Craughwell Athletic Club

The first of three weekends of National Track and Field championships took place in Tullamore last weekend and there were some exceptional performances from the Craughwell AC Athletes who qualified via the Connachts.  In all, the club recorded 4 Gold Medals, three Silver and a Bronze. Many athletes were unlucky to not win a medal, with a couple of 4th place finishers and several in the top 5. The highlight performer of the weekend was the exceptional u15 Conor Penney who…

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Wind and rain were present as the National Senior Athletics Championships took place last weekend in Santry and there was a record Craughwell AC entry of senior athletes. Among the many excellent performances the highlights were Sinead Treacy making the final in the 400m and Patrick Noonan’s 6th place finish in the steeple. [Many thanks to Rob McDonnell for the pictures of Sinead in this article – check out his instagram page for photos “robphotographs“. Hopefully he wasn’t injured on…

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The National Senior Track and Field Championships is the premier event in Irish Domestic Athletics, and takes place this weekend in historic Santry. Athletics is one of those few sports where you actually get to compete against your sporting heros, and the men and women of Craughwell will be lining up against Olympians and prospective World and European Championship competitors. Craughwell AC have a record 9 brave competitors entered. Live streams are perhaps the greatest contribution of the internet and…

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The finest u14 to u19 year old athletes in Connacht met in the beautiful surrounds of Sligo town on Saturday to contest the Connacht Championships.  In each event the top 4 qualified for a coveted all-ireland slot. Craughwell AC had another astounding day with 61 Medals – 23 Gold, 22 Silver and 16 Bronze.   Rockets dominate the Sprints! U14 Rachel Warde was again the star of the show with an exception three individual Gold Medals and a team Gold medal…

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A huge congratulations to our most decorated athlete Cathriona Farrell and her husband Greg Cunningham who got married on Friday in a lovely ceremony in the Claddagh in Galway. Cathriona has had many a big day in her sporting life as has Greg, but it was outshone on Friday on the biggest day of both their lives. Some of our newer members and parents in the past few years might not be as familiar as the rest of us with…

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There were many fantastic performances from Craughwell AC athletes at the Schools All-Ireland finals in Tullamore today. Evan Hallinan was again the star of the show with no less than TWO medals for the Presentation College Athenry. He won the high Jump with a massive leap of 1.95 in difficult windy conditions. And winner of the Brendan O’Reilly Cup for his efforts. Fantastic performances with another 2 years left for Evan in this age group! Evan was second in the…

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