See here for a news release on the death of Limerick native, Michael Cunninggam, who competed for many years with Bilboa AC and then Moreabbey Milers in latter years. Michael made regular forays into Galway, winning prizes almost everywhere he went. When the reporter says 106 races, he means it . I...
Men's Results Conor Dolan 16:42 Timmy Glavey (Mayo AC) 17:09 Kevin Bartholomew (Craughwell AC) 17:14 Women's Results Caron Ryan 18:29 Jane Ann Meehan (Athenry AC) 18:51 Sinead Brody (GCH) 19:14 Wheelchair Category Shauna Bocquet (Craughwell AC) 18:39 Result here . Images here and here and here .
Congrats to all club athletes who competed in the recent Galway Juvenile Outdoor T&F championships in Dangan. Both days' competitions were huge successes, ably organised by Tuam AC. Results are here for Day 1 and here for Day 2.
Another wonderful evening in Craughwell last Tuesday evening, the third leg of the 2017 series. Some very fast times and a few sub-20s for the first time for athletes who have been training and racing well. You know who you are. Result is here (PDF) or here (XLS). Photos are all over Facebook and...
All start times: Tuesdays 8pm May 23 - Foxford Leisure Centre, Ambrose 086 2558383 May 30 - Ballyhaunis Rugby Club, Martin 087 2455989 June 6 - Castlebar, St Gerald's School Hall, Ann 086 8635534 June 13 - Claremorris Athletics Track, John 087 9099910 June 20 - Ballinrobe Soccer Club, Joan 087...
Galway Sports Partnership 10km Results! Full result as PDF attached. Set of photos from this very warm day are here . Senior Men. 1. Colm Turner 34.57 2. Daire Comer 36.31 3. Dariusz Monkiewicz 37.21 Senior Women. 1. Mary Kealy 43.45 2. Deridre Devane 44.27 3. Bernie Mulryan 46.41 Master Mens Over...
Caltra hosted the 5km Series this year for the first time and all credit due to them! It was very well organised. There was a warm and friendly atmosphere as the locals turned out in force to support the event. The weather was perfect! Blue skies and sunshine and the temperature was just right...
Hope to see you there!
First leg of the 5KM series. Result is here . Images are here and here and here and here .
Results from tonight's 5km Series in Ballybrit Racecourse are here . There were 747 finishers (record) and 100 (record) were from Athenry AC! Well done everyone! Images from this blustery eveing can be found here .
The 16th Connemarathon took place recently. Full set of results for the three venerable (Half, Full and Ultra) races can be found here .
Jim Leahy and Adam Leadbetter took on the challenge of the Ultra Marathon in Connemara today. Jim completed the distance in 4:58:06 while finishing in 7th place. (In 2015 Jim ran this race in 5:41:37...not a typo!!). Adam crossed the finish line in 5:24:10 in 18th place overall. A great result for...
Congrats to all the athletes from 7 different local clubs who won medals at the recent 10M championships held in conjunction with the Craughwell 10M road race. Ful lresult and medals are attached.
Result from 17 April race is here . Images are here .
Result from the early April race is here and attached. Images from race are here . Congrats to the organisers of this lovely local race that always is very well supported by the local community out in Easy Galway, Sarsfields club hinterland. (The new pitch behind the community centre is coming along...
Colemanstown 10km which was scheduled for Saturday has been postponed until further notice.
See here for results from the very successful Clareglaway 5KM - a pre-cursor to the 5KM series leg over the same course - held in early April. See here for photos from this evening that raised over E2,100 for the Claregalway and District Day Care Centre! From the race organiser: Congratulations to...
Athletics Ireland have announced the appointment of Paul McNamara as Director of High Performance. Congrats Paul and we wish you all the best in your new post
Attached the Ballinderry 5KM result from Sunday, 26 March 2017. See photos from Edenhill77 here and here .
20 April @ 7:30PM in association with Loughrea AC in the Lough Rea Hotel! See image in article...
Tempo sessions continue on Thursdays at 7pm. Members of Athenry AC are very welcome to join us!
See here and attached for provisional result from today's race, Sunday 19 March 2017. Congrats to Craughwell AC on a superb event today. A good smattering of Athenry AC athletes competed successfully, which saw Laura Shaughnessy (DSD, ex-Loughrea AC) first person home. Has this ever happened before...
The biggest and best ever Abbey (Loughrea) 8KM race took place in Abbey village last Sunday, 12 March 2017. There were almost three hundred participants, a record for the event. Conditions were ideal for the Annual 8K run. The newly-designed course was flat which yielded some very fast finishing...
See here for a full result from the recent Ballycotton 10, Sunday 12 March 2017. At least five AAC athletes made the long trip down to this 40th running (1978-2017) of the classic distance: Lyall Guiney, Martin Keane, Ray Somers, Mairea Sullivan and James Lundon. All finished in good form. Many of...
The ever popular Galway 5KM series is back again this year. One notable change is that this year Tuam will not be hosting a leg this year due to roadworks on their route. Caltra will be taking their place. The Athenry race will once again be the final leg of the series and we are currently working...