The Thurles Crokes complex was the venue today for the County Post Primary Schools Cross Country Championships. Conditions were very good and great credit to Thurles Crokes for having the venue in excellent condition. There was a very good day’s competition over the eight races with great entries in all the event with over 600 athletes competing.

The County Tipperary Athletics Board would also like to thank anyone who helped in any way to make this fixture such a success. The Board would like to thank the teachers for all their help, and it was great to see that the overall level of fitness was the best for quite some time, great to see the work being put in at Post Primary level. Thanks also to the Order of Malta for all their help and to the Ursuline Convent and Thurles CBS transition students for all their help, appreciated by everyone.

Last Wednesday we had teams representing Abbey CBS Tipperary Town, Cashel Community School, Colaiste Dun Iascaigh Cahir, Colaiste Phobal Ros Cre, Colaiste Mhuire Co Ed Thurles, Loreto Convent Clonmel, Nenagh CBS, Nenagh College, Newport College,  Our Lady’s Templemore, Patrician Presentation Fethard, Presentation Convent Ballingarry, Presentation Convent Clonmel, Presentation Convent Thurles, Rockwell College, Scoil Mhuire Carrick on Suir, Scoil Mhuire Co-ed Thurles, Scoil Ruain Killenaule, St Anne’s Tipperary Town, St Ailbe’s Tipperary Town, St Joseph’s Borrisoleigh, St Mary’s Nenagh, St Mary’s Newport, Thurles CBS and the Ursuline Convent Thurles.

The Perpetual Shield for the Best Girls School was once again won by the Ursuline Convent Thurles with Abbey CBS Tipperary Town winning the Best overall Boys School. The Perpetual Shield for the Best Community / Mixed School was won by Scoil Ruain Killenaule.

By Niall O’ Sullivan