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just behind. Great stuff out of both boys over the two days and some achievement as both only had a few practices on the hurdles beforehand. In the boys 600m Luke Sheridan was in great form going into the race considering the heat, Luke ran a smart first 300m tucked in behind and then got out in front and put in a little burst to take on the competition and looked very relaxed. Turning into the final 100m with a hard battle on the home straight Luke finished 3rd, a great run and he should be very proud of his performance. Field events on Sunday: In the U16 discus Caoimhe Harte took part and finished 6th overall. In the shot putt U14 Aoife Bates participated and was just outside the placings. Last events of the day were the relays, the U10 mixed relay finished 4th in their semi-finals and in the semi-final ran well to finish 4th overall securing the certificates. Team: Cian Dowling, Tomas Kelly, Thomas Cahill, Lisa McMahon, Asia Fitzgerald and Catherine Buckley. In the U12 boys final the boys ran really well and finished 3rd overall, team: Luke and Ronan Sheridan, Oisín O’Regan, Gavin Dillon, Dylan Buckley and Dylan Stack.

In the U12 girls relay, leading out was Aoibhinn Harte handing over to Saoirse Dillon who put in a might run to get the girls into the lead passing to Anghradh Cudlipp and then to Eimear Buckley to take the baton to the finish line. The girl’s finished second overall winning silver medals -- team: Aoibhínn Harte, Saoirse Dillon, Anghradh Cudlipp, Eimear Buckley, Leyra Moriarty and Noelle Dillon. Well done to all our athletes over the two days, to conclude we have three athletes going forward to National finals U12 100m Saoirse Dillon, U12 ball throw Dylan Buckley and U14 long puck Tara O’Regan. Duagh/Lyre had 4 gold medal winners, Saoirse, Dylan, Tara and Ronan Sheridan, 3 silver medal winners - U12 200m Gavin Dillon, U14 Javelin Mike Galvin, U8 80m Kate Sheridan, 2 bronze medals U8 80m Liam Galvin, U12 600m Luke Sheridan, 2 certificates both won by Leyra Moriarty in U12 200m and ball throw. In relays U10 mixed -- certificates, u12 boys bronze and U12 girls silver. Thanks to all of our athletes who took part over two days and we hope to see everyone again next year, we hoped you enjoyed the experience and have plenty

MEADOWLANDS CHEQUE PRESENTATION

After a hugely successful weekend of celebration and events, the Mahuna family and the staff of the hotel handed over a cheque for €22,820 on Thursday. We were blown away by this and we are so grateful to all who took part and to all who supported in any way. The Meadowlands celebrated their 20th annivasary with a host of events and decided to raise money for the Kerry Hospice Foundation at the same time. We can not thank the Mahunas enough for this huge cheque presentation which will be put to great use towards the running of the day unit and the new inpatient unit.

We would just also like to congratulate you on this big milestone and wish you all the best for the next 20 years in business.

FOUR PEEKS

Well done to all who completed the Four Peek challenge last week. This group are doing this for the last couple of years and have raised huge money for the Kerry Hospice.

Day 1 - Carrauntoohil and Purple mountains.

Day 2 - Brandon and Caherconree.

A huge thank you to all the organisers and well done to all who took part and especially in the hot temperatures. Ring of Kerry

Don’t forget this weekend is the Ring of Kerry and you can still register to cycle for Kerry Hospice. We would be delighted if you would cycle on our behalf.

To all who have signed up we thank you and wish you all the best of luck on the day and we hope you all have a very safe cycle. Best of luck to you all.

THANK YOU

As always we are hugely thank full to all for the wonderful support we continue to get from the public and to all who organise events for the Kerry Hospice Foundation. None of this would be possible but for the fantastic fundraising that is done on a regular basis.