AIT Baseline Indoor T&F Meet, Wednesday December 17 th, AIT, 7pm start. Athlone IT AC currently invites entries to the 2 nd annual ‘AIT Baseline Indoor T&F Meet’ from athletes looking to lay down a marker for the coming indoor season. This will be a low-key event where athletes will have the...

In honour of their father, who passed away earlier this year, the family of Tommy Madden have kindly donated two perpetual trophies for the first male & female winners of the Fields of Athenry 10km road race which is held every St Stephens Day in the town. To go along with that they have ordered...

With the 13 th edition of the Fields of Athenry 10km road race fast approaching, Athenry AC have announced that they will once again be partnering with the Athenry Tidy Towns Committee for their popular annual event. As previously, a portion of the proceeds of the race will go to supporting the...

Bernie Kelly and her crew in GCH celebrated 7 years of Fit4Life in our neighbouring club last evening (Thursday, 13 November) at Westside Library. Here's to the next 7, with Bernie continuing to lead from the back ;-)!

Apologies for the delay in this as I had web connection issues yesterday. A full report to follow but for now I've enclosed some reports from our members on this years Dublin City Marathon. Caroline Freeney: Delighted to now be a marathon runner, the atmosphere was fantastic as was the support. The...

Thinking If you think you are beaten, you are If you think you dare not, you don't, If you like to win, but you think you can't It is almost certain you won't. If you think you'll lose, you've lost For out of the world we find, Success begins with a fellow's will It's all in the state of mind. If...

The Connacht Primary Schools Cross Country Championships took part in Sligo on Saturdy, 18 October. The results can be found here.

A very fine afternoon greeted the runners for the 4th iteration of the Moylough (North East Galway) 10KM on Sunday (12 October). A good quality race ensured with 22 of the participants breaking 40 minutes, including our own Ronan 'Speedy' McCarthy, for the first time. Very warm congratulations to...

Our resident ultra loving adventurer Ruthann Sheahan is currently in the depths of South America taking part in the Atacama Crossing, a 136 mile self sufficient race across some of the most inhospitable terrain in the world & the driest place on earth, the Atacama Desert. In her own words, a seven...

Attached is a poster for an introductory orienteering event which is taking place in Galway on 12th October. There are plans to have another three similar introductory events in the Galway area over the coming months.

The fifth hosting of the popular and successful Athenry Fit4Life 5km Charity Run / Walk will take place on Saturday November 08th 2014 @ 12.00pm in the town of Athenry. Proceeds of this years event will benefit two very deserving local charities in Western Alzheimers & the Saving Grace Foundation...

The 13th running of the Fields of Athenry 10km will take place on St. Stephen's Day, December 26th at 11am. Elites, runners, joggers, Fit4Lifers, walkers, all welcome. If you haven't entered yet, head on over to our slick new dedicated race website for all the information you could need. The race...

Full result from the Marconi Half can be found here. Two Athenry AC finishers on what was a very windy (almost always against us too) and extremely sunny day between Roundstone and Clifden! CRAUGHWELL MAN RETAINS TITLE AT 2014 MARCONI HALF MARATHON, CONNEMARA Last weekend saw the 2 nd very...

The Galway AAI 10KM Road Race Championships will take place in conjunction with Loughrea AC's The Grey Lake 10K road race next Sunday, 28 September @ 2PM. All local clubs are encouraged to ensure that they have teams of women and men competing in this county championship at a standard road distance...

The club wishes the best of success to member Valerie Glavin on her new venture in Athenry, the 'Athenry Barber College & Hairdressing School' which hosted its official opening night last night. http://www.athenrybarbercollege.com/

Long standing club member, Marie Curran, will be launching her new poetry book 'Observant Observings' on Friday 12th September 2014 in the Town Cafe, Athenry @ 7.30pm. Marie was a very active member of the club until 2011 / 2012 when she was diagnosed with myalgic encephaloyelitis (more commonly...

For those looking to bridge a gap between The Streets and DCM then on 23rd August there is the Achill Half-Full-Ultramarathon. This is a race organised by highly experienced runners and race organisers and is a great running experience. Our own David Noone ran the full marathon last year and thought...

It was a hard day at the office for David Noone in Belfast on Saturday as he competed in the annual Energia 24Hr Race. After struggling with his mind & body Dave stepped off the track after 11 hours with a total of 90k (56 miles) completed. He was in good company on the sidelines as last years...

A lovely evening (Thursday, 10 July) and some great performances by athletes from all over the county, and further afield. Also, we were graced by the appearance of the dual World Weightlifting champion, starring in the High Jump of all things, AAAAAAAAAASSUMPTA FFFFFFFFFFFEENEY! Final results are...

The Galway Senior / Junior / Masters Track and Field 2014 Championship, Day Two, takes place next Thursday July 10th in NUI Sports Grounds, Dangan, Galway. These events are open to all AAI Galway registered athletes with guest athletes from other AAI clubs outside Galway also welcome. Registration -...

Members turned out in force last night to congratulate Assumpta Feeney on her recent achievements of being crowned Double World Champion at the WDFPF World Single Championships in Dusseldorf. For a relative newcomer to the sport Assumpta has made huge strides & her biggest win to date came at the...

The Galway Senior/Junior/Masters Track and Field 2014 Championship Day One takes place this Sunday 29 June in Dangan, NUI Sports grounds,Galway, with check in open from 1pm onwards at the track. These events are open to all AAI Galway registered athletes, with guest athletes from other AAI clubs...

The 5th Annual Mayo AC Summer 5k Series sponsored by C&C Cellular commences on 17th June. All races start at 8pm. Race Schedule, registration location and contact as follows: 17 June Ballyhaunis Rugby Club, Martin 0872455989 24 June Castlebar, Harlequin Hotel, Ann 0868635534 1 July Ballinrobe...