Photo Credit: Paddy Parrott - More pictures from this race can be viewed at www.racepix.com The Galway women's intermediate team came agonisingly close to bronze medals last weekend at the All Ireland Intermediate championships cross-country in Boyle Co. Roscommon. In the end the 'Galway girls'...

Unbelievable...!! The series sold out today in lessthan two hours. If you got in there, well done. If you didn't, sorry about that but the process was clear and everyone had the same opportunities. Remember there are tons of other goods around Galway which deserve your support and we hope that you...

Co. Galway LSP and NUI Galway have arranged a Fitness Workshop for Saturday the 27 th February 2010 at the NUI Galway Sports Pavilion, Dangan. The workshop entitled ‘Sports performance – Fitness Assessment and Conditioning for Sport’, will be of use to all team managers and coaches, regardless of...

ING New York City Marathon at a greatly reduced price! – Don’t let the fundraising be a barrier. Croi are celebrating their 10 th year at the ING New York City Marathon & they want you to join them! Croi have dramatically reduced the price of the event for 2010. This year’s race takes place on Nov 7...

James Geraghty, MD of Molloys Pharmacy Group www.molloyspharmacy.com gave a presentation to a recent AAI Cross Country workshop in Galway on the nutritional need of athletes. The contribution to the workshop by James was very well recieved by those in attendance. A number of people have expressed an...

Darren from www.racepix.com has been in touch to let us know that there are some pictures of yasterday's 10km race on that site. They're taken by Galway based Polish photographer Daniel Kowalczyk. We hope to be able to provide many more photographs of the action, as taken by our usual loyal crew of...

Chi Running Workshops There are still a few places left in tomorrows (Sat Jan 23 rd ) Chi Running Workshop delivered by Catherina Mc Kiernan at the Ballina Sports and Leisure centre. It’s a 3 hour workshop from 2pm-5pm. The cost is only €20.00. You don’t have to be a serious runner: this workshop is...

From The Irish Cancer Society: We are delighted to invite you all to the launch of the Irish Cancer Society’s ‘Run 4 Life’ Marathon Programme with Derval O’Rourke World Hurdles Champion on Wednesday, 27th January at 5.30 pm in the Irish Cancer Society offices, 43/45 Northumberland Road, Dublin 4...

Connaught Indoors will be held this year on Sunday 14th February All events all ages except Saturday 20th March Hurdles/High Jump/Relays all ages Attached are entry forms and order of events Closing date for entries is 1st February and should be emailed to Tracy/[email protected] Any clubs with...

The 2010 Galway Triathlon Club lecture series will kick off next week with a talk by club coach Ray Glynn on training programs. This will be a great way to plan your pre-season training and get motivated. It will also be an excellent oppotunity for new members to come along and find out more about...

Craughwell-based athletics photographer John O'Connor has just shared another set of his fabulous photographs with us which we have now uploaded to our photo gallery. The set in question was taken at the Loughrea Athletics Seminar and Road Race in September this year and there are some beauties...

Legendary American athletics coach to give insight into Preparation of Top Athletes A 70 year-old Co. Mayo man, who has coached 26 Olympic athletes in a glorious athletics career stretching over four decades, is to give an insight into preparation of top athletes in an informative and practical...

Our man Peadar Nugent got a lovely "lift-up" in the Connacht Tribune last week. The article can be found on-line at the following location: http://www.galwaynews.ie/opinions/athenry%E2%80%99s-marathon-man-stilll-going-strong-66

If you want to get rid of the Christmas blues then Burren Cyling Club and Kilnaboy Athletic Club are organizing the 9th Burren Charity Challenge in Carron , Co. Clare on Sunday December 27th! This year the charities are ; Stella Maris day centre. This centre provides day service facilities for older...

At a press launch and photo shoot last Wednesday evening at Dungarvan Sports Centre, West Waterford Athletic Club announced details of their 19th Annual Dungarvan 10 Mile Road Race, sponsored again in 2010 by Quantum Life. In the presence of deputising Dungarvan Town Mayor, Cllr Ann Marie Rossiter...

Every March, the attention of the American sporting public turns to a college basketball tournament , where future NBA stars are introduced to the public. Next March however, the Galway and Irish running scene will have its own version of March madness , as three top races follow each other on...

Galway Triathlon Club are hosting an talk with Catherina McKiernan later this month and would like to extend an open invitation to the Athenry Athletic Club. Veune and Date : Salthill Hotel, Sat November 28th, 7.30PM Galway Triathlon club would like to invite you to come along to an informal talk by...

Will Downing has been in touch to let us know about Setanta Sports coverage of this year's Dublin City Marathon in which so many Galway runners took part. As is usual these days the coverage is repeated at various times on various channels and I've pasted below the full schedule of repeats. The...

Following a very poorly attended AGM, the outgoing Committee wish to give notice that unless sufficient interest is found to help in the running of the Community Games in Athenry then the locally organised Community Games Activities will no longer take place. If you are willing to help out please...

From John Walshe in Ballycotton Due to circumstances outside of our control, we have had to move the date of the 2010 Ballycotton ‘10’ from Sunday March 7th to Sunday March 21st. We apologise for any inconvenience caused as a result of this change. Our original date of March 7th clashes with the AAI...

Metropolitan Harriers & St Brigid’s Athletic Club is delighted to announce that Hibernian Aviva Health will be this year’s sponsor of the 25th Anniversary Gerry Farnan Cross Country Festival, to be held adjacent to the Magazine Fort in the Phoenix Park on Sunday 18th October, 2009. The Cross Country...

The AGM of Athenry Community Games and Parish Sports will be held in the Newpark Hotel on Thursday 22nd October at 9p.m. sharp All interested in keeping the Athenry Community Games Sports an annual event are asked to attend the AGM.

Photo Above: l-r: Cindy McCarthy (Sligo AC), Ann Murray (Mayo AC) and Susan Reynolds (Fit4Life) near the finish at Beleek Race 7 of the Vodafone C&C Cellular Mayo AC Road League, the Terry Fox 4 miler, took place Ballina on Sunday afternoon. Over 200 runners and cyclists supported the Terry Fox...

The Vodafone C&C Cellular Mayo AC Open Road League continues on Sunday next 11th October with race seven of the nine race series. The 'Terry Fox' 4 miler takes place at Ballina and is a one lap course starting and finishing along the autumnal splendour of Beleek Park. The 'Terry Fox' takes place...

The Mayo Sports Partnership is pleased to announce, as part of their commitment to promoting sports participation and healthy living, a series of Lucozade Sport Educational Workshops which will take place at the Breaffy GAA ClubHouse in October and November 2009. Dates: October 12th, November 9th...