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| Results of Boxing-day Handicap Race in aid of Dystonia Appeal |
27th December 2003:
The annual Boxing Day event has once again provided the opportunity for the
people of The Donegal Community to meet up, discuss the year gone past and
reunite with old friends, work off the turkey and support a worthy cause.
The damp conditions proved not to be deterrent as the numbers rose to a new
high of a hundred and twenty entrants. With a sixteen minute handicap,
present form went out the window as everyone was in with a fighting chance,
as the overall winner 11 year old Aoife Whelan was soon to prove...
Pictures below by Conor McGonagle. |
Brendan Mc Nulty and Brendan Patton. |
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Enda Doherty and Joe English. |
Gina and Charlene Mc Gowan and Charlene Rush. |
Mary Martin and Margaret Murray. |
Ronan McCabe, Eadon Connolly and Brian Patton. |
| All-Ireland Gold for Valley in Killybegs |
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16th December 2003:
The All-Ireland even age group and Novice Cross-Country Championships were
held in Killybegs last weekend. Finn Valley juveniles were looking forward
to this championship with
defending champions in the under 14 boys in good shape and they certainly
did the business winning the Gold medals easily. A total of 27 medals were
won by Finn Valley athletes on the day in the under 12 to under 18
Championships ... Boxing Day Handicap Race
announced ...
Pictures below by Richard Alcorn. |
Ireland's Senior Women with team Manager Patsy McGonagle, Silver Medallists at the European Cross-Country Championships in Edinburgh. (Picture by Gerry O Doherty.) |
Kevin Mossey on his way to 2nd in the U-14. |
Andrew Gallagher concentrating hard during the U-12 race. |
U-14 Girls, 4th Team. |
With 300m. to go in U-14 race, Kevin Mossey, Finn Valley and Dan King (Milford) battle it out at the front. |
U-14 Boys, All-Ireland champions with their coach Peadar Mc Granaghan. |
Brendan Alexander and Mark Mc Glinchey, U-18 Boys. |
U-12 Boys, All-Ireland bronze medallists. |
U-12 Girls with coach Christine Feely. |
Niamh Doherty, 3rd from right in the U-12 race. |
| Cassin Family Double at Phoenix Park |
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9th December 2003:
Jeff Cassin was very happy with his performance in the Phoenix Park Dublin
Road race Challenge winning the race with an excellent time of 90.45 for
20K. To make it a family double his wife Ivonne was also delighted with her
excellent performance over 5K in 24.50 winning the womens race. Anne McGill
also had an excellent performance in the Masters event finishing 2nd with
29.33 for 5K... Charlie Gallagher and Kieran Carlin tie for 1st place in
Letterkenny Turkey Trot 5K ...
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| Valley Successes at Mullingar |
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2nd December 2003: Finn Valley athletes, Senior and Juvenile,
travelled to Mullingar last
weekend for the National Senior Inter-Country Championships and the juvenile
uneven age groups Championships... In the Senior Inter County Championships
Donegal won the silver medals in
both the men's and women's Championships with many Finn Valley Athletes
scoring on both teams ... The Juvenile Championships proved to be a bit of a
roller-coaster experience
with many ups and downs ...
Pictures below by Richard Alcorn. |
Kay Byrne and Catriona McGranaghan with coach Neil Martin. |
U13 Girls. |
U15 Boys. |
U11 Boys. |
Jackie Gibson, Breda McGinty and Nikki Alcorn pictured with their National medals. |
| Kay Byrne on Irish Masters Winning Team |
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24th November 2003: Kay Byrne was the 3rd scoring member on the Irish
team which won the International Masters
race in Cardiff ...James McMahon also competed on the Irish team in Cardiff
and finished an
excellent 17th and was the 4th scoring member of the Irish team who finished
in second position... announcements of festive events ..
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| Finn Valley Double in the Masters Cross-Country Championships |
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17th November 2003: Finn Valley Masters won both the Women's and
Men's Team Titles at the County
Masters Cross-Country Championships in Cranford ... Individually Kay Byrne
was
in 3rd position in the women's race with Maeve McElroy and Nancy
McNamee making up the winning team ... Dominic Bonner continues his good
form winning the individual title in the
men's Masters Championships and leading his team to victory. Joe
Brennan, Bernard McCabe and Mark Connolly all on the victorious scoring
team... A number of our juvenile athletes travelled to Margate last weekend
to
compete in the Reebok Challenge Cross-country series ...
