From: James A. Lundon Sent: 01 March 2015 23:35 The 2015 Galway AAI 10M Road Race Championships will take place in conjunction with the Craughwell 10M road race on Sunday, 22 March. Enter here. All Galway clubs are encouraged to ensure that they have teams of women and men competing in this fabulous...

The Colemanstown 10k takes place on Easter Saturday, 4 th April @ 12.00pm. AAI permit sponsored by Athenry AC Redtag Timing Fast loop course, good target for a PB Registration available via link below: https://athenryac.wufoo.com/ forms/colemanstown-10km- registration-form/ Earlybird registration at...

Please find attached timetable for the weekend. Times are for quidance only so please arrive one hour before your event is due to start. Good luck to all.

This week we look back at the clubs exploits in the 2006Dublin City Marathon. Athenry AC had a great day out at the 27th Dublin City Marathon yesterday. We should be proud that a small club from the West of Ireland managed to field nine athletes in club colours yesterday, all of whom managed to...

See attached poster but key details are: 1st March Clonbur 10k 12 noon 7th March Carnacon 8k 12 noon 21st March Claremorris 10k 12 noon 18th April Ballinrobe 10k 6:30pm Walkers & 7:00pm Runners ALL EVENTS ARE PERMITTED AND OFFICIALLY MEASURED! In each of these events there will be a recording of...

It was a Fitness Analytics clean sweep in Kilconieron today as Matt Bidwell of GCH took the male honours with Jane Anne Meehan of Athenry AC taking the female honours. With an ever-growing number of Galway runners switching to the 'Matt Way', the sessions seem to be paying dividends as seven of the...

1. What running shoes do you train in? ASICs Nimbus, Saucony Cortana and Nike Pegusus. 2. How many miles did you run last week? At moment app 30 but upping it soon for the London Marathon. 3. What’s your favourite racing distance? 10k & half marathon. 4. Where’s your favourite place to train? I like...

The seventh running of the Kilconieron 5 Mile Charity Road Race takes place at noon on Sunday 22 nd February 2015. This year the chosen charity is Athenry Cancer Care, a local based charity dedicated to helping patients of cancer and their families to cope when cancer strikes. Every cent raised goes...

Welcome to our new feature, Wind Back Wednesdays where we reprint a report from the depths of the Athenry AC newsreel. We start off this week with a Mick Rice account of his Ballycotton 2006 race. Enjoy. Of Spritzers & Sprinters Thursday 2nd March ”“ 03:28pm: On the phone from work to my wife...

Recently Athenry AC athletes were asked to declare their three athletic goals for 2015. Some of the replies were sensible, some funny, some are going to be tough asks, some people can't count. Most important though - these are your goals and by putting them there for scrutiny by all you will be...

Provisional results from today's Gorgeous Gort 8k are located here. Congrats to the local club on a fine event, now in its fourth year. There are some photos from the event here.

See interview with him immediately after the race here. Article from before the race is here. Article on the race itself is here. Video of the race is here but I was not able to access it. Others may be luckier.

Congrats to all who took part in the Masters & Intermediate & Juvenile Development National Cross Country Championships which took place at Tuam's Palace Grounds today, Sunday 8 February . An event which was brilliantly organised by Brian Bruton, Brendan Monaghan & their army of helpers that...

Damien Larkin took the honours in Maree today in a time of 28.20 ahead of Lloyd Malcolm with David Meehan of Athenry in third, a minute behind the winner. W ith the National Cross Country taking place in Tuam there was a much changed field lining out but there was still a respectable 316 finishers...

Jim Cregan moved to London in early 1960 in an effort to improve his running career and try to participate in international competition which he was denied when running in NACAI events in Ireland. Jim changed his name for running purposes to Hogan, probably because he feared that he might not be...

I was saddened to note the death of the legendary Colum (Colm) Corless of Kinvara and Galway hurling fame earlier this week. The Connacht Tribune have a nice piece on him in this weekend's edition (aside: amazing the amount of athletics/running/road race stories in its pages). Colum played minor...

The Western Eagles Orienteering Club are hosting some introductory orienteering days this spring around Galway. These are great days out for all the family & are great value too. The first session is being held this Sunday in Crestwood Park & is open to everyone.

The National Masters and Intermediates All Ireland Cross Country is on in the Palace Grounds, Tuam, Co Galway on February 8th next. This will be run alongside the Juvenile Development events is the first National Cross Country Championship held in Galway since 1999. Can you please contact Brian...

Congats to all in Coldwood (Kevin Quirke, Harry Monson and all the other helpers in particular) for a lovely race last Sunday, 25 January 2015. The new season is well up and running and a big crowd from Athenry AC togged and ran in this early season encounter. Provisional results located here .

The Run Clare 2015 series starts next Saturday, 31 January!

With the ongoing fallout from the doping scandal in Russian athletics it looks increasingly likely that Loughrea AC’s Olive Loughnane will be belatedly awarded 1 st position, a gold medal & title of World Champion for her efforts in the 20k Walk at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. Finishing...

News reached us over the weekend of the passing of Patricia (Patsy) Cunningham, mother in law to both James Lundon & Mick Rice, two of the founding members of Athenry Athletics Club. E veryone at the club would like to express our sincerest condolences to both families on their loss. Reposing at...

Congrats to Mike Tobin [Craughwell AC] a very good friend of our club (who was also a helper at the recent Fields!!!!!) on his recent multiple awards: Today FM award Connacht Tribune Award. Richly deserved!

Sunday 19 th January 2014, the finish line of the 10 th edition of the Tuam AC annual 8k race. 31.38 on the clock & Frank Burke crosses the line, pipped at the post by Kieran Guiry a second earlier in what was one in a series of great results for Kieran but what signalled the beginning of Franks...