Euro Team Championships

ecoli

Next weekend sees the Irish Team in action in the European Team Championships in Turkey

Team list

What do people think of the team? Selection right or any weird selections? No 5000 man listed yet?

Great to see alot of youth in the team shows encouraging signs.

Finishing 8th of 12 last year how do people reckon we will fair?

Here are the teams in our pool:

Belgium
Croatia
Finland
Greece
Hungary
Netherlands
Norway
Romania
Slovenia
Switzerland
Turkey

Few interesting match ups. One of the Borlee brothers will square off against Gillick week after he is running in DL in New York

woodchopper

Stephen Scullion is doing the 5k. Although is anyone else not surprised that Cragg has not been called up to do the 5k. Surely we could do with someone of his vast experience in this race. He has competed in two Olympic finals and many European finals after all.

G-Money

I believe this is on the BBC this weekend...

EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

Saturday 18 June
BBC One (1345-1710)

Sunday 19 June
BBC Two(1345-1730)

downthemiddle

Ailis McSweeney is out

Dan man

I think we have enough talent in the team to avoid the drop. We should win plenty of points on the track anyway across all distances. I always look forward to this event, hopefully we will see a few P.B.s by the end of it.

ecoli

G-Money wrote: »

I believe this is on the BBC this weekend...

EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

Saturday 18 June
BBC One (1345-1710)

Sunday 19 June
BBC Two(1345-1730)

Unfortunately this will show the top division with GB France etc. Usually have to find a stream for the Division 1

Pisco Sour

Such a shame there are no walk events for the European Team Championships. Having Rob and Olive there would go a long way to making promotion a more realistic goal.

notsofast

Looking forward to seeing the form of the Irish team, be very interesting to see how likes of McBrearty, Galligan, O'Lioniard, Foroughi get on at this level.

runjb

The Irish team looks very strong for the weekend. Kelly Proper is out unfortunetly, but I still feel we should be aiming for a good finish on the table, above half way maybe!

Looking forward to a few performances in particular:

Derval as she open she season, Hession and Gillick to see if they can knock a chunk of their SB, Britton and Rielly after their exploits in the diamond league.

Pity Cragg isn't down for the 5k as I think this could have being a definite full points.

oedipod

Am I alone in not weeping that Cragg isn't running the 5k? There aren't too many points up for grabs for a DNF.

That said, his recent 13:12 would've been useful!!

Also, 12 points from Chamney last year, who's now recovering from injury.

Pherekydes

ecoli wrote: »

Finishing 8th of 12 last year how do people reckon we will fair?

Here are the teams in our pool:

Belgium
Croatia
Finland
Greece
Hungary
Netherlands
Norway
Romania
Slovenia
Switzerland
Turkey

With a full strength squad, I'd say we could make top 6. But with withdrawals and absences, I can't see us making the top 8.

I predict 10th at best.

Pisco Sour

Pherekydes wrote: »

With a full strength squad, I'd say we could make top 6. But with withdrawals and absences, I can't see us making the top 8.

I predict 10th at best.

Every team is bound to have their own withdrawals and absences though, not just us.

Pherekydes

04072511 wrote: »

Every team is bound to have their own withdrawals and absences though, not just us.

Obviously. But we don't have the strength in depth.

thirtyfoot

Pherekydes is right, even at full strength and walking events included we would not challenge for promotion. We don't have enough in the field. Its all about survival and non-relegation.

Pisco Sour

I'd be pretty confident we won't get relegated in any case.

The big names need to kick start their seasons (Gillick and Hession).

Also not having Gillick in the relay is a completely avoidable withdrawal. What an absolute waste that is.

myflipflops

oedipod wrote: »

Am I alone in not weeping that Cragg isn't running the 5k?.

You should be alone. Most people would be happy to see one of the best 5k runners in Europe on our team. A near certain full points in the 5k if Cragg was there.

It wil be interesting to see how Ciaran O'Lionaird goes (if he competes) in the 3k after his experience at NCAA.

It's a very young Irish team on the mens side anyway - Smyth, Scullion, O'Lionaird, Crowe, McBrearty all early in their careers.

myflipflops

04072511 wrote: »

I'd be pretty confident we won't get relegated in any case.

The big names need to kick start their seasons (Gillick and Hession).

Also not having Gillick in the relay is a completely avoidable withdrawal. What an absolute waste that is.

I don't think we will be go down but avoiding relegation is definately the only realistic target and it will be tight I suspect.