Cranford Pictures below by Conor Mc Gonagle. |
Start of Men's Race. |
Masters Medallists. |
Cranford's picturesque setting for the start of the Masters race. |
Ladies Masters Medallists. |
Valley's Masters Men. |
Dominic Bonner walks on water! |
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Margate Pictures below by Richard Alcorn. |
| Valley Win Mar Memorial and Juveniles Retain Top Ulster Club Title |
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10th November 2003: Finn Valley men won the much sought after War
Memorial Trophy at the Ulster
Cross-Country Championships in Killybegs last weekend. Michael McGlinchey
won the individual title... Maeve McElroy took bronze in the ladies 3K ...
The Ulster Juvenile Cross-Country Championships (even age groups) also took
place in Killybegs on Saturday... As expected Finn Valley
athletes dominated winning the overall title once again with Three team
Gold, two team Silver, two team Bronze and one 4th team position...
Pictures below by Richard Alcorn. |
U16 Girls, 4th Team, with coach Bernie Alcorn. |
U14 Girls, Ulster Champions, with coaches Anne Gallagher and Christine Feely. |
U10 Boys, Silver medallists, with coach Brendan Patton. |
U12 Boys, Bronze Medallists, with coach George Gallen. |
Gerry Boyle leads on the sand dune. |
U10 Girls, Silver medallists, with coach Brid Mc Menamin. |
| Finn Valley Seniors in Donegal Double |
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4th November 2003: The Club's Senior athletes were in action last
weekend in the
Donegal Senior Cross-Country Championships ... club's women and men won
their
championship ... women's team now unbeaten in Donegal championships since 1972 ...
Noeleen Porter 3rd, Catriona McGranaghan 4th, Kay Byrne
5th and Maeve McElroy 11th ... in men's race Kieran Carlin was 3rd position,
Barry Harron, who is making a great comeback, 4th, Dominic Bonner 5th, Charlie
Gallagher 6th, Michael McGlinchey 8th and Simon Ward making up the scoring
team ... Pat McElroy selected for Northern Ireland Masters team ...
Pictures below by Conor Mc Gonagle. |
Noelene Porter in the lead. |
Kay Byrne battling for a top position. |
Start of Men's race. |
Valley Men's Team. |
| Ulster Juvenile Cross-Country success for Valley |
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28th October 2003: Finn Valley juveniles contested the
first round of the Ulster Cross-Country
Championships on an excellent course in Ballyclare, Co. Antrim last
Saturday. Despite the majority of our athletes being out of their age groups
they came away with three Team Gold and three team Silvers and three
individual placings. The club is now favourite to take the overall top club
in Ulster title once again... Michael McGlinchey finished 3rd in the Ulster
Novice Championships while
Charlene Rushe finished 7th in the women's novice race ...
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U17 Boys, Silver medallists. |
U17 Girls. |
Runners in action at Ballyclare. |
U15 Girls Race. |
Start of U15 Boys' Race. |
| International Selection for Finn Valley Masters and Finn Valley Retain Top Juvenile Cross-Country Trophy |
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21st October 2003:
The Finn Valley Seniors and Masters travelled to the Phoenix Park in Dublin
to compete in the Gerry Farnan Memorial race... The Senior women won the
team
title ... In the Senior men's race Finn Valley finished 2nd behind Raheny ...
Noleen Porter and Kay Byrne selected for Masters Home Countries International in
November and in Men's James McMahon, Dominic Bonner and Jim Hynes selected
...
Finn Valley juveniles travelled to Killybegs on Sunday for the second round
of the Donegal Juvenile Cross-Country Championships and totally dominated
the championships with Five Team Golds, Two Team Silvers and One Team Bronze
with no less than 14 individual top three placings ...
