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Month: January 2018

Cross Country championships

Cross Country championships

To our members; Galway teams will be entered for the National Masters and Intermediate Cross Country championships which will be held in Kilcornan, Clarenbridge, Co. Galway on 11th February next. Please let the club secretary know if wish to run by emailing craughwellathletics@gmail.com by Feb 4th. Clubs can enter teams also. Masters must be aged 35+ at race date! (County Teams will be fielded at 35+ and 50+ and 65+ in both men and women races.) More information can be…

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Brilliant Performances at National U20/23s

Brilliant Performances at National U20/23s

Conor Duggan bronze medalist in the U23 Mens 60m and 200mand Sinéad Treacy bronze medalist in the U23 Womens 200mat the National Championships in Athlone IT Sunday’s National U20/23 Championships continued a busy weekend for the club and particularly Sinéad Treacy and Laura Cunningham who had also competed a day earlier in the National League. Sinéad was in blistering form when taking the bronze medal in the U23 Women’s 200m in a time of 25.74 having earlier won her heat…

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Chloe and Leanagh star in Glasgow

Chloe and Leanagh star in Glasgow

Chloe and Leanagh pictured at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow For over ten years now, the club have travelled each year to compete in the Scottish National Indoor Track & Field. It’s a brilliant trip and highly recommended for our athletes. This year unfortunately due to clashes with our own National Championships we had only 2 athletes travelling – Chloe Casey and Leanagh Gilligan. Both athletes put in exceptional performances to continue the club’s fine tradition at these championships. Chloe…

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Strong performance in National League Round 2

Strong performance in National League Round 2

Craughwell AC’s team in round 2 of the National LeagueSinéad Treacy, Laura Cunningham, Sinéad Gaffney, Sarah Finnegan, Caron Ryan, Arlene Earls Craughwell AC’s womens team put in a fine performance in round 2 of the National League which was held in Athlone IT today. Sinéad Treacy was first from the club into action with an impressive 25.87 to take 3rd place in the 200m, a position shared by Laura Cunningham with a 1.50m leap in the high jump unlucky not to…

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Please support Coldwood 4 mile race and kids fun run this Sunday

Please support Coldwood 4 mile race and kids fun run this Sunday

The 6th Annual Coldwood 4 Mile run takes place on this Sunday 28th of January @ 12 pm. New route, it is flat, fast and AAI approved!  Register on Run Ireland or morning of event at Coldwood School Hall from 11am. Registration €15. Cash prizes for winners. Kids race at 11am JNR TO 3RD CLASS 1KM / 4TH TO 6TH CLASS 2KMREG COLDWOOD SCHOOL HALL 10AM €5 entry.

Irish Under-Age Athletics Champions 1891-2017

Irish Under-Age Athletics Champions 1891-2017

A fantastic piece of research has just been published by Pierce O’Callaghan at: http://www.athleticsireland.ie/downloads/statistics/Underage_outdoor_ROH_1891-2017_Updated.pdf Its in draft form and Pierce’s email is in the above doc if anyone has any corrections to bring to his attention.  

Brilliant Weekend at Galway Indoors

Brilliant Weekend at Galway Indoors

Craughwell U10 Boys Squad at the Galway Indoors The International Indoor Arena was buzzing in Athlone recently when it hosted the 2018 Galway Indoor Championships on 13/14 January where over 250 athletes from Craughwell AC were in action. There were many fantastic performances, championship records and personal bests from lots of Craughwell AC athletes over the 2 days. Highlights included a sprint double for Sinéad Treacy in the senior 60m and 200m and field event double for Katie O’Donoghue in…

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Super Performances in National Pentathlon

Super Performances in National Pentathlon

Some of Craughwell AC Juveniles at the National Indoor Pentathlon Championships in AIT A number of our talented athletes made the short journey to Athlone IT on Saturday for the National Pentathlon Championships in Athlone IT with some impressive performances. The day kicked off at 10am with the U14 Girls hurdles where Clodagh O’Meara blasted to a time of 10.79 almost a half a second faster than her PB from last weekend at the Galway indoors. Fauve Aylmer was equally…

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Craughwell AC 4th in Round 1 of National League

Craughwell AC 4th in Round 1 of National League

The first round of the National Indoor Track & Field League took place last weekend at the National Indoor Arena in Abbotstown Dublin with a strong performance from the Craughwell AC team to place 4th in the team table at the end of the day. The National League is the preeminent club competition in Ireland where seniors and juveniles aged u17 or older compete for their clubs, scoring points for their team based on their placing in each individual event….

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Caron Debuts for Ireland

Caron Debuts for Ireland

Caron Ryan made her Irish debut recently when running on the Irish U20 Development Team in the Celtic Cross Country in Antrim where she put in a strong run to keep up with the leading group in the early laps and finish 13th place overall – a fine performance against the top runners from these islands. Caron’s performance comes on the back of a fantastic year last year which culminated in a bronze medal at the National U19 Cross Country…

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