[Not a valid template]The weather may have been bad on Saturday at the Northern Ireland/Ulster Senior Championships but it was a lot worse doubling up in Sligo on Sunday for Round 1 of the Woodie;s AAI Irish league. With both teams in the Premium Division, North Down men were declared winners on the day but a subsequent check shoed them 2nd, 3 points below Clonliffe, still highly acceptable. However after yet another revision, North Down’s revised total put them back on top, one point ahead of the Dublin club. The women were 4th, just 3 points behind 3rd place Galway County. When combined with the parallel round in Castleisland, the club men are 2nd overall and the women 8th, both results we would have willingly taken beforehand. Individual results are now available.
[Not a valid template]Suffice to say the men, under Kenny Elliott, were totally in control throughout with the old hands performing well and a good sprinkling of youngsters. It was trench warfare for the womens team who defied freezing cold, bitter wind, constant rain and exhaustion to battle for every point. Reduced to five – Jessica Craig, Roberta Dornan, Natalie Steele, Clare Robinson and Francesca Brown – they covered a full scoring programme of 17 events, each doing 4 or of them. It culminated in a 4 x 400m relay which went from 5th to 2nd in 4 laps, each playing a major part.
Despite the carnage around, the meeting raced ahead with the full programme thanks to all the officials who stuck it out under Meeting Manager Neil Morton.
Provisional Points after Round 1 Revised again
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| Event | Athlete | Pos | Time/Dist | Event | Athlete | Pos | Time/Dist | ||
| 100m | Pete Glass | 3 | 11.54 | 100m | Natalie Steele | 4 | 13.73 | ||
| 200m | Tom Reynolds | 7 | 23.20 | 200m | Natalie Steele | 4 | 28.97 | ||
| 400m | Adam McComb | 5 | 53.24 | 400m | Francesca Brown | 4 | 69.03 | ||
| 800m | Mike Dyer | 2 | 2:00.94 | 800m | Jessica Craig | 3 | 2:30.24 | ||
| 1500m | James Budde | 2 | 4:07.03 | 1500m | Jessica Craig | 2 | 5:13.36 | ||
| 5000m | Alex Donald | 5 | 16:26.88 | 3000m | Roberta Dornan | ||||
| 3K S/C | James Budde | 4 | 10:16.95 | 1.5K walk | Roberta Dornan | 4 | 10:21.67 | ||
| 3K walk | Francis Marsh | 3 | 20:57.86 | 100mH | Claire Robinson | 2 | 17.58 | ||
| 110mH | Luke Reynolds | 1 | 15.85 | 400mH | none | ||||
| 400mH | Brendan McConville | 2 | 58.48 | 4x100m | CR, NS,FB,JC | 4 | 55.41 | ||
| 4x100m | TR,BM,PG,AM | 2 | 44.05 | 4x400m | FB,RD,NS,JC | 2 | 4:35.36 | ||
| 4x400m | TR,BM,PG,MD | 2 | 3:31.64 | HJ | Jessica Craig | 4 | 1.05 | ||
| HJ | Tom Reynolds | 4 | 1.65 | LJ | Claire Robinson | 2 | 4.65 | ||
| LJ | Tom Reynolds | 1 | 6.75 | TJ | Claire Robinson | 1 | 10.18 | ||
| TJ | Callum Graham | 1 | 12.49 | PV | none | ||||
| PV | Brendan | nh | Shot | Natalie Steele | 4 | 5.49 | |||
| Shot | Pete Glass | 1 | 12.31 | Disc | Francesca Brown | 5 | 12.87 | ||
| Disc | Pete Glass | 2 | 37.39 | Jav | Francesca Brown | 3 | 24.57 | ||
| Jav | Matthew Stockton | 2 | 46.70 | Ham | Roberta Dornan | 5 | 12.96 | ||
| Ham | Paddy McGrattan | 3 | 23.54 | ||||||
| 56lb wt | Kenny Elliott | 4 | 4.75 | ||||||
| 700g Jav | Matthew Martin (guest) | NA | 59.64 | ||||||