Craughwell Athletic Club

The club is about to enter a very exciting time with the construction of its 400m track this summer. Work will be starting on 17th May and its hoped that it will be completed within 8 weeks. The club has the funds in place to get it to a kerbed level ready for tarmacadem. But the tarmacadem layer can only go ahead if we can raise approx 50k in donations and loans from parents and members. Loans are the fastest…

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Just a quick update for everybody on the resumption of athletics. So as per current Government guidelines, athletics is permitted to resume in sub-groups of 15 for school aged children. You can see the scheduled times for each age group on our website at: http://www.craughwellac.com/site/index.php/junior/training-times So we are back in action at last from last night onwards, hopefully never to stop again! All training will be outdoors for now – while our fine new building is complete, we are not…

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Craughwell Athletic Club are delighted to welcome Jody’s Craughwell on board as the club’s main sponsor for 2021. Jody and Micheline have been great supporters of the club over the years and the club looks forward to a super partnership for the coming year. The team in Jody’s have many connections with the club and are delighted with the partnership. Pictured above at the official launch of the partnership are Mike Tobin (Craughwell AC), Laura Cunningham (Craughwell AC & Jody’s),…

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Please see the list below for details of training times for this autumn.  There have been some revisions to times so that the club can safely handle the groups during the pandemic in accordance with HSE guidelines. The list includes the age group coordinators, training times and the dates each group resumes.  It will be necessary for the club to impose some restrictions on group size in some of the age groups due to the public health guidelines … as if…

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A new Little Athletics training session will be commencing on Wednesday 16th September for children who are in Senior Infants – from 5.30pm to 6.30pm on Wednesdays for 10 weeks at Craughwell AstroTurf. The cost is €40 for the 10 weeks, payable at the first session. Athletics is highly regarded as an ideal introduction to all sports due to its focus on the fundamental movement skills of running, jumping and throwing. The session will be coordinated by Mark Gillen (086…

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Facility Progress Despite the pandemic, work has been continuing at pace on completing the first part of our building which should be open in time for resumption of training for all groups in September, subject of course to the public health guidelines in force at the time. The building comprises 4 toilets and a small hall for indoor activities. We will be finalizing our Buy a Block fundraiser for the building during September and erecting a permanent poster inside the…

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Craughwell AC’s Kyle Moorhead who smashed the club’s 800m record at the weekend in the Connacht Games in Athlone Craughwell AC athletes participated in good numbers in the Connacht Outdoor Games which were held last weekend rather than the full Championships that take place each year. It was a historic occasion for the club’s new facility as it hosted its first ever official Connacht event with the holding of the long jump and shot putt on Saturday and the sprints…

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