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FROM
ODYSSEY TO THE OLYMPICS
The Next Generation of Stars
‘Search
For A Star’ Initiative
Athletics
NI Primary School Sports Hall
Over
the past few years Athletics NI have held a very successful scheme
of indoor athletics for primary schools held initially in the
Belfast Area, with a final at the Odyssey Arena Belfast. This
was in conjunction with the Irish Indoor Athletic Championships.
Due to
the success of the scheme, this year we have expanded it to other
areas outside Belfast to make the final event in the Odyssey a
bigger and better event. This year we are having area competitions
in the following areas; Banbridge, Belfast, Lisburn, North Down
and the North West.
Athletics
Northern Ireland development staff under the guidance of three-times
Olympian Jackie McKernan, will be working with schools in the
run-up to the event to provide young people with introductory
athletics and help the athletes taking part with their fundamental
skills, such as running, jumping, throwing and learning to be
part of a team.
The
‘Search For a Star’ athletics scheme includes ‘taster’
sessions at the various primary schools followed by a regional
heat. From the regional heats, scores will be compared and the
top twenty athletes from each region will receive an invite to
the grand final at the Odyssey Arena on Sunday 8th February.
In
the area competitions a team is made up of 10 P7 pupils (mixed
girls & boys). Each athlete has to take part in 4 events-
60 metre sprint, standing long jump, chest push and speed bounce.
The area competitions
for the Athletics Northern Ireland Primary schools ‘Search
for a Star’ initiative are well underway with North Down,
Belfast and Lisburn Area teams already selected. With just the
Banbridge and North West competitions still to take place in December,
the race for the Odyssey Search for a Star campaign is really
on!
The
North Down team are all set for retaining their title as champions
in the Odyssey Final for the third year running but they will
be up against stiff competition this year.
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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE NORTH DOWN RESULTS
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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE BELFAST RESULTS
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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE BANBRIDGE RESULTS
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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE LISBURN RESULTS
From the results,
the top athlete(s) for each of the four events are:
Best
Sprint – Jessica Reynolds (Rockport PS), North
Down Area Time 15.41 sec
Best Jump – Zoe Carruthers & Lucy McCoy
(Pond Park PS) and Conor Field Wallace Prep, Lisburn Area Distance
2 meters
Speed bounce – Jamie Kissock (Conor House
PS) & Jessica Reynolds (Rockport PS), North Down Area Jumps
57
Chest push – Peter Stewart Ben Madigan
Prep, Belfast Area Distance 8m 50
Well
done to all who have taken part in the competitions so far and
thank you to all the local councils for getting involved. We look
forward to the grand final in the Odyssey Arena on 7th & 8th
February 2009, and hope to attract another good crowd of supporters.
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| Lord
Mayor Pat McCarthy &
Vice-Chairman of SCNI Gerry Carson with
children from St. Bernard’s PS taking
part in the ‘Search for A Star’ Initiative. |
