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Charity Race - Permit sponsored by Athenry AC Online entry here. (Problem with registration now resolved) This is the fourth year of the popular and successful Athenry F4L Charity 5 km Charity Run/Walk. Proceeds this year will be going to Western Alzheimer’s. The 5k f4L road race will be opened to...

Results of last Sundays meeting in Ballinasloe

Normal service resumed yesterday in Corofin with Matt Bidwell continuing his dominance of the Galway road racing scene, taking 1 st position in a time of 26.11, a full three & a half minutes ahead of 2 nd placed Ian Egan of Tuam AC. Tuam also took the 3 rd place with Tommy Joe White a further 44...

On The Road Again (OTRA) is a Galway charity that aims to restore and instil positive self-esteem and empower clients to take control of their own lives for the better. It is a Personal Development Program whose remit is to advance the self sufficiency of the homeless populations and those suffering...

Athenry Juvenile AC Athletes put in some tremendous performaces at the Western Region Cross Country Championship for Uneven Ages, held at Creagh Ballinasloe on Sunday 3rd November. Our U11 girls got the day offf to a flying start when they won a silver team medal for Athenry AC, with Kaci Moran...

Details of distances and course to be run next Sunday are given in the attachment below. Best of luck to the 25 Athenry athletes making the trip to Ballinasloe, representing Athenty and Galway in the Connaght XC Championship. Three chances to win a medal in the one race - individual, club and county...

Mike Tobin of Craughwell AC has compiled an excellent record of Galway Juvenile Cross country Champions for the past 10 years. Lots of Athenry Athletes are featured and it makes very interesting reading! Great to see we have added some more Athenry entries to the record in 2013. Click on PDF below...

Good luck to all our juvenile Athletes competing in the uneven ages Connachts next Sunday 3rd November. Details of venue are given below: Connaught UN-Evens & Seniors XC Championships 2013. AAI Roscommon in conjunction with St. Ronan's Athletic Club will host the Connaught UNEVENS & Senior league...

A number of Athenry juvenile athletes travelled to a wet and windy venue at Calry Sligo last weekend to compete in the Connacht Even Ages Cross Country Championship. All our athletes were representing Galway rather than their club as we did not have sufficient athletes to enter club teams. In the...

Best of luck to all our juvenile Athletes representing Athenry and Galway in the Connaght Even Ages Cross country Championship in Sligo on Sunday!

See here for the proceedings from yesterday's (Sunday, 20 October) Galway Uneven Ages XC in Craughwell.

The second running of the Gort RFC 10KM took place today (Sunday, 20 October) on a relatively flat course on the Tubber/Beagh side of Gort, starting and finishing in the Square in the town itself. Congrats to Peter Minihane and his efficient crew of helpers on a well organised race, both before and...

The first NUI Galway 8K took place in near perfect running conditions on Saturday 12 th Oct. After a couple of weeks of frantic preparation, all the pieces came together on the day with local charity Jigsaw benefiting from the proceeds. A great turnout with almost 400 finishers, some of the usual...

The 3rd North East Galway 10k Road Race held on Sunday 13th October and attracted runners from various athletic clubs in Galway, Mayo and along with fantastic community support and race participation, it was a great day. Some photos and comments can be viewed on our Facebook page shortly. I would...

Following a Spanish winner last year, this year’s Conamara 10k had a more local flavour, with Athenry man, Richard Meaney coming home first in 38:19. First woman home was Barbara Bergin from Indreabhán, who was also the first F50 home, in a time of 46:30. Indeed, it was a good day for vets, with a...

East Galway AC held their annual 10km race in Moylough this afternoon in which Ray Somers put aside his recent hip troubles to place a credible second in 36.25, one minute behind Mick Fogarty of Athlone Tri Club. Tommy Joe White of Tuam AC made up the podium a further minute behind Ray. Gearoid...

It was another busy week for Athenry AC with over 30 members taking part in races across the country & further afield. The fourth edition of the Athlone ¾ Marathon was held in Glasson on Sunday with 17 members toeing the line on a scenic but hilly course. Many were using this race as the last long...

Athenry Juvenile Athletes had a great day out at the Galway even ages cross country championship in the lovely setting of Loughrea AC ground in Bushfield Loughrea recently. First up were the U10 girls where we had very strong performances from Sophie O’Brien Zoe Griffin Aoife Wall Sadbh McDonagh...

Even Ages Cross Country in Loughrea Sunday 6th October The first day of the Galway Cross Country championship is coming up next weekend when the Even Ages and Adult Cross Country Championships will be held in Loughrea AC's grounds at Bushfield on Sunday 6th October at 1pm. Races will commence with...

The semi-finals of the 23rd Galway AAI Primary Schools Cross Country took part on Tuesday last in perfect conditions around Nolan Park (the pitches) in Renmore. Over 1100 children and 60 schools from around the county were represented. For the first time, the county was split into two, EAST and WEST...

The day may have dawned misty, but nothing could dampen the spirits of the intrepid band of merry runners who set out to conquer the inaugural Marconi Half Marathon in Connemara. Comprising of a good number of participants from the locality and indeed wider Galway area, there was also a very good...

Facebook link here and full result here. Congrats to Vincent Conway and his team from East Galway on a successful event last Sunday!

See here for a full result and images from the race.

Recession buster price drop! Our reduced price of €18 has been extended for one month until 30th November 2013. Online Entry here The 12th running of the Fields of Athenry 10km will take place on St. Stephen's day, December 26th at 11am. Over the last number of years this has has become one of the...