Craughwell Athletic Club

The National Road Relays held in Raheny each April is one of the highlight competitions of the domestic distance running calendar. Clubs from every corner of Ireland head up to the big smoke to test their mettle over laps of the slightly-over one-mile circuit near St. Anne’s Park. In the past we have competed in the Women’s competition and the M35, but this year Craughwell had just one team in the Senior Men’s category which was stacked as usual with…

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Our youngest age groups took to the track last Sunday for the inaugural Connacht Indoor Championships for the U9-11 age groups. This was the first time that a Connacht Indoor Championships was held for the younger age groups and there was massive participation with over 140 athletes in some of the events. And it was a day of remarkable success for the club with some wonderful performances from our club members in Athlone where 69 athletes and 15 relay teams…

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The National University Outdoor Track and Field Championships concluded today in Morton stadium and there were some more outstanding results from the Craughwell crew representing their Colleges. Kyle Moorhead is in great fitness and it showed yesterday with a fine win in the semis, running the easiest looking 1:54 I have ever seen. Today he was up against some fine athletes – notable National Senior medalist Callum Hurley of DCU, a man he knows very well, as well as Oisín…

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Conor Penney had another great day today when receiving the Athletics Ireland Star Award for the best Galway juvenile athlete in 2024 at an impressive awards ceremony held in the Mullingar Park Hotel. Every year, Athletics Ireland pick the most successful athlete in each county for these awards from their performances that year – selecting from the U14 to U19 age groups based on the number of medals won in the National Juvenile Championships for indoor track & field, outdoor…

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A gloriously sunny Friday saw several athletes from the club in action representing their colleges at the Irish Universities Track & Field in Morton Stadium in Santry. In the Womens High Jump, Jade Moorhead brought her fantastic training form into the competition with a string of superb first time clearances to win sil ver and her first Universities medal. Jade entered the competition at 1.50m and cleared it comfortably. The conditions were a little windy but that did not faze…

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Another fantastic day of action in Athlone yesterday saw the club add another 4 medals to its haul from last weekend for a total of 11 medals over the 3 days of National competition. Yesterday was a busy day between high jump and relays with 10 of the club’s high jumpers in action along with 9 relay teams. Darragh Kelly and Conor Penney led the way in the high jump with double gold in the U19 and U18 Boys events,…

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