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Family Festive Fun Run 27th December
Fun run at 11.00am, 27th December at the Senior Club track open to all members & their families with some hot punch and little treats after. Its a free entry social event for the club.
Please wear your Santa hats , Xmas jumpers etc as spot prizes for best dressed runners...
Choice of distance , 1 mile , 5km or just a walk/jog...Below is a link to john o'connor's wonderful photos he took at last years event....lots of smiling faces...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/edenhill77/…/72157662704149819
Barbara Huffs and She Puffs ...
But she doesn’t flood our tartan!
Pictured below at 10am this morning as Barbara rained down on Craughwell is the part of the school track and roadway near the pedestrian entrance to the track. As you see there is water everywhere.
And pictured next is our porous tartan sprint area and high jump area … same conditions, no water!!
Craughwell AC Calendar & Directory 2017
Our annual calendar / directory for 2017 is being circulated by club members throughout the area this week and over the holiday period and first week of January. We initiated the calendar/directory in December 2002 with the first year being 2003. So 2017 is the 15th year of the calendar. In that time, the calendar has generated a profit for the club of over €5000 each year ... when you add it up, that's a massive €75000.
If you took those funds out of the club, we'd have no field, no facility and no vision!
So the club are exceptionally grateful to all the current and past advertisers who have placed ads in the calendar and all of the dedicated parents and athletes who have gone door to door on many occasions distributing the calendar in the area.
Each year we distribute over 600 copies. Please support it again this year. Please hang it up in your house and please give some of your business to the businesses that are supporting us. And remember without this business support, we would not have a facility.
Click on the picture below to download a copy.
Festive Fun and Look Ahead to Galway Indoors
Craughwell U17s at the club's training session on the ice rink in Leisureland!
Ciana Reidy, Lorraine Delaney, Shauna Tobin, Laura Cunningham
As the athletics year draws to a close, Craughwell AC would like to wish all of its members a very happy Christmas and a successful New Year. It was another wonderful year for the club with the ongoing development of its facilities in Crinnage and consolidating its position as the largest juvenile club in Ireland with over 600 members.
The next big event for the club will be the Galway Indoor Track & Field on Sunday January 15th in Athlone – athletes and their parents need to confirm to their coaches their preferred events for this over the Christmas period as entries have to be in by early January. The club has booked Athlone IT for a preparation training session on the preceding Sunday 8th January.
Event choices are as follows:
- U10s: 60m, 400m, Long Jump, Relay
- U11s: 60m, 600m, Long Jump, Relay
- U12s: 60m, 600m, Long Jump, Relay, High Jump, Shot Putt, Hurdles
- U13s: 60m, 600m, Long Jump, Relay, High Jump, Shot Putt, Hurdles
- U14s: 60m, 600m, Long Jump, Relay, High Jump, Shot Putt, Hurdles, Walk
- U15s: 60m, 600m, Long Jump, Relay, High Jump, Shot Putt, Hurdles, Walk
- U16/17s: 60m, 600m, Long Jump, Relay, High Jump, Shot Putt, Hurdles, Walk, 200m
- U18/19/Adults: 60m, 600m, Long Jump, Relay, High Jump, Shot Putt, Hurdles, Walk, 200m, 3000m
The club would like to thank all members and parents and sponsors for their support throughout the year and will be distributing copies of its annual calendar/directory over the holiday period which has proved to be an invaluable source of funds these last 15 years. And the club would like in particular to thank its hard-working coaches and committee members without whom there would be no club. Over 50 parents are voluntarily giving their time week-in week-out to help out at training and they can be proud of helping the club to become what it is today. The club is always on the lookout for more help though as with over 600 members, it’s a massive challenge to cater for such numbers on a weekly basis. So perhaps parents can consider making a New Year’s Resolution to lend a hand even if not available every week.
A very happy Christmas to all!
Wrap Up of the Cross Country Season
Sean Cotter, Finbar McFadden and Kyle Moorhead
at the National U15 Cross Country Championships held at Dundalk IT
A belated report on last weekend’s cross country where a small band of athletes from the club made the journey to Dundalk for day 2 of the National Juvenile Cross Country Championships. Top finisher on the day from the club was Mathys Bocquet who took 28th place in the U11 Boys 1500m and led his team to 12th place overall with Evan Moran 90th, followed by Lucas Keane, Cormac McFadden, Adam Jordan and Liam O'Connell. Aibhle Miskella had an outstanding run to place 48th in the U15 Girls 3500m with Sarah Woods and Asia Clarke just outside the top 100. Sean Cotter and Kyle Moorhead placed 70th and 72nd in the U15 Boys 3500m with Finbar McFadden 98th while Ross McGuiness led his U13 team to 17th place when placing 62nd in the U13 Boys 2500m, followed by Eoin Byrne, Darragh McCartin, Noah Keane and Ben Brady all with fine runs against elite opposition.
Craughwell 10 2017 Sunday 19th March
The Craughwell 10 Mile
Sunday March 19th 2017.
© John O'Connor
The Craughwell 10 Mile will take place on Sunday March 19th 2017. This will be the 8th year of this fantastic event which never fails to deliver an exciting field of local and national athletes. Incorporation of the Galway 10 mile championship makes for a very competitive day out for all. Fast flat AAI permitted race and chip timed.
Registration will open soon. Check back for details or
Check out our facebook page for regular updates.
