Baldy Man in the rain

Well done to the many members who braved the weather in Tramore to 'run/struggle/regret' the 8K of variety offered by the 10th anniversary of the annual Baldy man run supported by WAC.

Pictured are Brian O'Sullivan, first male member home, Diane Behan, 2nd lady home, Sylvia Malone (paced by hubbie Kevin), 3rd lady home and Dermot Power winner of O50 category.

Well done also to Caitriona Gough who won the O35 ladies section and Eoin Palmer who won the O45 male section.

Final night of circuits for 2010

Well done Anne Fitzgerald on winning the last WAC event of 2010 in the "Last person horizontal" in the plank competition at Circuits on Wednesday night! Anne was still going 'still' after 5 mins and had the rest of the pack done after 3 or 4 mins.

Great going Anne and thanks to Sinead and Andrew, staff of the Cilbarra centre, who sponsored lovely choclate treats for the last 3 going at the plank. Circuits starts back at 6:50pm on Wed Jan 5th. Open to all members and their friends.

Anyone up for a run on St Stevens Day; 10am from the Woodlands hotel on the Dunmore Rd. 4, 6 or 8 mile run!

Wouldn't you like to be in a club like this?

Christmas party night out recently! What is the common thread? Well, the ratio of ladies to men is about the same as you would get at a Circuit training, Pilates or Yoga class! Speaking of Circuits; tonight (WED) is the last night of 2010 circuits in Cillbarra at 6:50pm. Everyone welcome; €3 each or €2 for Junior Squad members.

WAC Sessions/runs over the Christmas

After training tonight (Tues Dec 21st) the 5:45 Improver/Competing athlete sessions on Tues and Friday will take a break until the week beginning Monday Jan 10th.

There will be casual runs on Tuesday and Thursday at 7pm from the RSC and Wednesday at 6:30 from the Carpark opposite the Majestic hotel in Tramore. These runs will be on each week over the Christmas (weather permitting) and if the RSC is closed for any of the Tuesdays and Thursdays then they will start at the Superquinn carpark instead.

Circuit training in Cillbarra Sports hall finishes after the tomorrow's night session (Dec 22nd) and resumes on Wed 5th at 6:50pm.

Dec 26th Casual 4/6 or 8 mile (depending on amount of turkey consumed) run at 10am from the woodlands hotel .

Dec 27th Annual Baldy Man run in tramore supported by Waterford AC. Race starts at 1pm, entries on the day in the Majestic hotel from 11:30am.

Winter league resumes on Thursday Jan 6th.

The Monday and Wednesday beginner/improver track sessions have stopped now and will resume on Jan 10th and Wednesday Jan 12th:

Entries still being taken: Saturday Jan 15th 12noon: Waterford AC Half Marathon 2010

Munster Masters Indoor Championships 2010

13 is not an unlucky number; its the number of individual munster medals won today at a cold nenagh (Can you guess from the picture??)

Pictured are Mal McGlynn, Jim Baldwin, Kieran Leahy, Tom O'Brien, Jacinta Power and Derek Grant.

Fresh from her Female Athlete of the year from Saturday Jacinta kept Nenagh hot with 4 golds in Long and High Jumps, 60m and shot.

Mal was delighted with his 3rd place in the 3K and without any track work in recent months and 5 weeks to go to the nationals, again in Nenagh, he is looking forward to some serious training between now and then.

Derek Grant continued his recent return to form with a battling 3rd in his 800m followed by a very strong 1500m to win silver.

Kieran Leahy won two excellent silvers in his 60m and 200m against unbeaten Richard MacArthur in recent years and Kieran only narrowly lost out in both races and will be gunning to beat Richard at the Nationals. Great to welcome Kieran back to competitive track and nice to see he is close to the action.... and having mastered the block-start he ran a rapid first leg of the 4 x 200m relay to hand over to Jim who passed the banton to Mal who ably passed it Tom who romped home for a well deserved gold for the team.

Tom also won his double jumps titles and slipped in a silver in the 200m and a bronze in the 60m to enjoy an excellent day of (cold and) hot track and field.

Any masters athletes (Over 35+) interested in competing in the national finals on Sunday Jan 23rd contact tom at tom@waterfordac.com or Derek. Go on; you know you want to! Lots of training sessions if you want to get involved.

WAC Christmas night out

Without the aftermath of the half marathon we went ahead with our Christmas night out in Revolution Bar.....yes, thats where it was; not in Geoffs bar where everyone seemed to get lost in for a couple of hours!!!!but eventually with everyone back in the fold a great night was had. With a few awards presented to Tom and Jacinta as Male and Female Athletes of the year and Tom Murray as Club Person of the year for outstanding service to WAC the night also included plenty of dancing, swopping of training programs, discussions on how to make your own energy bar and sympathising with Tom and Jacinta that they couldn't drink due to their early start the following morning to compete at the Munster Masters Indoor championships!

If you are looking for your next night out with lots of WAC participation next Thursday is the Santa run at the winter league and their Christmas party is on in the Munster Bar from 9pm

Half Marathon POSTPONED until JANUARY

A decision has been made in the interest of safety to postpone the half marathon until Saturday JANUARY 15th at 12 noon.

Waterford AC regret any inconvenience caused to runners and hope all can make it on this new date.

Half Marathon Latest

The big thaw is beginning! Lets hope the snow will stay away and Met Eireann, Countryfile and everyone else with a balanced view of the likely movements of the weather over the next few days are right!

Official go ahead or Postponement will be announced on Thursday at lunchtime.

All going well;

Goodie bag packing will be at the new stand in the RSC from 6:30 on thursday night so anyone free to help please come along and bring your kids to help out. (Winter league will be cancelled due to the paths not being safe).

Friday afternoon;

RSC track and carpark area will need plenty of brushing and preparation so anyone with a brush and a spade please come along.

Saturday morning;

Lots of jobs around the RSC from 8am so just turn up with a willing gaze and expect a job.

If available to steward; contact Con on 0872028429 if you have not already done so or come to the RSC from 10am to be assigned a spot. (and thanks!)

From 12:15..come to the finish to support the finishers and if available help to give out the Goodie bags immediately as the runners finish..thats over 1000 goodie bags so all hands on deck......also help upstairs to give out the tea, cookies and blaas..

Oh, and smile for the camera..you wouldn't know where Ciaran might be snapping you!

Indoors season begins on Dec 12th

Anyone interested in competing at the Munster indoors Masters championships (Over 35 up) please email tom@waterfordac.com or 0863787051 with the events you would like to compete in. Unfortunately its on the day after our Half Marathon and Christmas night out (which has been moved to Revolution Bar in the city at the Escape night club from 9pm).

Full details on munster athletics website and by clicking on 'Forms' on the left hand side.

The following indoors will be Jan 9th again in Nenagh for the seniors and juniors championships. Again check out the Munster athletics website.