News has reached us of national success in the U-12 All-Ireland Club relays last weekend in Tullamore. Silver to the U-12 Girls from Athenry AC! The team was Michaela Finnerty, Siobhán McGrath, Alysha Woods, Rebecca Ruane, Niamh Hannon and Lydia Doyle. Congrats to all! See a lovely article about...
Congratulations to Sinead Tuohy from the club who won the All Ireland U-19 high jump in Tullamore last weekend to add to the gold she won in the All Ireland indoors earlier this year.
More Paul Hession articles of interest: 10 July - http://www.rte.ie/sport/mission2012/hessionp_video.html "This week Jacqui meets sprinter Paul Hession. Having come so close in Beijing, Paul is hoping 2012 is the year he reaches an Olympic final." 11 July - http:// www.athleticsireland.ie /content/...
Our newlywed ultra running star Valerie was interviewed on RTE Radio 1 last Saturday 9th July. With the wonders of modern technology, you can listen to the podcast of her interview at the following location: Click on the link for 9th July; the interview is at 37 minutes (The Business with Padraig O...
http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=19929 "The Cork City Sports has always been a happy hunting ground for national sprint champion and record holder, Paul Hession, and the Athenry man will again compete against world class opposition over both 100m and 200m next weekend Hession was 200m...
The All Irelands for the under 9 10 and 11s takes place this Saturday June 25 in Templemore. We wish all the athletes taking part the best of luck. The programme of events is attached I would advise that you arrive one hour before your event is due to start.
See http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=19756 "Jason Smyth (City of Derry AC), who recently set a personal best of 10.22, put in a solid performance to finish fourth in 10.44, with Amy Foster (North Down AC) also finishing in fourth place in 10.60. Foster went on to run a personal best of 23...
Please find order of events for Saturday June 18 for under 13 to under 19
The Juvenile athletes travelled to Sligo on Saturday for the connachts. 45 children travelled in total at the above ages. The under 9 10 11 compete in pairs and all the under 12 events are individual. The under 12 girls took 1 gold medal 1 silver medal 2 bronze and relay gold. The day started with...
Just a reminder about the Connachts this Saturday 11 June in Sligo IT. All children competing in individual events need to be there for 10 o clock. Please find attached order of events. If you need any further information please contact Sinead 0876330527
Based on feedback from members, we are moving the club speed work session from its current location in Dangan (7:30pm on Tuesday) to Athenry. The new session will take place weekly on Tuesdays at 7pm, in or near Athenry, planned and led by our running gurus, Jane Ann Meehan and Mick Rice. The speed...
Every year thousands of children from all over Ireland travel to the Community Games National Finals. Previously they have been held in Mosney Co. Meath, but 2009 saw a change of venue and Athlone Institute of Technology was selected as the new home. In total, 4 Athenry area athletes made the short...
Athenry Juvenile Athletics under 9 10 and 11 competed in the county competitions on May 7. There were 44 athletes competing on the day and they all did exceptionally well. At the above ages it is a team competition; athletes are paired off on their times and jumps etc. The club in the team events...
Full results at: http://www.redtagtiming.com/Galway5kmSeries2011.html Club results attached in XLS. Elvis hasn't left the building quite yet. A great turnout by the club with 74 Athenry AC members finishing. Luckily the rain stopped right before the gun, and there were lots of fast times again this...
Over 75 Athenry AC athletes competed a scorchingly fast 5KM course last evening around the outskirts the town of Tuam. They included: Owen Adye-Curran 18:20 Mark Breen 17:44 Grainne Breen 25:24 Alan Burke 19:08 Clara Burke 27:24 Aoife Callan 21:33 Janet Clancy 23:15 Michelle Collins 26:50 Finbarr...
Athenry Athletics Club was delighted to welcome an old friend of the club, Kenyan elite runner, multiple Connemarathon winner and former Dublin City Marathon record holder, Lezan Kimutai, to their Saturday morning training session recently. On Saturday April 30th, Lezan took time out from a busy...
A new F4L course/session is starting on Saturday. Don't worry - you'll be happier than this guy by the time Maeve and Deirdre get you running! New members should show up at 9.45am on Saturday at the church carpark in Athenry with both forms (Health Screening form and Application form) and the fee is...
The recent Athenry Community Games - the same afternoon as the Coole Park 10KM - were a huge success in Carnaun, with proceedings starting with the men's 300M and women's 1500M. A full set of results is attached. Good luck to all competitors who have qualified to represent their area in the Galway...
It is with very deep regret and much sadness that I report on the sudden death of Eddie Murphy, a very good friend of Athenry AC and first cousin of myself (JAL). I last spoke to him the evening after he'd run the Ultra in Connemara a few weeks back. He'd finished in a little over 6 hours and was...
Congratulations to Mick Rice for perfectly pacing around the Three Hour marathon people on Sunday in Limerick, going out in 1:29:46 and coming home in 1:29:41 (negative split of FIVE SECONDS) to record a 2:59:27. However, special kudos must be given to a much more retiring member of the club who did...
Our very own Jane Ann (Healy) Meehan has been very busy of late. What with having a baby and winning some road races she hasn't had a minute to spare. In an attempt to put some shape back on her life she has established a regular practice in Athenry and her new business card is attached here for...
More news from Mick Rice - only a week after placing in the Connemara ultramarathon, he finished the London Marathon today in a fantastic time of 2:48 (racing in the UK marathon championship start), only three mins behind last year's Dublin marathon time; despite the damage of 40 miles through...
One of the iconic images of the Connemarathon was taken that first year when two of the women competitors in the marathon had to contend with sheep crossing the road in front of them near the end. There happened to be a camera person on hand to capture this surreal moment and the rest, as they say...
{Note: With the results issued as PDF and with no club ID’s on the results – I am going to miss names here so I apologise in advance. I’ll update this report as required. 40 pages of un-club-listed PDF are not easy pickings!} Ten years on and Bono and the Massive Heads were running to stand still...
Congrats to Sinead Tuohy on winning the All-Ireland U-19 High Jump at Nenagh on Saturday last. Well done from all in the club!