Happy Halloween to all of our members! The club‘s juvenile membership recently burst through the 550 mark yet again – the 5th year in a row that it has done so and the only club in the country to do so in any of those 5 years. Its testament to the hard-work of the many dedicated coaches in the club. Our younger ages in particular are bursting at the seams with over 70 kids attending U9s training on Wedensdays and over…
Well done to Declan o Leary who completed the Berlin marathon in September- a unique experience competing in the same race that Kipchoge set the world record! Brian Matthews completed the SSE airtricity half marathon in Dublin recently earning another PB for himself this year. Congrats to John Fitzpatrick, Kevin Mooney, Stephen Carty and Noel Gorman who completed the Charleville half marathon. John achieved a Pb in the distance with 1:26 and Stephen Carty’s Pb streak continues this year in…
Well done to Declan O Leary who completed another Major marathon in Chicago earlier in October not long after completing Berlin- well done Declan! Fantastic day as always at the Dublin Marathon 2018 with regards to the support, Atmosphere and organisation. Perfect running conditions for our twenty two club members as Dublin proves to be a popular race among newbies and experienced marathon runners. The timely start is always great in Dublin as the 20k participants are so…
In absolutely perfect running conditions, Kevin Mooney dug deep and delivered on his fantastic form of recent months by knocking over a whopping 4 minutes from the Club Marathon record. This corny headline had to be used at least once and this provided the perfect opportunity!! Kevin powering through at Mile 22 After an exceptional half-marathon in Charleville, few doubted that Kevin would break the magical 2.35 barrier, but the marathon can be a cruel beast and many fantastic athletes have stumbled…
Ballymana NS’s Keevagh Barry on her way to a fantasticConnacht title in the Junior Girls 1000m The Connacht Primary Schools cross country took place on a rain-sodden day in Bushfield Loughrea at the weekend but it failed to dampen the spirits of some wonderful performances by athletes from the club. Foremost amongst them was Ballymana’s Keevagh Barry who raced to a superb Connacht title in the Junior Girls 1000m, emulating the achivement of former pupil Linda Porter several years ago in…
Laura Cunningham (Pres Athenry)National Senior Champion at Irish Schools Combined Events held in Athlone IT Laura Cunningham wrapped up an outstanding 12 years of juvenile athletics when taking the National title in the Senior Girls Pentathlon at the Irish Schools Combined Events Championships held in Athlone IT at the weekend. Laura’s cleared 1.50m in the high jump, raced to a 10.40s PB in the 2’9” 60m hurdles, heaved the 4kg shot putt out to 7.93m, leaped 4.78m to win the…
Promising start to the 2018 XC Season X Country season kicked off today in the Palace Grounds in Tuam with Day 1 of the County Championships. We had a fantastic representation from all age groups and it was wonderful to see so many Craughwell vests. The day was perfect for x country running, although a little blustery, temperatures were mild and the rain held off. The first race of the day was the U10 Girls. This would be considered to…
