Photo Credit: Paul Cummins Athenry AC athlete Paul Hession has this morning qualified from his first round heat of the men's 200m. at the European Athletics Championships in Sweden. Paul ran a time of 20:81 in finishing second in his heat and therefore qualifies automatically for the next round...
A great turnoutout in Headford last Saturday evening for the second running on the Headford 8km road race. Over 100 athletes, including an impressive 11 from Athenry AC toed the line, and winning in fine Style was our own Paul McNamara, ahead of John Byrne of Mayo AC and Gary Higgins of Sligo. Full...
The Clare Oil Kildysart Cultural Festival and the Dermot Power Memorial 4 mile Fun Walk and Road Race at Kildysart Co Clare 04-08-06 Results. 1. Seamus Power Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare Snr 19 : 03 2. Brian Maher Kilkenny City Harriers Snr 20 : 09 3. John Downes Donore Harriers Snr 20 : 21 4...
Celebrate the life of a loved one, a friend, a colleague, a golfing partner, a bridge partner”¦.. by participating in the Galway Memorial Walk. Sunday September 10th 2006 Commencing at 2pm from the Claddagh Hall to Blackrock and return. To Register and receive your sponsorship cards and to order...
Paul McNamara represented Athenry AC at the AAI National Senior Track and Field Championships in Morton Stadium, Santry last weekend (22nd and 23rd July). He competed in both the Senior 5000m on Saturday and the Senior 10000m on Sunday unluckily finishing just outside the medals and claiming fourth...
Kildysart Map The organisers of the Kildysart Cultural Festival would like to invite runners and walkers to their four-mile road race and fun walk on the evening of Friday the 4th August 2006. Starting time is 7:00pm for the walkers and 7:30pm for the road race. Dermot Power was one of the finest...
Dundrum Coillte 10km results 2006
Congratulations to Jim Daly and Mick Rice, winners of the Athenry AC Club Handicap 10km Race. Full results attached, thanks for the Handicapper and Timekeeper, James Lundon. PHOTOS TO BE ADDED LATER Thanks to everyone for coming along. Glorious Sunshine produced heat that made it tough on many...
I suppose we should have known that you couldn’t plan the weather in Ireland. Even in the middle of an Irish summer we had no insurance against a filthy day. This was always going to be an organisational challenge but driving wind and rain made even simple tasks seem so much more difficult. The most...
Report on Track meet Podcast
Paul went on to win the race in Cuxhaven, Germany that he speaks about in the article.
Results Listed Below By Event for Track Races Only Results for Field Events Will Follow Shortly Invitational 5,000m Men Pos Number Name Club ElectronicTime 1 139 Issac Kiprop Uganda 14:07.83 2 140 Joe McAllister St Malachy's AC (Belfast) 14:31.75 3 135 Dave Mitchinson Newham & Essex Beagles 14:35.24...
East African Cross Country champion Isaac Kiprop showed his class with a blistering display in winning the invitational 5000m at the High5.ie twilight track meet. Full Report to Follow.
Final Preparations Being Made Preparations are in their very final stages for a great night’s athletics in Galway on next Saturday evening the 8th of July starting at 5:00pm. Some of the best runners from both home and abroad will be traveling to Galway for the www.High5.ie Galway Twilight Track and...
Overall Position Race No. Time First Name Surname Category Male/Female or Walker 1 157 01:17:07 Mick Kelly S M 2 190 01:20:19 Paul Moran V1 M 3 211 01:22:33 Charlie Fox S M 4 108 01:23:31 Peter Delmer V1 M 5 81 01:24:32 Dara O'Kearney V1 M 6 10 01:25:19 Shane O'Rourke S M 7 189 01:25:29 billy...
The last five days have seen a number of fine performances from Athenry runners all across the country. Paul McNamara led the charge last Wednesday in winning the Rathowen 5k road race near Mullingar. This was Paul’s second victory on the road racing circuit in less than a week and there was more...
Strong International Fields Athenry Athletic Club, www.High5.ie and The Irish Milers Club are pleased to announce strong fields for the invitational races at their co-sponsored track and field meeting scheduled for Saturday the 8th of July next. These fields are not final as organisers are still in...
Calling on ladies who would be interested in starting a Meet and Train Group in Claregalway. It will be aimed at females who would like to get and keep fit. All levels are welcome - runners/walkers and especially all who have previously run/walk with a meet & Train group. As a group we will prepare...
The Clare People 10k in Association with the Clare People Newspaper on Saturday 24th June 2006 at Lees Road Drumcliff Ennis Co Clare Results. 1. 78 Gerry Ryan Galway City Harriers Snr 29 : 59 2. 120 Seamus Power Kilmurry Ibk/North Clare Snr 31 : 40 3. 70 Dermot Galvin St Johns Snr 31 : 51 4. 87...
What a fine weekend for road running. Friday night saw five Athenry runners visit Bilboa in Limerick for their annual 10k road race and another of our number travel to Bohermeen in County Meath for their twenty-first running of the Patrick Bell Memorial 5k. In Limerick Mick Rice, Alan Burke, James...
BILBOA '10K' - Friday 23 June 2006. 8:00 PM Pos Time Name Club Cat Pace No 1 0:32:49 DOWNES, John Donore Harriers M 05:16.8 687 2 0:34:31 RYAN, Keith Limerick AC M40 05:33.2 739 3 0:34:55 GUIANAN, Gerard West Limerick AC M 05:37.0 711 4 0:35:15 BLACKBURN, Thomas Bilboa AC M40 05:40.3 749 5 0:35:27...
DE CARE/ CLAREMORRIS 5 MILE ROAD RACE 17 June 2006 RESULTS (TOP 60) Position Name Club time 1 John Byrne Mayo AC 24.5 2 Robert Malseed Clonliffe Harriers 25.09 3 Martin Corcoran Loughrea AC 26.47 4 Brian O'Connor Athenry AC 27.38 5 Hugh Duffy Mayo AC 27.39 6 Billy Gallagher Sligo AC 27.5 7 Paddy...
A 5k Fun Run is planned for Loughrea on Friday the 7th of July next at 7:30 in the evening. TJ Beatty has organised this run for many years to accomodate a small group of American runners who tour Ireland and it alway turns out to be a highly enjoyable event. This is an opportunity to meet, greet...
On a busy weekend for athletics in the "West" there were two particularly fine performances from Athenry runners. Paul McNamara jumped into the Western Regional 3,000m Senior Championships at Dangan Track in Galway at short notice. Paul made a late decision to compete despite having completed a...