Ardee & District A.C.
Comhghairdeas! to all of our young athletes who competed at the Louth Juvenile Championships that were held over 3 days at the Bush Track in Dundalk and Lourdes Stadium in Drogheda. Congratulations to Aisling Musiime, Emily Carroll, Tom Fay, Lucy Whelan, Rhona Keenan, Liam Boyle, Oscar McArdle Murphy, Alex McFadden, Max O’Sullivan, Aoife...
Huge congratulations to our club member Ruri Mothiram competing for her secondary school, St. Vincents Dundalk took gold in the Junior Shot Put at the Leinster Schools Championships. Well done Ruri.
Following the Christmas break our juveniles were back at it; enjoying 12 sessions of Strength & Conditioning classes with the wonderful Joan Dixon in Illusionz Ardee (https://www.facebook.com/IllusionzDance). January 10th 2025 – 1st night back… FACEBOOK VIDEO – FRIDAY 10.01.25 S&C NIGHT FACEBOOK VIDEO – FRIDAY – 17.01.25 S&C NIGHT January 24th – Due...
On April 12th the outdoor track and field season began with the Pre-Louth Championships in the Lourdes Stadium in Drogheda. Competing for the club were regulars Abbi Duffy, Aisling Musiime, Hannah Duffy, Lucy Whelan, Alfie O’Sullivan, Daniel Cirdei, Max O’Sullivan, Emma Boyle and Charlotte O’Shea and competing for the first time were Emily...
On February 12th, Max O’Sullivan, representing Ardee Community School qualified from the Leinster Schools’ Cross Country Championships in the Phoenix Park, Dublin to the National Schools’ XC Championships in Galway on March 8th. A first time experience for Max at a National Schools’ event and he ran really well. Well done Max. This...
March 1st – Nothing motivates our members to run like the promise of a nice brekkie at the end! And beginning the month of March they enjoyed a scenic run through Slane, wrapping it up with a delicious breakfast at George’s Patisserie. What a great way to start the day and the month!....
Bank Holiday Weekend 1st, 2nd & 3rd February – On Saturday the 1st, we had happy faces enjoying Deerpark parkrun Carlanstown and Ronan running solo in Oldbridge and the following day a hearty bunch headed to Trim to compete in the Trim 10 Mile Road Race. February 8th – A parkrun weekend. Good...
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...