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Under-12 Girls. |
Geraldine Kelly, Silver, and Levina Merritt, Gold, U18 Girls. |
Levina Merritt, Gold, U18 Girls. |
Under-12 Boys. |
Under-14 Boys. |
Under-14 Girls. |
Under-16 Boys. |
Under-16 Girls. |
Under-8 and Under-10 Girls. |
Under-18 Boys. |
| Charlene Rushe wins Donegal Novice |
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14th October 2003: The Donegal Novice and uneven age group County
Cross Country
Championships were held in Milford on Sunday last... Charlene Rushe, daughter
of
Anthony Rushe former Ulster Cross Country Champion, won the Novice
Championship... some great races and Valley performances in underage events
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| New Season Begins |
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7th October 2003: The club held its
A.G.M. on Monday night last and the following
officers and committee
were elected... The Chairperson Mr. Patsy McGonagle recalled the successful
year gone by ...On Wednesday last 403 secondary school athletes from 17
different schools
took part in a very successful Secondary Schools Cross Country ...
Updated cross-country fixtures list ...
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| Training in full swing; first cross-country race of the season |
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29th September 2003:
Training is going well at Finn Valley ... The Donegal
Primary Schools cross-country was hosted by the club and as expected a great
days competition was enjoyed by all the participants, helpers and coaches
... AGM on
Monday 29th September at 8pm ...
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Action from Primary Schools cross-country. |
Pauric Mc Laughlin Races to victory U13 Boy's Race. |
| Valley's Carlin and Bonner take Donegal Grand Prix Series Titles |
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22nd September 2003:
The Donegal 5k road championships were held in Lifford last Sunday and this
also was the final event in the Donegal Grand Prix series.
Valley's Kieran Carlin finished 2nd
with a time of 15.13 ... the Valley boys packed well together with Kevin
Holian 3rd 15.15 and Charlie Gallagher 5th 15.46, Dominick Bonner 6th in a
time of 15.48 and he was also the first in the Masters category... Clodagh
McCool 2nd lady in 17.36 and Noeleen Porter 3rd in 1740... Kieran Carlin was
the overall winner in the Senior Men's section while
Dominick Bonner took the Master award. Anthony Murray was 2nd in the Master
men and Maeve McElroy took third spot in the Master ladies ... AGM on
Monday 29th September at 8pm ...
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Finn Valley Ladies U14 Soccer Team celebrate as winners of Ulster Cup. |
| Fixtures for 2003-2004 Season |
| 17th September 2003: Fixtures List for the 2003-2004 Season is announced ... Events |
| Valley back in action after the holidays |
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15th September 2003: Last Sunday night parents, children and their coaches
all joined together at
the Finn Valley Centre to celebrate the success of their juveniles last
season and the night was a great success. Sixty four athletes received
awards for winning various National Championships medals ... athletes return
to full-time training ... club AGM on Monday 29th September ...
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| Primary and Secondary Schools' Cross-country Championships announced. |
| 1st September 2003: Finn Valley have announced the dates and programmes of the 5th Annual Primary Schools Cross-country to take place on 25th September and the 3rd Annual Secondary Schools Cross-country to take place on 1st October. Events |
| Valley athletes compete in Celtic Games International |
| 4th August 2003: Finn Valley and Donegal athletes and coach Bernie Alcorn were prominent in the Ulster team which competed in Celtic Games International at the Mary Peters Track. |
| Golden Weekend for Club at Juvenile Championships |
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21st July 2003: Finn Valley juveniles were in Tullamore
once again last weekend. After the
U11 to U13 individual Championships and relays the previous weekend, the
older juveniles had a lot to live up to. In fact they excelled
themselves winning an unprecedented twelve individual National medals, three
gold, three silver and six bronze plus many personal best performances...
