Kelly Proper wins Irish Senior Championship, Mairead Murphy, Niamh Whelan, Ciara Giles Doran and Shane Quinn win Scottish underage championships.

Ferrybank athletic Club athletes covered themselves in glory last week-end at the Odysessy arena in Belfast and the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow.

In Belfast Kelly Proper won the Irish Senior Long Jump title in fine style equalling her own Irish Senior Record with an outstanding leap of 6.19m. As well as equalling her Irish record, this jump is also in excess of the qualifying standard for this Summers European junior Championships.

In Glasgow, Ferrybank A.C. had further success at the the under 13, 15, 17 & 20 championships. In the under 13 age group, Ciara Giles Doran had an outstanding competition winning the long jump with a new championship record of 4.66m. She also added a pair of silver medals to her collection when she took second place in the 60m hurdles and 200m. Ann O Shea won a bronze medal in the 60m final and Promise Owoeye also took bronze in the shot putt. In the under 15 age group Shane Quinn was the star performer leading from gun to tape to easily win the 1500m also setting a new championship best of 4.14.16. In the under 20 age group Niamh Whelan was in fine form winning the 60m with a new personal best of 7.72s and the 200m in 24.84s. Mairead Murphy won the 60m hurdles in a lifetime best of 8.65s and was just one hundredth of a second behind her clubmate when she took 200m silver with a time of 24.85seconds , another lifetime best. Mairead Deevy took the bronze medal in the 400m.

Unfortunately the club was denied further success when the plane due to bring over fifty of their group from Dublin to Scotland was cancelled and most of the group had to return home.