The National Road Relays in Raheny is growing from strength to strength and the lads made the trek to Dublin today to test our mettle versus the best club distance runners in Ireland. The sun shone on the 32 stacked teams and plenty of pride was on the line for some fascinating battles. The event consists of laps of approximately one-mile loop (a little longer than 1 mile) and for the senior men the distances covered were 2 laps (Oisin),…
Like the NCAA in the States, the IUAA is one of the premier athletics competitions in the country, featuring top level competition between the best upcoming Senior, Junior and u23 athletes in Ireland. The competition is going through a boom period now and the standards were absolutely sky-high across the events. It’s the ultimate sign of success in the sport that an athlete is still competing and improving through the College years so it’s very encouraging that so many Craughwell…
Galway clubs were flying in the all-Ireland again this weekend showing a resurgence in talent throughout the county. The kids from the village were once again in scintillating form. In total over the three days of the championship, Craughwell won a cracking four Gold medals, three Silver and two Bronze medals and a LOT of 4th placed medals!!. U16 Girls 1500m: 6. Claudia Coyle (4:53.64)U17 Boys 1500m: 4. Declan O’Connell (4:08.44)U18 Boys 1500m: 10. Luke O’Sullivan (4:13.38)U17 Boys 400m: 3….
