The first weekend of the Juvenile Track and Field All Ireland finals were held last weekend in Tullamore. Athenry AC can be very proud of all the athletes who competed and performed well to win three bronze medals. Two medals were won in the high jump by Mathew Treacy and Grace Cahill, Grace also...

Hope Frank Greally won't mind my reprinting the front of the latest (June/July 2010) Irish Runner here :-). Athenry AC's second front cover after Paul Hession a few years back... Well done Mick!

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0705/1224274035588.html Most interesting and upbeat part of the article is: '...Hession was very enthusiastic about the Europeans after fighting back to tie the 200 metres with Christian in 21.07 into the teeth of a six-metre wind but is clearly...

Well done to Captain Brian Bruton who led the Athenry AC charge home in this fine race in 11th place overall. Full results attached below.

A series of tempo runs have been organised to tempt you off the couch on Thursday evenings over the next couple of months. Something like 30 people have already expressed their interest in taking part and the following schedule has been put together by Jane Ann Healy. You can just show up at any of...

Photo Credit: John O'Connor As an addition to this year's Galway Track and Field Championships a 10,000m race has been organised for Thursday 15 th July, 7pm. For information or entries contact Brian Bruton, [email protected] . There are only a handful of 10,000m races staged in this country...

The under 9, 10 and 11 national finals were held last weekend in Templemore. Athletes compete in pairs, congratulations to the14 pairs and 4 relay teams from Athenry qualified for the finals. Athenry athletes won 2 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 1 relay gold. The gold medal winners were Shea...

ATTACHED (and below) ARE RESULTS OF THE 9TH DECARE DENTAL/CLAREMORRIS 5 MILE HELD IN WINDY BUT DRY CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY EVENING LAST JUNE 26TH 2010. A VERY COMPETITIVE RACE, IT WAS RACE NO 2 IN THE MAYOAC LEAGUE. NEXT UP WILL BE THE WESTARO MINI-MARATHON [ALSO KNOWN AS THE BALLA 10K] ON SATURDAY...

The inaugural Portumna Marathon, 50km & 100km races took place on last Saturday the 26th June on closed roads around the beautiful Portumna Forest Park. All three races were awarded AAI permits and were adjudged by all taking part to be a tremendous success. A number of Athenry AC members took part...

A strong team of Athenry women took part in the Galway Women's Mini-Marathon road race at the weekend, and Eimear Butler led the entire field home in some style. The race took place around Salthill and by the time the runners made their way back to the finishing line Eimear was well clear of...

See attached PDF for full details.... Wednesday 30 June @ 8PM - Castlebar Wednesday July 7 @ 8PM - Swinford Wednesday July 14 @ 8PM - Claremorris

See attached XLS and PDF below. Any comment to Ger Bowens at gerard_bowens @ merck . com.

The Maroon and White were well to the fore in beautiful Annaghdown last night with both the men and women making their mark at the top of their respective fields. There was a fine turnout from the club with twenty-seven Athenry AC athletes making the journey to the lakeside venue for Paul Fallon's...

The under 9,10 and 11 competitions are run in pairs with the pair with the best joint score wins. The under 12 competitions are individual competitions. Overall 22 pairs from Athenry AC qualified for Connacht’s unfortunately due to other commitments and holidays not all were able to take part. In...

This time the Sunday Business Post, whose excellent web site carries the following article: http://www.sbpost.ie/agenda/a-sporting-chance-49779.html

No, not Michael Douglas and Karl Malden ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Streets_of_San_Francisco) but Conor Dolan and his adventures in the _Plate to Plate 5KM_ ran earlier this week. Sixth in a time of 17:24. He was every so slightly disappointed with the time but as he says in his short report...

More news of Miriam Wall and her burgeoning Triathlon career, with a second place in Salthill last weekend at the COPE event. Full results here: http://www.copegalwaytriathlon.com/sites/files/copetri/COPE_Tri_2010_Results_0.pdf The lady is alsointerviewed in the current TRI magazine, which can be...

The momentum behind the 32 County Challenge ( www.32marathons.com) fundraising event in aid of Irish Autism Action is building rapidly. Next July and August Gerry Duffy and Ken Whitelaw will run 32 marathons in 32 consecutive days in the 32 counties of Ireland to raise money for this worthy charity...

There are two top-quality 10KMs this weekend in Galway! Saturday evening sees the first annual Milltown "Run for Ollie" 10KM. The event organisers are pulling out all the stops to put on a top-class event. It is fully AAI Permitted and the course is Jones Countered certified. I've also been told...

Results and Photo Courtesy of James Sexton Tulla Soccer Club 10k Road Race in Tulla 12-06-2010 Results 1 Aonghas Mc Domhnaill West Limerick Snr. 33 . 31 2 Michael Shannon Kilnaboy Snr. 33 . 36 3 Keith Whyte St Johns Snr. 35 . 04 4 Mike Cunningham Bilboa O/45 35 . 14 5 Joe Chawke West Limerick O/45...

Highlights of the recent All-Ireland Track and Field Schools Championships will be on Setanta Ireland over the next two weeks. Commentary provided by Sports Commentator and Broadcaster Will Downing who has developed quite an expertise in Irish athletics over the last few years. Most track races, and...

Works has reached us that Aoife Callan (Athenry AC) was second woman home up in the Longford 10 yesterday. 72:29. I have a small idea of the work this woman is doing and have no doubt that she will do very well the further the distance she races. Well done! The image is of her receiving her prize...

Some photos from Sunday are to be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/edenhill77 . Brilliant day, brilliant event. Take a bow Tony Killarney and crew on a well organised race and another worthy addition to the road racing calendar of the county. The weather did its best to intrude but without success...

http://www.rte.ie/sport/athletics/2010/0610/hessionp.html Paul was 3rd in Rome in 20.60 in the 200M on Wednesday evening in the first Diamond League meet of the year! Other recent articles that also mention Paul include: http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/race-walking-personal-bests-for...

The juvenile county T&F relay finals were held recently in Dangan. This competition is very important as relays can only qualifier for the All Ireland from the county finals. Seven relay teams represented Athenry AC and all seven qualified for the All Ireland finals, which was a marvellous...