Irish Track and Field Season - Fixture List

Chivito550

Trawling through multiple websites in order to find races is something that shouldn't need to be done and is an exercise in frustration management. So I've put a list together of track races this season. It is far from a complete list so please mention other track and field fixtures, and then the mods can add it to this original post.

I've taken these fixtures from the AAI, Irish Milers Club, Dublin Athletics, and Cork Athletics websites.


Dublin Graded Meet 1 Wed 30th April Santry (100, 800, 3000, PV, HT, TJ)
Irish Milers Club meet 1 Sat 10th May Greystones (Includes sprints)
Cork Graded Meet 1 Mon 12th May Cork (400, Mile, LJ, SP, DT)
Dublin Graded Meet 2 Wed 14th May Tallaght (200, 1500, LJ, SP, HJ)
AAI National League Round 1 Sun 18th May Waterford/ Sligo
AAI Games Sun 25th May Santry
Dublin Graded Meet 3 Wed 28th May Irishtown (400, Mile, 3000, 5000, DT, JT, TJ)
Cork Graded Meet 2 Wed 28th May Cork (100, 200, 800, 3000, HJ, JT, HT)
Irish Milers Club meet 2 Sat 31st May Tullamore (Includes sprints)
Leinster Championships Sun 1st June Tullamore
Ulster Championships Sat 7th June Belfast
Dublin Graded Meet 4 & Dublin Championships Wed 11th June Santry (100, 400, 800, PV, HT, LJ, HJ)
Cork Graded Meet 3 Thu 12th June Cork (100, 400, 1500, HJ, DT, SP)
Irish Milers Club meet 3 Sat 14th June Irishtown (Includes sprints)
Munster Championships Sun 15th June Cork
AAI National League Round 2 Sun 22nd June Santry/ Athlone
Dublin Graded Meet 5 & Dublin Championships Wed 25th June Tallaght (200, 1500, JT, DT, TJ, SP)
Cork 'B' Championships Wed 25th June Cork
Irish Milers Club meet 4 Fri 27th June Leixlip (Includes sprints)
Cork Graded Meet 4 Fri 27th June Cork (200, 800, 3000, LJ, TJ, HT, JT)
Cork Championships Thu 3rd July Cork
Cork City Sports Tue 8th July Cork
Dublin Graded Meet 6 Wed 9th July Irishtown (400, 800, DT, LJ, HJ)
Cork Graded Meet 5 Thu 10th July Cork (100, 400, 1500, HJ, SP, DT)
Irish Milers Club meet 5/ Morton Games Fri 11th July Santry (Includes sprints)
AAI National Championships Sat 19th July Santry
Dublin Graded Meet 7 Wed 23rd July Santry (100, 3000, 5000, PV, HT, SP)
Cork Graded Meet 6 Mon 28th July Cork (200, 800, 3000, LJ, HT, JT)
AAI National Combined Events Championships Sat 2nd Aug Tullamore
AAI National League Final Sun 3rd Aug Tullamore
Dublin Graded Meet 8 Wed 6th Aug Tallaght (200, 1500, LJ, JT)
Dublin Graded Meet 9 Wed 20th Aug Irishtown (400, 800, DT, HJ)

pconn062

Great work, thanks.

I almost feel bad posting this but ecoli put this together a few weeks ago.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai_n0GctxVLddEV2bG9YamNBVUZ1YTNwclJ1czNGSXc#gid=0

Chivito550

pconn062 wrote: »

Great work, thanks.

I almost feel bad posting this but ecoli put this together a few weeks ago.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai_n0GctxVLddEV2bG9YamNBVUZ1YTNwclJ1czNGSXc#gid=0

Neither list is complete. Maybe they could be merged somehow.

Tombo2001

Are there any track events aimed at Masters....?

RayCun

Tombo2001 wrote: »

Are there any track events aimed at Masters....?

Masters championships - provincial in June? national in August (and indoor championships in January)

ecoli

Tombo2001 wrote: »

Are there any track events aimed at Masters....?

