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06 Sept 2025

Pictures- Great results as Kilkenny track and field gets off to a flyer

Castlecomer AC was well represented at the county track & field championships

There was an incredible first day as clubs came together for a thrilling day of competition at the county track and field championships.

From the juniors, seniors and masters who faced an early start to the robust juveniles competing in numerous events throughout the afternoon, the day showcased the amazing talent of all our athletes.

Thanks went to all those who officiated throughout the day, Kilkenny County Board for all the organising to ensure the day was as effortless and to the starters, officials, coaches, parents and especially the athletes for their brilliant performances.

Results

Results, county track & field championships, day one (club code: BH = Barrow Harriers, BR = Brow Rangers, CC = Castlecomer, KCH = Kilkenny City Harriers, NU = Nuenna, SJ = St Joseph’s, SS = St Senan’s, TT = Thomastown):

Senior Men’s 5,000m: 1 James Kelly (CC), 2 Evan Alyward (SS), 3 Joao Horta (SS).

Men’s O40 5,000m: 1 Paddy Aylward (SS), 2 Graham Bourne (KCH), 3 Adrian Cunningham G.

Senior Women’s 5,000m: 1 Niamh O’Neill (SS).

Senior Men’s 200m: 1 Kieran Kelly (BR), 2 Brendan O’Driscoll (KCH), 3 Joao Horta (SS).

Senior Women’s 200m: 1 Martyna Balcer (KCH), 2 Rita McGarvey (KCH).

Men’s O40 200m: 1 Adrian Cunningham G, 2 Graham Bourne (KCH), 3 George Carpendale (SS).

Women’s O40 200m: 1 Caroline O’Connor (SS).

Women’s O50 200m: 1 June Long (SS), 2 Maggie Helen O’Connor (SJ).

Junior Men’s 200m: 1 Alex Cullen (KCH).

Junior Women’s 200m: 1 Ella Wall (KCH), 2 Grace Delahunty (KCH), 3 Aine O’Callaghan (SS).

Senior Men’s 100m: 1 Kieran Kelly (BR), 2 Brendan O’Driscoll (KCH), 3 Noel Sugrue (KCH).

Senior Women’s 200m: 1 Valerie O’Callaghan (SS), 2 Rita McGarry (KCH).

Novice Men’s 100m: 1 Matthew Cullen (BR), 2 Joao Horta (SS).

Men’s O40 100m: 1 Graham Bourne, 2 Paddy Aylward (SS), 3 George Carpendale (SS).

Women’s O40 100m: 1 Caroline O’Connor (SS), 2 Caoimhe Nolan (NU), 3 Lorna Hogan (NU).

Women’s O50 100m: 1 June Long (SS), 2 Ciara Holohan (NU), 3 Rita Campion (NU).

Junior Men’s 100m: 1 Alex Cullen (KCH).

Junior Women’s 100m: 1 Luiseach Donohoe (SS).

Senior Men’s 1,500m: 1 Paddy Aylward (SS), 2 Noel Sugrue (KCH), 3 Joao Horta (SS).

Senior Women’s 1,500m: 1 Rita McGarvey (KCH).

Men’s O40 1,500m: 1 Graham Bourne (KCH), 2 George Carpendale (SS).

Men’s O50 1,500m: 1 John Davis (TT).

Women’s O40 1,500m: 1 Maggie Helen O’Connor (SJ).

Junior Women’s 1,500m: 1 Caoimhe Barry (SJ), 2 Maeve Coyle Twomey (CC).

Senior Men’s Relay 4x100m: 1 KCH, 2 KCH, 3 St Senan’s.

Senior Women’s 4x100m: 1 KCH, 2 St Senan’s, 3 Nuenna.

Senior Men’s Hammer: 1 Matthew Cullen (BR), 2 Kieran Kelly (BR), 3 Joe Kelly (BR).

Senior Women’s Hammer: 1 Therese Kelly (BR), 2 Emma Kelly, (BR), 3 Grainne Kelly (BR).

Junior Men’s Hammer: 1 Daire Casey Power (SS), 2 Patrick Galvin (SS).

Junior Women’s Hammer: 1 Meabh O’Donovan (BR), 2 Caoimhe O’Brien (BR), 3 Rachel Gardiner (G).

Senior Men’s High Jump: 1 Graham Bourne (KCH).

Junior Women’s High Jump: 1 Caoimhe Barry (SJ), 2 Ella Wall (KCH).

Senior Men’s Javelin: 1 Matthew Cullen (BR).

Senior Women’s Javelin: 1 Therese Kelly (BR), 2 Emma Kelly (BR), 3 Grainne Kelly (BR).

