All
Ireland Silver medal for young West Waterford athlete
On Sunday last on Kilbeggan Racecourse
the All Ireland Cross Country Championships Section 1 took place and in the
juvenile section there were very good results by athletes from West Waterford
A.C. Sinead Flynn a most consistent young athlete had a brilliant run in the
under 12 grade to finish second in a huge entry and in the same race Kate
McGrath also from West Waterford was 12th and West Waterford took the club
bronze team medals the other scorers being Lorna Cummins, Bronagh
Condon and Chloe Fennell, Sinead Flynn was also on the winning Munster
team.
Another West Waterford
athlete Kate Veale better known in race walking circles also performed with
distinction to finish in 6th place in the under 16 grade and she was a member
of the winning Munster team, in the under 12 race Tadg
Brennan Ferrybank was 15th. In the junior races Niamh
Ryan Ferrybank A.C. was 7th in the ladies and Beth
Walsh do 16th and in the men's Paddy Flynn again from Ferrybank
was 10th with Alex Flynn do 21st.
The winner of the Men's
senior race was Alan Ledwith from Meath and there
would be relations of his in Waterford, Mary Cullen Sligo won the senior women's,
Ciara Mageean Antrim the
junior women's and Michael Mc Killop Antrim the
junior men's. The first three in the senior races are automatically selected on
the Irish teams for the European Cross Country Championships in