Athletics Wicklow Star Awards for 2015

The Athletics Wicklow Star Awards will take place on

Date: Friday 22nd January

Location: Ashford Community Centre

Time: 7.30pm.

This is an opportunity to celebrate and applaud your fellow Club and Wicklow athletes on their performances throughout 2015 both at home and on the international stage.

Athletics Wicklow is fortunate to have amongst its ranks some of the best athletes in the country who can and do compete at the highest level. So come along and join with us and share in this night of celebration.

A.G.M. and 2015 Awards

We will be holding our AGM on Thursday, 14th January, in our Clubhouse at 8.30 PM

Nominations for committee as well as any motions to be forwarded to Hon Secretary Diana or Denis at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Could we also please ask previous awards winners to return their trophies at the AGM, so that they can be prepared for our Awards Night, which will be held on 26th February at Duff's,, Main St., Bray.

Members are asked to forward their nominations for our 4 award categories to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Categories are, Athlete of the Year.

Master Athlete of the Year.

Most Improved Athlete of the Year.

Personality of the Year.

2015 race results can be found by clicking on results link on left hand side of this page.

Wicklow Masters Cross Country

Full results from Wicklow Masters C/C C/ships can be found at the link below.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4O08nLPIyboeWt3WFc1MFpuOXBWVkNPemtwSzFFOFFwM0xF/view?usp=sharing

Streets of Wicklow/ Clonliffe 5k

Some fine results from a number of athletes over the past weekend. On St., Stephen's Day we had a large group take part in the Streets of Wicklow 5k. Here are the results we have to hand. Streets of Wicklow 5k. Richard Hourihan (7th) 16.40; Joe Cawley (10th) 16.48; Dominic Horan 17.09; Will Foot 19.02; Suzanne Foot 19.45 and 5th Lady; Eleanor Foot 21.34; James Foot 21,59; Hannah Foot 23.51. Thomas Fitzpatrick was 1st man home in 15.25, Deirdre Byrne was 1st woman home in 16.55. Full results can be found on http://www.inbheardee.com/inbheardee/Streetsofwicklow2015.php

Over in Santry, the annual Clonliffe Harriers 5k took place on Sunday 27th Dec. The first 500mtrs and final 300mtrs of this race are run on the track at Morton Stadium. While it was a beautiful morning for running, the start had to be delayed while the track was cleared of ice. Charlotte Stevens (recovering from a recent injury) ran a fine 23.30 to finish 2nd in her age Category. Richard Kavanagh ran 20.32 to finish 2nd 0/60. Well done to our fellow Sli Cualann athlete, Carol Costello (also returning from injury) who ran an impressive 20.12 to win her age category. Paul Stephenson, Rathfarnham AC, was 1st man home in 15.20, while Emma Donlon, MSB, 18.29 was 1st woman home. Full results can be found on http://www.elitetiming.co.uk/Results/Clonliffe_5k_2015.pdf

Wicklow Masters C/C C/ships.

On Sunday 3rd Jan., 2016, the Wicklow Masters C/C C/ships will be held in Ashford. All athletes, 35years of age and over are eligible to take part. Distances are 4K for Women and 6k for Men. Carol Costello was 1st woman home last year and Damien Lawless was 1st man home. The links below should take you to a course map and directions on how to get there.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4O08nLPIyboVVBTaTlGeU5FSHhqYnBnT3ZCbUtXaFhuQ0cw/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4O08nLPIyboQWtuV0xISHBzZUdPNjRFX1dndFZuVlp3ZHBR/view?usp=sharing