Craughwell Athletic Club

Craughwell AC’s U16 Boys 4x200m team who won silver at the Connacht Indoors in Athlone ITEvan Hallinan, Sean Cunningham, Ryan McDonnell, Evan Quinn Another outstanding day of athletics action took place in Athlone IT for day 2 of the Connacht Championships where the U14 to U19 age groups were taking place. Highlights included a blistering 9.61 for Ella Farrelly to take gold in the U14 hurdles and fever pitch excitement in the relays where Craughwell AC’s U16 boys were pipped…

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Craughwell AC’s U12 group at the Connacht Indoors The club’s U12s and U13s enjoyed spectacular success at day 1 of the Connacht Indoors last Saturday in Athlone with over 40 athletes taking and between them featuring on the podium 28 times throughout the day, the top performing club by a distance. Well done to the group and all their coaches!     Ronnie’s U13s report Craughwell u13s had a superb day in Athlone at the Connaught indoors with a total…

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Some of Craughwell AC’s U10 Boys athletics squad at the Galway Indoors in Athlone IT Apologies for the slowness in getting this article up – I will figure out some more efficient mechanism for the Connachts as with so many athletes competing, its impossible to write a report that mentions all. Had hoped to do so but not enough time so here’s the shortened version that I wrote several weeks back with contributions from Ronnie and Evan for U13s and…

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Stepping stones to success!The victorious Craughwell AC U13 Boys 4x200m team who won the AIT International Grand Prix! Craughwell AC’s U13 relay teams enjoyed wonderful success at the prestigious AIT Grand Prix held in Athlone IT last week. Competing in front of a full house, both boys and girls teams put in a fantastic performance in their relays with the boys team winning in a time of 2:00.00 (Conor Penney, Keelan Moorhead, Cian Brady, Dean McNally) and the girls narrowly…

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    Laura Cunningham and Sean Cotter who both won bronze in National Champsionships in Januarywith Laura in the U23 Women’s High Jump and Sean in the U20 Men’s 1500m The club had a small number of athletes in action in the National U20 and U23 Championships held in January in Athlone. Sean Cotter got the day off to a great start for the club with a fantastic bronze medal in the U20 Men’s 1500m. In a tactical race with…

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