Categories

• Year 8 – Mini boys : 1,500m
• Year 9 – Minor boys : 2,000m
• Year 10 – Junior boys : 2,500m
• Year 11/12 – Intermediate boys : 3,500m
• Year 13/14 – Senior boys : 5,000m

More information: http://www.ussaa.co.uk/userfiles/file/THE%20CHAMPIONSHIP%20SYSTEM,%202015%20update.pdf

Calendar:

January

CBS RICE SCHOOLS – All Ireland CBS schools cross country championship is held annually in Dublin.  It is usually run during January.

February

 E District – the schools within the district of Tyrone, Fermanagh, Monaghan, Cavan, Donegal compete in both individual and team races in an attempt to gain qualification to the Ulster schools final.

Feb/March

Ulster schools cross country finals – held annually each February at Mallusk playing fields, the top 12 athletes and the top three teams from each of the five districts compete against each other.

March

All Ireland schools final – hosted annually each March by one of the four provinces.  The top 12 individual athletes from each provincial final including the top three teams per province are competing at this event.

Events

Year 8 – MINI: 100m, 800m, High Jump, Long Jump, Shot, 4 x 100m relay.

Year 9 – MINOR: 100m, 800m, High Jump, Long Jump, Shot, 4 x 100m relay.

Year 10 – JUNIOR: 100m, 200m, 800m, 1500m, 80m Hurdles, 1500m Walk, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump,Pole Vault, Shot, Discus, Javelin, Hammer, 4 x 100m relay.

Year 11/12 – INTERMEDIATE: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m, 100m Hurdles, 400m Hurdles, 1500m Steeplechase, 2000m Walk, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Pole Vault, Shot, Discus, Javelin, Hammer, 4 x 100m relay.

Year 13/14 – SENIOR: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 5000m, 110m Hurdles, 400m Hurdles, 2000m Steeplechase, 3000m Walk, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Pole Vault, Shot, Discus, Javelin, Hammer, 4 x 100m relay.

Calendar

April

CBS RICE GAMES – All Ireland CBS schools track & field championships are held annually in Santry Stadium, Dublin.

May

E district Track & Field championship hosted at Antrim Forum.

Ulster Schools Track & Field finals. Top 3 in each of the five districts qualify. Top 2 relay teams per district.

June

All Ireland schools Track & Field finals.  Top 3 from each province qualify.

Ulster Schools cross country finals in Mallusk 10/2/16

Congratulations to all our runners taking part in the Ulster Schools Cross Country finals.

• Intermediate boys team
• Mini boys team
• Minor boys team

Well done to Conor McGillion who placed 3^rd in mini boys race

Dan Haigney placed 7^th in the Minor boys race

Sean Corry finished in 2^nd place in the Intermediate boys race.

Ulster Schools XC Championships

Mallusk Playing Fields, Belfast – 22^nd February 2017

Intermediate Boys

Sean Corry claimed gold in the Intermediate boys Ulster schools cross country final!

Intermediate Boys Team – 3^rd place

Intermediate boys team took bronze at the Ulster schools cross country final. They have qualified for the All Ireland final.

(L-R) Oisin McGuigan, JP Murray, Dan Murray, Sean Corry, Darragh Ward, Oran Colton, Cathaoir Donnelly, Sean Diamond, Davy Murray

Minor Boys

Conor McGillion finished 2nd in the minor boys race

Minor Boys Team – 2^nd place

They also have qualified for the All Ireland final.

(L-R) David Quinn, Adam McAleer, Patrick Corcoran, Turlough Mullin, Conor McGillion, Patrick McCann, Fiachra Donnelly, Niall Gillespie

Mini Boys

Tomas Haigney was 4th in the Mini boys Ulster Schools cross country final.

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The Mini boys team were placed 5th at the Ulster schools cross country final in Mallusk.

L-R Luke Murray, Fionn Corry, Sean Kerr, Caolan Donnelly, Eoin McElholm, Tomas Haigney, Eoin Coyle.

Junior Boys

Dan Haigney finished in 8th place in the Junior boys race. Dan qualifies as an individual for the All Ireland schools final

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DCU invitational Irish schools cross country

Wednesday January 18th Results

As always this was a very competitive event and I congratulate all the boys on their performance!

Sean Corry 2nd place in the Intermediate race

Conor McGillion 4th place in the minor boys race

Dan Haigney 21st place in the junior boys race

Minor boys team 2nd place overall

Year 8 team

Senior team

The Ulster School Track & Field Athletics finals in Antrim Forum on Sat 19th May.

The weather was great and our athletes produced some superb performances. The most notable of these performances was;

Blaine Lynch took gold in the 100m Mini boys final. Blaine is a superb athlete and trains at Finn Valley AC.

Our Mini boys 4x100m relay team took bronze medals in a hotly contested final;

Reece McAleer, Tom Papakyriacou-Gavin, Paudi Dillon and Blaine Lynch.

E district Track & Field Athletics in Antrim Forum on Friday 4^th May. 

13 athletes in total and three 4x100m relay teams have qualified through to the Ulster schools finals on Saturday 19^th May.