Many thanks to Tom Kilgarriff for a copy of the full results, posted in four different formats below. Adrian Fitzmaurice of Clare River Harriers has provided us with a fine selection of photographs from the recent Claregalway 10k road race, including many photographs of people as they crossed the...

Athenry based Predator Triathlon Club will be hosting the first ever Loughrea Triathlon Festival on Saturday and Sunday the 22nd and 23rd of September next. This is a huge undertaking for a recently established club and a considerable logistical challenge. Preparations have been in full swing for...

Galway masters athlete Andy Talbot of Clare River Harriers will travel to San Giovani in Marignano, Italy this weekend for the World Masters Athletics Stadia Championships. Andy will take place his place on the Irish team for the 8km cross country event next Tuesday the 4th of September and joins a...

Athenry's Paul Hession made his exit from the World Athletics Championships this afternoon at the semi-final stage finishing sixth in his semi-final race. Paul had already fulfilled his stated ambition of making the semi-final of this event and so he must return home satisfied to some extent. Given...

Athenry AC's Paul Hession won his quarter final race today at the World Athletics Championships in Osaka to advance to the semi final of his event tomorrow. The lineup for Paul's race is given below. The first four finishers in this race will qualify for the final later the same day. The race is due...

Paul Hession will take his place in the quarter final of the world championship 200m today at 12:34 Irish Time. Good Luck Paul. Start List below.

Paul Hession's World Athletics adventure starts in the early hours of Tuesday morning Irish time. Paul goes in heat 5 of 6 which is scheduled for 11:42am Osaka time which is 03:42am Irish time. The first four in each heat will progress to the next round automatically with eight 'fastest losers'...

Athenry Men’s and Women’s teams Take Silver In County 10k Champs While it came as little surprise, on current form, that GCH’s Gerry Ryan claimed the County Galway 10k title at the Claregalway 10k this weekend, there was a surprise winner of the women’s race when recent Athenry AC recruit Ann Carter...

If you’ve ever seen the film Caddyshack you’ll know that a ‘looper’ is another term for a golf caddy, presumably because they walk endless loops of the course transporting golf clubs for their patrons. If you’ve never seen Caddyshack then you really should. Since seeing that movie I’ve often thought...

Clare River Harriers will be hosting their annual 10k road race this Saturday the 25th of August. This race also doubles as the County Galway 10k Championships. Athenry men's teams claimed silver medals in this championship in 2005 and 2006 and we’d love to go one better this year. Brian O’Connor...

Loughrea Athletic Club today announced details of it's ever popular autumn road race, which takes place this year on Saturday the 29th of September at 5:00pm. There will be prizes as follows; 1st 6 senior men 1st 6 senior women 1st three veteran men O/40, O/45, O/50, O55, O/60 1st three veteran...

The very first Connemara Breakfast Run in aid of juvenile athletics in County Galway took place last Saturday. Although the weather had been poor earlier in the morning by the time it was time to run conditions were near perfect in the Inagh Valley. Runners from all of the Galway clubs as well as...

Athenry's own Paul Hession travels to Osaka this week to compete in the World Athletics Championships. For a club like Athenry AC to have a member travelling to such a prestigious championships is a great, great honour and we're all so pleased that Paul has earned this opportunity for himself. Paul...

The AAI/Woodie’s DIY Masters Track & Field Championships took place last Saturday and Loughrea AC’s Mary Barrett had a fantastic day of competition, claiming gold medals in no fewer than four competitions and silver in yet another. In the javelin competition Mary threw 22.79m for first place in her...

1. Thomas Garrahy Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare 16 : 40 2. Ronan Pyne Marian 16 : 52 3. Micheal Keane Ennis Track 16 : 58 4. Darragh Rennicks Bohermeen Jnr. 17 : 14 5. Gerry Madden West Limerick 17 : 21 6. Terry Hennessy St Cronans 17 : 32 7. Ambrose Heagney Kilnaboy O/45 17 : 41 8. James Kenny...

Posn. No. Time Name Category 1 159 25.40 Colin Merritt Senior Men 2 123 25.49 Robert Malseed Senior Men 3 212 26.42 Gary Higgins Senior Men 4 127 26.53 Paddy Murray Male O 40 5 144 27.12 Martin Corcoran Male O 40 6 151 27.23 John Byrne Senior Men 7 133 28.03 Michael O'Connell Male O 40 8 194 28.07...

There are still some places left for the Connemara Breakfast Run which will take place next Saturday the 18th of August. Number pickup is at the Connemara Gateway Hotel in Oughterard and participants will be transported to the race start in Maum village by bus from there. As the race is scheduled to...

GCH produced another cracking race in Galway last Saturday night when seemingly every person west of the Shannon in possession of a pair of running shoes took to the roads for the Future ‘Streets of Galway’. As one GCH stalwart put it to me on the evening, it was a perfect night for running if not...

John O’Connor and a small, but select, group of other Athenry members continued an emerging club tradition in some style last Saturday by running a brace of races on the same day. The two races in question were the Coastal Charity Challenge (otherwise known as the Lousiburgh to Westport Half...

The Connemara Breakfast Run is a fundraising race aimed at supporting juvenile athletics in the County and will take place in the heart of scenic Connemara next Saturday the 18th of August along the closing miles of the famous Connemara Marathon Course. In order to ensure we fill all available...

Our very own Brian O’Connor defended the Garafrauns to Dunmore Road Race that is part of the annual Dunmore Festival. Although Brian’s time was a fraction slower than last year over the 6k course he did well to come home first once again. Like some others in the club Brian had struggled through...

Seamie Gilhooley of Athenry AC delivered a fine front-running performance in last Saturday's 3rd Annual Headford 8K Road Race to be first past the finish line. Seamus was first home in a very impressive finishing time of 27:15. Seamie's performance was all the more noteworthy given that the course...

Each year the Streets of Galway 8K, organised by Galway City Harriers, is the highlight of the summer for almost all of Athenry AC's runners. Our good friends and neighbours in Galway put on a fantastic show each August. The race organisation at this event is a model for any other race in the...

The 2nd Annual Dermot Power and Kildysart Cultural Festival 4 mile Fun Walk and Road Race at Kildysart Co Clare 03-08-07 Results. 1. Seamus Power Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare Snr 19 : 54 2. Brian Maher Kilkenny City Harriers Snr 20 : 07 3. Jason Fahy Olympic Harriers Snr 20 : 48 4. James Mc Intyre...

We’ve received a lot of positive feedback about our plans for the Connemara Breakfast Run but many people have pointed out to us that the race had been scheduled for the same weekend as both the Claregalway 10k and the Longford Marathon races. In order to avoid the clash of dates and to provide the...