Hi Folks Connacht Indoors are to be held in the brilliant new indoor venue at Athlone IT on Sunday 3rd March. We may be able to organise a training session at the venue possibly next week. Sinead will send a text around if it is going to happen. The venue is fast making a reputation as a very fast...

The 2nd iteration of the Gorgeous Gort 4M Road Race went well on Sunday last (17 February 2013)! South Galway AC got a great day for the race and a rush of late entries took the number competing over 110. Well done to Declan Belton and his crew of helpers on a well-run event. Only one Athenry AC...

Maree-by-the-sea was as picturesque as ever for their annual 8k held in conjunction with Amphibian King on Sunday 10th. The weather stayed kind: I'm sure the Ireland rugby team would have swopped it for the awful-looking day they had in their slugfest against England. Thirteen made the trip in the...

Congratulations and thanks to Deirdre Hassett and Ruthann Sheehan for accepting the posts of Chairperson and Secretary of the club at the recent AGM. This is a real passing of the torch with neither Mick Rice nor Iain Shaw holding one of these rolesin the club after so many years. Many thanks to...

*** Provisional results now added - thanks to Mike Tobin *** Athenry Juveniles athletes had a super day recently at the Galway Indoor Track and Field Championship 2013 in Nenagh. Many of our young athletes had been training very hard over the winter months turning up for training in all weathers and...

I'm after having a very sad few weeks. Last Wednesday (23 January 2013) in the intensive care unit of St. James Hospital (Dublin) I was at the bedside of my brother-in-law, Martin Vincent McDonagh, as he took his last breath. About an hour later we were allowed back to see him laid out and were...

Well done to all our juvenile athletes who participated in Galway Indoor Track and Field Championship in Nenagh yesterday. There were brilliant performances in both individual and team competitions and we must have brought home a bucketful of medals between everyone. Some photos of the day have been...

Please find attached provisional programme for Nenagh for Saturday. This was received last week so I would advise that you arrive at least one hour before your event is due to start, I have not received anything since. Best of luck to all taking part.

February and Spring (it's out there, lurking in the undergrowth) will have their usual quota of local races to run, and enjoy, and maybe even whinge about afterwards. Coming soon is the 8k organized by our friends in the Maree athletic club with Amphibian King on Sunday 10th Feb. The club hope to...

Galway Indoor Track & Field event will take place in Nenagh on 2nd February 2013. Sinead Healy is organising juvenile entries so any juvenile athletes wishing to enter please get in contact with Sinead as soon as possible.

If you don't say "Wow!" when you open this article, you never will!

The Annual General Meeting of Athenry AC will be held in the Purple Lounge at Raheen Woods Hotel on Friday 25 th January at 8pm. This year we will need to appoint a new secretary as Iain Shaw's 5 year stretch has now come to an end and it is time for some new blood in the position. If anyone has any...

Please note change of training times for Juveniles. Monday night children born 2004 and older Vocational school gym 8 to 9. Wednesday night raheen pitch 7 to 8. Thursday night Vocational School Gym High Jump 7 to 8 for children born 2002 all older children 8 to 9 high jump and hurdles. Friday night...

The Tuam 8k Road Race (this Sunday - 20 January) is expected to attract a record attendance as online entries are already well ahead of last year. We had 600 entries last year and we have been advised by Athletics Ireland that we have insurance for 1000 participants but that figure includes the kids...

Ultra running might be a minority sport but it's fast gaining a higher profile due to the great performances by some Athenry AC athletes, most recently Ruthann Sheehan. Ruthann hails from Cork and is the West Cork Sports Star of the Year. Congratulations Ruthann! It certainly can't be easy to take...

Coldwood National School 4 Mile Run – Sunday, 27 th January @ 12.00 pm Coldwood National School, in conjunction with Craughwell Athletic Club, is holding a 4 mile run as a fundraiser to help develop its new sports field. This attractive circuit has been measured to AAI standards and has been...

First seen in last week's Galway Independent and here. Fair play!

Seen on the Irish Times of 14 December!

Fantastic day for the 3rd Resolution Run in and around Galway City this lunchtime. Over 300 finished. See here for PDF result. W40 and W50 prizes came to Athenry AC in the form or Miriam Wall and Bernie Mulryan as did the women's team prize - see article image. Congrats to Tony Killarney on a...

***** OFFICIAL RESULT NOW ATTACHED - 5 February 2013 ***** Well done to winners, Mick Clohisey and Eilish Kelly, both of Raheny Shamrocks. And well done to all who completed the course, in less than ideal conditions! First set of images from the race are in/at Peter Mooney's Flickr acount here. See...

The following participated in the juvenile race (~ one KM) around the streets of Athenry before the main event on St. Stephen's Day. Congratulations to all who started and/or finished...! Saoirse Healey Amy Coyne Calum Holly Ciara Courtney Roisin Courtney George Curran Ben Fahye Sarah Gilhooley...

Please find attached a PDF (2.21MB) of the race booklet which was available at the race for free. James. P.S. All previous booklets are stored in the following locations: 2011 booklet 2010 booklet 2009 booklet 2008 booklet 2007 booklet 2006 booklet 2005 booklet

***** Provisional results (v3) for the 2012 Fields of Athenry 10km updated late-PM 29 December ***** On a day that will be remembered in Nursing Homes in 40 years time - as in "Do ya remember that fecking day in Athenry when it lashed beforehand and proceeded to get worse during da race?, do ya?" -...

Stephen Glennon of the The Connacht Tribune did a lovely profile of Ruthann back in late November. Well worth re-printing here - see attachment (74KMB)!