Registration for the 2016 running of the Craughwell 10 Mile is now open. This will be the 7th year of this fantastic event which never fails to deliver an exciting field of local and national athletes. Incorporation of the Galway 10 mile championship makes for a very competitive day out for all. Register here. Early Bird Entry of €20 until 14/01/2016, €25 thereafter. Technical Tee Shirt for the first 500 online entries . Fast flat AAI permitted race, chip…
This race has become one of my road racing highlights of the year because of its seasonal date and it’s great atmosphere and it proves popular no matter what weather is thrown at it. This year was my tenth run and has been the only race that I have ran yearly since I moved to Galway. Life tends to throw some spanners into the mix and there was a year which I had to force myself to run just to…
Start Line FOA 10k 2015 ©John O’Connor The 14th Fields of Athenry 10k took place on Saturday 26th December. Conditions were near perfect, presenting what must have been the calmest day in weeks. Over a thousand eager runners took to the road which this year included 33 from Craughwell AC. There were some fantastic performances across the board with Jason Broderick finishing fourth. The club had two finishers in the top ten and 4 finishing under 40 minutes. Stephen Carty…
In a relatively quiet week for Craughwell AC, two of the club’s leading juvenile distance runners made an impressive debut on the road racing scene when taking victory in the Kiltullagh 5k race recently. Siblings Caron and Ben Ryan took the victory in both the Senior Women’s and Senior Men’s 5k with Caron taking the honours in a time of 21.25 and Ben equally impressive in time of 18:43. Well done to both athletes – seriously impressive running!
As Craughwell coped with the aftermath of the recent rains, Jason Broderick was among those that headed to Waterford to do battle in the mud at the immmensely competitive National Novices XC Championships. The Galway XC Champion ran a superb race, starting off conservatively to avoid the crush and building through the field from 50th in the first lap to the top 5 as the race progressed. In the end he won an amazing bronze medal, probably the finest individual…
Making the long journey to Waterford for the 2nd day of the National Cross Country Championships, 21 Craughwell juveniles put in some heroic performances on the muddy Dungarvan surface against the top youngsters from all around the country. Sean Cotter ran to a superb 11th place in the U13 Boys 2500m, leading his team to 7th place with Gavin Lee 50th, Liam Leen 64th, Sam O’Neill 67th, Shaun Gilligan 101th and Pascal Walsh 124th. In the U11 Girls 1500m Aoibhe…
AAI have some information on their fixtures page on the course layout and timetable:- http://www.athleticsireland.ie/downloads/events-timetable/novice_and_uneven_cc_timetable_2015.pdf http://www.athleticsireland.ie/downloads/events/Waterford_Map0112.pdf Its best for people to try to be there 90 minutes before their race start as its usually chaotic trying to find people, get numbers, warm-up etc. I will be collecting the race numbers around 10am. First race is off at 11.30am with the U11 girls in action. Best of luck to everyone!!
