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Month: May 2015

Program for Galway Community Games

Program for Galway Community Games

Program for the Community Games this Sunday and Monday is below:- 2015GalwayCommunityGamesAthleticsProgramme.pdf The program only gives a start time for the whole day. Following is some guesswork at intermediate times throuout the day. However, please do not rely on it – use it only as a guideline and arrive at least an hour earlier that I am guessing here: guesswork.

Friends, Runners and Countrymen!

Friends, Runners and Countrymen!

Friends, runners and country men and women! lend us your feet! We need YOU to help us to break a world record here:- to raise money for here:-   Click on the pictures above for more information. We are looking for participation from friends, family, athletic clubs, primary schools, secondary schools etc etc etc to help us break the existing world record of 2405 people. We are hoping that you can all get behind us and get into Dangan on…

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Shop Local with The Village Butcher!

Shop Local with The Village Butcher!

Check out The Village Butcher in Craughwell who has launched a new scheme to help local clubs raise funds. For every €25 you spend there, he will give you a token to put in a bucket in the shop supporting Craughwell Athletic Club and our endevours to raise funds to develop our facility beside the school. And he will contribute 50 cents per token to the club. He’s open to 6:15pm Mon-Thur and later Fri-Sat – knock on the door…

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Fine Performances in the Connacht Schools T&F (updated)

Fine Performances in the Connacht Schools T&F (updated)

Aisling Keady and Grainne McDaid (Pres Athenry) at the Connacht Schools Track & Field in AIT Athletes from the club competed brilliantly yesterday for their schools at the Connacht Schools T&F finals which were held in Athlone. With forecasts of dismal weather earlier in the week, we were pleasantly surprised by bright but windy conditions. There were many fine performances across the range of the events throughout the day, none more so than in some high quality sprint action where…

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Update on the club’s facilities plans

Update on the club’s facilities plans

Map of facility plans – click map for larger image  Just a quick report on the club’s facility plans and progress to date and plans for this year. As people will know, last September the club embarked on its most ambitious venture to date with the purchase of 8 acres adjacent to the National School. The purchase and initial development was funded through the combination of savings, loans, fundraising and a small amount of grants with a total spend of…

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Congratulations Junior A Camogie Champions!

Congratulations Junior A Camogie Champions!

Congratulations to the Craughwell Junior A Camogie team on winning the Galway League title yesterday many of whom are current or former members of the athletic club. A very youthful team with an average age of 18 took the title by the slender margin of a point over Ballinderreen. Particularly well done to the current members of the athletic club in the squad including Sinead Gaffney who last week won the County Limerick Senior Women’s 400m title in a time…

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Results of Craughwell Community Games 2015

Results of Craughwell Community Games 2015

Some of the medal winners in the U14 Girls age group at the Craughwell Community Games 2015 A very successful Craughwell Community Games ran off last Monday with over 100 children taking part. For the first time, the Games were held in Crinnage at the Astroturf, GAA training grounds and Craughwell AC’s new athletics field. The day kicked off with the preschool and U6 races which were held in the astroturf and were followed swiftly by the U8 60m and…

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