Junior Men’s Javelin: 1 Daire Casey Power (SS), 2 Noah Denieffe (G), 3 James Kelsey (G).

Junior Women’s Javelin: 1 Aine O’Callaghan (SS), 2 Moya O’Keeffe (SS).

Master Women’s Hammer: 1 Verena Fenlon (SJ), 2 Valerie O’Callaghan (SS), 3 Mary Breen (SJ).

Master Women’s Javelin: 1 Aisling Burns (KCH), 2 Verena Fenlon (SJ), 3 Valerie O’Callaghan (SS).

Master Women High Jump: 1 Caroline O’Connor (SS), Caoimhe Nolan (NU).

Senior Men’s Triple Jump: 1 Graham Bourne (KCH).

Master Men’s Javelin: 1 Kieran Kelly (BR), 2 Graham Bourne (KCH), 3 Martin Dowling (BR).


Juvenile Girls’ Results

Under-12 60mH: 1 Jessica Mackey (TT), 2 Alisha Farrell (TT), 3 Mille Walsh (SS).
Under-13 60mH: 1 Leah Nolan (BH), 2 Ellen Ryan (KCH), 3 Cariba Masuka (KCH), Julia Daly (KCH).
Under-14 75mH: 1 Ava Hogan (SS), 2 Ellen Quinlan (SS), 3 Ava Egan (KCH).
Under-15 80mH: 1 Kelly Charters (KCH), 2 Mia Brennan (KCH), 3 Tess Doherty (BH).
Under-16 80mH: 1 Emily Long (KCH), 2 Hannah Phelan (TT) , 3 Kerry Widger (SS).
Under-12 200m: 1 Millie Walsh (SS), 2 Sarah Collins (TT) , 3 Lily Power (KCH).
Under-13 200m: 1 Julia Daly (KCH), 2 Cariba Masuka (KCH), 3 Leah Nolan Breen (BH).
Under-14 200m: 1 Vivienne Lepeskaite (KCH), 2 Ava Egan (KCH), 3 Orla Maher (CC).
Under-15 200m: 1 Ella Sorohan (KCH), 2 Mia Brennan (KCH), 3 Roisin Aylward (SS).
Under-16 200m: 1 Ellen Daly (KCH), 2 Aisling Phelan (KCH), 3 Rebecca Murphy (SS).
Under-8 60m: 1 Amelia Dunne (TT) , 2 Fiadh Conroy (SJ), 3 Ava Murphy (BH).
Under-9 60m: 1 Hannah Murphy (SJ), 2 Emma Malone (CC), 3 Aurora Valdifori (SS).
Under-10 60m: 1 Georgia Keys (TT) , 2 Lila Phelan (NU), 3 Maisey Victor (KCH).
Under-11 500m: 1 Pippa Manogue (TT) , 2 Emma Hayden (G), 3 Lauren Malone (CC).
Under-12 800m: 1 Ella Jasinghe (TT) , Molly Jean Clark (KCH), Kate Malone (KCH).
Under-13 800m: 1 Kate Kelly (KCH), 2 Orla O’Keeffe (G), 3 Kate Malone (CC).
Under-14 800m: 1 Orla Maher (CC), 2 Ava Hogan (SS), 3 Ava Egan (KCH).
Under-15 800m: 1 Amelia O’Brien (KCH), 2 Katie Byrne (KCH), 3 Marija Kraljevic (KCH).
Under-16 800m: 1 Sinead Cormack (KCH), 2 Ellen Cormack (KCH), 3 Lucy Cunningham (G).

Relays 4x100m
Under-11: 1 Thomastown, 2 (KCH), 3 Castlecomer.
Under-13: 1 (KCH), 2 Thomastown, 3 St Senan’s.
Under-15: 1 (KCH), 2 St Senans, 3 Barrow Harriers.
Under-17: 1 St Senan’s, 2 (KCH) & Gowran.

Relays 4x400m
Under-15: 1 KCH A, 2 KCH B, 3 St Senan’s.
Under-17: 1 St Senan’s, 2 KCH & Gowran.

