Curraha defend hat-trick of titles
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The athletes from St Colmcille’s Kells that won the Boys u-11 large school race.Image 2 of 13
Yellow Furze NS won the Girls u-13 medium schools race.Image 3 of 13
St Paul’s Ratoath won the Girls u-13 large schools race.Image 4 of 13
Rathbeggan NS won the Girls u-11 medium schools race.Image 5 of 13
The athletes from Curraha NS following their win in the Girls u-13 small schools race.Image 6 of 13
The u-11 Girls small school winners were Curraha NS.Image 7 of 13
Castletown NS won the Boys u-11 small schools race.Image 8 of 13
Dunboyne won the Girls u-11 large school race.Image 9 of 13
Bohermeen NS won the Boys u-13 medium schools race.Image 10 of 13
Bohermeen NS won the Boys u-11 medium schools race.Image 11 of 13
St Paul’s Ratoath won the Boys u-13 large schools race.Image 12 of 13
Curraha NS were winners of the Boys u-13 small schools race.Image 13 of 13
Representatives from Ratoath AC (from left) Hugh Kelly, Sinéad McGoldrick, Ronnie Quigley (chairman) Peter Doherty, Siobheal Murray and Minister of State for Sport and Physical Education, Thomas Byrne TD after winning the Development Club of the Year Award during the National Athletics Awards at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Santry, Dublin. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile Sam Barnes / SPORTSFILEConditions at Fairyhouse for the annual Cumann na mBunscol Cross-Country Championships were wetter than expected meaning heavy going underfoot for all.
An unprecedented 61 schools and approximately 2,000 children took part in the races in the small, medium and large schools divisions.
In the small schools division Curraha successfully defended the three title haul they pulled off last year taking the top prize in the Girls under-11, Girls u-13 and Boys u-13 categories. In the Boys u-11 category it was Castletown who won the top prize.
The medium schools competition saw Bohermeen taking two shields in the Boys u-11 and Boys u-13 categories. In their first ever outing at the cross-country event Yellow Furze took the honours in the Girls u-13 competition. In the Girls u-11 category the top award was decided by a tie breaker with both Rathbeggan and Skryne finishing on 42 points. The finishing position of the fourth place athlete decided the winner and Rathbeggan’s 17th trumped Skryne’s 22nd.
Finally it was the turn of the largest schools in the county and Dunboyne started out this section with a convincing win in the u-11 Girls.
The u-11 Boys honours went to St Colmcille’s in Kells. The Boys and Girls u-13 spoils were both taken back to St Paul’s Ratoath with the girls registering the best score of the day seeing all four of their point scoring athletes finish in the top 10.