Letterkenny Athletics Club Notes
the first big National cross country race of the new season was held on Sunday. The Autumn Open Cross Country Festival took place at the National Sports Complex, Abbotstown, Dublin. The Masters’ Trial Race for the November ‘5 Nations Cross Country International race’ is subsumed within the event. Karol Duggan…
Up to 150 expected at Enniscrone Surf & Turf event on Saturday
The annual Enniscrone Surf & Turf Run takes place this coming Saturday. The event is now in its fourth year and starts and finishes at the Enniscrone/Kilglass GAA Club grounds in Quigabar from 12 noon, with registration at the club from 10.30am. The event features a 5km obstacle course over…
Letterkenny Athletics Club Notes
With the plethora of summer/early autumn road races now finished and a lull in the cross country season, there were very few Letterkenny AC runners in competitive action over the weekend. Some put in a tough cross country training session on Saturday morning and many others ran their final long training run…
Letterkenny Athletics Club Notes
Letterkenny Athletic Club sent 2 very strong teams to Victoria Park, Belfast on Saturday for the Northern Ireland and Ulster Road Relay Championships. Both teams put on excellent performances. The women’s team, composed entirely of primary school teachers, took second place, behind Queen’s University. Nakita Burke got the team off to a…
Letterkenny Athletic Club Notes
Letterkenny Athletic Club enjoyed both indivudual and team success in Sunday morning’s Brian McCormick Sports & Leisure Donegal 5K, which took place in a wet and windy Ballybofey. The race winner was Eoghan McGinley who clocked 16.00. Danny Mooney was 4th in 16.18, followed by Ciaran McGonagle who was 2nd in the…
Letterkenny Athletic Club Notes
The old Churchill 5K, renowned in its day as Donegal’s toughest 5K, was resurrected last Tuesday. Padraig Friel was crowned ‘King of Churchill’; he crossed the line in 19.51 and was the only runner to breach the 20 minute mark. Martin Gormley was next and was first in the M50…
Finn Valley Athletics Club Notes
Finn Valley ac as is customary at the end of a season came together this week to celebrate those club members who in 2017 had gained international recognition. On this occassion attended by family, coaches and athletes that numbered 14 in a wide range of events and both at global…