Ardee & District A.C.
The last cross country event of the season, the long awaited Rás na hÉireann and by far the toughest in the wettest, coldest and muddiest of days. Our hats off to all our athletes, juveniles and adults alike who braved the wintery conditions and a special thanks to Dunleer Athleticclub and all the...
Maith Thú agus Bualadh Bos to Danny Cirdei, Bernie Balfe and David Tyhuis who competed in the Irish National 50k Championships in Donadea on February 12th. A super achievement, Congratulations Super running from these Three Amigos in tough heavy wet conditions but they did it with tremendous support and encouragement of each other...
January 30th 2022 – Ardee & District’s Juveniles were competing again this weekend, this time in the beautiful Bellurgan Park. Their new course, full of twists and hills nestled under the Cooley Mountains was both challenging and exciting. From our youngest to the oldest all our Juveniles gave their best on this twisting...
On January 23rd Twenty one of our Juveniles thoroughly enjoyed the friendly and relaxed atmosphere of Blackrock AC’s Cross Country event. Super organised as always and loving the new starting positions and finish. Up first for the Club was Gerard Thornton in the U9s 500m. Gerard was our youngest competitor on the day...
On January 15th three of our finest headed early to the Donadea World Half Marathon in the beautiful Donadea Forest Park in Co. Kildare. Wonderful running from Bernie Balfe, Danny Cirdei and David Thyuis with Bernie crossing the finish line as the 3rd lady home – Super running. Well done Bernie, Danny and...
Fantastic running from Molly Keenan, a wonderful experience for her first national event and quite a challenge too running up an age. Well done Molly
NOVEMBER 13TH – Congratulations to Aisling O’Malley, Amanda McElroy, Danny Cirdei, David Tyhuis, Roy Crawley, Sarah Duff, Aidan Mooney, Peter Carolan and Pauline Breslin on completing the Mullingar Marathon. Super running from everyone and a fantastic achievement especially for Aisling, Amanda, Sarah, Aidan and Pauline as this was their first marathon and Roy...
Lots of running for our Adults this month and it began with the Louth Novice Cross Country Championships held in the GAA Centre of Excellence in Darver… OCTOBER 3rd – The Ladies were up first in the Novice 3000m and they certainly set the bar for the rest of our club competing that...
Day 2 and our Athletes were back again at the Louth Championships, this time competing in the beautiful setting of Bellurgan Park for the Intermediate and Uneven Aged Juvenile events. The morning had a misty start to it but it soon cleared to reveal a warm, sunny day adding to the friendly and...
Boy was it good to be back at competition. Thank you hosts, Saint Peters Athletic club and Athletics Louth for a super organised Championships thisyear held in the GAA Centre of Excellence in Darver on September 3rd. Bringing a smile to all in Darver were the novel non-competitive U8 races sponsored by Saint...