Paul Hession ran magnificently at the Bislett Games in Oslo last Fridy night. On a night of high drama at the Norwegian track that included a new worlds record in the women’s 5,000m event, posted by Meseret Defar of Ethiopia, the pride of Athenry Paul ran faster than the current Irish record for...

Caroline McLoughlin and Paul McNamara ran strongly in the first of the Craughwell handicap chase races for 2007. Recent Athenry AC recruit Caroline McLoughlin, fresh from the Women's Mini-Marathon in Dublin, showed that she has retained her fitness by being first home on handicap over the 5k course...

Athenry AC star Paul Hession has a big week ahead. On Wednesday he heads to Stavanger in Norway to take part in the Exxon Mobil Stavanger Games and then next Friday he moves on to Oslo to take part in their world famous Golden League meeting, the Bislett Games. With his brand new national record in...

2 June 2007 Update: Paul Hession breaks Irish 100m record at a meet in Athens. His time of 10.28 shatters the old record of 10.35 jointly held by Gary Ryan and Paul Brizzell. Paul beat quality fields to take a 100m & 200m double. http://www.athletix.org/Results07/Kalamata_out07.html http://www.rte...

Many of you will already have heard that the athletics track in Dangan will close soon for a major overhaul. AAI County Board Secretary PJ Coyle of GCH told us earlier today; “I just got confirmation yesterday that the contractors are moving into the track on Monday 11th June. This means that it...

Hard to credit but true that I almost once beat Gary in a race! I think that report is well hidden away in the Race Reports section of this web site. The toast of Headford, I'm led to believe. A full scan of the article is attached!

The final race of this series was run last evening in Dangan. As with all of the other races we were very lucky with the weather and over 280 runners took part in the five kilometre run around the beautiful Dangan parkland track. We had our first celebrity runner on the evening, if you don't count...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7465552903780061781&hl=en (47 minutes 46 seconds) Full coverage of the Galway Track 10KM from last Saturday evening! Complete race result to follow! Ran 40:19, for my second fastest 10KM ever. I'm really hurting though as it was the first time I ever ran in...

The final Leg of the Galway 5km May Series takes place tomorrow evening Tuesday at 8:00pm in Dangan. The race route will be slightly different from last year and should enable everyone to take part in comfort and safety. There will be changing and toilet facilities available in the sports pavilion...

Due to popular demand a 10,000m track race has been scheduled for tomorrow evening, Saturday 26th May @ 7:30pm in Dangan, Galway. This race is be incorporated into the Galway Senior Track & Field Series Incorporating Galway Co. Championships. This is the only time slot available until next September...

The attached is my interpretation of the people who've run in at least one of the four races to date. At the moment, there are 176 people in with a chance of, or who have already qualified, for a series T-shirt of the type above. As before, queries of the back of twenty euro note to me at...

Day 2 of the Galway Senior T&F Series incorporating Galway Senior T&F Championships takes place this Thursday, 24th May commencing at 8pm at the Regional Sports Centre track, Dangan, Galway. The short programme of events sees action in the 200m, 1500m, Javelin and 4x400m. All athletes aged 16 and...

The Galway 5Km Series visited Loughrea last evening for the penultimate race of the 2007 season. Once again over 230 runners and walkers took on the challenge of completing the course under the stewardship of the local club Loughrea AC. The local Loughrea AC membership deserve great credit for the...

19th May Update: Ireland win gold in the cross country relay in the M55 category. CRH's Andrew Talbot features on this team. Bronze Medal for Ireland in the M60 category, featuring Athenry's Martin Keane. Well done lads! ----------------------- Our representatives in the European Vet's Non-Stadia...

The Peach 10K was held on Sunday the 13th, and again was a great success with over 300 registering for the Fun Run. The rain which was promised, held off for the day and the weather conditions were as close to ideal for the competitive runners. The 10K is officially certified. Jason Fahy...

A small group comprised of some of the best veteran athletes in the West of Ireland travel to Germany this week to compete in the European Veteran’s Athletics Championships which are being held in Regensburg, Germany from the next Thursday the 17th until Sunday the 20th. (Championship website is at...

The first evening of the revamped Galway County AAI Track and Field Championships got the series off to a fantastic start in Dangan last night. In almost perfect weather a strong field of competitors enjoyed the revised format enormously. Of particular note was the standard of the Shot Put...

Congrats to Ray O'Connor (3:47), Rory Brennan (4:11), Paul Keane (4:12) and Ed Egan (4:23) for completing Belfast yesterday, especially Ed [see image] who was attempting the distance for the first time.

Over 200 lined up in the small hamlet of Newcastle, about four miles outside of Athenry this evening for the first of the Galway May 5KM series. The sun split the bog out there though it was also noticeably breezy. By race start the sun had momentarily gone in but it didn't damp the international...

The coaches, mentors and supporters of Athenry's juvenile section are delighted to have completed work on a brand new long jump run-up and landing pit. The facility, in the grounds of Athenry FC, has an astroturf run-up and is built to international competition standard. This new facility will be of...

A Level 1 Coaching Course will commence this Saturday in Dangan from 9am until 4:30pm. Level 1 introduces the coach to the fundamentals of track and field athletics and is a mix of practical and theory sessions. Places on this course are still available. The Level 1 qualification is a 4 day course...

This week's suggested weblink has been provided independently by two members, Alan Burke and James Lundon. For some runners this will be a familiar site to visit but for others it's a treasure just waiting to be uncovered. The McMillan Running Calculator is a masterpiece of extrapolation. From a...

Athenry Community Games will hold the Athenry Parish Sports in Kenny Park Athenry on 29th April starting at 1.30pm. As this is a Community Games qualifer, competitors must reside in Athenry Parish. This does not apply to the senior, novelty (sack race etc) or toddler events. We are hoping as many as...

The sun has been shining for so long now it feels like August, but yes it's still April, and May is almost upon us. Tuesday the 1st of May is the date for the start of our five-race May series. We'll be ready to rock at 8pm. Read on for details and a downloadable map. Five Galway Athletics Clubs...

The Athenry 5km will held this year on my home turf, the half parish of Newcastle to the east of Athenry. Our resident cartographer, Peter Delmer, has yet again produced an excellent map to help everybody find their way there. The High res version is attached for download.