Club News

Venues for Legs 2,3 of Connacht cross country league have been confirmed by Connacht Region.

  Well done to members who competed in the East Galway 10k, hosted for the 9th time by East Galway AC at Moylough (Sunday October 13). Brendan Conway (Westport AC) was the clear winner, over three minutes ahead of the field in 32:43.

The Connacht Senior/Masters Cross country championships is composed of three legs. The first of these took place yesterday at Moyne Community School in Co Longford.

Ann Murray, RIP : Month’s mind mass at St Michael’s Church, Foxford – Friday October 18, at 10am.

The Céide Coast Half Marathon and 10k Coastal Challenge took place this morning. The courses take in the Céide Fields visitor centre, Ballycastle Beach, Downpatrick Head and Dún Briste sea stack. There were 76 finishers in the half marathon

It was a lovely sunny Sunday at Mellet’s Hill for the Mayo Cross Country Championships excellently hosted by Swinford AC. Seven members lined up to compete in the two Seniors /Masters races.

After yesterday’s races at Galway and Sligo Ox Mountains it was another busy day with members competing at home and abroad. Well done to all who ran so well today at Košice, Lyon, Tarmonbarry, and Longwood.

Racing conditions were tough today as rain and wind swept across Connacht. There were some excellent times despite that and mental resilience was tested.

Due to the weather conditions, this evening’s club training at Claremorris track has been cancelled.

It was good to see some members help form a adult group at the informal cross country training session this morning at Swinford.