Peter and all wave goodbye to 2011 For the first time in three years Athenry AC were able to get their famous 10k road race off on time on the hoped for date of St Stephen's day. The weather was fantastic – perhaps a little breezy for good times, but the warmest Athenry I can remember, and perfect for running. Plagued with injury, I had no intention of running, but the buzz and atmosphere in the hall beforehand was enough…
The club wishes all of our members a very Happy Christmas and a successful New Year! This article is intended to be a quick recap on the year and also a quick update on a few things including the Galway Indoor track & field National B cross country progress with improving our facilities fund-raising activities 2012 registration a possible club yearbook early in 2012. We have a small break from training over the Christmas before we recommence training (for…
Craughwell AC wrapped up its finest cross country season in its history with some outstanding performances at the second day of the National finals at the army camp in The Curragh. Pride of place this year goes to the U13 Boys team who had an incredible performance in their 2500m with 3 runners in the top 15. James Cahalane led the team home in 11th place, followed swiftly by Matthew Barrett in 14th and Liam Moran in 15th. A strong…
The Galway Indoor Track & Field Championships will take place on Saturday 7th January. This event caters for both juvenile and senior athletes – so dust off your track spikes whatever your age! See attached for provisional programme of events. Note that this is provisional at this point and is subject to change once the number of entries is known in each age group. Note also that everyone is a year older for athletics once we hit 1st January….
Maria McNamara put in another strong performance in the pentathlon when competing for Ireland at the International Schools Pentathlon in Glasgow on Saturday. Maria got off a super start with a PB in the shot putt of 8.23cm, which was only a few cm off breaking the club record. She followed this up with another PB and very impressive time in the 60m hurdles – breaking 10 seconds for the first time in a time of 9.74. The long jump…
