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Please see attached ... can clubs ensure all officials listed read this before the Galway Indoors this Sunday and ideally bring a copy with them, thanks!
Craughwell AC Juvenile AGM Wed 25th Jan 8pm
Our AGM will be held on Wednesday 25th January at 8 pm in the upstairs room of the Community Hall. Can attendees please park in a suitable safe spot near the hall as the hall car park and bus spaces will be in use for bingo.
The AGM will include an update on Club development plans, report on activities in 2016 as well as the election of the Committee and Officers for the forthcoming year.
All parents and members aged 16 or older all welcome and encouraged to attend to hear an update on developments in the club and ask questions and make suggestions on any area we can improve in.
Provisional Program for Galway Indoor T&F 2017
Senior Club Committee Update 2017
Following tonights AGM of the Senior Club the following officers have been elected for 2017:
Chairperson: Brian Gorman
Vice Chairperson: Fiona Diviney
Secretary: John Ward
Assistant Secretary: Emer Molloy
Treasurer/Registrar: John Fitzpatrick
PRO: Edel Kavanagh
Facilities Officer: Noel Gorman
Fit For Life Coordinator: Katie Gorman
Congratulations to the new Committee members and those taking on new roles.
Many thanks to Keith Devane, Niamh Flavin and Stephen Carty for all their work over the last two years.
Galway Indoor T&F Championship Bests
A full set of Championship Best Performances has been produced by Athenry AC's Iain Shaw for the Galway Indoor Track & Field. Any errors or omissions can be fed back to Iain and he will verify and update. See attached for details - and very well done to Iain for a fine piece of work!
Galway Indoor Track & Field Championship Best Performances
2017 Senior Club Membership
Senior Club membership falls due on January 1st. Please find the 2017 Membership form attached. Please download this form and complete in full and either give it to any member of the committee or you can bring it to the AGM which will take place on Sunday 8th of January in St. Michael's Hall, Craughwell at 7.30pm. An official registration night will take place the following week. Details to follow.
Any new or existing member who wish to take part in the Galway Indoors in Athlone later in January needs to submit their membership ASAP as they will not be allowed to compete if not registered. Please note that until you renew your membership you are not covered under AAI insurance when competing so it is imperative to submit your forms as soon as possible.
If you have any questions please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Download 2017 Senior Membership Form Here
Membership renewal due next week
Craughwell AC's membership renewal is due at the start of January for all juvenile/junior/student members who are on a Jan-Dec cycle. That's the majority of members. If in any doubt, consult your age group coach who may already have texted you about it.
To facilate getting renewals in, our register Mike O'Connor will hold registration hours at the following times in the green shed at the pedestrian entrance to our new athletics field-
- Thurs 5th Jan: 7pm to 8.30pm
- Tues 10th Jan: 6pm to 8.30pm
Please if possible bring renewal form and membership fees to 1 of the above sessions to help us get the membership renewal done efficiently.
Note we need to get this done by mid January for a number of reasons:-
- current insurance expires on 31 December
- you must be insured to compete in Galway Indoors
- you cannot train if not insured
- we need the funds to run the club and develop the facility
You can download and print the form by clicking on the adjacent image. Or if you want an editable version, click here: word version.
Family Festive Fun Run Report by Maria Gorman
Festive Fun run report
by Maria Gorman Aged 8
I arrived down at the track, other people were arriving too. We were getting ready to run the fun run. We all walked down to the start line. We had a choice of 1km or 2km and I decided to run two kms which is five laps. Before we started we sang a happy birthday to Stephen.
The whistle blew and away we went. Everyone was wearing something Christmassy and they all were having great fun. I got a bit tired on my last lap and my face actually went a bit red. My little sister Olivia went a few laps as well and she stopped a few times but she is only 3.
When we finished we got cups of sweets and some juice. And after the adults race they had mulled wine an apple punch. I tasted the hot apple punch and it tasted nice. Olivia was messing with the sand trying to make a sandcastle. My mammy ran about 4km in the adult fun run. Daddy was busy talking with lots of people I didn’t know.
Maria enjoying the fun run today. Photo © John O'Connor
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!