From our on-the-ground correspondent: Some brilliant performances put in again on a tough day. Windy conditions led to some fun (for want of a better description) off-road sections on the bike. Frank Burke 4:39:12 – 84th / 1407 - 28th MV40 Jim Leahy 4:47:06 – 114th / 1407 - 1st MV50 Ronan McCarthy 4...

Good news from the Masters last weekend with three different club members bringing home medals: Peadar Bolt...sorry...Nugent, Martin Farah...sorry...Keane and Dave...Shefflin...sorry. Peadar takes pride of place medalling in the M8 in 100M (bronze), 200M (silver) and 400M (silver). Martin was third...

Well done to Evan Quirke who took Silver in the U16 Triple Jump at Community Games All Ireland with a new PB 12.09M and also to Mac Murphy who put in a great performance to take the Pewter Medal for 4th place in the U16 High Jump. Athenry claimed 3 Team Medals : Athenry U11 Throw Ball Team took the...

It took from last October bank holiday Monday to Burger Run Friday evening to get all three women together who won team medals in the W50 category in the National Marathon to receive their medals, but got them together we did, eventually. Congrats to Maire Treasa, Bridget Ann and Frances! Forget...

NOTE: This was a track race, the entire distance was run on a 400m track (changing direction every four hours). There are separate records for 24 hours on a road, on a track, and indoors. Ruthann now holds the 24H Irish Women's road record (from Poland last year), and the the track; while Val Glavin...

Day 2 Congratulations to Brandon Lee who took bronze in the U13 600m at All Irelands Track & Field Championship in Tullamore . Well done Brandon! Evan Quirke competed well in the U17 triple Jump while Mathew Treacy jumped well against very tough oppposition in the U15 High Jump. Shannen Lee ran well...

Congratulations to Evan Quirke and Lydia Doyle who put in fantastic performances in blazing sunshine and 24 degrees to win medals in the All Ireland U12- U19 Track and Field Championship in Tullamore yesterday. Evan took silver in the U17 Long Jump after a great competition where he very narrowly...

Best of luck to all our athletes travelling to Tullamore over the two days of the U12 -U19 allirelands. Please check the programme attached as some events are due to start at 10 am

A big well done to the 12 juvenile athletes that travelled to Stranorlar Co Donegal last Saturday to compete in the all Ireland's team competition. There were no medals brought home this year but all the athletes gave it all. They did extremely well to get this far having come through county and...

Congratulations to Shea Hennessy on winning the Arrivals Perpetual Trophy for the Best Boy Athlete in the 2013 Athenry Community Games & Parish Sports - Well done Shea!

Hi folks Results of last weekends Connacht championship U13to U19 in Athlone have been published. See links below

Athenry Juvenile athletes enjoyed great success at the Connacht Track and Field championships for ages U13 to U19 held in Athlone IT on Sundy 16th June. Special congratulations must go to our new Connacht champions: Evan Quirke Long Jump, Aubrey O'Brien Long Jump, Shannen Lee 1500m & 250m hurdles...

Please find attached results of the Connaughts for the U9,10,11,12 that was held last Saturday in Athlone. A big well done to all the Athletes that competed competition was very tough and although the weather was fabulous it made things difficult especially in the long distance races. There were...

Revised order of events attached they are going to run the heats of sprints on either side of the track to speed things up. Hi all please find attached oder of events for Sunday June 16. Please aim to be there an hour before your event is due to start. Best of luck to everyone taking part.

Get voting on the image of the series from Sharon Conroy's 6 race pack of galleries here . Leave a comment with your choice, as a URL etc? Thanks again, Sharon!

Hot , hot, hot, hot; did I say it was hot in Monivea, earlier today. It was hot! The 5KM and half went off without a hitch, almost. Poor old Tony K (Race Director) had to deal with a local popping into the local shop for his local newspaper before getting the 5KM off a few minutes late before the...

A very hot evening in Tuam on many different levels. A near record number of runners got under 20 minutes again, with a goodly number of runners recording PBs, including our secretary Ruthann Sheahan and newly rejoined AAC member, Caroline McLoughlin. Thanks to Brendan & Trisha Monaghan and all the...

The Connaught Juvenile track and field for U9,10,11 and 12s takes place this Saturday June 8 in Athlone. Please note the event is starting with relays and will start at 11 prompt. Please make sure you arrive an hour before your event. Programme attached. Best of luck to all our Juvenile athletes...

Well done to all our super Juvenile athletes who did Athenry AC proud in Dangan on Sunday 19 May in Day 2 of the Galway Juvenile T&F Championships U12-19s! A provisional set of results can be obtained here . The main image with this article is one of a deadheat for first in one of the sprint finals...

Here is her description: I am delighted be have been asked to give a presentation to the club - So happy in fact I want to give two over the next few months. The first is Thursday May 23rd at 8pm in The Raheen Woods Hotel. As you would suspect - the nutrition needed for training is often different...

Athenry AC had a different kind of social outing last weekend in making a trip to the Great Western Greenway (Bealach Mór an Iarthair ) in County Mayo. We had the Castlecourt hotel in Westport as our base and - accompanied by children, spouses, and Buster the dog - performed various feats of...

Please find attached schedule for Sunday for u12s and older for Avaya Track and Field. Start time is 11am, please be there at least one hour before your event is due to start. Note they are starting with the relays. Good luck to all. If you have not comfirmed your entry please do so by this evening.

Please find attached provisional results of todays Avaya U9,10,11 Track and Field. Well done to all the athletes there was some great results from our juvenile athletes. The top three in each event go on to the Connachts in Athlone on June 8, so see you all at training next week.

Avaya Galway Track and Field Championships for U9,10,11 take place this Sunday May 12 in Dangan starting at 12.30. I have attached proviosioinal timetable I would recommend that you arrive an hour before your event is due to start. Best of luck to all that are competing.