June 1st Leinster Masters
June 15th Munster Masters
Aug 10th All Ireland Masters

Provincials would usually be open to guests

oldrunner

Tombo2001 wrote: »

Are there any track events aimed at Masters....?

Also, the Dublin Graded meets always see a large number of Masters competing.
If you're really adventurous, the European Masters is in Izmir at the end of August.

dna_leri

Galway T&F:

10,000m on Thursday June 12th in Dangan at 7pm. Pre entries for this to ensure numbers.

Day One -Sunday 29 June 1.30pm onwards
200m, Long Jump, Shot Putt, Discus
800m, Weight for Distance (only Seniors and Masters), 4×100m relay.
3000m Women / 5000m men

Day Two- Thursday 10 July from 7pm
100m, 400m, Triple Jump, Javelin, Hammer, 1500m,
High Jump, 4×400m relay

Entries on the day - E5 for day/event (i.e. 5 euro means you can run one or all events on one day)

All track events will be electronically timed.

Guest athletes are very welcome from other athletics clubs, but dont qualify for Galway medals.

See http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=38492

Chivito550

dna_leri wrote: »

Galway T&F:

10,000m on Thursday June 12th in Dangan at 7pm. Pre entries for this to ensure numbers.

Day One -Sunday 29 June 1.30pm onwards
200m, Long Jump, Shot Putt, Discus
800m, Weight for Distance (only Seniors and Masters), 4×100m relay.
3000m Women / 5000m men

Day Two- Thursday 10 July from 7pm
100m, 400m, Triple Jump, Javelin, Hammer, 1500m,
High Jump, 4×400m relay

Entries on the day - E5 for day/event (i.e. 5 euro means you can run one or all events on one day)

All track events will be electronically timed.

Guest athletes are very welcome from other athletics clubs, but dont qualify for Galway medals.

See http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=38492

Thursday is frustrating. If it was Saturday or Sunday I would definitely be interested in making the journey for it. So many meets in Cork and other county championships are on mid week which is annoying, although you could probably say the same for Graded meets in Dublin.

Wish there was more weekend meets and less mid-week ones.

dna_leri

Chivito550 wrote: »

Thursday is frustrating. If it was Saturday or Sunday I would definitely be interested in making the journey for it. So many meets in Cork and other county championships are on mid week which is annoying, although you could probably say the same for Graded meets in Dublin.

Wish there was more weekend meets and less mid-week ones.

Well, day 1 is weekend, which is better than any of the Dublin Graded Meets.

Chivito550

dna_leri wrote: »

Well, day 1 is weekend, which is better than any of the Dublin Graded Meets.

Yep agreed there. Is there a Connaght Championships by the way? I can't find any information for it. There was a Connaght indoors so surely outdoors? If so, when and where? I'm really chasing races.

dna_leri

Chivito550 wrote: »

Yep agreed there. Is there a Connaght Championships by the way? I can't find any information for it. There was a Connaght indoors so surely outdoors? If so, when and where? I'm really chasing races.

Connaught seniors are on Sat 14 June in Sligo along with U13-U19. Starts at 10am, and can be a long day. I ran 800m last year and there was no electronic timing for it. There were 3 in senior 400m, winner was 51.75. Not going to run this year.

Chivito550

dna_leri wrote: »

Connaught seniors are on Sat 14 June in Sligo along with U13-U19. Starts at 10am, and can be a long day. I ran 800m last year and there was no electronic timing for it. There were 3 in senior 400m, winner was 51.75. Not going to run this year.

Doesn't sound the greatest. Crusaders have a meet that day at irishtown anyway, and Munster Championships are the next day so will be running one of those 2 anyway.

According to Irish runner magazine's fixture list, round 8 is the final meet of the gradeds and specifically says "final meet". But on the graded fixtures they have a round 9 on Aug 20th. Contrasting information. Anybody know more on this?

It seems like after nationals on 19 July, there won't be much happening 400m wise. Even more reason for me to do national decathlon as could be last 400m hit out of the season.

Condo131

Round 3 of Cork AAI Graded leagues, sponsored by John Buckley Sports, is on Thursday week, June 12th; Program Guests welcome.

