Eoin Keith came out on top once again in the Wicklow Way Trail Race last Sunday the 9th of April. This event has a 25k and a 50k option and Eoin, fresh from representing Ireland in the IAU 24 Hour Challenge in Taiwan, came home clear of the field in the longer race once again. See Link to Full Race...

News has reached us that the 'Northwest 10k Charity Road Race and Walk' will be held in Letterkenny at the end of April of this year. A healthy prize-list, with bonuses for the truly quick, is up for grabs at the event which looks sure to attrach a large field of both runners and walkers. Race...

Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare Athletic Club are holding the four-mile open road race and four-mile fun-walk at Quilty, Co. Clare on Sunday 2nd April 2006 starting at 01:00 pm with the walk and the road race 01:30pm. This ever-popular event has been a regular on the Athenry AC touring schedule for...

On a bitterly cold St Patrick's Day morning. our very own National Short Course Cross Country Champion, Paul McNamara, carried the form he showed in winning the National title last week to record a victory over 4 Road Miles in the Phoenix Park KBC sponsored St Patricks Day Race. Battling the...

It was cold and blustery last Sunday morning as a hardy group of Galway runners lined up for a dash over a measured mile around the Ballybrit racecourse. This was an informal workout for all concerned but the fact that athletes took part from a number of Galway clubs was evidence that they...

Photo Credit: Alan Cowzer (http://www.cowzer.com/athletics/) (Mary Porter's audio report on the weekend action now attached to this report.) Athenry AC's Paul McNamara claimed his second national senior athletics title yesterday in Dublin's Tymon Park when he crossed the line first at the AAI...

Four Irish Ultramarathoners put up a tenacious performance in Taiwan over the weekend. The team representing Ireland at the event included Galway's own Richard Donovan as well as Tony Mangan, Martin Rea and Eoin Keith. All four runners took part in the IAU (International Association of Ultrarunners)...

Dunleer AC have organised a charity run to increase the awareness of the Adult Sudden Death Syndrome. The run will start this Saturday 25th Feb at about 8.45am from the University Galway Regional Hospital. The athletes will run a marathon a day finishing up at the Mater Hospital in Dublin. If...

By James Sexton The Clare Athletics Association Senior Cross Country and Juvenile “B” championships for U/9 to U/15’s were held on the lands of the O’Donnell Family Tulla and hosted by Tulla Athletic Club in beautiful weather conditions and a massive turnout of athletes and spectators were treated...

Bantry Bay will be the setting for the inaugural “Bay Run”, a 13.1 mile Half Marathon between Glengarriff and Bantry to be held on the May Bank Sunday, April 30th, 2006. Proceeds from the race will benefit Co-Action in West Cork. The event, which includes both running and walking sections, will see...

The programme of events and other details of the upcoming Connaught Regional Indoor Track and Field Championships have now been released. Entry forms (standard & relay) for the championships, a timetable of events and a list of rules and regulations are attached to this article and can be downloaded...

It is with sadness that we have been told that the death has taken place of well known Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare athlete Dermot Power, Erribul Kildysart after a short illness. He died at 2. 10am on the morning of 18/1/06 in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin. Brother of Seamus Power Irish Intenational...

A short while ago I finished reading Paul Reese's fine book, "Ten Million Steps: The Incredible Journey of Paul Reese, Who Ran Across America--A Marathon a Day for 124 Days--At Age 73", (High Country Books, ISBN: 1567960146). This hugely impressive book details one of the most impressive...

Following on from a discussion at this year's Galway County Board AGM it has been proposed to hold a meeting of senior runners and other athletes, race organisers and other interested parties in the County. This meeting will take place on Thursday the 9th of February next at 8:30pm (sharp!!) in the...

Photo Courtesy of Alan Cowzer (http://www.cowzer.com/athletics/) GCH Running star Gary Thornton produced another fantastic performance whilst rereresenting Ireland in the Belfast International UK Cross Challenge at Stormont on Saturday last. Competing in the senior men's race Gary finished hot on...

The Galway Board of the AAI organised a well attended and successful County Indoor Championships last Saturday the 6th of January. Events ranged accross the age groups from U12 to senior athletes. Although full results are not to hand yet a few events are noteworthy. In the 3,000m Loughrea's Jason...

Great news this morning with word that Athenry man Paul Hession has been selected for next July's European Under 23 Championships which will take place in Erfurt in Germany next July. Paul will compete in his best event the 200m. He joins a highly talented squad that also includes David Gillick (400...

It was sad to hear on the sports news yesterday that Alistair Cragg has withdrawn from the Irish team for the European Cross Country Championships on Sunday. The races take place this year in Tilburg in Holland. Whilst it's obviously unfortunate that Alistair is not able to run from an Irish team...

Report Courtesy of John McSweeny of Galway City Harriers Despite the forecasts threatening dire weather conditions earlier in the week, the Inter-counties Senior XC races took place in reasonably good weather conditions on Sligo Race Course on Sunday afternoon. With Jerry Ryan not travelling, the...

Gary Murray from Letterkenny ran a superb race yesterday on a tough day for running on Sligo racecourse to win the National Inter-Counties Men's Senior Cross Country Championship. The Donegal man finished the gruelling 10k course thirty seconds clear of his nearest rival Mark Kenneally. Athenry man...

Entries for next year's Failte Ireland Connemara Marathon Races are well ahead of last years numbers even at this early stage in the build up to the races. Race director Ray O'Connor said today, "We've been blown away with the level of interest from all over the world. We have triple the number of...

The Galway Team for the forthcomming Inter County Cross Senior Country Championships of Ireland was announced last night. The Championships will take place on the 27th of November at the racecourse in Sligo. The team is as follows; Paul McNamara (Athenry AC) Jerry Ryan (GCH) Gary Thornton (GCH)...

The AAI Galway County Board AGM, which took place on Tuesday the 15th of November in Oranmore, heard reports of a healthy increase in athletic activity in the county. Secretary, Tom Finnegan from Craughwell and Secretary P.J.Coyle from Galway City Harriers presided over a lively debate at the...

September Meeting of The County Board This September’s meeting was held in Sacre Coeur Hotel, Salthill on Tuesday 20th Sept. We did not have enough attendees to hold a formal meeting. An informal meeting was held to arrange the cross-country. Special Congress A discussion will take place regarding...

Craughwell AC Newsletter1 November 2005 - By Michael Tobin Connacht Cross-Country in Co. Leitrim Ballinamore was the venue for day 1 of the Connacht cross-country on Sunday last. A bright clear sky opened the day as parents and athletes arrived at the hall in Craughwell at 9am for the bus. The day...