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F TRACK & FIELD
D
CHAMPIONSHIPS
by Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald
Photos Armn Neville Coughlan & Capt E O'Brien
T
he Defence
Forces Track
and Field
Championships
took place on the
5th June in Scanlon Park, Kilkenny
home to the
Kilkenny City Harriers Athletic Club.
The Championship
was hosted by 1
Bde and assisted
by the DF Athletics
Committee.
The General
Mulcahy Trophy
for overall athlete
was based on
an accumulative
points system of
4 points for a win
and 2 points for a
second. The Inter
Brigade Shield
was presented to
the Bde with the
most points, with
the scoring set at
3 points for a win
and 2 points for a
second and 1 for a
third. The Medley
relay scores double points. 1 Bde
achieved the best
overall points and
were awarded the
Inter Bde Shield.
Men's Event
Formation
Time
100m
1st Pte Bennett
1 Bde
11.25
2nd Capt Kedney
2 Bde
11.28
3rd Cpl Davis
DFTC
11.44
200m
1st Capt Kedney
2 Bde
23.56
2nd Pte Kelly
1 Bde
24.63
3rd Cadet Finnegan DFTC
400m
1st Capt Kedney
2 Bde
53.06
2nd Pte Kelly
1 Bde
54.68
3rd Pte Smith
DFTC
800m
1st Cpl O'Neill
DFTC
2.04
2nd Cpl Doherty
1 Bde
3rd Pte Murphy
DFTC
1500m
1st Cpl O'Neill
DFTC
4.39
2nd Cadet Doyle
DFTC
3rd Cadet McCaffery DFTC
5000m
1st Pte Rodgers
1 Bde
15.48
2nd Cpl O'Neill
DFTC
16.03
3rd A/B Roche
NS
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Men's Event
Formation
Time
Shot Putt
1st Cpl Reddy
2nd Capt Moody
3rd Pte Brennan
DFHQ
2 Bde
1 Bde
11.65
10.52
10.12
Discus
1st Cpl Reddy
2nd Capt Moody
3rd Pte Brennan
DFHQ
2 Bde
1 Bde
29.92
29.38
28.98
Long jump
1st Pte Brennan
1 Bde
2nd Cadet Finnegan DFTC
3rd Pte Phelan
1 Bde
6.15
5.33
5.25
4 x 100m Relay
1st DFTC
2nd 1 Bde
Medley Relay
1st 1 Bde
2nd DFTC
3rd 2 Bde
3000m Masters
O/40 Pte Kelly
O/45 Sgt Devlin
O/50 Sgt Bishop
O/55 Pte Burns
2 Bde
1 Bde
2 Bde
1 Bde
9.36
10.52
10.31
11.31
