Ardee & District A.C.
On February 16th, 18 of our juveniles headed to Lawlesstown to compete in the annual Rás na hÉireann. In the U9 400m races we had Molly Carroll and newcomers Meabh Carroll, Connall Leavey and George McKenny. In the U11 1200m race we had regulars Gerard Thornton, Jake Meade and Jamie Rogers. For the...
On January 26th many juveniles coming from homes with no power following Storm Eowyn braved the bitter cold conditions in Bush at the Annual Glenmore AC Cross Country event. Races were even aged with many of our juveniles competing up and age and conditions turned bitter cold ahead of Storm Herminia. Wonderful determination...
January 1st – Deerpark parkrun Carlanstown held a special New Year’s Day 5K and to begin the new year with a run were Vincent, Leo, Emma, Ronan, Ben, Max, Bernie, Evie, Alfie and Dave and congratulations to Bernie on her 2nd place finish for the ladies. January 4th – The frosty morning didn’t...
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 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...
A beautiful day on a tough course. Well done to all our athletes from U9 to O50 who competed at the Rás no hEireann on February 18th.
Before Storm Isha arrived these hardy juveniles ran their hearts out at Glenmore AC’s Kearney & McBride Cross Country event in Bellurgan Park. Well done to Gerard Thornton, Lucy Whelan and Liam McGahon on their medal wins and Evie Corcoran, Frank Sands and Sean Boyle just missing out on a top ten medal...