There were two athletic competitions in Ireland over the weekend.
On Saturday 9th of August, the Celtic Games took place in the Morton Stadium in Santry with Ireland, Wales, Scotland and the Athletics Ireland Development Team taking part. Athletes from each team competed in the U16 and U18 age groups over a range of track and field events. The Irish team came out on top with a combined score of 184 points. Wales finished second on 160 points with Scotland third on 136 points.
One performance to note from this was that of Scott Gibson of Bandon AC in Cork who won the U18 400m race in an impressive 48.44 seconds.
Full results HERE
On Sunday the 10th of August, the Masters Track and Field Championships took place in Tullamore, Co.Offaly. With so many ago categories, there were multiple medals up for grabs with many being won by athletes from Cork and Munster.
Womens results ....... Mens results (Pt.1 mostly track) ........ Mens results (Pt.2 mostly field)
Well done to the Cork masters in Tullamore last Sunday, interesting fact Brendan Dennehy of Rising Sun AC who won the 065 100m., 200m., High and Long Jumps, this was the 15th consecutive year that he has won these four events at the National Masters Championships.
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