as the build up to the Galway 5k series continued, there were some promising results recently for Craughwell AC road runners last weekend. First off Jason Broderick finished a highly respectable 4th in the Christian Camp of the Arts Salthill 5k in a time of 16:58. A solid build up to the series and he will go a lot faster in Athenry heed my words!. The Christian Camps 5k managed to shake off it's mixed reputation from previous years with…
Hi All , It’s time to get the 2011 5k series underway. The first task is to arrange number and chip packing in advance of the first race We’ll need three volunteers from our club to make sure that we get out at a reasonable hour. Venue: Kingfisher Gym Boardroom, NUI Galway on Thursday April 28th at 7pm. Please let me know if you’r available . Many Thanks, Tony.
A small group of Craughwell AC athletes made the journey up to Donegal Town for the second annual Open Invitational Track & Field hosted by Tír Chonaill Athletic Club. Sunny skies helped the large number of athletes who hailed from over 16 counties according to the PA, to enjoy a very successful event. The home club’s venue is a great example of cooperation between the local vocational school and the athletic club, not unlike our own cooperation in Craughwell with…
What a weekend for marathon spectators – first Emanuel Mutai smashes the London Marathon record on Sunday running an incredible 2:04:40. Then the following day somebody with the same surname Geoffrey Mutai runs an even more incredible 2:03:02 – almost a minute faster than Gebresalaisse's world record. Then news came in that the record wouldn't count because of the downhill nature of Bostona nd also a tailwind effect. My first reaction was "no way! Boston is one of the slowest…
Well done to Craughwell's U14 footballers yesterday in the Feile A football final in Pearse Stadium. For a group of lads whose main sport is hurling, it was a remarkable achievement for them to win the football championship at the highest level in Galway, beating many teams from the heart of footballing country in north and west Galway in the process. Several of the squad are current or former members of the athletic club so very well done to you all…
Photo by Andy Talbot Almost 500 participants took part in the Coole 10k run today organised by Craughwell AC members Gabriel and Josephine Gardiner in aid of the Ardrahan Defibulator Project. The Ardrahan Defibrillator committee was set up in 2008 after the sudden death of Ardrahan local Kyle McCrann. Kyle had joined Craughwell AC that summer and took part in the Connacht track & field championships where he placed 5th in the U16 200m in a time of 26.97. It was nice to…
An action-packed day of athletics took place at the South Connacht Schools Track & Field Championships last Thursday in Dangan with many fine performances from our athletes while representing their schools – particularly in the middle-distance races, where 3 athletes smashed the 2:10 barrier for the first time in the intermediate boys 800m and the cast-wielding Sineád Gaffney took the gold in the intermediate girls 800m despite a suspected fracture of her left arm. The day kicked off at 10am…
Congratulations to all our Fit4Life members who took part in the end of term 5 K this morning .For some it was a first time out on the road so very well done to you. The Weather was perfectly well behaved, slightly overcast but comfortably warm, the sun held off for most of the run and duly shone on all at the finish. 38 members set off at 10:00 sharp and started to arrive at the finish less than 26…
Term 1. Sessions will finish on Thursday 14th / Friday 15th for the Easter holidays. End of term 5k Time trial will take place this Saturday 16th April Number collection from 09:00 am in St Michaels Hall Trial starts @ 10:00 am Sharp. Please Note: Coole 10k is the next day so skip the trial if you are racing Sunday. Details here. Term 2. Registration night for Both New Beginners and New Intermediates will be on Wednesday 4th May…
Craughwell AC's highly successful fit4fun summer camps are on again this year … with 2 weeks in July and 1 week in August … see below for detailed information. Last year's camps were a tremendous success with over 120 budding athletes from age 6 up to 13 attending over the 3 weeks with great enthusiasm. Led by coaches and older athletes from the juvenile club, the camp promises to be a great success again this year. It gives new children an…
