Our new grounds – click to enlarge Craughwell AC has been selected by the Galway County Board to host day 2 of the Galway County Cross-country Championships on Sunday October 11th commencing at 1pm. This is very exciting for the club and while we have hosted the championships twice before in this very field, this is the first time that the club will have ever hosted an event on property that it owns! With this in mind, it will be…
With just 2 weeks to go now to our Guinness World Record Relay attempt, it’s time to mobilise the troops into action from all the families in the club. This is our big opportunity to raise a decent amount of funds for our new facilities. We are asking all families to get behind the event and the fund-raising. Tracy and Frances are doing a fantastic job on organising the logistics of the day and the associated Mental and Physical Health…
The Killeeneen National School Back to School run took place this evening with a fantastic turnout from Craughwell AC. It was a clean sweep for the club in the mens with Jason Broderick taking the top spot in a time of 15:44, smashing his previous PB on what is not an easy course. Congratulations Jason, great running. Next home was Peter O’Sullivan in 17:24, with Johnny Lane taking the third spot on the podium in 18:14. Tony Nevin, Stephen Carty,…
Congratulations to the Galway Minors on their outstanding success last Sunday in Croke Park and in particular the 4 lads from Craughwell and the many from neighbouring parishes. Seven of the panel were members of the athletic club in their younger years – Darragh Gilligan, Shane Bannon, Andrew Greaney, Brian Concannon, Liam Forde, Cillian McDaid and Jack Kenny – all of whom made telling contributions in the semi-final and final. While full-back Jack Fitzpatrick was a member of Athenry AC…
Support the Killeeneen Back to School run this Thursday. Many of our members hail from Killeeneen and its one of our key catchment schools for the juvenile section of the club. Check out the details of the kids run and adults run/walk below.
Senior and Fit For Life Training will resume week beginning 14th September. Registration will be held on Monday 14th of September from 8.00-9.00pm at the new Running Track for any new members for both Fit For Life and Seniors. There has been some changes to the days and times so please make note of the schedule below. Looking forward to welcoming you all back and to working with you as you achieve your running goals for the remainder of 2015….
As the momentum builds for our World Record Relay attempt at the end of this month, the latest membership numbers from Athletics Ireland confirm the club’s position as the largest juvenile club in the country with 495 members. The scale of its size is such that we have more juvenile members than 10 counties and of the 329 clubs in the country, it is more than twice the size of all bar 14 clubs. It is a huge vote of…
