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Month: November 2014

Great day for Craughwell Seniors

Great day for Craughwell Seniors

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In tough conditions, Craughwell AC Seniors delivered fantastic performances in both National and International competition on Sunday. In the National Inter-County XC, Rob and Ollie made their debuts – both had smashing runs, both finishing in scoring positions of 4th and 5th in the Galway team respectively and well up in the field.  There’s a surprising lack of pictures from the event on facebook – Rob send on those pics lad!  In the meantime here’s a shot of Ollie unmuddied…

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Irish Schools Multi-Events Results

Irish Schools Multi-Events Results

Aidan Conneely (centre) competing in the 200m at the Irish Schools Multi Events in Athlone A small group of Craughwell AC athletes travelled to Athlone to represent their schools in the Irish Schools Combined Events Championships recently. Top performances of the day came from Aidan Conneely who was representing his school Calasanctius Oranmore. Aidan’s scores were 9.38 hurdles, 9.23 shot putt, 5.98 long jump, 23.40 200m, 2.11.27 800m for an overall points total of 2993. Aidan’s 800m time was particularly…

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Fallon and Greaney Shine in National XC

Fallon and Greaney Shine in National XC

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Jamie Fallon on his way to 4th place in the U18 Boys 6000m at the National Championships(photo credit Jumping The Gun facebook page) Jamie Fallon is edging closer and closer to the top 3 in National cross country. In 2012 Jamie placed 6th in the U16 boys. He went 1 better in 2013 when stepping up to the U18 boys where he placed 5th. And today in Dundalk, Jamie took another place off that with a fine 4th place finish in…

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U12 Boys Claim National Silver!

U12 Boys Claim National Silver!

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News just coming in over the airwaves that the U12 boys cross country team have claimed National silver team medals! Fantastic result and a huge well done to the lads in what is one of the toughest races they will ever run. The team raced superly to finish just behind Ennis Track and just ahead of Westport in a close battle. They were led home by Gavin Lee in 20th followed by Liam Leen 22nd, Sean Cotter 30th, Gavin Kelly 65th, Jack…

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Logistics for tomorrow

Logistics for tomorrow

Logistics for tomorrow’s cross country are at: http://www.athleticsireland.ie/competition/glohealth-cross-country-championships-dundalk Best of luck to all of our athletes who are travelling :- – U12 boys team– U14 girls: Rachael Hughes on the county team– U16 boys: Brian Loughnane on the Connacht team– U18 girls: Ciara Greene on the Connacht team– U18 boys: Jamie Fallon and Damien O’Boyle on the Connacht team– U20 Men: Neil Greaney and Paul Joyce– Senior Men: Ollie Mullins and Rob Hogan on the county team The races get…

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Cathriona in the Running for Galway Bay FM Award

Cathriona in the Running for Galway Bay FM Award

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Congratulations to our leading athlete Cathriona Farrell who has been selected as the Galway Bay FM Athletics Sportstar of the year following her incredible performances in the high jump this year where she broke the Irish Universities Indoor Track & Field record with a leap of 1.81m and won numerous National titles throughout the summer. Cathriona is also in the running for the Young Sportstar of the Year Award. Please support her by texting YOUNG 3 to 53133. For more details, check…

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Great Performances in Westport

Great Performances in Westport

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Craughwell AC U15 Boys Cross Country TeamSilver Medallists at the Connacht Championships in WestportL-R: Oisin Lyons, Gavin Forde, Conor Lee, William Fitzgerald, Luke Finn It was back to good old-fashioned cross-country at Westport House today for day 2 of the Connacht Cross Country Championships. While a run in the park at Westport House may have sounded easy, they never told us about the hills! It made the challenging Loughrea course seem flat! Well done to Mayo and Westport AC on…

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Let There be Light!

Let There be Light!

After years of dreaming, the dream is finally becoming a reality. For this Tuesday at 7.30pm we are going to officially start using our new 8-acre field adjacent to the school. We are going to do a low-key ‘switching on the lights’ ceremony at that time and will be trying to get all training groups there at the same time this Tuesday to be part of that. We’d like to invite all of our athletes, parents and coaches to this…

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Club Trip to Scottish Indoors 2015

Club Trip to Scottish Indoors 2015

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It’s time to dust down the passports again because the club is planning to travel to the Scottish Indoor Championships next February with some of its secondary school athletes. You can read about previous trips on our website. Scottish Athletics confirmed the date of their championships just last Friday as being on the weekend of 14/15 February 2015. This is just before the mid-term break so hopefully it will suit athletes and doesn’t clash with mock exams for those in…

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Largest junior membership in Ireland!!!!

Largest junior membership in Ireland!!!!

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The club reached a HUGE milestone last week when the latest membership figures were announced by Athletics Ireland. Having been in the top 3 largest junior clubs in the country for a number of years now and briefly the 3rd largest overall membership back in 2011, the latest membership figures published by AAI show that Craughwell AC have now the largest junior membership of any club in the country and in fact have more members than 11 counties and are…

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