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Nikki Alcorn, Silver Medal, U16 2000m Walk. |
Back Row: Maeve Culhane, Bronze Medal, U15 2000m Walk, Nikki Alcorn, Silver Medal, U16 2000m Walk, Shaunna Guthrie, Bronze Medal, U14 2000m Walk. Front Row: Fionnuala Bruton, Charlene Kelly and Natasha Duffy. |
Ian Ward, Bronze Medal, U14 1500m. |
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Kieran McConnell, Gold Medal, U17 Discus with coaches Bernie Alcorn and Patsy McGonagle. |
Kieran McConnell, Gold Medal, and Michael Reid, 4th, U17 Discus. |
Gavin McCrudden, Gold Medal, U14 Javelin. |
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Gavin McCrudden, Gold Medal, U14 Javelin with coach George Gallen. |
Mark McGowan (0982) Bronze Medal, 250m Hurdles. |
Patsy McGonagle with Mark Mc Gowan. |
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Pauric Feely (0988) Recieving his Bronze Medal. |
Pauric McFeely, Bronze Medal, U17 Triple Jump with coach Seamus Mc Granaghan. |
Ciara Gallen, U-14 Javelin. |
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Kevin McFeely (1061), Silver Medal, U19 Hammer and U19 Shot Putt and far right, Connie O'Gara, Sliabh Liag, Bronze Medal, U19 Hammer. |
Geraldine Kelly, Gold medal, U17 Triple Jump. |
Geraldine Kelly with coach Seamus Mc Granaghan. |
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Ciara Gallen with Dad and coach George Gallen. |
Matthew Larkin (0989) Bronze Medal, U17 Pole Vault. |
Jackie Gibson, U13 Girls' 800m. |
| Opening of Astro-turf Pitches |
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15th July 2003: Yesterday, Brian Kerr, accompanied by a large
contingent of local politicians, sportspeople and dignitaries opened
Valley's new astro-turf pitches ...
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General View of the Pitches. |
Work in progress. |
Work in progress. |
Work in progress. |
| Carlin Hurdles to Success for Team Valley |
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14th July 2003: Last weekend was a busy competition weekend for
Valley with their
athletes competing at the National Juvenile championships in Tullamore,
while others travelled to Phoenix Park to compete in the annual Phoenix
Park Race walks. Bosco Reid traveled to Navan as part of Donegal team to
compete in the National League Championships...
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Matthew Kelly, silver medallist in Ball Throw. |
Aileen Brennan, bronze medallist U-12 High Jump. |
U-16 Boys Relay bronze medallists. L-R: Maurice Boyle, Mark Mc Gowan, Stefan Connolly, Sean Mc Menamin, Declan Hennessey. |
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David Black and Martin Doherty, 3rd and 4th in U-13 Ball Throw. |
Lorcan Mc Menamin, silver medallist U-13 High Jump. |
Laura Feely, bronze medallist U-13 Shot Put, 4th in the javelin and 5th in the Ball Throw, with mother Christine. |
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Aisling Gallagher, silver medallist, with mother Bridget. |
Gavin Carlin, gold medallist U-13 60m Hurdles. |
Ryan Kelly and Dean Bonner, silver medallists. |
Updated Club History with beginnings of a photographic archive.
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| Juveniles Travel to Tullamore for All Ireland T & F Championships |
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7th July 2003: Next weekend is a busy weekend for competition.
The AAI Lucozade U-12, U-13 juvenile and juvenile relay championships takes place in
Tullamore and Saturday and Sunday. Finn Valley wish all their
competitors the best of luck... Ivonne Casson 3rd in one mile race walk at
Cork City Sports ... Kevin Holian win Donegal Town grand prix race ...
Rosemary Bogle 2nd in ladies O-35 ... Anthony Murray wins 0-50 with wife
Margaret taking ladies O-45 ... Mary Bond 2nd ... Kieran Carlin 2nd in
Cranford ...
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| Brian Kerr to Open Valley's New Pitches |
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30th June 2003: Ireland Soccer Team Manager Brian Kerr has agreed to
officially open
four new synthetic grass pitches at Finn Valley Center on Monday 14th
July at 7pm. In addition to Brian Kerr a large number of local politicians,
local community and club members past and present will be in attendance.
This event marks another adventurous development by the club which cost over
450,000 Euro... Valley results from Lifford 5k ... Juvenile All Ireland T &
F coming up on 12-13 and 19-20 July ... Throws competition on Thurs. 3rd
July ...