Majestic Throw from Chloe on International Debut!
Irish Junior Girls Pentathlon Team at the International Schools Combined Events in Athlone IT
Niamh O'Neill, Rhian Kidd, Chloe Casey, Erin Fisher
Saturday saw Chloe Casey make her international debut, the first of many when you see the remarkable distance she threw the shot out to. Chloe was part of the Irish Schools Junior Girls Pentathlon team who took on the best athletes from England, Scotland and Wales in the International Schools Pentathlon. An event whose traditional home is Glasgow, it moved for the first time out of its Scottish homeplace to the new surrounds of Athlone – unfortunate for Chloe as it meant no foreign trip but handy for us locals who only had to travel over the road to attend!
Chloe threw the shot putt out a massive 13.28m to record the top throw in her age group on the day, as well as achieving performances of 4.46m in the long jump, 10.80 hurdles, 1.36m high jump and 2.45.89 800m.
Chloe becomes the 16th juvenile athlete from the club to represent Ireland following in the footsteps of Ann Loughnane (race walk), Cathriona Farrell (high jump and pentathlon), Claire Ryder (long jump), Conor Duggan (relay and 100m), Conor Gillen (cross country), Damien O’Boyle (cross country and steeplechase), Jamie Fallon (cross country and 5000m), Jerry Keary (high jump), Maeve Curley (race walk), Maria McNamara (pentathlon), Nicholas Sheehan (800m), Oisin Lyons (cross country), Shauna Bocquet (wheelchair 400m), Sineád Treacy (200m and pentathlon) and Tomás Keehan (high jump).
DCM 2016
A smaller group from the club took to the streets of Dublin to run the 2016 Dublin City Marathon than in previous years. This was primarily the result of a large contingent heading abroad earlier in the month to take on the Amsterdam Marathon! (race report pending I hear).
For the first-time Dublin sold out in August this year. A combination of the switch to Sunday and the 1916 commemoration medal led to a record entry with a little under 17,000 toeing the start line.
Race day conditions were perfect, no wind, no rain and temperatures not set to rise above 12 degrees. The support from the crowds along the whole route in Dublin was phenomenal. It can be overwhelming at times and you find yourself smiling and laughing between gritting your teeth and arguing with your legs to keep going! Special mention to friends, family and club mates who placed themselves strategically alone the route armed with jellies, flat coke and much needed words of encouragement. The last mile was a wall of noise with people cheering encouragement at you all the way to the finish line.
It's Party Time!
After an historic year both on and off the track, Craughwell AC have 2 celebratory events coming up. Firstly this Saturday evening 10th December, the club have organised a Family Night at the Dogs to help raise funds towards its ongoing facility development. The club are hoping that many of its members and former members and their families will come along to enjoy the night – tickets are still available from any committee member or from Mike Tobin at 087 6591879.
Secondly on Friday 16th December, Raftery’s Pub in Craughwell are provided a free evening of entertainment for Craughwell AC from 9.30pm onwards with music from Evoke and free finger food. The club are inviting all coaches, parents and adult members along that night to join in the celebrations of a fantastic year and will be organising free transport home for those who want to imbibe in a few beverages! So come along and join the fun and celebrate what has been a wonderful year for the club.
Pictured below, Rachel Raftery presenting a sponsorship cheque to Craughwell AC's Mike Tobin and Tracy Moran at the club's fantastic new track facilities.
Athletics Club Burgled
Sometime between 10.30pm on Monday night and 8am on Tuesday morning this week, the containers which store the club’s equipment and equipment belonging to the local FAS scheme were burgled.
The locks on the containers were cut or smashed and 2 strimmers worth around €800 belonging to the FAS scheme were stolen. These strimmers are used routinely by the FAS workers to keep our athletics field looking tidy and a pleasant place for children and adults to exercise in. They are also used for maintaining other community and sports grounds in the area.
Its despicable that anyone would think it’s okay to go and steal from a club where volunteers give 1000s of their hours for free each year for the greater good of the community.
Please share this post as widely as possible on Facebook. The club are asking that anyone who may have noticed anything suspicious that night in the vicinity of the athletics facility or the nearby fields/main road, please contact Garda Flanagan or Garda Perill in Gort Garda Station at 091 636400.
If you come across strimmers being sold at a bargain, please consider whether they may be stolen goods and whether it is still advisable to purchase them. The details of the strimmers in question are make efco CE 2010 1770060192 8460 IC - 8460 (45.7 cm3) - 8530 IC - 8530-8550 BOSS (52.5cm3) (purchased on 13/12/2012) and KAAZ VS256 (purchased on 3-6-2014). The harness for one was also stolen.
The Craughwell AC Senior Club AGM 08/01/17
The Craughwell AC senior club AGM will take place on Sunday 8th January, 2017 in St. Michaels Hall at 7.30. There will be a number of positions opening up on the committee also. If you are interested in joining the committee please get in touch by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or speak to a current committee member to express your interest.
New Athletics Threads arriving at the Craughwell AC Store
A new year is coming, but Green is still the in color for 2017!
New half zip soon available..please place your order through your age co ordinator to ensure it arrives before XMAS...Also available to purchase for XMas are our Hoodies at 25 small sizes/27 euro for bigger sizes, Technical Running Tops at 15euro in green and white and NOW our New Half Zips at 30 euro.. place your order today!! Or message the Craughwell Juvenile AC page on facebook.
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