PLEASE NOTE THAT THE RACE STARTS AT 8PM THIS EVENING NOT 7:30PM AS SEEN ELSEWHERE. All questions/queries about this Tuesday evening will be answered at the website www.tuamac.com in the "May 5k FAQ" section, or here .
Sunday 15th of May will see the 3rd year of the Kilcornan Forest 8km run which has a mix of tarmac roads and good,clear forest tracks. Held in the scenic grounds of Kilcornan and the local Coillte forest in Clarenbridge this event has grown in popularity since its introduction. There is an event for...
The 2011 Galway 5km Series got underway last night in Newcastle near Athenry as the weather gods smiled from on-high yet again. There was an enormous turnout - just under 600 runners from what we can work out - and everything seemed to go smoothly. Credit for local arrangements has to go to Frank...
Good luck to the latest newspaper to be published in this part of the world (South Galway). It is about 6 weeks old now, with the 19 April edition containing a full page (17) of news about Athenry AC in the previous week's Connemarathon. http://tribesman.ie/
The first leg of the Galway 5km series 2011 takes place this Tuesday. The series has been a sell out for weeks, indeed all entries were taken in 2 hours. No entries will be taken on the night, nor indeed at ANY of the races on the night this year. The year we'll have chip timing [gun to finish], so...
An information evening on sports nutrition is being held at the Pillo Hotel & Spa (formerly the Courtyard by Marriot) on Tuesday,April 26 at 6:30pm. The event is being organised by Special Olympics Ireland. There will be three speakers on the night, each covering different aspects of sports...
See poster attached for details of the Mayo 2011 Race League.
A Chara We are delighted to extend a warm invitation to you to the official launch of our club race 2011 ‘Galway Aquathon Festival’ at the Salthill Hotel on Thursday April 21st at 7pm. The Aquathon Festival 2011 is replacing our club race of recent years’ Triathlon Chonnemara in Carna, which will...
From Donal Murnane of Leevale just now: We are in the countdown to Leevale Open Sports 2011, which will take place at the CIT track next Saturday April 16 th . Once again we are running a large programme of events and the entries this year are the strongest ever. We hope to see you there. Find...
To whom it may concern, Please find attached information regarding Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club's upcoming marathon relay from Malin Head to Mizen Head which is starting on April 29th. The run is in aid of Crumlin Children's hospital and is being undertaken by athletes drawn from our club. We hope...
Attached find details of the 2nd Annual Open Invitational meeting organised by Tir Chonaill Athletics Club -date Easter Monday 25th April venue New club facility at the Abbey Voc School, Donegal Town Last year , 2010, the club opened their new facility at Donegal Town and hosted a successful open...
See: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2011/0328/1224293221899.html Loughnane gets inside Olympic qualifying time ATHLETICS: Irish athletes enjoyed double success in the European Race Walking Cup in Slovakia yesterday, with Olive Loughnane dominating the senior 20km challenge to almost...
Longford AC are running their 2nd Summer running series this year following on from the 1st series in 2010. An extra race has been added to the series this year (a 5K race. All races will have an AAI permit. The purpose of the series is to build up athletes to the Longford Marathon at the end of...
Both articles mention Paul Hession in passing but are more to the with the weekend's European Indoors... Irish Times: 'We do need to take a hard look at ourselves,' says McGonagle http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2011/0307/1224291485614.html Irish Independent: Athletics: Irish left watching...
It's that time of year again! Please note online entry opening date below as last year the series filled up in a few hours - so put a reminder in your phone. The Galway 5km series for 2011 will take place on the following dates and venues: Tuesday 3rd May 2011 - Newcastle, Athenry @ 7:45pm Tuesday...
From Tony Daley: Predator Tri Club & Tri Lakes Tri Club are organising a training Duathlon series based in Kilcornan and Tuam with four events. We are inviting any club members from running clubs, cycling clubs to take part to give them an insight into cross training or having a go at multisport...
For the avoidance of any confusion, the Connacht Senior & Junior cross-country races which had originally been scheduled for this Sunday are not now going ahead as had originally been planned. It was agreed at the recent Connacht AAI AGM to defer these races to a date yet to be agreed next September...
Photo Credit is Denis Kelleher of Midleton AC Athenry AC’s very own iron lady, Valerie Glavin, topped off a fantastic year on Saturday last with a well deserved win in the inaugural Clonakilty marathon. Valerie’s recent spell of strong training stood to her well on a difficult hilly course that was...
The death has occurred of Mr Padraic Cullina Secretary of Mayo AC following a short illness ….since taking up athletics in1980 Padraic has made an outstanding contribution to the sport as an athlete, an event organiser and in administration. Over the past 30 years he has competed right across the...
West Waterford Athletic Club would like to announce that The Quantum Life Dungarvan 10 Mile Road Race for 2011 is now open for entries. The date for the race is Sunday 30 th January at 1pm. Enter before December 17 th for the new lower price of €15 or before January 17 th for €20. Entries are...
A copy of the Clare Sports Partnership newsletter has dropped into our inbox and may interest some members. Of particular interest may be news of their upcomming Winter 5km series. Newsletter is attached underneath. "Following on from the success of 5km Road Race Series in the springtime, we are...
Here's the Irish Masters newsletter for the second half of 2010. Ireland will host the British and Irish Masters Cross Country International on Saturday, 13th Nov at Santry Demesne, Dublin. Should be a great event to watch.
Interested in improving your swimming and fitness? Join Tuam Masters Swimming Club. Training sessions run from 7.00pm-8.00pm every Sunday. Classes are for adults and cover all swimming abilities, from competitive swimmers to those who can swim a number of lengths of the pool and would like to...
From our local correspondent, Peter Lyons: In total 14 Athenry area athletes and our U11 hurlers (Panel of 20) are making the short trip up the M6, a number of the above our members of Athenry A.C. Track & Field Athletes Girls U8 80M Sinead Lyons Athenry A.C. Boys U12 600M Oisin Doyle Craughwell A.C...
Mayo AC have recently restructured their web site. When the work is completed in the coming weeks, it is expected that it will contain information on all aspects of the club's activities and athletics in the West of Ireland. Pictured fron left at the launch were Mayo AC members: John Byrne PJ Hall...