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| Valley's Nikki Alcorn competes in Tailteann Games |
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23rd June 2003: The Tailteann Games took place in Tullamore last
Saturday and Valley's
Nikki Alcorn was selected to compete in the 3000m race walk. Nikki competed
very well finishing 5th overall in a time of 17.30 ... Kieran Carlin wins
Finn Valley festival 5k in 15:32 ... Kevin Holian was 2nd in 15:46 and
Frank Chaney 3rd in 16:35 and making it one, two and
three for Valley. Valley's women were also 1, 2, 3, with Noeleen Porter, 17:44,
Catriona McGranaghan, 17:59, and Margaret
Synott, 18:16. Rosemary Bogle took the veteran's prize in the ladies
section with Bernard McCabe taking the men's section... Margaret Synott wins
Buncrana 10k ...
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| Valley Success At Ulster Juvenile Championships in Antrim |
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16th June 2003: The Ulster and Northern Ireland Juvenile
Championships were held in Antrim
last Saturday and Sunday. The U14 and U15 age groups were held on Saturday
with terrific performances all round... the U-14 800m was the race of the
day and saw the very talented Ian Ward take gold with a p.b. of 2.15 from
the very talented Dan King of Milford ... Ian
made it double gold by winning the 1500m in another p.b. (4.43), Dan King
again having to settle for second ...
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| Valley Success at Ulster Track and Field Championships |
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9th June 2003: Finn Valley had a busy weekend with the Senior track
and Field Championships
taking place at Mary Peters track on Saturday while on Sunday their
juveniles were in action in Derry... James Gibbons takes Gold in Men's 3000m
walk ...
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| Donegal Primary School Sports -- Results |
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5th June 2003: The 33rd Donegal Primary Athletics Challenge was held
at Finn Valley A.C. on 4th June and
proved a tremendous success. As in previous years, the event was
supported by Donegal Creameries, represented by Mr. Donal Reid.
Overall, 1062 youngsters participated in the event which was superbly
organised by members of Finn Valley A.C. and County Secretary Bernie
O'Callaghan...
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St. Mary's Stranorlar, overall winners. |
| Kieran Carlin wins 25th Anniversary Inter-Firms |
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2nd June 2003:
Letterkenny AC celebrated the 25th anniversary of their Inter-Firms race
last Tuesday and the event was marked by beautiful weather and over 100
competitors competed in the event. Carlin competing for MS Ireland won the
event in a comfortable style in a time of 15.19. Ciaran was followed by
another Valley competitor Charlie Gallagher who led his team ESB home in 2nd
in 15.52... Patsy Doherty, Neil Martin, Richard Alcorn and
Bridgeen Doherty who competed in this year's event all competed in the
original 1978 race... results from
All Ireland School's
Sports ...
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| Updated fixtures list, including Donegal Road Race Grand Prix 2003. |
| Dominick Bonner takes bronze at European Masters |
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26th May 2003:
A number of Valley athletes travelled to Upice in the Czech Republic
to compete in the 8th European Masters
Non-Stadia Championships and Valley’s Dominick Bonner who hails from
Carrickastaskin in Gweedore was the star of the show ... Jim Hynes and Anne
McGill also had notable results ... Jamie Lewis Fourth in SportsWorld
Five-mile...
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| Jeff Cassin narrowly misses World Championships B standard |
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19th May 2003: Valley's Jeff Cassin competed in the European Race
Walking Cup which was
held in Cheboksary in Russia. Jeff competed in the 50k in a personal best
time 4.01.01 improving on his previous time by over three minutes and just
missing out on the B standard for the World championships ...
Margaret Synott 2nd in Cavan 10K ... news of community games ... news of Ulster
schools regional finals ... primary school sports ...
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| Quiet Weekend for Valley Athletes |
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12th May 2003: Last weekend was a quiet weekend on the competition
front and athletes took full advantage to put in a hard weekend's training
... big soccer tournament at Valley Centre ... Finn Valley ladies soccer
team beat Derry City ... announcement of programme of events for Primary
School Sports this week ...
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| Valley Results from North West 10K |
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5th May 2003: The annual North West 10k took place last Sunday and it
continued the
success of previous year... Valley's James Gibbons was once again the winner
of the walk section... Dominick Bonner of Gweedore was 2nd in the men's
section and first in the
masters... Noeleen Porter once again makes the headlines as she won the
ladies race with
teammate Margaret Synott in 3rd...
