Author: Maureen Casey

for our master athletes in Dublin today and to their super coach Gerry Hayes.  Gold Medals galore with Geraldine Vahey winning gold in the 400m W45 in a time of 1:08.34.  In the 1500m Becky Coughlan brought home Gold in the W35 in a time 5:09.51.  In the Master Men High Jump Martin Curley took gold with a jump of 1.50.  In the M55 Johnny Murphy came 1st in the Master Mens Long Jump with a jump of 4.02.  In the Master Men 50-59 Javelin 700g David Courtney M55 finished 1st with…

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History is being made as the national masters championship will be live streamed and if the 103 entries for the 5000m event are anything to go by it promises to be an action pact day.    Settle in and watch live here and full results can be found here We wish best of luck to our Master Athletes who are taking part today. Geraldine Vahey – 400m Billy McKenna – 1500m Martin Curley – High Jump Ann Marie Connellan – 3000m Mary Cahill – 400m Thomas Jones – Weight for Distance…

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The Irish Life Health National U20 Athletics Championships takes part in Morton Stadium this Saturday (September 5th), with Day 2 the following Sunday (September 13th). Following on from his debut success in the National Senior Championships, Mark Hanrahan is lining up for the Junior Men 3000 S/C at 11:55 today.  His competition will be Niall Carbery Clonliffe Harriers, Eugene Dohery North Leitrim, Joseph Haynes Armagh A.C, James Hyland Raheny Shamrock, Frank O’Brien MMidleton. Results can be found here http://live.athleticsireland.ie/menu.html

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success duo Rory Chesser and Mark Hanrahan. A great article in the Irish Examiner mentioned our own Rory Chesser…” The prize at the end of the story doesn’t happen to everyone but in that article for the Irish Examiner Robinson – referring to the renowned sports psychologist Steve Peters – emphasises that continuing to show up, whatever your pursuit, is the key. “He said: ‘When it comes to an athlete trying to achieve what they want, I couldn’t really care about motivation. What I care about is commitment.’ For me…

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In anticipation of our return to juvenile training, here is the Covid health questionnaire for parents to fill out and bring to training.

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Ennis Track hosted day 2 of our summer training race series today. Congrats to Kevin O’Carroll who won the 400m men in a time of 52.64, Laura Nally who ran the 400m women from GCH in a time of 57.91, Mark Hanrahan of Ennis Track who won the 1 Mile race in a time of 4.31.20, Gemma Galvin of St. Johns wining the 1 Mile race in a time of 5.20.26 and Noah McConway who leaped past the 6 metre mark! Thanks to all the club’s coaches who arranged the…

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Entries for this will now close at midnight Sunday 9th August (1 week earlier than announced).  Athletics Ireland would like to encourage any athlete who is still interested in entering to do so as soon as possible.  

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