Ardee & District A.C.
Weekend 2nd/3rd – Following on from a ‘marathon of marathons’ last weekend our members were back to normal enjoying many training sessions throughout the week including our local parkruns in Deerpark Carlanstown, Dundalk IT & Oldbridge and a much favoured monthly social run, ‘Rocksalt Sunday’. This is a run from the ROCKSALT CAFE...
In October 2024 some of juveniles began a weekly programme every Friday of Strength & Conditioning with the wonderful Joan Dixon. And along with their weekly training session every Tuesday at Ardee St. Mary’s GFC, they also joined the Parkrun Family by attending our local junior parkrun at the Dundalk Institute of Technology...
On the morning of December 15th we held our annual club races and awards day at Ardee St. Mary’s GFC. A lovely turnout with everyone getting a medal before we presented our club awards for the year. Congratulations to all our athletes for their personal achievements and hard work and commitment, we enjoyed...
On November 24th Emma Boyle and Alex McFadden headed to Cushinstown AC’s Open Indoor competition and what a successful day it was for both of them. Alex took home his first indoor medal, coming 3rd in the 60m Sprint. And returning from a serious injury less than a year ago, Emma Boyle made...
On November 10th, 24 juveniles attended the Louth Cross Country Relay Championships at McCrystals Cyclocross Track in Jenkinstown, a fantastic turnout from our club. The conditions were perfect, the sun shone brightly as our juveniles navigated this challenging hilly course with everyone giving their absolute all. Congratulations to each and every one of...
Weekend 5th & 6th – On the 5th we had Leo and Ben in Deerpark parkrun Carlanstown and Ronan and his son Alfie in Oldbridge and the following day a few of our members headed to the Donegal East Running 3/4 & Half Marathon Weekend 12th & 13th – Another weekend of running...
On October 25th Athletics Louth hosted their annual Juvenile Awards night in the Fairways Hotel in Dundalk. Unfortunately, not all of our nominees could make the awards night but those who attended had a lovely time and the fantastic opportunity to meet Louth’s own Olympian, Heptathlete, Kate O’Connor. We would like to congratulate...
October 6th – Congratulations to Aisling Musiime, Frank Sands and Charlie Sands who competed at the Louth ‘Even Aged‘ Juvenile Cross Country Championships. All three had great runs and finished in the top ten in their age groups. Results: U10 Aisling came 3rd, U12 Frank came 10th and U18 Charlie came 6th. October...
September 7th – September began with our annual Seamie Weldon Memorial 5K & 10K – Click here to see a full report about our 2024 race event – Full Report/Seamie’s 5K & 10K Weekend 14th & 15th – On the morning of September 14th Michael and Shane headed for Fairyhouse and completed the...
On September 7th 2024 we held our 9th Annual Seamie Weldon Memorial 5K and our 2nd 10K. Thank you to all our participants, sponsors, volunteers and the services that support us. Scroll down to follow our journey to Seamie’s 2024 5K & 10K… Our 5K & 10K race routes… All finishers received our...