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Emerald Athletic Club is one of Limerick's leading juvenile athletic clubs. We cater for young athletes from age 8 upwards. We train at the University of Limerick Sports Arena, Castletroy. New members are welcome!

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Cross country Bilboa
Cross country distances have changed

At the AAI Congress in May, the distances for juvenile cross country races were changed. These are the new distances:

Age
Girls
Boys
Year born
U9 *
500m
500m
2002
U10 *
600m
600m
2001
U11
1500m
1500m
2000
U12
2000m
2000m
1999
U13
2500m
2500m
1998
U14
3000m
3000m
1997
U15
3500m
3500m
1996
U16
4000m
4000m
1995
U17
4500m
5000m
1994
U18
5000m
6000m
1993
U19
5000m
7000m
1992

* Shorter distances are run at Limerick county level only. 2010 distances to be confirmed for these ages.

   
Cross country at UL
Cross country training continues

With the dates for the Limerick Cross Country Championships now known, cross-country training continues this Friday 3rd at 8pm and Sunday 5th September at UL track.

The first event will be then Limerick Cross Country Even Age Championships.

Competition dates:
Sun 26th Sep
Even ages
Sun 10th Oct
Uneven ages
   
 News
Amy O'Donoghues battles with Grace Rodgers of Loftus AC for the UK Nationals U17 800m title
Amy takes 800m silver at Bedford AAAs

BEDFORD, Sunday 22nd August 2010 - Amy O'Donoghue's great season concluded with a fantastic 800m silver medal in the England Athletics U17 Outdoor Championships.

In a fantastic race, Amy was just edged out in the home straight by Grace Rodgers of Loftus & Whitby AC. It has been a brilliant season for Amy who has shown great form and consistency all year. Congrats, and enjoy the break!

View the race video on this page.

   
Marie Heelan represents Ireland
Emerald athletes excel at Celtic Games

ATHLONE, Saturday 7th August 2010 - Three of our athletes wore the green of Ireland with distinction today in the annual Celtic Games hosted at Athlone IT.

Sarah Lavin completed a superb sprint double in winning both the U18 Girls 80m Hurdles and 200m. Amy O'Donoghue won the U18 Girls 1500m and Marie Heelan contributed a fine 3rd place in the U16 Girls Long Jump, only 7cm off the winner.

Read more ...

   
Derval O'Rourke European silver medallist 2010
Superb Derval takes European silver

BARCELONA, Saturday 31st July 2010 - Derval O’Rourke (Leevale AC) delighted her many Emerald fans in Barcelona tonight winning a silver medal at European Championships in the 100m Hurdles.

Derval also set a new Irish record of 12.65 seconds for the event and once more has proved a top class competitor and an inspirational figure for athletes in this country.

She made a great impression on many of our young athletes when she took time to meet with them at the Leevale Open Day in April. Congratulations, Derval, may you continue to have many more successes!

   
Emerald U16 Girls National Relay champions
Golds, silvers and records at Relay Finals

TULLAMORE, Sunday 25th July 2010 - Two golds, a silver and a disqualification were the contrasting stories for Emerald at the National Club Relay finals in Tullamore today.

There was a fantastic gold and record for the Emerald in the U17 Girls 4 x 100m when Emerald held off a good Ferrybank team, knocking 8/10ths of a second of a record that stood since 1999!

A second gold was grabbed by the U16 Girls in the afternoon, but the U16 Boys were disqualified for a false start...... and there was a fighting bronze by the U15 Girls. Read more....

   
Sarah Lavin, U17 Girls 200m National champion
Gold and silver at Woodie's Nationals

TULLAMORE, Saturday 24th July 2010 - Congratulations to Sarah Lavin and Amy O'Donoghue who won fantastic national titles at Tullamore today, and to Roisin Harrison who was 2/100ths of a second away from making it an Emerald hat-trick!

Sarah had a battle to win the U15 Girls 200m from Grainne Moynihan of West Muskerry AC, and Amy won the U15 Girls 1500m convincingly from the rest of the field.

Read more ...

   
SIAB Schools Glasgow
Sarah & Amy star for Irish Schools

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, Saturday 17th July 2010 - Well done to Sarah Lavin and Amy O'Donoghue who ran superbly for the Irish Schools at the AVIVA SIAB Irish Schools international at the Scotstoun Stadium in Glasgow today.

Sarah, who had the honour of captaining the Irish Schools team, took two superb silver medals in the 100m and 80m hurdles events, with personal best times in each event. Amy, continuing her magnificent recent form, also took a great silver in the 800m, battling two English girls for the medals with less than 2 seconds separating all three.

Click here for the AAI report (separate window).

   
Amy O'Donoghue
Amy O'Donoghue 4th at Senior Nationals

SANTRY, Sunday 11th July 2010 - What a fantastic performance by Amy O'Donoghue in the Womens 800m Senior Championship. With a new personal best as her main aim, Amy finished a superb 4th place in a time of 2:09.67, her first ever time to break 2:10.

There was very good running conditions and the competitive race was won in 2:03 by Rose Anne Galligan, and Ciara Mageean was 2nd in 2:05 so Amy ran most of the race on her own. She went through the first lap in 62 secs so if the race was more evenly paced she may have clawed back another second or two. She was fifth coming into the back straight but had a great kick and finished in fourth position. Great result for a sixteen year old!

   
   
Upcoming events:
Limerick Cross Country Championships - Even ages
Cross country even Date: Sunday 26th September
Venue: To be decided
First competition of the new season! Events for U10, U12, U14, U16 & U18. New distances from U12 upwards will be interesting!
   
Limerick Cross Country Championships - Uneven ages
Cross country uneven Date: Sunday 17th October
Venue: To be decided
Events for U9, U11, U13, U15, U17 & U19. New distances from U11 upwards.
   
   
Latest Gallery Photographs
Camera Photographs taken at the recent National Club Relay Championships held at Tullamore, are now available on these Gallery pages.
   
   
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