After the long summer break, I’m sure our coaches and athletes and their parents (and our new U8s) are all itching to get back to athletics training and reading this website everyday for news of its resumption! Well you have to wait no longer!, here’s the details of the new training times for the Autumn. There may be some further adjustment to this depending on how well we can accomodate the large numbers on the existing facility and our new facility…
Congratulations to Jamie Fallon who has been selected for the Irish Junior team to compete in the World Mountain Running Championhips. This is a first for both Jamie and the club and yet another massive achivement on Jamie’s growing list of achivements. The race will take place in Tuscany in Italy in mid-September. The race will be run over a distance of 7.5km which includes a 700m ascent – not for the faint-hearted!! For more information on the event and on mountain running, check…
Craughwell U16 Girls 4x100m Relay TeamAisling Keady, Grainne McDaid, Mary Dunphy, Michelle Duggan The past weekend saw the National finals of the Community Games take place in Athlone IT with one of the best ever years for athletes from the club. The relays threw up their usual share of excitement with the highlight being a magnificent 4th place for the Craughwell U16 girls’ team in their final in a time of 51.4. The girls were 4th fastest going into the…
The club’s inaugural golf classic was a great success with 52 teams taking part and overall victory going to the team of Catherine Cleary, Helen Shaughnessy, Mary Jennings and Ronnie Norris with an impressive score of 102 points. The winning team had a choice of first prize from a range of impressive prizes including green fees, accommodation and lunch at Glasson Country House Hotel & Golf Club (sponsored by Twomey Moran Ltd), green fees and lunch at Trump International Golf…
Sineád Treacy and Conor Duggan at the Celtic Games International in Santry A belated report on the ‘almost final’ juvenile track & field action of the summer. Seven more National track & field medals made their way to the club on the final weekend of the National juvenile championships in Tullamore. Sineád Treacy was the star performer with double silver in the U18 girls’ long jump (5.22m) and 200m (25.21s) while Conor Duggan added bronze in the U18 Men’s 200m…
Just a gentle reminder to those of you are thinking of entering the Craughwell Marathon/Half Marathon on the 30th August 2014. Don’t forget to e-mail your entry to craughwellathletics@gmail.com to secure your entry. Details below • Date: Saturday 30th August 2014.• Start time: 9:30am.• To enter mail name & club to this contact: craughwellathletics@gmail.com• You will receive confirmation of entry in due course.• REG: Craughwell Community Hall from 8:30am to 9:15am.• Entry €20 surplus after costs will go to Craughwell…
Open invitation to all our players, coaches, members and parents to come along to Raftery’s Bar tonight at 9pm for the prize giving for our golf classic and an end of athletics season drink. The club would like to thank all those who took part in the golf classic. We had 52 teams take part which was super as we had organised the event in a relatively short space of time. We’d particularly like to thank organisign committee for their…
Open invitation to all our players, coaches and parents to come along to Raftery’s Bar tonight at 9pm for the prize giving for our golf classic and and end of athletics season drink. The club would like to thank all those who took part in the golf classic. We had 52 teams take part which was super as we had organised the event in a relatively short space of time. Details of the fabulous prizes are belong and with the…
