Craughwell Athletic Club

In recognition of an incredible 2025, Conor Penney received the Connacht Tribune Athletics Sports Star of the Year Awards at a glittering ceremony in the Galway Bay Hotel in Salthill. Widely considered as the Oscars of Galway sport, the award is one of the highest if not the highest sports award a Galway athlete can receive. Conor joins Shauna Bocquet and Cathriona Farrell as previous winners of these awards (Shauna for her wheelchair racing successes in 2023 and Cathriona for…

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The Galway Indoors is one of the hardest events in the PRO calendar! With over 445 performances from Craughwell AC Athletes who won over 100 medals there is just too much reporting to be done, a full report of all the action would take forever to read, nevermind write!! The action kicked off on Saturday with the U12-U19 Athletes and concluded on Sunday with the U9-U11 and Senior Athletes. There were fantastic performances from the Craughwell AC crew as always….

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Conor Penney kicked off his indoor season with a super series of leaps at an Indoor High Jump Meet in Nantes in France to smash his own indoor PB by an incredible 6cm. Conor entered the competition at 1.90 and soared high over both it and 1.95. The competition increments reduced to 3cm at that point so Conor skipped 1.98m and then slightly mistimed his first attempt at 2.01 but nailed it on the 2nd attempt. Clipping 2.04 on his…

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Congratulations to Conor Penney on being named as the athletics recipient of the Connacht Tribune Sports Star Awards for 2025. Conor was named this week as the recipient of the prestigious Award, probably the highest honour that can be bestowed on a sports person in County Galway. Conor joins Shauna Bocquet and Cathriona Farrell as previous winners of these awards (Shauna for her wheelchair racing successes in 2023 and Cathriona for her high jump exploits in 2009). A fantastic 2025…

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