Here's the Irish Masters newsletter for the second half of 2010. Ireland will host the British and Irish Masters Cross Country International on Saturday, 13th Nov at Santry Demesne, Dublin. Should be a great event to watch.

The following people deferred their entry to the 2009 race in advance and are automatically entered into the 2010 event. First Name(s) Last Name marie allen Sinead Ashe Mairead Barry Martin Barry Tomas Boyle christy browne aoife burke Catherine Burke claire burke Johanna Burke noirin burke Roisin...

The 9th running of the Fields of Athenry 10km will take place on St. Stephen's day, December 26th at 11am. Over the last number of years this has has become one of the leading road races in the country, and this year we aim to raise the bar higher. The race returns to its now traditional route...

***** RESULT AND MINI-REPORT FROM CONOR NOW INCLUDED BELOW ***** News reaches us that Conor Dolan had a great win in the Claremorris 5km at the weekend. Congratulations Conor... Conor's own words on the race: I won the Claremorris 5km race on Sunday (26 September 2010) - my first win. Not a...

It's cross-country time again and this years Galway cross-country championships will be held in Bushfield, Loughrea on Saturday the 9th of October 2010 at 01:00pm. The club intends to put it's best foot forward at these races and so we need as many pairs of (hairy) legs out in club colours as...

Just to let you know that Deirdre Hasset and Galway Tri Club and Athenry AC track session - filmed last December will be appearing on Meon na mBan next Wednesday the 29th September at 8:30pm. The episode is entitled Slainte and follows two women on the subject of health. It does have subtitles...

Report by Trevor McDaid, North Leitrim AC (Results attached below) The annual Dromahair 4 mile Road Race took place on Sunday, 19th September. As per usual, the traffic was diverted away from the Main Street of Dromahair to allow the children’s races take place first. Eight very exciting children’s...

A lovely event and a pity there wasn't a bigger turnout of runners but there was a lot of other things on that day. My first top-10 finish too. The less said about that the better when one considers the time I "ran" :]. Michael Shannon and Bernie Kelly(!) won the two crystal prizes on offer. A dry...

See also: http://www.copegalway.ie/component/content/article/16-events/66-coole-runnings-5k-trail-run.html Congrats to clubmate Janet Clancy for running both in Coole that morning and a very few hours later in the club's 5KM championship! 2010 Coole Cope 5KM Race result Place Race No. First Name(s)...

Gerry Ryan of Craughwell AC continued his rich vein of form in the recent Ballina 10KM road race! John Byrne was second while two local runners filled the third and fourth positions. Mary Gleeson ran a very useful time in easily winning the women's race. Results: Senior Men. 1st Gerry Ryan...

Martina Passman assumed the mantle of Athenry AC overall champion for 2010, coming out on top over the 5km course in Newcastle near Athenry on Saturday last. Crossing the line as fresh as a daisy she reportedly ran strongly throughout the 5km and then made the best of the gentle down-grade towards...

Interested in improving your swimming and fitness? Join Tuam Masters Swimming Club. Training sessions run from 7.00pm-8.00pm every Sunday. Classes are for adults and cover all swimming abilities, from competitive swimmers to those who can swim a number of lengths of the pool and would like to...

Results of the Clifden 10K are attached. The 3rd Clifden Lifeboat 10k race took place on Sunday 12th September, in almost perfect running conditions. 111 runners and walkers, of all ages and levels of fitness crossed the finish line (126 entered); and while many seasoned runners commented that it...

The Athenry cub championship 5km race will take place next Saturday on the 5km course near Newcastle. This is the same course upon which Athenry AC hosts it's leg of the 5km series each year. Please come along and support this important club event. As is traditional each runner is provided with a...

Its time to dig out those runners and don a pair of shorts as a new Fit4Life programme gets underway on Saturday September 18th. the focus is on recreational joggers and walkers as opposed to competetive activities. The aim of the programme is to give absolute beginners a chance to meet new people...

The third annual Boston Scientific 5k race took place on Wednesday evening in (almost) glorious sunshine. Runners were blessed with a lovely evening in a week of downpours. The race is one of many events being organised by Boston Scientific employees to raise funds for children's facilities at the...

Martin Keane won his third National Championship medal of the last 12 months on Sunday down in Carlow. He now has V6 [to hide his age better!] medals in the 10KM (2010 - Silver), Half (2010 - Bronze) and Full Marathon (2009 - Bronze). Full results are here: http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/wp...

Training is back Mondays and Wednesday nights at 7 oclock for all children aged 9 and older. We will be training at Moonbaun pitch on the left after Athenry soccer club. Training for the younger children will resume shortly will keep you updated. Any questions contact Martin on 087 9840741 or Sinead...

Congrats to Maurice Clarke (1:20:57) and Adrian Fitzmaurice (1:28:45) on their good half performances in Longford on Sunday. The half marathon results are to be located here: http://www.longfordmarathon.com/2010Results/Half-Marathon-results-male.htm Ray O'Connor (3:44:00) also jogged around the full...

From Peter Lyons this morning... Every year thousands of children from all over Ireland travel to the Community Games National Finals. Previously they have been held in Mosney Co. Meath but 2009 saw a change of venue and Athlone Institute of Technology was selected as the new home. In total, 13...

Thanks to Michael McGrath for a copy of the results from last Saturday evening's race. I had hopes of travelling but got a late call-up to go off reffing instead. I was looking forward to meeting a namesake of myself from the Ballyhaunis area at the event. Another time, sorry! Pos No. Time Name...

Results courtesy of Brendan Monaghan (Tuam AC). It is a lovely idea and one that could be copied by almost any other village or town in the county: who is the fastest local miler! The race was run as part of the recent Tuam Arts Festival. Stuart Barrows 5m 20s Dave Mullins 5m 23s Iarlaith O'Rourke...

A new fit4life term will start on Monday 6th September at 9:30AM from St Colman's National School in Corofin. There will also be a session at 9:30AM on Wednesday 8th September from the same place. This course should be perfect for athletes wishing to get themselves fit in time for Christmas...

From our local correspondent, Peter Lyons: In total 14 Athenry area athletes and our U11 hurlers (Panel of 20) are making the short trip up the M6, a number of the above our members of Athenry A.C. Track & Field Athletes Girls U8 80M Sinead Lyons Athenry A.C. Boys U12 600M Oisin Doyle Craughwell A.C...

Mayo AC have recently restructured their web site. When the work is completed in the coming weeks, it is expected that it will contain information on all aspects of the club's activities and athletics in the West of Ireland. Pictured fron left at the launch were Mayo AC members: John Byrne PJ Hall...