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Month: May 2011

Great Performances at Community Games Cross Country

Great Performances at Community Games Cross Country

Last weekend saw unseasonly cross country action in Athlone where the National Community Games finals were taking place. Oisin Doyle had a splendid race to take individual 3rd place in the U13 1200m race, with Matthew Barrett and Grainne McDaid finishing strongly to help the Co. Galway team to take the silver medals in a tough battle with Co. Clare and Co. Kerry who took 1st and 3rd places. The U12 boys team also took silver medals with James Cahalane, Brian…

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Craughwell Race To Victory in Inaugural Salthill Relays

Craughwell Race To Victory in Inaugural Salthill Relays

In what will hopefully become an annual event, the inaugural Salthill 4 x 1mile relays took place in the grounds of St. Enda's College in Galway where the Craughwell quartet of Pádraic Tobin, Peadar Harvey, Conor Gillen and Finn Stoneman put in a fine performance to win the race in a time of 20.51 – over a minute clear of the 2nd place team. It was an impressive performance with the team’s splits featuring as 2nd (Peadar 4:58), 3rd (Conor…

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Big Performance from Maeve Curley in Portugal

Big Performance from Maeve Curley in Portugal

  Maeve Curley had an impressive performance at the European Cup of Race Walking in Olhao, Portugal as part of the Irish junior girl’s team which took 5th place in the team event. It was Maeve's first major international championships and she recorded a solid time of 52:37 over the 10k distance to finish as the second Irish girl home after Waterford's Kate Veale, a result which should consolidate Maeve's selection for the European Junior Track & Field later in the summer.

Galway City Sports 2011

Galway City Sports 2011

The Galway City Sports is on next Tuesday 31st May in Dangan … I had the wrong date recorded for it on our fixture list. So if your school is entered, its on Tuesday – not Wednesday!

Connacht Schools Track & Field

Connacht Schools Track & Field

The club's progress in schools athletics continues to rise with 33 athletes from the club having qualified for the Connacht Schools Track & Field Championships which were held in Athlone last Thursday. The stand-out performance from a Craughwell AC perspective were Ciara Greene’s breathtaking 5.02.8 time when winning the Minor Girls 1500m. Ciara's time was the 5th fastest of any girls time across the minor, junior, intermediate and senior 1500m races on the day and is a new Connacht record. It is also only a…

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Ennis Open Track & Field

Ennis Open Track & Field

A small group of Craughwell's younger athletes travelled down to the Ennis Open Track & Field meet on Sunday where they had incredible success. Finbarr McFadden and Ryan Gallagher placed 2nd and 3rd in the U10 Boys 80m with Cian Garman also making the final. Finbarr went on to win the 200m with Cian placing 2nd and both athletes helped Craughwell AC to victory in the U10 relay along with David Waters and Ryan Gallagher. In the U11 Boys 100m, Micheál…

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Galway U12-19 Track & Field

Galway U12-19 Track & Field

At the Galway Track & Field last Saturday, incessant rain fell all day long which dampened spirits for most of the day. Nevertheless the large number of Craughwell AC athletes in attendance competed with distinction with many fine performances. The high jump and hurdles had to be postponed to this Thursday at 7pm in Dangan but the remaining events went ahead despite the weather. Maria McNamara was in top form when winning the U17 long jump and triple jump, taking…

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Provisional Program for Galway U12-19 Track & Field

Provisional Program for Galway U12-19 Track & Field

Provisional program for tomorrow is as follows. Please note that the times on the left hand side are my guesswork and not official times – so please arrive in plenty of time for your events:   Track Events     11.00 Relays U12/14/16/18 11.30 Relays U13/15/17/19 12.00 Long Hurdles U15-19 12.30 Sprint Heats/finals U12-19 13.30 600m U12-13 13.50 800m U14-19 14.20 Walks U14-19 14.20 Hurdles heats/finals U13-19 15.00 200m U14-19 (on times/no finals) 15.30 1500m U14-19 16.00 300m/400m U17-19  …

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Provisional Order of Events for Secondary Schools Track & Field

Provisional Order of Events for Secondary Schools Track & Field

Best of luck to the many athletes from the club who are representing their schools in the Connacht Secondary Schools Track & Field this Thursday in Athlone IT. Each year, more and more members of the club are making it through to the Connacht and National finals in the schools competition. The secondary schools track & field is regarded as the highest level of juvenile athletics in Ireland since it attracts athletes from all sports and not just those who are members of an athletic club….

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Craughwell Round 3

Craughwell Round 3

Thank you to all who helped make the craughwell leg of the 5k series a success tonight, Compeditors , Marshalls, Gardai  And spectators alike all did a superb job and made it yet another great evening of running. Well over 500 set out in the misty damp conditions but spirits and times remained strong.   Matt Bidwell led home a GCH 1,2,3 and made it 3 out of 3 for himself in a time of 15:45 followed by Ruaidhri Geraghty…

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