The next race in the Mayo AC Open Road Race League is the 15th annual Balla 10k next Saturday July 28th @ 7pm sharp. For information contact Brendan on 087 2941227. This is one of the toughest courses in the league series as many participants over the years will testify, with regular 'up and down'...

It's every athlete's target to improve race on race, and Paul Hession is certainly doing that at the moment. He picked up his second national title in a new national record time, the best European performance this year. His time of 20.30 is world class and he can go into next month's World...

Athenry AC 10km handicap report. It's a brave man who plans a Bar B Que in this country in this weather, but I figured it couldn't rain ALL the time, and so it was that the rains held off for long enough for our club Bar B Que to take place. A BIG thank you to Derek Conerney who pulled out all the...

Our very own, BMW drivin', cross country runnin', beer drinkin', smoke smokin', all 'round good guy John O'Connor is running the Berlin Marathon next September to raise funds for the West of Ireland Cardiology Foundation which is much better known as Croi. As part of the dreaded fundraising process...

Paul Hession finally broke the Irish 200m record this weekend in Sheffield. He's been very close in the last while, and had beaten the time but the times were not wind legal. The tough opposition in Sheffield brought out the best in him, and he finished 4th in 20.44 More details at the AAI website...

Saturday the 25th of August next will see the first running of the Connemara Breakfast run. This great addition to the road racing calendar in Galway is being organised as a fundraiser for under-age athletics in County Galway and has the full support of the Galway County Board of the AAI and the...

Many Athenry AC members will know Gerry McIntyre. Gerry established the Shannon Injury Clinic a few short years ago, specialising in sports injuries, and is currently based in Peach House in the Shannon Town Centre complex. Gerry has also been one of the principal organisers behind the hugely...

The results of the Spar Mile Challenge are now available on their website, http://www.sparmilechallenge.com/phase2.php with a comparison of your result to people your age and gender, where you ranked at your venue, in your county and your position nationally.

Some photographs from the recent and highly successful Annaghdown 10k Road Race are now posted in our photo gallery. Link below, http://www.athenryac.com/image-galleries/anaghdown-10k-2007

The Spar mile challenge held at the Lees Road Sports Complex and a beautiful setting in Pitch 1 and organized by Clare Athletics Association many of Clare’s Elite athletes took part along with fun runners, joggers, walkers, and with 28 venues nationwide two athletes were just outside the 5minute...

The was a tremendous atmosphere in Galway this Saturday for the inaugural Spar Mile Challenge, organised in conjuction with the Athletics Association of Ireland. The citizens of Galway had been invited to the Dangan track to take on the challenge of running, jogging or walking four laps of the track...

For many club runners in and around Galway City the ‘HP’ Series lunchtime races have been a regular fixture for a few years now. Organised by a group of dedicated runners from the Hewlett Packard plant in the city these races are organised primarily to provide a low key competitive opportunity for...

Whilst the attention of many Irish Athletics fans was diverted towards the Cork City Sports last weekend a small but highly talented contingent of Irish athletes travelled to London to compete in the British Milers Club meet at the Watford track. Amongst their number was GCH runner Gary Thornton who...

Paul Hession continued his magnificent run of form at the Cork City Sports this weekend with victory over a top class international field at the Mardyke stadium. The quality of Paul's performance was underscored by the fact that he dipped under both the meet record by a considerable margin and also...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3270160507131288229 (15 minutes 15 seconds) Congrats to all involved in the race. Hopefully it will become a permanent fixture on the racing calendar in the West of Ireland. ++ Official Results of the Annaghdown 10k (21 June 2007) Pos Num Time Name Club...

Claremorris 5 Mile race 27/06/2007 Posn. No. Time Name Club / Address Category 1 92 25.05 John Byrne Mayo AC Male 2 49 25.28 Robert Malseed Clonliff Harriers Male 3 59 26.43 Martin Corcoran Unattached Male - 40 4 52 26.48 T.J. McHugh Mayo AC Male 5 332 26.50 Paddy Murray Mayo AC Male - 40 6 88 27.35...

Representing Ireland at the European Cup in Vassa, Finland, Paul Hession has posted 10.16 breaking his own 100m record http://live.time4results.com/yu/2007/ecvaasa/17-1-r.html http://www.rte.ie/sport/athletics/2007/0623/athletics.html Great stuff Paul, surely a new National 200m record in on the...

1. Clare People 10k Road Race at Lees Road Ennis 23-06-07 1. 141 Gerry Ryan Galway City Harriers 30 . 25 2. 825 Jason Fahy Olympic Harriers 31.57 3. 99 James McIntyre Tulla AC 32.55 4. 8 Brian Murphy Marian 33.22 5. 69 James Liddane Tulla AC 34.01 6. 150 Gerard Daly Liffey Valley O/40 34.50 7. 108...

From Jane Campbell: Galway City Harriers are planning a running weekend for all running lovers on Inishbofin in September. We plan on having a 10km race on the Saturday and a 'morning after the night before' run on the Sunday. There is an option to go for the Saturday night only, which will be the...

A good night out in Annaghdown with over 160 competitors toeing the line @ 7:30 PM for the first annual Summer Solstice 10KM in and around the environs of the parish/lake area. Race HQ, at the local National School, was a hive of activity, resembling a normal school day such was the volume of...

Courtesy of John Walshe! Good to see Joe Ahern - a neighbour from home! - still coming in around 40 minutes. P.S. I'm from Pallasbeg :). P.P.S. Bilboa is pronounced with a silent "a" unlike the city in Spain!!!!!

Congratulations to Brendan upon being selected as a member of Adidas's _Nothing Is Impossible_ Marathon team for Dublin 2007. See: http://www.galwayadvertiser.ie/content/ - Page 140 of 21 June 2007 edition for the full article with *L* picture or attached!

Do you want to take on the Streets of Galway! Athenry AC is here to help! Many people take on the annual Streets of Galway 8km road race as a good challenge to get themselves fit and have a bit of fun over the summer. There's less than 50 days to go and regardless of your level, Athenry AC can help...

Careful who you challenge on the 7th July '07!! Have a listen to the radio ad currently in circulation to promote the SPAR Mile Challenge. See attachment below. You don't have to be able to beat Eamon Coughlan to participate in the Mile Challenge in Dangan on Saturday 7th July. You just need to be...

Athenry Athletic Club had an immensely successful outing at the Athletics Ireland West Region Track & Field Championships for u13’s to u19’s in Sligo this past Saturday. The club brought home no fewer than nine Connacht titles, ten silver medals and nine bronze medals, possibly a record haul at a...