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Month: May 2018

Galway Community Games Timetable

Galway Community Games Timetable

The attached is the order of events for next Sunday’s Community Games finals: 2018GalwayCommunityGames.pdf Start time of the events is 11am and participants would need to be there an hour before their event. I will email our participants my guesses at actual start time for each event later tonight so that you can plan when to arrive.  

Wrapup of Last Weekend

Wrapup of Last Weekend

The Galway Community Games U14 Girls Cross Country team who placed 4th in the National Finals at the weekend The club’s athletes were in action last weekend in Scotland, Dublin and Limerick. Sinéad Treacy represented the Irish Universities team at the annual international match with Scotland where she placed 4th in the 200m. Evan Hallinan narrowly missed out on a podium spot when placing 4th in the U14 Boys Pentathlon at the National Championships in Santry with an impressive 1.60…

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Craughwell AC top the Galway Senior League!

Craughwell AC top the Galway Senior League!

Top 4 in the Women’s Long Jump at the Galway Senior T&F Championships in DanganAisling Keady, Sinéad Gaffney, Orla Ryan and Katie O’Donoghue Some exceptional performances from Craughwell AC athletes on day 1 of the Galway Senior T&F in Dangan saw the club top the newly introduced Galway Senior League which will be ran over the 4 days of the senior track and field. This is a new initiative by Galway County Board to encourage participation across a larger number…

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Strong Performances at Connacht Schools Finals

Strong Performances at Connacht Schools Finals

    Luke Evans (St Raphaels) and Patrick Noonan (Pres Athenry)who placed 2nd and 3rd in the Senior and Intermediate Boys Steeplechaseat the Connacht Schools Track and Field Championships in Athlone IT Athletes from the club put in some wonderful performances at the finals of the Connacht Schools Track & Field which took place last Thursdayin Athlone IT. Highlights included double titles for Laura Cunningham in the Senior Girls high jump and triple jump, for Chloe Casey in the Intermediate Girls…

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Club Record Falls at Southland Conference Championships!

Club Record Falls at Southland Conference Championships!

                                         Continuing on his return to form this season Damian stepped onto the Track to Break yet another club record last weekend in San Antonio,Texas at the University of Incarnate Word (UIW), bringing his total to 3 on the year. Right in the mist of Final Exams, the team made their way across the State Border from Louisiana into Texas for…

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Results of Craughwell Community Games 2018

Results of Craughwell Community Games 2018

After a miserable wet morning yesterday morning, some marvellous May sunshine lay in store for the 2018 Craughwell Community Games which were held yesterday evening at Craughwell AC’s athletics grounds. It was a lovely community day with a nice attendance and almost 100 participants in the different events. Even the local bovine community got in on the act and were enthralled by the races! U8s line up for their sprint under the watchful gaze of the neighbours! Results of the…

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Cracking Performances at Galway U9-12 T&F

Cracking Performances at Galway U9-12 T&F

Some of Craughwell AC’s U10 Squad at the Galway Track & Field Championships Another busy day of athletics took place in Dangan running track on Sunday with day 2 of the Galway Track & Field Championships where Craughwell had almost 140 athletes in action in the U9 to U12 age groups. Check out also Daniel O’Brien’s super photos from the latter part of the day on his facebook page. Daniel makes these available to members of the club to download…

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Timetable and Info for U9-12s Dangan

Timetable and Info for U9-12s Dangan

Best of luck to all of our athletes taking part tomorrow in the Galway U9-12 Track & Field in Dangan. Some people have been asking how to get to Dangan, above shows route in … by Dunnes in Terryland, across the new bridge and on to the next roundabout, turn right there and onto the next major junction where the Westwood hotel is. Turn left there and about 100m further on, turn right into Dangan. Car park is on the…

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Super Jumping at South Connacht Schools Champs!

Super Jumping at South Connacht Schools Champs!

Pres Athenry’s Ava FinnSouth Connacht Junior Girls High Jump and Long Jump Champion 2018 Well done to the many Craughwell Ac athletes who competed today while representing their schools in the South Connacht Schools Track & Field in Dangan. I will update this article with results as they come to hand. If reading this, please send on any omissions and I will update. Ava Finn (Pres Athenry) had a great day in the Junior Girls age group with triple gold in…

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