity Championships. These take place in Nenagh, Tipperary on Saturday & Sunday February 14th & 15th. Distances range from 60m - 3,000m and there are also field events including high jump, long jump, triple jump, weight for distance and shotput.
Three weeks later the Cross Country Intervarsity Championships take place in Jordanstown, Antrim. This will be the finale to the winter season and a week later we'll be jetting off to Portugal for a week of warm weather training.

Finally, we are happy to announce that a new range of UCD Athletics hoodies & t-shirts are now in stock and are available for purchase. If you want to be part of the posse, it will be imperative that you get yourselves a matching pair. We are offering the hoody and t-shirt together for €30 - a great deal! They will be available for sale @ training.

If you are interested in competing in either the Indoor T&F or Cross Country Intervarsity Championships, or you are simply interested in getting involved in the club, get in touch with us by emailing ucdathletics@gmail.com.

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Congratulations to Al McCormack who won his first Inter County Senior Cross Country title in a time of 32:11. McCormack was amongst a number of UCD athletes to run on the hilly course in Tramore racecourse. Mick Clohissey, Cillian O'Leary and Mark Kirwan also ran in the senior race. In the women's race Deirdre Byrne finished 2nd while Charlotte and Rebecca Ffrench O'Carroll finished 2nd and 3rd respectively in the junior women with Maria Walsh coming in 8th. In the junior mens Robert Corbally, Joe Breen and Eoin Hamilton had solid runs in a tough race. Congratulations to everyone who competed. For full details of results click the follwing links:

Senior Men

Senior Women

Junior Men

Junior Women

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Congratulations to everyone who competed in the Road Relays in Maynooth. We were very successful this year finishing 2nd in both mens and ladies teams, a huge improvement on last year. For a full list of results click here

Both A teams had great runs finishing behind DCU and ahead of UL. The girl's B team had an exciting race with a sprint finish against the C team which was a mixture of 2 UCD ladies and 2 DCU ladies. The men's B, C and D teams were neck and neck for the first 3 miles of the race before finishing within 3 minutes of each other. Well done to everyone who competed and thanks to everyone who came down to support. Photos to follow...

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It is time to start getting your flights booked, because the dates have been arranged for the week away to Portugal.
We will be flying out as a group on 15th March and returning on 22nd March. That means we'll be going on the 2nd week of the two weeks we have off during the mid-term in 2nd semester. For more information click on 'read more'.

So where are we going? Who are we flying with? Where are we staying? What else do I need to know?

We will fly from Dublin to Faro on Sunday morning, 15th March @ 6.20am with Aer Lingus (EI490) and we'll fly back on the following Sunday @ 9.45am from Faro (flight EI491). We will be travelling with Trinity Athletics Club too so it should be even more fun!
When we arrive in Faro, we'll get a bus to Hotel Navegadores in Monte Gordo, where we'll be staying.

Here is a map where you can see where exactly Monte Gordo is in Portugal and also where the athletics track is situated.

The track is accessible easily by bike (which is how many of us travelled to it the last time we went), while the trails which the long distance runners will use can be found only 200m away from the hotel!
There is a beach within walking distance from the hotel, a pool in the hotel, while breakfast and dinner will be included in the price of the hotel. Monte Gordo itself caters for summer holiday-makers and so there are plenty of bars and clubs to choose from. There is also a casino!

In terms of what money you'll need to bring with you, €150 should be plenty. You'll need money for spending on lunch, other food and snacks, drinks, bike rental, going out money, gambling money and presents/souvenirs should you need to bring any back.

If you want anymore information, either leave a comment or email ucdathletics@gmail.com

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There will be an Athletics club party on Thursday the 23rd of October. Details will follow but keep the date free..

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James Nolan ran a 3:55 mile in the Mizuno Mile in Stormont recently to finish 2nd, 1 second behind Matt bowser of Lincoln. 3rd was Garreth Hill of Ballymena in 3:58.

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Fintan Magee, currently working for AAI and alumni of UCD, ran 3:48.34 in Manchester and finished 6th in the 1500m.

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Current scholarship student Joanne Cuddihy ran a 52.8h 400m to win in Loughborough England. She will probably look for a faster race before she heads to Osaka for the World Championships. She also ran 23.52 to finish behind Ciara Sheehy in the 200m race.

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Continuing her preperation or the World Championships alumni Derval O'Rourke came second to Dawn Harper of the USA in Bochum-Wattenscheid, Germany in the 100m hurdles. Harper ran 12.67 and O'Rourke 12,88.

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