Please note the AGM of the Athenry Juvenile Athletic club will be held Tuesday November 27 at 8.30pm upstairs in the Fields bar. Parents of all members are asked to attend.
Athenry AC celebrated 10 years of the senior section of the club by heading out onto the streets for its 9am training run with a record crowd of over 70 of its members. The 9am run is an unbroken tradition, spanning back the entire 10 years. Even when Saturday 9am has fallen on Christmas Day a group...
Ruthann Sheehan picked up her well deserved AAI award "Ultra Running Athlete of the Year" at the National Athletics Awards (in association with Woodie’s DIY and Tipperary Crystal) on Saturday 17th of November. Ruthann's husband, George Livanos, and her parents (above) were there to support her on...
Frank Burke did a tremendous 10:45:17 in the Barcelona Ironman Triathlon last Sunday, 30th October. This is 30 minutes better than his time in Bolton a year ago and the main improvement seems to have been in the cycling, where he focused his training this year. The Ironman breaks down as follows...
Paul Hession will be speaking at Croí House in Moyola Lane out in Newcastle on Wednesday, 19 September at 8PM. The topic will be: From Mosney to the Olympics. A Perspective on Fitness, Health & Wellbeing See attached PDFs etc. See also http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0905...
Juvenile Athletics training is back from Monday September 10. Children born 2004 and older Monday Wednesday Friday nights Raheen Picth at 6.45 to 7.45. Little Athletics children 5 years and older must be school going at Vocational school gym Monday nights at 7 to 8 oclock. Any questions contact...
NEW: Race booklet (3MB) is attached below. Photos (John O'Connor) at http://www.flickr.com/photos/edenhill77/. Race (Precision Timing) results at http://www.precisiontiming.net/result/racetimer?v=%252Fen%252Frace%252Fshow%252F997%253Flayout%253Dprecision_timing. These are the "real-time" results...
You did yourself and all in Galway proud yesterday, Paul. See you back in Athenry very soon! See http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/olympics-2012/irish-news/after-a-good-run-its-back-to-the-books-for-aspiring-doctor-paul-3194318.html After a good run, it's back to the books for aspiring...
See http://galwayindependent.com/stories/item/3364/2012-31/Galway-athletes-going-for-gold ! See also the entire Irish team here: http://www.london2012.com/athletes/country=ireland/index,page=1.htmx .
Congratulations to our own Ruthann Sheehan who has been selected to represent Ireland at the 24H World Championships 2012 organized by the IAU (International Association of Ultrarunners. The event will be held at KATOWIICE, Poland on September 8th. Please see the attachment for more details, and...
Setanta Sports are showing three 1 hour documentaries highlighting some of Irelands Olympic talent ahead of the games, including our very own Paul Hession. These will be shown on July 19th,20th and 21st at 9pm. It’s not the taking part is a documentary series of three one hour films, which follows...
*UPDATED* Paul Hession through to the final of the 200m as one of the fastest finishers - Good luck Paul. See http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/hession-progresses-colvert-falls-foul-of-infringement-557304.html Hession progresses, Colvert falls foul of infringement Friday, June 29, 2012...
Congratulations and well done to the 20 Juvenile athletes that travelled to Cork last Saturday for the AAI All Irelands. The under 9 boys relay team got bronze: Calum Healey, Mikey Kelly, Feargus Deeley, Adam Molloy and Darragh Gilhooley. The under 11 boys 60m sprint got bronze: Ruairi Collins and...
by Dermot McNamara Evan Quirke, 14, of Presentation College, Athenry, and Athenry AC took the gold medal at the Junior Boys Long Jump at the All-Ireland Schools Track and Field Championships on June 2nd. The championships were held in Tullamore and Evan won the competition with a personal best jump...
See: http://www.rte.ie/sport/athletics/2012/0619/325695-britton-on-ireland-team-for-finland/ Fionnuala Britton has been named on the 26-member Irish team that will compete at the European Track and Field Championships in Helsinki, Finland from the 27 June to the 1 July. Britton has been in great...
Congratulations and well done to all the Under 9, 10, 11 & 12 athletes who competed in Dangan on Saturday last (9 June) in the AAI Connacht Competitions. It was a very successful day for the club. Full results attached
A record crowd and where's Mick Rice? Frank Burke was behind the camera to make it 25, I think. I even made a very rare appearance - only my second in 18 months :-(. That 9 O'Clock is coming up on 10 years this September...
A total of 51 athletes represented the Athenry area in the recent Galway Community Games Finals in Ballinderreen. They came home with a total of NINE gold, SEVEN silver and EIGHT bronze. Congrats to all!
Another member of AAC dipped under three recently: Lyall Guiney ex-Kanturk in his home Cork City Marathon. 2:53 is not exactly dipping under, more like destroying it! 21st too, and with a negative split. Did you do the Lotto that day too? We all knew t'was in you... Result is here .
Full result to be found off http://www.clareburrenmarathonchallenge.com/ ! T'was a hot day down there...
Athenry AC has been chosen to host the 2012 National Half Marathon Championships. The race will be held on Sunday 2nd September around the streets of Athenry at 1pm. This is great news for the club and for running in the county to get this race and follows on from a very successful hosting of the...
Jane-Ann Healy (pictured here after winning the 2012 Connemara Half Marathon) continued her fantastic running form today with a very well deserved 2nd place, in the Kildare Marathon, which was won by Pauline Curley. Jane-Ann finished in a race time of 3:05:34 agonisingly close to the magic 3 hour...
The first leg of the Galway 5km series 2011 takes place this Tuesday, 1st of May at Newcastle, Athenry. You must have already registered online through RunIreland.com to run, that is, no entries will be taken on the night. Collect your chip and number on Tuesday before the race, and keep them for...
This weekend while Maire Treasa rocked the London marathon, finishing in a time of 4:02:37 and a band of runners hit the Ardrahan 10km, I was chauffer driven to Dublin by my husband Donal to compete in the Powerade “On Your Marks” 100m competition. Entry was free and all participants stood the...
The Athenry AC Fit4Life training times have been changed. We will now meet on Saturday and Wednesday from the church in Athenry. Saturday - 10am Wednesday - 7pm For beginners wishing to join the Fit4Life sessions, the next dates for joining up are shown below:- Saturday May 5th 2012 Saturday July...