At a fantastic awards ceremony in Dublin yesterday, Paul Hession picked up the award for athlete of the year, beating off stiff competition from Rob Heffernan, Eileen O Keefe and Finnoula Britton. Athenry AC was also nominated from club of the year, but that award went to Donegal's Tir Conaill. A...

Find attached a copy of an article published in the Connacht Tribune in September 1992. Good to see three of the men pictured are still running. Murt Hynes & Michael Comber RIP.

Athenry AC Juvenile athletic club AGM is on Monday 17th November in the New Park Hotel at 8.30pm. Everybody welcome.

The 43rd Annual Hollymount International Road Race took place yesterday in cold and breezy conditions on the famous, hilly circuit. The ladies raced 3km and the men 10km. Athenry AC fielded a ladies team and two men's teams. The organisation was flawless, the atmosphere friendly and the cuppa...

NUI Galway Arts and Media Alumni Branch presents Olympian and NUI Galway Medical Student Paul Hession in conversation with Colm Murray, RTÉ The Oak Room Buswells Hotel, Molesworth Street, Dublin Tuesday November 11 – Reception 6.45pm (cash bar) Starter's Orders 7.30pm RSVP by November 7th - Colm O...

After an anxious wait it's been confirmed today that the Athenry Womens team have won silver medals in the National Senior Women's Marathon Championship of Ireland. This comes only a couple of months after their bronze medals in Waterford at the national Half Marathon. Does anyone else notice a...

Johnny O'Connor ran another fine marathon yesterday in New York. Reports indicate a very testing second half with a biting cold wind to contend with. Despite these adverse conditions Johnny was only a few minutes outside his personal best which he set in Berlin late last year. Good Running Johnny...

The AAI have just released the results for the National Marathon championship for men, which was run in conjunction with the Dublin city marathon. http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=5119 Peader Nugent, who has toed the line for every single one of the Dublin city marathons, gets an extra...

Are you addicted to Facebook? Well, you can now add the Fields of Athenry 10km to your profile. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=31947421865 Invite all your friends to take part!

Did you do the Loughrea 5 Miler this year? Do you remember that beautiful autumn day bathed in brilliant sunshine when we were hosted by the good members in Loughrea AC? If the memories are starting to fade then you might just be in luck. Former runner turned photographer John O'Connor was on hand...

Back in the mists of the distant past, when we were a little younger, a lot more foolish and I still had some hair left, we used to organise a collective entry for Ballycotton. Unfortunately with the effects of the credit crunch and the increased numbers in the club, that sort of tomfoolery is no...

What a day! Many, many miles had been run in training. All of the preparation, planning and plotting had been aimed towards this race. The whole weekend is an experience to savour. It builds on the journey eastwards and works its way through the ‘expo’ and the meal the night before, and then builds...

Just trawling through the DCM results that have just been released, these are the names I remember were up there, some are missing so please feel free to add more in comments until we put up a full result listing. **UPDATED 29/10/2008** 78 Brian O' Connor (No. 1272) 02:47:17 02:47:14 86 Brian Bruton...

Some Video from Last weeks Cross country in Tuam. Not much time for editing on this one.. Galway XC 2008 from Alan Burke on Vimeo .

Preview of The Hollymount 10k by Tom Hunt (Mayo AC) The 43rd Annual Hollymount Road Races take place in Sunday November 9th. The 3k+ course is a familiar testing one, with a stiff uphill finish along the main street in the village. Three laps make up the men's 10k, while the women just do one in...

This weekend approximately twenty Athenry runners will make the trip to the capital to take part in the Dublin City Marathon which doubles as the AAI National Marathon Championships. For the last five or six years the club has sent strong contingents to this race and each time it has proven to be...

Almost unnoticed two Athenry AC runners have been running fine marathons on distant shores. Multiple-marathon-maniac Ray O'Connor chose Amsterdam as his venue to clip off yet another fine race over the classic distance while 'Lawrence' (aka Larry) Kelly joined Maire Teresa Beatty in Chicago and ran...

Posn. No. Time Name Category 1 143 20.15 John Byrne Senior Men 2 125 20.48 Martin Conroy Senior Men 3 146 21.29 Anthony Devaney Senior Men 4 129 22.01 Martin Corcoran Male O 40 5 164 22.25 Andrew Lynskey Senior Men 6 117 22.31 Sean Gallagher Senior Men 7 116 22.45 John Connolly Male U 19 8 148 23.21...

Kilmurry Ibrickane Community Sports Field Development Project on Sunday 26th October 2008 starting at 12. 30 with the Sports Programme starting at 1. 00pm. This Day is being run for a much needed funds for the development of Mullagh Community sports field and we in Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare...

Here's the October edition of the Irish Master's Gazette.

T'was a cool, crisp last evening out in Dangan for the 5th running of the Athenry AC Handicap 5KM Championship, 14 October 2008. The weather stayed dry though the track was still wet. (I was in a quandry whether to run in spikes or runners but that decision was soon made for me as I forgot to pack...

Owen Curran at the 5.5 Mile Mark - Photo Credit Richard Cuddy A couple of weekends ago four Athenry runners organised a sneak assault on the ever-popular Cork to Cobh race. This event has been a popular pre-Dublin Marathon race for many years and despite some transport issues this year continues to...

Maire Beatty has been unstoppable this season, cleaning up prizes from race to race with seeming ease. Well this weekend Athenry's answer to Sonia O'Sullivan went international when she took part in the Chicago Marathon. For the second consecutive year the race was run in soaring temperatures. Maire...

Mayo AC's Angela O'Connor Report and Photo's By Tom Hunt - Mayo AC The C& C Cellular Mayo AC Open Road League continued on Sunday with race 7 of the 9 race series. The 'Terry Fox' run takes place annually at venues all over the world in support of the Terry Fox Foundation which raises funds for...

From the Athletics Ireland Website at: http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=5026#more-5026 The venue for the Inter County and Juvenile Even age Championships of Ireland is Tramore Racecourse, Waterford and the Novice and Uneven age Championships will be held in Ballyhaise, Cavan. (subject to...