Galway Athletics Report

Galway
Cross Country championships

The second day of the 2019 County
Galway Cross Country competition will take place on Sunday the 20th October next
in Bushfield, Loughrea AC’s grounds outside Bullaun. The event will see the
Juvenile Even ages races from U10 through to U18on the programme, with the
first race starting at 1 pm and races running in sequence thereafter.

The County Adult
Intermediate championships for Ladies and Men will also take place on that day,
with Ladies running 5km and Men 8km. These events will follow the Juvenile
events and adults should check in by 2 pm.

Connacht Primary Schools Cross Country Finals

The Connacht Primary Schools Finals were
held Sunday last 13th October in Moyne College, Co Longford on a challenging
and true cross country course. Galway athletes featured prominently with
Stephen Joyce of Scoil Iosaif Naofa Oranmore winning a brilliant bronze in the
Junior Boys race for Third and Fourth Class pupils, as did the very talented Myah
Gallagher of Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha in Tuam, with a great third place finish in
the Senior Girls 5^th and 6^th Class race. There were fourth
place positions for Grace McGrath of Ballinderry in the Junior Girls and Cian
Halligan of Tuam Parish School in the Senior Boys race, and a fighting fifth
place for Eanna MacCraith of Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha in the Junior Boys race among
other highlights.

In the team event Gaelscoil Dara of
Renmore in the city won a super silver team medal in the Junior Girls event,
and Scoil Iosaif Naofa Oranmore did likewise with a second-place finish in the
Senior Boys team event,

The Connacht Senior League Day One also took place at the Longford venue, with Ladies racing 4km, and Men 8km. This was the first of three League events with the overall medal winners coming from the cumulative scores across the events,

GCH Ladies fielded a strong team and
were led home by Eilis Ni Dhuill who was top six overall, ahead of Deirdre
McCrae, Cora Grimes, Eileen McCarthy and Majella Ni Chriochain

Castlegars Men’s team also impressed as
they packed well to place in the top three overall teams, with Stephen
Casserly, Sean McDermott, Liam Ruddy and Philip Madden the scoring four on the
day.

Connemara
AC 10k Race

The 10k Rás Conamara took place Saturday
12th October last in Carna village and surrounds organized by local athletics
club Club Luthchleas Chonamara

First home was Eugene Feely in 40
minutes, with second Daithi Murphy and third home Ben Seaford.

Carmel Brannigan of Galway City Harriers
was first lady home in 47.05 ahead of Marian Coleman of Tuam and Mairin Ni
Dhubhain in second and third respectively.

North
East Galway 10km

The annual North East Galway 10km was
held Sunday 13th October last in Moylough, on a flat and fast course.

First home was Brendan Conway of
Westport AC in a quick time of 32.43, with second Adrian Smyth of Roscommon Harriers
AC and third Ed Maher.

Dalva McPhillips of Westport AC was
first lady home in a time of 39.14 with Edel Reilly second and third home was
Paula Walsh in a Mayo one two three in the Ladies section

Autumn
Open Cross Country

The SPAR Autumn Open International Cross
Country Festival takes place Sunday October 20th at the National Sports
Campus, Abbottstown.

The event is traditionally a season
opener for the country’s top cross country runners, and also incorporates the
Irish Masters cross country trials. Many of Galway’s top junior, senior and master’s
athletes will compete across the various events.

10k
Ceantar na nOilean race

The inaugural 10km race entitled Ceantar
na nOilean will take place in Lettermullen in Connemara next Saturday 19th
October at 3pm.

Registration takes place at the Spórtlann
Naomh Anna in Lettermullen from 1pm onwards.There will be a T-shirt for all
competitors available at registration and race prizes for the top three Male
& Females and first masters’ athletes also.