Girls’ Field Events
Under-8 Turbo Javelin: 1 Ella Burke (KCH), 2 Ruby Foster (KCH), 3 Hannah Coogan (KCH).
Under-9 Turbo Javelin: 1 Lauren Brophy (TT), 2 Aine Dalton (G), 3 Haleigh Reid (SS).
Under-10 Turbo Javelin: 1 Georgia Keys (TT), 2 Florence O’Donoghue (KCH), 3 Aoife O’Keeffe (G).
Under-11 Turbo Javelin: 1 Emma Power (SS), 2 Saoirse Walsh (SS), 3 Toshia Bielska.
Under-12 Turbo Javelin: 1 Alisha Farrell (TT), 2 Grace Grant (SS), 3 Ellen Butler (SS).
Under-13 Javelin: 1 Sarah Mulrooney (G), 2 Isabella Quaglia (KCH), 3 Teagan Mtinsi (KCH).
Under-14 Javelin: 1 Greta Barron (SS), 2 Laoise Glynn G, 3 Ellen Quinlan (SS).
Under-15 Javelin: 1 Heidi Ryan (KCH), 2 Aoibhe Gilmartin (SS), 3 Sadhb Hickey (KCH).
Under-16 Javelin: 1 Anna Kelsey (G), 2 Patrica O’Connell (KCH), 3 Emily Knox (KCH).
Under-17 Javelin: 1 Doireann Haughney (BR), 2 Grace Gilmartin (SS), Ava O’Brien (BR).
Under-14 Hamer: 1 Gretta Barron (SS), 2 Abi O’Neill (BR), 3 Sarah Quirke (BR).
Under-15 Hamer: 1 Aoibhe Gilmartin (SS).
Under-16 Hamer: 1 Leah Henne(SS)y (BR), 2 Sophie O’Neill (BR).
Under-17 Hamer: 1 Doireann Haughney (BR), 2 Ava O’Brien (BR).
Under-8 Long Jump: 1 Amelia Dunne (TT) , 2 Meave Moseley (G), 3 Ella Burke (KCH).
Under-9 Long Jump: 1 Emma Malone (CC), 2 Hannah Murphy (SJ), 3 Niamh Hoyne (KCH).
Under-10 Long Jump: 1 Lily Kelly (BR), 2 Ava Ledingham (KCH), 3 Julianne Doyle (TT) .
Under-11 Long Jump: 1 Jane Byrne (KCH), 2 Emma Hayden (G), Winter Rose Molloy (KCH).
Under-12 Long Jump: 1 Sarah Collins (TT) , 2 Alisha Farrell (TT), 3 Jessica Mackey (TT).
Under-13 Long Jump: 1 Abigail Hunt (G), Isabell Quaglia (KCH), 3 Aoibhinn Malone (CC).
Under-14 Long Jump: 1 Caoimhe Barron (BH) , 2 Orla Maher (CC), 3 Ellen Quinlan (SS).
Under-15 Long Jump: 1 Mia Brennan (KCH), 2 Kelly Charters (KCH), 3 Emily O’Keeffe (KCH).
Under-16 Long Jump: 1 Emily Knox (KCH), 2 Isabelle Walsh (SS), 3 Sive McDonald (KCH).
Under-14 Triple Jump: 1 Ellie Killian (TT) , 2 Ellen Quinlan (SS).
Under-15 Triple Jump: 1 Aoibhe Gilmartin (SS), 2 Emily O’Keeffe (KCH), 3 Heidi Ryan (KCH).
Under-16 Triple Jump: 1 Hannah Phelan (TT), 2 Anna Kelsey (G), 3 Isabelle Walsh (SS).
Under-18/19 Triple Jump: 1 Aine O’Callaghan (SS), 2 Caoimhe Barry (SJ), 3 Moya O’Keeffe (SS).

