Congratulations to Maria Cooney of Athenry AC and Loughrea VS who won the Junior Schools long jump last weekend in Tullamore. She jumped 5.44m, a new PB by over 20 cm I'm told! P.S. Maria's not a bad Camogie player either!
Monivea 5K Run and Walk on Sunday 13 th June at 12:00pm. Registration in the Community Centre (Fr. Sammon Centre), Monivea on the day from 10:30 am. €15 entry. The Athletics Association of Ireland has issued a permit for the race and the course has been measured and certified to AAI standards. The...
From Peter Lyons earlier this week: Athenry came away from last weekend's County Finals of the Galway Community Games with a total of 13 medals made up of 8 Gold, two Silver and three Bronze. Girls Under 8 80M 1st Sinead Lyons Boys Under 8 80M 2nd Shane Broderick Girls Under 10 200M 1st Derbhla...
The 2010 installment of the Galway T&F Series kicks off on Thursday June 17 th in Dangan, Galway . This is a series of three evenings of low-key T&F competition with a short programme of events each evening. This is an ideal opportunity for both the absolute beginner and the seasoned campaigner to...
Word has reached the newsdesk of AthenryAC.com that clubman Paul McNamara was second in the Cork City Marathon this afternoon in 2:30:15 while fellow clubmate Jane-Ann Healy was fourth woman home in 3:04:16 (a PB by some 13 minutes !!!!). Congratulations to both on their achievements. Mick Rice and...
See attached PDF and XLS taken straight from www.RedTagTiming.com and John Cunniffe. A wrap-up communication will follow in due course!
The best of luck to all athletes representating the Athenry area in this weekend's county T&F finals in Ballinderreen. See http://www.communitygames.ie/index.php/galway for more details about Community Games in Galway. The progamme of events (1.25MB) for this weekend is attached.
From Tony McNicholas: Race Launch Party to be held on Thursday June 10th from 8:30PM in the Cottage Bar, Salthill. We are kicking off the Carna Triathlon and The Summer Aquathon Races. People who are interested in entering these events, or simply learning about the sport are welcome. Spot prizes on...
Miriam Wall's fantastic vein of form continued with her third place finish last weekend in the Tri3-Galway Triathlon. See here for a full set of results and some great action shots: http://www.irishtriathlon.com/index.php/2010/05/tri3-galway-triathlon/ I hope those 5KMs during the week contributed...
Last Night At The Series – Some Information Full details of tomorrow night’s final race of the Galway 5km series for 2010 are on the Galway City Harriers Web Site at http://www.galwaycityharriers.com/node/3856 but here are a few other points to note. The souvenir series training tops will be...
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0529/1224271391055.html Paul and Olive (Loughnane) are full steam ahead while Eileen O’Keeffe sadly misses out due to injury again.
A fantastic day out for this unique race! Michael Walsh of Craughwell AC picked up the first prize, being only two seconds out. He proceeded to donate the entire prize back to the organisers. James Lundon's tactic of waiting for an extra few seconds at the finish line paid off as he picked up a...
County Longford AC have updated our Longford Summer Running Series as follows for the next 2 races County Longford Athletic Club - Longford Summer Running Series 10 mile Road Race, Sunday 13th June, suitable for runners, joggers & walkers Start time 11am Registration on the day, registration at the...
After a gap of 15 years, Loughrea is to have its own cycling club, with the first registration of members to take place on Monday. Seven Springs will be the title of the Loughrea-based club, but members are welcome from all over the East Galway area. The club who will have a weekly weekend cyling...
Five down and just one more to go - Loughrea hosted the 5th of this year's Galway 5km series under clear blue evening skies last evening. There was another very strong turnout with almost 500 people taking part on the night. As one would expect from a club with such a long and illustrious tradition...
Who'd a thunk it? We're four weeks into the Galway 5km series now and there's been a lot of running done. Our long sequence of dry races is history, but the series has been more successful than ever before with larger numbers completing each race than in any other year. Although this series of races...
Well it was damp, there were some little hills but we got there. Another notch in the belt and another stride towards Dangan.Although the numbers were slightly down last night there was still a great crowd there who made light of the drizzly conditions. It's hard to put a damper on these Tuesday...
Not to be out-done by his multi-marathoning brother, young Johnny O'Connor, of this parish, was bombing around 'Bofin at the weekend and was first past the finish line in their annual half marathon. It's a welcome return to form for Mr.O'Connor who seems intent on proving that quality distance...
Paul Hession got his outdoor season underway yesterday with two great runs in the Powerade Great City Games in Manchester. The races took place outdoor on a specially constructed 4-lane track along Deansgate in central Manchester. Although Paul had his eyes on a place in the 150m race he eventually...
Athenry's Paul Hession opens his season on Sunday with a road race in Manchester. Not the Great Manchester Run , but the Great City Games which take place later that day on a specially constructed track in Manchester. Although listed to compete in the 100m, sources close to Athenry AC believe he...
No comment possible so I'll leave ye with this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wDFEqJSmJ0
A Postcard from Minnesota I’m in disguise. And short of asking stupid questions in the supermarket (is a nickel five cents or ten? Who put M&M’s in the trail mix? What is GORP?*); nobody has noticed I’m a legal alien. Dropped into a new city, I’m keeping the head down and learning fast: 1. Driving...
Provisional Craughwell Results attached now. There are a small number of corrections and adjustments still pending from last week. I'm trying to collate all of these into a single batch of corrections and hope to publish a fully up-to-date set of results in a day or so. I will also hopefully have a...
See: http://www.craughwellac.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=647&Itemid=78 For a full list of results from last Saturday's U9 to U19 Galway T&F. There are a goodly number of Athenry AC successes therein. The results PDF is also attached here for completeness!
Jane Ann Healy continued her impressive form this season in taking third place in Sunday's Kildare Half Marathon. She smashed her personal best for the distance in posting a superb 1:27:09 for the distance. After a relatively quiet spell last year on the racing front, Jane Ann has raced from...