An Cosantóir

An Cosantóir April 2016 www.dfmagazine.ie 28 | O ver 180 competitors from units throughout the Defence Forces took part in the annual DF Indoor Track & Field Championships and Grand Prix at the state-of-the-art Indoor Stadium in Athlone Institute of Technology on Monday 15th February 2016. The day's activity included champion- ship events in the 60m, 200m, 800m and 3,000m on the track, as well as the shot putt and long jump on the infield. In addition to the championship events, a series of grand prix events specifically for new entrants to the DF also took place, with race distances of 60m, 200m and 1500m as well as the shot putt and long jump. Cadets, apprentices from the Air Corps, and recruits in training in a number of units took part in the grand prix with great enthusiasm, many of them running on an indoor track for their first time. Some excellent performances were produced on the day including a 1min 56sec performance in the senior men's 800m championship by Capt James Ledingham of 3 Infantry Battalion, and, 8min 54 sec by Pte Patrick Roche DFTC CIS Group in the senior men's 3,000m. In the wom- en's competition, Pte 2* Nelson of 105 Tp DFTC and Cadet Smyth took the honours in the 3,000m and 60m respectively with Pte Foy of 1 Cn Cois winning both the Long Jump and Shot Putt. As always, the 4 x 200m relay events were the highlight of the day. In the hotly contested new entrants relay, the Cadet School team won the day, while 1 Cn Cois took the honours in the senior men's 4 x 200m. This year's indoor track & field event was hosted by 2 Bde with excel- lent organisation by 2 Bde BPEO and staff assisted by members of the DF Athletics Committee. The next event on the DF Athletics Calendar is the annual DF Half-Mara- thon Championships taking place in Galway on 20th April (details to follow on DF IKON). by COMDT NOEL CONWAY, CHAIRMAN DF ATHLETICS COMMITTEE PHOTOS by SGT KARL BYRNE & CPL NEVILLE COUGHLAN dF indOOr trACk & Field Championships Cadet/recruit/Apprentice Competition 60m Rec Doyle, 105 Tp, DFTC. Time: 7.25 Aptc Burke, Aptc Sch, AC Aptc Lyster, Aptc Sch, AC 1500m Cdt Smith, Cadet Sch, DFTC. Time: 3:56 Cadet Murphy, Cadet Sch, DFTC. Time: 3:57 Pte 2*Doohan, 28 Inf Bn, 2 Bde. Time: 3:58 4 x 200m Relay Cadet School, DFTC 1 ACS, DFCT 1 ACS, DFTC Shot Putt Pte 2* Doyle, 105 Tp, DFTC. Dist: 10.4m Pte 2* Woods, 28 Inf Bn, 2 Bde. Dist: Pte 2*Joyce, 105 Tp, DFTC. Dist: 8.82m Long Jump Pte 2* Doyle, 105 Tp, DFTC. Dist: 10.4m Pte 2* Woods, 28 Inf Bn, 2 Bde. Dist: 5.6m Pte 2* Burke, 28 Inf Bn, 2 Bde. Dist: 4.95m 1st 2nd 3rd event

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