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The honorary starter for the 47th annual Stephens day 5k @Finn Valley Centre Stranorlar has been announced as Manus O Donnell a retired teacher in the area who was very pro active with the Valley club in the early days – indeed its first ever secretary .Many local sports stars,…

Although there was a lull in the action this week for Letterkenny AC runners, it was a big week for hard working coach, Teresa McDaid. She took charge of the Irish senior women’s team at Sunday’s  European Cross Country Championshios in Samorin in Slovakia. Earlier in the week, she received…

North Sligo AC athlete Christopher O’Donnell was among the winners at the National Athletics Awards held in Santry yesterday. The Grange native was honoured as the top-performing male schools athlete after a number of national successes and after breaking the Irish junior 400m record at the European U20 Championships in…

Husband and wife Patsy and Bridgeen Doherty were in receipt of the Finn Valley Hall Of Fame Saturday evening at the club Centre. The pair  were popular recipients at a festive dinner representative of all aspects of club activity  .Both are presently committee members and Bridgeen had been involved since day one…

Danny Mooney stormed to second place in the 27th running of the Donore Harriers’ Jingle Bells 5K in Phoenix Park, Dublin on Saturday morning. Danny crossed the line in an excellent time of 14.30. There were 1052 runners in a race that featured many of Ireland’s top runners. The race winner was…

Finn valley AC senior mens x country team is a work in progress as they target getting back to a period in their history when they dominated Ulster and invariably Donegal .Hence the performance of their men today in Dublin at the national inter club champs was a boost for…

A large contingent of Letterkenny AC runners made the long journey to Belfast on Saturday morning in typically late November inhospitable weather conditions. The 300 KM journey from Letterkenny  to Ormeau Park to take part in the 36th  running of the 10K Seeley Cup was well worthwhile, with a large number of…