Craughwell Athletic Club

Exciting news reached the club this evening with the announcement of the 2017 Sports Capital Grants which included a grant of €72,000 to Craughwell AC towards the provision of an indoor athletics training hall! The club is indebted to Junior Ministers Ciaran Cannon, Seán Canney and Seán Kyne for the invaluable advice they provided during the preparation of the grant application. Our members’ catchment areas span the constituencies of all three Deputies and on behalf of these members, the club…

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Craughwell NS Senior GirlsSilver Medalists at the Connacht Primary Schools Cross Country Championships Craughwell NS continued a fine tradition of success in the Connacht Primary Schools Cross Country Championships which were held on the impressive grounds of St Brigid’s GAA club in Kiltoom, Co. Roscommon at the weekend. The school’s excellent record in these championships goes all the way back to 2003 before any of this year’s athletes were even born when the Craughwell Senior Girls team claimed the Connacht…

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Huge congratulations to former member of the club Cillian McDaid who is poised to head to the Aussie Rules league. Cillian was a member of the club for many years winning many Galway and Connacht medals and a National silver as part of the Craughwell team in the U12 Boys National Cross-country Championahips in 2012. Swapping the Irish climate of rain and mud for the life of a professional athlete in sun-baked Australia was a tough decision I’m sure :-). And…

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Craughwell AC’s Oisin Davis (6th), Sean Cotter (Connacht Champion) and Liam Leen (5th)at the Connacht U15 Cross Country Championships in Longford Several athletes from the club made the long journey to Moyne Community School in Co. Longford today for day 2 of the Connacht cross country. Well done to Longford AC and Paddy McPhillips for having the course in excellent condition bar two boggy patches on the way around. The Moyne course was the scene of one of the club’s…

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The club’s next clothes collection will take place on 22nd November. So if doing a pre-Christmas clearout, why not do it early and get it into our recycling facility on our new grounds beside Craughwell NS. Please don’t leave clothes in the toilets/changing room container on the school grounds – we have a purpose built one now on our grounds adjacent to the pedestrian gate to the school. These collections raise vital funds for the club’s facility development at no…

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As people may know already, the club launched its lotto in early 2016 when invited by Croí to partner on their online lotto. Croí wound-up its lotto earlier this year as it was not working out for them.   So Craughwell AC have now launched its own online lotto which it is hoped will become a strategic fundraiser to help the club develop facilities in the club’s sports and recreation park in Crinnage. Ticket sales are only done online and…

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