Scott Gibson of Bandon AC is the Cork City Sports Athlete of the month for Sept 2014

Scott Gibson of Bandon AC has been awarded the Cork City Sports Athletics Person of the Month for September 2014. 17 year old Scott was part of the Bandon AC team that traveled to the Group B European Champion Clubs Cup Track & Field juniors competition in Leiria in Portugal back in September. Bandon AC were the only Irish team taking part and Scott won the 400m race.

Results of the Celtic Games in Dublin and the Masters T&F Championships in Tullamore

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)