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Senior circuit training changing from Fridays to Thursdays
We are changing the day for the Friday night circuit training session in Craughwell hall from Fridays to Thursdays commencing this week.
So it will run from 9 to 10pm starting from this Thursday 8th Feb.
Read more: Senior circuit training changing from Fridays to Thursdays
Athletics Development News
New newsletter issued today from Paul McNamara, Regional Development Officer, with lots of useful information particularly on upcoming training courses. Check it out at http://www.galwayathletics.com/dmdocuments/Newsletter_West_Region_1.pdf.
Craughwell AC Committee 2007
A very successful AGM was held on Thursday 11th January. The following were elected as Committee for 2007:-
- Chairperson: Diarmuid Quill (087 2355303)
- Secretary: Michael Tobin (087 6591879) (also PRO)
- Treasurer: Mary Greaney (087 9141505)
- Registrar: Maria Gaffney (087 4120746)
- Competition Secretary: Sarah Finnegan (086 0824858)
- Vice Chairperson: Tom Finnegan (087 2959761)
- Assistant Secretary: Julie Gallagher (086 8700916 )
- Assistant Treasurer: Gerry Treacy (085 1742754)
Additional Committee Members:
- Alison Finn (087 6626040)
- Brendan Treacy (087 2487720)
- Mary Porter (086 3001954)
- Pat Reidy (086 8130066)
- Triona Coppinger (087 9776360)
Additional Non-Voting Committee Members:
- Josephine Gardiner (087 8520945)
- Pat Hannon (086 0633068)
Child/Youth Officers: (appointed subsequent to AGM)
- U9s: tbd
- U10s: Alison Finn
- U11s: Triona Coppinger
- U12s/13s/14s: Mary Porter
- U15s/older: Sarah Finnegan
And, I wish I was on the N17...
Well my wish came true in the form of the Tuam 8k road race on Sunday 14th of January. After the Christmas season this is just what you need to get a good start to the New year. Thankfully the day was dry and the howling winds had died down, a bit!!
Low-Rising Hills of Athenry
Having set a PB on the Athenry 10k course in 2005, I was looking forward all year to St Stephens Day 2006. It’s the closest race to home and a nice one to prevent overdoing the turkey and wine on Christmas Day/Night. Having spent the autumn however struggling with injuries, I wasn’t looking for a PB this time around – happy to complete it in a reasonable time. I ran the Port Tunnel race 2 weeks previously in just over 37 minutes and had only managed 1 training session since then – so anything in and around the 37 minutes would do. Initially I had planned to make it a family day with us all travelling down to Athenry but a few sick kids put paid to that idea and I travelled alone.
Scaling New Heights!
Craughwell Juveniles on Form in Galway Indoors
Juvenile athletes from the club descended in hordes to Nenagh for the Galway Indoor Track & Field Championships at the weekend where they claimed a staggering total of 43 gold, 41 silver and 30 bronze medals – almost half of the medals on offer at the competition.
Information on U9 to U12 Track and Field in 2007
Some of you may be aware that some changes were mooted last year regarding the U9-12 track and field competition at National level. Well the changes were recently communicated as follows.
Cathriona Farrell - Galway Bay FM Sports Award
Congratulations to Cathriona Farrell who was awarded the prestigious Galway Bay FM Sports Award for athletics in 2006. Cathriona along with over a dozen other Galway sports stars from various sporting diciplines, will receive her Award at a glittering ceremony later this month.
This is a big honour for Cathriona and the club and is testamount to the hard work that she, her parents and her coaches all put into the sport. Cathriona joins Ann Loughnane as the 2nd member of the club to receive the award.
What are you doing on St. Stephen's Day 2006?
What do you normally do on St. Stephens Day? Feeling a little full after the festivities of the previous day? Feeling a little remorseful at the thought of the extra lbs that the Christmas over-indulgence might have brought with it? Fancy getting some fresh air on St Stephen's Day for about 60 or 70 minutes? Fancy getting it when jogging the Athenry 10k the morning of St Stephen's Day? Read on before tearing up this message.
Juveniles up against it in Athlone
The club’s juvenile athletes and a handful of seniors travelled to Athlone for the first day of the Connacht cross-country finals – the uneven juvenile age groups and novice men.
Change in dates for National cross country finals
There has been a change to the dates for the National finals of juvenile and novice cross country.
National Cross Country Uneven Ages and Novices: This will be held on
SATURDAY THE 9TH DEC 2006 AT 12.0 NOON IN ATHLONE I.T.
The original plans for Dundalk on the 10th Dec are now scrapped. National AAI will issue the formal notification and forms etc. For those who are competing in the Regional Cross Country on Saturday 21 Oct, the course for the National will be the same as the Regional.
National Cross Country Even Ages: While no official communication is available on this yet, AAI have verbally indicated that this will be held on Sunday 26 November in Dungarvan (i.e. the date and venue originally set down for the uneven ages).
National AAI Inter-Country Senior Cross Country: There is no change to the existing plan to hold this in Dungarvan on Sunday 26 November.