The Cork City Sports Athletic Person for the Month of September is Ina Killeen, Leevale AC. Ina has put her heart and soul into the sport from her teenage years initially as an athlete with Leevale AC followed by coaching, officiating and administrative roles at club, county, provincial and national level. She has been a … Continue reading “Athletics Person Of The Month – September”
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Reece Ademola of Leevale AC is the Cork City Sports Athlete Of The Month for August. In early August Reece represented Ireland in the long Jump at the World U20 Championships held in Cali Colombia. He opened the competition with a superb effort of 7.83m to smash his Irish U20 record and move to third on … Continue reading “Athlete Of The Month – August”
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The Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month for July is Lucy May Sleeman (Leevale AC). Lucy is one of the up and coming sprint stars in Ireland and has been unbeaten in sprints at juvenile and junior level is 2022. Lucy May recorded a comprehensive sprint double in the 100 & 200m races in … Continue reading “Athlete Of The Month – July”
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David Cussen (Old Abbey AC) is the June winner of the Cork City Sports monthly award. David was presented teh award at ceremony in The River Lee Hotel. At the national senior championships on June 26th in Santry Stadium David won his 3rd national outdoor senior title with a height of 2.10m in very adverse … Continue reading “Athlete Of The Month – June”
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The Cork City Sports Athlete Of The Month For May is Leevale Olympian, Louise Shanahan. At the Irish Milers Club event in Belfast, Louise not only broke the magical 2 minute barrier for the first time but she also beat the current Irish record holder Ciara Mageean and her record. In this breakthrough race Louise … Continue reading “Athlete Of The Month – May”
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Sinead O’Connor (Leevale AC) is the Cork City Sports Athlete for the month for April 2022. The National 10K championships was in conjunction with the Great Ireland Run in the Phoenix Park on April 9th. Sinead stormed to victory in the National 10km championship to secure her first individual national title in a time of … Continue reading “Athlete Of The Month – April”
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Darragh McElhinney (Glengarriff and UCD AC) is the Cork City Sports Athlete of the Year for 2021. Darragh received the award at a ceremony in The River Lee Hotel on Friday May 13th. On a memorable day for Irish athletics, in front of a home crowd and huge support at the European Cross Country … Continue reading “Athlete Of The Year 2021”
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Maeve O’Neill (Doheny AC) is the Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month for March. On two successive weekends of National Indoor Championships in Athlone Maeve struck gold on both occasions. At the Junior Championships she won a very competitive 800m race in a time of 2:11.89. A week later Maeve took the Under 19 … Continue reading “Athlete Of The Month – March”
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The February Cork City Sports Monthly Award goes to Michael Healy (Youghal A.C.). Competing at the National Indoor Senior Championships held at the Sport Ireland National Indoor Arena Michael recorded a very deserved victory in the Men’s 56lb for distance event. His gold medal winning throw was 8.21m.
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Conor Callinan (Leevale A.C.) is the Cork City Sports Athlete for the month for January. The award was presented to Conor at ceremony in The River Lee Hotel on Monday 14th March. On Jan 9th at round 1 of the National Leagues, Conor set a new Irish Junior Indoor Pole Vault record … Continue reading “Athlete Of The Month – January”
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