Wish Us Luck…! Next Monday seventeen Athenry AC runners will take on the challenge of the Dublin City Marathon, a race that also doubles up as the National Marathon Championships of Ireland. The seventeen brave souls in question are; Alan Burke Brian Bruton Brian O'Connor Frank Burke James Lundon...

Well, there is a strong possibility that anyone visiting the Athenry AC Web site might think that the entire population of runners in the area is a greying, balding, self-obsessed ("...yeah, been carrying a dislocated shoulder for months..."), tunnel-visioned ("...only managed 105 miles last week...

Paul Hession presents an award to Tom Page for his years of dedication to Athenry Juvenile Athletic club at a function in the New Park Hotel. In the photograph is Dermot McNamara ( juvenile secretary coach ), Tom Page, Mary Kelly ( coach juvenile club ) and Paul Hession.

by Tom Hunt Mayo AC Coming back from the Gerry Farnan XC on Sunday I realised I had still to do that 'project' for Mick Rice. No excuses now. Tapering towards Dublin, clock ticking, feet up, nutrition, nutrition, nutrition.... A few weeks ago I sent him some results/event details for inclusion in...

The Galway Cross Country Championships on Sunday was one of those rare occasions when the clubs under-age and adult athletes compete on the one stage. The performances of our juveniles early in the day left our seniors in no doubt that they had a tough act to follow. Indeed, Athenry AC’s juveniles...

Athenry AC had a great day out at the County Galway Cross Country Championships yesterday taking both of the individual senior races, gold men’s senior medals and silver women’s team medals. The races, which were held in the beautiful Dartfield Equestrian Centre just west of Loughrea in overcast...

Congratulations to all Athenry AC members who performed at the Connacht National Schools cross country in Ballina. This event is one of the most competitive fixtures in the calendar for our young athletes and is one of the few opportunities these young athletes get to shine to their school colours...

Gerry (or Ger) Mullane, so well-known in athletic circles throughout Limerick, Munster and indeed the country, sadly passed away in August 2007 at the age of fifty two. Gerry died doing what he loved...running. He lived for his sport and always gave it one hundred percent. It would be impossible to...

Thanks to Tom Hunt of Mayo AC for Results MAYO AC OPEN ROAD LEAGUE 2007 Race 5: BALLINA 'Terry Fox' 4 miles, 14 October Men 1 John Byrne Mayo AC 20.40 2 Robert Malseed Clonliffe Harriers 21.13 3 TJ McHugh Mayo AC 21.26 4 Martin Corcoran Craughwell AC o40 21.39 5 Paddy Murray Mayo AC o40 21.46 6 Hugh...

The Athenry AC club championship race will be held tomorrow over a 5km road course, starting and finishing in Newcastle, only a few short miles from Athenry itself. This is the same course that was used for Athenry's race in this year's Galway May Series of 5km races. Whilst the main action will...

Word has reached AthenryAC.com that Lindie Naughton has just published her latest book, a handbook for Irish runners. Sincere congratulations on this worthy enterprise! It is incumbent on all runners to go out and buy at least one copy, given that Christmas is just around the corner etc :). I'm not...

Athenry AC athletes had a successful outing at Day 1 of the Galway Juvenile Cross Country Championships for U10's to U18's. Pride of place goes to Shane Conway who captured the u16 Boys title. Also claiming gold medals on the day were the u16 girls team of Sorcha Murphy, Yvonne Keary, Niamh Grady...

An update on The Mayo AC Open Road Race Series from Tom Hunt of Mayo AC. MAYO AC OPEN ROAD LEAGUE 2007 Race 5: BALLINA 'Terry Fox' 4 miles The C& C Cellular Mayo AC Open Road League continues on Sunday 14th October with race five of the seven race series. This four-miler takes place at Ballina and...

Athletics Ireland recently announced it's Regional Development Squads for 2007/8, which included seven members of Athenry AC's juvenile section. These squads are aimed at assisting athletes in the u14 to u19 age bracket who have shown potential at provincial and national level in the last year...

Thanks to Tom Hunt for Summary Results. We'll publish a fuller result as soon as it becomes available. St Barry's, Tarmonbarry GAA Club 24th Annual Half Marathon/6k Sunday 7 Oct 2007 HALF MARATHON Men 1 John Byrne (Mayo AC) 72.47 2 Peter Mooney (Na Fianna) 74.36 3 Valera Turcan (Clonmel AC) 76.40...

Local runner Fergal Geraghty of GCH came out on top after a great contest with Athenry AC'c Brian O'Connor and Brian Bruton in the annual Galway Bay 10 Mile Road Race in aid of Cancer Care West last Saturday. Regina Casey, also of GCH ran a particularly strong race to win the womens race and finish...

Johnny O'Connor 3:01:50 (PB by over FORTY minutes). Ray O'Connor 3:26:57 (PB by nearly 11 minutes). Mick Rice 3:26:56 (running backwards). I want TJ to re-measure that course!

Galway’s 2007 cross-country season got off to a great start this past Tuesday with the 2007 Galway Primary Schools Cross-Country Championships, which were held in ideal weather conditions in Renmore Park. Congratulations to all the children who participated. This is the best attended and most...

Photo Credit: Hany Marzouk I’m not sure what it is but there’s something about looking out across a large body of open water that makes me not want to swim across it. Even though I had foolishly agreed to take part in my first triathlon many months previously and even though Seb Locteau had...

Rory Chesser and Veronica Colleran are the masters in the Lees Road Cross Country Races Ennis Track Club’s 1st Annual open cross country Juvenile and Senior Cross Country Races took place at the Lees Road Sports Complex with fine fields in all races. There were races for Juveniles from U/8 to U/16’s...

Whilst no longer running times to write home about, I thought (or to be precise Mick asked me to!) you'd like an insight into my run at the Dublin Half Marathon last Saturday. It has been cobbled together from my Blog entry on my Ramblings Page, so apologies if you read that and feel a sense of deja...

Athenry sprint star Paul Hession has been rewarded for a season replete with national records and world-class competition with qualification for the World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, Germany. Paul's race is on Sunday at 03:50pm German time, which is 02:50pm Irish time. The start list is as follows...

Club Captain Brian O'Connor today announced that the annual Club Championship race over 5km will be held on Saturday the 13th of October next at 11:00am. As the track in Dangan is not currently available the race will be held on the road for the first time ever and the venue will be in Newcastle...

As long as I’ve been a runner I’ve been aware that many runners, particularly the faster and younger ones, have nurtured an unhealthy disrespect for Triathletes. They’re such an easy target after all. Anyone who has ever seen those burly men in their skin-tight tri-suits will surely know what I mean...

Paul Hession moved up one place in the 2007 World Athletics Tour Standings at the Memorial Van Damme Golden League meet in Brussels on Friday evening. He is now ranked in 9th place in his 200m event before the final Golden League meet in Berlin today. Johan Wissman of Sweden is the only other...