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A number of Kilkenny junior athletes travelled to the National Junior Indoor Championships at the weekend.

Cuddihy selected for world championships

Sean Kelly (RIP)

Jonathan Holmes, KCH, got his 2011 Indoor Season off to a brilliant start with three sub seven seconds performances at the North England championships at the weekend. Having broken the seven second barrier in heat and semi-final he clocked 6.94 to win a well deserved bronze in the final.

Saturday, Day three of the All-Ireland Juvenile Track and Field Championships, had a successful outcome for a number of Kilkenny athletes. It had special significance for Sophie Parkinson, Gowran, and Paul Manning, St Joseph’s. Both athletes collected their second gold medal of the championships.

For the eighth year in a row Ireland’s leading home improvements retailer Woodie's DIY sponsored the Senior Track and Field Championships of Ireland which took place in Morton Stadium Santry over the weekend. 

Once again Kilkenny’s juvenile athletes have done themselves and their county proud. There were in excess of thirty first place finishes by Kilkenny athletes at the Under 13 to Under 19 Leinster Track and Field championships held in Tullamore over the weekend.

Kilkenny was represented at the Scottish Indoor Track and Field Championships held in Kelvin Hall Glasgow last weekend. Gowran’s Diarmuid Hickey, competing in the under 20 shot had a throw of 10.72 metres.

Maher makes his mark

Athletics Ireland enjoyed great success in The Celtic Cup competition held this year in Carmarthen, Wales. Overall victory was achieved by Athletics Ireland as a result of the girls’ teams taking first place in both under-16 and under-18 cups and the boys under-16 in third place and the under-18 boys in second. Mary Kate Lanigan, KCH, made a substantial contribution to the victory with first place in the under-18 high jump (1.70) and also on the final leg of the victorious 4x300m relay team.