Paul McNamara retained his AAI 10k Road Race Championship of Ireland in Tinryland Co Carlow yesterday, which he had won in Limerick last year. Paul ran strongly with the lead pack in the early stages and as one by one the pretenders to the throne dropped off the pace Paul found himself in a tussle...

The following dates have been announced for this year's Mayo Road Racing League. We'll publish more details as and when they become available. Race dates in Mayo are as follows: Carramore 10k Saturday May 13 @ 6.45pm - Christy Heneghen 087-1259435 Claremorris 8k Saturday June 17 @ 6pm -Mairead...

Mens 4 Mile 1 James Mc Intyre Tulla 20.59 2 Kevin Darcy Kilmurry Ibrickane North Clare 21.56 3 James Liddane Tulla 22.03 4 Brian Murphy Marian 22.11 5 Eugene Moynihan Marian 22.12 6 Pat Nugent Individual 22.15 7 Seosamh O Loughlin Ennis Track Club 22.16 8 Mike Solon Tulla 22.23 9 Dermot Neylon...

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The front page of the Connacht Tribune of w/e of 31 March 2006! Where else have you seen one of our blue or maroon hats on your travels? Add as a comment?

Mick Rice takes pride of place in this week's notes due to his excellent 7th place overall finish in the Anglo-Celtic Plate 100K road race, which took place on Sunday, 2 April in Gloucester. Yes, 100 kilometres or 62 miles - two full marathons and 10 more miles for good measure! Mick completed the...

Athenry AC runner Liam Mycroft has always produced fine race reports after many of his races. He has competed in events over all distances from 5K up to the marathon in the UK, Ireland and the USA over many years. His enthusiasm, dedication and experience ensure that his contributions are always...

Eoin Keith came out on top once again in the Wicklow Way Trail Race last Sunday the 9th of April. This event has a 25k and a 50k option and Eoin, fresh from representing Ireland in the IAU 24 Hour Challenge in Taiwan, came home clear of the field in the longer race once again. See Link to Full Race...

Gerry Ryan and Veronica Colleran dominate Kilnaboy 10 mile road race. Full results attached below. The 22nd Michael (Sonny) Murphy Memorial 10 mile road race and 10k fun walk which was held in ideal weather conditions the 220 competitors from all parts of Ireland competiting in the 10 mile and a...

Clubperson Of the year Update March 2006 Congratulations to Mick Rice on one of the greatest achievements in his running career to date, completing the 100k Anglo Irish Plate is something only a handful of people would think of undertaking. Well done Mick. March sees the welcomed return to racing...

Full Results attached Below The 36th Anniversary of the Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare Athletic Club and the Michael Egan Memorial 4 mile road race and 4 mile fun walk attracted once again a very big turnout of athletes from all over Ireland along a big number of walkers to the Sea Side Village of...

Mick Rice completed the UK 100 kilometer Championships (Anglo Celtic Plate) in 8hrs 18mins today (Sunday 2nd April) to finish in seventh position overall. The race was held on a two-mile track at the RAF base in Innsworth, Gloucester. As if the distance was not enough to contend with, a strong wind...

This Sunday, April 2nd, our own Mick Rice will represent Ireland in the UK 100 kilometer Championships (Anglo Celtic Plate). The race starts at 8:00am and consists of a mind boggling number of laps around a track at the RAF base in Innsworth, Gloucester. All competitors, supporters and officials...

Results from National Juvenile Indoor Track and Field Championships, Nenagh held weekend of 25-26 March 2006. U17 Girls 1500m 1 Claire Rockall (Athenry) 4.46.81 2 Lorraine McCarthy (Ferrybank) 4.46.87 U9 Girls 400m 3 Michelle Sands (Athenry) 60.78 Congratulations to both Claire and Michelle!

Paul McNamara of Athenry AC (Senior) won the AAI national short-course cross country championship in Tymon Park, Dublin this Sunday (12 March). He held off Mick Clohessy of Raheny Shamrocks by two seconds in a ding-dong battle for the lead throughout most of the race. Paul now holds national titles...

News has reached us that the 'Northwest 10k Charity Road Race and Walk' will be held in Letterkenny at the end of April of this year. A healthy prize-list, with bonuses for the truly quick, is up for grabs at the event which looks sure to attrach a large field of both runners and walkers. Race...

XLS of all four years' runnings of the Fields of Athenry 10KM.

"Stolen" from http://www.ballycottonrunning.com.

Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare Athletic Club are holding the four-mile open road race and four-mile fun-walk at Quilty, Co. Clare on Sunday 2nd April 2006 starting at 01:00 pm with the walk and the road race 01:30pm. This ever-popular event has been a regular on the Athenry AC touring schedule for...

Attached is a map of Athenry with distances marked out. I've inserted the distance between all junctions so that you can use it to work out the length of a route before or after a run. I use it all the time and I know that many others have a copy for some time now. If you find it useful, print it...

On a bitterly cold St Patrick's Day morning. our very own National Short Course Cross Country Champion, Paul McNamara, carried the form he showed in winning the National title last week to record a victory over 4 Road Miles in the Phoenix Park KBC sponsored St Patricks Day Race. Battling the...

It was cold and blustery last Sunday morning as a hardy group of Galway runners lined up for a dash over a measured mile around the Ballybrit racecourse. This was an informal workout for all concerned but the fact that athletes took part from a number of Galway clubs was evidence that they...

Photo Credit: Alan Cowzer (http://www.cowzer.com/athletics/) (Mary Porter's audio report on the weekend action now attached to this report.) Athenry AC's Paul McNamara claimed his second national senior athletics title yesterday in Dublin's Tymon Park when he crossed the line first at the AAI...

John Walshe and his tremendous team in Ballycotton Running Promotions are yet again to be congratulated for another fantastic running of the famous 'Ballycotton 10' yesterday. In bright sunshine and the very odd hail shower almost 3,000 runners took their chances on the roads around the small Cork...