Ardee & District A.C.
Athletics Louth’s hosted an exciting Star Awards on the 16th of November with Paralympion & World Tandem Champion Eve McCrystal on hand to present the prizes. We had plenty of nominations, certificates and athlete of the year. Well done to our club nominees James Maguire U14 Louth Athlete of the Year, Abbie Sheridan, Aoibheann...
From Vikings to Gingerbread and a jaunt or two stateside our seniors were busy… November 17th – Early on Saturday morning ten of Fhirdhia’s warriors headed to Annagassan to battle it out with the best of them at this year’s Annagassan Viking Coastal 10k. All ten returned triumphant, a super course, fantastic atmosphere...
November 11th 2018 – Remembrance Day across the country and some of our senior athletes hit the road on this special day… A massive well done and great times from our team of 6, 2nd overall at Our Lady’s College Greenhills Remembrance Run in Drogheda – Nathan Anderson 18:54 (5th) Shane Carroll 19:40...
Our Louth Champion, Abbie Sheridan qualifies for the National Cross Country Championships… October 27th – Well done to our juveniles at the Leinster Even Age & Novice Cross Country Championships in Navan today and 5th place medal success for Abbie Sheridan, running out of age in the Girls U18 4000m and qualifying for the...
Medal success for the club at Athletics Louth’s Juvenile Inter-Club Cross Country Relay Championships November 4th – The sun shone brightly on this warm autumn morning at this amazing new facility in Newtownstalaban, Drogheda hosted by Drogheda & District AC. Up first were the Boys U10 relay team of Alex Callan, Max O’Sullivan,...
A mixed bag of fun for our Seniors this month saw some or our athletes run cross country championships, road races and marathons near and far… October 7th – A massive congratulations to Barry Reid and Nathan Anderson for their fantastic achievements at the IAAF Gold Label Chicago Marathon in the USA. Barry...
Another 1st position for Abbie Sheridan at the Glenmore AC Juvenile Cross Country races in Bush on the 21st of October. Abbie came home comfortably in 1st position in the Girls u17 3000m. The McCarron family, dedicated athletes ran extremely well too, Rebecca and Samantha in the u15 2000m, Jessica displaying good pace...
DOUBLE GOLD AT THIS YEAR’S Cross Country Championships – The Louth Cross Country Championships, all ages, were held over 2 days. Our juveniles and seniors alike displayed some wonderful performances, reaching personal goals and some coming away with medals. In particular, it has been an exceptionally successful season for juvenile Abbie Sheridan who...
Following on from our Seamie Weldon Memorial 5K on the 1st of September our Seniors were back out again enjoying a few runs and slowly growing in numbers. Here’s how they got on this month… September 1st – Our Juniors and Seniors joining forces for our Annual Seamie Weldon Memorial 5K. Back Row...
The Cross Country season kicked off for our juveniles on Sunday, the 23rd of September at the Star of the Sea AC’s 30th Annual Meeting in Stamullen. A small group braved this hilly course on a sunny but windy morning with our U9 Boys, Oran Lynch, Daniel Cirdei, Alex Callan and Tom Joe...
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU….. We cannot thank all of you enough who helped us in preparing, financing and running of our 2018 Seamie Weldon Memorial 5K. In particular, the Weldon Family, the Bradley Family, Louth Athletics, Athletics Ireland, My Run Results, Titan Sports, An Garda Siochana, Louth County Council, St. Mary’s GFC,...