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Field of Dreams Becoming Reality!

Field of Dreams Becoming Reality!

Yesterday marked another historic day for the club with the completion of the line-marking on our 6-lane 400m track and our adjoining 6-lane 110m sprint track. It is possibly the only track in the country where 12 sprinters could line up in individual lanes in the same race. The lining and tartan layer were done by Sean Campbell’s Sports Ground Specialists from Co. Antrim while the groundwork for the 400m track was done by local contractor Seamus Coleman. Lorraine Delaney…

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Craughwell AC’S Young Stars Shine in Tullamore

Craughwell AC’S Young Stars Shine in Tullamore

The club’s younger ages groups were in super form yesterday in Tullamore for the U9-13s National Track & Field Championships. The U11s led the way on this occasion with Conor Mannion and Jack Hibbitt in sparkling form in the U11 paired 600m competition when racing to fantastic times of 1:52.00 for Conor (3rd in his heat) and a 1:54.65 PB for Jack (4th in his heat). The boys combined times took the silver medals in the paired competition just behind…

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Super Performances at Connacht U9-13s

Super Performances at Connacht U9-13s

There were many outstanding performances at the Connacht Championships yesterday from our U9s 10s 11s 12s and 13s with loads of super personal bests and lots of medal winning performances in very wet conditions at times .. with 19 individual medals and many more in the paired events. After all the lovely weather of the past 2 weeks, we paid for it yesterday with a steady drizzle all day and sometimes heavy. The miserable weather didn’t dampen the performances however…

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Jumpers In Form at Munster Outdoors

Jumpers In Form at Munster Outdoors

A small contingent from the club made the short journey down to Templemore AC’s fine facility for the Munster Senior Outdoors on the Bank Holiday Monday. In glorious sunshine, Laura Cunningham and Sarah Finnegan hit season’s bests in the triple jump with Laura leaping over the 10m mark on 3 of her jumps with a best of 10.16m on her 4th effort and Sarah leaping a best of 8.98 also on her 4th attempt. Laura’s leap was good enough to…

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Fabulous Performances at Galway Community Games

Fabulous Performances at Galway Community Games

(thanks to Carol Brady for the brilliant report and photos!) The County Galway Community Games were held on Sunday the 4th of June 2023 in a very hot but very colourful Ballinderreen. The flags were up and the winners podium set up with a beautifully lined GAA pitch transformed for the day into a running track. This was a first for many of our young competitors running on grass and made the likes of hurdles a little more tricky. With…

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The return of Craughwell Community Games!

The return of Craughwell Community Games!

A big thanks to Mary Kilroy and her team for this article, and for the photos and for resurrecting the local Community Games sports day! The Scene was set , Our new tartan track was ready, the officials on hand, the sun shone and the athletes shone even brighter.  A hundred excited athletes ranging in age from over 6 to under 16 took part in 22 different track and field events on Friday evening May the 26th. Great performances were…

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Historic Milestone for Craughwell AC!

Historic Milestone for Craughwell AC!

Yesterday saw the achievement of a huge milestone for the club with the completion of the tartan layer on our 400m track, with only the track lining remaining to be done now. When we bought the land back in 2014, it was always the dream that one day we’d have our own 400m track on it. In a 25-year plan set out at the time, we envisaged adding incrementally to the facility and having a 400m track by 2030 as…

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Wet and Windy at Dublin Graded Meet #2

Wet and Windy at Dublin Graded Meet #2

A small group from the club took part in day 2 of the Dublin Graded Meets on Wednesday in Tallaght in windy and wet conditions. Jamie Fallon had a fine run in the men’s 1500m race, staying in the pack for the early laps before moving into the lead at the bell and outkicked from around 150m out to take a fine 2nd place in an impressive 4:00.11 in the windy conditions. The dark Dublin clouds unfortunately had gotten tired…

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2004-23 National Indoors Stats Crunched!

2004-23 National Indoors Stats Crunched!

Attached below are some stats on indoor medalists at National level from U12s to Seniors. Our most prolific medal winner is Cathriona Farrell with 13 National indoor individual medals, followed closely by Evan Hallinan on 12, with Sinead Treacy (11), Jerry Keary (9) and Laura Cunningham (7) completing the top five. Winning 1 National medal is such an achievement but winning multiple is incredible. Here’s the list of the individual medal winners and the numbers won, a list that is…

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Incredible final day of juvenile indoors!

Incredible final day of juvenile indoors!

What a weekend the club had at the National Juvenile Indoors. After an incredible Saturday where the club won 9 medals, the success story continued on Sunday when our athletes added another 9 medals with some outstanding performances. Over the 3 days of the finals, the club took a massive haul of 21 medals, its most successful in the history of the club and we sit proudly behind Leevale AC as the 2nd most successful club in the country and…

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