Best of luck to all our athletes travelling to Tullamore over the two days of the U12 -U19 allirelands. Please check the programme attached as some events are due to start at 10 am

Results from this evening's (4 July) Galway Track and Field Championships Day 1 attached. Reports and pictures to follow in due course. John O'Connor's photos are already accessible from his Flickr feed . Please add a comment if anything needs to be corrected in results.

Congratulation to Bernie Kelly of Galway City Harriers on receiving the Women’s Leadership Award from Athletics Ireland! Bernie has done great work wth the Fit4Life in Galway city and is a long-time participant in races all over Ireland. See http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=33284 .

A big well done to the 12 juvenile athletes that travelled to Stranorlar Co Donegal last Saturday to compete in the all Ireland's team competition. There were no medals brought home this year but all the athletes gave it all. They did extremely well to get this far having come through county and...

See here for the event notice taking place outside Sixmilebridge in Co. Clare, starting tomorrow and finishing 10 days later! A good friend of the club, Tom Enright, is taking part. Exceprt of press release on behalf of Tom: On July 4 th in Sixmilebridge Tom Enright will attempt to run 10 marathons...

Congrats to Miriam Wall of this athletics parish on finishing 7th in 43:35 in last Sunday's (23 June) Galway Simon Women's Mini Marathon. No wonder the woman was smiling at the finish line - see above. The full result is here while photos from the event can be obtained courtesy of Jane Walsh here .

Congratulations to Shea Hennessy on winning the Arrivals Perpetual Trophy for the Best Boy Athlete in the 2013 Athenry Community Games & Parish Sports - Well done Shea!

** Full provisional result now attached v2 ** It was breezy (i.e. the wind really whipped up during the race) and was a bit damp (i.e. poured cats and dogs and other animals) but it did not dampen the spirits in Annaghdown last Friday evening (21 June) for the 7th running of their mid-summers...

Every year in July the town of Headford plays host to the Headford 8k Charity Road Race. Now in its 9th year the race continues to grow in popularity and last year saw over 300 participants from all over the country taking part. All the proceeds from the race go to charities supporting children with...

Hi folks Results of last weekends Connacht championship U13to U19 in Athlone have been published. See links below

Athenry Juvenile athletes enjoyed great success at the Connacht Track and Field championships for ages U13 to U19 held in Athlone IT on Sundy 16th June. Special congratulations must go to our new Connacht champions: Evan Quirke Long Jump, Aubrey O'Brien Long Jump, Shannen Lee 1500m & 250m hurdles...

The Craughwell 5KM School Run went off without a hitch early yesterday (Sunday, 16 June) afternoon, starting and finishing around Craughwell NS - close to the start of the 5KM series. Thanks to all the organisers for putting on a fine show. A goodly number of the usual suspects were there from the...

The Running of the fourth Annual Milltown 10k "Run for Ollie" took place last Saturday the 15th June. 550 enthusiastic participants took to the roads of Milltown in what can only be described as perfect running conditions. We had a very competitive men's senior race decided by 1sec with John Mannion...

Please find attached results of the Connaughts for the U9,10,11,12 that was held last Saturday in Athlone. A big well done to all the Athletes that competed competition was very tough and although the weather was fabulous it made things difficult especially in the long distance races. There were...

Revised order of events attached they are going to run the heats of sprints on either side of the track to speed things up. Hi all please find attached oder of events for Sunday June 16. Please aim to be there an hour before your event is due to start. Best of luck to everyone taking part.

Get voting on the image of the series from Sharon Conroy's 6 race pack of galleries here . Leave a comment with your choice, as a URL etc? Thanks again, Sharon!

Hundreds turn out for Tonabrucky Challenge The Tonabrucky Challenge, now in its third year saw close to 300 runners and walkers taking to the roads of Rahoon on Saturday 8 June. The race which is AAI Certified this year attracted a large running crowd from all across Ireland and as far as America...

Hot , hot, hot, hot; did I say it was hot in Monivea, earlier today. It was hot! The 5KM and half went off without a hitch, almost. Poor old Tony K (Race Director) had to deal with a local popping into the local shop for his local newspaper before getting the 5KM off a few minutes late before the...

A very hot evening in Tuam on many different levels. A near record number of runners got under 20 minutes again, with a goodly number of runners recording PBs, including our secretary Ruthann Sheahan and newly rejoined AAC member, Caroline McLoughlin. Thanks to Brendan & Trisha Monaghan and all the...

Result from last Saturday's race is attached.

On what was a warm day which is always tricky for a marathon, Paul Daly completed his run on 4:11:40 with Shirley Quinn coming in on 4:27:22. Brian O'Donnell did 3:36:34, not far off his PB in Dublin last October though I'm pretty sure he has not done as much training this time. Ray Somers clocked...

The Connaught Juvenile track and field for U9,10,11 and 12s takes place this Saturday June 8 in Athlone. Please note the event is starting with relays and will start at 11 prompt. Please make sure you arrive an hour before your event. Programme attached. Best of luck to all our Juvenile athletes...

For the second time this year, the 5k series had a new route for one of its races. Lots of parking spaces, near the motorway exit, no interference from cars, the route had a lot going for it. Some complained of the tight turns at the start, but I think that overall this move from Dangan was a...

Ireland did amazingly well in M45 overall to win the team gold also, with Mick Traynor coming in second with 32:52 and Damien Martin 6th with 34:21. The Non-Stadia Championships are held every second year alternating with the Track and Field Championships. They consist of 10k in walking and running...

The 2 nd instalment of the Mayfly 10k Challenge, took place on Sunday 26 th May 2013 with blue skies and sunshine greeting the participants to the village of Oughterard. 195 participants registered for the event, which included Fit4Life members from the newly formed Corrib Athletic Club who were...