Ardee & District A.C.
Today was the last day of the Louth Juvenile Track & Field Championships and we would especially like to thank Athletics Louth for a fantastic 2021 Championship, we truly appreciate the massive effort that was taken to bring this competition, held over 5 days, safely to our athletes this year. The rain held...
Experiencing regional competition for the first time were Ruri Mothiram, Max O’Sullivan and Shane Noone at the Leinster U12 & U13 Championships in Carlow today. On the track both boys ran well in the U12 600m & 60m with Shane qualifying to the semifinals just missing out on a place in the final....
Double Gold for our Club’s Chairman, Peter Carolan – Competing at the Leinster Masters’ Track & Field Championships in Carlow yesterday he leapt onto the podium to take the gold in the O45 Long Jump and running through the finish line scooped up another gold in the 400m. Congratulations Peter, good on ya. With...
Lacing up his running shoes and proudly representing Ardee & District at the first REAL race of the year was Conor Lynch. The excitement and atmosphere in Kilcock at St. Coca AC’s 5K was electric. And with the best support in the world, his family, he finished in under 20 minutes. Fantastic running...
Following on from Abbie’s national success at the Junior Women’s 3000m Steeplechase last week she took to the track again today running amongst Ireland’s Elite at the National Senior Championships. She had a fantastic race shaving 7 seconds off last week’s time to come 5th with a new PB of 10:54.09. Well done...
Three smashing young athletes headed to Bush this afternoon for Day 4 of the Louth Juvenile Track & Field Championships. We had wonderful results from the field with Ruri Mothiram throwing an impressive 14.43 meters to take the Gold in the U12 Turbo Javelin and following her to the podium was Daniel Cirdei...
Congratulations to our NATIONAL CHAMPION ABBIE SHERIDAN who won the 3000m Steeplechase at the National Junior Track & Field Championships today in Dublin. It was a fantastic race for Abbie holding 3rd place until the final 1000m when she upped her pace to take the Gold in a super fast 11:01.44 minutes. Well...
MORE SUCCESS from our Juveniles on Day 3 of the Louth Track & Field Championships today… Winning Gold in the Boys U15 100m was Charlie Sands, taking the Silver in the U19 100m was Joe Murphy and it was Bronze for Gabriele Ruskyte in a super fast Girls U15 100m. They were soon...
On June 6th these inspirational Gentlemen took to the mountains and what a way to start the bank holiday weekend… David, Frank, Sean and Danny ran 19km to an elevation of 2200feet, up and down Slieve Gullion this morning and all back safely and in time for breakfast at 9. Again on June...
On June 7th some of our members joined Louth Sanctuary Runners to complete a relay for the Cork City Virtual Marathon. We had fun meeting these newcomers to our community. Sanctuary Runners enable Irish residents to run alongside and in solidarity with, asylum seekers and refugees in Direct Provision.