Boys’ Track Results
Under-12 60mH: 1 Kyle Dunne (TT) , 2 Conor Laurence Delaney (KCH), 3 James Healy (KCH).
Under-13 60mH: 1 Sean Dormer (CC), 2 Cian Larkin G, 3 Elliott Power (CC).
Under-14 75mH: 1 James Bourne (CC).
Under-15 80mH: 1 Fiach Crowley (KCH).
Under-8 60m: 1 Ben Coone (TT), 2 Fionn Quinn (KCH), 3 Fiadhlim Norry (KCH).
Under-9 60m: 1 Ciaran Brennan (CC), 2 Daire Smith (CC), 3 Nicky Morrissey (CC).
Under-10 60m: 1 Jonah Cleere (KCH), 2 Sonny Madigan (SJ), 3 Diarmuid Maher (CC).
Under-11 80m: 1 Leon Brophy (TT), 2 Luke Hanlon (TT), 3 Niall Connelly (TT).
Under-12 80m: 1 Conor Laurence Delaney (KCH), 2 Alfie Challoner (TT), 3 Kyle Dunne (TT).
Under-13 80m: 1 Elvis Urbastas (SJ), 2 Tom Doherty (SJ), 3 Joey Nolan (NU).
Under-14 80m: 1 Conor Knox (KCH), 2 Daniel Greene (KCH), 3 Marcus Lyons (KCH).
Under-16 100m: 1 Eoghan O’Farrell (KCH), 2 Danny Direen (KCH), 3 Patrick Wall (KCH).
Under-17 100m: 1 Victor Lamph (TT), 2 Charlie Lyons.
Under-18/19 100m: 1 Cillian Daly (KCH), 2 Cormac Holden (KCH), 3 Cathal Rossiter (KCH).
Under-17 200m: 1 Victor Lamph (TT), 2 Conor Malone (KCH).
Under-18/19 200m: 1 Cillian Daly (KCH), 2 Cormac Holden (KCH), 3 Cathal Rossiter (KCH).
Under-16 400m: 1 Patrick Wall (KCH), 2 Eoghan O’Farrell (KCH), 3 Lewis Morgan (SS).
Under-14 1,500m: 1 Daniel Greene (KCH), 2 Sam Woodcock (KCH), 3 James Bourke (CC).
Under-16 1,500m: 1 Zak Fenton (SS), 2 Gearoid Farrell (G), 3 Micheal O’Keeffe (G).
Under-17 1,500m: 1 Cameron Whelan (KCH), 2 Finn O’Neill (SS).
Under-18/19 1,500m: 1 Donnacha Maher (KCH), 2 Conor Ryan (KCH), 3 Patrick Galvin (KCH).
Under-12 500m: 1 Daniel Quinn (KCH), 2 Aaron Tyrell (KCH), 3 Killian Maher (KCH).
Under-13 500m: 1 Tom Doherty (SJ), 2 Eoin Hoyne (KCH), 3 Brandon Maher (KCH).
Under-14 500m: 1 Daniel Greene (KCH), 2 Sam Woodcock (KCH), 3 Noah Doyle (TT).

Relays 4x100m
Under-11: 1 Thomastown, 2 KCH A, 3 KCH B.
Under-13: 1 KCH, 2 Thomastown, 3 Gowran.
Under-15: 1 KCH, 2 KCH B.
Under-17: 1 Gowran.
Under-15 4x400m: 1 KCH.
Under-17 4x400m: 1 KCH, 2 Gowran.

Boys’ Field Events
Under-17 Javelin: 1 Odhran Prendergast (G).
Under-14 Discus: 1 Tadgh O’Callaghan (SS), Paul McDonald (BR), Matthew Byrne G.
Under-15 Discus: 1 Jack O’Neill (KCH), 2 Oren Denieffe (G), 3 Ted Carpendale (SS).
Under-16 Discus: 1 Robert Patterson (BR), 2 Evan Ryan (G), 3 Lee Hegarty (BR).
Under-12 High Jump: 1 Danny Quinn (KCH), 2 Stevan Irish (SS), 3 Conor Delaney.
Under-13 High Jump: 1 Aidan Banville (NU), 2 Joey Nolan (NU), 3 Caelan Bambrick (KCH).
Under-14 High Jump: 1 Conor Knox, 2 Cameron McDonald Butler (KCH), 3 Dara Phelan (BH).
Under-15 High Jump: 1 Fiach Crowley (KCH).
Under-16 High Jump: 1 Patrick Wall (KCH), 2 Evan Ryan G, 3 Danny Direen (KCH).
Under-17 High Jump: 1 Conor Malone (KCH).
Under-18 High Jump: 1 James Kelsey (G), 2 Cathal Rossiter (KCH).
Under-19 High Jump: 1 Killian Redmond (KCH).
Under-10 Shot-Put: 1 Cian McIntyre (KCH), 2 Tommy Maher (BR), 3 Sam Coogan (KCH).
Under-11 Shot-Put: 1 Luke Hanlon (TT), 2 Toby Walsh (BH), 3 Niall Connelly (TT).
Under-12 Shot-Put: 1 Aaron Walsh, 2 Alfie Challoner (TT), 3 Ben Kelly (BR).
Under-13 Shot-Put: 1 Cealan Bambrick (KCH), 2 Dylan McDonald (BR), 3 Leon Kelly (BR).
Under-14 Shot-Put: 1 Paul McDonald (BR), 2 Tadgh O’Callaghan (SS), James Bourne (CC).
Under-15 Shot-Put: 1 Jack O’Neill (KCH), 2 Fiach Crowley (KCH), 3 Oren Denieffe G.
Under-16 Shot-Put: 1 Robert Patterson (BR), 2 Evan Ryan (G), 3 Daniel Bourne (CC).
Under-14 Hammer: 1 Conor Knox (KCH), 2 Cathal Haughney (BR), Tadgh O’Callaghan (SS).
Under-15 Hammer: 1 Jack O’Neill (KCH), 2 Landon Ryan (KCH), 3 Oren Denieffe (G).
Under-16 Hammer: 1 Robert Patterson (BR), 2 Eoin O’Callaghan (SS).

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