Venue

National Indoor Arena, National Sports Campus, Abbotstown, Dublin

Timetable And Competing Athletes

Arrival Time

• Please carefully read the timetable provided by the Club before an event. This will list each athlete, what event they are doing and the event’s start time.
• For all events please arrive 60 minutes before the event. Please account for traffic and parking at the venue in your timing.
• Athletes are free but all other spectators must pay a €5 admission fee.
• On arrival at the arena, proceed to where the Team have based themselves in the Arena and the Team Manager for the day will give the athlete their competition number and pins for attaching. The Team Manager and ‘team base’ location will be confirmed to all in advance. If you received a competition number last weekend, please bring this number as you will need to use the same number again.
• Some athletes may be entered in more than one event with lengthy time gaps between them. If you have any questions around this, eg, is it possible to go home and come back later, please contact the Age Group Coach (see Coach Contact List at bottom)

Team Vest and Competition Number

• The competition number must be attached to the official Clongriffin AC vest or tee shirt. If you do not have a vest or tee shirt, contact Sinead on 087-626 6816 to let her know.

Event Check In

• Once the athlete has their number, they must now Check In. A member of the Coaching team will assist the athlete with Check In.
• This is a very important step as it means the organisers know the athlete is present and will be competing, This allows officials to complete heat draws and lane draws on the timing system. If an athlete misses this Check In cut off, they will not be allowed compete.
• If you are running late please call or message the Age Group Coach (see Coach Contact list) so they can try to accommodate a late check in with officials. There is no guarantee that this will be accommodated.

Warm Up

• After Check In, the athlete can enter the Warm Up Area where they will be met by their Age Group coach to help in warm up and preparation for their event.
• There can be a lengthy period before the event while in the warmup area so athletes should bring a bottle water.
• They will access to a toilet from the Warm Up area.
• Family and supported can remain the stand for the duration and the Warm Up area is fully visible from the stand.

Event Time

• When their event is to take place, the athletes will be brought to race start or field event.
• For a field event they will remain at the event for the duration until their event is completed. When it is completed, they will be free to return to the stand. Once started a field event can take 30-45 minutes to complete.
• For a running or hurdle event there may be heats, semi-finals and finals. The specifics of qualification for finals will vary from event to event and will be based on finishing places and times in heats.
• After heats the athletes will return to the Warm Up area to the Coaches who will advise whether they should remain in the Warm Up area for a potential semi-final or final or whether they can return to the stand. If athletes are progressing to the semi-final or final there may be a lengthy period of time between heats and final. Coaches will advise the athletes on this.
• While there is a timetable, it is possible to change on the day and there can be delays. There can be up to 1,500 athletes attending and it requires a lot of logistics.
• It is important that parents or guardians remain in the Arena for the duration of their athletes time there. The Coaching team will be responsible and take care of the athletes once they are in the Warmup Area but they will not be able to monitor the athletes while in the Stand etc.

Food

• It is possible to bring some food as you are likely to be in the arena for several hours.  It is also possible to leave the arena and re-enter if you wish.

Coach Contacts

• Each age group will have a designated Lead Coach for the day. These will be the contact person for the day and also in the lead up to the event.

Boys and Girls U9 (Born 2014): Conor 086 – 833 8135

Boys and Girls U10 & U11 (Born 2012 / 2013): Sinead 087 – 626 6816

Girls U12 & U13 (Born 2010 / 2011): Marie 086 337 7711

Boys U12 & U13 (Born 2010 / 2011): Jeremy 087 – 929 2853

Boys & Girls U14 (Born 2009): Cliodhna 087 – 648 7587

Venue

National Indoor Arena, National Sports Campus, Abbotstown, Dublin

Timetable And Competing Athletes

Arrival Time

• Please carefully read the timetable provided by the Club before an event. This will list each athlete, what event they are doing and the event’s start time.
• For all events please arrive 60 minutes before the event. Please account for traffic and parking at the venue in your timing.
• Athletes are free but all other spectators must pay a €5 admission fee.
• On arrival at the arena, proceed to where the Team have based themselves in the Arena and the Team Manager for the day will give the athlete their competition number and pins for attaching. The Team Manager and ‘team base’ location will be confirmed to all in advance.
• Some athletes may be entered in more than one event with lengthy time gaps between them. If you have any questions around this, eg, is it possible to go home and come back later, please contact the Age Group Coach (see Coach Contact List at bottom)

Team Vest and Competition Number

• The competition number must be attached to the official Clongriffin AC vest or tee shirt. If you do not have a vest or tee shirt, contact Sinead on 087-626 6816 to let her know. There is a supply of tee shirts at €10 each and she will look to organise with a gear ‘pay and pick up’ on Wednesday at training from 19:00-19:15.

