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Dunleer Athletic Club is fully committed to safeguarding the well being of its members. Every individual in Dunleer Athletic Club should at all times, show respect and understanding for members rights, safety and welfare and conduct themselves in a way that reflects the principles of the organisation and the guidelines contained in the Code of Ethics and Good Practice for Children's Sport.

In Dunleer Athletic Club our first priority is the welfare of the young people and we are committed to providing an environment that will allow participants to perform to the best of their ability, free from bullying and intimidation.

Dunleer Athletic Club wishes to provide the best possible environment for all young people involved in the sport. Young people deserve to be given enjoyable, safe sporting opportunities, free of abuse of any kind. These participants have rights, which must be respected, and responsibilities that they must accept. Young people should be encouraged to realise that they have responsibilities to treat other participants and sports leaders with fairness and respect.

Dunleer Athletic Club Constitution
Registration - Please download the form below and bring along your fee to your next training session and give both to your coach. If you can't download and print off, we will have copies available at training sessions.

All athletes must register for 2012 in order to be insured for both training and competition.
Registration form available to download here.
Please post with appropriate fee to: Jacqueline Matthews, Rathdaniel, Collon, Co. Louth, or alternatively hand it in to your coach or any committee member.
Download Dunleer AC Membership Application Form

Dunleer AC Officers
Honorary Life President Larry Mc Guill (R.I.P.)
Honorary Life Members Tommy Neary, Theresa Kenwright
Chairman Kevin Matthews
Vice Chairperson Declan Mc Kenna
Secretary Eugene Burns
Assistant secretary Micheal Mulligan
Treasurer Joyce Kelly
Registrar Eugene Burns
PRO Jacqueline Matthews
Child Protection Officer Sinéad Townsend
Official starter Tommy Neary/Martin Young
Coaching Co-ordinator Jacqueline Matthews
Athletic Wear Joyce Kelly

Committee Members:
David Carrie
Geraldine Finegan
Ian Carroll

Coaching Sub Committee:
Geraldine Finegan (Levels 1 & 2 and International athlete)
David Carrie (Sports Massage Therapy, Senior athlete and former International)
Theresa Kenwright (Introduction and Level 1)
Sinéad Kelly (PE Teacher, Level 1 and Senior athlete)
Jacqueline Matthews (Introduction, Level 1 & 2)
Eugene Burns (Introduction and Senior athlete)
Kevin Matthews (Introduction, Level 1 and Senior athlete)
Micheál Mulligan (Senior athlete)
Declan Mc Kenna (Masters athlete)
Pat Cheshire (Former athlete, Athletics Leader)

Active Coaching Assistants
Pat Fitzpatrick - Athletics Leader course
Rory Kirwan - Athletics Leader course
Brenda Ledwith- Athletics Leader course
Conor Faulkner-Athletics leader course

Rás na hÉireann Sub Committee:
Kevin Matthews
Charlie Breagy
Jacqueline Matthews
Miriam Howard
Joyce Kelly
Andrew Duffin
Mark Stephenson

The Official Opening of Our Renovated Track at Shamrock Hill, Dunleer took place on Wednesday June 30th with special guest Catherina Mc Kiernan, previous winner of Ras na hEireann (1998 and 2005), former European Cross Country Champion and 4 timesilver medallist at the World Cross Country Championships.

The track stands on the grounds of Lann Leire GFC and GAA representatives were on hand to congratulate Dunleer AC on providing this great facility. The Club is very grateful to the Department of Sport and Recreation for providing grant assistance for the project, but still needs to raise some funds for the shortfall and will be embarking on more fundraising activities very soon.

Catherina spoke highly of the Club also and was delighted to present specialised running shoes on behalf of Dunleer AC to 2 young junior men Carl Dunne and Shane Walsh, both representing Ireland this month in International Mountain Running Events.

Club Chairman Kevin Matthews was delighted to see an array of friends and supporters, young and old from many eras represented at the opening, with Barney Mc Guill representing the Mc Guill family. The Clubrooms are aptly named the Noel Mc Guill Clubrooms to honour former athlete Noel Mc Guill, brother of Barney and Larry who died tragically in a cycling accident many years ago.

Many of the newer young members were present with their families and all enjoyed the refreshments kindly sponsored by the Victory family from Dunleer. Also present was Bill Hoey whose father William was a former Chairman of Dunleer AC., masters' athlete Tom Hickey who ran many marathons and used the track for his training, Mark Stephenson North Leinster Schools' Secretary and Ciarán Doyle Louth Athletics Secretary, as well as a host of supporters, committee members plus junior and senior athletes. The photos in the Clubrooms were regarded with great interest as old heroes and new are displayed in the Dunleer AC photo exhibition.

The Club committee and especially Declan Mc Kenna, Jacqueline Matthews and Eugene Burns were thanked for their part in getting the track project completed, and also Larry Mc Guill and the late Louis Duffin who helped secure the grant from the Department of Sport and Recreation. Special words of thanks were expressed to Olivia Kierans and her Golf Classic team who raised the bulk of the money required for the track project.

Ireland's First Mobile Heart Screening Unit was also in operation at the Clubrooms on that day screening young people who had helped out with the 7 marathons in 7 days awareness raising campaign for SADS in 2006. Many thanks to the cardiologist and nurses present as well as Mary Vasseghi, who is no stranger to Dunleer. Mary has presented the facts on the incidence of SADS in young people many times and works tirelessly to campaign for better heart health care for young people in Ireland.