Dave Dunne Club stalwart Dave Dunne emerged from a highly competitive Athenry AC Club Championship on top of the heap in Dangan yesterday. The Championship was decided over 5,000m with handicaps awarded to all entrants based on their previous racing form during this summer. The result was a closely...

Much More Photos and Report to follow... The 5000m race was handicapped. Each runner was competing against a predicted time set by the race director. The winners were the runners who beat their prediction by the biggest margin. Athenry AC Club Championship 2006 Dangan Track, Galway 17 Sept 2006...

And They're Off... New Galway Athletics Website Launched The Galway County Board of the AAI have recently revamped and relaunched their website (www.GalwayAthletics.com). The site now contains much useful and up to date information on Athletics in the county at all levels. Mike Tobin of Craughwell...

From http://www.derrycity.gov.uk/halfmarathon/index.htm Gee’s Waterside Half Marathon 2006 ***Urgent Message for Participants*** Waterside Half Marathon on the 09th September 2006 has been postponed until Saturday 14th October at 11.00am due to safety considerations on the course. There is no need...

Loughrea 2005 There are two fine local road races coming up soon that deserve the support of all athletes. The Killimor Four Mile Road Race (Co. Galway) is a superbly organised road race in the heart of the beautiful East Galway countryside and it takes place on the 24th of September next at 1:30pm...

Destination Letterkenny Just under four years ago, Mick Rice, James Lundon, Dermot McNamara and I met in my kitchen to re-start the senior branch of Athenry Athletic Club. In the interim it has been a joy to watch the club grow, to share in the successes, to play a part in the rejuvenation of adult...

Athenry Team Letterkenny 2006 Athenry AC had quite a day at the races in Letterkenny yesterday at the AAI National Half Marathon Championships. Led home by club stalwart Paul McNamara (1:07:48) in a superb individual third position the remaining Athenry team bunched well behind him. Brian O’Connor...

Road running enthusiasts will switch their attention to Co.Donegal where the AAI organised National Half-Marathon Championships will take place. This is a race where Galway clubs have performed particularly well in the past and indeed GCH fielded the winning men’s team last year. Although the course...

Congratulations to the Longford Marathon Organisers and Sponsors on another outstanding set of races yesterday. Extracted results are below and a link is given to the event site where full detailed results can be accessed. Congratulations also to our own competitors on the day, Ray and Johnny O...

Runners Enjoying Last Year's Longford Marathon One of the most keenly anticipated running events on the Irish Athletics Calendar takes place this weekend in Longford. The www.RunRepublic.ie sponsorred event will include a marathon and a half marathon option and looks set to be another huge success...

So you might have noticed that the website has been updated. Or maybe not. Your hard working webmaster Much of the work was behind the scenes, to make administration and updates smoother. The biggest change is how the photos are handled. The image galleries now have a nice smooth way to navigate...

Malmo Stadium (Story from The AAI Website) http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=565#more-565 Paul Hession produced one of the finest performances ever by an Irish sprinter when running 20.56 (+1.0) for the 200m in Malmo, Sweden tonight. Paul was 4th in a close race which was won by Australian...

Since the senior section of the club was re-established in 2002 there has been one activity that has remained constant each week and that is the Saturday morning training run. Going into our fifth year since that re-organisation at least one club member, and usually a lively group, has turned up...

Paul Hession - Helsinki 2005: Paul Hession - Helsinki 2005 (Story from The AAI Website) AAI Story Here Paul Hession was in sparkling form today at the Resisprint International in La Chaux de Fonds in Switzerland. The Athenry native clocked a magnificent personal best of 10.42 when coming first in...

Athenry AC’s own Iron Man, Seb Locteau, successfully completed the Ironman UK Triathlon yesterday in cold and windy conditions. The event took place in Sherbourne, about two hours south of London. Read this bit slowly … Seb’s event consisted of a 2.4 mile swim in open water, a 112 mile cycle, and a...

Doonbeg festival 5k road race in Doonbeg 18-08-06 Results. 1. James Liddane Tulla 16 : 24 2. Kevin Darcy Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare 16 : 29 3. Donal Howley Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare 16 : 35 4. Eugene Moynihan Marian O/45 16 : 55 5. James Kenny Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare O/45 16 : 59 6...

Results from The Coastal Charity Chellenge 2006

In ideal weather conditions, many PBs were set by Athenry athletes including this reporter. Brian O' Connor 3rd Claregalway Brian O Connor lead home the Athenry team and this performance was good enough for 3rd place on the County Galway 10km. Mick Rice wasn't far behind, with yet another PB. This...

Next Saturday evening the 19th of August at 6:00pm will see Clare River Harriers host their annual 10k road race, which for the second year will double up as the County Galway 10k Championships. Athenry managed to snaffle second place here last year and will be all out to defend or improve upon our...

On a perfect night for running, Seamus Power continued his return to good form by winning the Future sponsored Streets of Galway 8K Road Race last Saturday night. The usual flawless organisation by host club GCH saw nearly 1,500 runners lined up and ready to go at the advertised starting time of 7...

Athenry sprinter Paul Hession bowed out of the European Athletics Championships last evening at the semi-final stage. Paul never recovered from an unusually slow start to finish seventh in his semi-final race and posted a time of 21:09. Undoubtedly Paul will be dissapointed with this run, as he had...

Paul Hession produced a season's best performance in the second round of the 200m at the European Championships in Gothenburg yesterday in qualifying for the semi-finals. Paul placed third in his heat and his time in the heat ranks him 11th out of the remaining 16 competitors going into the semi...

Half Marathon Championships of Ireland and Fun Run 2006 Letterkenny, Co. Donegal Sunday 3rd September 2006 @ 11:15am. Check in & changing at St Eunan's GAA Club Entries must be in by Aug 25th. Entry fee 12-euro Note that for both male and female there is a V35 category. (Also V40, V45, V50 ...)...

Headford 8K Road Race Results 2006 Headford 8km 2006 Start More information and Photos Here [http://headford.org/roadrace2006.htm] Place Time Name Team Race Category Race No. 1 0:24:57 Paul McNamara Athenry AC SM 986 2 0:25:34 John Byrne Mayo AC SM 892 3 0:26:17 Gary Higgins Sligo AC SM 973 4 0:27...

Photo Credit: Paul Cummins Athenry AC athlete Paul Hession has this morning qualified from his first round heat of the men's 200m. at the European Athletics Championships in Sweden. Paul ran a time of 20:81 in finishing second in his heat and therefore qualifies automatically for the next round...