I don't know about your house but in my place Saturday and Sunday nights the women rule and TV is totally out of bounds meaning I'm forced to sit through one warbling act after another. John and Edward seem to have taken over the mantle of Irish music from Dustin the Turkey and are good fun to watch in a cringe-like way though. Here is a picture of them back home running hard for their club, DSD: Maybe I'm biased…
One of the parents enjoying the cross country! Squelsh, plop, squoosh, yuck, splash, plop, mush, ooze, sink, groan, splash, drag, stuck, grimace …. head down into the galeforce wind and rain …. struggling for breath … just put one foot in front of the other … you'll get there … we finally make it from the bus as far as the dressing rooms in Hazelwood Sligo for the Connacht finals of the primary school cross country. What a day…
The weather was ideal, but there is never anything easy about a marathon.. I'll leave the full report to Tony, Peter or one of the others that did the event but here are a few pictures I dug up of our athletes in action: The Sub-3 Amigos Craughwell were led home on the day in an incredible run by Justin Niland of 2:57:06. This was a simply amazing debut marathon run given the amount of training that Justin has been doing…
You can run races week in and week out, but racing a marathon is really something special – I'd say you're likely to remember each one for the rest of your lives. The very best of luck to all the Craughwell AC athletes that are running the marathon on Monday morning. The weather outside is brutal today, but don't be scared – I checked all the weather and surfing websites and Monday is going to have the most ideal conditions…
Hazelwood Community Park, Calry, SligoSaturday 24 October 2009 Best of luck to everyone in this weekend's Connacht Primary Schools Cross Country. The following are the directions to the venue – Coming into Sligo on the dual carriageway, stay on the main road until you cross the bridge, pass through traffic lights and take the right turn at the next traffic lights (sign-posted Enniskillen), straight through small roundabout until you come to traffic lights (you pass by Sligo IT on the left). Straight through…
Hey folks – as you probably know we have finally decided to hold "proper" club race for next year. The distance will be a 10-miler – just for a change. The race calendar is pretty packed but we thought we had found a suitable date. We had been planning on 21st of March – i.e. the Sunday after Paddy's day. However.. there's a slight problem – Ballycotton 10 which is one of the best races in the country has just…
A big turnout from Craughwell AC graced the rugby pitches in Dangan for the Galway Cross Country Championships for the uneven juvenile age groups. There were many highlights on the day, most notable been – Peadar Harvey's victory in an epic U17 Boys 4000m race – Linda Porter's victorious return to competition in the U17 Girls 3000m – Muireann Maloney's well-deserved bronze in the U15 girls 1500m There were fine performances also from Finn Stoneman, Keelan Ryan…
Announcing the 2009 Fields of Athenry 10km It's that of the year again, when we at Athenry AC start gearing up for our annual 10km race. This race has grown in popularity over the years, as a mini running boom continues in the West of Ireland. We do our best to provide a top-quality race, that has something for all levels from International athletes to people taking on their first 10km race. Online entry is available here. Limited…
This is a rather belated report on the incredible performances from athletes in the club in the primary schools cross country held the week before last in Renmore. Athletes from the club had their best ever year in the Primary Schools Cross Country 2 weeks ago – winning the 4 Galway team titles on offer as well as 2 sets of team silver and 2 sets of team bronze medals. The 4 races had the biggest participation rate ever –…
Last Sunday, the juvenile cross country club scene swung into action in Tuam’s Palace Grounds where Craughwell AC had large numbers taking part. First on the agenda, the U10 girls 500m followed by the boys 500m. For many of the Craughwell AC competitors, this was their first ever cross country race and they all performed superbly to complete the challenge without stopping and for some, to finish in the medals. There are no team placings in the U10 races, which…
