Info for Even Ages Cross Country This Sunday
Best of luck to all of our athletes competing this Sunday in Longford. Please see the info below on order of events and course map. And you can get directions to Moyne here.
To Moyne Community College Longford
FROM M6 Take the N55 exit from Athlone bypass signposted Longford/Cavan. Continue on N55 to Ballymahon. Turn left at T junction up the main street. Take right turn in the middle of the town signposted Cavan and continue on N55 until Carrickboy (Just a filling Station). Here take left turn onto R393 signposted Longford / Ardagh. Continue on R393 until you pass the 50kph speed limit on the outskirts of Longford Town. Take first right turn after speed limit sign…
Aoife Mullane Half Marathon.
Couch to 5km, 10km, 10miles oh go on so Noel sign me up for the half marathon! So I started out running 2 years ago, which was 6 months after having my daughter, on a cold January evening at the track in Craughwell. I had heard about Craughwell athletic through a friend and was sceptical but thought I’d give it a go. The fit for life did exactly what it said on the tin. I started out on that cold…
Aisling and Leanagh take Connacht Pentathlon Titles!
Top 3 in the Connacht Schools Intermediate Girls Pentathlon 2015Laura Cunningham (Pres Athenry), Aisling Keady (Pres Athenry), Lorraine Delaney (Calasanctius Oranmore) The eagerly awaited Connacht Schools Multi Events took place on Thursday in the Athlone International Indoor Arena with some fantastic performances by athletes from the club while representing their schools. It was possibly the most successful multi-events competition ever for the club with all 3 podium places in the Intermediate Girls, top 2 in the Junior Girls and second…
Rob Hogan World Speedgolf Champion 2015!
Well done to our very own Rob Hogan who won the 2015 World Speedgolf Championships which were held in the US over 2 days last week. Rob completed his final round in 78 shots and a time of 40 minutes, remarkable stuff! Rob’s next outing will be in the Craughwell AC vest when competing on our Senior Men’s team in a weeks time in Longford. Its not every cross country team that can boast of having a World Champion in…
Best of luck Rob!!
Best of luck to our elite speed golfer Rob Hogan who is competing in the World Speedgolf Championships in Chicago at the moment. Rob holds a 1-shot lead after the first round today. For the golfers and runners amongst us, the rules are that its your combined golf score plus 1 shot per minute that you take to complete the course. So the event is a combination of running and golfing and alot of tactics at play to get the…
Craughwell AC Halloween Disco this Friday!
Craughwell NS Make History! (updated)
Another wonderful day of athletics took place in Leitrim Gaels Community Pitch today with the Connacht Primary Schools Cross Country Championships. It was a special special day for Craughwell NS who took team medals in each of the 4 races – an historic achievement by the school and the first time I believe that any school has achieved such a feat in this event. This event is widely regarded as the top measure of athletism amongst primary school children in…
Forthcoming XC Fixtures
Forthcoming cross country fixtures are as follows. Sat 17-Oct-15 Connacht Primary Schools XC & Senior League, Leitrim Gaels, Co. Leitrim Sun 01-Nov-15 Connacht U12/14/16/18 XC & Seniors, Moyne Community School, Longford Sun 08-Nov-15 Connacht U11/13/15/17/Junior XC & Seniors, Lough Key Forest Park Sun 22-Nov-15 AAI Inter Club and Even Juvenile Age Groups Cross Country, Santry Sun 06-Dec-15 AAI Novice and Uneven Juvenile Age Groups Cross Country, Dungarvan Sat 09-Jan-16 National Short Course Senior XC and National Juvenile B XC, ALSAA…
Brilliant day of xcountry in Craughwell!
Craughwell AC U11 Girls Squad before their 1500m Glorious sunshine was the order of the day for much of today’s historic cross country races in Craughwell. While the club has twice hosted the cross country on this very field, this year was special as its the first event since the club purchased the land and also the first event since the roadway into the facility became a public roadway last Thursday. We’d like to again acknowledge the support of several…