Event Check In

• Once the athlete has their number, they must now Check In. A member of the Coaching team will assist the athlete with Check In.
• This is a very important step as it means the organisers know the athlete is present and will be competing, This allows officials to complete heat draws and lane draws on the timing system. If an athlete misses this Check In cut off, they will not be allowed compete.
• If you are running late please call or message the Age Group Coach (see Coach Contact list) so they can try to accommodate a late check in with officials. There is no guarantee that this will be accommodated.

Warm Up

• After Check In, the athlete can enter the Warm Up Area where they will be met by their Age Group coach to help in warm up and preparation for their event.
• There can be a lengthy period before the event while in the warmup area so athletes should bring a bottle water.
• They will access to a toilet from the Warm Up area.
• Family and supported can remain the stand for the duration and the Warm Up area is fully visible from the stand.

Event Time

• When their event is to take place, the athletes will be brought to race start or field event.
• For a field event they will remain at the event for the duration until their event is completed. When it is completed, they will be free to return to the stand. Once started a field event can take 30-45 minutes to complete.
• For a running or hurdle event there may be heats, semi-finals and finals. The specifics of qualification for finals will vary from event to event and will be based on finishing places and times in heats.
• After heats the athletes will return to the Warm Up area to the Coaches who will advise whether they should remain in the Warm Up area for a potential semi-final or final or whether they can return to the stand. If athletes are progressing to the semi-final or final there may be a lengthy period of time between heats and final. Coaches will advise the athletes on this.
• While there is a timetable, it is possible to change on the day and there can be delays. There can be up to 1,500 athletes attending and it requires a lot of logistics.
• It is important that parents or guardians remain in the Arena for the duration of their athletes time there. The Coaching team will be responsible and take care of the athletes once they are in the Warmup Area but they will not be able to monitor the athletes while in the Stand etc.

Food

• It is possible to bring some food as you are likely to be in the arena for several hours.  It is also possible to leave the arena and re-enter if you wish.

Coach Contacts

• Each age group will have a designated Lead Coach for the day. These will be the contact person for the day and also in the lead up to the event.

Boys and Girls U9 (Born 2014): Conor 086 – 833 8135

Boys and Girls U10 & U11 (Born 2012 / 2013): Sinead 087 – 626 6816

Girls U12 & U13 (Born 2010 / 2011): Marie 086 337 7711

Boys U12 & U13 (Born 2010 / 2011): Jeremy 087 – 929 2853

Boys & Girls U14 (Born 2009): Cliodhna 087 – 648 7587

Team Manager: Jeremy 087 – 929 2853

5th February U15 & U16 (Born 2007 & 2008)

Team Manager: Cliodhna O’Farrell

Team Coach: Rachel Flynn

Designated Official: Jeremy Lyons

Athlete entries and event times are in the following link

We have our first training day at the National Indoor Arena in the Sport Ireland Campus in Abbotstown this Saturday, 15th January 2022.

Some very important points to note.

• To assist the coach team to plan, if your athlete is attending can you please complete the Attendance Form for each athlete. It is linked in the Whats App group.
• Training Day is for athletes born 2014 and older, so not for 2015 & 2016. A second day will be held on 29th January and 2015 & 2016 will be able to attend that one.
• Due to Covid restrictions and regulations in the Arena, no parents or spectators are allowed attend the training day.
• If any parent wishes to attend to assist their athlete in the Arena, this can be arranged by contacting Jeremy.
• If any parent is interested in helping out on the day, contact Jeremy.
• Please do not arrive at the reception area of the venue any earlier than 13:45. When the athletes arrive they will be met by members of the coaching team at the reception area who will check them in and show them into the Arena.
• To enter the Arena, the athlete must wear a face mask but once they are in the Arena and in their training group they will not need a face mask for the duration of the two hour session.
• The link to the venue is here.
• The training day will finish at 16:00 and athletes will exit the Arena and can be met at the Reception area where they were left off earlier.
• Athlete should bring their own water bottle.
• If athletes have spikes, they should bring them but ensure the needle in the spike is less than 6mm. If bringing spikes, arrive in their runners and change into the spikes in the Arena. Coaches will be able to assist with this if required.
• If athletes have club gear, feel free to wear it but there is no obligation. The temperature in the Arena is very comfortable and will feel like a mild (Irish) summers day. As always it is advised athletes have layers that they can take off if too hot or put on if they are too cold.
• The athletes will get to practice and try all events so we expected it to be an action packed and fun day.