Innyvale Athletics Club
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We will be holding a registration evening on Thursday 8th January 6.30-7pm in the clubroms in Kilnaleck. Cost is €25 per child, max. of €60 for family. Forms can be downloaded by clicking here
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Training will resume on Tuesday 13th January.
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There is a €1 fee per child per session. Registration forms can be downloaded by clicking here or at training from sign-in desk.
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123.ie, the insurance partner of Athletics Ireland, is running a special promotion whereby you can get €50 off your car or home insurance and 123.ie will make a donation of €50 to the club if you use the discount code Inny123 when you sign up with them.
Training Times:
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Training for all age groups every Tuesday from 6.00 to 7.00pm in Dr. Plunkett Park, Kilnaleck.
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Additional training for those who wish to take part in competition takes place on Thursday at 6pm.
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Changes to training will be notified by coaches on the club's WhatsApp group
Upcoming Fixtures:
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Couinty fixtures to be confirmed shortly...
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Training Restarting & Registration - January 2026
We hope that you all enjoyed the break over Christmas and new years. Training will start back at 6.00pm Tuesday 13th January in Kilnaleck. There will be a registration night on Thursday 8th Jan in the clubrooms from 6.30-7pm. Forms are available on the night or you can download them here. Registration is €25 per child, maximum of €60 per family. Starting age for new comers is seven years old.
Ulster Star Award for Kaitlin Shaw
A huge congratulations to Kaitlin Shaw on having her success in the shot putt, discus and javelin over the course of 2025 recognized with an Ulster Star Award. Kaitlin has earned Ulster medals in the shot putt at both the indoor and outdoor championships as well as the discus and javelin at the outdoor championships. Kaitlin finished in fourth place at the national finals in both the discus and javelin in June and eighth in the shot putt. Well done to Kaitlin and family as well as coach Des Mulvey.
Winter League Day 2, Ballyhaise
For many of our athletes the second round of the Winter League in Ballyhaise on 16th November marked the final competition of the year.
Cold but dry conditions and a testing hilly course awaited the club’s adult runners as they got the morning’s event underway. The 5K race saw Brendan Tully finish second in the men’s race, while Triona Graham was the winner of the women’s event, followed by Kate Smith in second place.
For our juvenile athletes, it was a smaller turnout than normal as illnesses left us just short of full teams in some events but those that were able gave a good account of themselves. First up on the track was the Under 10s. Saoirse Tully was second in the girls race, with Layla Denneny finishing the 400m race in tenth and Maisie O’Hare twelfth. In the boys, Charlie Lynch was seventh, Sean Lynch 12th and Caiden Smith in 14th.
Ella Denneny was the first of our girls home in the U12, finishing the 600m race in fifth place. Sarah Doyle was eight and Navah O’Donohue twentieth. Oisin Tully was the winner of the boys 800m race, while James Farrelly was fifth, and Javed Brady in 14th place.
In the U14 girls 800m race, Kayla Smith and Sophie Lynch lead the charge for Innyvale, claiming second and third places. The girls were ably backed up by Íosa Brady and Riley Condon in seventh and eight places to secure team gold for the quartet.
Well done to all. Full results can be found by clicking here and photos from the event here. The next event for Under 8 to 11s is the Sportshall in Stradone Community Hall on 6th December, followed by the Senior Cross Country for adults on 14th December in Shercock.
Ulster Cross Country & Sportshall
The past few weekends have seen Innyvale athletes taking part in Cross Country races at Cavan and also at Ulster level.
Oisin Tully was 11th in the U12 Ulster Cross Country race in Belfast’s Billy Neill Park on 26th October. Despite running outside of his normal age group Oisin qualified to take part in the All-Irelands later this year. On Sunday 9th November, Oisin and sister Saoirse, along with Charlie and Sophie Lynch travelled to the Finn Valley Centre in Stranolar, Co. Donegal for the second day of the Ulster Cross Country.
First up was Charlie in the U9 race, where he came home in 2min 16seconds, putting him in 19th place out of the thirty three athletes. In the U11 girls, Saoirse Tully was out of her age group but nevertheless put in a fine performance in the 1200m event to take 45th place out of 109 athletes.
Competing in his normal U11 age group this time, Oisin was unlucky to miss out on a top three finish. His time of 4min04 saw him come home just one second behind third place, finishing in fifth position in a field of 114 runners. And in the U13 girls, there were also 109 competitors with Sophie Lynch putting in a strong run to come home in 39th place.
Well done also to Rueben Conaty, Molly O’Hare and Maisie O’Hare who took part in the Cavan Sportshall event in Shercock on Saturday 8th November.
