Good luck to all our young athletes taking part in the Connacht Indoors this Sunday in Athlone. It's going to be a huge day with a record number of competitors so make sure that you read through this information to know all that you can about it.

Live results during the day will be available on the Connacht Athletics site and you can also see the heat draws on the same page

First events will be called at 9.40 and start promptly at 10am.

Please note -This is a massive event, 904 individual athletes and 176 relay teams, one of the biggest events we have ever put on in Connacht. We really appreciate your patience!!

• The Canteen in TUS will be open from 9 with hot food available from 11:30.

• Athletes must bring their own pins and wear numbers on front of singlet.

• Relays – Last runner must wear the relay number. First runner stay in lane and second runner to break at the large window.

• For 200m, 400, & 600m - all runners will start on the curve and break straight away.

• Long Jumps will be called for assembly in sub groups within each age group as can be seen on Connacht Athletics (www.connaughtathletics.com)

PARKING

Please see Map attached - there are 600 free carparking spaces on Campus. The areas for free parking on Campus are - the student carpark, the 2 staff carparks, the carpark at the rear of the Engineering building and there are also some space across from the entrance into the underground carpark along the footpath. The Pay and Display areas are in the underground carpark and around the Multi-Purpose Hall that is across from the Arena. There are also some designated carpooling spaces located around the MPH that you will not be clamped for parking in during the weekend. Anyone who illegally parks i.e. on double yellow lines or doesn’t pay for parking in the underground carpark or around the MPH are running the risk of getting clamped.

LONG JUMPS

Long Jump takeoff is from the white board or before for u11s. For u9s and u10s take off is from the large square area of track between the sand-pit and the board. Jumps are measured from the athlete's toe-imprint left in that sanded area. All athletes should ideally check in knowing that as well as their runway mark if they have one. All athletes without a runway mark will be allocated a generic starting point on the runway. All Long Jumpers will have 3 measured jumps.

We wish the best of luck to our new athletes, a lot of whom are competing for the first time! Remember to wrap up warm. It's often a good idea to wear a long sleeve top under the singlet because the kids may be standing for a few minutes before their race starts.

The Mayo U9 and U10 Championships are taking place on Sunday morning at Westport AC's track with the events starting from 10am.

Gates will open from 9am.

Access to the venue will be via pedestrian entry only up Horkan’s Hill. Balloons will be placed to clearly mark the car parks and the lane ways to be used. Car park marshals will also be present at each of the three school car parks. There will be no car access to Horkan's Hill.

Parking Options

• Scoil Phadraig, Newport Rd, F28 V023, cross at pedestrian crossing across from Maxol and turn left, 300m to track

• Rice College, Castlebar Rd, F28 TK64, cross at pedestrian lights, walk up along AbbVie, turn left up laneway to top of Horkan's Hill

• Sacred Heart School, Castlebar Rd, F28 Y368, cross at traffic lights, turn right up Castlebar Rd, turn left up laneway after Bright Beginnings Childcare

Club photos will take place at 9.30am on the track in front of the Westnet banners.

Assembly will be called at 9.45am for the U10 Long Jump Girls & Boys and U10 Girls Turbo Javelin. U9 Girls relays will also be called at 9.45am and athletes will be brought to the assembly area.

The entry point to the track is at the clubhouse. Only athletes and officials are permitted on the track. Athletes will exit the track at the end of the sprint lanes, in front of the ambulance.

The track is 320m with six lanes. There are also seven 100m sprint lanes. The track is marked for 4 x 80m relays and all relay teams must remain in their lanes for the full race.

The Mayo Championship for under 9 & 10 ( born 2018 & 2017) will take place at Westports new track on Horkan’s Hill on Sunday the 8th of March at 10am.

Athletes can do 1 event from - 100m sprint, 400m, long jump or Turbo. They can also enter a relay.

Entry fee is €10 and entries will be taken before training this Wednesday evening at 5.50pm ( for 2018 born will also take entries Thursday evening before training at 5.50).

No late entries accepted and please bring correct fee.

Congratulations to Bella and Eugene on their awards at the recent Mayo Athletics Awards. These awards celebrate the achievements of Mayo athletes in the last year, anyone who has medalled at a National Event is invited to attend. This year 124 Awards and 51 Certificates were presented to all athletes who won national and international medals in 2025, from under 11 up to masters.

Isabella went from strength to strength in 2025. After an early season win at the Templemore Throws festival, Isabella broke the Connaught U16 Hammer record, her second record in a row. She proceeded to win Silver in both the Schools All-Ireland and the AI All-Irelands in Tullamore.

Constantly getting stronger as the season progressed, Isabella won the Hammer throw at the Tailteann Interprovincial Games, holding her nerve to win the competition on her last throw.

This win led to the highlight of her year - qualifying to represent Ireland at the Schools International Track and Field Championships in Derby where she threw a new personal best of over 50 metres. All the more impressive as she is underage for this competition again next year. Isabella is an inspiration to the younger athletes at the club and shows what hard work and dedication can achieve.

As promised in the last post, here are the proposed relay teams made up of people that didn't make the first teams. If anyone doesn't want to run a relay and is listed, please let us know and we'll make sure that there's enough on each team.

2016 Girls

• Lauren Melvin

• Amy Fitzmaurice

• Síofra Corcoran

• Lucy McHugh

• Lusia McDonnell

2016 Boys

• Jack Naughton

• Leo Voisine

• John Holmes

• Oran Collins

• Eoin Basquille

2015 Girls

• Ella Brett

• Grace Fox

• Eva Naughton

• Emilia Ahern

• Roisin Burke

• Vivienne Lafferty

2015 Boys

• Conor Murrin

• Oscar McNally

• Max Okello

• Tadgh Kempton

2014 Girls

• Éabha Griffin

• Anna McHale

• Maisie Coyne

• Millie Kearney

• Muireann Burke

2013 Boys

• Reuben Sweeney

• Jonah Charlton

• Devidas Norvilas

• Daithí Nevin

2012 Girls

• Sarah McGrath

• Jessica Fahey

• Caoimhe Murrin

• Leah Basquille

2012 Boys

• Senan Beirne

• Jamie Bourke

• Donnacha Burke

• Charlie Cloherty

• Jack Coyne

• Conor Lafferty