Run over a flat course the final XC League took place. The morning featured very high winds leftover from Storm Clodagh, which made conditions tough. Rathfarnham had a very impressive 27 young athletes turning out in the famous green singlet. Those in action included: U9 Girls: Jodie Ritchie, Philipa Mc Glynn, Sophie Maxwell, Isobel Burge, Hayley Stapleton. U10 Girls: Zoie Ritchie, Ellie Bennett, Eimear Doyle. U11 Girls: Charlotte Burge. U12 Girls: Sophie Fasenfeld, Abbey Kelly, Elena Cullen, Ciara Bermingham. U13 Girls: Alannah Fasenfeld, Clodagh Cullen.U14 Girls: Ellie Stapleton. U16 Girls: Aoife Murphy. U9 Boys: Liam Eldridge. U10 Boys: Simon Comerford, Dara Mulvihill, Fionn Kelly, Ryan O'Neill. U11 Boys: Cathal Keogh. U12 Boys: Cian Mulvihill, Oscar Comerford, Billy Conroy Roche. U16 Boys: Fields Chung. Full results will appear on dublinathleticsboard website. Well done one and all!

Final XC League positions:

Girls: U9: Jodie Ritchie 2nd,  Philipa Mc Glynn 9th, Isobel Burge 12th, Sopie Maxwell 13th, Hayley Stapleton 56th. U10: Zoie Ritchie 1st, Eimear Doyle 28th. U11: Charlotte Burge 33rd, Orla Byrne 35th. U12 Girls: Sophie Fasenfeld 20th, Abbey Kelly 25th,Elena Cullen 27th, Lucie Ritchie 28th, Ciara Bermingham 79th. U13: Alannah Fasenfeld 9th, Clodagh Cullen 27th. U/14: Ellie Stapleton 20th. U16: Aoife Murphy 9th.

Boys: U9: Liam Eldridge 43rd. U10: Ryan O'Neill 4th, Dara Mulvihill 11th, Fionn Kelly 13th, Simon Comerford 24th, Jack Keown 59th. U11: Cathal Keogh 26th. U12: Billy Conroy Roche 13th, Cian Mulvihill 14th, Oscar Comerford 17th. U16: Fields Chung 3rd.

Tymon Park was the setting for the Uneven Ages Dublin Championships. A beautiful bright, sunny and warm morning greeted the athletes on offically the first day of winter! Rathfarnham AC was well represented with 21 young athletes, who between them all returned excellent results. First off was the Girls U9 race run over 800m, in which Jodi Ritchie was 4th, Sophie Maxwell 9th, Hayley Maxwell 22nd, Isobel Burge 23rd and Philipa McGlynn also competed. The girls gained themselves silver by placing 2nd overall. Ethan Simunyu made his debut for the club in the Boys U9 race, Ethan ran an excellent race to finish in 1st place. In the biggest field of the day, the Girls U11, the club had 7 runners. Zoe Ritchie, who has been dominating her own age group all season, moved up an age category. It paid off for Zoe who grabbed bronze in an impressive display. Charlotte Burge was 35th, Edel Mc Carthy 40th, Rhian Nelson 54th. Ella O'Leary, Orla Byrne and Kiki Needham were other finishers. The Girls U11 team placed 6th overall. In the Boys U11 race Ryan O'Neill was 5th and Dara Mulvihill 18th, who also moved up an age group. Also runnning was Cathal Keogh who finished 24th and Simon Comerford who was 52nd. The Boys showed great team spirit grabbing bronze by one point ahead of Portmarnock! The Under 13 Girls race had our trio of Alannah Fasenfeld, Laura Mills and Clodagh Cullen. This tough 2500m course featured the infamous "Heartbreak Hill", and the girls stuck to the task to finish 16th, 40th and 42nd respectfully. Our last athlete of the day was Fields Chung in the U17 Boys over a 5000m distance, and Fields battled to 16th place. Well done to all our young athletes and supporters. Full results will appear on the Dublin Athletics website and photos are in the gallery. Next up is League 3, at Tymon Park on Sunday 29th November @ 11am.

With spectators and athletes been greeted by an abundance of club tents and flags at the Magazine Fort course, it could only mean one thing! The Cross Country Championships had arrived! Weather wise, last Sunday morning brought us dull and slightly chilly weather, if spectating! More importantly,  perfect for cross country action.Fifteen Rathfarnham juveniles rose to the occassion with some notable performances. First off was the U/10 Girls over 1km. Zoe Ritchie was in devastating form and romped home to win in great style! Also running and making her club debut was Eimear Doyle. Eimear ran a great race to finish 13th. Next up was U/10 Boys. Ryan O'Neill put in a eye catching performance to finish 5th. Dara Mulvihill  in 8th was also a top ten finisher. Fionn Kelly, Simon Comerford and Conal Irvine all had impressive runs. Rathfarnham Boys Under 10 team finished 2nd team home. 2km lap was tackled by our impressive U/12 Girls. Lucie Ritchie, Sophie Fasenfeld, Abbey Kelly and Elena Cullen all ran in the green! Lucie finished in the top ten in great style, earning herself a trip to the nationals in the process.  The Rathfarnham  U12 girls team  finished 8th overall. U/12 Boys featured the trio of Billy Conroy Roach, Oscar Comerford and Cian Mulvihill all three boys put in strong performances.Our last representive of the day was Fields Chung in the U/16 Boys. Run over 4km, Fields put in a strong showing in his first Dublin Championships.Well done to all! Full results will appear in Dublin Athletics Board website. Pictures of all who ran, including medal winners, are in the Gallery. Next up: Juvenile Uneven Dublin Championships, 1st November 2015.

Club Juveniles in action on Sunday

Congratulations to Sean Hehir who came a close second in the Donadea Running Club 10k trail race yesterday, in a time of 31.13. Brian Furey finished 4th in 34.44 and Ronan Kearns was 6th in 35.27. Full results are on the Pop Up Races website. Well done to all.