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...

Well done to all our super Juvenile athletes who did Athenry AC proud in Dangan on Sunday 19 May in Day 2 of the Galway Juvenile T&F Championships U12-19s! A provisional set of results can be obtained here. The main image with this article is one of a deadheat for first in one of the sprint finals...

Here is her description: I am delighted be have been asked to give a presentation to the club - So happy in fact I want to give two over the next few months. The first is Thursday May 23rd at 8pm in The Raheen Woods Hotel. As you would suspect - the nutrition needed for training is often different...

Athenry AC had a different kind of social outing last weekend in making a trip to the Great Western Greenway (Bealach Mór an Iarthair ) in County Mayo. We had the Castlecourt hotel in Westport as our base and - accompanied by children, spouses, and Buster the dog - performed various feats of...

Please find attached schedule for Sunday for u12s and older for Avaya Track and Field. Start time is 11am, please be there at least one hour before your event is due to start. Note they are starting with the relays. Good luck to all. If you have not comfirmed your entry please do so by this evening.

Please find attached provisional results of todays Avaya U9,10,11 Track and Field. Well done to all the athletes there was some great results from our juvenile athletes. The top three in each event go on to the Connachts in Athlone on June 8, so see you all at training next week.

Avaya Galway Track and Field Championships for U9,10,11 take place this Sunday May 12 in Dangan starting at 12.30. I have attached proviosioinal timetable I would recommend that you arrive an hour before your event is due to start. Best of luck to all that are competing.

The Claregalway leg of the Galway 5k Series again brought out big numbers with just over 600 runners completing the run. The winning time was considerably better than last week's Athenry leg as Peter O'Sullivan recorded a great 16:02 to win by a good margin from Billy King with Enda Mannion in third...

East Galway Athletic Club sponsored the first & successful running of the Killererin 10K (St. Mary's Ladies GFC) road race on Bank Holiday Monday 6th of May in Barnaderg. The race took place on a new course this year. Congratulations to Ian Egan and Siobhan Healy on winning the men's and women's...

Every marathon has its bad luck and Athenry AC seemed to be affected strongly at the Great Limerick Run on Sunday 5th May. We won't dwell on the misfortune but instead we'll note the seven in our colours who did finish the full marathon, with nine more completing the Half marathon. Jim and Frances...

The new route of the Athenry race in the Galway May 5k Series proved very popular with contestants and spectators last night (Tuesday 30th April). As well as everything else, it's nice to have a route that is actually close to Athenry and that one can jog to. Thanks to Tony Killarney and Frank Burke...

** Official Result attached ** The second annual Labane/Ardrahan/Galway Sports Partnership 10KM took place yesterday (Saturday, 20 April 2013) around the pan-handled course, starting and finishing in the interesting village of Labane, midways between Ardrahan and Gort, off the main Galway/Limerick...

A lovely but windy & dry day greeted the multitudes who turned up in New Inn for a second year in a row. Well done to all who organised and competed in the race. Full result attached.

Folks, an awful thing happened in Boston today, innocent runners and spectators being killed and maimed. It's the first time I can remember a race being the target of terrorism. It's impossible not to think about it and realise that someone we know could have been there, could have been involved. As...

(Photo by Don Nyhan) Lennane seemed strangely empty in the hour or so before the Half Marathon start on Sunday. However closer inspection revealed the whereabouts of the 2000+ starters behind every available wall, truck, pub, outsized runner, etc., trying to get shelter from a gusty wind blowing...

Some races have a special buzz and the Craughwell 10 Mile race certainly presses that button. Many targeted this race as their main Spring outing and nervous tension along with vigorous arm waving were all there in abundance before the 1 pm start. No one -- and I mean no one -- missed their warm-up...

Athenry Juvenile Athletics win All Ireland Medals at Indoor National Championship Athenry Juveniles athletes travelled to the All Ireland Indoor Track and Field Championship which was held last weekend in the new international indoor athletics arena at Athlone IT. This was a very high standard event...

Gerry Larkin and his enthusiastic band of helpers from the hinterland of Abbey did themselves and their village & parish proud with their organisational efforts today (17 March) in running the first Abbey 10KM Road Race. Over 150 toed the line with the men's winner coming home a little under 37 and...

Athenry Juvenile AC athletes had a great day out recently at the wonderful new indoor athletics arena at Athlone IT where Athenry athletes competed with the very best juvenile athletes in Connacht and came home with a very impressive total of 18 medals – 4 gold, 9 silver and 5 bronze. In addition we...

It must be a great feeling to see a young athlete you've coached over many years make a breakthrough at national level. Dermot McNamara of Athenry AC has seen a few and his latest is Sinéad Tuohy who recently won a silver medal in the All-Ireland Under 23 High Jump competition, held in the new...

One of the most historic races in Ireland, the Ballycotton 10, took place last Sunday, 3rd March. It used to be one of THE races of the year for Athenry AC but despite a nearby 10 miler in Craughwell and many other local alternatives, we still got eight runners to the starting line this year. Their...

Now in their third year, the Kinvara Rock And Road Half Marathon and 10k have thrived as very successful event races. The 2013 versions stopped the traffic for a while in the beautiful village last Saturday 2nd of March to let through the 531 finishers in the Half, and the fairly astonishing 713...

Congratulations to Ray O'Connor who completed what I believe is his 3rd go at the Helsinki 24 Hour Ultra race on Sunday 24th Feb. Ray covered a distance of 113.11 km, which converts to 70.28 miles. He finished 58th out of 80 in the male category. The race is run indoors on a track that is not quite...

Congratulations to Athenry Juvenile athletes who were selected to run for their county today in the beautiful surroundings of Charleville Estate, Tullamore in the national cross country relay championship on today Sunday (24 February 2013). On the Galway Girls U12 team, we had Sarah Gilhooley...