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Month: May 2025

William Breaks Club 5km Record in Brussels

William Breaks Club 5km Record in Brussels

William Fitzgerald smashed the club 5km record in Brussels on Saturday night in the IFAM Meet. William had a personal Best of 14:22 heading into the event so this is a massive 14-second personal best. His primary goal and his goals from the event was to set a personal best with a dream target of breaking the magical 14-minute barrier, which is 67.2s per 400m lap. There was a massive field and despite a near-trip early-on, William looked super-comfortable for…

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Limerick Half Marathon 2025 Race Report by Tom Tuohy

Limerick Half Marathon 2025 Race Report by Tom Tuohy

Limerick city hosts the marathon, half marathon and 6mile road races each year on the Sunday of the May Bank Holiday week. This year I took part in the half marathon along with over 4,500 runners. The race starts in the city centre in Percy square and heads out to the west of the city before looping back into the centre just after the halfway point. It crosses the river on Sarsfield Bridge before winding out to the north side…

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Connemara Half Marathon 2025 by Fergus Kelly

Connemara Half Marathon 2025 by Fergus Kelly

This was my 3rd time running the half marathon in Connemara.   I had been very lucky with the weather previously but the email from the organisers on Thursday meant that any plans for a PB or improvement went out the window.  “So far it doesn’t look great for Sunday, with a windy and rainy day forecast. The wind is from the south, which means into your face for a lot of the last 13 miles.”  I did a quick calculation…

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Athletes Shine at Connacht Schools Championships

Athletes Shine at Connacht Schools Championships

The first day of the Connacht Schools Track & Field Championships got underway today on another gloriously summer’s day in Athlone with some super performances by our athletes while representing their schools. The sprints saw Cian Brady (St Raphaels) race to victory in the Intermediate Boys 200m in a time of 22.99 and take silver in the 100m in 11.38. Aeveen Kelly (Pres Athenry) won bronze in the Intermediate Girls 300m in 44.21 with Emily Nestor (Gort CS) 5th in…

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Craughwell AC’s U9-12s Star in Dangan!

Craughwell AC’s U9-12s Star in Dangan!

The sun shined on Dangan and Craughwell AC yet again at day 2 of the 2025 Galway Track & Field Championships where massive numbers of Craughwell AC athletes from the U9-12 age groups took part with lots of happy faces and great performances throughout the day. The U12 Girls had a super day with some great performances led by Leah O’Toole who stormed to a 6-second PB to take the silver medal in the 600m in a fabulous time of…

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Fantastic Performances at Galway U13-19 T&F

Fantastic Performances at Galway U13-19 T&F

A glorious summer’s day saw Craughwell AC arrive in hordes at the Galway U13-19 Championships in Dangan with over 80 athletes from the club in action taking home a massive haul of 33 gold, 18 silver and 23 bronze medals along with countless personal best and season best performances. The day opened with the U13 Hurdles where Jack Hibbitt raced to bronze in an impressive 10.84 with Aaron Cummins in an excellent 4th place with 11.62 and Jamie Whelan 7th…

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Fun and Sun for Booming U15-17s at Galways

Fun and Sun for Booming U15-17s at Galways

Saturday May the 10th and our fabulous group of u15-17 athletes took to the track. Our group continues to grow which is testament to our inclusive, fun first, competition second strategy. We have over 45 members in our age group and this continues to grow. Maybe 20% compete the other 80% come to get fit, push themselves and have fun. Focus for the 20% is on getting the most out of themselves, but remembering to make friends along the way….

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