ANNALEE Athletic Club Ballyhaise, co cavan

Winter League day 2, Nov 15th November, Shercock

Provisional Results only --click here

Annalee AC maintained their lead in the Winter League after day 2 of the 3 day event. There were wins for Claire Young, Ferghal O’Reilly, Aine Brady, Clodagh O’Reilly, Andrew O’Brien and Cian O’Reilly.

Second places went to Emer Bogue, Aodhagan Watters, Ciara Murray, Conor Bates and Sean O’Reilly. Sean T Murphy, Caoimhin O’Reilly, Eadaoin O’Reilly, Francis Moore and Rebecca O’Reily were placed 3rd.

Photos (taken by Ciaran Murray) available on Annalee AC FlickR site--click here

Provisional Club Standings after Day 2:

Annalee AC 174

Shercock AC 102

Innyvale AC 70

Bailieboro AC 50

Laragh AC 20

The Club was finally presented with the Trophy for the 2009 Overall Cross Country at the event. Pictured are coaches Sean O’Reilly, Aiden Watters and Rob Murphy with the trophy after the presentation.

Woodies All Ireland Cross Country Championships-Even Ages & Junior, 22/11/2009, Kilbeggan.

Cian O’Reilly selected as 2nd reserve for Irish team

Cian O’Reilly moved up to the Junior/U20 category in these All Ireland Cross Country Championships as the Junior race was a trial for the Irish team for the European Cross country Championships in Dublin. Cian was with the leading group of six runners from the start of the race. It was a tough day for all the cross country runners with heavy conditions underfoot and a strong gusting wind. Cian held sixth for most of the last lap but was caught by two runners in the final 500m. There was a sprint finish between the three runners for the line with Cian just missing out on 6th by 1 second. Selection for the Irish team was guaranteed for the the top three places only but the selectors also chose two reserves for the team and Cian O’Reilly was selected as second reserve. The European Cross Country Championships take place in Santry on Sunday 13th December.

In earlier races, Clodagh O’Reilly had a superb run in the U14 girls to finish 6th overall. She is a year out in this age group and the result augers well for Clodagh’s U13 All Ireland hopes in two weeks time. Eadaoin O’Reilly ran very well to finish 17th in the U16 Girls and Andrew O’Brien was comfortable in his race, also finishing 17th place. Andrew was 3rd runner and Eadaoin 4th runner on the Ulster teams which won Bronze. Clodagh was the second Ulster finisher in the U14 girls race and the Ulster team won Bronze in that race too. Finally, Fionan O’Reilly was 13th in the U23 Men’s race.

IAAF Technical Rule Changes 2009/2010.

Friday, November 27th, 2009

The Board of AAI in consultation with the Technical Committee, The Competition Committee and the Juvenile Committee has agreed to adopt the new IAAF Rule changes as follows;

Rule 162.7 (No False Start Rule)

The new Rule requires that any athlete making a false start be disqualified (No False Start).

For combined events the new rule allows one false start and then the disqualification of any athlete breaking subsequently.

•The new rule to be adopted from 01/01/2010 for U16 upwards.

•For Juvenile athletes U 12 to U 15, the one false start rule to be applied and any athlete breaking subsequently will be disqualified.

•For U 9 to U 11 no change from existing rules.

In National and Regional competitions the use of blocks will be mandatory for sprints U13 – U 15, from the commencement of the 2010 Track and Field Season

Athletes and Coaches should note that the false start rule applies to all starts. This means that a 1500m athlete who does not remain still after taking up his start position after the command “on your marks” will be disqualified.

Athletes and coaches should also note that, when starting blocks are being used, both feet must be in contact with the blocks in the “on your marks” and “set” positions.

Rule 181.8 (Ties in HJ and PV)
The new Rule makes provision for letting the tie stand or for resolving it as before. It can be decided in advance not to resolve a tie or during the competition the Technical Delegate or Referee can make the decision. Athletes can decide not to jump any further in which case the tie remains.

For all AAI competitions ties in HJ and PV will be let stand.