Both Galway County Men’s and Women’s teams have comfortably secured qualification for the National League Finals on July 27th in Tullamore after a highly successful day at Round 2 in Tullamore on Sunday June 15th.

Our Men’s team won an incredible 14 individual events on Sunday blowing the opposition away. With 9 points awarded for a win, and a teams best 15 events counting towards the final score, Galway scored 133 points out of a possible total of 135. The men qualify in 2nd place of 11 teams, just 1 point behind St. Abbans.

Our Ladies also put in a strong performance accumulating 102 points, a 9 point improvement on day 1. The Ladies qualify as 5th of 11 teams nationally. Drawn in a more competitive pool than the men, the ladies gained points in 17 of the 18 events on the programme on Sunday and registered wins in the 200, 400h and 1500m walk.

Full results from Rd 2 in Tullamore at www.athleticsireland.ie/content/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/NatLeague2_Tullamore%20Results%20Round%202Prem.pdf

Attached is the summary points totals for men and women after 2 rounds.