Promising start to the 2018 XC Season X Country season kicked off today in the Palace Grounds in Tuam with Day 1 of the County Championships. We had a fantastic representation from all age groups and it was wonderful to see so many Craughwell vests. The day was perfect for x country running, although a little blustery, temperatures were mild and the rain held off. The first race of the day was the U10 Girls. This would be considered to…
William Fitzpatrick, Finbarr McFadden, Ciara Sheppard and Sean Cotter (Connacht Gold Medalist) Intermediate Boys/Girls from Craughwell AC running in the Connacht Schools Cross Country Championships in Calry, Co. Sligo …
Sean Cotter (Inter Boys- Calasanctius College), Ciara Sheppard (Inter Girls- Calasanctius College) & William Fitzpatrick (Inter Boys- Gort Community College) at the Schools All Ireland’s X Country In what ended up as an unusual sequence of events the Schools X Country National Championships were held in Waterford on Saturday before the Connachts Schools has been held (next Tuesday 13th March). The Schools South Connachts were held in Galway a few weeks ago and since then…
GOLD MEDAL FOR WILLIAM FITZGERALD AT THE JUVENILLE B NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS All Ireland’s Cross Country Juvenille B Medalists Craughwell AC with 3 U17 Girls in the top 12 Medalists; Ailbhe Miskella 5th place, Ciara Sheppard 10th place and Catherine Noonan 12th place All Ireland’s Cross Country Juvenille B Medalists Craughwell AC with 2 U17 Boys in the top 12 Medalists; William Fitzgerald Gold and Patrick Noonan 5th The All Ireland Juvenille B…
Caron Ryan Bronze U19 Sean Cotter U15 – 5th Place Ben Ryan U17 – 8th Place NATIONAL…
U16 Boys & U16 Girls – Galway County Gold Medalists Glorious blue skies, and warm sun greeted runners in Sligo last weekend (Sunday 29th Oct). With magnificent views across the rolling land scape towards the Keelogyboy mountain range and Lough Gill, today was one of the days that the best possible thing you could do is run cross country. Notwithstanding the fabulous day, those of…
Chosen to be part of a Connacht Endurance Squad, 8 eager athletes headed into the “wild west” to spend the weekend in Killary as part of an AAI developmental squad. The beautiful scenery and hills galore provided the perfect setting and opportunity to prepare for the season ahead. Every age group was represented this weekend with Jack Miskella (U20), Caron Ryan (U19), Oisin Lyons (U18), Ben Ryan and William Fitzgerald (U17), Ailbhe Miskella, Kyle Moorhead and Finbarr McFadden all U16. …
We all thought it was hot in Santry on Saturday, but by 10.00am in the Italian mountains, temperatures had soared to 34°C! Even sitting in temperatures this hot; is exhausting, one can only imagine the affects on the body when you have to run a 5k distance and run a significant part of it, uphill. According to Ben (Ryan), it was an incredibly fast start to this race, with the first 200m covered in 30 secs; which you can liken…
What a great show of talent amongst our U9/U11 athletes yesterday in the All Irelands Championships. We go along to enjoy the day and hope for PB’s, which in all cases when pitched against the “best” in Ireland our kids certainly gave it their all.. One of my poor U10’s were plagued today (sick tummy from a school bug), which forced our “super” athlete Kathlyn…
Ben Ryan receiving a gift from Craughwell AC for his first International vest (presented by Marion (Chairperson), Craughwell AC) Ben Ryan (U17) has had a fantastic season so far and is going from strength to strength. Below is a little background history over the past 6 months resulting in this amazing achievement of making an International Team. Ben started his Cross-Country season with a superb run in the Connacht X Country championships held in Sligo in November where…