Neither Gillick nor Hession willl be favourites in their respective races (facing Ndure and Borlee) and a lot of our stronger athletes are facing tough competition (Smyth also faces Ndure, Derval face Vukicevic, Cullen faces Roman, Galligan faces Hak).

We need some of our younger athletes and field eventers to come through with well needed points and we have no tradition of this happening, especially in the field.

Hopefully someone with a better knowledge of Irish field events than me can give us an optimistic opinion of our chances there at the weekend.

Rineanna

McSweeney out, so Foster tripling up over 100m and 200m, and the 4x1oom relay.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/mcsweeney-forced-to-pull-out-of-euros-2677662.html

myflipflops

Gillick runs the 4X400.

ecoli

Came across this on the AAI site

Any of these times in danger of being revise?

Personally i see a few going. Mcbrearty should come close to Nolans benchmark as well as the 4x400 possibly

On the womens side the 100 and 200 would be at risk and the S/C

thirtyfoot

ecoli wrote: »

Came across this on the AAI site

Any of these times in danger of being revise?

Personally i see a few going. Mcbrearty should come close to Nolans benchmark as well as the 4x400 possibly

On the womens side the 100 and 200 would be at risk and the S/C

Pole Vaults most likely.

notsofast

ecoli wrote: »

Came across this on the AAI site

Any of these times in danger of being revise?

Personally i see a few going. Mcbrearty should come close to Nolans benchmark as well as the 4x400 possibly

On the womens side the 100 and 200 would be at risk and the S/C

Britton could beat 15:37 in the women's 5K, she's done 15:31 this season.

At start of the season you would fancy Gillick to top 45.96, will he ?

notsofast

That doc only goes up to 2007 unfortunately , just checked a few results from last year. Gillick ran 45.29 and Derval ran 12.8, both faster than the times on the doc. Bags I not update it.

Pisco Sour

notsofast wrote: »

That doc only goes up to 2007 unfortunately , just checked a few results from last year. Gillick ran 45.29 and Derval ran 12.8, both faster than the times on the doc. Bags I not update it.

Derval's 12.80 was wind aided slightly with a 2.1 measurement. Its funny, that time showed she was in form and that she would be a danger at the Europeans, but the likes of Ian O'Riordan etc just looked at her official SB of 12.96 or whatever it was and went on about her only being 16th in Europe going into the championships. Silly stuff! You'd wonder how closely journalists follow the athletes progress or do they just look at the IAAF top lists and form an opinion from that!

Regardless of what the 400m record is, I should surely hope Gillick runs significantly faster than 45.9x!!!

Run4YourLife

Really hope Gillick runs a good 45 and that Hession gets a season's best. Unconfirmed rumours that Proper hasn't turned up again and that Foster has pulled herself from relay squad.

G-Money

Have to admit I don't know much about these championships. Are they just european teams competing against each other? What's the ultimate prize or bragging right that comes from them?

Sorry for the stupid questions

thirtyfoot

Basically all teams compete in every event. There are 12 in our group. Based on the finishing order, you get pts for your team, 12pts down to 1pt. All points added up. Team with most wins. There are 4 divisions. Promotion and relegation. Its the best gauge of the strength of a nation in the sport. We are mid table in the 2nd tier. It will be good to stay there.

Pisco Sour

What time does it start at Irish time?

What are the prospects of getting live feed for this? No mention of it on myp2p at the moment. Only the premier division taking place in Stockholm.

wgtomblin

It runs from approx 3 to 7pm Irish time on both days. BBC and Eurosport are covering the premier division. No idea where to find live streaming of 1st division, i'm afraid. www.izmir2011.org should have results as they come through.

Pisco Sour

No sign of Blanca Vlasic on the start list

http://www.izmir2011.org/Startlists.pdf

Pherekydes

wgtomblin wrote: »

It runs from approx 3 to 7pm Irish time on both days.

The time difference is 2 hours, so the timetable runs from 13:45 to 18:00 today and 13:30 to 17:40 tomorrow.

I hope the athletes don't suffer too much in the heat. The current temp seems to be 30, with 32 expected tomorrow.

Good luck to all.

Pherekydes

Ninja edit not quick enough, Rin. I'll spare your blushes, though.

Rineanna

Pherekydes wrote: »

They haven't started yet!

Shurrup! I'd deleted my post when I realised my mistake. It's 1am where I am, so I should go to bed and stop making up results.

