Club’s Performances in Connacht XC
For those who like statistics, check out the attached for all of our placings, both teams and individuals, in Connacht cross country since 2004:- Craughwell Performances In Connacht Cross Country
Craughwell AC’s New High Jump Rocks!
After years of practice in St Michael’s Hall, a much appreciated and valued facility, the club have finally completed a state of the art outdoor high jump facility on its very own site in Craughwell. Gone are the days of travelling into Dangan and hauling out the 3 large high jump mats with the help of a handful of jumpers! For our jumpers now have just to turn up on their own doorstep, peel back the high jump cover and…
Fallon and Cotter take Connacht XC Titles
Connacht U16 Cross Country Champions 2016Ben Ryan, William Fitzpatrick, Patrick Noonan, Kyle Moorhead, Finbar McFadden, Sean Noonan The first day of the Connacht Cross Country Championships went off in perfect weather conditions in The Claddagh in Galway city. There were some tremendous performances by athletes from the club with Jamie Fallon and Sean Cotter both racing to convincing individual victories in their races – Jamie taking the Connacht Junior title by a considerable margin and Sean putting in a strong finish…
Super Marios Join Craughwell AC
Mario, Wario and Luigi stormed into Craughwell AC tonight to turbo-charge the club’s spookily scary Halloween disco with DJ Mitch. A super evening was had by the huge crowd of happy scary and busy children from 6.30 to 8.30pm. The event was a super success and I’m sure lots of tired little parents people tonight! The event raised much needed funds for our almost completed track facilities as well as providing our members with loads of fun, fun for funds as…
Connacht Schools Combined Events Provisional Results 2016
Top 4 in the Intermediate and Senior Girls at the Connacht Schools Combined Events 2016Laura Cunningham (Connacht Intermediate Champion), Aisling Keady (Connacht Senior Champion), Caoilin Milton (Intermediate Bronze Medallist), Lorraine Delaney (Intermediate Silver Medallist) A massive number of athletes from the club took part in the Connacht Secondary Schools Multi-Events Championships in Athlone on Wednesday with some exceptional results. We had so many athletes in action that I lost count of them all – but probably over 60 from the club…
Clarinbridge and Craughwell Shine at Cumann na mBunscoil Cross Country
Both Craughwell NS and Scoil Mhuire Clarinbridge put in outstanding performances at the Cumann na mBunscoil cross country in Renmore on Wednesday where Craughwell took the team title in both the Junior Boys 800m and Senior Boys 1000m and Clarinbridge did likewise in the Senior Girls 1000m. In the Junior Boys race, Evan Moran led his team to victory with an exceptional individual victory followed by Luke Flynn, Evan Hallinan (who raced to a fine finish despite a heavy fall…
Run for Mary 5km Run/Jog/Walk
Run for Mary 5km Run/Jog/Walk is taking place on Saturday 5th November. Mary is a former member of our club who died tragically from cancer a number of years ago. Registration can be done online at http://www.active.com/co-galway-connacht/running/distance-running-races/run-for-mary-2016 or one can register on the day between 10.30am and 11.30. The registration fees are: Individual: €15 Child: €5 Family: €30 This is the 3rd year of this worthy fundraising event and this year it is in aid of Hand in Hand & Galway Hospice and…
Club trip to Scottish Indoors 2017
Some of the group on the first trip many years ago in 2008Back row: Sue Joyce,Michael Tobin,Padraic Tobin,Cormac Dillon,Ruairi Finnegan,Niall Rooney,Cathal Coppinger,Triona CoppingerMiddle row: Julie Gallagher,PJ Kelly,Peter Treacy,Benny Gallagher,Ashley McDonnell,Orla McDaid,Laura Porter,Orla Ryan,Claire RyderFront row: Shaun Gallagher,Linda Porter,Debbie Kenny,Caoimhe Quill,Katie O’Donoghue The club’s by now annual trip to the Scottish Indoors is going ahead in 2017. The event is spread over two weekends in Glasgow with U20s, U15s and U13s on Sat/Sun 11th and 12th February Seniors and U17s on Sat…
Ireland’s Fastest Feet !!
Craughwell NS Connacht Senior Champions!
Craughwell NS senior boys made history today in the shadow of Benbulben when winning the Connacht Primary Schools Cross Country title on the grounds of Sligo IT. While the school have featured on the winners podium many times in the last 15 years, this was the first time that the senior boys claimed the Connacht title, a feat achieved by the school’s senior girls on 3 occasions – 2003, 2006 and 2010. Previously the senior boys’ teams best performances were…