Author: Ardee District

MAY BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND 2019

WHAT FUN OUR CLUB HAD ON THIS LOVELY MAY BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND. May 5th – Well done to Leo Farrell, (42:19) Ben Corccan (46:53) and Dave Symmons (48:26) who ran the Yapstone Drogheda 10k..  A tough course but wonderful atmosphere and well run event. Well done lads. Leo Farrell and Ben Corcoran. Dave...

BELFAST CITY MARATHON 2019

The Belfast City Marathon May 5th 2019 – 22 Ardee & District AC members headed to Belfast today. All were simply fantastic. We had 3 relay teams and 7 marathon runners. Our marathon runners were Nathan Anderson, Paul Barns, Brian Duff, David Tyhuis, Kevin Carroll, Gearoid Harvey and Ronan O’Sullivan.  Our relay teams...

North Leinster Schools Track & Field Championships 2019

Congratulations to our Juvenile Members representing their schools at the North Leinster Schools Track & Field Championships on May 3rd at Morton Stadium, Dublin.  All our athletes competed in many disciplines in the Minor, Junior, Intermediate and Senior categories. * Abbie Sheridan, Ardee Community School – Gold in the Senior 3K. * Samantha...

April 2019… We had glorious sunshine until storm Hannah showed up.

April 6th – And what a lovely evening for a run.  Congratulations to our members who thoroughly enjoyed the Patsy Kelly 5K in Dundalk. Roy Crawley 23:22; Aidan Dunne 23:44; Aidan Mooney 26:26; Tracey McCarron 27:51 and son Jack 19:41 and the McGuinness Family, Trudi 31:50, Hazel 24:49, Tara 23:20, Niamh 28:02 and...

2019 Annual Table Quiz

On Friday, April 19th we held our Annual Table Quiz in The Railway Bar, Ardee. A big THANK YOU to everyone who participated. What a fun night, we truly appreciate your support and Congratulations to the winning teams.  Also, a special thanks to Bridie & Brendan Faulkner, The Railway Bar, sponsors of our...

2019 Pre-Louth Juvenile Competition

A force of 30 Ardee & District AC’s Juveniles headed to the Pre-Louths  last Saturday and despite the windy conditions gave their best, competing well and enjoying themselves with some coming away with medals.  A big thank you to Athletics Louth and the wonderful team of volunteers, always helpful and encouraging. We had...

Glenmore AC’s Juvenile Cross Country Races

☘️ Congratulations to Glenmore AC on a well organised event, the first of many as they celebrate their 50th Anniversary and we wish them a wonderful year of fun, success and celebrations. ☘️ With a hint of Storm Fraya on her way, the races began promptly at Glenmore AC’s Juvenile Cross Country Event in Bush...

February – The month of love…

February 23rd – Well done to members Joanne Dillon and Roy Crawley on completing the Fitzers 5K in Dundalk this morning. Great times from them both with newcomer Roy finishing in 24:52 and Joanne excitedly obtaining a new PB of 27:35. To quote Joanne “when I joined the club last April I couldn’t...