Well done to the Juvenile athletes that competed on Sunday in the U8 nto U12 galway outdoors. Please find full results attached. U12 Sadbh Mc Donagh silver in hurdles and sprint bronze in long jump. Leonore Church gold in high jump. Liam Shaw gold in shot put. Mark O Halloran bronze in hurdles. U11...

With the Olympics Games in Rio only months away, Galway sports fans will have the chance to spend an entertaining evening in the company of two of the legendary figures of Irish athletics in the Raheen Woods Hotel, Athenry on Wednesday the 20th of April next at 08:00pm. Runners of all levels will...

The Athenry Community Games and Parish Sports will take place this Sunday, 10th April at the Carnaun pitch, starting at 1:30pm. Programme of events is attached. First up is the often hotly contested Mens (3000m) and Womens (1500m) races for which there are trophies up for grabs. Over the years the...

After years of talking and planning, the development of the joint facility between Athenry Football Club and Athenry Athletics Club has finally begun. This week, the tree and hedgeline that separates the current Football Club lands from the new site started to be cleared and a site for the entrance...

There is a children's race on 26th December before the 10km. The race is at 10.15am and is 1km in distance. Same route as last year. The race is open to anyone between 7 - 17 years and entry fee is just €5. You can register on the day from 9.30am in the Presentation School Gym.

So with the countdown begun to our annual trek to Dublin it's time to unveil our secret weapon for the National Marathon Championships, the one & only Haile Gebrselassie. The winner of two Olympic Gold medals, four Worlds Outdoor & four Worlds Indoor Golds plus long time holder of the marathon...

There were great results from the Athenry AC athletes on Day 1 of the 2015 GloHealth National Juvenile Championships. Calum Healy continued a fine year with a silver in the long jump, and he still has two days of competition to go and high chances of further medals to bring back home. Thomas and...

Congrats to Bid Kissane, fresh from her Kerry marathon exploits, on rceiving her PhD this afternoon (Thursday, 18 June) in NUIG. Lyall donned the hat but Bid wore the gown. The title of her thesis is, " Development of Rapid Spectroscopic Methods for the Analysis of Cell Culture Media ". Ya wha', Gay...

Conditions were somewhat challenging at this weekends Connacht Team and U12 T&F Championships in Claremorris, but that did not diminish the performances by the Athenry Juveniles. The wind was blowing a gale directly along the sprint straight, and registered a massive +10.3 m/s at one point, but was...

Athenry AC Fit4Life meet at the Church Car Park in Athenry every Wednesday at 7pm and Saturday mornings at 10am. We welcome runners, joggers and walkers! New members can join on the first Saturday of every other month. Dates for the rest of the year are 4th July, 5th September and 7th November. Come...

We had two members taking part in the London Marathon yesterday with Mary Kealy first home in a brilliant time of 3:21 & Pat Forde finishing in 3:38. Closer to home our newest piece of kit got its first run out at the Under 9-12s Galway T&F meet in Dangan. With the unsettled weather our new marquee...

2015 County Galway U9-U12 Track and Field Championships will take place at the Regional Sports Centre, Dangan on Saturday 25th April 2015 at 10am. Time table for Saturday is attached Please note for long jump and turbo javelin the first group of athletes should be at the event and check in at least...

Article from yesterday's (Monday, 20 April 2015) Irish Examiner featuring our own Ruthann, fresh from her latest 24 hour adventure. Poor George ;-).

Congrats to Mairead Sullivan, Maeve Noone and Deirdre Quinn on their team medal winning performance in last autumn's National Marathon AKA Dublin City Marathon. Kieran Guiry is seen here presenting Mairead and Maeve with their national medals at the recent AGM.

This week it's a brilliant report from Peter Delmer on his experience at the 2007 Garburn Trail Race. Never write down a goal … it might come true. I thought about that as I struggled up and down over the last few miles of the Garburn Trail Race. Thoughts weren’t coming easy at that stage, nothing...

Athenry AC fielded a very competitive team at last weekends Connacht Indoor Championships bringing home a substantial medal haul. These championships are important in the juvenile calendars as they serve as qualifiers for the National Juvenile Championships later this month. Every single athlete...

James Lundon was presented with his prize for Clubperson of the Year 2014 at the recent club (senior) AGM. This was the result of completing 44 races in 2014. He is the 9th different winner in the 9 years of the award: 2006 - Alan Burke 2007 - Johnny O'Connor 2008 - Maire Treasa Beatty 2009 -...

This week we look back at the clubs exploits in the 2006Dublin City Marathon. Athenry AC had a great day out at the 27th Dublin City Marathon yesterday. We should be proud that a small club from the West of Ireland managed to field nine athletes in club colours yesterday, all of whom managed to...

1. What running shoes do you train in? ASICs Nimbus, Saucony Cortana and Nike Pegusus. 2. How many miles did you run last week? At moment app 30 but upping it soon for the London Marathon. 3. What’s your favourite racing distance? 10k & half marathon. 4. Where’s your favourite place to train? I like...

Recently Athenry AC athletes were asked to declare their three athletic goals for 2015. Some of the replies were sensible, some funny, some are going to be tough asks, some people can't count. Most important though - these are your goals and by putting them there for scrutiny by all you will be...