Round 4, Fri June 27th; Program Guests welcome. NB Steeplechase will only be held if there are AT LEAST 3 pre-entries - corkgradedleague@outlook.com

happygoose

I know Clubs like North Down AC and Drogheda & District have Open Graded Meets over the summer...any other Clubs hold these?

Chivito550

happygoose wrote: »

I know Clubs like North Down AC and Drogheda & District have Open Graded Meets over the summer...any other Clubs hold these?

Interested to know too. Do any Dublin clubs put on Open Days? Or clubs in Meath, Westmeath, Kildare, Wicklow, Waterford? There's a fair few tracks out there getting very little competition useage, particularly at weekends, from what I can see, from my extensive online search for races.

Timmaay

Chivito550 wrote: »

Interested to know too. Do any Dublin clubs put on Open Days? Or clubs in Meath, Westmeath, Kildare, Wicklow, Waterford? There's a fair few tracks out there getting very little competition useage, particularly at weekends, from what I can see, from my extensive online search for races.

Bray runners will be having an invitational mile race on Tuesday evening 24th June at the track in Greystones. I'll pass on more details when I get them, bb67 knows more also!

Oiriallach

happygoose wrote: »

I know Clubs like North Down AC and Drogheda & District have Open Graded Meets over the summer...any other Clubs hold these?

Lagan Valley AC also hold open meets at the Mary Peters Track. Five in total spread throughout the summer.

eldiva

Oiriallach wrote: »

Lagan Valley AC also hold open meets at the Mary Peters Track. Five in total spread throughout the summer.

Is there any dates for them or have I missed them all?

eldiva

Also can anyone run in the likes of Cork Championships? I presume your not eligible for medals but can you still race

Oiriallach

I think there's a Lagan Valley AC meet tonight and then two more in August. Well worth a quick look at the fixtures pages on the Athletics Northern Ireland website if you're interested in competing in the North.

With regard to county and other championships, it's up to the organising body to decide whether they're open or closed and, if they're open, whether or not "guests" get medals. Sometimes the policy will be clearly stated but, more often than not, you'd have to ask. Checking the results for previous years can also give you an indication.

eldiva

Does anyone know if its easy to get yo the CIT track from Cork city centre. I have to bus it down for the Cork Champs but not sure how easy the track is to get to

brutes1

Galway County Adult Track and Field championships - day one yesterday, day two below, Guests welcome
The venue is the Regional Sports Centre track in Dangan at the NUI Galway grounds.

Day Two - Thursday 10th July
Time: 7pm onwards
Events: 100m, 400m, Triple Jump, Javelin, Hammer, 1500m, High Jump, 4x400m relay

County Championship Medal Categories include Senior, Masters 35, Masters 50, Junior,
Entries on the day - €5 for day/event (i.e. 5 euro means you can run one or all events on one day)
All track events will be electronically timed.
Guest athletes are very welcome from other athletics clubs ( AAI reg) . However do not qualify for Galway medals.

If anyone has an interest in a hurdles event we may put one on.

dna_leri

brutes1 wrote: »

Galway County Adult Track and Field championships - day one yesterday, day two below, Guests welcome
The venue is the Regional Sports Centre track in Dangan at the NUI Galway grounds.

Day Two - Thursday 10th July
Time: 7pm onwards
Events: 100m, 400m, Triple Jump, Javelin, Hammer, 1500m, High Jump, 4x400m relay

County Championship Medal Categories include Senior, Masters 35, Masters 50, Junior,
Entries on the day - €5 for day/event (i.e. 5 euro means you can run one or all events on one day)
All track events will be electronically timed.
Guest athletes are very welcome from other athletics clubs ( AAI reg) . However do not qualify for Galway medals.

If anyone has an interest in a hurdles event we may put one on.

Well run event yesterday, thanks and good weather as always. Also saw competitive field events.

Condo131

Results of Round 4 of Cork AAI Graded Leagues, sponsored by John Buckley Sports.

eldiva - sorry I didn't see your mail until now...hope you made it,

Cork AAI Co Senior T&F Championships are on Thurs next, July 3rd. Guests welcome, but MUST be AAI registered. Preentry is €5 per event, or €10 on night. Contact link is on the event page.

