Results from second annual Cappataggle 8KM (Saturday, 29 July) attached as PDF. Photos are here with EdenHill77.
See here for Cathal Dennehy's assessment of Irish adult athletics at present.
Please be warned the the full marathon has now sold out and that the 10KM is about to do so . There are still some entries in the half, but for how long... See here for the races' web site or here .
Athletics Ireland today released the names of the athletes representing Ireland for the upcoming Celtic Games to be held in Santry on August 5th (http://www.athleticsireland.ie/news/celtic-games-team-announced-2017/). Athenry ACs own Ryan McNelis (on left of picture) will be representing Ireland in...
Registration for The Fields of Athenry 10km (on St. Stephen's Day) Is now open. Entry fee is €20 until the 1st December. Thereafter the fee will be €25 until registration closes a couple of days before the race. You can register by using this link! https://athenryac.wufoo.eu/forms/m1kffvld02gbmhr/
East Galway AC's 5k race was held in Skehana last weekend (Saturday, 22 July). Race winner was William Fitzgerald from Craughwell AC in a time of 17.48. First lady home was Sheila Reilly in a time of 23.55. Full result in PDF attached. Thanks to all the clubs who supported the race.
This 130 page book with numerous photographs details the achievements of Ballinamore Athletic Club in the fifty years since it’s foundation in 1965 and outlines the developments in national, provincial, county and international athletics since 1880. OFFICIAL LAUNCH ( in conjunction with Ballinamore...
Saturday saw two representatives from Athenry AC compete at the National Junior / U23 championships. Ryan McNelis and Patryk Woleniuk had both targetted these championships as their main summer goal and both came away with medals and PBs. Ryan, who is a youth athlete, was entered for both the 400mH...
Headford 8km is a popular annual event for many athletes. Tonight's race marks the 13th anniversary of this race. As in previous years, all proceeds go to support people with intellectual disabilities. Although numbers were down on last year, there was still a great turn out as 238 athletes lined up...
At this weekends National Track and Field league, three of Athenry ACs young stars were on show representing County Galway. This is the first year for a number of years that a mens county team was entered, and they were competing in Divison 1 in Athlone. Galway Women had a great year last year and...
Just over 300 athletes turned up in Monivea on Saturday morning for the Athenry AC Half Marathon and 5km. Numbers were almost double the 2016 figure for the 5km and down by around 30 for the half. The weather was on our side but didn't favour those running the longer distance. It was hot and...
The 11th Annaghdown 10KM took place last Sunday, 18 June. The 10KM result is attached. Congrats to Deirdre Brophy who was second female home is an excellent sub-41, on a very warm afternoon for racing. James Lundon also completed his 10th Annaghdown, some minutes behind...
See attached the result from last Saturday, 17 June 8KM race. Well done to all the Athenry AC competitors who made the short trip out to Bullaun to take part.
See here for the full result from last Thursday, 17 June race.
See here for the result from the most recent iteration, on Sunday 11 June 2017!
Congrats to everyone who ran in Portumna today, Saturday 10 June...Jim Leahy, Caroline Freeney, Sean Flaherty, Frances Leahy, Jane Mangan, Mary Kealy, George Livanos, Ruthann Sheahan, Bernie Rogers. It was a tough race for the athletes as temperatures were hovering around 20 degrees and it was very...
The height of summer and the height of the local road racing action with lots of distances and races to choose from... Tomorrow, Sunday, 11 June: Clifden 10KM Next Thursday, 15 June: Killeeneen 5KM Next Saturday, 17 June: Bullaun 8KM Next Sunday, 18 June: Annaghdown 10KM Next Saturday week, 24 June...
104 athletes took part in today's 8km in Maree. Brian Somers and Chris Deakin finished 11th and 12th respectively. Kieran Walsh was 18th overall. Men's Results Keith Fallon 25:40 Matt Bidwell GCH 27:40 Kevin Mooney 28:27 Women's Results Edel Kelly 33:57 Ester Wright 36:28 Maura Fallon 36:45 Results...
See attached the Limeirck Leader obituary of Michael 'Curley' Cunningham who was recently laid to rest in his home area of East Limerick.
At the recent Athletics Ireland AGM, the names of the new panel of National Technical Officials were announced for the period 2017 - 2020. Amongst those new NTOs were two from County Galway, GCH's Eamonn O'Donnell and Athenry AC's own Iain Shaw. Both Eamonn and Iain now hold the IAAF level 1...
From Galway AAI: The 2017 Galway AAI Half Marathon Road Race Championships will take place in conjunction with the Athenry AC Half Marathon road race on Saturday 24th June 2017 @ 11am Enter - here All Galway clubs are encouraged to ensure that they have teams of women and men competing in this...
Great day in Oughterard last Sunday, 21 May, for the latest iteration of the Mayfly 10KM, sponsored by Corrib AC. Over 110 finished the challenging course in windy but very sunny conditions. Full provisional result is attached. Images from the day are courtesy of Edenhill77 .
Results from the 5th leg of the 2017 series are here . Images are here . A great evening for running: overcast with a tiny bit of drizzle though a bit windy, which seemed to be against the runners the who way around. 613 finishers. Men's Results Kevin Bartholomew, Craughwell AC 16:59 Neil O'Leary...