Athenry Athletic Club

Please direct all remaining queries to Fergal O'Neill at oneillf@gmail.com.

Maree 8K 2009 - Official Prizes

Category Time Number Name Club
Male Overall
1st 27:14 218 Tom Hall Hillingdon AC
2nd 27:59 254 Mike Rice Athenry AC
3rd 28:05 108 Dennis Shanahan
Female Overall
1st 31:51 245 Ann Carter Athenry AC
2nd 32:37 204 Eimear Butler
3rd 35:31 117 Miriam Wall Athenry AC
M50
1st 30:34 110 Jimmy Renfrew
2nd 31:48 228 Andrew Tolbot CRH
3rd 31:58 266 Thomas Porter Galway City Harriers
M40

GTC - Lecture Series - Sports Psychology.

Speaker: Karen Weekes, Sports Psychologist

Venue: Menlo Park Hotel, Mon 23rd Feb, 7:30pm.

Karen Weekes, a sports psychologist who specialises in working with ultra-endurance athletes, will give an outline of sports psychology and its relation to sports performance and specifically to triathlons, including how to cognitively overcome pain, fatigue and boredom with some practical suggestions and also how to maintain motivation for training and competition.

A must for all endurance athletes.

GOAL Kayathalon is a novel fundraising event in aid of GOAL’S Famine appeal. It is a triathlon consisting of a hike, a cycle and a paddle and will be held in Gleann an Mháma, Conamara on April 25 2009. The route is attached below. In this increasing time of financial difficulty for many, charities are struggling to provide funding for projects in the developing world and the Irish Government has recently pulled 95million from Irish Aid. In this world of ever- growing global interdependence, it is the poorest of the poor in the developing world who suffer
most.

From Saturday, 7 February 2009 Irish Examiner, which I cannot find on-line...

See attached JPG (773 KB)

I'd heard a lot about the first running of the Elverys-sponsored Maree 8KM Charity Road Race last year from Ann Carter & Mark and Grainne Breen. I made it my business to be there for the second running, yesterday, Sunday 15 February 2009 @ 1:00 PM.

It was great to see Loughrea AC's Olive Loughnane profiled on the IAAF site recently. If you want to catch up with what Olive has achieved in her career so far and indeed what she plans for 2009 and beyond this is a good place to start.

http://www.iaaf.org/WRC09/news/kind=103/newsid=49229.html

Photo Credit: Alan Cowzer (http://www.cowzer.com/athletics/)

Athenry AC's annual pre-Connemara Marathon raiding party took to the roads of Connemara this weekend to test out the famous marathon route before the big day next month. A full compliment of 27 dedicated Connemara Marathon aspirants wrapped up well and braved the cold weather and were rewarded with a stunning day in the mountains. A touch of showbiz glamour was added by the participation of "Run Johnny Run", former Sawdoctor's drummer and current marathon fundraiser, Johnny Donnelly.

Lough Inagh - The Full Crew

Athenry AC speedster Paul Hession continued his preparations for the Europen Indoor Championships with some solid sprinting at the Odyessy Arena in Belfast at the Irish National Indoor Championships. Paul was just pipped at the post by American Josh Norman in the final of the 60m sprints but Paul must surely be satisfied with his form at a distance well below his specialisation.

From :- http://www.athleticsireland.ie/

See:

http://www.ballycottonrunning.com/Entries%20%2851-3366%29.pdf

Athenry AC:

Number Name Team Race Age Category
204 BURKE, Alan Athenry AC M
205 O'CONNOR, John Athenry AC M
755 GLAVIN, Valerie Athenry AC F
756 RICE, Mick Athenry AC M40
764 DELMER, Peter Athenry AC M40
831 MYCROFT, Liam Athenry AC M50
922 DUNNE, David Athenry AC M
1078 WALL, Miriam Athenry AC F40
1084 KELLY, Larry Athenry AC M40
1185 MCLAUGHLIN, Cathal Athenry AC M
1298 NOONE, Maeve Athenry AC F35
1299 BURKE, Frank Athenry AC M
1457 BEATTY, Maire-Treasa Athenry AC F45
2557 MCDONAGH, Mark Athenry AC M

A 10 minute video produced by Martin O'Driscoll for the 2008 road race...

The quality of the production speaks for itself than I ever could!

Message just received from Martin Keane:

The website for the 2009 European Veterans road racing weekend (Friday 29 May to Sunday 31 May) is http://www.aarhus1900.dk/evacns2009/ .

Michael Fennell - (087) 1351134 - expects at least 30 to travel from Ireland and would love to hear from any others thinking about it...

Early booking of flights and accommodation is strongly advised!

I've also been told that some youngsters' band called The Eagles are playing that weekend in the same area.

Paul Hession got his indoor season off to a bright start in Moscow and Malmo this week. The Athenry AC ace sprinter opened his season at the 'Russian Winter' IAAF Permit meeting in Moscow at the CSKA Stadium last Sunday the 1st of February. Paul made the final of the 60m sprint but finished 6th in that final in a time of 6:75 which exactly equalled the qualification time for the forthcoming European Indoor Championships.

Russian Winter Result - Men's 60m Result

Tuam Masters Swimming Club

Interested in improving your swimming and fitness? Join Tuam Masters Swimming Club. Training sessions run from 8.00pm-9.00pm 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 improve their technique.

Registration takes place from 7.15pm to 7.45pm on Sunday the 1st February 2009 in Aura Leisure Centre, Tuam. Places are limited, so participants must register at this time.

The much-awaited final took place recently at the Athenry AC (Senior) Christmas party.

Peter Delmer versus Mark Breen!

Peter retained his title against first-time challenger Mark.

Peter's experience of the big occasion shone through as this YouTube video amply displays.

After a prolonged stewarts inquiry at the bar afterwards, Peter's victory was allowed to stand but only after Peter had bought the stewarts copious amounts of Club Orange and sometimes stronger.