Track and field stars shine

The eleventh annual Clare Sports Star Award winners were honoured at a function in the Auburn Lodge Hotel on Sunday night, with the awards presented by Mossy Woulfe, chairman of the Munster Athletics Association.

The winners are:
Girls U-8: Meabh O’Malley, Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare
Clare Track and Field Championships 1st 80m; Clare Cross Country 1st U-8, 10th U-9.
Boys U-8: Soltan Akinwale, Ennis Track
Clare Track and Field Championships 1st 60m, 80, 150m, 200m and ball throw; Clare Cross Country 1st U-8, 4th U-9.
Girls U-9: Aoibhinn Donnelly, Marian
Clare Track and Field Championships 1st 80m, 200m; Clare Cross Country 1st U-10 4th U-9; Munster Cross Country 16th U-9, 35th U-10.
Boys U-9: Ben Whelehan, Kilmurry Ibrickane North Clare
Clare Track and Field Championships 1st long jump, 2nd 80m, 200m; Clare Cross Country 1st; U-9 Munster Cross Country 3rd; U-9 4th; U-10 Munster Indoors 1st 300m, 3rd 60m.
Girls U-10: Ellie Rochford, St Cronan’s
Clare Track and Field Championships 1st 60m, 200m, 300m, long jump; Clare Cross Country 20th U-11.
Boys U-10: Chibiken Okoye, Ennis Track
Clare Track and Field Championships 1st 60m, 200m, 2nd 300m, ball throw and long jump.
Girls U-11: Alex O Neill, St Cronan’s
Clare Track and Field Championships 1st 300m, 600m, long jump, 2nd 80m, 100m; Clare Cross Country 1st U-11, 6th U-12 Munster Cross Country 1st U-11, Munster Indoor 2nd long jump, National Cross Country 1st U-11.
Boys U-11: Tony Odobute, Ennis Track
Clare Track and Field Championships 1st 80m, 100m, 300m, 600m, long jump; Clare Cross Country 4th U-11.
Girls U-12: Sharon Egan, Kilmihil
Clare Track and Field Championships 1st 600m, 800m, 2nd 80m, 100m, 3rd long jump; Clare Cross Country 2nd U-12, 4th U-13; Munster Cross Country 6th U-12, 29th U-13; Munster Indoors 1st 600m; Munster Outdoors 2nd 600m; National Cross Country 68th U-13.
Boys U-12: Jamie Roche, Ennis Track
Clare Track and Field Championships 1st 600m, 800m, ball throw; Clare Cross Country 2nd U-12; Munster Cross Country 6th U-12, 2nd U-13; Munster Indoors 1st 600m; Munster Outdoors 1st 600m; National Cross Country 45th U-12, 6th U-13.
Girls U-13: Cliodhna Blake, St Johns
Clare Track and Field Championships 1st 600m, 800m, high jump, long jump, 3rd 200m, shot putt; Clare Cross Country 3rd U-14, 14th U-13; Munster Indoors 1st 600m, 2nd hurdles, 3rd high jump; Munster Outdoors 2nd high jump, 2nd hurdles.
Boys U-13: Brian Leyden, Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare
Clare Track and Field Championships 1st shot putt, 2nd 600m, 800m, 3rd high jump, long jump; Clare Cross Country 5th U-13.
Girls U-14: Rachel Clancy, St John’s
Clare Track and Field Championships 1st 800m, 1500m, long jump, high jump, shot putt, 2nd 200m; Clare Cross Country 2nd U-14; Munster Cross Country 23rd U-15; Munster Indoors 2nd high jump; Munster Outdoors 1st high jump (1.55 Munster record); National Indoors 2nd high jump; National Outdoors 2nd high jump, Pentathlon 2nd.
Boys U-14: Micheal Clancy St John’s
Clare Track and Field Championships 1st 800m, 1500m, 3rd 100m; Clare Cross Country 1st U-14 U-15 Munster Cross Country.
Girls U-15: Molly Lynch, Shannon
Clare Track and Field Championships 1st 1500m, 2nd 200m; Clare Cross Country 2nd U-15, U-16; Munster Cross Country 6th U-15; Munster Outdoors 2nd 1500, 3rd 800m; National Cross Country 24th U-15, 34th U-16.
Girls U-15: Laura Power Ennis Track
Clare Track and Field Championships 1st 800m, 2nd 1500m, 3rd 100m shot putt; Clare Cross Country 1st U-15 4th U-16; Munster Cross Country 8th in both U-15 and U-16.
Boys U-15: Shane McGrath, Shannon
Clare Track and Field Championships 1st 100m, 200m, 800m, long jump, 2nd 1500m. Munster Indoors.
Girls U-16: Niamh Markham, Ennis Track
Clare Track and Field Championships 1st 100m, 200m, 800m, 1500m, long jump, shot putt, 2nd high jump; Clare Cross Country 4th U-17; Munster Cross Country 9th U-16, 12th U-15; Munster Outdoors 1st 800m, 1500m; National Outdoors 2nd 800m, 3rd 1500m; National Cross Country 27th U-16, 23rd U-17.