Cavan Cross Country Comes To Crover, 2nd Nov
The second day of the Cavan Cross Country Championships was hosted by ourselves in Donohoe’s Field, Crover on Sunday 2nd November.
The action got underway with the masters women’s 3,000m race, which was won by Triona Graham, followed by Kate Smith in second and Edel Connolly third. The trio were the gold medal winning team in this race. In the men’s V3 category, Brendan Tully finished the 5,000m race in second place, with John Connolly in third and Donagh Reilly in sixth. The men’s team took first place, while Simon Nulty was fourth in the V1 event.
The Under 10 girls raced over a distance of 600m, with Saoirse Tully leading home our team in third place, followed by Robyn Everett in fifth and Jessica Hannan in sixth. Layla Denneny was 13th and Maisie O’Hare 14th, completing the team which finished insecond place. The boys race saw Charlie Lynch finish fourth, with Liam Lynch in seventh, Zephan Smith eighth, and Fionn Sweeney fourteenth. The boys were the silver medal winning team.
In the U12 girls, Aoibhinn Farrelly finished in third place, with Katie Hannan fifth. Heidi Donohoe finished the 1,200m race in eleventh, with Farrah Clarke 14th, Navah O’Donohue 16th and Amelia Thoni 17th. The six girls will collect silver team medals for their efforts.
In the boys race, Oisin Tully won the gold medal, with James Farrelly in fourth place. Together with teammates Rory Donohoe (16th), Javed Brady (17th), Charlie Reilly (19th) and Daire Sweeney (20th), the boys were the second placed team.
As we moved up through the age groups the distance became an ever bigger challenge and our U14 girls team did well in their 2,000m race to take the gold medal. Sophie Lynch lead home the Innyvale team in fourth place, with Íosa Brady in sixth, Zoe Tully seventh, Maia Reilly tenth, Jamie Condon eleventh and Riley Condon fourteenth.
Well done to all who took part and as always thank you to all the parents/guardians and siblings who turned up to support our athletes. A huge thank you also to Philip and Val Donohoe for the use of the field and to all who helped prepare the course and clean up afterwards.
Results can be found at this link and photos from the day on our Flikr page here.
Cavan Cross Country Season Kicks Off In Killinkere
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The 2025 Cavan Cross Country Championship got off to a delayed start on Sunday 12th October. In stark contrast to the previous week which saw the opening day being rescheduled due to Storm Amy, a dry and mild day awaited us in Killinkere GAA grounds.
First up today was the novice race, with Brendan Tully finishing third and Donagh Reilly sixth in the men’s 6000m and Triona Graham collecting the gold medal in the women’s 3000m race.
Our juvenile athletes got off to a flying start with Anna Campbell winning the under 9 girl’s 400m race, followed closely by Mila Reilly in third place and Layla Denneny in ninth. In the boys race, Charlie Lynch picked up a bronze medal for his third place finish, with Sean Lynch in sixth place.
In the U11 girls, Saoirse Tully was our first athlete to reach the end of the 1000m race in fifth place, with Robyn Everett recovering well from a fall to finish in tenth place. The girls were well supported by teammates Ella Denneny (12th), Caoimhe Lynch (22nd) Lily May O’Reilly (23rd) and Navah O’Donohue (25th) with the team earning a bronze medal for their hard efforts.
U11 boys race saw Oisin Tully winning the 1000m event, with Eanna Coll coming home in third place. Liam Lynch was tenth and together with Thomas Lynch (16th), Charlie Reilly (18th), Rory Donohoe (19th), Fionn Sweeney (21st) and Caiden Smith (22nd), the boys secured silver medals for their team.
Sophie Lynch lead home a strong Innyvale team performance in the U13 girls race, with a brilliant third place finish. Jamie Condon claimed fifth place, while Neasa Smith’s late charge saw her move up to sixth place just as she reached the finish line of the 1500m race. Together with teammates Maia Reilly (10th), Zoe Tully (11th), Sarah Doyle (19th) and Riley Condon (20th), the girls were rewarded for their efforts with a first placed team finish.
And last but not least the Under 13 boys race was won by James Farrelly, with Caolan Brady in seventh and Daire Sweeney in eleventh place.
Well done to all, especially those running out of their age group today, who still have their normal age group to come in a couple of weeks. Thank you to all the parents/guardians for bringing the athletes and supporting them today. Best of luck to all taking part in the second day of the Cavan Cross Country for Even Age Groups and Masters on 2nd November which we are hosting in Donohoe’s field in Crover.
