For a number of reasons the club have had to move the July summer camp due to start next Monday 4th July to August … merging it with our August camp on 15th August. The parents who had booked for July have all agreed to switch to August, with a refund provided to one parent who could not move. Thank you everyone for your understanding. As a result the August camp will be bigger and better with over 20 advance…
Some of the victorious Craughwell NS team at the Christy Kennedy Sports A very successful Christy Kennedy Sports were held on the grounds of Craughwell NS and the GAA field last week with 100s of children taking part from local primary schools including Ballyglass, Ballymana, Carrabane, Clarinbridge, Coldwood, Craughwell and Killeeneen. There were some fantastic performances throughout the day with Craughwell NS taking the victory in the large schools competition and Ballyglass NS doing likewise in the smaller schools competition….
Jerry Keary had the biggest success of his athletics career to date when he leaped to victory in the high jump at the Tailteann Games which were held in Santry at the weekend. The Tailteann Games is an annual inter-provincial schools event between the top schools athletes in the four quarters of Ireland. Jerry leaped 1.95m to take the title on countback and in the process claim his first international vest for Ireland with selection onto the Irish schools team…
Many thanks to the large crowd who turned up in the rain Thursday night for the official opening of our carpark and entrance roadway and the launch of our club lotto in association with Croí, Pictured above are Councillors Moegie Maher and Peter Feeney performing the opening ceremony under the watchful gaze of the next generation of athletes. Both Moegie and Peter provided crucial advice to the club in regard to the planning process and the access road, leading a…
Check it out – big opening night this THURSDAY 6.30pm of new entrance road and car-park, together with family fun run over half-mile loop together with launch of the club’s Lotto in association with Croi. Craughwell AC is the largest juvenile club in the country, a remarkable statistic for a rural area. We pride ourselves on being an all-inclusive club catering for children with all abilities, with an emphasis on a healthy body and mind especially amongst our growing youth/teenagers….
BONFIRE NIGHT OF 5K PBs AND OLYMPIC QUALIFIER EVENT Next Thursday Evening, June 23rd and Bonfire Night for 2016, sees one of Ireland’s final Olympic Qualifier Events, being run by our friends in Sligo from believeandachieve.ie which deserves a huge amount of support. The Event is set to take place at the Knocknarea Arena of IT Sligo, with the first of 5 expertly paced open 5000m races on the track due off at 7pm. The Event has…
Ailbhe Miskella and Dearbhaile WalsheSilver medallists in the U15 Girls 1500m and in the U18 Girls 2000m S/C and 3000mat the Connacht Track & Field in Sligo Craughwell AC enjoyed another marvellous weekend at the 2nd day of the Connacht Championships which were held in Sligo at the weekend. There were some remarkable performances across the age groups with many highlights particularly in the high jump where Jerry Keary broke the club’s record with an impressive 2m leap to win the…
Craughwell AC U12 Athletics Squad at the Connacht Championships in Dangan Connacht U10 Boys 4x100m Champions 2016 Another bumper day of athletics saw Craughwell AC shine at the Connacht U9-12 Track & Field Championships which were held in Dangan in Saturday. The club placed in the top 4 an incredible 54 times over the 46 different events held throughout the day. There were many fine performances from a large number of Craughwell AC athletes, most notably Evan Hallinan’s 1.45m clearance…
Order of events for tomorrow:- Order_of_Events_Team_Events__U12_2016.pdf Best of luck to all of our participants!!
Craughwell U12 Girls 4x100m Relay TeamGalway Community Games Champions 2016 The Galway Community Games finals were held in Ballinderrin recently with a new 1-day format replacing the old 2 days of heats and finals. The Craughwell Community Games area had some exceptional performances with all 4 relay teams finishing in the medals as well as several individual Galway titles and podium finishes. The relays saw fantastic victories for the U13 Mixed 4x100m team (Robert Urquhart, Padraig Martyn, Emma Jane Moran, Ava…