Pisco Sour

If anyone finds live feed please post it here.

Ecoli, we're counting on you here

ecoli

04072511 wrote: »

If anyone finds live feed please post it here.

Ecoli, we're counting on you here

I have three of the team on standby for results but just in case they forget I am in the process of looking for one, back in five:p

Pherekydes

Live results

Pherekydes

Rk. 	Bib 	Name 	YoB. 	Nat. 	Team 	Result 	 
1. 	607 	Ouedraogo Elodie 	1981 	BEL 	Belgium 	55.74 	1./II
2. 	613 	Tomb Stine 	1986 	NOR 	Norway 	56.38 	2./II
3. 	617 	Engin Birsen 	1980 	TUR 	Turkey 	56.50 	3./II
4. 	608 	Horvat Nikolina 	1986 	CRO 	Croatia 	56.90 	4./II
5. 	611 	Barr Jessie 	1989 	IRL 	Ireland 	57.21 	5./II
6. 	616 	Arrieta Valentine 	1990 	SUI 	Switzerland 	57.37 	6./II
7. 	609 	Hantzi-Neag Hristina 	1976 	GRE 	Greece 	59.32 	1./I
8. 	785 	Laitinen Anniina 	1989 	FIN 	Finland 	59.38 	2./I
9. 	614 	Ionescu Andreea 	1990 	ROU 	Romania 	59.87 	3./I
10. 	615 	Trost Eva 	1994 	SLO 	Slovenia 	59.91 	4./I
11. 	612 	Fonck Myrthe 	1987 	NED 	Netherlands 	1:01.44 	5./I
12. 	610 	Lorand Lilla 	1992 	HUN 	Hungary 	1:02.57 	6./I

There ya go, now, Rin!

Rineanna

I was right! And just under a full second taken off her PB!

ecoli

04072511 wrote: »

If anyone finds live feed please post it here.

Ecoli, we're counting on you here

Afraid couldnt get anything for our division. Think I had same problem last year will see if I can get something sorted and will keep you posted

Pherekydes

Rineanna wrote: »

I was right! And just under a full second taken off her PB!

A great result and 5th.

Pisco Sour

DAMN IT Eurosport. I had the Premier division athletics on and as soon as the women's 800 ended they switched it to the tennis at Eastbourne, even though the TV schedule says that athletics would be on for the next few hours :mad:

runjb

Excellent start to the day, two new huge PBs for our 400mH

Jessie Barr with 57.21 and Tim Crowe with 51.59. Hopefully now this will inspire the rest of the team. Superb performances from these two youngsters!

ecoli

Doing up a points table to keep track. It goes 12,11 etc all the way down right its not like mazda league here that win gets you an extra point?

Pherekydes

Lemaitre sets another French record of 9.95 in dismissing Chambers in Stockholm. Jeez, it was completely stress free.

Pherekydes

ecoli wrote: »

Doing up a points table to keep track. It goes 12,11 etc all the way down right its not like mazda league here that win gets you an extra point?

Yes, it's 12 down to 1.

Pherekydes

runjb wrote: »

Excellent start to the day, two new huge PBs for our 400mH

Jessie Barr with 57.21 and Tim Crowe with 51.59. Hopefully now this will inspire the rest of the team. Superb performances from these two youngsters!

Tim Crowe won the slower heat* and finished 4th overall. Good going so far!


*The heats are seeded based on seasonal bests. 2 heats of 6.

runjb

Yes most events seeded accorded to season's best times, but some exceptions...like the 100mH for our Derval:D

ecoli

Amy Foster 11.60 with a 0.0 wind winning her heat. .01 off her PB

Women joint second after 2 events 2 points off lead

Pherekydes

ecoli wrote: »

Amy Foster with a PB i think? (aside from her wind aided run last year think here PB is 11.61) 11.60 with a 0.0 wind winning her heat
Women joint second after 2 events 2 points off lead

Women's Triple Jump is finished. I think McLoone finished 11th?

ecoli

Pherekydes wrote: »

Women's Triple Jump is finished. I think McLoone finished 11th?

Think its still on going (going by when the flickering green lights top on the results site:o)

mike scott

I usually read this board but don't have an account. I just set one up to let you know about the link below. I have been searching like most of you for some coverage. If it works, you can thank me again. Go Ireland!

http://www.trt-world.com/trtworld/Canli/Live.aspx?chn=TV3&dil=en