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Month: June 2021

Records fall in Historic National Senior Champs

Records fall in Historic National Senior Champs

The long-awaited National Senior championships took place in Santry this weekend and saw some historic results for Craughwell AC athletes. The standards are always sky-high, and they are rising in many events so the weekend provided the usual mix of joy and agony!! Mike covered Laura’s fantastic long jump progress in another article so this one focuses on the running! Jack makes final in cracker! First up in the 1500m on Friday night Jack stepped into the arena to take…

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Another 5+ metre weekend for Laura

Another 5+ metre weekend for Laura

Laura Cunningham’s good form in the long jump continued this weekend with a leap of 5.03m to come within a whisker of making the final 8 in the women’s long jump at the National Senior Track & Field Championships in Santry. The blustery conditions were not helpful to the jumpers, with most back a little from their personal bests. Normally a trailing wind would help the jumps but not on this occasion as the wind was coming and going, making…

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Brilliant day out at U9-11 Galway Outdoors

Brilliant day out at U9-11 Galway Outdoors

It turned out a scorcher in Dangan as the u9-11 ages had a fantastic time with their friends and produced some stunning athletic performances in the process. The competition incorporated a paired results section and we won’t have the results of that for a while – below are the medallists I know of at this point – will add more later! The full results of a fantastic day can be found on the Connacht Athletics website. In the under 9s,…

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Kyle and William Sparkle at Nationals

Kyle and William Sparkle at Nationals

The National Junior and U23 Championships came a little early this year to enable elite Athletes to make the most of the final chance to push for European Qualifying marks. Three middle-distance amigos Kyle Moorehead, William Fitzgerald and Oisin Davis Athletes got up at dawn to make the trip to Santry and each delivered fantastic performances. Kyle and William, in particular, had superb breakthrough days smashing club records and personal bests. Kyle Smashes 800m Records Kyle and Oisin competed in…

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Sinead breaks 400m Record at AAI Games

Sinead breaks 400m Record at AAI Games

The path to normality continued apace this weekend as some Craughwell AC athletes took part in the AAI Games in Santry. The AAI Games has no medals but is an annual graded Meet hosted by Athletics Ireland which is an excellent opportunity for people to get pre-championship blowouts or achieve times for international qualification or personal satisfaction! [Edit: This article just updated on Monday AM as I TOTALLY missed Sinead Treacy’s participation on Sunday – having smashed the Club 400m…

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Records Tumble in Connacht Junior/Senior 2021

Records Tumble in Connacht Junior/Senior 2021

The weather was absolutely stunning on Monday in Dangan for the Junior and Senior Outdoor Track and Field Championships which saw fantastic performances from Craughwell AC Athletes throughout the field winning a total of 35 Medals – 16 Gold, 11 Silver and 8 Bronze. “Miskey” breaks records in Men’s 800m classicSpectacle of the day for many was the Men’s 800m race which featured the most stacked 800m field we have seen in Connacht in my memory – it was set…

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