U16 Boys & U16 Girls – Galway County Gold Medalists Glorious blue skies, and warm sun greeted runners in Sligo last weekend (Sunday 29th Oct). With magnificent views across the rolling land scape towards the Keelogyboy mountain range and Lough Gill, today was one of the days that the best possible thing you could do is run cross country. Notwithstanding the fabulous day, those of…
Ben Garrard (Yeats College) and Laura Cunningham (Pres Athenry)who placed 4th and 3rd in the Senior Boys and Senior Girls categoriesat the Irish Schools Combined Events Championships in Athlone The Irish Schools Combined Events Championships took place yesterday with some exhilarating performances by the club’s athletes. In the Senior Girls grade, Laura Cunningham (Pres Athenry) put in a fantastic series of jumps to clear 1.61m on her first attempt to win the high jump. Next event up was the 60m…
Well done to the prize winners in our raflle which was held on Friday night last. The winners are listed below … hope you enjoy your prizes! And thanks to everyone for supporting the draw, the proceeds of which all go into our facility development in Crinnage.
Shauna Tobin and Laura Cunningham pictured in Athlone IT at the Connacht Schools Multi Eventswith former National Senior High Jump Champion Cathriona Farrell who now teaches in Coláiste Bhaile Chláirand was chief official at the high jump for the day The strength of the club in the teenage age groups was very much in evidence at the Connacht Schools Multi Events which were held in Athlone on Thursday where athletes from the club were representing their schools including Calasanctius Oranmore, Coláiste…
Craughwell AC are holding an information evening for all club members, including Fit4Life members. Venue: St. Michael’s Hall Time: 7.30 Date: Tuesday 24th October. Speakers: Jane Ann Meehan, Injury prevention and stretching. Tara Canning: Nutrition for runners. Jamie Fallon: Training Plans for races. This is free to all members.
Our first cheque from cash4clobber arrived in the post today … €325 from the recyling appeal we launched at the start of September. Not bad for 1 collection!! The next collection is in 2 weeks time so please continue to leave your unwanted old and new clothes with us … see here for more details. If everyone was to get behind this, with over 300 familes in the club it can generate an ongoing income stream against which we can…
Craughwell AC’s massive U9 cross-country team in Kilcornan The second day of the Galway club cross-country took place today in Kilcornan, Clarinbridge in ideal racing conditions on a challenging course. Hats off to the County Board and also to neighbouring landowners Ciaran and Gussy on some last minute work to roll parts of the field to reduce the bovine footprint. And just in case the Director of Climate Change in the United Nations is reading this – what I mean…
Timetable for Sunday: Galway Cross Country, Kilcornan , Clarenbridge Sunday 08/10/2017 Schedule of Races ( Approx time ) Time Age Distance Order Laps 1.00pm U9 800m Girls 1 x 800m lap Boys 1.15 U11 1500m Girls 1 x 1500m lap Boys 1.35 U13 2500m Girls 1 x 1000m lap +1*1500mlap Boys 2.10 U15 3500m Girls 2 x 1000m+1 x 1500m…
The club retained its status as the largest juvenile club in Ireland confirmed by figures published by Athletics Ireland today. The fantastic work being done by everyone involved in the club is evidenced by the fact that only 9 clubs in the country have more than 300 juvenile members, with Craughwell AC proudly sitting at the top with 526 juvenile members – more than twice that of most clubs in Ireland. The top 9 clubs and their juvenile membership numbers are…
