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Month: March 2013

Indoor Records in Freefall!

Indoor Records in Freefall!

I have updated the club records on the statistics web page based on performances to date in the 2013 season. In the girls/women’s events, 11 age group records were broken with Katie O’Donoghue and Sineád Treacy in particularly good form – both girls set multiple new club records. In the boys/men’s events, 21 age group records were broken, 7 new junior records were set and 8 new senior records were set – led by Nicholas Sheehan with a 400/800 double…

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Galway 5k Series 2013.

Galway 5k Series 2013.

Yes it’s that time of the year again… Entry for this year’s 5k series opens on March 28th 2013 at 8pm on www.RunIreland.com.  This event will sell fast, usually within 1hr of opening so ensure you are at your PC ready to get your entry in at 8pm sharp. This years Galway 5k series kicks off on Tuesday 30th April at 7.45pm at Athenry Boys School, Athenry, Co. Galway. Claregalway hosts on Tuesday 7th May at 8.00pm from Claregalway Corporate…

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Results C10 2013

Results C10 2013

Apologies for the delay in getting these results up. Full results are now available on www.redtagtiming.com. Below are the results for the County Championship AAI Team event. Male: 1. GCH 3:52:16 2. Craughwell 3:54:09 3. Athenry A 4:17:06 Female 1. GCH 4:46:38 2. Athenry 4:50:32 3. Craughwell 4:59:37 Photos of the C10 are now up on our facebook page. 

Massive Medal Haul at National Indoors!!

Massive Medal Haul at National Indoors!!

Some of our athletes after the 800m FinalsJohn Cormican, Damien O’Boyle, Nicholas Sheehan, Paul Joyce, Keelan Ryan(many thanks to Mark Davis for the photos in this article!) It was one of the best weekends in the club’s history A bumper crowd at the Craughwell 10 where the ageless Gerry Ryan took bronze in 52:38 and in the process won the Galway 10 Mile road championships. Jamie Fallon-Spellman making his Irish debut in Wales where he placed 23rd over the 6000m…

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Rob talks on Coach Jeff Radio!

Rob talks on Coach Jeff Radio!

People get into running for different reasons.. but some are more unique than others!  Craughwell AC’s Rob Hogan can be heard on one of the largest running podcasts out there – New Zealand’s Coach Jeff, where he talks about the unique sport that he is on the forefront of. http://www.therunningpodcast.com/2013/03/24/the-running-podcast-077/   The interview is brilliant stuff – very interesting and well worth a listen. He talks about his performances in the world championships (7th in the world last year in Oregon),…

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Jamie Makes his Irish Debut in Wales!

Jamie Makes his Irish Debut in Wales!

Congratulations to Jamie Fallon-Spellman who made his international debut in Wales last weekend where he placed as 6th scorer for the Irish team in the Schools International Cross Country in Wales. It was a fantastic achievement against the cream of distance runners from these islands and hopefully the first of many internationals for Jamie in the years ahead. The Irish team placed 4th in the Intermediate Boys race. Full results are on AAI Website.

C10 Results 2013

C10 Results 2013

Congrats and well done to the 617 athletes who completed the 4th annual Craughwell AC 10mile road race today.  It was dry but there was bitterly cold wind out there today to contend with on the route, but you all battled through it and finshed in style and it was fantastic to see so many smiling faces pass the finish line this afternoon. Provisional results available on www.redtagtiming.com. Today’s winner was Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrock AC in a time…

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Race Day Info.

Race Day Info.

Race Day Information for the Craughwell 10 – Sunday 24th March 2013Thank you to all who have entered Craughwell 10 2013. We wish you the very best of luck and we hope you have a great experience in the Craughwell 10.There will be 2 water stations with 250ml bottles, at approx. 3.3 Miles and 6.6 Miles and water will also be provided at the finish line.When you are finished with each bottle please drop it at the mile markers only….

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Craughwell AC – FIT Magazine

Craughwell AC – FIT Magazine

Frank Greally has featured us as his club of the week in today’s Irish Independent’s FIT magazine. There’s a great write up on our fantastic club. It’s availabe in today’s Irish Independent or online at www.fitmagazine.ie

Juvenile Track & Field Update

Juvenile Track & Field Update

The detailed results from the Connacht indoors have been published by the competition secretary and are available on our website at: track results, field results. Athletics Ireland also recently updated their juvenile competition booklet. This booklet is an invaluable resource for the National juvenile competitions throughout the year and will be of particular interest to parents of athletes hoping to make it to National finals as it gives the detailed time-table for those days. For people who like statistics and…

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