Craughwell Athletic Club

County Galway Men’s 4x400m Relay TeamJustin Lane (Tuam), Patryk Woleniuk (Athenry), Gavin Cooney (Craughwell AC), Ben Garrard (Craughwell AC) Several athletes from the club proudly represented County Galway in round 2 of the National League at the weekend where both men’s and women’s teams were in action in Templemore. On the women’s team, Arlene Earls had a fine run to take 2nd place in the 400m in a time of 61.63, breaking Sineád Gaffney’s 5-year old club record of 62.41….

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  Fantastic news filtered its way during the week to three of our most talented athletes Chloe Casey, Jerry Keary and Laura Cunningham each of whom have been selected for Irish U16 and U18 teams to contest the forthcoming Celtic Games international which will be held in Dublin on August 5th. To be selected to represent your country in any sporting discipline is one of the highest honours that an athlete can aspire to and for three of the club’s…

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Big congratulations to Michelle Tobin who won 3 gold medals at the Laois Paralympic Games held today at St Lawrence O’Toole Athletic Club in Carlow. Michelle’s medals came in the shot putt, discus and javelin with PBs in all 3 events. Well done Michelle!

Champions of Ireland – Jerry Keary and Laura Cunningham Another fantastic day of action in Tullamore saw athletes from the club come away with 5 more medals and many fine performance on the final day of the National Juvenile Track & Field in Tullamore. It was a big day for Laura Cunningham and Jerry Keary who both claimed National titles in the U18 age group with Jerry claiming the high jump title for the first time and Laura adding the…

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Massive congratulations to Galway’s Alanna Lally formerly of GCH and now of UCD and Ireland, who finished 4th today in the final of the European U23 800m. Our athletes have competed with Alanna on Pres Athenry teams and against Alanna on GCH teams on many occasions in the past. Coming 4th in the final of a major international is an amazing achievement and to come within inches of a medal incredible.  She was always right up there at the top…

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A super weekend of action at the National juvenile finals in Tullamore saw many brilliant performances and personal bests, six of which resulted in National podium finishes for some of our super athletes. Evan Hallinan put in an amazing series of jumps in the U13 Boys high jump commencing with a first-time clearance of 1.35m and culminating with a first-time clearance of 1.56m to take the National title and in the process equal the U13 National record in this event….

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