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Month: September 2020

Fitzgerald shines at Brilliant Galway T&F

Fitzgerald shines at Brilliant Galway T&F

The Galway Country board were determined to have some a Galway Track & Field Competition in pandemic-struck 2020 and gambled on the Irish Weather being somewhat favourable at the end of September.  The weather was glorious for track – sunny and cold but not too cold, with just the right amount of breeze.  The track competition consisted of 400m, 800m, mile and 5000m events they were ferociously contested.  Craughwell AC had an outstanding day with a large contingent of competitors,…

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2020 Track Season Ends with a Bang

2020 Track Season Ends with a Bang

The strangest track season ever wrapped up in glorious but breezy sunshine at Santry Stadium on Sunday. Six athletes from Craughwell made the trip and all performed very well in stacked fields – Oisin Davis, Emma Boyle, Ellie Cronin, Ross McGuinness, Anthony Boyle and Ellie Cronin. The direct links to their events are here if you want to watch them over: Oisin 800m Heat Oisin 800m Final Emma 3000m Ellie 400m Hurdles Ross/Anthony 3000m William 3000m   First up was…

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Craughwells Masters sprint group excel in Santry

Craughwells Masters sprint group excel in Santry

       From top: Cormac & John, Ronnie, Brian & David Craughwell’s masters sprint group travelled to Santry at the weekend for the National Masters Track & Field Championships with some excellent performances. The day started off with David Mulligan taking silver in the M35 100m in 12.33. A great achievement for David as this is his first National championship and to complement his fine win at the Connaughts, which were held in Athlone in August.  Next up in…

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Records fall in National Juniors Day 1

Records fall in National Juniors Day 1

With no Juvenile Championships taking place in 2020, we have seen more Juveniles than ever stepping up to both the Senior and Junior all-Irelands.  Yesterday in Santry we had 5 athletes competing over the “metric mile” distance of 1500m and incredibly ALL of them finished in the top 10 of the big talented fields.  It is really a dark art to get things right for championships, and usually we get it wrong for someone – however for our middle distance…

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