Galway Athletics Report

National
Road Relays Championships

Galway teams turned out in force at the highly
competitive National Road Relays championships held in Raheny, Dublin last
Sunday 28th April, an event which features most of the country’s top endurance athletes.

Galway City Harriers Ladies team impressed placing
sixth overall, with Kathryn Casserly, Aisling Joyce and Sinead Foran all
combining well. GCH Senior Men’s team were a respectable 18thoverall with great
runs from Aaron Brennan, Neal Keane, John Moroney, and backed up by Brian Bruton.

Castlegar fielded an amazing five teams across the
events, with their Ladies Over 35 team placing a fine 15^th and their
Senior Ladies team in 18^th overall, led off by a fast leg from Aoife
Fallon. Castlegar’s Masters Men’s squad fielded two teams at O35 level placing
17^th and 27^th while their O50 Men’s team placed a solid 8^th
led by Ian Egan.

Galway
Track and field championships

The County Galway Juvenile Outdoor Track and Field
championships commence this weekend, on Sunday May 5th. This Sunday’s programme
features the U9 to U11 pairs competition and U12 individual competition. Day
two on the 12th May features the older ages from U13 to U19 age groups. Both days
will be held in Dangan at the Regional Sports centre track. The events start at
10 am each day.

The Junior, Senior and Masters Track and Field
events will follow the successful format of other years, with three evenings of
competition in Dangan, on Thursday evenings, starting on May 23rd, and
continuing on May 30th and June 6th.

Registration is open via club secretaries for the
Juvenile programmes at present.

Windsor
Galway 5k series

The 2019 Galway 5k series kicks off this week, with
the first race tomorrow Tuesday April 30th at 7.45pm in Caltra. The series is a
sell out, with Windsor Motors and the HSE on board as sponsors this year for
the six race series of events. Number collection is from 6.30 pm on the first
night at Caltra Community Centre.

The race features events in Caltra, Craughwell,
Loughrea, Athenry, Tuam, and Clarenbridge over the next six Tuesdays, and will
see 1,000 runners take t the roads of the county in what has been a hugely
successful athletics initiative,

National
5km championships

The inaugural National 5km road race championships
take place next Sunday in Dublin, with the event being held in the Phoenix Park
at 11am

Irish
Milers Club

The first Irish Milers Club event of the season
takes place Saturday next May 4th in Greystones, Co. Wicklow, and is an event
where many of Galway’s track runners at Junior and Senior level will open their
season in a series of paced races

Limerick
Marathon

The annual Limerick 6 Mile, Half and Full Marathons
take place Sunday next May5th, with many of Galway’s top distance runners competing.
Elaine Walsh and Neasa De Burca of GCH will target a top ten finish in the
Ladies marathon and will be chasing the 3-hour barrier, with the likes of Tara
Whyte and Sinead Foran also GCH tipped for honours in the half marathon.