Ardee & District A.C.
On February 16th, 16 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 and George McKenny. In the U11 1200m race we had regulars Gerard Thornton and Jamie Rogers. For the U13 1600m race we...
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...
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...