Condo131

Round 5 of John Buckley Sports sponsored Cork AAI Graded Leagues are on at the CIT, at 19:30 tomorrow night, Thursday, July 10th. Guests welcome, but must be registered AAI members.

menoscemo

Lads just saw on FB that they have built a new tartan Track in Enniscorthy
http://www.wexfordathletics.com/athletics-wexford/entry/field-of-dreams.html

They are opening it with a 2 day programme of athletics on 23rd July and 6th August. It's doubling as the wexford Track and field championships but also open to atheltes outside Wexford. Might interest a few?
Details here: http://www.wexfordathletics.com/athletics-wexford/entry/senior-t-f-programme-2014.html

Condo131

Round 6 - Final Round - of Cork AAI Graded Leagues, sponsored by John Buckley Sports, coming up on Monday July 28th. Guests welcome, but must be registered AAI members.

Sacksian

Up yours XC! Indoor fixtures are up:

http://www.athleticsireland.ie/competition/fixtures/

January 2015

11/01 National Indoor Club League Round 1 Athlone
25/01 National Junior & Under 23 Championships Athlone
31/01 National Indoor Club League Round 2 Athlone

February 2015

01/02 Open Indoor Games Athlone
07/02 National Indoor Club League Final Athlone
21/02 National Senior Indoor Championships Athlone
22/02 National Senior Indoor Championships Athlone

March 2015
15/03 National Master Indoor Championships Athlone

Leinsters will probably be in February.

RayCun

National masters in march??

Sacksian

RayCun wrote: »

National masters in march??

Hmm, that does seem odd alright.

Looking back, it was in January this year, but March suits me!

Sacksian

On top of that, AI have the date listed for the National 10k, but the venue as TBD, so I wonder if it's going to be run separately from the GIR this year?

Oiriallach

I believe the National Masters has been moved to March so that it's closer to the European Masters Indoor Championships. So it might be a good "warm-up" competition for the Europeans.

Chivito550

Sacksian wrote: »

Up yours XC! Indoor fixtures are up:

http://www.athleticsireland.ie/competition/fixtures/

January 2015

11/01 National Indoor Club League Round 1 Athlone
25/01 National Junior & Under 23 Championships Athlone
31/01 National Indoor Club League Round 2 Athlone

February 2015

01/02 Open Indoor Games Athlone
07/02 National Indoor Club League Final Athlone
21/02 National Senior Indoor Championships Athlone
22/02 National Senior Indoor Championships Athlone

March 2015
15/03 National Master Indoor Championships Athlone

Leinsters will probably be in February.

Why is Round 2 of National League on the same weekend as the AAI Games? That is a complete nuisance. Basically cuts the amount of competition one could have, as it's fairly hard to race on consecutive days in your preferred distance. I don't get the thinking behind this.

dna_leri

Sacksian wrote: »

Hmm, that does seem odd alright.

Looking back, it was in January this year, but March suits me!

It has always (?) been January except 2013 which was delayed due to the opening of Athlone. I would prefer earlier but I will have to adjust my plans, maybe I get a few more weeks "base building". I would like to think they moved it to line up better with the Euro Masters but I have my doubts if it is that well co-ordinated especially when I see the double scheduling of the League Round with the same weekend as the Indoor Games. I won't be surprised to see some changes in these schedules yet.

Regarding the National 10K, it does look like a split from the GIR which is scheduled for 5 April with National 10K on the week after.

Sacksian

dna_leri wrote: »

It has always (?) been January except 2013 which was delayed due to the opening of Athlone. I would prefer earlier but I will have to adjust my plans, maybe I get a few more weeks "base building". I would like to think they moved it to line up better with the Euro Masters but I have my doubts if it is that well co-ordinated especially when I see the double scheduling of the League Round with the same weekend as the Indoor Games. I won't be surprised to see some changes in these schedules yet.

Regarding the National 10K, it does look like a split from the GIR which is scheduled for 5 April with National 10K on the week after.

Well, my target race(s) will be the masters so I'm happier having a few races under my belt before they come round. Not sure if I'll get to run in the League though - a) don't know if we'll have a team and b) even if we do, I'd probably too far down the list for it!

