Browsed by
Month: October 2019

Cross Country Update

Cross Country Update

Best of luck to all of our athletes competing in Sligo this Sunday in the Connacht even age groups and senior cross-country!!  The club has a rich history in the event. For those of you who like stats, names and placings … check out this document for details of our performances since 2002 for the age groups from U11 to U20. Our most successful year ever was back in 2013 when we had 95 participants over the 2 days of the…

Read More Read More

Catch-up On Connacht Primary Schools XC

Catch-up On Connacht Primary Schools XC

A little late in getting this report up onto the website but here it goes for historical purposes! The Connacht finals of the primary schools cross country took place a couple of weeks ago at Moyne Community College in Longford. I know, people are always asking when did Connacht take over Longford– I guess with Galway now the 4th most popular place in the world, it’s cool to be from Connacht! Interestingly I see on Wikipedia that it says Longford…

Read More Read More

Siofra Takes Connacht Pentathlon Title!

Siofra Takes Connacht Pentathlon Title!

Siofra Davis (Connacht Champion) and Jade Moorhead (4th place)at the Connacht Schools Junior Girls Pentathlon held in Athlone IT Several athletes from the club travelled to Athlone IT with their schools last Thursday for the 2019 Connacht Secondary Schools Multi-Events competition. The multi-events competition is a pentathlon indoors or a heptathlon or decathlon outdoors depending on the age group. For the secondary schools, its an indoor pentathlon comprising 5 events – 60m hurdles, long jump, high jump and 800m for…

Read More Read More

XC Success from Abbotstown to Bushfield

XC Success from Abbotstown to Bushfield

Marvellous Autumn Sunshine and cool fresh breezes bathed two of the finest cross country courses in Ireland – Abbotstown in Dublin and Bushfield in Loughrea as Craughwell AC sent teams out to battle on either side of the Country. Autumn Open Success The Autumn Open held at the National Cross Country Course in Abbotstown is one of the premier Cross Country events in the Irish Calendar, second only to the National XC.  It is an unusual event in that the…

Read More Read More

Craughwell Blitz Galway Cross Country 1st Leg

Craughwell Blitz Galway Cross Country 1st Leg

Glorious sunshine lit up the beautiful grounds of Palace park in Tuam as the Galway Uneven and Senior Cross Country kicked off the season for 2019.  Storm Lorenzo might have departed without causing too much damage, but the weeks of heavy rain had taken their toll on the course and large sections were muddy and heavy going underfoot.  The route itself was changed slightly from previous years and was anything but boring always undulating and presenting the athletes with something…

Read More Read More

Local Schools Shine at Primary Schools XC Finals

Local Schools Shine at Primary Schools XC Finals

Craughwell NS Squad at the Galway Primary Schools Cross Country Finals in Renmore The Galway Primary Schools Cross Country finals took place last Tuesday in Renmore with some fantastic performances by athletes from the club and half of the medal winning teams featuring athletes from the club with Oranmore taking 2 Galway team titles, Ballymana 1 team title, Craughwell 1 team silver and 1 team bronze and Carrabane 1 team silver. Oranmore Boys School led the way with super team…

Read More Read More