“If that course isn’t flat, you can have your money back” said the race official just before Mick and I set off to drive the course, “it’s as flat as a pancake”. We began to doubt there is such a thing as a flat pancake as Mick navigated the uphill stretch just after the four-mile marker. As we...
Paul Hession smashed the Irish 60M indoor record last night in Austria, clocking an unbelievable 6.66 seconds! More details here . Thi run was enough to win Paul the prestiguous Connacht Tribune Sports Star Of The Week award. Former winners include Paul McNamara etc.
If you're looking for FIELDS OF ATHENRY RESULTS then just click on the 'Fields of Athenry 10KM' link in the top menu above. See here and here for galleries of photos from the race.
Mick Rice heroically put together a superb booklet for the recent Athenry AC AGM. A PDF of it is attached below.
The following is Liam Mycroft's report on the recent Raheny Five. Liam first published this report on his blog at http://www.irishrunaholic.blogspot.com/ where it and all of Liam's other musings can be found. Sunday afternoon in January - Slightly milder than it has been for the last few days, and a...
Paul McNamara was honoured as the 2006 County Galway Athletics Sports Star in the Ardilaun House Hotel on Saturday night. With a haul of no less than six All-Ireland medals in 2006, Paul's achievements were well up there with the winners of the other sports categories. Two gold medal performances at...
Oliver McGeehan of Inisowen AC fame and a regular road runner down this part of the world is organising a Health and Wealth Seminar in the Radison in Galway on January 25th. Full Details and Flyer attached below. Oliver has a DVD of the products in question and anybody can request it from me if they...
* Mallow - 291 images. 55 to 129 KB. * Martin O'Driscoll's from Athenry - 261 images. 14 to 141 KB.
First sighting of the 2006 hat in the media, as seen in this week's Galway Independent! Fair play to ya, Dolores :).
So I managed it! I won! I had built up a head of Steam in the Spring, and thanks to a GAA injury, Gary Doherty was foiled in his attempt to catch me. It was great fun doing all those races, and I can heartily recommend it. Its a great way for all members in the club to compete on a truly equal basis...
Athenry AC opened its 2007 season with a very successful day in Nenagh at the Galway AAI Indoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday, 6th January. The club earned a substantial 19 gold, 10 silver and 8 bronze medals across the juvenile and senior categories. The most successful categories for...
Congratulations to Paul on his latest accolade. Well deserved after the year he had...
You Gotta Have Goals… With the arrival of a new year our attention shifts to the months of running and racing ahead and new challenges. In a spirit of fun, self-motivation and something approaching honesty, the selection of club members below have volunteered three personal goals that they’d like to...
Word has reached us from the Connemara Marathon Offices that entries for the 2007 version of their ever popular races will most likely close in the next couple of weeks. There has been a surge of entries over the Christmas and New Year period which make it more than likely that the entry limit of...
It's that time of year again - time for the Club AGM that is! The arrangements for this year's 'extravaganza' will be as follows; Where: The Quality Hotel in Oranmore, Co.Galway. The Rinville Suite upstairs in the Conference Centre. When: 8:00pm (sharp!) on Tuesday the 23rd of January Who: All of...
Three intrepid Athenry AC marathoners braved tough conditions in Luton today to complete that town's marathon. Peter Delmer just ducked under the three hour barrier to post 2:59:52. Peter had passed the 25 mile marker in 2:50:00 and so obviously found the last few yards tough going. John O'Connor...
After a long wait, the AAI finally managed to get official results from the organisers of the Dublin City Marathon, and therefore could calculate overall results. When the dust had settled on the results, Athenry AC's three scorers: Paul McNamara [2nd overall], Mick Rice and Peter Delmer emerged...
Alan's report picked up the main parts of the day. I haven't much to add other than a few personal asides... The run of the day from any competitor must have been Gerry Fahy's from HP/Craughwell AC. He and I have jousted a few times in the recent (and distant!) past but today he beat me all ends up...
Athenry AC picked up 7th place at the Hollymount Road Race this afternoon. James Lundon showed a turn of pace he is not known for when beating myself, Brian O' Connor and Gary Doherty to the top of the hall to collect the prize. James Lundon Collects Team Prize Despite a poor start, Brian O' Connor...
Fresh from Winning a Connaught Intermediate Team Gold this Sunday at Dangan, GCH's John Devlin presents him with his Medal from The County Galway Cross Country in Tuam some weeks ago. Well Done Gary!
Athenry AC had a great day out at the 27th Dublin City Marathon yesterday. We should be proud that a small club from the West of Ireland managed to field nine athletes in club colours yesterday, all of whom managed to complete the course. There were quite a few notable performances on the day. First...
Early this Saturday Morning, James Lundon was presented with his medal that he won as part of the Galway Cross Country winnning team. Well Done James!
Tarmonbarry Athenry athletes were in action in Longford and in Cork at the weekend and with considerable success. Gary Doherty continued his nomadic ways while taking part in the ever popular Cork To Cobh 15 Mile road race, organised by the Cork BHAA. Gary had to be on the road early from Galway to...