If you dive into the archives on this Web site, this time last year I speculated that 2006 was the club’s most successful ever at Galway Community Games winning 8 gold, 3 silver and 5 bronze medals including 1 cycling, 4 middle-distance, 3 sprints, 3 jumps, 3 throws and 2 relay teams. Well wait for it, this year’s performance was even more incredible with club athletes coming home with a massive haul of 11 gold, 8 silver and 4 bronze…
Congratulations to Tomás Keehan and Maeve Curley who competed in the Irish Schools Track & Field on Sat 1 June in Tullamore, both producing the goods in their respective events with Maeve taking gold in the Junior Girls 1200m Walk in a time of 5.56.81 and Tomás taking silver in the Junior Boys High Jump with a leap of 1.55m.
Triona Coppinger, Val Fogarty and Ann Kelly will be coordinating a meet and train session every Wednesday night on the track at Craughwell NS. We won't be using the astroturf because other groups will have it booked on Wednesdays, so only the track. So if you've recently had a crack at one of the Galway 5K races or at the Women's Mini-Marathon, why not take it further and become a regular runner. You'll be amazed at how much progress you…
In 2006, we ran a thoroughly enjoyable handicap series on Sunday mornings. This year, we plan to run a second term of it. We are a little later than ideal in getting organised, mainly due to work getting in the way of things! For those that aren't familiar with the handicap format, the goal will be that all runners finish at the same time, so you will be equally competitive regardless of your fitness or ability. Changes in Format over Last…
