Athenry AC's Paul Hession has been selected to represent Ireland over 100m & 200m at the Europa Cup to be held in Slovakia this weekend. It's great to see the club name feature so prominently in Europe's premier team competition. Congratulations Paul! More on this story from the AAI Site Here!

Athenry AC athlete Claire McNamara capped off an incredible schools athletics career with a win in the Senior Girls high jump at the Kit Kat Irish Schools Championships in Tullamore on Saturday week last, while representing Presentation College Athenry. Claire was the only athlete to clear 1.63 on...

Athenry AC athlete Claire McNamara capped off an incredible schools athletics career with a win in the Senior Girls high jump at the Kit Kat Irish Schools T&F Championships in Tullamore on Saturday while representing Presentation College Athenry. Claire was the only athlete to clear 1.63 on the day...

With numbers of course! 4 Races in the series 4 different courses 4 sets of conditions 158 People took part 29 People ran all four races 27 People ran three races 32 People ran two races 69 People ran one races 1 Person did not complete a race (injured) 81 Finishers in Athenry 75 Finishers in Tuam...

The Peach 10k and Fun Run will take place next Sunday the 4th of June. This event was won last year by Seamus Power and won priase from all who took part. There's something for everyone at this race from the elite to the fun-runner. This is the second Peach 10K, last year being a major success with...

***** Results from last night's 5KM hosted by GCH. Also the final Ever Presents list from the four race series. ***** Darragh O'Brien has been risen to All Present status, while losing Ned O'Sullivan!

There were some great performances at home and abroad for Athenry AC runners in what must have been one of the busiest ever for the club with action at home and abroad, on the track and road. On Friday evening the County Galway Track and Field Championships kicked the weekend off in great style...

A few short years ago Athenry AC struggled on occasion to get a team together for a local road race. This weekend will see five members of the club entered in the ING sponsored Luxembourg Half Marathon and yet another will travel to Ottawa, Canada to tackle the full classic distance. The intrepid...

***** Full XLS and HTML of Craughwell results and updated Ever Presents list now attached. Please post any questions/queries about the Race 3 Results/Ever Presents here and they will be dealt with appropriately, as soon as possible. ***** Results now available on the Craughwell AC site at HERE

The County Galway Track & Field Championships will take place next Friday the 26th of May. Any Athenry AC member wanting to be entered into events should contact me at [email protected] as soon as possible. Some entries will be taken on the night but if possible we should provide entry details in...

Just before 9am. Connemara seems tame enough outside Keane’s Bar in Maum. Mick, Ray, Darragh and I decide not too hang around in the cold, windy morning. The light rain hurried us on our way over Maum Bridge. Within two minutes we had left the R336 and turned right along a sparesly populated road...

Alan Duigan from the Creative Arts Kids Summer Camp 2006 has passed on details of a fundraising venture which is scheduled for next Sunday afternoon. Full details of this race can be found in our events section HERE Good Luck to Alan and all those involved for a good day out.

UK international athlete Ben Noad of Highgate Harriers and Clonliffe Harriers star Killian Lonergan have confirmed that they will line up in the feature event over 5,000m during the evening of track athletics to be promoted by Athenry AC on Saturday 8th July next. This pair of high profile athletes...

The second in the Galway 5k Series was held last night on a fast course that started and ended close to the new swimming pool complex adjacent to the town’s Catholic Cathedral. Although runners and walkers were not blessed with the same fantastic weather as in Athenry a week previously it was a good...

John Buckley Sports/Munster Ten-Mile Spring Classics Series 2006 See attachment

***** XLS/HTML results attached as is the XLS list of Ever Presents after two races ***** Another fine turnout for the Tuam 5km race, 2nd in the County Galway May 5km series. The weather just about held it together so we stayed dry for the distance. Conrgatulations to Brendan Monagahan and the Crew...

John Byrne Mayo ASC Snr 508 31.45 Robert Malseed Cloonliffe Harriers Snr 502 32.31 Jason Broderick Loughrea Jnr 504 33.34 Martin Corcoran Loughrea Vet 507 33.53 Ronnie Naylor Mayo A.C. Vet 553 35.41 Hugh Duffy Mayo ASC Vet 530 36.00 Stephen Finnegan Sligo A.C. Vet 513 36.37 John Mannion Loughrea Vet...

UPDATE: Carramore 10k Results Now Available HERE UPDATE2: Craughwell Handicap 10k Results Now Available on the Craughwell AC Site at HERE Now that we’ve had a few days of sunshine mixed in with the more usual rain and cold, perhaps we can say that the summer is upon us in the west of Ireland. The...

See attachments for what is an excellent race. The course has been 'Jones Counter' certified and is organised by very serious people, who know what it takes to put on a good show.

These are the results of the first in the County Galway 5Km series run on Tuesday the 9th May in Athenry. Some photographs of the event should be available in the 'Photos' section of this site very soon. UPDATE: Some Photos now available HERE UPDATE #2 Tuam race now confirmed. All runners meet @ 7pm...

The race is well and truly underway and my lead at the top is being whittled away despite a busy month on the roads. Ray O Connor is off the mark, and given the amount of marathons he has planned, I could be in trouble. Gary Doherty is making good ground, and he is usually good to pace a race. He...

Run, jog or walk and enjoy being active! The Midland Running League is a series of 3 mile road races combined with family fun runs and walks taking place in Mullingar on the Wednesdays during May. It is an all-inclusive event aimed at increasing participation in running, jogging and walking in the...

Paul McNamara gets some recogntion of his National 10km victory in this weeks Connaught Tribune. Apparently he last won this award some 15 years ago. The Team on the day. Well done again, Paul.

South African distance running icon Wally Hayward passed away on Friday at the age of 97. Over a 60 year athletic career Wally (Wallace Henry) Hayward became a hero not only of the South African public, but also of athletics aficionado’s throughout the world. Wally attributed his introduction to...

Athenry AC have announced a short programme of open track and field events which has been scheduled for the evening of Saturday the 8th of July on the University Track in Dangan, Galway between 4:00pm and 7:00pm. Details of the schedule of events is given below. Entries are now invited from athletes...