See here for a full result and images from the race.
Abbeyknockmoy Hurling & Camogie Club ran a very successful 5KM through Monivea Woods on Sunday morning, 1 September. A full provisional result is attached. Finally, a few words from Sharon Gannon, Race Director: -> Abbeyknockmoy Hurling & Camogie Club would like to thank all the participants who...
Saturday night last, 31 August, saw the local action move to Shanaglish, outside Gort, and the 4th running of the Martin Egan [*] Memorial 10KM. A poorish turnout of 73 (only 27 of whom were club affiliated) took to the hills and valleys of the area, over the now familiar pan-handled course...
See here for a full result from the Maree 'Boston Sci' 5KM which took place last week, Wednesday, 27 August. See here for a full result from the Clonbur Half which took also place last weekend week, Sunday 25 August.
A massive crowd in Oranmore on Wednesday evening (21 August) for the second running (2011 was the first) of their out-and-back 5KM. A number of Athenry AC runners took part. The weather held up, though there was a bit of an onshore breeze to buffet the runners on the outward out. Congrats to Maree...
A great night at the 28th running on The Streets yesterday, Saturday, 10 August! The results can be found on the GCH web site here . Thanks to our neighbouring club on a fantastic evening's entertainment. The weather stayed clement, albeit a bit windy. The new course was favourable to fast time too...
The Great Glinsk Gallop has galloped its first race! Thank you to everyone who braved the tail end of the heatwave in July to support Caisleán Óir, Glinsk Community Childcare http://www.caisleanoir.com/ ; all the runners, walkers, volunteers, marshals, MC, warm-up lead, music, refreshments and prize...
See the Word attachement for the full results. If you disagree with the placings or times, please let me know, [email protected]. Our helpers included Bernie Mulryan, Seb Locteau, Owen Curran, Kieran Guirey, Shirley Quinn, Tomas Mangan, Frances Leahy, Deirdre Quinn, Pearse Hunter, Tony Daley...
Ballinderreen 8KM are here . Renville Park 5KM are here .
A very different day from the first two, with several very heavy showers passing over during events. Attached are the results from day 3. If you need any mistakes to be corrected then please leave a comment below.
Provisional result is attached. Anyone with any good images from the evening? Women's winner was Mairead Sullivan while first home and men's winner was Ray Somers. We had both women and men guests this year, with both prizes going Craughwell AC side, in very close attendance to Athenry's own in the...
Please find attached a final set of results for Day 2 of the Galway Track and Field championships. The 5000m result has been slightly ammended to remove an athlete who appeared in the results by mistake and also to add Sean McDermott from Castlegar who had been omitted. The 5000m results has been...
Another fine crowd of local athletes made their way to Headford last Saturday (5 July) evening for the 9th running of their 8KM road race. Athenry AC were well represented throughout the field. JA Meehan was 3rd senior woman home in near 31 minutes. See attached!
Results from this evening's (4 July) Galway Track and Field Championships Day 1 attached. Reports and pictures to follow in due course. John O'Connor's photos are already accessible from his Flickr feed . Please add a comment if anything needs to be corrected in results.
Congrats to Miriam Wall of this athletics parish on finishing 7th in 43:35 in last Sunday's (23 June) Galway Simon Women's Mini Marathon. No wonder the woman was smiling at the finish line - see above. The full result is here while photos from the event can be obtained courtesy of Jane Walsh here .
** Full provisional result now attached v2 ** It was breezy (i.e. the wind really whipped up during the race) and was a bit damp (i.e. poured cats and dogs and other animals) but it did not dampen the spirits in Annaghdown last Friday evening (21 June) for the 7th running of their mid-summers...
The Craughwell 5KM School Run went off without a hitch early yesterday (Sunday, 16 June) afternoon, starting and finishing around Craughwell NS - close to the start of the 5KM series. Thanks to all the organisers for putting on a fine show. A goodly number of the usual suspects were there from the...
Hundreds turn out for Tonabrucky Challenge The Tonabrucky Challenge, now in its third year saw close to 300 runners and walkers taking to the roads of Rahoon on Saturday 8 June. The race which is AAI Certified this year attracted a large running crowd from all across Ireland and as far as America...
Result from last Saturday's race is attached.
On what was a warm day which is always tricky for a marathon, Paul Daly completed his run on 4:11:40 with Shirley Quinn coming in on 4:27:22. Brian O'Donnell did 3:36:34, not far off his PB in Dublin last October though I'm pretty sure he has not done as much training this time. Ray Somers clocked...
For the second time this year, the 5k series had a new route for one of its races. Lots of parking spaces, near the motorway exit, no interference from cars, the route had a lot going for it. Some complained of the tight turns at the start, but I think that overall this move from Dangan was a...
Ireland did amazingly well in M45 overall to win the team gold also, with Mick Traynor coming in second with 32:52 and Damien Martin 6th with 34:21. The Non-Stadia Championships are held every second year alternating with the Track and Field Championships. They consist of 10k in walking and running...
The 2 nd instalment of the Mayfly 10k Challenge, took place on Sunday 26 th May 2013 with blue skies and sunshine greeting the participants to the village of Oughterard. 195 participants registered for the event, which included Fit4Life members from the newly formed Corrib Athletic Club who were...
Tommy Joe Whyte of Tuam AC guessed his own time spot-on at the Ballindine 4 Mile on 18th May. Liam McDonnell of Swinford was second just a second behind TJ. Adrian Fitzmaurice of Athenry AC was only two seconds slower that what he predicted and achieved 3rd place with Brendan Monaghan of Tuam AC one...
Tuesday was a real Summer's day, at last, with sun and warm temperatures. Five minutes before the race start, things looked iffy with dark clouds overhead and a few drops of moisture, or was that warm-up sweat? But the rain held off and a great crowd again (598 finishers, up on Loughrea) surged...