This is a video taken at the finish line of our 10km handicap race on 14th July 2006. The Cameraman was James Lundon. and the lunactic who was roaring and shouting in the background was myself [in my defense I assumed the camera was switched off!] For those easily offended, there is one TINY piece...
Much More Photos and Report to follow... The 5000m race was handicapped. Each runner was competing against a predicted time set by the race director. The winners were the runners who beat their prediction by the biggest margin. Athenry AC Club Championship 2006 Dangan Track, Galway 17 Sept 2006...
Road running enthusiasts will switch their attention to Co.Donegal where the AAI organised National Half-Marathon Championships will take place. This is a race where Galway clubs have performed particularly well in the past and indeed GCH fielded the winning men’s team last year. Although the course...
So you might have noticed that the website has been updated. Or maybe not. Your hard working webmaster Much of the work was behind the scenes, to make administration and updates smoother. The biggest change is how the photos are handled. The image galleries now have a nice smooth way to navigate...
Since the senior section of the club was re-established in 2002 there has been one activity that has remained constant each week and that is the Saturday morning training run. Going into our fifth year since that re-organisation at least one club member, and usually a lively group, has turned up...
Athenry AC’s own Iron Man, Seb Locteau, successfully completed the Ironman UK Triathlon yesterday in cold and windy conditions. The event took place in Sherbourne, about two hours south of London. Read this bit slowly … Seb’s event consisted of a 2.4 mile swim in open water, a 112 mile cycle, and a...
A great turnoutout in Headford last Saturday evening for the second running on the Headford 8km road race. Over 100 athletes, including an impressive 11 from Athenry AC toed the line, and winning in fine Style was our own Paul McNamara, ahead of John Byrne of Mayo AC and Gary Higgins of Sligo. Full...
Paul McNamara represented Athenry AC at the AAI National Senior Track and Field Championships in Morton Stadium, Santry last weekend (22nd and 23rd July). He competed in both the Senior 5000m on Saturday and the Senior 10000m on Sunday unluckily finishing just outside the medals and claiming fourth...
Congratulations to Jim Daly and Mick Rice, winners of the Athenry AC Club Handicap 10km Race. Full results attached, thanks for the Handicapper and Timekeeper, James Lundon. PHOTOS TO BE ADDED LATER Thanks to everyone for coming along. Glorious Sunshine produced heat that made it tough on many...
Paul went on to win the race in Cuxhaven, Germany that he speaks about in the article.
On a busy weekend for athletics in the "West" there were two particularly fine performances from Athenry runners. Paul McNamara jumped into the Western Regional 3,000m Senior Championships at Dangan Track in Galway at short notice. Paul made a late decision to compete despite having completed a...
Athenry Athletic Club, www.High5.ie and The Irish Milers Club are pleased to announce that they will be holding a number of events at the Galway Twilight Meeting on the evening of July 8th in Galway city. The highlight of the meeting will include a men's 5000m and mile race, as well as a womens...
Athenry AC's Paul Hession has been selected to represent Ireland over 100m & 200m at the Europa Cup to be held in Slovakia this weekend. It's great to see the club name feature so prominently in Europe's premier team competition. Congratulations Paul! More on this story from the AAI Site Here!
Athenry AC athlete Claire McNamara capped off an incredible schools athletics career with a win in the Senior Girls high jump at the Kit Kat Irish Schools Championships in Tullamore on Saturday week last, while representing Presentation College Athenry. Claire was the only athlete to clear 1.63 on...
Athenry AC athlete Claire McNamara capped off an incredible schools athletics career with a win in the Senior Girls high jump at the Kit Kat Irish Schools T&F Championships in Tullamore on Saturday while representing Presentation College Athenry. Claire was the only athlete to clear 1.63 on the day...
***** Results from last night's 5KM hosted by GCH. Also the final Ever Presents list from the four race series. ***** Darragh O'Brien has been risen to All Present status, while losing Ned O'Sullivan!
There were some great performances at home and abroad for Athenry AC runners in what must have been one of the busiest ever for the club with action at home and abroad, on the track and road. On Friday evening the County Galway Track and Field Championships kicked the weekend off in great style...
A few short years ago Athenry AC struggled on occasion to get a team together for a local road race. This weekend will see five members of the club entered in the ING sponsored Luxembourg Half Marathon and yet another will travel to Ottawa, Canada to tackle the full classic distance. The intrepid...
***** Full XLS and HTML of Craughwell results and updated Ever Presents list now attached. Please post any questions/queries about the Race 3 Results/Ever Presents here and they will be dealt with appropriately, as soon as possible. ***** Results now available on the Craughwell AC site at HERE
The County Galway Track & Field Championships will take place next Friday the 26th of May. Any Athenry AC member wanting to be entered into events should contact me at [email protected] as soon as possible. Some entries will be taken on the night but if possible we should provide entry details in...
Just before 9am. Connemara seems tame enough outside Keane’s Bar in Maum. Mick, Ray, Darragh and I decide not too hang around in the cold, windy morning. The light rain hurried us on our way over Maum Bridge. Within two minutes we had left the R336 and turned right along a sparesly populated road...
UK international athlete Ben Noad of Highgate Harriers and Clonliffe Harriers star Killian Lonergan have confirmed that they will line up in the feature event over 5,000m during the evening of track athletics to be promoted by Athenry AC on Saturday 8th July next. This pair of high profile athletes...
The race is well and truly underway and my lead at the top is being whittled away despite a busy month on the roads. Ray O Connor is off the mark, and given the amount of marathons he has planned, I could be in trouble. Gary Doherty is making good ground, and he is usually good to pace a race. He...
Paul McNamara gets some recogntion of his National 10km victory in this weeks Connaught Tribune. Apparently he last won this award some 15 years ago. The Team on the day. Well done again, Paul.
Athenry AC have announced a short programme of open track and field events which has been scheduled for the evening of Saturday the 8th of July on the University Track in Dangan, Galway between 4:00pm and 7:00pm. Details of the schedule of events is given below. Entries are now invited from athletes...