Boys U-16: Ian Slobody, Kilmihil
Clare Track and Field Championships 1st 800m, 150m, 2nd 100m, long jump, shot putt; Clare Cross Country 1st U-16 U-17; Munster Cross Country 4th U-16, 5th U-17; National Cross Country 13th U-16, 6th U-17; Munster Indoors 1st 800m.
Girls U-17: Aisling Darcy, Ennis Track
Clare Track and Field Championships 1st 200m, 800m, 1500m, long jump, 2nd high jump, 3rd javelin; Munster Cross Country 1st U-18, 5th U-17; National Cross Country 9th U-18, 16th U-17; Munster Indoors 2nd 1500m; National Outdoors 2nd 800m.
Boys U-17: William Flynn, Shannon
Clare Track and Field Championships 1st 200m, high jump, long jump, shot putt, 2nd 800m, 3rd javelin.
Girls U-18: Harriett Flynn, Shannon
Clare Track and Field Championships 1st 400m, 800m, 1500m, discus, high jump, 2nd 100m, 200m, shot putt, long jump; Clare Cross Country 1st U-18 2nd U-19; Munster Cross Country 5th U-18 4th U-19; National Cross Country 27th U-18; Munster Indoors 1st 800m 1500m; Munster Outdoors 1st 800m, 1500m; National Indoors 1st 1500m, 2nd 800m; National Outdoors 2nd 1500m.
Boys U-18: Mark Boland, Marian
Munster Junior Indoor 1st 200m; Clare Track and Field Championships 1st 100m, 200m, 400m, long jump, high jump, shot putt, 2nd discus.
Girls U-19: Saoirse Loughnane, Marian
Clare Track and Field 1st high jump, long jump, 100m.
Boys U-19: Darragh Chesser, Ennis Track
Munster Track and Field 1st 800m; National Juvenile Track and Field 2nd 3000m steeplechase.
Masters Ladies: Aishling Power, Ennis Track
Clare AAI Track and Field 1st 100m, 200m, 400m, Mile, 5000m, long jump, javelin; Munster Indoors 1st 200m, 800m, 3rd 60m; Munster Track and Field 1st 200m, 800m, 2nd 100m, long jump; National Track and Field 2nd 200m and 400m Clare AAI Road and CC Champion O-40s.
Masters Men: Tommy Greene, St John’s
Clare Track and Field 1st 100m, shot putt, javelin, high jump, long jump, discus, 2nd 200m, 400m, 56lbs for distance; Munster Indoors 1st 56lbs for distance, 2nd high jump, shot putt, long jump, 3rd 60m; Munster Track and Field 1st high jump, javelin, 56lbs for distance, 2nd discus, long jump, shot putt, 3rd 200m; National Indoors 3rd shot putt; National Outdoors 3rd shot putt, high jump, long jump.
Junior Ladies: Suzanne Kelly, Kilnaboy
Clare Track and Field 1st high jump, 2nd javelin; Munster Junior Indoors 2nd long jump, 3rd high jump.
Junior Men: Darragh Lynch, Ennis Track
Clare Track and Field 2nd 800m (1.59) Mun Jnr Indoor 800m 2nd; Munster Cross Country 4th Clare Junior CC 3rd Clare Novice CC 3rd; Clare Intermediate CC 4th, Munster Track and Field U-18, 1st 800m, 3rd 400m; National Indoors U-18 2nd 800m; National Outdoors 3rd 800m.
Senior Ladies: Marian Burke, St Mary’s
1st Clare Novice and 1st Clare Intermediate Cross Country 1st Clare AAI 2 mile Road Championships and 3rd 10mile Road 2nd Munster CC.
Senior Men: Michael Shannon, Kilnaboy
1st Clare Novice and 2nd Clare Intermediate Cross Country 4th Munster Novice and 4th Munster Intermediate, 5th Clare Senior CC and 6th National Novice Cross Country.
Merit award: Alice Akres, Marian
Munster Juvenile Track and Field U-14, 2nd hammer (37.58m) 2nd discus, 3rd javelin; National Track and Field 1st hammer (44.01m) 2nd javelin, 3rd discus.
Merit Award: Michelle O’Mahoney, Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare
National Masters Track and Field 1st 1500m, 1st 3000m; National Masters Cross Country 3rd; Munster Masters Track and Field 1st 1500m; represented Ireland in the British and Irish Masters Irish Team Cross Country.
Merit Award: Richard McArthur, St Cronan’s
Clare Track and Field 1st 200m, 400m, 56lbs for distance, 2nd high jump, javelin; Munster Indoors 1st 60m, 200m, long jump, 2nd 56lbs for distance, high jump; Munster Track and Field 1st 100m, 200m, high jump, long jump; National Indoors 1st 200m, high jump, long jump. 2nd 60m; National outdoors 1st 100m, 200m, long jump, 2nd high jump.
Overall winner: Rory Chesser, Ennis Track, West County Hotel Trophy
National Track and Field Steeplechase Champion (8.51); Munster Senior CC Champion; Represented Ireland in Barcelona in the 1500m (3.40) qualifing time.