Re: 10k - the road relays were the week after the GIR/National 10k this year, wonder if they'll be the week before the National 10k next year? I don't know how it was done in previous years.

oldrunner

Masters Indoor has been moved to act as build up with Europeans - it's totally deliberate. Outdoors will probably be in late July for same reason - World Outdoors is in Lyon early August.

Chivito550

Sacksian wrote: »

Well, my target race(s) will be the masters so I'm happier having a few races under my belt before they come round. Not sure if I'll get to run in the League though - a) don't know if we'll have a team and b) even if we do, I'd probably too far down the list for it!

Re: 10k - the road relays were the week after the GIR/National 10k this year, wonder if they'll be the week before the National 10k next year? I don't know how it was done in previous years.

The Indoor League looked quite good last year. Not only could you guest like outdoor, but unlike outdoor they actively encouraged people to run individually if not on a team, so I'd definitely race if I were you.

Sacksian

Chivito550 wrote: »

The Indoor League looked quite good last year. Not only could you guest like outdoor, but unlike outdoor they actively encouraged people to run individually if not on a team, so I'd definitely race if I were you.

Not around for the first round, but might do round 2!

Sacksian

Seems like all the T&F fixtures are out for next year - with updated details for indoors, including a provisional timetable for Round 1 of the National Indoor League (although there seems to be only three track events?!).

http://www.athleticsireland.ie/competition/fixtures/

I'm already looking forward to next Summer!

24/05 Round 1 National League
31/05 Leinster T&F U23, Junior, Masters - Tullamore
19/07 Round 2 National League
26/07 National Masters T & F
02/08 National League Final
08/08 National Senior T&F

Chivito550

Information on the Indoor National League here:

http://www.athleticsireland.ie/news/glohealth-national-indoor-league-is-back

Round 1 has 60mH, 60m and 800m. So I assume Round 2 will have 200, 400 and 1500.

I don't understand the thinking behind putting the 200m and 400m on the same day. For a 200/400 runner there is no chance of getting to run both events realistically. Would be far better to put the 60m with the 400m and 1500m, and have the 200m and 800m on the other day IMO. That way any athlete who doubles up doesn't have to worry about both their preferred events being on the same day!

ECOLII

Chivito550 wrote: »

Information on the Indoor National League here:

http://www.athleticsireland.ie/news/glohealth-national-indoor-league-is-back

Round 1 has 60mH, 60m and 800m. So I assume Round 2 will have 200, 400 and 1500.

I don't understand the thinking behind putting the 200m and 400m on the same day. For a 200/400 runner there is no chance of getting to run both events realistically. Would be far better to put the 60m with the 400m and 1500m, and have the 200m and 800m on the other day IMO. That way any athlete who doubles up doesn't have to worry about both their preferred events being on the same day!

Perhaps that is the point

It is designed as a club team event rather than individual so aim to discourage reliance of outliers to a point

Chivito550

ECOLII wrote: »

Perhaps that is the point

It is designed as a club team event rather than individual so aim to discourage reliance of outliers to a point

If this was the reason then why not put the 800 and 1500 on the same day also?

ECOLII

Chivito550 wrote: »

If this was the reason then why not put the 800 and 1500 on the same day also?

Then you would have one round with no distance races what so ever (albeit then you could add a 3k as well but I think the idea is to keep the time table fairly condense and provide shorter distance races which are not widely available in spring like say 5ks etc

Chivito550

ECOLII wrote: »

Then you would have one round with no distance races what so ever (albeit then you could add a 3k as well but I think the idea is to keep the time table fairly condense and provide shorter distance races which are not widely available in spring like say 5ks etc

Tbh I doubt very much they have put much thought into the timetable.

For senior athletes we have 2 rounds of league, AAI Games, Leinsters and Nationals. That's 5 meets between 11 Jan and 22 Feb, albeit with 2 on the one weekend.

