Paul Hession continued his Olympic buildup with a fine victory at a low key Spanish meeting last evening. In a six man field Paul came home first and was a clear winner over Christian Malcolm of Great Britain and Arnaldo Abrantes of Portugal. Everything seems to be heading in the right direction for...

Contact [email protected] for more details of the evening at City Limits in Oranmore on Saturday evening, 5 July @ 7PM. See attached PDF & JPG.

The Annaghdown Summer Solstice 10K took place on Saturday June 21st. The day started off wet, and then got wetter! Despite this, over 150 brave souls from all over the country, and some as far afield as Scotland and Sydney made it to the starting line. The race only had to be delayed by a mere 5...

Check out the RTE web site for more details: http://www.rte.ie/sport/irelandsolympians/ Lots of coverage of Paul Hession I'm told...

Report & Pictures by Tom Hunt of Mayo AC The second race in Mayo AC's 2008 Road Race League, sponsored by C & C Cellular, took place in fine but breezy conditions at Claremorris on Saturday evening. The DeCare International sponsored road race and walk, now in it's seventh year, started and finished...

Seamus Power had a comfortable margin of victory in winning the Clare People 10k at the weekend with eleven seconds to spare over Donal O'Callaghan. Eight Athenry AC members took part in the race namely, Ann Carter, Peter Lowney, Aileen McNamara, Maria Hehir, Breege McGrath, Pauline Murray, Pauleen...

Follow Richard Donovan's progress at www.runthecountry.ie. He should finish at some stage tomorrow, fingers and legs crossed.

Training for the Streets of Galway? Missing the May 5km Galway race series? Or just want a challenge and to get fit? Boston Scientific are holding an open 5km Road Race and Fun Run in aid of Galway Cystic Fibrosis (AAI permit applied for in association with Athenry Athletics Club). Entry is open to...

Interesting interview with Paul here: http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/sprinter-hession-has-final-ambition-1420698.html

An official result will be posted here later in the week... Provisional Results of the Annaghdown 10k (21 June 2008) Pos Num Time Name Club / Address Category 1 79 33:50 Mark Davis Craughwell AC SM 2 67 35:42 Brian Bruton Athenry AC SM 3 80 35:47 Johnny Lane Craughwell AC SM 4 85 35:55 Kenneth...

Paul Hession was in superb form yet again when representing Ireland in the European Cup of Athletics in Tallin, Estonia on Saturday. Paul ran the 100m and won, easing down, in 10.30 seconds. The wind reading was marginally over the legal limit but this is yet another pointer to what will hopefully...

Seamus Power is presented with the Ger Mullane Perpetual Trophy Bilboa Athletics Club GER MULLANE MEMORIAL '10K' Friday 20 June 2008. 8:00pm Place Time Name Team Race Age Category min/mile 1 0:31:18 POWER, Seamus Kilmurry-Ibrickane NC AC M 05:02.1 54 1 2 0:32:17 SMITH, Max Ariki TC (New Zealand) M...

The first evening of the 2008 Galway Track & Field Series took place on a glorious evening yesterday June 19th. Events on the programme included 100m, 800m, discus, long jump and a distance medley relay with legs of 1200m, 400m, 800m & 1600m. This is the 2nd year of the new format for the Galway...

The second race in Mayo AC's 2008 Road Race League, sponsored by C & C Cellular, will take place at Claremorris on Saturday June 28th at 6:00pm. The DeCare International sponsored road race and walk is now in it's seventh year and all are welcome: runners, walkers, fund raisers and fancy-dress. The...

Galway County travel to Tullamore this Sunday June 15th for Round 2 of the National Track & Field League with possibly it's strongest team selection this year or last in both Men’s and Women’s competitions. Round 1 took place in Tullamore on May 18th. Galway Men currently sit in 3rd place of 11...

Paul Hession finished a creditable second to US sprint sensation Jeremy Wariner in the Ostrava Golden Spike meeting in the Czech Republic tonight in a time of 32:47. Warriner's winning time was 31:72. Paul Hession's fellow Irishman Paul McKee finished fourth in 33:33. Paul's time is considerably...

The Galway Senior Track & Field Championships for 2008 will resume this coming Thursday for the second of three evening's scheduled competition. Events on the track will be the 100/110m hurdles, 200m, 1500m, 4x400 and the thowers will take their turn with the javelin. There was a great night's...

Athenry AC sprint star Paul Hession will take on some of the best sprinting talent the world has to offer over the unusual distance of 300m in Ostrava (Czech Republic) tomorrow the 12th of June. Paul's race is previewed on the event website here http://www.zlatatretra.cz/default.asp?lng=1&sektion=a...

Athenry AC has a long-standing association with Croi, The West of Ireland Cardiology Foundation, and their Event Co-Ordinator Seona Joyce has been in touch looking for volunteers to run some of the summer's big races on their behalf. If you're thinking of taking part in these events anyway, why not...

Paul Hession got his outdoor season underway this evening in Oslo with a very respectable race over 200m in the Gloden League meeting. His time of 20.48 seconds was only 0.18 of a second outside his Irish record for the distance. We'll publish more details as they become available. Meanwhile...

Athenry were well represented at the community games athletics county finals which were held in Ballindereen over the bank holiday weekend. We had participants in near all events with over sixty children from Athenry competing who all be very proud of there performances. Athenry won gold medals in...

I calculate that only three people have run in all 15 races over the three years of the Galway May 5KM series. Stand up, Tony O'Callaghan (Craughwell AC), Jim Maher (HP Running Club) and our own Gary Doherty. See attached image! There are a number of others who've been to all 15 races and who've run...

Many & sincere thanks to Rory Brennan for the quick deployment of his hi-tech camera phone to capture vital video of the finish line. I still want to hear from those who are not included in the current result and any information they can give me about their finishing position and time. All such...

The Galway 5km series concluded in Galway City last night in Dangan amidst smiles and sunshine. There was another huge turnout of runners and walkers who took advantage of the beautiful weather to once more test themselves over 5km. It was a treat for many to be back on the softer surfaces of the...

If you participated in the 2008 Flora Womens Mini Marathon you have three opportunities to see yourself on television. So it's time to sit back, relax and try to spot yourself or your friends in Setanta's hour-long special. The first broadcast is on this Thursday night 5th June at 9.30. It will be...