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Warde and Hallinan lead the way in Schools T&F

Warde and Hallinan lead the way in Schools T&F

The finest School athletes in Ireland travelled to Tullamore on Saturday for the Irish School Track and Fields finals and it didn’t disappoint.  Presentation College Athenry’s Evan Hallinan won the high-Jump with an outstanding 1.95m leap, just 1 cm off his personal best. Evan went on to win Silver in the long Jump with a 6.67m leap which led the competition until the last jump and was just pipped.   Rachel Warde of Clarin College Athenry got the day off to…

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Craughwell AC Summer Camp 2023

Craughwell AC Summer Camp 2023

Craughwell AC’s Summer Camp will be on July 24th-28th 2023. We always aim to make this a brilliant experience for the kids, giving them lots of healthy exercise and and a good platform to make friends. The camp is for children in primary school from the age of 5 upwards and children will be split into groups by age with a focus on running, jumping and throwing games and athletics events for a high0-action week of fun. This year the…

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Connacht Schools Finals 2023 a Great Success!

Connacht Schools Finals 2023 a Great Success!

Craughwell AC Athletes were superb again on Friday for their Schools in Athlone as the club had outstanding results. This will be a brief report due to time available but the full results are listed below. Clarin College’s Rachel Warde won a magnificent Double-Gold in the Minor Girls. Rachel took the 75mh in a fine 11.58 and the 100m in 12.71. Aeveen Kelly has just removed the cast from her recently broken hand to win Silver in the 200m in…

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Great Days at Galway Outdoors 2023

Great Days at Galway Outdoors 2023

The sun shone on Dangan as the best Athletes in the county took on the challenge of the Galway outdoors. The clubs results are below: U13 Boys 4x100m Relay: 1. Craughwell A.C. 4×100 Relay Male Under 13 A (O’Reilly, Jamie, Colleran, Sean, King, Lincoln, Mc Nena, Ruairi, Mc Nena, Ciaran, ) – (56.3) GoldU13 Boys 600m: 10. Ciaran Mc Nena (02:03.1)U13 Boys 60mH: 1. Sean Colleran (10.4) GoldU13 Boys 60mH: 2. Lincoln King (10.6) SilverU13 Boys 60mH: 7. Ruairi Mc…

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Records Tumble again in Belfast

Records Tumble again in Belfast

This will be a super quick report as just back and fairly bushed but with the full weekend there is a lot of reporting to be done! The Irish Milers Club kicked off in force with the Belfast meet and the event was another classic show of the best of Irish and UK Talent. From Craughwell there were FIVE of our best middle distance athletes – in the 1500m we had Jack Miskella, Sean Cotter, Patrick Noonan and Oisin Davis….

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PB for Jack in Dublin Graded Meet

PB for Jack in Dublin Graded Meet

Congratulations to Jack Miskella who set a fine new outdoor Personal Best of 1:54.67 at the first Dublin Graded Meet in UCD’s fantastic new track. Jack has ran slightly faster indoors last year but this is excellent form at this early stage of the season and bodes well for a great summer of racing for the popular Craughwell man.

Silver for Kyle as Students Shine

Silver for Kyle as Students Shine

The finest student athletes in Ireland went to battle last weekend in the Irish Universities Athletics Association’s National Track and Field Finals.  Several Craughwell AC Athletes proudly stepped forward to represent their colleges. The action took place in the fantastic facility of Dundrum South Dublin Athletics Club, surrounded by picturesque Dublin hills.    Kyle Moorhead was the star of the show for University of Galway in the 800m, having qualified on Friday in second place in his semi-final with a 1:59.06…

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Indoors Day 2 – Jumpers fly as Declan Rewrites Records

Indoors Day 2 – Jumpers fly as Declan Rewrites Records

Another incredible day for Craughwell AC on Day 2 of the National Indoor Championships saw one GOLD, THREE Silver and FIVE Bronze medals in the full range of events from High-Jump to Middle-Distance, Sprints, Throws and Walks, and a host of other excellent performances. Declan O’Connell got the day off the best possible start with an incredible performance in the 1500m, not only winning but setting an u16 Championship Record. Declan started off conservatively towards the back of the field…

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Huge Success at Day 1 of National Indoors

Huge Success at Day 1 of National Indoors

The first weekend of the National Indoor Track and Field Championships took place on Saturday and there were some great results for Craughwell AC Athletes. The first weekend was mainly relays, but there were also some field events.  Craughwell AC got this years Nationals off to a fantastic start with TWO Gold Medals, ONE Silver and a host of top-6 performances. Evan Hallinan won Gold with a fantastic 13.2m clearance in the Triple Jump.  Andrew Power was unlucky to finish in…

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Declan has a flyer in Liverpool

Declan has a flyer in Liverpool

In Liverpool on saturday, Declan O’Connell lined up to represent Ireland and Clarin College Athenry in the SIAB International Schools Cross Country.  Declan’s strong team of eight stood against the best of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.  The course was pancake flat and relatively dry which some people might think means “easy” but experienced cross coutnry runners will know it brings its own challenges – namely speed and leg turnover!. There is no such thing as an easy cross country…

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