We are now taking membership for 2009. We cater for athletes between 10 and 18 years of age, from Athenry and surrounding areas. New members are most welcome. Children who were members of an athletic club and are interested in rejoining would also be welcome. If you want details on membership...

Athenry AC made a very special presentation to Mick Rice last night at our second organisational meeting for the upcoming Fields of Athenry 10KM on St. Stephen's Day: an engraved Glycine pocket watch. The watch was ostensibly really to commemorate his participation in the recent IAU World Cup 100KM...

At a fantastic awards ceremony in Dublin yesterday, Paul Hession picked up the award for athlete of the year, beating off stiff competition from Rob Heffernan, Eileen O Keefe and Finnoula Britton. Athenry AC was also nominated from club of the year, but that award went to Donegal's Tir Conaill. A...

Athenry AC Juvenile athletic club AGM is on Monday 17th November in the New Park Hotel at 8.30pm. Everybody welcome.

NUI Galway Arts and Media Alumni Branch presents Olympian and NUI Galway Medical Student Paul Hession in conversation with Colm Murray, RTÉ The Oak Room Buswells Hotel, Molesworth Street, Dublin Tuesday November 11 – Reception 6.45pm (cash bar) Starter's Orders 7.30pm RSVP by November 7th - Colm O...

After an anxious wait it's been confirmed today that the Athenry Womens team have won silver medals in the National Senior Women's Marathon Championship of Ireland. This comes only a couple of months after their bronze medals in Waterford at the national Half Marathon. Does anyone else notice a...

Johnny O'Connor ran another fine marathon yesterday in New York. Reports indicate a very testing second half with a biting cold wind to contend with. Despite these adverse conditions Johnny was only a few minutes outside his personal best which he set in Berlin late last year. Good Running Johnny...

The AAI have just released the results for the National Marathon championship for men, which was run in conjunction with the Dublin city marathon. http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=5119 Peader Nugent, who has toed the line for every single one of the Dublin city marathons, gets an extra...

Did you do the Loughrea 5 Miler this year? Do you remember that beautiful autumn day bathed in brilliant sunshine when we were hosted by the good members in Loughrea AC? If the memories are starting to fade then you might just be in luck. Former runner turned photographer John O'Connor was on hand...

What a day! Many, many miles had been run in training. All of the preparation, planning and plotting had been aimed towards this race. The whole weekend is an experience to savour. It builds on the journey eastwards and works its way through the ‘expo’ and the meal the night before, and then builds...

Just trawling through the DCM results that have just been released, these are the names I remember were up there, some are missing so please feel free to add more in comments until we put up a full result listing. **UPDATED 29/10/2008** 78 Brian O' Connor (No. 1272) 02:47:17 02:47:14 86 Brian Bruton...

Some Video from Last weeks Cross country in Tuam. Not much time for editing on this one.. Galway XC 2008 from Alan Burke on Vimeo .

This weekend approximately twenty Athenry runners will make the trip to the capital to take part in the Dublin City Marathon which doubles as the AAI National Marathon Championships. For the last five or six years the club has sent strong contingents to this race and each time it has proven to be...

Owen Curran at the 5.5 Mile Mark - Photo Credit Richard Cuddy A couple of weekends ago four Athenry runners organised a sneak assault on the ever-popular Cork to Cobh race. This event has been a popular pre-Dublin Marathon race for many years and despite some transport issues this year continues to...

Maire Beatty has been unstoppable this season, cleaning up prizes from race to race with seeming ease. Well this weekend Athenry's answer to Sonia O'Sullivan went international when she took part in the Chicago Marathon. For the second consecutive year the race was run in soaring temperatures. Maire...

Report By Michael Tobin (Craughwell AC & competition secretary for this race) This report originally appeared on The Galway AAI Site at http://www.galwayathletics.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=170&Itemid=1 The biggest juvenile cross-country race on the Galway athletics calendar was...

Martin Keane - Athenry AC Club Champion 2007 Yes you’ve herad it The Athenry AC Club Championship 5k will take place on the tartan in Dangan under flood lights, on Tuesday 14th October @ 7:45pm This Athenry AC Club Championship takes place each year and is a great way to casually RACE your clubmates...

Athenry juvenile athletic club has started back training. The schedule for the rest of the year is as follows. The 6 to 9 year olds fun and athletics programme is on in the Presentation College Gym 7.15 pm Thursdays (starting 2nd October). There will be a charge of €10 membership for new members and...

The Athenry AC Half-Marathon roadshow moved to Dublin's Phoenix Park this weekend with the running of the Addidas Dublin Half Marathon. The race was held in warm autumnal Dublin sunshine and the atmosphere was great. While Galway City Harrier, Mike O'Connor was storming back to form at the front of...

Paul Hession displayed fantastic late season form to come withing a hair of claiming the last major international 200m title on offer this season. At the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart yesterday Paul powered off the bend in lane eight and delivered a fantastically strong run down the...

Paul Hession has one or two more tricks up his sleeve before he concludes his track racing schedule for the season. He takes his place in the World Athletics Final 200m race in Stuttgart on Sunday(http://www.iaaf.org/waf08/index.html). Paul has earned his place in this race because of his consistent...

Louisburgh to Westport Half-Marathon Reports by Maire Teresa Beatty, Debbie Flynn, Mark Breen and Miriam Wall While some Athenry members had travelled to Waterford for the National Half marathon more took up the Coastal Charity Challenge, otherwise known as the Westport Half Marathon. Led by the...

Great Success for Athenry AC in Waterford National Half-Marathon More Pictures From Waterford Here Results Files Attached Below There was a fantastic crowd in Waterford this weekend for the Woodies DIY National Half-Marathon Championships of Ireland, hosted by Waterford AC. The atmosphere was one of...

Paul Hession was back into Athenry last Saturday evening after his successful campaign at the Olympics in Beijing a few weeks earlier. His official homecoming started at his home out in Park and, on a fine clear but cold evening, proceeded into the Square in the centre of Athenry, where he was met...

The town of Athenry will welcome home one of it's greatest sporting heroes home this Saturday evening and everyone is welcome. Assemble in the Square at 08:00pm Athenry AC is hosting a celebration of Paul Hession's Olympic achievements next Saturday the 6th of September in the Square at 08:00pm . We...