Anthony Murray won the over 50 category with Nancy McNamee winning the over
40
ladies section...
Stop Press! News just in that Jamie Lewis has won the Welsh Half-marathon. More details next week.
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Brid Rodgers MLA prepares to start the North West 10K. |
Dominick Bonner battles for second place. |
Ladies winner. |
Up-and-coming star. |
| Valley's Ivonne Varas Wins International Grand Prix Race Walk in Donegal Record-breaking Time |
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28th April 2003: A number of Finn Valley athletes travelled to
Leamington Spa last
weekend and returned with some very encouraging results... Ivonne Varas
(Cassin) who had been struggling with injury all week
competed in the Women's 20K and won the event in a Donegal record time
of 1.44.22... Three of our juveniles also travelled to compete in the juvenile
event
and did themselves very proud. Nikki Alcorn competing for the first time
at 5k distance finished a very strong 9th in the U17 girls race, while
Maeve Culhane finished 11th and Charlene Kelly finished 12th in the U15
Girls... Barry Harron fastest time of day at National Relays as team taks
bronze ... Valley Boys
4th ... Masters 3rd.
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| Valley's Gavin Carlin selected for Irish Schools Mini World Cup Soccer Team |
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20th April 2003: Valley's Gavin Carlin made his mark in
soccer this week when he was
selected on the Irish Schools team to compete in the Mini World cup
Soccer to be held in Paris during late Summer...
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| Historic Day for Club at National 10K Championships |
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13th April 2003: Finn Valley hosted the National 10K
championships last Sunday and what
an exciting day it was for the host club. Their senior men made history
by winning their first ever all Ireland championship title, while their
Masters men retained their team title. This was the first Finn
Valley senior team ever to win an All-Ireland team championship title.
Finn Valley were 1st with Galway City Harriers 2nd and Letterkenny 3rd.
Valley's Masters retained their team title. Valley ladies second team with
ladies masters also second...
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| Ryan McDaid Steers Valley to Record Breaking Victory |
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6th April 2003: Valley's juveniles made the long trip to
Nenagh last weekend to compete
in the National Juvenile Indoor championships. Valley have experienced
great success this past number of years at juvenile level and this
weekend was no exception. The championships were held over two days,
Saturday and Sunday. Valley enjoyed medal success plus many of their
athletes gaining personal best and an experience that will stand to them
in future competition...
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| Announcement of North West Athletics Coaching Day, 12th April 2003 |
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3rd April 2003: Today, Finn Valley AC announced details of the
North West Athletics Coaching Day to take place at the Finn Valley Centre
on 12th April 2003 ...
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| Quiet Weekend For Valley Athletes |
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30th March 2003: Last weekend was a quiet one on the competition
front for Valley athletes
and full advantage was taken for preparing for upcoming competitions...
Jamie Lewis wins the Downpatrick 10k in a time of 31.27 ... announcemnet of
Donegal Primary Schools
athletics Annual Challenge which is 4th June ...
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| Valley's Juvenile Success Rolls on in Nenagh |
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23rd March 2003: Valley's juveniles travelled to Nenagh last
weekend to compete in the
All Ireland Juvenile Indoor championships. Valley returned home with
four all Ireland medals and a number of their athletics produced
personal best performances...
A number of Valley athletes competed in the St Patrick's day race.
Kevin Holian won the opening road race of the 2003
season finishing in a time of 15.19...
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| Valley Ladies Retain Short Course Team Title |
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16th March 2003: Valley's senior men and women travelled to Dunleer
last weekend to
compete in the National short course c-c championships. Senior women
were competing to retain their team title, while senior men wanted to
get within the top three clubs ... ladies take team title ... men third ...
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| Success for Valley's James Gibbons at Euopean Master Indoor Championships |
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9th March 2003: Valley's James Gibbons had a impressive race last
Saturday when he
competed in the IV European Master's Indoor Championships which were
held in San Sebastian, Spain...
