Craughwell Athletic Club

It worked this time!! In perfect summery conditions, 45 hardy folk lined up for the second of this year's Handicap race series.  First and second place were again achieved by some overachieving first-timers as Garo O'Shaughnessy and Kathleen Waters blew away their estimates and lead the race from start to finish.   third place was also taken by a newcomer – Peter O'Sullivan coming home two minutes ahead of his expectations.     Diarmuid Quill ran another excellent race finishing a full…

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  Am I registered and what is my handicap:  Click Here to view the Starter Sheet.   If your name isn't on this sheet, then I've missed you – sorry!  Please send me an email (mark.davis2@gmail.com) or reply to this post and I'll get you in. Where and whan time does registration happen? Registration ends at 07:20PM on friday night in St Michaels Hall, Craughwell (on the main road).  The first runners will leave at about 07:30. Do I need to bring…

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Athenry’s normally trustworthy timer On a slightly damp friday afternoon, Caroline McLoughlin ran a fantastic race to come home first in this years first race.  Caroline ran so well that she didn't see anyone else for the evening. Caroline was closely followed by Sue Joyce who shattered her previous PB's over this distance.  Craughwell AC new rising member Henry Lupton came home third. Fastest runner on the night was Paul McNamara in a time of 15:52.  Once again we had…

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As it is a handicap race, you will all be actually starting at different times.  If you take a look at the handicap starter sheet, you can see what time you are due to start at. Click Here to view the Starter Sheet.   The poor weather unfortunately looks set to contiunue – though it is not meant to be quite as bad as it was for the past few days.  We have a 40% chance of rain which if…

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Reminder: the first race is on this Friday June 15th – take a look at the below to see your start time, and come early if you haven't registered.  On the day registration will stop at 7:20. There have been a steady trickle of registrations in the series so far.   Remember that since this is a handicap series, it will be VERY DIFFICULT for us to handle more than a few registrations on race day, so it would be great if…

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