Sunday saw the first event of the 2023 athletics calendar in Kilkenny ticked off with the staging of the county cross-country relays and the inaugural senior mixed relay event at Kilkenny Castle grounds.
Clubs from around Kilkenny, including St. Joseph’s, Kilkenny City Harriers, Gowran, Kings River AC, St. Sennans, Barrow Harriers, Thomastown and Castlecomer took to the parkland for relays at U11, U13, U15, U17, junior and senior grades.
Per Kilkenny Athletics County Board, here’s how the results panned out.
Kilkenny Cross-Country Relay Results – 8 January 2023
Girls u7: 1 Hannah Murphy (SJ) 2 Casey O’Keefe (BH) 3 Meave Brennan (KCH) 4 Aoife O’Keefe (G) 5 Heidi Gilfoyle (KCH) 6 Cliona Maloney (G) 7 Grace Healy (KCH) 8 Anna Redmond (BH) 9 Summer Dunne (BH) 10 Niamh Hoyne (KCH) 11 Carys Kennedy (KCH) 12 Willow McCarthy (KCH)
Boys u7: 1 Johnny Kelly (KCH) 2 Ross Byrne (UA) 3 Henry Tanner (KCH) 4 Joe O’Neill (KCH) 5 Luke Galvin (KCH) 6 Ollie Kehoe (BH) 7 Nicky Georgelyos (KCH) 8 Hugo Jasinghe (TT) 9 Jim Sweeney (KCH) 10 Seamus Crowley (KCH) 11 Finn McGrath (KCH) 12 Ronan Sweeney (KCH) 13 Tom Sugras (KCH) 14 Sunny O’Neill (BH) 15 Billy Coomey (G) 16 Feidhlm Nooney (KCH)
Girls u9: 1 Millie Walsh (SS) 2 Robyn Lyons Teehan (KCH) 3 Lynn Doherty (SJ) 4 Emma Hayden (G) 5 Lucy Maher (KCH) 6 Isabelle Hoyne (KCH) 7 Jill Murphy Barrow Harriers 8 Rosie Devine (KCH) 9 Sophia Chachal (KCH) 10 Rhaleesi Brennan (CC) 11 Sarah Carol (G) 12 Jane Byrne (KCH) 13 Saoirse Ray (KCH) 14 Sarah Kelly (KCH) 15 Nhi Maher (CC) 16 Hannah Cleere (G) 17 Teegan Kennedy (KCH) 18 Cliona McKenna (KCH) 19th Ava McGrath (KCH) 20 Sofia Walsh Barrow Harriers.
Boys u9: 1 Mark Coogan (BR) 2 Hugh Morgan (SS) 3 Sam O’Rourke (TT) 4 Connor Kelly (KCH) 5 Diarmuid Croke (KCH) 6 Harry Healy (KCH) 7 Shay Gerrighty (CC) 8 Adam Walsh (KCH) 9 Cian McIntyre (KCH) 10 Adam Barry (KCH) 11 Kenny Lowry (KCH) 12 Brian O’Callaghan (KCH) 13 Harry Kehoe (BH) 14 Fionn Delaney (BH) 15 Sean Vereker (SJ) 16 Sam Greene (G) 17 Finn Hamilton (BH) 18 Callum Timmons (KCH) 19 Robin Dunbar (BH) 20 Charlie Dunne (CC)
Girls u11 Relay: 1 KCH, 2 Gowran, 3 Thomastown, 4 KCH, 5 Gowran, 6 Thomastown, 7 St Senans, 8 KCH, 9 KCH, 10 Castlecomer, 11 Castlecomer
Boys u11 Relay: 1 (SJ), 2 KCH, 3 KCH, 4 Gowran, 5 St Senans, 6 KCH, 7 Castlecomer, 8 Gowran, 9 KCH, 10 Castlecomer, 11 Castlecomer, 12 KCH
Girls u13 Relay: 1 KCH, 2 KCH, 3 KCH,4 Gowran, 5 Thomastown, 6 KCH, 7 St Senans, 8 Gowran, 9 Castlecomer, 10 Castlecomer
Boys u13 Relay: 1 Gowran, 2 KCH, 3 Gowran, 4 Gowran, 5 St Senans, 6 Thomastown, 7 KCH, 8 Gowran, 9 Castlecomer
Girls u15 Relay: 1 KCH, 2 KCH, 3 St Senans
Boys u15 Relay: 1 Gowran, 2 St Senans, 3 KCH, 6 St Josephs
Girls u17 Relay: 1 KCH, 2 (SJ), 3 St Senans, 4KCH, 5 KCH, 6 KCH, 7 KCH
Boys u17 Relay: 1 Thomastown, 2 KCH, 3 KCH, 4 Thomastown, 5 KCH, 6 Gowran
Junior Mixed Relay: 1 KCH
Senior Mixed Relay: 1 Castlecomer, 2 KCH, 3 Kings River
Masters Ladies: 1 St Josephs, 2 KCH
Masters Men: 1 KCH, 2 Gowran, 3 St Josephs
