The club cross country season kicks off Sunday 7th Oct with the county juvenile even ages and junior/senior cross country championships in Loughream followed by day 2 for the uneven ages on Sunday 21st Oct at the same venue.

The juvenile races will start both days at 1pm

– day1 with the U10s followed by U12s, U14s, U16s and U18s. The junior and senior races will commence at 2.30pm (provisional time, could move earlier!).

– day2 with the U11s followed by U13s, U15s, U17s and U19s.

Please try to be there an hour before your race to jog the course, warm-up, get your race number etc. If you are trying to predict a start time, allow an average of 5 minutes per race as some of the older races may start boys and girls at same time).

To get to the course in Bushfield Loughrea, take the exit for Bullaun off the Loughrea by-pass and drive out that road past the golf club and about a mile (ish!) after the golf club, Bushfield is on the right hand side. If you end up going too far, you reach Bullaun so just swing around as you are not too far out of your way and you will find it quickly on the way back!

The distances for the Galway championships are as follows:

Day 1

·         Under 10 girls and boys 600m
·         Under 12 girls and boys 1500m
·         Under 14 girls 2000m, under 14 boys 2500m
·         Under 16 girls 3000m, under 16 boys 4000m
·         Under 18 girls 3500m, under 18 boys 6000m
·         Junior and all grades of senior women 5000m
·         Junior and all grades of senior men 8000m 

Day 2

·         Under 11 girls and boys 1000m
·         Under 13 girls 1500m, under 13 boys 2000m
·         Under 15 girls 2500m, under 15 boys 3000m
·         Under 17 girls 3000m, under 17 boys 5000m
·         Under 19 girls 4000m, under 19 boys 7000m