Craughwell AC Sports & Recreation Park is padlocked and closed until further notice in light of the new Covid-19 restrictions announced by the Government tonight. Please respect the Government orders, stay safe and do not use the grounds.
In view of the Government’s decision today to close all schools, colleges, and childcare facilities until 29th March and to restrict mass gatherings, the club’s committee and coaches held a brief meeting this evening. In the National interest, the club has decided that there will be no regular juvenile training sessions during this period. Athletes may use the facility to exercise individually but observe the best practice on social distancing if others present. If doing so, athletes should contact their main…
Today in AIT, Sprint guru Ronnie Warde led the way as Craughwell Sealed their first Masters team Sprint title with a fantastic victory in the 4x200m relay. The team of John Walkin, Ronnie Warde, Evan Morgan and Cormac Kearney blazed away from the field to seal a comfortable victory ahead of Gowran AC in Second and Galway City Harriers in 3rd. In addition to that Ronnie claimed two exceptional individual medals. Ronnie won a 60m Silver in a fine time…
The Irish Cross Country Season ended with a bang on Saturday in two venues on opposite ends of the Country and featured many fine performances from Craughwell AC Athletes. The premier Schools Competition – the Irish Life Schools Cross Country, took place in a cold and windy Santry, while the University equivalient, the IUAA Cross Country finals took place in Cork. The standards are always stellar, but the general rise in standards of Irish distance running has lifted things here…
Hello all I got a letter by email from the HSE as did all the other parents of Craughwell NS 6th class children informing us that our children had been in close contact with a visitor to the school who subsequently tested positive for Coronavirus. This means that those children are CLOSE CONTACTS and so have to stay off school and limit social activities until 17th March. CONTACTS OF CONTACTS such as parents like me, siblings, families,…
Huge congratulations to Ella Farrelly and Shauna Bocquet who have won the Galway Athlete of the Year Awards in the U12-15 Girls and U16-19 Girls categories. 2019 was a fantastic year for both athletes with Ella winning a multitude of county and regional track & field titles, 2 National titles (indoor long jump and outdoor hurdles) and National bronze (outdoor long jump) and Shauna selected by Paralympics Ireland to represent Ireland at the IPC World Para Athletics Junior Championships in …
Craughwell AC’s U20 Women’s Team at the European Club Championships in Portugal Massive congratulations to Craughwell AC’s history-making European U20 women’s team who have won the Galway Athletics Team of the Year Award for 2019. The team comprised from left-to-right above Sinead Gaffney (team physio) Shauna Tobin (discus) Arlene Earls (200m / 800m / 4x400m) Laura Cunningham (team captain and long jump / javelin / 4x100m) Ciana Reidy (pole vault / 4x400m) Leanagh Gilligan (triple jump) Siona Lawless (100m) Aoife Kelly (hammer)…
800m runners Paul Joyce, Gavin Cooney and Sinead Gaffneyat the National Senior Indoors in Dublin A small contingent from Craughwell AC contested the National Senior Indoor Championships last weekend in the National Sports Arena in Dublin. Sinead Gaffney ran a powerful race in the heats of the women’s 800m, placing 6th in a time of 2.19.31 – literally just a metre and less than a breath away from breaking her own club record and PB of 2.19.10. Paul Joyce put…
