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Month: July 2024

Craughwell Athletes Shine at National League finals

Craughwell Athletes Shine at National League finals

Craughwell AC athletes put in a series of outstanding performances on Sunday in Tullamore to help County Galway take the National League title in the men’s competition and the silver medals in the women’s competition, an incredible performance by the 2 teams under the expert team management of Sarah Finnegan and Siobhan Kelleher. There were many fine performances from the Craughwell AC athletes in particular Sinead Treacy’s 24.45 time when placing 2nd in the 200m sprint – smashing her own…

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Busy Few Days for Craughwell AC!

Busy Few Days for Craughwell AC!

Craughwell AC had one of its biggest weeks ever with a series of fantastic news and results spread across Europe from Tullamore to Dublin to Wales and Slovakia. Conor Penney was in action at the highest level of European underage athletics when competing in the high jump at the European U18 Championship in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia. On Friday, Conor soared through the qualification round with first time clearances of 1.91, 1.94, 1.97, 2.00 and 2.03, and then nailed 2.05 on…

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Whirlwind Week for Conor!

Whirlwind Week for Conor!

It’s being a whirlwind week for Conor Penney with his first foray to a European Championships at the tender age of 15, over a year younger than most of his opponents. Conor travelled out with the team on Monday morning to high summer here in Slovakia with temperatures ranging between 26 and 30 degrees most of the time, dipping only slightly at night time. Ideal temperatures for high jumping but not really for sleeping! Major championships comprise 2 rounds in…

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Best of luck Conor!

Best of luck Conor!

Best of luck to Conor Penney in the European U18s Championships which is taking place this week in Slovakia. Conor travelled yesterday with the team to Slovakia and will be in action at 3pm Friday afternoon in the qualifying round and hopefully again 8:45am on Sunday in the final. Conor pictured above on his final competition before travelling where he placed 2nd in the prestigious Cork City Sports with a leap of 2m in windy conditions. Best of luck also…

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Dominant performances on Juveniles Day 1!

Dominant performances on Juveniles Day 1!

HUGE results on Day 1 of the National Juveniles! After Day1, Craughwell won 2 Golds, 3 Silver and Two Bronze medals with a total of 8 Qualifiers to finals from the rounds. Currently they sit in 5th place out of the 183 clubs that competed. Lauren Kelly kicked things off with an awesome Silver medal. Lauren was also a narrow 4th in the High Jump. It only got better from there as Ronnie’s U16-U18 gang took the Hurdles to a…

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Conor Penney selected for Euro U18s!

Conor Penney selected for Euro U18s!

Great news came through to the club yesterday evening with the confirmation that Conor Penney has been selected for the Irish team to compete in the European U18 Championships in Slovakia later this month. Conor’s progression in the high jump has been nothing short of remarkable this year and is testament to his commitment and dedication to the sport. The club and his coaches and his family are immensely proud of his achievements which come after many years of hard…

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