Craughwell Athletic Club

Dearbhaile Walsh had a super run today as part of the Co. Galway 4x500m in the National Inter-county Relays in Dublin. By all accounts, it was an atrocious day and the worst ever underfoot conditions. But the tough conditions suited the Ardrahan girl as she tore around the course to help Galway to well-deserved medals. Dearbhaile was the 3rd runner and received the baton from GCH's Sarah McDonald with the team in 2nd place after good runs by both Sarah…

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Cathriona Farrell added another National title to her growing collection at the weekend when retaining her National title at the Universities Indoor Track & Field Championships which were held in Nenagh on Saturday. This gives her 3-in-a-row university high jump titles as she did the double last year with gold in both indoors and outdoors. Cathriona joined the competition at 1.56m and sailed over 1.56, 1.62 and 1.68 with clean jumps. Having won the competition at 1.62m and having earlier…

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I've updated the juvenile fixture list for the year at:- http://www.craughwellac.com/images/stories/documents/fixtures2011.pdf Perhaps parents could take a look at it and if you're hoping that your athlete will be involved in Connacht or National championships (or internationals), try to plan your holidays around the athletics fixtures during the summer. I know for many that won't be possible but if its easy to do so, its worth doing. If any questions about any of the fixtures, feel free to contact me. thanksMichael

These events are on the following weekends:- – Connachts: Sat/Sun 5/6 March in Nenagh– Nationals: Sat/Sun 19/20 March in Magherafelt (!)– Nationals: Sat/Sun 2/3 April in Nenagh While the order of events for above has not been published yet, generally the Nationals follow the same order as previous years. I've set that order out below. The Connacht order of events has been made available and is listed below. Note that only the top 3 in the Connachts in each event quality for…

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