To quote Steve Magness: “Cross Country is a great metaphor for life. From the outside, it looks like an individual sport. A bunch of people running their own race. But in reality, it’s a team sport. The sooner we embrace the team aspect, the better we perform, and the more joy and connection we create.” This is Championship Cross Country running to a tee, and in Raheny we have great…
The 2023 cross country season for Raheny juveniles commenced in Lusk with the first Dublin cross country league race on September 17th and finished in Navan with the National Juvenile Uneven Ages Championships on December 3rd. Over 100 athletes competed for the club during this period (some did seven races over the space of 11 weekends!!). Dublin Cross Country Leagues Dublin cross country league races are held over three different…
The Dublin Juvenile Even Ages Cross Country Championships took place on Sunday in Abottstown before the Autumn Open. We had competitors in all age groups from u10 to u18, and had individual and team success at u10, u16 and u18 level. The u16s and u18s have now qualified for the National Cross Country Championships in Gowran on November 19th. Individual Medallists U10 girls – Neomie Ntoko U10 boys – Cian…
Sunday saw the last of the six days of the Dublin juvenile championships. It started back on May 27th in lovely sunny Tallaght with our smallest shamrocks competing in the team competition. Athletes are paired up and combined results determine finishing places. We had 24 teams enter, a record for the club! All the kids had a great experience. Our top results were;Eli Esim and Sam McGloin 1st Long Jump…