Craughwell Community Games will take place this bank holiday Monday May 2nd from 3pm to 6pm as the astroturf and adjacent athletics field. You don’t need to be a member of the athletic club to take part – the event is intended for all children in the parish and is a great opportunity to represent the parish in the Galway finals either as an individual or on a relay team. It promises to be an entertaining event with the…
A massive well done to Shauna Bocquet who won the U14 grade in the London Mini-Marathon today. Well done Shauna and coach/dad Loic !!!!!
Aisling Keady, Aoife Walsh and Caoilin Milton at the Dublin Graded Meet in Santry Stadium A small group of Craughwell AC athletes made the trip to Dublin during the week for the first evening meet of the 2016 Dublin Graded Series. The series comprises 8 Wednesday evenings throughout the summer and is ideal preparation for the forthcoming track & field season or for attempting a few PBs in graded races. Aoife Walsh leaped an impressive 1.45m to take 2nd place…
Conor Duggan (University College Dublin) and Sineád Gaffney (University of Limerick) at the Irish Universities Track & Field Championships in Santry Conor Duggan and Sineád Gaffney both represented their colleges with distinction at the Irish Universities Track & Field in Santry at the weekend with both athletes helping their college to take the silver medals in the 4x400m relay with Sineád featuring on the University of Limerick women’s team and Conor on the University College Dublin men’s team. Earlier in…
Members of Craughwell AC’s fit4youth group who took part in the Loughrea 5kClaire Callanan, Grace Mortimer, Maria O’Keeffe and Aisling Carr The few weeks gap between the indoor and outdoor track seasons has afforded the opportunity to some of the club’s athletes to try their hand at the local road race scene with some remarkable success. Shauna Bocquet continues to set the 5k scene alight with some blistering times on the road – most recently in the Loughrea 5k where…
For any new coaches or parents of new members, the following booklet provides a lot of information on introduction to the sport, the different seasons, the different age groups, the different organisations, etc. And it then provides details on the structures within the junior club. The booklet is focussed on junior activities and doesn’t currently cover senior activities. Junior Club Introduction & Administration Handbook
Craughwell AC’s highly successful fit4fun athletics summer camp is on again this year, led by coaches and athletes from the club. The camp is an enjoyable mix of fun and games along with learning a range of athletics events including long jump, high jump, sprints, throws and relays. Check out the details below and get your application form in early to Peadar as places will be filled on a first come first served basis. Flyers will be also be handed out at…
The Labane 10k takes place this Sunday 17th April. Sponsored by the Galway Sports Partnership, the race kicks off at noon. Click on the flyer attached for more information. All support weclome. You can register online or on the day.
Little Athletics commencing Thurs 7th April Craughwell Athletic Club currently provide training sessions for children in first class or older. With the improvements in facilities that we are making, we are planning to go one year younger and introduce a session for Senior Infants on Thursdays 5.30-6.30pm at Craughwell astro-turf commencing on Thursday 7th April. The session will be known as Little Athletics. It will be structured around games-based activities that teach the children fundamental coordination movements for running, jumping…
