Peter on his way to an excellent 1:22 Davis clung on for dear life. He was glad of that drink he took at half way as his throat burned with thirst, the crowd yelling in his ears. "One last push and you're home" he thought as he made a burst up the hill, with Nevin breathing down his neck. Finally with a last gasp kick he crossed the line, arms raised with relief and eyes welling up with pride. Dazed he…
The dates of the forthcoming juvenile cross country are as follows:- Tues 29-Sep Noon Galway Primary Schools Cross-Country, Renmore Sun 04-Oct 1pm Galway U10/12/14/16/18 Cross Country, Tuam Sun 18-Oct 1pm Galway U11/13/15/17/19 Cross Country, Dangan Sat 24-Oct 1pm Connacht Primary Schools Cross-Country, Hazelwood Sligo Sun 01-Nov 1pm Connacht U12/14/16/18 Cross Country, Ballinamore Sun 08-Nov 1pm Connacht U11/13/15/17/19 Cross Country (possibly Tuam) Sun 22-Nov National U10/12/14/16/18 Cross Country, Kilbeggan Sun 06-Dec National Novice & U11/13/15/17/19 Cross Country, Coleraine We…
Local hero Olive of Loughrea AC continues her fantastic form with a super national record in the 10k walk. She posted a remarkable time of 43:22 for the 10 kilometers walk in a race in Russia. Congratulations to her from all at Craughwell AC. I wouldn’t be surprised if you don’t see her in next weekends athletics extravaganza in Loughrea.
Forget the Berlin World Championships … forget the Grand Prix … Dangan is where it all happens for the stars of the big screen. Tune in to RTE's Den TV this Monday for the ICE program where you can see Craughwell AC's film stars in action in a cool athletics challenge. http://www.rte.ie/tv/theden/ice/ Check it out, ICE is about!
After a bit of a break, this weekend sees a welcome return to racing around Galway with Castledaley 10k, followed next week by Loughrea 5. To save me typing can you head on over to Micks details of it on the Athenry website. The race starts at 2PM and we really encourage club members to take part in supporting this very worthy cause in what should be an annual event. It’s fantastic to have a race so near to our…
Due to the onset of the dark evenings the Fit4life session on Tuesday nights will be moved to 8:45 pm . This is to allow the juvenile athletics members to vacate the car park area , a lot congestion occurs due to the fact that there is a soccer session starting simultaneously with Fit4life and a substantial group of children leaving at the 8:30mark. The combination of darkness and small children in a car park must be highlighted to all using…
3 is the magic number! Originally I had planned to do a relay triathlon after going on a few Galway Tri club nights out. The conversation with this bunch of over exercised lunatics is fine as long as you are willing to talk about one of 3 subjects – swimming, cycling or running!! They saying is “if you can’t beat them join them” and beating them was not a realistic option for me so I had to join them….
Circuit training comprises of a 12-week term on Monday nights at 8.30pm. It’s starts on Monday September 21st @ 20:30.in Craughwell Community Hall. The Fit4Life beginner program runs through the year on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Autumn activities schedule below.
Craughwell AC are producing a new yearbook covering the years 2008 and 2009!!! The club produced its first yearbook in 2005 which covered the history of the club up to then. It followed this up with a top notch professionally designed yearbook covering the years 2006 and 2007 – an action packed publication full of articles, photos and results from those 2 years. Well we want to do the same again for the…
The juvenile club plans to organise its 3rd outing to the Scottish Indoor track & field in February 2010. The Scottish Indoors is open to competitors from Ireland and is a wonderful opportunity for athletes from the club to compete abroad. A large group travelled on our first excursion in 2007 and a smaller group in 2008. On both occasions, athletes and parents had a highly enjoyable time. We plan to go again in February 2010. The dates are not…