Any other meets I'm missing? Deliberately left League Final out as I won't be quick enough to get a chance to run in that. Ulster/NI Champs another option, but as that will be in Belfast it may clash with an Athlone meet. Munsters is in Nenagh so won't bother with that one. Connachts are in Athlone, but the week after nationals, and judging by last years results I'd be the only one running senior 400m, so will give that a miss too.

Think I'll do the 60 and 800 double in Round 1 for fun, then it will be only 400s from there on in I reckon.

EDIT: Just seen that Ulster Champs are on an indoor track at Magherafelt. Don't know anything about that venue. Same weekend as NL round 2 and AAI Games anyway.

Oiriallach

Ulster Championships are for juveniles (U12 - U19) only. Unlikely there'll be any other indoor meets in Ireland featuring a 200m/400m for seniors. You could travel across the water for additional meets. Scottish (1 Feb) & Welsh (24/25 Jan) National Championships are both open, and there should also be a few open non-championship meets in GB. Unfortuntely the Scottish Championships clash with the AAI Games.

BTW track in Magherafelt is 300m unbanked. Can be quite cold in there, although maybe not quite as bad as Nenagh!

Timmaay

Last Dec they had some sort of base meeting, any sign of that again? What about graded indoors, did they ever exist?

Oiriallach

Haven't seen anything about that "Baseline Meet" this year. So don't know if it's being dropped or if it'll go ahead with details only being announced shortly beforehand.

There are normally a couple of open meets in Jordanstown in December and/or January on Wednesday nights or Saturday afternoons. They normally include 60m, 60m Hurdles and the 5 field events divided over the two meets. It's just a 60m straight there plus field event facilities. Details wil probably appear on the Athletics NI website a few weeks in advance.

Don't recall there ever the equivalent of the graded meets during the indoor season. I guess the indoor season was never meant to be as extensive as the outdoor season. For most athletes, it's just a matter of doing a few meets over a period of a few weeks to guage how winter training is going and to get a break from the slog/monotony of that training. But it's what you do in the summer that really counts!

Chivito550

Oiriallach wrote: »

Ulster Championships are for juveniles (U12 - U19) only. Unlikely there'll be any other indoor meets in Ireland featuring a 200m/400m for seniors. You could travel across the water for additional meets. Scottish (1 Feb) & Welsh (24/25 Jan) National Championships are both open, and there should also be a few open non-championship meets in GB. Unfortuntely the Scottish Championships clash with the AAI Games.

BTW track in Magherafelt is 300m unbanked. Can be quite cold in there, although maybe not quite as bad as Nenagh!

Thanks a mill for this. The Welsh Championships fit in perfectly to be honest. I might just give this a go. The 400m is on the Saturday so would have the Sat night and Sunday to make a holiday out of it. Never been to Cardiff, and have friends there, so free accommodation. The downside is that I'll be running my very first ever indoor 400m at a National Championships, but feck it, I won't know anybody, so if it goes belly up, nobody will see it!

I'd be very hesitant about travelling to UK for an outdoor race. It's a fair distance to go to end up with possibly sh1t weather. But with indoor, you know exactly what you are getting.

dna_leri

2014 AIT Baseline Indoor T&F meet Wednesday, 17 December 2014
AIT AC currently invites entries for the 2nd annual 'AIT Baseline Indoor T&F Meet' from athletes looking to lay down a marker for the coming indoor season.
Similar to last year, this will be a low-key event where athletes will have the opportunity to test themselves in several non-standard events on the state-of the-art Athlone IT International Arena track. Eletronic timing will be available.
While many athletes may not yet feel fully fit, the programme comprises of several events often used in training to assess fitness, or lay down a base-line. So get down to AIT on Wednesday 17th December to lay down your base-line and kick off your indoor season.
Entries must be made on-line by close of business on Monday 15th December. Cost is €5 per event payable on-line. Athletes must be eligible for senior competition as per AAI rules.
List of events below. First event 7pm. Timetable to be finalised upon close of entries.
Events: Open Male & Open Female 60m, 150m, 300m, 600m, 3000m, LJ,SP, HJ
https://events.athleticsireland.ie/ps/event/AITBaselineIndoorTF2014

Timmaay

That 3k sounds appealing! 600m would be interesting, but zero point this early!