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Month: September 2012

Huge Turnout at Galway Primary Schools Cross Country

Huge Turnout at Galway Primary Schools Cross Country

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 Photo Credit: Sean Ryan            A record number of primary school children descended on Renmore on Tuesday last for the annual Galway Primary Schools cross country. This event is growing in popularity each year and particularly so this year. Whether it’s the aftermath of the Olympics or a growing interest in the sport, it’s very welcome. It poses its own problems though as the existing format of the event struggled to cope with the numbers and the format will have to…

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Strong Performances at Connacht Schools Multi Events

Strong Performances at Connacht Schools Multi Events

Several athletes from Craughwell AC had some fine performances at the Connacht Schools Pentathlon which were held last week in Dangan. It was a particularly successful day for athletes from the club who were representing the Pres Athenry, with 3 of the 4 Connacht titles on offer in the girls events coming the way of the Pres. In the Minor Girls category, Aisling Keady-Cummins (Pres Athenry) took the Connacht title with a total of 1680 points, narrowly ahead of Michelle…

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Grey Lake Festival of Running on Tomorrow in Loughrea

Grey Lake Festival of Running on Tomorrow in Loughrea

The Grey Lake 10k has only been running for a few years, but it is the Loughrea AC club race which is one of the oldest and most prestigous in the Country.  The Loughrea AC Club always put on an excellent show and it is one of the few races that has it all – quality, participation and a top class kids race.   This year our neighboring club have had a tough time getting the date set due to the…

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Saturday training moved to 11:30

Saturday training moved to 11:30

The Saturday morning training sessions are moving from 11:00AM to 11:30AM – this should help you with the lie-in! The Saturday morning super-squad training session is mainly targeted at older juvenille runners.  Any Seniors that fancy a bit of competitive running are very welcome as well – this goes out to members of other clubs that happen to be in the vacinity too.  Normally the sessions take place at the school, however for the next two Saturdays (22nd and 29th)…

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Next Generation Dominate South Galway 4 Miler

Next Generation Dominate South Galway 4 Miler

  Craughwell AC took Kilcolgan Castle by storm last weekend, taking the spoils in the senior and junior men’s races and in the women’s O40 race as well as 3rd senior and 2nd junior man and 3rd senior woman. Several of the next generation of Craughwell AC seniors debuted in style in this race with 4 teenagers placing 1st, 3rd, 5th and 6th. Led by the grand-dad of the group, 19 year old Peadar Harvey retained the title he had…

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Cross Country Dates

Cross Country Dates

 Connacht U15 Cross Country 2009, Palace Grounds, Tuam The club is looking forward with eagerness to the forthcoming cross-country season, training for which is already underway in earnest  with the primary schools cross country coming up at the end of the month.  The dates have being confirmed for the various competitions:-

Dates for Secondary Schools Multi Events

Dates for Secondary Schools Multi Events

Athletics Ireland has announced the dates of the secondary schools multi-events on their website at:- http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/combined-events-calander.pdf The relevant dates for our athletes are as follows:- ·         Connacht Schools – Tuesday 18th September, Dangan Track, Galway, 11am ·         Irish Schools – Saturday 29th September, Morton Stadium, Santry, 10am Any athlete interested in taking part needs to contact their teacher who is in charge of athletics in the school in order to be entered. Please do this as soon as possible so…

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Athletics for First Class Children

Athletics for First Class Children

Athletics for first class children will be commencing at the astro turf on Thursday 13th September from 6pm to 7pm and will take place every Thursday thereafter at that time. Athletics is highly regarded during developmental years for its benefit to all sports in developing speed, agility, coordination and fitness. Children can try it out for 3 weeks and must register on the third week. Registration costs €75 for 12 months or €200 for 3 or more children from the…

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Resumption of juvenile athletics training

Resumption of juvenile athletics training

Athletics training resumes each week for all age groups as follows:- –          U17s/older: Mon, Tues  & Thurs @ 8.15pm–          U14/15/16s: Tues & Thurs @ 8pm–          U13s: Tues @6.30pm & Thurs @ 7.15pm–          U12s: Tues & Thurs @ 7.30pm –          U11s: Tues @ 6pm & Thurs @ 7pm–          U10s: Tues @ 7pm & Fri @ 5.30pm –          U9s: Thurs @ 6.30pm–          U8s (new first class): Thurs @ 6pm The club needs more parents to get involved in the training sessions. If there are any parents with…

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Conor Duggan Excels with Silver Sprint Medal in National Community Games Finals

Conor Duggan Excels with Silver Sprint Medal in National Community Games Finals

    Conor Duggan put in a remarkable series of performances in the U16 100m sprint at the National Community Games finals recently to take the silver medal in the final. Comfortably winning his heat on Saturday, Conor placed 2nd in his semi-final on Sunday behind eventual winner Odhran Gildea from Sligo before going on to record a fantastic performance in the final and take the silver medal. Also in action at the National Community Games finals, Aisling Keady-Cummins was unlucky to…

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