The club wish to congratulate Nikki Alcorn, Stephan Connolly and Alan
Kavanagh who were all part of winning teams at the All Ireland Schools
cross-country...
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James Gibbons displays his silver medal |
James Gibbons on the podium |
| All Round Success for Valley Senior and Juvenile Athletes. |
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2nd March 2003: Last weekend was a busy competition weekend for
Valley senior and
juveniles athletes. Once again our competitors did the club proud with
success for our juveniles at the Scottish indoor championships in
Glasgow. Success in the Isle of Man for Jeff Cassin in the 50k Walk and
success for our senior cross-country athletes in Rathdrum Co. Wicklow ...
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| Quiet Weekend for Most Valley Athletes as Margaret Synott fifth in NI championships. |
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23rd February 2003: Last weekend was a quiet weekend of competition
with Valley's Margaret
Synott been the only athlete in action. Full advantage was taken by all
for a busy training weekend in preparation for upcoming competitions...
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| Valley's Ivonne wins Bronze at World Record breaking National Irish Indoor championships |
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16th February 2003: The Irish Indoor Athletics championships were
held last weekend in the
Odyssey Arena, Belfast... The first race of the day was 3000m walk and
Gillian O'Sullivan of Kerry
got the championships off to a glorious start by setting a new world
record of 11.35 ... Our own Ivonne Cassin fought gallantly finishing 3rd in
the race and was pleased with her time of 13.51.01, winning herself her
first All Ireland Indoor championships medal... Anne McGill 4th in a time
of 16.23... Ivonne's husband Jeff competed in the men's 5000m and was very
pleased with his performance finishing 6th overall ...
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New Irish Soccer Supremo Brian Kerr inspects Valley All-Weather pitch |
| Individual Championship for Brooks and Valley take Team Championship at All Ireland Masters |
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9th February 2003: Finn Valley were very busy last week with their
juveniles competing at
the Ulster Indoor championships in Antrim on Saturday and then on Sunday
their senior and master athletes travelled to Phoenix Park in Dublin to
compete in the All Ireland Intermediate and Masters Cross Country
Championships. Valley's success rolled on in all categories...
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| Valley Ladies return from European Championships; Success at National Masters Indoors |
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2nd February 2003: Last weekend Valley's senior ladies travelled to
Jean in Spain to
compete in the European club championships... 10th team overall with
Noeleen Porter
Valley's lead runner in 30th ... James Gibbons and Donal Reid flew the
Valley colours at the National
Masters Indoor Championships in Nenagh ...
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| Success for Valley at National B Championships and Scottish Masters Indoor Championships |
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26th January 2003: Last weekend was another successful competition
weekend for Valley's
athletes. Our juveniles travelled to Killybegs and results were
excellent. In the Masters section Bosco Reid travelled to the Scottish
Indoors championships and was delighted with his results....
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| Donegal Athletics Board Page |
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21st January 2003: New!
Page for Donegal Athletics Board. |
| Masters Team Retain Northern Ireland Cross-Country Title |
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18th January 2003: Valley's Masters men and women travelled to Bangor
to compete in the Northern Ireland Master's Cross-Country Championships and
once again Valley's men did the business of retaining their team title...
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| Ryan McDaid All-Ireland U14 Combined Events Champion |
12th January 2003: The All Ireland Juvenile Combined Events
championships took place last
weekend in Nenagh... a tough competition with each athlete having
to compete in five events: High Jump, Shot Putt, Hurdles, Long Jump and
800m ... Valley's star of the show was young Ryan McDaid from Muff...
Ryan McDaid Valley Retain Senior Men's Title at Stormont International ... Simon Ward 4th in All Ireland Army C-C ...
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| Catriona McGranaghan takes Ulster Senior Title |
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5th January 2003: Finn Valley hosted the Ulster Senior Cross-Country
Championships last Sunday ... Catriona
McGranaghan led the ladies race from the start to finish leading her team home
to club victory and herself taking the Ulster title for the first time ...
Kay Byrne 3rd and Noeleen Porter 4th ... in men's race Gary Crossan of
Letterkenny AC 1st and
Pauric McKinney 2nd and Valley's Kevin Holian 3rd ...
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