Good luck to the latest newspaper to be published in this part of the world (South Galway). It is about 6 weeks old now, with the 19 April edition containing a full page (17) of news about Athenry AC in the previous week's Connemarathon. http://tribesman.ie/
Full 2011 Connemarathon (11 APril 2011) results are located here: http://www.connemarathon.com/results-including-split-times http://www.connemarathon.com/2011-category-winners Full Craughwell 10M (20 March 2011) results are located here: http://www.craughwellac.com/images/stories/races/craughwell10...
The first leg of the Galway 5km series 2011 takes place this Tuesday. The series has been a sell out for weeks, indeed all entries were taken in 2 hours. No entries will be taken on the night, nor indeed at ANY of the races on the night this year. The year we'll have chip timing [gun to finish], so...
Our very own Jane Ann (Healy) Meehan has been very busy of late. What with having a baby and winning some road races she hasn't had a minute to spare. In an attempt to put some shape back on her life she has established a regular practice in Athenry and her new business card is attached here for...
Colemanstown 10km Result - report to follow shortly... Place Lname First Name(s) Chip Time 1 McNamara Paul 00:32:40 2 Keane Paul 00:35:47 3 Obrien John 00:36:24 4 Callanan Niall 00:38:06 5 Mullins David 00:38:27 6 Reilly David 00:39:43 7 Gaffey Peter 00:41:06 8 ODonnell Martin 00:41:10 9 Kitt Des 00...
An information evening on sports nutrition is being held at the Pillo Hotel & Spa (formerly the Courtyard by Marriot) on Tuesday,April 26 at 6:30pm. The event is being organised by Special Olympics Ireland. There will be three speakers on the night, each covering different aspects of sports...
See poster attached for details of the Mayo 2011 Race League.
More news from Mick Rice - only a week after placing in the Connemara ultramarathon, he finished the London Marathon today in a fantastic time of 2:48 (racing in the UK marathon championship start), only three mins behind last year's Dublin marathon time; despite the damage of 40 miles through...
A Chara We are delighted to extend a warm invitation to you to the official launch of our club race 2011 ‘Galway Aquathon Festival’ at the Salthill Hotel on Thursday April 21st at 7pm. The Aquathon Festival 2011 is replacing our club race of recent years’ Triathlon Chonnemara in Carna, which will...
One of the iconic images of the Connemarathon was taken that first year when two of the women competitors in the marathon had to contend with sheep crossing the road in front of them near the end. There happened to be a camera person on hand to capture this surreal moment and the rest, as they say...
{Note: With the results issued as PDF and with no club ID’s on the results – I am going to miss names here so I apologise in advance. I’ll update this report as required. 40 pages of un-club-listed PDF are not easy pickings!} Ten years on and Bono and the Massive Heads were running to stand still...
Result received from James Sexton last weekend. Looks like it was a fantastic day for running down there. I've run in both directions there in the noughties. There isn't enough (any?) 4M road races in Galway. An idea for someone to "run" with!?!
Result received from James Sexton last evening. Looks like a good day for running down there. A report from Patrick Forde to follow :).
From Donal Murnane of Leevale just now: We are in the countdown to Leevale Open Sports 2011, which will take place at the CIT track next Saturday April 16 th . Once again we are running a large programme of events and the entries this year are the strongest ever. We hope to see you there. Find...
To whom it may concern, Please find attached information regarding Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club's upcoming marathon relay from Malin Head to Mizen Head which is starting on April 29th. The run is in aid of Crumlin Children's hospital and is being undertaken by athletes drawn from our club. We hope...
Attached find details of the 2nd Annual Open Invitational meeting organised by Tir Chonaill Athletics Club -date Easter Monday 25th April venue New club facility at the Abbey Voc School, Donegal Town Last year , 2010, the club opened their new facility at Donegal Town and hosted a successful open...
The School Run out in Newcastle (Athenry) was a great success on Sunday afternoon last. More than 80 started and finished the now classic 5KM course. There was a kiddies race during the main event, which attracted a similar number of tots! Well done to Mick Rice and his crew of local helpers on this...
Congrats to Sinead Tuohy on winning the All-Ireland U-19 High Jump at Nenagh on Saturday last. Well done from all in the club!
See: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2011/0328/1224293221899.html Loughnane gets inside Olympic qualifying time ATHLETICS: Irish athletes enjoyed double success in the European Race Walking Cup in Slovakia yesterday, with Olive Loughnane dominating the senior 20km challenge to almost...
Looking for a pre-series warm-up before you take to the roads of Galway in the 5km series ? or Looking for a reasonably priced opportunity to strut your stuff over 5km? or Want to support one of our great local schools ? Even if you only answered 'Yes' to one or two of the questions above, why not...
FULL AND FINAL RESULT NOW APPENDED - 11 April 2011 ++ The 2011 Galway road racing bandwagon rolled into the hamlet of Beagh/Shanaglish yesterday. Race director Margaret Walsh was organising her 2nd annual 10KM from the Beagh Community Centre, which was fully AAI permitted and Jones Counter measured...
Longford AC are running their 2nd Summer running series this year following on from the 1st series in 2010. An extra race has been added to the series this year (a 5K race. All races will have an AAI permit. The purpose of the series is to build up athletes to the Longford Marathon at the end of...
See http://www.rockandroad.ie/results.html for the results of both races in Kinvara last weekend. 10KM: http://ie.katana3.com/online/event.ctrl?cmd=result&event=1807336308 Half Marathon: http://ie.katana3.com/online/event.ctrl?cmd=result&event=685008440
Both articles mention Paul Hession in passing but are more to the with the weekend's European Indoors... Irish Times: 'We do need to take a hard look at ourselves,' says McGonagle http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2011/0307/1224291485614.html Irish Independent: Athletics: Irish left watching...
It's that time of year again! Please note online entry opening date below as last year the series filled up in a few hours - so put a reminder in your phone. The Galway 5km series for 2011 will take place on the following dates and venues: Tuesday 3rd May 2011 - Newcastle, Athenry @ 7:45pm Tuesday...