Craughwell Athletic Club

Fair play to Mike for spotting this one – the Craughwell AC women’s W50 team of Eileen Finn-Graham, Maria McArdle and Marie Rooney have achieved the best Senior women’s team result I can remember for Craughwell AC Senior ladies by winning Silver in the Dublin Marathon.  I’m sure there’ll be more details on it later, but hat’s off ladies that’s a fantastic achievement, not many people have a National medal in their warchest.! Full results available here.

Craughwell’s Rob Hogan has kept the cool and sealed the deal in Oregon, USA – finishing a full 6 shots/minutes clear of the field to become world champion in this rapidly growing sport.  He set his sights on achieving this goal last year when he finished 7th in the same competition.  This year the standard was much higher, but the smart choices and tactics he applied throghout the year have paid off.  Anyone who has had the pleasure of meeting…

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Great news for a Craughwell AC athlete in a slightly alternative athletics event!  Rob Hogan had an incredible round yesterday – shooting an awesome 77 in 39.31 minutes, an unbelievable performance and a big pb of 116 for him, if I’m not mistaken.  His Golf score was the second lowest of the day, and his time was the fastest by almost 5 minutes – Olympic Silver Medallist Nick Willis coming closest with 44 mins.  The shortest point to point distance for…

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                                                  Best of luck to all our club members and friends taking part in the Dublin City Marathon on Monday 28th October. We will be capturing a Club pre marathon photo Monday morning. We will meet at the gates to the national museum on Merrion Street Upper at 8am, its right outside the baggage drop and…

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Craughwell AC Athlete Rob Hogan flies out today, taking on the best in the world in the World Speedgolf Championships in Oregon next weekend.  For anyone unfamiliar with the sport of speedgolf, check it out on Wikipedia, where you can see that he has a decent chance of taking the crown, having come 7th last year and won the biggest tournament since where he beat all comers well, including last year’s World Champion. It won’t be easy – the sport…

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