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Three Kilkenny athletes were part of the successful Ireland team which finished second in Banka Bystrica, Slovakia, at the weekend. Eileen O’Keeffe had a season’s best of 68.25m to take second place in the hammer. Aoife Hickey finished seventh in the shot with a put of 11.86m and Joanne Cuddihy ran the second leg of the third placed 4X400m relay team.

Galway Olympian Olive Loughane was the impressive winner of the Dublin Grand Prix of Race Walking in Dublin’s Phoenix Park on Sunday.

Athletics Ireland enjoyed great success in The Celtic Cup competition held this year in Carmarthen, Wales. Overall victory was achieved by Athletics Ireland as a result of the girls’ teams taking first place in both under-16 and under-18 cups and the boys under-16 in third place and the under-18 boys in second. Mary Kate Lanigan, KCH, made a substantial contribution to the victory with first place in the under-18 high jump (1.70) and also on the final leg of the victorious 4x300m relay team.

It was an action packed weekend in the Tullamore Harriers Stadium for the under 12 to under 19 national juvenile track and field championships. The heavy rain on Saturday afternoon and the very blustery and showery weather on Sunday may have wet many but failed to dampen the spirit and enthusiasm of the athletes. With a fine haul of 17 All-Ireland medals (six gold, seven silver, and four bronze) it was a weekend to remember.

At the 34th Annual Smithwick’s Awards Presentation in Langton House Hotel on Friday night, city club, Kilkenny City Harriers, was the recipient of the Athletics Award.

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Galway athletes returned to action on Saturday at the National Junior Indoor Track & Field Championships.