A number of Craughwell AC’s top juvenile athletes were in action at the weekend in Santry where they were part of the Connacht team to contest the annual inter-provincial Tailteann Games, including Cathriona Farrell and Tomás Keehan in the high jump, Maeve Curley in the race walk and Kelly O’Donoghue in the javelin.
{rsg2_display: 18, superclean} In splendid sunshine we had the first day of the Galway senior track and Field last Thursday. We had a decent turn-out from the club with considerable sucess – winning womens & mens Long Jump, womens & mens 100m and the Medley relay. The full results can be found here: http://www.athenryac.com/files/2008%20Galway%20Senior%20T&F%20Results%20Day%201.xls http://www.athenryac.com/files/2008%20Galway%20Senior%20T&F%20Results%20Day%201.pdf I had never really tried the track before and I found to be thoroughly enjoyable. Day 2 is on Thursday 3rd July so hopefully we…
Mark Davis came first in the Annaghdown 10k race last night and thus becomes a target for the taxman. No official results yet but reportedly 33:50. A great performance and well deserved after all his hard training. Not sure what his limits are but the PB's keep tumbling… too late for Beijing but London 2012?? Fantastic running Mark.
In the U13-19 Connacht finals in Dangan, the club had a large contingent in action and came home with a huge haul of 14 individual Connacht titles, 11 silver medals and 14 bronze medals, along with 2 relay golds, 2 silvers and 2 bronze medals. This was an improved performance from an already strong 2007 performance where the club won 11 individual gold, 13 silver and 14 bronze along with 3 relay gold. Foremost amongst the medal winners was Claire Ryder who came home…
Craughwell had the unique distinction of having had a team qualify in each age group from Connacht for the National finals – and we repeated this unique achievement in the heats in Tullamore by having each team qualify for the final. The relays generally provide the most tense competition of the day for both athletes and parents alike – with fingers crossed that all goes well and no mistakes and possibly a medal chance for some teams. And as it…
Despite a brief skirmish with the rain during the morning in Tullamore, the large number of families from Craughwell and its surrounds enjoyed a mostly sunny day in Tullamore for the National finals of the U9-12 track and field. In fact, at times one could be forgiven for thinking it was the local community games such was the large number of local families in attendance. Craughwell had a huge number of qualifiers for these championships and all performed incredibly well….
Cathriona Farrell's winning ways continued earlier this month when winning the Intermediate Girls high jump at the Irish Schools National Finals in Tullamore. Cathriona won the event with an outdoor PB of 1.71m, clearing the bar on the first attempt at each height on the way up. Attempting to clear 1.76m for the first time, Cathriona narrowly failed on this occasion. Competing in the schools long jump finals for the first time in 2 years, Cathriona leaped a PB there…
The club's older juvenile athletes look forward to this weekend's Connacht Championships in Dangan with anticipation. After a very strong performance in the Galway track & field, many athletes will be hoping to qualify for the National finals in July. There were many star performers in the Galway finals, particularly Claire Ryder took triple gold in the U13 girls 80m, hurdles and long jump and Jack Raftery who repeated this feat in the U14 200m, long jump and high jump….
The Galway Community Games finals for long jump and high jump took place on Friday 30th May at Craughwell NS. This is the 2nd year in a row that the club has hosted these finals, with the high jump taking place on the astro-turf and the long jump taking place in the 'state of the art' long jump pit and runup for which the club will be seeking to replace with a tartan runup in the not too distant future….
Mosney provided the venue for the National Community Games cross-country finals for the last time on the last weekend of May. This didn’t dampen the spirits of the Galway camp as they tackled the races, the disco, the fun fair, the slot machines and the Mosney food with their usual gusto. On Saturday morning, the cross country got underway with the U12 girls in action first. The Galway team were twins Michelle and Veronica Burke (Ballinasloe), Alanna Lally (Abbey)…
